Cruise files for divorce

Tom Cruise has filed for divorce from Nicole Kidman.

He cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for splitting with actress Kidman after 10 years of marriage.

The petition was filed at the Superior Court in Los Angeles two days after the couple announced their separation.

It is thought they will share custody of their adopted children Conor, six, and Isabella, eight.

"It is Tom Cruise's desire that the dissolution of the marriage be handled amicably," his lawyer Dennis Wasser said.

"His major concern is the welfare of the parties' children."

The couple separated in December, the filing said.

On Monday, the couple blamed "difficulties inherent in divergent careers" for keeping them constantly apart.

Publicists said the actors would have no additional comment.

It is the second failed marriage for Cruise, who divorced Mimi Rogers in 1990 after three years. The same year, Kidman and Cruise met on the set of Days of Thunder and were married that Christmas Eve in Telluride, Colorado.