A high school girl has been arrested on suspicion of killing and dismembering a classmate, Japanese police say.

Lightning strikes, hail, torrential rain and flash flooding cause severe travel problems across large areas of south-east England.

A court based in The Hague has ordered Russia to pay $50bn (£29.5bn) to former shareholders in the defunct oil producer Yukos.

A man admits stealing £300,000 intended for the armed forces veterans' charity Help for Heroes.

The family of a woman who made 999 calls for help before she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, seeks a negligence claim against two police forces in the Supreme Court.

Councils should show where they are spending the money they raise on parking fees as motorists see higher charges, says the RAC.

A future Labour government would ban the use of community resolutions in domestic violence cases, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper is to announce.

Two fast-moving wildfires in California have destroyed 10 homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, officials say.