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Previous earthquakes that rivalled the March 2011 Tohoku tremor in size may be recorded in sediment samples just recovered from the seafloor off Japan.

The chief inspector of Scottish prisons calls for the creation of behaviour units in more schools to prevent young people ending up in jail.

The exams regulator halts seminars on specific GCSEs and A-levels in England after claims unfair information was being passed on.

A retired UK businessman extradited to the US on charges of plotting to sell weapons parts to Iran says he will vigorously contest the claim.

German car and truck maker Daimler reports a sharp rise in profits thanks in part to record sales at its Mercedes-Benz division.

A movie about Cuban boat people, whose stars have gone missing, wins three prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Residents who fear their homes could be affected if plans to build two new tunnels on the M4 go ahead, are due to attend a public meeting.

China decides "in principle" to build a supply dock on one of the islands it disputes with Vietnam in the South China Sea.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are due to begin the second of their two-day tour of Wales to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says he would be prepared to testify at the Smithwick tribunal if asked.

A judge in the Netherlands upholds a new ban on foreign tourists entering Dutch cannabis cafes, in a bid to cut cross-border crime.

Papers focus on Charles Taylor's conviction

One of China's best-known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Greece should not have joined the euro, a former head of the Bundesbank who was closely involved in eurozone policymaking tells the BBC.

The United States agrees to move thousands of Marines based in Okinawa out of Japan to Hawaii, Guam and other locations in Asia.

Soaps are often seen as shallow and addictive melodramas, but there many examples that have set out to change society, and succeeded.

Shares of the website of People's daily surge on their debut at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Lady Gaga has had her Seoul concert re-rated as only suitable for over 18s, by South Korea's Media Rating Board.

The US Secret Service is looking into allegations its employees paid for strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador ahead of a presidential visit.

Senior Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes joins calls for an inquiry into whether Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt breached the ministerial code of conduct.