Commodities supplier and trading giant Glencore announces plans to reduce its net debt of some $30bn via a proposed equity issuance, among other measures.

Tesco sells Homeplus, its South Korean business, for £4.2bn as the troubled supermarket chain seeks to shore up its balance sheet.

Thousands of European farmers take to the streets of Brussels to protest against plummeting prices for their produce.

Lufthansa has cancelled just under half of its long-haul flights planned for Tuesday after its pilots' union called an all-day strike.

Detectives investigating a suspected telephone fraud - a recording of which was broadcast by BBC News on Saturday - have made an arrest.

Asian markets were mixed on Monday as China reopened and despite stocks in the US which headed lower after jobs figures were released.

Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba posts a net loss of 37.8bn yen ($318m; £209.3m) for the year to March.

Falling profits across Associated British Foods' operations are rescued by booming sales at its budget retailer Primark.