The two were among five Italian nationals who drowned in last week's scuba diving accident in the Maldives.

Police said the vehicle was abandoned by the driver after it took on water near the shoreline of Grapevine Lake in north Texas.

Russia and China showed they were shoulder-to-shoulder on the world stage, but it became clear there are limits, says the BBC's Russia Editor.

Danish officials will conduct a post mortem examination on the whale, which was released into the sea from a barge more than two weeks ago.