Lord Janner is unfit to stand trial over allegations of sex offences against boys dating back 50 years, a High Court judge rules.

Democratic Unionist Party deputy leader Nigel Dodds says he will not be standing for the leadership of the party.

The FBI is investigating the role played by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a $100m bribes scandal, Panorama has discovered.

Schools and hospital services are closed amid continuing efforts to prevent further damage from Storm Desmond in northern England and Scotland.

The number of Church of England bishops who sit as peers in the House of Lords should be cut to make way for leaders of other faiths, a new report argues.

The opposition in Venezuela wins a majority of seats in the National Assembly, overturning nearly two decades of dominance by the governing Socialists.

A US-led coalition air strike on an army camp in Syria kills three soldiers, the Syrian government says, condemning the act of "flagrant aggression".

An inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash has found the tragedy could have been avoided if the driver had not lied about his history of blackouts.