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Two British tourists have been killed in an attack on a beach in southern Thailand, local police have said.

Police believe the man and woman were attacked on Sunday night, on the island of Koh Tao.

The victims, whose bodies were found with serious injuries early on Monday, were a 23-year-old woman from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and a 24-year-old man from Jersey.

The UK Foreign Office said it was urgently investigating the reports.

Jersey Police said the man’s family had been informed and police were co-operating with the Thai and British authorities who were leading the investigation.

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Thirty countries have pledged to help Iraq fight Islamic State (IS) militants “by all means necessary”.

A joint statement by foreign ministers taking part in a major conference in Paris talks said support would include “appropriate military assistance”.

The talks had been called to agree a strategy to combat the group, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria.

The conference followed a whirlwind tour of the Middle East by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Mr Kerry, who attended the summit, has been drumming up support for a plan of action unveiled by President Barack Obama last week.

The murder of British aid worker David Haines by IS militants, shown in a video released by the group on Saturday, has added momentum to the plans, says the BBC’s Lucy Williamson in Paris.

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Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Dr Ian Paisley, 88, has died, his wife Eileen said.

In a statement, Baroness Paisley said her “beloved husband” had “entered his eternal rest” on Friday morning.

“Although ours is the grand hope of reunion, naturally as a family we are heartbroken,” she said. “We loved him and he adored us, and our earthly lives are forever changed.”

Baroness Paisley said that his funeral would be private.

Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin, who was his deputy first minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly, said he had learned of the death with deep regret and sadness.

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The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child.

Kensington Palace said that – as when the duchess was pregnant with Prince George – she was suffering from very acute morning sickness and was being treated by doctors at the palace.

Prince William and Catherine’s second baby will become fourth in line to the throne, behind older brother Prince George, who is 13 months old.

The palace said the Queen and both families were delighted with the news.

Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour leader Ed Miliband and the Archbishop of Canterbury were among those to offer their congratulations to the couple.

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The media is reaching saturation point in its coverage of the ice bucket challenge. But what has actually been achieved?

The format is simple – somebody has water, often full of ice cubes, dumped over their head. They then nominate people they know to undertake the same challenge.

There have been in excess of 2.4 million ice bucket-related videos posted on Facebook, and 28 million people have uploaded, commented on or liked ice bucket-related posts.

On image sharing website Instagram there have been 3.7 million videos uploaded with the hashtags #ALSicebucketchallenge and #icebucketchallenge. Justin Bieber’s has been the most popular – with about one million “likes”.

The stunt is typically intended to raise money and awareness for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association. Its British equivalent, the Motor Neurone Disease Association, has also benefited.

From 29 July to 28 August this year ALS received $98.2m – compared with $2.7m donated during the same period last year.

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