Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has dropped out of the race for US president - the first departure among a large field of Republican candidates.

Last winter's season flu jab worked in 34% of cases, according to a final report by Public Health England.

Medals awarded to adventurer Sir Ernest Shackleton for his expeditions to the Antarctic are to be sold at auction.

New York police release video footage of a plain-clothed officer tackling former US tennis star James Blake after he was mistaken for a suspect.

France suspends its honorary consul in the Turkish port of Bodrum after a report showed dinghies being sold to migrants from a shop that she owns.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the EU to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn) in a bid to end the migrant crisis in Europe.

A UK-funded memorial to Kenyans killed and tortured by British forces during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s is unveiled in Kenya.

In his first broadcast interview, the new Labour leader tells Newsbeat he wants to create more opportunities for young people.