Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos tells the BBC he hopes to sign a peace treaty with the rebels this year to end a decades-long conflict.

Supporters of South Africa's only would-be Olympic skier condemn the decision not to send Sive Speelman to the Sochi Games.

Astro Teller, Google X's "Captain of Moonshots", tells BBC Newsnight's David Grossman about the secret laboratory's approach to rewarding staff failure.

A Texas judge orders a hospital to remove the life support of a brain-dead woman who is being kept alive because she is pregnant.

The cars with vehicle to vehicle communication which could help drivers to "see" unseen hazards.

Thousands of people take part in protest marches in Vienna against an annual ball which is expected to be attended by far-right leaders.

Peruvian authorities clear the government of the ex-President Alberto Fujimori of carrying out a campaign of forced sterilisations in the 1990s.

Rival political groups in Egypt are to mark the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising, a day after a series of bomb attacks raised tensions.