Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has issued an apology after being reprimanded by his club for being videoed driving with an open bottle of champagne in his hand.

At least 61 people were killed in a stampede when new year celebrations turned into a panicked stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

A video showing a kidnapped Briton and an Italian being held by armed men apparently from an al-Qaida group, is being investigated by the UK Foreign Office.

Oil trader Trafigura put profits ahead of safety to hide hazardous waste in a ship that docked in Amsterdam in 2006 and then exported it illegally, a court heard today.