The ECB president Mario Draghi, visiting London's financial district, has said he sees "encouraging signs of tangible improvements" in the UK economy.

Global stock markets fall after weak Chinese economic data and concerns the US may scale back monetary stimulus efforts but the Dow Jones closes flat.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde is grilled by judges in Paris over a big payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister.

International mining companies operating in Mozambique are failing in their obligation to people displaced by coal mining, says Human Rights Watch.

Tata Steel, one of the world's biggest steelmakers, blames weakness in Europe for a net loss in the fourth quarter and says "severely depressed" conditions are likely to persist.