Brad Pitt says he hopes his new film Fury recognised the trauma suffered by soldiers in World War Two as it closes this year's BFI London Film Festival.

Male and female civil servants will be entitled to full parental pay from April 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to announce.

Prison officer cuts have left the prison system in England and Wales "in crisis", says the Howard League for Penal Reform.

The UK economy will grow by 2.4% next year, well below the 3.1% growth expected this year, forecasting group EY Item Club says.

The outgoing European Commission president is to call on pro-European politicians in the UK to make a more positive case for staying in the EU.

Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi submits her resignation amid allegations of political funds misuse.

A suicide attacker kills at least 18 people at a Shia mosque in Iraq's capital Baghdad, the latest in a spate of insurgent attacks.

A key meeting of Chinese Communist Party leaders focusing on the rule of law and fighting corruption is due to begin in Beijing.