The Ukrainian military says pro-Russian rebels have attacked its forces again at Donetsk airport despite earlier ceasefire talks.

US President Barack Obama renews calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak.

Iran has made air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days, though not in co-ordination with the US, the Pentagon says.

Forecasters believe this year could be the UK's warmest for almost 250 years, as measured by the world's oldest record of temperature.

Family, friends, dignitaries and team-mates turn out for the funeral of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes.

Bill Cosby is being sued for sexual assault by a women who says the US comedian molested her when she was 15 at the Playboy mansion in LA.

London mayor Boris Johnson attempts to calm down a "drunk" passenger restrained during a long-haul flight to Heathrow from Kuala Lumpur.

CCTV footage is issued by police of a mother and her four-day-old baby who have gone missing from a Bristol hospital.