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Hundreds of firefighters have joined efforts to tackle two of the biggest wildfires ever seen in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico.

Public money was wasted by the Welsh government in a failed plan to turn a former hotel it bought for £1.6m into a community and martial arts centre, says a scathing watchdog's report.

The American mountain lion or cougar is re-populating parts of the US, raising questions about its relationship with humans, scientists say.

Nokia cuts another 10,000 jobs and warns that second-quarter losses from its mobile phone business will be larger than expected.

Spain's borrowing costs reach a new euro-era record, with 10-year bond yields hitting 7% - a level many analysts believe is unsustainable.

Westlife singer Shane Filan is declared bankrupt in the UK after his Irish property development company got into difficulties.

Two British detectives have visited Libya as part of the ongoing investigation into the 1984 murder of Pc Yvonne Fletcher, the Metropolitan Police says.

Jeremy Hunt and the Murdochs still in spotlight

The human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the Syrian government of war crimes and adopting a scorched earth policy.

Pressure on Stormont budgets has made preventing ill-health in Northern Ireland more difficult, the Public Health Agency says.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster criticises the Co-operative Group over the showing of a documentary opposing fracking.

Ex-News International executive Rebekah Brooks told the PM "professionally we're definitely in this together", the Leveson Inquiry hears.

The Falkland Islands are marking 30 years since the end of the war with Argentina with a service at Liberation Monument, Port Stanley.

The Australian government says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks, including the Coral Sea, ahead of the Rio+20 summit.

Local authority spending on elderly and disabled care is being reduced by nearly £900m this financial year, a survey suggests.

Will new surveillance powers bring Big Brother state?

The home secretary defends plans to store details of all online activity - emails, web pages visited and games played - in the UK.

Russia faces increased pressure to harden its approach to Syria, with a number of countries warning of a descent into civil war.

Police move in to support the eviction of Occupy London protesters from Finsbury Square after Islington Council is granted a court order.

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong denies drug charges brought against him by the US Anti-Doping Agency.