Headlines

The manhunt for a migrant who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl, and was released from prison in error, is ongoing.

Israel may have agreed to stop fighting in Gaza, but it is backing armed groups that plan to fight Hamas to the bitter end.

Administrators are on standby this weekend to handle the collapse of Petrofac, the oil and energy services group - an insolvency which could threaten the future of more than 2,000 jobs in Scotland.

More than 2,000 counterfeit weight loss jabs have been confiscated from a factory in Northampton, in what's believed to be the world's largest seizure.

The US has announced it is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America as it ramps up an operation to target alleged drug smuggling boats.

A woman in a "life-threatening" condition is "under police watch" in hospital after a nine-year-old girl was found dead in an Oxfordshire village.

Experts are warning that without "fast changes" the UK could run out of drinking water in the future.

The Pentagon has confirmed it has accepted an anonymous $130m (£98m) gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old was stabbed in south west London, earlier this week.

The mistaken release of a small boat migrant who was jailed for sexual offences has prompted widespread condemnation - and an extensive police operation.