The International Monetary Fund says Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by a worse-than-expected 9% in 2015, as the continuing conflict takes its toll.

Up to 100,000 people who employ personal carers are being warned they may now be legally liable to pay them pension contributions.

UK manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected as the sector loses momentum, engineering employers' body EEF says.

Shares across Asia were mostly trading down on Monday following the recent fall in US markets.

The government has confirmed that it will launch a share sale open to retail investors "in the next 12 months".

Malaysia Airlines is "technically bankrupt", its chief executive says, as he announces a restructuring programme and plans to cut about 6,000 jobs.

The London market opens higher, with shares in drug maker AstraZeneca lifted by positive news on a lung cancer treatment.

The price of semi-detached homes in England and Wales rose at the fastest rate of any property type in the year to the end of April, Land Registry data shows.