INTERNATIONAL

Several people have been killed in a shooting in the Swiss town of Wuerenlingen, north-west of Zurich, police say. Officers came to the scene after gunfire was heard at a residential building overnight. They found bodies lying both inside and outside the building. All are reported to be adults. The circumstances of the shooting and identities of the victims are ...

The United Nations representative in Yemen has said that the Saudi-led coalition is bombing “effectively, trapped civilians”. Civilians in the northern city of Saada are struggling to flee Saudi-led coalition air strikes targeting Houthi rebels, reports and aid workers say. The UN also warned that the indiscriminate bombing of populated areas is against international law. Air strikes have killed at ...

At least 30 prisoners and 10 guards have died in a prison break in Iraq, the country’s interior ministry says. More than 50 inmates escaped from the jail in Khalis, north-east of Baghdad, including Islamic State (IS) members. Reports conflict over how the incident started. Officials say it was caused by a prison riot, but local sources blame it on ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country has had no new cases in 42 days. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told the BBC that Liberia had “crossed the Rubicon” and would be celebrating a concerted effort to stem the disease. More than 4,700 deaths from Ebola have been recorded in Liberia, ...

Russia is due to stage its biggest ever military parade in the capital Moscow to mark 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Thousands of troops will march on Red Square, and new high-tech armour will be on show for the first time. More than 20 heads of states are in Moscow, but many world leaders ...

David Cameron has promised to lead a government for “one nation” and make “Great Britain greater” as he returned to Downing Street as prime minister. Speaking outside No 10 after visiting Buckingham Palace, he said the UK was “on the brink of something special”. The Conservatives have 331 seats – five more than needed for a Commons majority – their ...

David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 325 seats – enough to form a slender majority in the Commons. The prime minister said it was “too early to say” the final result but he hoped to form a government. Labour has been wiped out by the SNP in ...

Party leaders have been casting their votes in the United Kingdom general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the UK, which will remain open until 22:00. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote. As well as the general election, there are more than 9,000 ...

Millions of people have begun casting their votes in the United Kingdom general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the UK, which will remain open until 22:00. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote. As well as the general election, there are more than ...

The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in March appears to have practised a rapid descent on a previous flight, a report by French investigators says. The report said Andreas Lubitz repeatedly set the same plane for an unauthorised descent earlier that day. Lubitz is suspected of deliberately crashing the Airbus 320, killing all 150 ...