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News and Media RSS FeedsLabour MPs call for hacking probe - Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk New police appeal over MI6 death - Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.... Tube workers begin 24-hour strike - Severe disruption is expected on London Underground as the first workers begin a 24-hour strike.... Saatchi gallery deal hits setback - Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down.... MoD names two killed UK soldiers - Two British soldiers who died in Afghanistan and in a UK hospital on the same day are named by the Ministry of Defence.... Blair cancels London book signing - Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".... Clegg defends referendum bill - MPs begin debating plans for a referendum on changing the way MPs are elected.... NI school evacuated in bomb alert - A primary school is closed in Antrim after an explosive device is found by an eight-year-old pupil and carried into a classroom.... Obama unveils $50bn building plan - President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy.... Bipolar 'not linked to violence' - People with a mental illness are no more likely to be violent unless they abuse drugs or alcohol, a study suggests.... Forsyth quits dance results show - Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.... Quacking profit: Expenses MP sells duck island - The ornamental duck island which sank the career of a Tory MP at the height of the expenses scandal is sold for charity.... Colombian confirmed as world's shortest man - A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.... Capello insists Rooney will play - England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.... Live text - US Open day eight - Caroline Wozniacki takes on Maria Sharapova at the US Open, following Svetlana Kuznetsova's shock exit with Roger Federer playing later.... Pietersen fined for Twitter rant - England batsman Kevin Pietersen is given an undisclosed fine by the ECB over his Twitter tirade.... Striker Kuyt suffers injury blow - Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt injures shoulder during training with the Netherlands, according to Dutch boss Bert van Marwijk... Murray baffled by US Open defeat - Andy Murray is at a loss to explain the physical problems behind his surprise defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open.... Murder accused's 'gymnastic sex' - A man who killed his wife after five months of marriage enjoyed "gymnastic" sex sessions with another woman, a court hears.... Former head jailed for sex abuse - A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.... Barclays bank to create 600 jobs - Banking giant Barclays announces it is to expand its presence in Glasgow, creating 600 jobs.... Man dies in Philippines stabbing - A 27-year-old Aberdeen man is stabbed and killed two days after flying to the Philippines.... Shock over pipe bomb at school - A father speaks of his shock after his eight-year-old son picked up a pipe bomb in a school playground in Antrim.... Gang 'advertised city brothels' - A Scottish crime gang spent more than £50,000 advertising brothels in Belfast, a court is told.... 'Disgust' over killer's sentence - A Flintshire mother calls for tougher sentences for so-called "one-punch killers" after her son's attacker was jailed for 40 months for manslaughter.... Children hurt in school bus crash - More than 60 children were involved a collision between two school buses in south Wales, say police.... SA public sector strike suspended - South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.... Vicar jailed for sham marriages - A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.... NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes' - Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.... Japan convicts whaling activists - A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.... Spain dismisses Eta 'ceasefire' - The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.... France faces pension plan strike - France faces disruption in a strike over pension reform on Tuesday, when MPs will also debate a ban on full face veils and a new security bill.... Miners' families mark first month - Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.... Guatemala sees rescue hopes fade - Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.... French FM pledges Ashtiani support - France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.... Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge - Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.... Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods - Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province.... Suicide attack on Pakistan police - Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.... Travolta extortion case dismissed - Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.... BP well 'poses no further risk' - The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.... BA boss reveals takeover ambition - British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.... Demand for Equitable Life payout - Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.... UK car sales suffer sharp decline - New car sales fell 17.5% in August - the second consecutive month of declines, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.... End UK rebate - EU budget chief - The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.... Student migration 'unsustainable' - The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.... Five jailed over postal vote scam - Five men, including two ex-councillors, are jailed over a failed postal vote scam in Bradford during the 2005 general election.... Diabetes drug advice 'not heeded' - A type two diabetes drug is still being prescribed in the UK two months after it was recommended for withdrawal, BBC Panorama learns.... Junior medics 'leaving training' - Nearly one in four junior doctors drop out of their NHS training after two years, figures show.... Gum and heart link 'breakthrough' - Scientists say they have established one reason why gum disease may increase the risk of heart disease.... First 16 'free schools' revealed - The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.... Gove defends free school numbers - Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".... Tory defects over schools scheme - A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".... UK mobile firms to merge networks - Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.... Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m - Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.... Tiny solar cells fix themselves - A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.... Blair in climate inaction warning - Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.... Red Planet 'may not be lifeless' - Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.... Insect brains to fight MRSA - Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.... Hall works tipped to fetch £1.5m - Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.... American Pie star gets probation - American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.... Bookie cuts Weller Mercury odds - The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.... Do our memories get better with age? - Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture?... Eddie who? - Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?... Don't let the bed bugs bite - The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?... Live: Parliamentary Reform Bill - Plans for a referendum on changing the way in which MPs are elected to Parliament are being debated in the House of Commons.... Rare colour footage of the Blitz - Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.... Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan - The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.... Rooney 'happy to play' says Capello - England manager Fabio Capello says striker Wayne Rooney is in the right frame of mind to play against Switzerland on Tuesday despite allegations about his private life.... Schoolboy: 'I found a pipe bomb' - The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.... Shady world of Indian illegal bookies - The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.... Elbow and Kloot talk Mercury Prize - I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.... CCTV released in appeal over MI6 death - Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams have released the most recent CCTV footage of the victim.... Male victims of domestic violence - 40% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast... Brilliant ideas - The secrets behind some of the UK?s newest inventions... Unswung hero - What does this man tell us about the real 1960s?... Family on film - Director Sofia Coppola returns with her new movie Somewhere... Century man - How likely is it that you'll live to be 100 years old?... Zero tolerance? - US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb... Officials freeze assets of Kabul Bank shareholders, excepting Karzai's brother -
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Struggling to contain an escalating crisis at Kabul Bank, Afghan authorities have barred the sale of Kabul properties held by the bank's principal owners.
Hamid Karzai - ... Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq -
BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said.
... As U.S. officials begin visit to Beijing, relations are 'sound,' China says -
BEIJING - At a time of tension in U.S.-China relations, a three-day visit by senior U.S. officials to Beijing began on Monday with signs that Chinese leaders want to smooth over some key frictions.
Beijing -... Kabul Bank has 'normalized,' Afghan officials say -
Afghanistan's top financial officials insisted Monday that ailing Kabul Bank remains solvent and does not yet require a government bailout, despite persistent crowds demanding their money back.
... North Korea to free seven fishermen detained last month -
North Korea will release seven crew members detained since last month after their fishing boat was captured in the East Sea, Pyongyang's news agency said Monday.
North Korea - ... North Korea's party leaders gather in Pyongyang as speculation about Kim Jong Il's successor intensifies -
SEOUL - Party officials are arriving in Pyongyang, North Korea's state-run media said Monday, signaling an imminent meeting that outsiders describe as a critical step in leader Kim Jong Il's hereditary power transfer.
... Pakistani refugees showing some can-do spirit -
IN SUKKUR, PAKISTAN As ruined lives and landscapes threaten Pakistan's fragile government, another dismal reality might help save it: The refugees from this summer's catastrophic floods have profoundly low expectations of their leaders.
... Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable -
SAN MARTIN DE SAMIRIA, PERU - To the untrained eye, all evidence here in the heart of the Amazon signals virgin forest, untouched by man for time immemorial - from the ubiquitous fruit palms to the cry of howler monkeys, from the air thick with mosquitoes to the unruly tangle of jungle vines.
... Basque government in Spain calls ETA cease-fire meaningless -
MADRID - The armed Basque separatist group ETA, under pressure from political allies to renounce violence and weakened repeatedly by the arrests of its leaders, announced another cease-fire Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for an independent homeland.
... Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit -
NAHUALA, Guatemala -- Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.
... Classic cars can cost millions, but are they good investments? -
Peter Mullin, owner of one of the world's largest private collections of classic French automobiles, points to a 1935 Hispano-Suiza J12 Cabriolet sitting among 60 other cars in his museum in Southern California.
... Mine foreman keeps trapped crew on task in Chile -
Luis Urzua went to work as a shift foreman at the San Jose gold and copper mine here in northern Chile on Aug. 5. A month later, the steely 54-year-old has yet to relinquish his command, pivoting to the challenge of organizing the increasingly sophisticated existence of 33 men facing long-term entra
... The post-9/11 life of an American charged with murder -
On the morning of Jan. 26, Sharif Mobley stepped out of his apartment in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, to buy some cereal for his sleeping 3-year-old daughter. The young American from New Jersey was quickly surrounded by eight black-clad, masked operatives from the country's secret police. Mobley
... Authorities struggle to stabilize Kabul Bank -
KABUL - With crowds again besieging Afghanistan's largest private bank after a day's respite for Friday prayer, Afghan authorities on Saturday grasped for a plan to shore up tottering Kabul Bank and avoid potential economic and political turmoil.
... N. Korea's Kim Jong Il expected to introduce son as successor -
TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will probably use an upcoming meeting of party elites to introduce his heir apparent, initiating the Stalinist dictatorship's second hereditary power transfer, U.S. and South Korean experts and officials say.
... Drug lord 'La Barbie' takes spotlight in Mexico City -
MEXICO CITY - A ritual is performed when drug lords are arrested here. They are paraded before the news cameras, often with black eyes and fresh bruises, then stand shackled and grimacing between a pair of masked police.
... U.S. troops have left $324 million in back pay unclaimed -
Uncle Sam wants to give free, no-strings-attached money to about 145,000 troops who were involuntarily kept on duty after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but is having trouble persuading them that it's not a gimmick.
... U.S. Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand -
U.S. Marines and British civilian advisers are waging two wars in the hilly northern half of Helmand province: They're fighting the Taliban, and they're quarreling with each other.
United States - ... U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption -
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - U.S. commanders in southern Afghanistan are adopting a strategy that increasingly places the priority on fighting the Taliban even if that means tolerating some corruption.
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