A convicted child sex offender who has been the subject of a manhunt since going missing on Wednesday hands himself in to police.

Turkey shells a Kurdish militia in northern Syria and demands it retreat from territory it has seized, prompting concern in Washington.

Idris Elba, Eddie Redmayne, Dame Maggie Smith and Kate Winslet are among the British stars hoping to win a Bafta on Sunday.

Front-runner Donald Trump and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush disagree sharply over foreign policy in the latest Republican presidential debate.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is understood to be looking to the US for the next head of England's schools inspectorate Ofsted.

Four British rowers trying to cross the Atlantic are rescued after their boat capsizes and they lose their oars.

Five British nationals die in a car crash in Sweden, the Foreign Office says, and it is understood members of the indie band Viola Beach were killed.

Cliffs collapse in New Zealand during an 5.7 magnitude earthquake in the city of Christchurch, days before the anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake.