Oil giant BP has said that the cap over the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was continuing to hold.

Paris Hilton has been arrested after she was caught with cannabis in her handbag at Corsica airport, say reports.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will ask BP officials to testify over their role in a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya.

Southern China has braced itself for more heavy rain and flooding, as Tropical Storm Conson heads towards Guangdong and Hainan.