Bangladesh alters a law to allow the state to appeal against the life sentence of an Islamist party leader, after protesters called for his execution.

An Israeli parliamentary inquiry will investigate the death in custody of Prisoner X, said to be an Australian-Israeli with links to Mossad.

The presidential election in Cyprus heads to a second round after frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades falls short of the 50% needed for an outright majority.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise's visit to a Hertfordshire curry house is turned into a film.

The first known manuscript written by English poet Elizabeth Tanfield Cary is published after spending 400 years in a safe.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is set to meet food retailers and trade bodies later to establish what is being done to restore consumer confidence.

Fizzy drinks should be heavily taxed and junk food adverts banished until after the TV watershed, doctors say, in a call for action over obesity.

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa calls for "another four years of revolution" as he is re-elected for a third term with more than 50% of the vote.