The vice-chairwoman of the Labour left-wing grassroots group Momentum is sacked amid a row over comments she made about anti-Semitism.

Girls in the UK are markedly less confident about their looks than they were five years ago, suggests research by Girlguiding.

The UK is facing a "critical rental shortage" which requires a building programme to focus on providing for tenants, a surveyors' body says.

The US suspends talks with Russia over Syria, accusing Moscow of failing to "live up" to its commitments under a truce deal - a claim denied by the Kremlin.

Afghan security forces drive Taliban fighters out of Kunduz city centre after a day of fierce fighting, Nato and local authorities say.

The government is to unveil a legal measure it says will protect UK troops from "vexatious" legal claims.

Nearly a fifth of children in developing countries live in extreme poverty, the World Bank and the UN's children's agency say.

The number of medical school places will increase by 25% in 2018 as ministers unveil plans to make the NHS in England "self-sufficient" in training doctors.