Brazil's Lula Must Start Prison Term

The former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has lost his legal battle to stay out of prison while he appeals against his conviction for corruption.

Bells have tolled in cities across the US to mark the moment 50 years ago that civil rights leader Martin Luther King was gunned down by a white supremacist. They rang out 39 times - one for each of Dr King's years. The main event took place at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where the murder took place.

In Sierra Leone’s the opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio has been sworn in as president.