Explosives-laden ambulances are used to kill 21 people in the Iraqi cities of Tikrit and Samarra.

A US-backed force announces an operation to capture Raqqa, Islamic State's "capital" in Syria.

Car giant VW says German prosecutors have expanded their probe of the emissions scandal to include the firm's chairman.

Bonfire Night was "marred" by a number of attacks on firefighters across Scotland, the fire service says.

A minute's silence is held for two children who were found dead at their Leicestershire home along with their father.

Thousands of Tesco Bank customers appear to have been targeted by fraudsters over the weekend.

An inquiry into alleged historical sex abuse against pupils at a boarding school, including the rape of a girl, is carried out by police.

Police are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found in the city of Yangon.