POLITICS

Best photos of the day: 7 February 2014.

Results of TNS BMRB, YouGov and Ipsos Mori opinion polls on Scottish independence

This is the strongest warning from the government over Scotland's currency post-referendum

Prime Minister David Cameron delivered an emotional appeal to voters.

Nuland heard swearing while discussing Ukraine crisis with US diplomat Geoffrey Pyatt in call leaked on YouTube.

Political Editor Nick Assinder casts a beady eye over the political machinations of the Westminster week

Neither Tories nor Labour have enough women MPs but ruling party has the bigger problem.

Constituency chairman and 2015 election candidate John Upex resigns to avoid embarrassing party.

Artists voice support for Russian gay rights on eve of showcase Games.

Ipsos Mori poll shows Tories lead Labour despite supporting 50p tax rate.

@KermlinRussia co-author Katya Romanovskaya has car vandalised with 90kg erect phallus.

Lawmakers to vote on use of electric chair.

PM under pressure to deal more decisively with unprecedented storms.

Italy's former PM ousted from Senate could stand in May against austerity and 'Germanised Europe'.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina criticised over New York concert.

Ukrainian anti-government protesters get married in Kiev.

North Korea says family talks will be cancelled unless South Korea-US joint military drills stop.

As we near the Sochi starting line, IBT looks at the activists limbering up for LGBT rights.

Terrorists could assemble explosive devices in flight using material stuffed inside toothpaste tubes, US Department of Homeland Security warns.

Tory MP for Cannock Chase will not stand at 2015 general election over SS uniform stunt.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's air force keeps up pressure on rebel-held areas of Aleppo.

White House official says seven climate hubs will help farmers adapt to extreme weather.

Two members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot will be introduced by Madonna.

Lib Dem differentiation and Tory rebels deny government room to move.

Best photos of the day: 5 February 2014.

According to an Imam in Egypt, men must divorce wives who show affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood party.

Koreas to begin first set of staff-level talks by end of February over family reunions.

Libyan foreign minister says Tripoli has eliminated its entire chemical arsenal as agreed under Chemical Weapons Convention.

Labour's ruling body overwhelmingly backs leader's party membership reforms.