Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama should honour his pledge to let people keep their medical coverage, even if it means changing the health law.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders his housing minister to reconsider construction plans for more than 20,000 homes in the West Bank.

Consumers face 17 more years of above-inflation increases in energy and water bills as they help pay to renew infrastructure, Whitehall's spending watchdog warns.

Syria's largest Kurdish party announces plans to form an transitional administration to run Kurdish-majority areas in the northeast.

A two-tier A&E system in England should be created as part of an overhaul of services, NHS chiefs are proposing.

An investigation into possible manipulation of the currency market has been expanded to 15 banks according to the Financial Times.

Scientists are to begin collecting data on flu outbreaks from UK schools this winter to better understand its spread.

A Francis Bacon painting is sold for $142m (£89m) in New York, becoming the most expensive artwork ever auctioned.