As India prepares to send a robotic spacecraft into orbit around Mars, BBC News talks to the head of the country's space agency about his hopes for the mission.

A wild boar which has been on the loose in Alderney for more than a month is thought to have swum there from France.

A rare solar eclipse is sweeping parts of North America, Europe and Africa, allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked out by the Moon.