Dozens of firefighters battle a blaze on the top floor of the famous Paris Ritz hotel.

The UK's inflation rate rises to an 11-month high in December, with a sharp rise in air fares offsetting falling food and clothing prices.

The UN says the violence suffered by civilians in Iraq "remains staggering", with at least 18,800 killed and 3.2 million displaced since 2014.

The social network Twitter goes offline for many user, with web visitors being greeted by an error page.

A 13-month-old girl was sexually assaulted by her father shortly before her sudden death, a judge finds.

Three chances were missed to prosecute late peer Lord Janner over sex abuse claims, an independent inquiry finds.

One of the four men accused of plotting "drive-by" shootings downloaded software to allow Islamist terrorists to exchange secret messages, a jury hears.

Ed Miliband was not judged to be as strong a leader as David Cameron, an internal Labour report into why the party lost the 2015 election has found.