Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is sworn-in for a second term, telling supporters she plans to extend social programmes and tackle corruption.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the Anfield club when his contract expires at the end of the season.

The Italian coast guard says it is trying to board a second abandoned migrant ship, days after 970 migrants were rescued on another ship.

UK rail fares rise by an average of 2.2%, which the rail industry says is the lowest increase for five years but critics say outstrips wage growth.

Most types of cancer can simply be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study suggests.

The brothers of jailed Australian al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste say that they will push for Egypt's president to release him by decree.

The Conservative Party has "lurched to the right" and ceded the "centre ground" of politics to Labour, claims shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

The search for AirAsia flight QZ8510 which crashed into the sea on Sunday is to move underwater, with the arrival of specialist equipment.