Ukraine's justice minister says she will call for a state of emergency and the end of negotiations unless protesters leave her ministry.

From Cook's captaincy to the search for a death bowler, BBC Sport looks at the issues facing England before next year's World Cup

Everton and England defender Leighton Baines signs a new four-year deal with the Merseyside club.

London Mayor Boris Johnson's ban of a bus advert that suggested people could "get over" homosexuality should be investigated, a court rules.

Sex abuse allegations against Dave Lee Travis have cost him "his job, his living and everything he has built up over 50 years", a court hears.

Italian police are hunting for a stolen holy relic that contains the blood of the late Pope John Paul ll.

Ukrainian anti-government protesters leave the justice ministry building, hours after a minister threatened to call for a state of emergency.

Egypt's top military body has given its approval for army chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to run for the presidency, state media report.