Tyre maker Continental has received a 11.3bn euro (£8.9bn) bid from German counterpart Schaeffler, paving the way for a potential takeover fight.

The wife of canoeist John Darwin has denied repeatedly lying in court in a "last-ditch" attempt to "get away with it", a court has heard. Anne Darwin said she felt "trapped" by her husband's actions when lying to their sons about their father's fate.

What appears to be a mass grave has been discovered in eastern Sri Lanka.