Some Labour MPs have told the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party that leader Ed Miliband should stand down, the BBC understands.

The title of the seventh film in the Star Wars franchise is announced on Twitter.

President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for $6.2bn to fight Ebola in West Africa and avoid it spreading in the US, officials say.

Burkina Faso's political parties agree a year-long political transition but fail to choose a new interim leader, during talks in Ouagadougou.

More than 2,000 prisoners escape over the last five years in Nigeria, the authorities say, mainly because of attacks by Boko Haram militants.

Treasury minister Danny Alexander is to urge major fuel retailers to drop their prices after recent falls in the cost of oil.

Commuters in the north of England are using "decrepit" trains that would be unacceptable in London, Nick Clegg is to claim as he pushes for more investment.

Doctors across the UK are being told they have an ethical duty to prevent waste in the NHS.