Israeli President Shimon Peres asks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government following last month's parliamentary election.

Eight more people are arrested over the fatal stabbing of a teenager who was attacked by a gang in central London last weekend.

Some welfare-to-work advisers are inappropriately telling the unemployed to become self-employed, a BBC investigation has found.

A physics prize for school students is to be launched in honour of world-renowned Scottish scientist Prof Peter Higgs.

Peter Hartley and James Poole score as Hartlepool clinch their second home win of the season by beating Notts County.

Protests break out in Spanish cities after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed not to resign over "false claims" that he received secret payments.

Wind energy experts defend the safety of turbines after two collapse in a week in the South West, though locals voice fears of accidents.

The main US share index closes on Friday at a five-year high, buoyed by data showing the economy added more jobs than previously estimated at the end of 2012.