The UK government has watered-down sanctions on Russia, allowing diesel and jet fuel from Russian crude oil to enter the UK if it is refined in other countries.
The son of the founder of fashion brand Mango, who died during a fall while they were hiking in mountains with other family members, has been arrested by Spanish police.
The sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly is said to be among at least six Irish citizens on an aid flotilla to Gaza to have been detained by Israel off the coast of Cyprus.