Tripoli condemns the UK's decision to recognise the rebels as Libya's "sole governmental authority" after similar moves by France and the US.

The government should "think again" about the introduction of the English Baccalaureate to secondary schools in England, says a committee of MPs.

Police in one of Mexico's most violent cities, Ciudad Juarez, accuse federal colleagues of firing at them while putting down a deadly prison riot.

House Speaker John Boehner presses Republicans to support his budget-cuts plan as the US debt ceiling deadline looms.

Veterans of the UK's nuclear testing programme of the 1950s await a Supreme Court decision on whether appeal test cases can be launched.

Details of police informants stored on a computer memory stick are stolen in a burglary at the home of a Greater Manchester Police officer.

Britain's Ellen Gandy wins silver in the 200m butterfly at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, while Ryan Lochte breaks his own world record to beat Michael Phelps and win 200m individual medley gold.

The Forestry Commission publishes guidelines on what is expected from schemes that plant trees in order to absorb carbon.