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Savers will receive a text message alert when their bonus introductory interest rate has expired, under proposals from the UK finance regulator.

Spain raises the minimum age for marriage from 14 to 16, having had the lowest marrying age in Europe.

A US network says it has obtained a voicemail from Sandra Bland recorded shortly before her death in custody, and expressing shock at her arrest.

Former British number one Laura Robson claims her first win in almost two years at a Challenger tournament in Canada.

An “unprecedented spike” in executions in Iran has seen nearly 700 people believed put to death there this year, Amnesty International says.

Sony Animation Pictures buys the rights to turn emojis into a film.

The US is "aiding and abetting" the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria, President Buhari says.

A bag carrying NZ$1m (£425,000) is missing after it fell while being carried from an airplane at Hong Kong International Airport.

Comedian Bill Cosby fails to block a case accusing him of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974.

Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.