Female prisoners have been "coerced" into having sex with staff in return for favours such as alcohol and cigarettes, a report suggests.

Ukraine's interim leadership is due to form a unity government, as US and UK ministers meet to discuss emergency financial assistance.

Pakistan's military launch air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say.

A man was found cycling on the M25 in Surrey after an app on his phone sent him there by mistake, police say.

The right to settle in Britain should be auctioned off to wealthy foreign investors, government advisers say.

A 'weird' game plan, selection problems and a lack of imagination are dragging France down, says Jeremy Guscott

Rebekah Brooks tells jurors in the phone-hacking trial she did not realise the practice was illegal when she was editor of the News of the World.

Jose Mourinho says it is a "disgrace" a private conversation in which he appeared to criticise Chelsea players was broadcast.