Heavy clashes are reported in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo soon after a three-day ceasefire ended late on Saturday.

Armed police spend a second night locked in a stand-off with a man thought to be in possession of "dangerous items".

The UK is to send about 30 soldiers to join the Nato force in Kosovo next year, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon says.

Doctors' leaders are calling for the urgent introduction of a 24-hour helpline for prescription drug dependence.

Turkey insists that it cannot remain idle during the fight to drive militants from so-called Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Company directors could be fined up to £500,000 if their business is behind nuisance phone calls, under government moves to clamp down on the problem.

Multiple blasts in a park area of the Japanese city of Utsunomiya have killed at least one person and injured at least two, emergency services say.

Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall announce plans to run for the leadership of UKIP, with both promising to unite the troubled party.