BBC News with Marian Marshall
Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is stepping aside temporarily. He's faced criticism over his conduct and that of his wife, who secured funds for her teenage lover to set up in business. Mr Robinson said he needed time to deal with what he called family matters. The Enterprise Minister will take over his duties. Rob Broomby reports.
The interim First Minister Arlene Foster told the Northern Ireland Assembly that Peter Robinson would clear his name and that the investigations currently underway would show that he had behaved entirely properly over his wife's financial affairs. Sitting grim-faced and hands pressed together listening was the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. He shares power with Peter Robinson's party despite them being arch opponents. How he plays his hand in the weeks to come could determine whether the peace process goes off the rails or not. For months now, the two sides have been wrangling over how and when to bring justice and policing powers back to Belfast.
The first football match to be played at the Angolan enclave of Cabinda as part of the African Cup of Nations tournament has passed off without incident three days after the Togolese team came under attack in the province. The match between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast ended in a goalless draw. The tournament was thrown into confusion when the Togolese government ordered its team home.
A federal court in the American state of California has begun hearing a challenge to a ban on gay marriages. Opponents of the ban argue that it violates the US constitution. Rajesh Mirchandani reports.