Ukraine scraps boycotted summit

Ukraine has called off a regional co-operation summit of Central and Eastern European nations after it was boycotted by most heads of state over the treatment of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

More than a dozen heads of state have refused to attend the summit on Friday and Saturday in the Crimean resort city of Yalta after Ms Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike to protest an alleged beating by prison officials.