The European Commission has fined 11 airlines more than $1bn between them for fixing air cargo prices. The carriers include British Airways, Air France and Japan Airlines. Here is Mark Gregory.
The fines come after a four-year investigation that spanned both sides of the Atlantic. The airlines were accused of running a price-fixing cartel involving illegal collusion on air freight charges. Air France must pay the single largest penalty, with British Airways also fined more than $100m. The German carrier Lufthansa has not been fined as it provided the information that led to the investigation.
US defence officials say they have been unable so far to explain the sighting of an apparent missile vapour trail off the coast of California on Monday. A long condensation trail was filmed by a news helicopter arcing into the evening sky west of Los Angeles. The video shows the billowing trail apparently rising from the water. Pentagon spokesman said the cause was not clear.
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A prison riot in northern Brazil has ended with 18 inmates killed after fellow prisoners took their warders hostage. A number of the men were decapitated by their own cellmates, their severed heads tossed out of the windows of the prison block. On Monday, a group of prisoners went on the rampage around the prison, killing rival gang members and capturing other guards at gunpoint.
President Barack Obama, who's currently in Indonesia, says progress is being made on ending the mistrust between Muslim countries and the United States. He said the relationship between the Islamic world and the West often dominated by fears of terrorism must expand beyond security issues.