US hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony should spin off up to 20% of its entertainment business and shore up its struggling electronics arm.

Marks and Spencer unveils a new clothing collection and strategy that it hopes will reverse falling sales.

Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run - or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say.

Brazil's judiciary rules that marriage licenses cannot be denied to same-sex couples, as Congress debates full legalisation of gay marriage.

Criminals who kill police officers will face minimum whole life sentences, the home secretary will tell the Police Federation conference.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militants.

MPs and motoring groups call on UK regulators to investigate claims that oil giants may have been linked to price-fixing for more than a decade.

The European Union will pledge 520m euros (£442m; $673m) to help rebuild Mali at a conference of international donors in Brussels on Wednesday.