The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its backbenchers on the issue of Europe, former Tory cabinet minister Lord Howe says. ...

Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade make 104 arrests as rival fans of the city's Partizan and Red Star teams clash at a match. ...

Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54. ...

An emotional David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears as he completes the final home match of his career with Paris St-Germain. ...

US chief of staff warns supply of sophisticated Russian missiles could encourage Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to believe he is safe from outside military action ...

A new political party, Plan B, which supports Greece's exist from the euro and a return to the drachma is due to hold its first meeting. ...

Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government. ...

Cameron's decision to press ahead with gay marriage and inability to deliver immediate EU referendum has created air of mistrust and acrimony in party ...

Constitutional council says law not contrary to any constitutional principle, but reserves its position on state-supported fertility treatment for lesbians ...

The EU is to ban restaurants from using refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil, citing hygiene and consumer protection. ...

Russia publicly names the man it believes to be the US intelligence chief in Moscow, a breach of diplomatic protocol. ...

The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry. ...

The US chides Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government, as world leaders mull how to end the conflict. ...

France's president is to sign into law a controversial bill that will make the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage. ...

Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden. ...

Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo are sent off as Real Madrid lose bad-tempered Copa del Rey final 2-1 to Atletico Madrid. ...

Listings gatekeeper to tighten entry rules as executives of miner ENRC set to face grilling ...

In a letter to Congress, the Treasury secretary said he was initiating

UK's High Court rules against a case brought by Martin Coward, Elena Ambrosiadou's husband, in which he had claimed ownership of the algorithms ...

French president wary Angela Merkel is prepared

Sir Robert Owen has ruled that the investigation into the death of the ex-KGB spy has no power to hear secret evidence in closed session ...

Governments are asking how oil benchmarks should be calculated but the answer is not clear, which is why the current system has lasted so long ...

Spanish judges put Miguel Blesa into custody, amid a probe into due diligence regarding the takeover of City National Bank of Florida in 2008 ...

Evidence of fragmentation abounds, as the IMF chief has pointed out. For every country putting out good news, there are weaker data elsewhere ...

An EU initiative to regulate olive oil bottles on restaurant tables

Independent committee rejects indicative bid made by the group, consisting of the oligarchs who founded the miner and the government of Kazakhstan ...

The military ruler who led the country through much of the

The future of the inquest into the death of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is in doubt after the coroner rules he cannot consider whether the Russian state was responsible. ...

UK detectives reviewing the case of the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say they have identified "a number of persons of interest". ...

More consumers gave an upbeat view about their personal finances, with the largest gains seen among households in the top third of income levels ...

The appointments of independent advisers represent a stepping-up of Bloomberg's response to client concerns over reporters monitoring activity ...

Figures highlight collapse in domestic demand and Madrid redirecting trade towards faster-growing economies in Asia and Middle East ...

Residents of a Jordanian border town are feeling the pressure of Syrian refugees doubling the population and taking their scarce resources ...

The Financial Times' tech blog and Twitter accounts have been compromised following a phishing attack on the company's email accounts ...

Spain records its first monthly trade surplus in more than 40 years as demand for imports dries up. ...

The bloc's banking regulator has significantly widened the definition of staff affected by the clampdown to include anyone earning more than

More than $1m worth of Chopard jewels, to be worn by celebrities for the Cannes film festival, have been stolen from a hotel room, police say. ...

Early Easter helps carmakers end 18-month downward trend in April, though a historic low in April 2012 made for a favourable comparison ...

Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria which could be used to deter future military intervention, US media reports say. ...

Three Japanese groups and GDF Suez of France take stakes in a $10bn LNG export facility in Louisiana ...

Car sales across Europe rose in April for the first time in 18 months, figures show, partly thanks to strong demand in the UK. ...

Danish shipping group adjusts expectations for container demand as it reports net profit down almost a third compared with a year earlier ...

President Barack Obama says the US has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria, after talks with Turkey's prime minister. ...

The dollar benefited from talk by Federal Reserve committee member John Williams that the central bank should begin cutting it asset buying by the end of the year ...

Ocado, the online grocery delivery group, has signed a £200m agreement to supply Morrison with services in a 25-year deal ...

Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, says it will launch online shopping by January 2014 after agreeing a tie-up with Ocado. ...

Utility group pays Singapore Power A$824m for a 19.9 per cent holding in SP AusNet, which manages three energy networks in the state of Victoria ...

Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images, capable of sensing frequencies beyond visible light. ...

The US group secures a $135m reduction to the purchase price of the Chinese group it bought in 2012, following writedown in January ...

More than a quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years. ...

Almost 12 years after the September 11 attack, the Senate hearing underlined the disagreements about who the US is actually still at war with ...

Move aims to recapture outsized returns the $2tn industry was once known for ...

Chairman of Cartier parent says he wants

Michael Dell's $24.4bn buyout bid with the Silver Lake private equity group is intended to free his company from the quarterly scrutiny of Wall Street and investor expectations ...

The embattled French president has pledged

The candidate many consider the supreme leader's favourite says his experience at the negotiating table will help him fight off international pressure ...

Chancellor's attempt to slash £11.5bn off public spending in election year has run into cabinet trouble ...

The allegations were made in London court and stem from a business dispute in the UK courts, which can only now be reported openly ...

Financial support from tiny gas-rich state overshadows western backing, but is being nudged aside by Saudi Arabia as the prime source of arms to rebels ...