Two Military helicopters belonging to France have collided in southern France, killing at least five people, police and officials report. According to Al Jazeera, the crash happened at Carcès lake, just north of St Tropez on Friday. Rescuers are at the scene, in the Var region, searching for a sixth person who was aboard one of the helicopters.

The French dairy group at the centre of a baby milk scandal, Lactalis, has admitted some of its products may have been tainted over more than a decade.

Millions of boxes of powdered milk have been recalled worldwide following a salmonella outbreak last year.

Researchers say that the exact same strain of salmonella was responsible for another outbreak in 2005.

The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes.

German media say the health impact research was done by EUGT, a body funded by Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW.

Such tests could not be justified, the government said, demanding details. A minister called them "abominable".

A former school teacher, now pregnant with her first child, will give birth in custody after pleading guilty to having sex with a student while she taught at Sydney Grammar School, Australia. The 34-year-old, from the land down under pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual intercourse with the 17-year-old boy, with the offences taking place in a range of locations including classrooms.

About 61 top universities in the United Kingdom will be going on an industrial strike action for two weeks over planned changes to staff pensions. According to BBC, University of Oxford, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, University College London (UCL), University of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and York are among the universities affected.

Ingvar Kamprad passed away on Saturday in his home in Älmhult, Sweden, following a short illness, according to reports. The founder of furniture retailer Ikea died at the age of 91 surrounded by his loved ones, according to a statement released by the company. Kamprad founded IKEA at the age of 17, peddling matches, fish and Christmas cards by bicycle. The company’s name is a combination of the initials of his first and last name, his family farm and the nearest village.