Leaked documents released by Al Jazeera TV suggest Palestinian leaders made private offers on previously non-negotiable issues in the peace process.

Andy Murray takes on Jurgen Melzer for a place in the quarter-finals on day eight of the Australian Open, while Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters and Robin Soderling are also in action on Monday.

Sky Sports says off-air remarks made by two British television football pundits about female assistant referee Sian Massey were "not acceptable".

Scientists in Scotland say cooling the brain of patients who suffer a stroke could dramatically improve their recovery.

A new vaccine against pneumonia is being rolled out in Africa which, experts say, could eventually save more than half a million lives a year globally.

Tens of thousands of Belgians rally to demand a government and call for better relations between Flemish and French speakers.

Drugs supplied by a pharmaceutical company in Britain are to be used to execute a convicted murderer in Georgia on Tuesday, the BBC learns.

World number two Vera Zvonareva defeats unseeded Iveta Benesova 6-3 6-1 to book her Australian Open last-eight spot against Petra Kvitova who beat Flavia Pennetta in three sets.