Israel and Hamas agree to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to begin on Friday morning, the US and UN say.

The World Trade Organization says its 160 members have failed to agree a global customs pact drawn up in meetings in Bali last December.

A project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England.

A 23-year-old man is arrested in west London - and later bailed - on suspicion of raising money for terrorism in Syria.

The treatment of employees in public services who raise concerns about wrongdoing is often "shocking", a group of MPs says.

A newly discovered way to make entire bodies transparent could pave the way for a new generation of treatments, scientists say.

Police hunting for a man wanted over the stabbing of a children's TV actor offer a £10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and prosecution.

The exams regulator Ofqual is to collect information on how many private school students receive extra time in exams, compared with state pupils.