The BBC is set to propose an expansion of the World Service - including its first radio broadcasts to North Korea - as it sets out plans for its own future.

A huge Anish Kapoor sculpture at the Palace of Versailles is vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti, the second time it has been targeted this year.

An independent investigation into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students last year rejects the government's account of events.

A legal challenge over the election of Alistair Carmichael as MP for Orkney and Shetland MP is due to be heard in Edinburgh.

Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.

The mother of a baby Palestinian boy killed in an arson attack in the West Bank that was blamed on militant Israeli settlers succumbs to her severe burns.

Prime Minister David Cameron will set out details of government plans to resettle more refugees from Syria when MPs return from the summer recess later.

A charity says Muslim women are being targeted in Islamophobic attacks, as police figures show the number of crimes rose by 70% in a year.