French President Francois Hollande lays out proposals to strengthen laws on anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic hate crimes.

Catholic voters in England and Wales should consider candidates' stances on issues including abortion, ahead of the election, archbishops say.

A gunman kills eight people in a restaurant in the eastern Czech Republic town of Uhersky Brod before shooting himself dead, officials say.

British military personnel are to be sent to Ukraine in the next few weeks to provide advice and training, says Prime Minister David Cameron.

MI5 agents are appearing in a US court for the first time to give evidence in the trial of Abid Naseer, wearing wigs and make-up to hide their identities.

The £6bn health and social care budget for Greater Manchester will be taken over by councils under devolved NHS powers, it is understood.

The House of Commons has defeated a bid by backbench MPs to make explicit in law that abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal in the UK.

Greece has unveiled an early summary of the reforms demanded of eurozone leaders in order to secure a bailout extension.