Canada Evacuations increase as wildfire spreads in Alberta, Canada A huge wildfire raging near Fort McMurray in central Canada has spread, forcing further evacuations and pushing the emergency operations centre 300 05/05/2016
Sport Liverpool to play Seville in Europa League final Liverpool scored early in their UEFA cup semi final against Villarreal and Daniel Sturridge added his second in the 63rd minute to calm nerves and go 05/05/2016
Syria Playing for Palmyra - Russia holds a concert in the ruins The orchestra from Russia's Marinsky Theatre has staged a surprise concert in the amphitheatre of the historic Syrian city. 05/05/2016
World EU emissions rise revealed just months after COP21 climate deal Carbon emissions increased in the EU last year, new data published just months after the COP21 climate deal has revealed. Green campaigners say it is 05/05/2016
United Kingdom "You can't always get what you want" - the Rolling Stones dump Trump The British mega-group has asked the Republican Party's presumptive candidate to stop using their music as the soundtrack to his campaign. 05/05/2016
France Police shoot-out with UK-registered car in France Occupants are suspected of involvement in people-smuggling. Dozens of migrants were found in a lorry in Belgium in what officials say was a linked operation. 05/05/2016
Sweden Lone woman faces down neo-Nazis in Sweden An activist who stood up to hundreds of neo-Nazis in Sweden hopes her gesture will highlight the fight against racism in the country. 05/05/2016
Sport Madrid celebrates football supremacy but wonders who are Real champions Let us hope the team that turns up for the final of the 2016 Champions League is better than the Real Madrid we saw against Manchester City over both 05/05/2016
Sport Cleveland set new NBA record in stunning display The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new NBA record by scoring 25 three-pointers in their 123-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The win takes them 2-0 up in 05/05/2016
Sport Verstappen takes Kvyat's F1 drive at Red Bull After copping a mouthful of Sebastien Vettel’s anger at the Russian Grand Prix for rash driving that earned a stewards rebuke, not for the first 05/05/2016
Business Tussle over 500 euro notes ends with slow phasing out The European Central Bank will stop issuing 500 euro notes on concerns over use by terrorists and criminals, but they will be phased out only from 2018 due to resistance from Germany. 05/05/2016
Culture Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for 05/05/2016
Business Referendum fears hit UK services growth Britain's dominant services industry is being hit by uncertainty over the EU referendum in June and the state of the global economy according to the latest surveys of businesses. 05/05/2016
Business BT responds to critics with fibre-optic and 4G mobile investment plan Britain's biggest broadband company, BT says it will spend six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros) on fibre-optic cabling and 4G mobile in the next three years. 05/05/2016
Turkey Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirms he will step down at AK Party Congress on 22 May Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will step down later this month, after talks aimed at easing tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 05/05/2016
Business Uber names global advisory board to help it overcome opposition and expand Uber has set up a public policy advisory board to help gain government support for the ride sharing app as it expands into new countries. 05/05/2016
Business Tesla sets incredibly high 500,000 cars per year production schedule Electric car maker Tesla plans to hugely accelerate production of its upcoming Model 3 mass-market vehicle to 500,000 cars a year from 2018, but sceptics are doubtful founder Elon Musk can do it. 05/05/2016
