The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the hours before the Ukrainian ceasefire in Mariupol.

The Kurds in Syria there have not received any air support in their battle against IS but men and women are fighting the militants.

Drone footage reveals the extent of damage to Gaza City caused by the recent conflict with Israeli that lasted 50 days, until a ceasefire was brokered.

As the Nato summit continues to discuss the threat of the militant group Islamic State (IS) the world is waiting to see the formation of a new Iraqi government.

The BBC's Andrew North tours the site in central Islamabad that has been occupied by supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri

Nato agrees to create a "spearhead" rapid reaction force with several thousand troops ready to deploy at very short notice.

The Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, says he has ordered the military to declare a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.

Drone footage reveals the extent of damage to Gaza City caused by the recent conflict with Israeli that lasted 50 days, until a ceasefire was brokered.

BBC technology reporter Dave Lee talks to industry experts about the issue of battery life at Berlin's Ifa tech show - a regular bugbear for consumers.

Dozens of young Indonesian men have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join Islamic State and fight with them in the region.

Scores of illegal migrants in the French port of Calais unsuccessfully tried to force their way onto a ferry bound for England, officials say.

Leaders meeting at the Nato summit will be discussing ways to tackle Islamic State fighters, as Jeremy Bowen reports.

Western countries are preparing to tighten sanctions on Russia over its action in Ukraine, US and British officials say.

The comedian Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81, her daughter has announced.

American warplanes have continued to launch air strikes on Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, many from the USS HW Bush in the Persian Gulf.

When missionary Gary Roberts came across a herd of elephants that had been killed by poachers in Chad, he attempted to rescue the sole surviving calf which he then flew home in his small lightweight plane.

Six teenagers are still being sought by Police in Tennessee after they escaped from a juvenile detention centre.

A water main has burst causing flooding in a San Diego neighbourhood, where locals took the opportunity to use their inflatables.

Valerie Trierweiler, the former partner of French President Francois Hollande, says Mr Hollande 'dislikes the poor'.

President Obama has urged members of the Nato alliance to send an unmistakable message backing Ukraine, in the face of what he called "brazen aggression" by Russia.