Brazilian officials say the number of deaths known to have been caused by this month's flooding and landslides in Brazil is more than 800.

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

Portugal's conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is elected to a second term, as his country struggles with a mounting debt crisis.

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.

British engineers are planning to fly a mobile phone in space to test the capability and resilience of today's consumer electronics.

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.