Italian police defend in court the evidence used to convict Amanda Knox of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007.

Suppliers of trainmaker Bombardier are likely to make redundancies due to the loss of the £1.4bn Thameslink contract, a survey finds.

An inspection of the removal of detainees to Nigeria and Jamaica raises concerns, saying some escorts were "unacceptably unprofessional".

Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra - seen by many as the heir to Luciano Pavarotti - dies in Sicily from road accident injuries, aged 43.

Italy's largest trade union federation calls a one-day general strike in protest against the government's latest austerity measures.

Many schools are not providing collective daily worship despite legislation which makes it a requirement, according to parents questioned in a BBC survey.

Japanese rescue workers search for the missing and plan relief flights by helicopter, after Typhoon Talas left at least 37 dead.

A heavily armed convoy of vehicles from Libya crosses the desert border into Niger, reports say, as Col Gaddafi's spokesman says he remains in Libya.