The Airports Commission will back building a new runway at Heathrow but still leave the door open for an alternative at its rival Gatwick, sources tell the BBC.

The US and Cuba will on Wednesday announce the opening of embassies in each other's capitals, a senior US official says.

Greece misses a deadline for a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund, as Eurozone ministers refuse to extend its bailout.

A riot at a prison in Melbourne has been ended by heavily-armed police.

Freephone numbers starting with 0800 or 0808 are now free to call from mobile phones as well as landlines.

A number of criminal law firms are refusing to take work funded by legal aid in protest against government cuts coming into force this month.

Hollywood couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner say they have made "the difficult decision to divorce" after 10 years of marriage.

Cases of lung cancer in women have reached 20,000 a year in the UK for the first time since records began.