A paedophile ring which streamed live child abuse from the Philippines over the internet is broken up by a UK-led international police operation.

Soaring temperatures halt matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament, as a report warns that the country will see "hotter and longer" heatwaves.

The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle all expected to be in the running for best picture.

Surgeons in Oxford improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have become blind using a gene therapy technique.

Team GB target at least three medals from the Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as two Paralympic medals.

Neil Robertson and Ricky Walden both win deciding frames to reach the Masters quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace.

A selection of the best pictures from the first four days of the Australian Open, as temperatures consistently exceed 40C.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of why birds fly in a V formation, by tracking critically endangered birds that were being trained to migrate.