England manager Fabio Capello says he will not start Wayne Rooney in pre-Euro 2012 friendlies as he aims to find effective ways of playing without the Manchester United striker, who will miss the start of the tournament.

Coach Warren Gatland says the pain Wales' players suffered during pre-tournament training has helped put them one game away from a World Cup final.

The rate of public sector job losses is far greater than official projections and suggests far more jobs will be lost than forecast, researchers say.

The German and French leaders say they will propose "important changes" to the way the eurozone operates after talks on controlling the bloc's debt crisis.

China's Sinopec agrees to buy Canadian oil and gas company Daylight Energy for about 2.2bn Canadian dollars ($2.1bn, £1.4bn).

France, Belgium and Luxembourg approve a plan to secure the future of the troubled bank Dexia, following fears it could go bankrupt.

The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland is being asked by an MP to explain restrictions it has put on using cash machines for some customers.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is expected to meet the Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe today, and to call on him to end the persecution of Anglicans in the country.