The UK's election exit poll predicts the Conservatives will be the largest party in a hung Parliament, with 316 seats, just short of a majority, with Labour on 239.

A guide to general election night and how to follow the results and reaction on the BBC.

Brazil legend Pele undergoes surgery for a prostate condition after he is admitted to hospital for the second time in six months.

The US military is training a small group of Syrian rebels in an effort to build a force confronting Islamic State, the Pentagon says.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown says he will "publicly eat my hat" if predictions the party could lose 47 seats are correct.

The election exit poll predicts the SNP could win all but one of Scotland's 59 seats in the general election.

Exit poll predictions the Conservatives will secure 316 seats is "an unprecedented vote of confidence in David Cameron", party Chief Whip Michael Gove says.

Events across the UK and the rest of Europe will commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day - the end of World War Two on the continent.