Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state declares a financial emergency, citing a tax shortfall, less than 50 days before the start of the Olympics.

Vladimir Putin says it is unjust and unfair that Russian athletes remain banned from international competition, including the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Six men and a minor are to be charged in Brazil with raping a 16-year-old girl and posting images of her on the internet, police say.

Canada's parliament has passed a contentious bill to allow medically-assisted death for terminally ill people.

France is to deport the far-right leader of the Russian football supporters' association and 19 of his fellow fans later on Saturday, after violence in Marseille.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier has criticises Nato military exercises in Eastern Europe, urging it to improve dialogue with Russia.

Police in Belgium make 12 arrests in a huge anti-terror operation, nearly three months after deadly bomb attacks on Brussels.

Mexican comic actor Ruben Aguirre, loved by millions of across Latin America for his role as Professor Jirafales in a long-running TV series, has died.