Nationalists have narrow lead in tight Kyrgyzstan elections, the first since 400 people died in inter-ethnic violence in June.

EU experts are to begin work in Hungary to assess the toxic sludge spill as officials try to lessen the impact of an "inevitable" new reservoir collapse.

A Greek police officer is convicted of murdering schoolboy Alexandros Grigoropoulos during protests in 2008, an incident that sparked the country's worst unrest in almost four decades.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers to renew a partial freeze on settlement building if the Palestinians recognise Israel as "a Jewish state".

An attempt to rescue 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground could begin at midnight on Tuesday (0300 GMT).