(1)  BHP the world's biggest miner, posted a full-year profit broadly in line with expectations, as revenue from iron ore and copper increased despite a deteriorating Chinese demand outlook.

(2) Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, has been detained in France over claims that the messaging service failed to properly fight crime on the app, including the spread of child sexual abuse material.

(3) Longtime Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will step down from the job at the end of the year, handing the role to top deputy Kevan Parekh after more than a decade.

(4) Despite a day of relative calm in the skies over Israel and Lebanon, tensions remained high Monday over the prospect that a regional war could erupt after Israel mounted what it called a preemptive strike that took out thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers.

(5) Prices in Britain's shops have fallen for the time in almost three years, as Bank of England policymakers mull further interest rate cuts.(6) UK banks are preparing for a red-hot corner in the lending market as the new Labour government's plan to address a housing shortage prompts developers to boost supply of homes.