EU leaders fail to agree on who should fill two top EU jobs - foreign policy chief and European Council president.

The government comes under fire in the Lords over emergency legislation giving the security services access to people's phone and internet records.

MP Andrew Mitchell has invested in a film-financing company that tax collectors say was a tax avoidance scheme, BBC Newsnight learns.

The findings are to be released later of a judge's review into secret letters assuring republican terrorism suspects they were no longer wanted by police.

Lib Dem minister Danny Alexander says it is time for the government to "change its approach" to the housing benefit cut - dubbed the "bedroom tax" by critics.

Gilbert and George turn to a funny source of inspiration for their latest exhibition: nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.

Care Minister Norman Lamb says he has changed his mind and is now in favour of a law on assisted dying in certain circumstances.

A German reporter has given the country's Chancellor an unusual birthday present at a news conference in Brussels.