Flu Vaccine Breakthrough Claim

Researchers say they are closer to developing a vaccine to give life-long protection against any type of flu, after promising trials in animals.
Two separate US teams have found success with an approach that homes in on a stable part of the flu virus.

Financial markets in Asia and Australia have opened under intense pressure from investors worried about a slowdown in China.

The European Union's Commissioner for Migrants has promised a war against people smugglers and has said that migrants who travel to EU countries for purely economic reasons will be returned home. However, Dimitris Avramopoulos said tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict zones like Syria were entitled to be in Europe.

(Photo: A man with flu sneezes into a tissue Credit: PA)