World leaders have condemned the beheading of US hostage Peter Kassig which featured in a video released by Islamic State.
Mr Kassig was captured by IS fighters - also known as Isil - in Syria in October last year while providing medical training and humanitarian aid to victims of the country's conflict.
Footage of his death features an IS fighter speaking with a London accent and it appears to be the man known as Jihadi John thought to be responsible for previous hostage killings.
PM: New economic disaster looming
David Cameron warned a fresh global economic disaster could be looming as he urged Britons to back his plan to ensure stability in the UK.
In a bleak assessment following the G20 gathering of international leaders in Brisbane, he said "red warning lights are once again flashing on the dashboard of the global economy" six years on from the crash that "brought the world to its knees".
There was a "dangerous backdrop of instability and uncertainty", with diplomatic, humanitarian and economic problems around the world, he said, potentially putting the UK's recovery at risk.
Bird flu case on duck breeding farm
There has been an outbreak of bird flu on a British duck breeding farm.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed at least one case of the virus at the farm in the Driffield area of East Yorkshire.
But it insisted the risk to public health is "very low", and said it is embarking on a cull of all poultry at the stricken farm.
School to remember crash teens
A school will come together today to remember five "wonderful young people" who died in a "horrific" car crash.
Blake Cairns, 16, Arpad Kore, 18, Jordanna Goodwin, 16, and Megan Storey, 16, - who died in the two-car collision on Saturday - were all sixth-form students at Danum Academy in Doncaster.
The fifth teenager who died in the crash near Conisbrough, South Yorkshire - 18-year-old Bartosz Bortniczak - was a well-remembered former pupil.
EU to discuss more Russia sanctions
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will join European counterparts today to discuss possible further sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
The EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels follows the G20 summit in Australia, which David Cameron said had sent a "very clear message" to Vladimir Putin about the West's readiness to ramp up sanctions unless he took action to defuse the situation.
Mr Putin - who left the summit in Brisbane early - was left in no doubt that he stands at a "crossroads" in Russia's relationship with the rest of the world, said the Prime Minister.
UK plans green climate change fund
Britain is set to pledge hundreds of millions of pounds to a United Nations "green bank" intended to help poor countries prepare for the impact of global warming.
The announcement is expected at a pledging conference in Berlin on November 20, after Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK would "play a very positive part" in supporting the Green Climate Fund.
The timing is awkward for Conservatives as it comes on the same day as the crunch Rochester and Strood by-election, where Mr Cameron's party is struggling to fight off a challenge from Ukip, which argues that Britain is already too generous with overseas aid.
More over-60s treated for drinking
A worrying number of older women are entering formal treatment for alcoholism, according to new figures.
Nearly one in 10 of those starting treatment is now a woman aged 60 or more, which compares with 6% five years ago.
In contrast, women beginning treatment for alcoholism between the ages of 18 and 29 went down - from 18% five years ago to 14%, according to latest figures from Public Health England, quoted by the Priory Group, best known for offering rehabilitation to troubled celebrities.
Vote to rubber-stamp women bishops
The Church of England is set to shatter its "stained glass ceiling" today by voting in favour of appointing women bishops.
The Anglican General Synod is expected to approve legislation allowing women to be nominated and chosen for the senior posts "in minutes" when it meets in London.
The move, which comes 20 years after the first women priests were ordained, could see the first female bishop appointed next year.
New Band Aid single hits the shops
The Band Aid charity single hits shelves today, and is the bookies' favourite to become the Christmas number one.
The reworked version of Do They Know It's Christmas? features stars including One Direction, Bono and Ellie Goulding, and is expected to raise millions to help fight the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Chancellor George Osborne agreed to waive VAT on the single's sales, so every penny will help the charity effort.
Duke's plea over illegal poaching
The Duke of Cambridge has made an impassioned plea to stop illegal poaching in a message to launch a new version of the Angry Birds game highlighting the outlawed trade.
William warned that the "illegal slaughter of tens of thousands of animals" is pushing species "to the brink of extinction" and bankrolling criminal and terrorist gangs.
His message was recorded to launch an online tournament of a new Angry Birds game which features animated Pangolins - a species of scaly ant-eaters and one of the most world's endangered animals.
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