Poorer families are losing out in the scramble for good school places, research suggests, as thousands of parents hear news of their child's primary place.

Brazil's lower house of congress votes to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of manipulating government figures.

A police investigation is under way after a passenger plane approaching London's Heathrow Airport was hit by what is believed to have been a drone.

Asian markets start the week lower due to big fall in oil prices after producers fail to agree on production cut at Qatar meeting.

Nearly 250,000 people are told to leave their homes amid fears of further tremors, an aid agency says, after two powerful quakes hit Japan in two days.

A jealous man who decapitated his long-term partner at their east London flat before flushing her head down the toilet is jailed for life.

A court in Ukraine convicts two alleged Russian special forces soldiers of waging war and sentences them to 14 years in prison.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visits Libya in a show of support for the country's new UN-backed national unity government.