Japan's economy shows signs of stagnation and weakness as households spent less and factory output stays flat in July.

House prices edged up by 0.8% in August, compared according to the UK's biggest building society, the Nationwide.

Google reveals it has built and tested its own drones as part of a plan to make automated deliveries to remote homes as well as disaster-hit zones.

The Japanese economy contracts by 6.8% from the previous year after a recently introduced sales tax held back consumer spending.

Shares in the struggling supermarket Tesco have fallen more than 8% after the group cut its profit forecast and dividend.

Banks and card companies will reopen 2.5 million PPI mis-selling complaints amid claims of underpayment and rejection of compensation.

A contraction of 0.6% in Brazil's economy between April and June, and a revision of the first quarter, has pushed the country into recession, latest figures show.

The Russian rouble falls to a record low against the dollar as investors fear further sanctions against the nation.