Latest: Boris Johnson has confirmed his desire to hold a general election on October 15 – as he looks set to be defeated on a crunch vote on his plan.

Denmark’s prime minister has resigned after the centre-right opposition won parliamentary elections.

It was one of last year’s most controversial pictures. And now it has emerged British prime minister David Cameron "muscled in" to be part of the infamous shot.

Danish voters appeared set to elect their first female prime minister today and end 10 years of pro-market reforms and a hardening of immigration laws.

Relations between Britain and Russia deteriorated further today after it emerged that the director of the British Council in St Petersburg had been detained.