Bayer faces a surge in lawsuits from people alleging that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, ratcheting up the legal pressure as the company engages in settlement talks.

A US federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits arising from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server when she was secretary of state.

The families of five Irish students killed when a California balcony collapsed have filed lawsuits over the incident.