Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells Newsnight's Kirsty Wark that a decade on from the invasion of Iraq big problems remain in the country.

A former archbishop of Westminster says he is "saddened" by the resignation of Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien.

The acting chief constable of Lincolnshire is suspended from duty by the county's police and crime commissioner.

Valve boss Gabe Newell is being made a fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for his outstanding contribution to video games.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signs a sweeping reform of the education system that appears set to weaken the powerful teachers' union.

Italy's elections end in stalemate as the centre-left fails to win a majority in the Senate, leading to a sharp fall on domestic markets.

Officials from the Liberal Democrats are to meet the Metropolitan Police to discuss allegations made about the party's former chief executive Lord Rennard.

This year's Academy Awards attracted an audience of 40.3 million in the US, the highest figure for three years, according to Nielsen ratings data.

Actor Richard Gere says he only chooses to work on films which fit in with his family life.

A policeman guarding a polio eradication campaign in north-west Pakistan is killed, police say, in the latest attack on the programme.

Astronomers trace the origin of a meteor that injured about 1,000 people after breaking up over central Russia earlier this month.

Plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea are to go before Europe's fisheries ministers, with some fearing they will be diluted.

A "complete lack of common sense" in the government's handling of the West Coast Main Line rail bids will cost taxpayers at least £50m, MPs say.

African artists reveal the subjects they cannot tackle

Actor Robert Hardy pulls out of a West End play in which he was to have played Winston Churchill opposite Dame Helen Mirren's The Queen.

India wrap up an eight-wicket win over Australia on the final day in Chennai, the first of the four-Test series.