The Russian plane crash in Egypt last week was not due to technical failures, French aviation officials familiar with the investigation tell the BBC.

Every home and business in the UK will have access to "fast broadband" by the end of the decade, David Cameron pledges.

Portugal's Socialists say they have the backing of two smaller far-left parties and can form a government after last month's inconclusive general election.

There are protests in Taipei as Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou leaves for talks with China's President Xi Jinping, the first ever talks between leaders of the two sides.

The Queen will attend services at the Royal Albert Hall and the Cenotaph this weekend as she leads the UK in paying respects to its war dead.

The World Health Organization delayed Sierra Leone in declaring a state of emergency over the Ebola outbreak, the country's president tells the BBC.

The World Cup in 2010 triggered an increase in the number of baby boys born in the host country South Africa nine months later, a study says.

British sportswoman Hayley Turner, considered by many to be the greatest female jockey of all time, is to take part in her final races.