Russia today began the new week with an official day of mourning for at least 118 people killed in the Moscow hostage crisis.

The British family caught in the Moscow hostage crisis has been finally reunited after their son was released from hospital overnight.

A British couple taken hostage when Chechen gunmen stormed a Moscow theatre have been reunited after the 58-hour siege ended in a dramatic rescue bid by Russian special forces.

Fears are growing tonight for hundreds of hostages who were spending a third night at the mercy of Chechen rebels in a Moscow theatre.

Hopes for the safe release of dozens of foreigners, including two British citizens, being held hostage by Chechen rebels in a Moscow theatre, appeared dashed today amid claims of a deadlock in negotiations.