The US Senate begins debate on a far-reaching immigration bill, with a vote expected before the end of June.

A man accused of imprisoning three women in his Cleveland home is indicted on 329 charges, including rape, kidnap and aggravated murder.

A court in Peru sentences the last of the original leaders of the Shining Path rebels, Comrade Artemio, to life in prison.

Sweden's fourth in line to the throne, Princess Madeleine, marries US-British businessman Chris O'Neill in a ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.

Officials in Rio de Janeiro say a recently-built stadium that will be used at the 2016 Olympics will remain closed for 18 months while the roof is repaired.

A deadly bus explosion and fire in south-east China is being treated as "a serious criminal case", state media say.

Former President Nelson Mandela is in a "serious but stable condition" in hospital with a lung infection, the South African authorities say.

The authorities have been evacuating people from a village in western Hungary as a precaution against flooding along the River Danube.