US Shutdown Hits As Working Week Begins

The United States government shutdown is to continue into the working week after the senate postponed a vote on a stop-gap spending bill.

A court in Vietnam has jailed a former member of the politburo for corruption, after a high-profile trial that saw twenty other officials convicted.

Some of the biggest names in African football are in Liberia to see their fellow star George Weah being sworn in as president.