A search is under way for a child and an adult who are missing after an incident at a weir in Warwickshire.

A jury in Chicago finds the former brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson guilty of murdering three members of her family.

The US partially resumes sales of weapons to Bahrain, but says it is excluding equipment that can be used to suppress protests.

A woman is charged with two counts of murder after the deaths of her two children in Wandsworth, south-west London.

Labour renews calls for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to resign after suggestions he sought "private advice" from News Corporation over phone hacking.

Greece's president faces the task of trying to forge parties into an emergency government, after days of political wrangling and deepening economic fears.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns from Cuba, saying his radiotherapy treatment for cancer is over and has been successful.

Police are continuing to question a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering five children who died in a house fire in Derby.