At least 10 people are reported to have been killed after a gigantic tornado ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City, flattening whole neighbourhoods.

The government reaches agreement with Labour which will allow its bill to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales to proceed in Parliament.

The health secretary rebuffs claims the PM is losing control of his backbenchers over Europe – as Tory activists complain of a “crisis” destroying the party.

Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.

Education Secretary Michael Gove receives one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office as he appears before head teachers in Birmingham.

Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of Imran Khan’s Movement for Justice party, is shot dead in the city of Karachi.