A court begins hearing the case of Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi who is charged with defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3m) in tax.

Police are to investigate the circumstances around the killing of a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo after a four-year-old boy fell into his enclosure.

An Italian appeals court upholds the 16-year sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia which capsized in 2012, killing 32 people.

The largest airline in Latin America, Latam, says it is suspending its flights to Venezuela because of the worsening economic situation.

International footballer Alan Pulido fought one of his kidnappers and grabbed his phone to call police, officials reveal.

The director of Cincinnati zoo says he would do the same again after a gorilla, into whose enclosure a child fell, was shot dead.

A second minister in Brazil's new government resigns after a recording was published appearing to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation.

French railway workers are to go on strike in the latest action in a series of protests against planned labour reforms.