George Osborne is set to extend pension freedoms to retirees who already have an annuity as part of next week's Budget, the BBC understands.

Aid agencies in Vanuatu say they are stepping up efforts to reach remote communities battered when Cyclone Pam tore through the Pacific archipelago.

Social care should be free to everyone at the end of life, a report by the Commons Health Committee which also calls for better recording of what people want in their final days says.

A bus plunges off a cliff near the city of Joinville in southern Brazil, killing at least 32 people.

The Liberal Democrats are "here to stay", and will defy poor poll predictions in the general election, Nick Clegg will tell party supporters later.

National mourning is declared in Serbia after a rescue helicopter crashes while carrying a baby for medical treatment, with the loss of seven lives.

The US embassy in Saudi Arabia cancels all consular services for Sunday and Monday due to "heightened security concerns".

Ten US aid workers who were possibly exposed to Ebola are being evacuated back to America from Sierra Leone, US officials say.