The legendary singer speaks to the BBC's Will Gompertz about her new autobiography.

Voting in the Afghan province is delayed after the Taliban shoot dead a powerful police chief.

Kare Adenegan, Freya Anderson and James Bowen are on the final shortlist for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club announces that final set tie-breaks will be introduced at Wimbledon from next year.

A campaign group for journalists' safety is among those to call for the US president to apologise.

Several French job centres borrow an idea from television show The Voice to shake up recruitment.

"I still don't know what took him to the edge," the singer tells BBC News.

Wigan Warriors full-back Zak Hardaker will undergo rehabilitation for alcohol abuse after being found guilty of drink-driving.

Watch LeBron James score two early buckets for his new NBA team the LA Lakers in their first game of the regular season.

This comes after Poland lowered the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, triggering protests.

England's Jonny Bairstow misses the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka after injuring himself playing football.

The Wikileaks co-founder has been living in the country's UK embassy in London since 2012.

Jose Mourinho "would love" to sign Eden Hazard for Man Utd but knows it would be impossible because "Chelsea are led by intelligent people".

The identity of the animal spotted in fields between Drongan and Coalhall remains a mystery.

Assessment centres outside the EU are not acceptable, the foreign minister tells Austrian media.

Victims were standing on the tracks watching celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dusshera.

UK visitors will not need French visas if there is no Brexit deal, the president's team clarifies.

With the Amputee Football World Cup set to begin on 27 October in Mexico, how do the England team fancy their chances?

The Arizona man fell down an abandoned mineshaft and went for two days without food or water.

Lewis Hamilton starts his US Grand Prix weekend as he means to go on with an imposing fastest time in first practice.

Ukrainian scientists have made an eco-friendly plastic bag that you can eat.