British forces say they have seized two compounds in a Taliban stronghold at the start of a fresh bid to push insurgents out of Helmand province.

Germany holds an emotional memorial service for the 21 people killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance festival a week ago.

Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate.

Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a visit to Britain in protest at comments made by David Cameron about its alleged links to terror.

At least a million people in north-west Pakistan have been affected by the country's worst monsoon floods in living memory, the UN says.