Services and events are held across the country on the eve of the centenary of the UK's entry into World War One.

A Royal Navy ship is on its way to Tripoli to help evacuate Britons after violence worsens in Libya, the BBC understands.

Usain Bolt, Nicola Adams and Tom Daley win gold at Glasgow 2014 as England ensure they will top the medals table.

The Israeli military says soldier Hadar Goldin, reported missing in Gaza on Friday, is dead, as PM Netanyahu says its operation there will continue.

Charges for medical reports on people who say they have suffered whiplash are to be cut in a bid to tackle the "compensation culture".

Campaigners call for clearer rules after a Thai woman was left with a Down's syndrome baby when his parents refused to take him.

A US doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia arrives in the US for treatment at a specialised unit in Atlanta, Georgia.

China gives the first definitive death toll, 37 civilians, in what it calls a gang attack last week in the eastern province of Xinjiang.