The BBC's director of television Danny Cohen, who was responsible for shows like Happy Valley and Poldark, is to leave the corporation.

The US military air-drops more than 45 tonnes of ammunition in north-eastern Syria to rebels fighting the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).

Labour says it will now oppose proposals to force future governments to keep a budget surplus, in order to underline its "anti-austerity stance".

Barclays is to appoint former JP Morgan banker Jes Staley as its new chief executive.

Legalising cannabis could generate hundreds of millions of pounds a year in tax and cut costs for the police and prisons, a government study finds.

The Dutch Safety Board is to publish its final report on what caused Flight MH17 to break up over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board.

A UK pensioner caught with homemade alcohol in Saudi Arabia could receive 360 lashes - a punishment his family say would kill him.

Europe's climate change chief says he is astonished at the positive progress by governments towards a global deal on CO2.