A woman from the US is charged with streaming the rape of a teenage girl via Twitter's live video app Periscope.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolts southern Japan, toppling several houses, though no tsunami alert is issued.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects including microcephaly.

A Unicef report says the UK is lagging behind other rich countries in tackling inequalities between rich and poor children.

Sniffer dogs at Manchester Airport failed to discover any Class A drugs in a seven-month period, inspectors find.

Ex-military jets will have to perform aerobatic stunts at a higher altitude and further away from crowds following the Shoreham crash.

Oil giant BP holds its annual general meeting for shareholders on Thursday with some major investors planning to vote against Bob Dudley's 20% pay rise.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to set out why he thinks Britain should vote to stay in the EU, in his first major intervention in the campaign.