Gordon Brown is to intervene in Labour's leadership contest for the first time, saying the party needs credible economic policies to win power.

Ninety-five people, most of them firefighters, are still missing four days after the multiple blasts in Tianjin. Chinese officials say.

Manchester City lay down an early marker in the Premier League title race with a dominant win over champions Chelsea.

Dozens of migrants on the Greek island of Kos begin registering on a passenger ship which will be their temporary shelter as they apply for asylum.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton hits back at one of her Republican rivals, Jeb Bush, over who is responsible for instability in Iraq.

US Vice-President Joe Biden says the Chattanooga shooting was the work of a "perverted jihadist", despite no official determination of motive.

The number of migrants trying to enter the Eurotunnel terminal near Calais has fallen to about 150 a night, the company says, down from 2,000.

A crewman who fell overboard from cruise liner Queen Mary 2 is feared dead, as the Atlantic search is called off.