Late-night television show host Jay Leno will be replaced by presenter Jimmy Fallon on NBC's The Tonight Show, the US network says.

President Obama says the majority of Americans support new gun control laws, as the state of Connecticut prepares to enact its own new restrictions.

Unusually heavy rains cause flash floods in the Argentine cities of Buenos Aires and La Plata, leaving more than 40 people dead.

The government should do more to explain the new state pension system to the public, a cross-party group of MPs says.

Prince William and his wife Catherine visit a homeless shelter for young people in Glasgow as part of a two-day trip to Scotland.

The UK government should withhold extra aid to Pakistan unless the country does more to gather taxes from its wealthy citizens, a group of MPs say.

Hate crimes against cultural groups such as goths or punks are to be recorded by Greater Manchester Police, the first UK force to do so.

Tickets for the Grand National meeting at Aintree sell out for the third year running, according to organisers.