The US government filed two separate lawsuits against Bank of America relating to fraud on $850m (£553m) of mortgage-backed securities.

American jazz musician George Duke, a pioneering keyboardist who collaborated with Frank Zappa during the 1970s, has died at the age of 67.

League Two Newport County beat Championship side Brighton in their first League Cup match in 25 years.

Oscar-winning US actor Dustin Hoffman, 75, has been successfully treated for cancer and is "feeling great", his publicist says.

The new Bank of England governor is set to unveil a strategy under which it will promise to keep interest rates at a set level until certain conditions are met.

Yemeni forces launch a security crackdown in the capital Sanaa as the US and UK withdraw diplomatic staff amid fears of an al-Qaeda-linked attack.

The Crown Prosecution Service criticises one of its own barristers for referring to a 13-year-old sex abuse victim in court as "predatory".

Three "quick sale" companies that promise to sell properties for struggling homeowners are to be formally investigated by a regulator.