Staff at the UK's 372 Crown post offices begin a further series of strikes in a dispute about closures, jobs and pay.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong agrees a settlement with the Sunday Times after it sued him for about £1m, the paper announces.

Argentina is again told it must pay back more than $1.3bn (£857m) to a group of investors - 12 years after its record debt default.

Greece may need a third bailout worth about about 10bn euros (£8.6bn; $13.4bn) but would not accept new austerity measures, the Greek finance minister says.

Five men suspected of trying to steal personal data to carry out tax rebate fraud worth £500,000 have been arrested, HM Revenue and Customs says.