BG Group confirms that it is "in advanced discussions" with energy giant Shell over a possible merger, in what could be one of the biggest deals of 2015.

Labour would abolish the non-domicile rule, where some wealthy people can limit the tax paid on earnings outside the UK, Ed Miliband is to announce.

A man understood to be a Syrian-born former imam of a London mosque is found dead with bullet wounds in his car.

The US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen.

A white South Carolina police officer is charged with murder over the shooting death of a black man who appeared to be fleeing from him.

More than 100,000 people a year who are dying from terminal illness are not getting the palliative care they would benefit from, says a damning new report.

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives in Moscow for talks, as his country remains under pressure over its international bailout.

Passport checks on all travellers leaving the UK are being phased in at ports and borders, as government legislation comes into effect.