Tesco has agreed to pay $12m (€11.28m) to settle a US shareholder lawsuit claiming that accounting irregularities inflated the share price of Britain’s largest retailer.

Wildfires fuelled by dry, windy weather damaged about 50 homes on Florida’s central Atlantic coast and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency.

Arjun Atwal, the first Indian player to win on the European Tour, finds himself at the centre of police investigations following the death of a man in what police say appears to be a high-speed street race.