The UN says Syria is now "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era" with more than three million Syrians living outside the country as refugees.

Shares in the struggling supermarket Tesco have fallen more than 8% after the group cut its profit forecast and dividend.

An ex-care worker in Rotherham says men would pick up girls as young as 11 from a children's home and take them to be sexually abused.

House prices edged up by 0.8% in August, according to the UK's biggest building society, the Nationwide.

Malaysia Airlines is to cut 6,000 staff as part of recovery plan after being hit by two air disasters this year.

The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, the government announces.

Previously confidential files reveal concerns over Margaret Thatcher's commitment to the Anglo Irish Agreement, two weeks before it was signed.

West African health ministers meeting in Ghana follow WHO advice and lift travel restrictions on countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.