The UK needs to stay in the European Union in order to protect its security, according to two former senior British intelligence officials.

A massive, out-of-control wildfire raging in the Canadian province of Alberta is growing rapidly and could spread to neighbouring Saskatchewan, officials say.

Three Spanish journalists who were kidnapped in Syria last year are released, the government in Madrid says.

Two-thirds of big UK businesses have been hit by a cyber attack in the past year, according to government research.

Veterans will now be treated at Headley Court military rehabilitation unit as well as serving personnel, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says.

Conservationists have launched a global campaign asking the public to use a smartphone app to help tackle the illegal trade in wildlife.

Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants to put tackling corruption at the "top of the international agenda" ahead of a London summit on the issue.

Labour can only win elections if it reaches beyond its own activists, Sadiq Khan has warned after taking office as the new Mayor of London.