Anti-doping data, leaked to the Sunday Times and seen by the BBC, shows an "extraordinary extent of cheating" in elite athletics.

Civil rights campaigners in the US begin a 40-day march to highlight what they say is a fresh attack on equal rights for African Americans.

Hundreds of Canadian woman join a topless protest march after three sisters were allegedly stopped by police for cycling without shirts.

The UK home secretary and her French counterpart urge other EU nations to act to help address the root causes of the Calais migrant crisis.

Two Turkish security troops have died and 24 wounded in a suicide attack by Kurdish PKK militants, according to the regional governor's office.

The death toll from floods in Myanmar, that have hit 156,000 people, is expected to rise over the coming days, the United Nations warns.

More plane wreckage washes up on Reunion Island, after a wing part - possibly from missing flight MH370 - was found last week.

Verdicts in the retrial of three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt previously jailed for allegedly aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood are delayed again.