Leaders hail UK-France agreement |
- Leaders hail UK-France agreement
- US votes in crunch mid-term polls
- Dozens die in Baghdad explosions
- Hopes over 'ending' common cold
- Bombs target embassies in Athens
- No 'knee-jerk' answer to air plot
- Caribbean storm 'leaves 14 dead'
- Tanzanians elect first albino MP
- Medvedev 'plans new Kuril visit'
- BP back to profit after oil spill
- Merapi eruption cancels flights
- Infant girl 'survives six-storey fall'
- US couple sells reassuring Obama letter for $7,000
- Woods focus turns to major record
- Hamilton happy to chase for title
- Ntini ends international career
- Fifteen injured in gas explosion
- Body found in 'Disappeared' hunt
- Cumbria killings prompt gun plans
- Time may have been wasted on 7/7
- Woman guilty in MP stabbing case
- Shameless star hit outside court
- Probe into 999 'rest break' death
- Survey sees drug crime fear rise
- PSNI search for Arlene to resume
- Grandfather killer free in weeks
- Tram driver admits death charge
- Union fears over DVLA office jobs
- Mail bomb plotters 'used dry run'
- Court hears violent games case
- Argentine head tells of her grief
- Haiti cholera 'like Asian type'
- Guinea boycott threat is averted
- Protests at Tanzania poll delays
- Suspect package at Merkel office
- Serbs hunt Mladic at three sites
- Yemen hunts parcel bomb suspects
- Israel accused of prisoner abuse
- Candidates protest at Afghan vote
- Harry Potter 'link' to owl deaths
- China rejects US mediation in row
- N Korea to give torpedo sample
- Google sues US in software battle
- Australia and India in rate rises
- Hitachi surges back into profit
- Amazon rekindles Twitter in China
- Street View goes live in Germany
- Government tackles data disputes
- Charlie Sheen files for divorce
- Walk of Fame star for Dern family
- Film plan for BBC Dinosaur series
- 'Balloon head' dolphin discovered
- Brain imaging pinpoints deception
- Power lines 'invisible' to birds
- Call for mandatory salt curbs
- Jellyfish cells 'diagnose' cancer
- Should workers clock out to smoke?
- Tea parties: In praise of afternoon tea
- Why are kingfishers making a comeback?
- Flash floods hit Thailand
- Al-Qaeda's influence in Yemen
- Tuktuk challenge to Gaza donkeys
- US candidates make final vote push
- Mudslides kill three in Tuscany
- Saudi intelligence is anti-terror key
- Husband's shadow
- Day in pictures
- Breast is best
- iPad art
- Load of trouble
- 'My brother's Jihad'
- Heart for the poor
| Leaders hail UK-France agreement Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PDT The British and French leaders sign treaties agreeing to military co-operation, including the testing of nuclear warheads. |
| US votes in crunch mid-term polls Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:42 AM PDT Voters are going to the polls in the US mid-term elections, which will see a new House of Representatives and a third of the Senate elected. |
| Dozens die in Baghdad explosions Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PDT At least 30 people are killed as a series of co-ordinated explosions hits the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, reports say. |
| Hopes over 'ending' common cold Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:49 AM PDT Scientists make a landmark discovery about how the body fights viruses, paving the way for new treatments to beat illnesses like the common cold. |
| Bombs target embassies in Athens Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:58 AM PDT Bombs explode at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens and several other suspicious packages are destroyed, police say. |
| No 'knee-jerk' answer to air plot Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:28 AM PDT The International Air Transport Association warns governments not to overreact to last week's bomb plot using cargo aircraft. |
| Caribbean storm 'leaves 14 dead' Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:49 AM PDT At least 14 people are now known to have died on the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a hurricane triggered landslides, officials say. |
| Tanzanians elect first albino MP Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:29 AM PDT An albino is elected as an MP for the first time in Tanzania, telling the BBC it is a "victory for all albinos", who face widespread persecution in the East African nation. |
| Medvedev 'plans new Kuril visit' Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PDT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is said to be planning to visit more of the disputed Kuril Islands, despite growing anger from Japan. |
| BP back to profit after oil spill Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:46 AM PDT Oil giant BP has announced a return to profit in the three months to September after last quarter's record loss. |
| Merapi eruption cancels flights Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:20 AM PDT International airlines cancel flights to airports near Mount Merapi, as Indonesia's most volatile volcano continues to pump out clouds of ash. |
| Infant girl 'survives six-storey fall' Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:48 AM PDT An 18-month-old girl is unharmed after falling from a sixth-floor apartment and bouncing off a cafe awning into the arms of a passer-by, French media say. |
| US couple sells reassuring Obama letter for $7,000 Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:43 AM PDT A US couple whose resilient attitude to their misfortunes inspired a letter from President Barack Obama has sold the note for $7,000 (£4,380). |
| Woods focus turns to major record Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:48 AM PDT Tiger Woods tells BBC Sport he is focused on overhauling Jack Nicklaus' major record after losing his world number one spot to England's Lee Westwood. |
| Hamilton happy to chase for title Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:38 AM PDT McLaren's Lewis Hamilton believes having to come from behind in the title race could work to his advantage. |
| Ntini ends international career Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:43 AM PDT South Africa bowler Makhaya Ntini retires from international cricket. |
| Fifteen injured in gas explosion Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:53 AM PDT A suspected gas explosion rips through a street in Salford, destroying four houses and injuring 15 people. |
| Body found in 'Disappeared' hunt Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:12 AM PDT Human remains are found during the search for one of the "Disappeared", Belfastman Peter Wilson, who has been missing since 1973. |
| Cumbria killings prompt gun plans Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PDT Changes to firearms licensing are recommended after a review into the Derrick Bird killings in Cumbria, when 12 people were shot dead. |
| Time may have been wasted on 7/7 Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:17 AM PDT A paramedic admits "precious time" may have been "wasted" as medics waited for an update on casualties of the 7 July bombs. |
| Woman guilty in MP stabbing case Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:12 AM PDT A woman is convicted of attempting to murder the Labour MP Stephen Timms who was stabbed during a constituency surgery. |
| Shameless star hit outside court Posted: 02 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PDT Shameless actor Elliott Tittensor is attacked outside a London court after being fined for driving without insurance. |
| Probe into 999 'rest break' death Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:54 AM PDT An ambulance technician who chose not to answer a nearby 999 call is suspended while his decision-making is investigated. |
| Survey sees drug crime fear rise Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:54 AM PDT A Scottish crime survey reveals that the number of people who fear that drug dealing and mugging is taking place in their community has risen slightly. |
| PSNI search for Arlene to resume Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:46 AM PDT The PSNI has told a preliminary hearing at the coroner's court that its investigation into the disappearance of teenager Arlene Arkinson in 1994 is ongoing. |
| Grandfather killer free in weeks Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:04 AM PDT The teenager sentenced to one year for killing his grandfather is to be released at the end of November. |
| Tram driver admits death charge Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:12 AM PDT The driver of a tram, which collided with a holidaymaker on Blackpool promenade on her 70th birthday, admits causing death by careless driving. |
| Union fears over DVLA office jobs Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:10 AM PDT Up to 320 jobs at DVLA offices in Wales could be cut with 1,500 going across the UK, a union claims. |
| Mail bomb plotters 'used dry run' Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PDT US intelligence officials tracked suspicious shipments in September that they now suspect were a dry run for last week's foiled parcel bomb plot. |
| Court hears violent games case Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PDT The highest court in the US is considering whether children can be stopped from buying violent video games. |
| Argentine head tells of her grief Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:58 AM PDT Widowed Argentine President Cristina Fernandez makes a televised address, vowing to honour the legacy of her husband Nestor Kirchner, who died last week. |
| Haiti cholera 'like Asian type' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:19 PM PDT US health authorities say the cholera outbreak which killed more than 330 people in Haiti most closely resembles a South Asian strain of the disease. |
| Guinea boycott threat is averted Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:44 AM PDT Special polling stations are to be constructed for people displaced by recent violence to vote in the run-off amid fears of further delays. |
| Protests at Tanzania poll delays Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PDT Opposition supporters protest in several parts of Tanzania at the slow pace of announcing the result of Sunday's general election. |
| Suspect package at Merkel office Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:53 AM PDT German police investigate a "suspicious package" found in the post at Chancellor Angela Merkel's office. |
| Serbs hunt Mladic at three sites Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:54 AM PDT Serbian police search three locations - two in the capital, one in a village in central Serbia - for the war-crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic |
| Yemen hunts parcel bomb suspects Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:38 AM PDT Yemen launches a manhunt for suspects behind the failed US parcel bomb plot as suspected al-Qaeda militants blow up an oil pipeline. |
| Israel accused of prisoner abuse Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:11 AM PDT Israel's internal security service subjected Palestinians to abuse and torture while in custody, says a report by two Israeli rights groups. |
| Candidates protest at Afghan vote Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:55 AM PDT Dozens of Afghan parliamentary candidates march in the capital, Kabul, to protest at what they say were flaws in the 18 September vote. |
| Harry Potter 'link' to owl deaths Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PDT The Indian environment minister blames fans of boy wizard Harry Potter for their role in the dwindling number of wild owls. |
| China rejects US mediation in row Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:20 AM PDT China rejects an offer from the US to host three-way talks with Japan over the future of a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea. |
| N Korea to give torpedo sample Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:13 AM PDT North Korea says it is willing to hand over samples of its torpedos to prove it was not behind the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship. |
| Google sues US in software battle Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:48 AM PDT Google is suing the US authorities, saying it was unfairly excluded from a $58m deal to revamp government e-mail systems. |
| Australia and India in rate rises Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:34 AM PDT The Australian and Indian central banks both raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point amid fears of rising inflation. |
| Hitachi surges back into profit Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:43 AM PDT Electronics firm Hitachi reports a return to profit in the three months to September, reversing big losses made a year earlier. |
| Amazon rekindles Twitter in China Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:27 AM PDT Amazon's Kindle is proving popular in China because it allows users to log on to banned websites. |
| Street View goes live in Germany Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:11 AM PDT The first images via Google's Street View service in Germany are live after months of wrangling over privacy. |
| Government tackles data disputes Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PDT Consumers worried about information held about them online might soon be able to turn to a mediation service that can censor net data. |
| Charlie Sheen files for divorce Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:34 AM PDT Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen files for divorce from his third wife Brooke Mueller, citing irreconcilable differences. |
| Walk of Fame star for Dern family Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:14 AM PDT US actress Laura Dern and her parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, become the first family to be honoured together on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame. |
| Film plan for BBC Dinosaur series Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:55 AM PDT Emmy Award-winning BBC show Walking With Dinosaurs is to be made into a 3D movie, the corporation announces. |
| 'Balloon head' dolphin discovered Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:34 AM PDT Dutch researchers identify a new genus and species of dolphin that appears to have had a broad snout and balloon-like forehead. |
| Brain imaging pinpoints deception Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PDT Our ability to project a picture of ourselves in other people's minds may be down to a distinct form of brain activity, according to a report. |
| Power lines 'invisible' to birds Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:37 AM PDT Birds fly into power lines because of their "blind spots", according to new research. |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:36 PM PDT Forcing food manufacturers to cut salt levels in processed food could help cut heart disease rates, claim Australian researchers. |
| Jellyfish cells 'diagnose' cancer Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:17 PM PDT Luminous cells from jellyfish could help scientists searching for a way to combat cancers. |
| Should workers clock out to smoke? Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:54 AM PDT Smokers working at a district council must clock out when they nip outside for a fag. Is it fair to penalise employees who smoke? |
| Tea parties: In praise of afternoon tea Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PDT In Britain tea parties retain a more innocent meaning than the in the US - more Battenburg than Gettysburg. |
| Why are kingfishers making a comeback? Posted: 02 Nov 2010 06:44 AM PDT A new wildlife survey shows sightings of these iridescent water birds have trebled in the UK. Why? |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PDT Thousands of people in Thailand have been affected by flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall. |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:53 PM PDT The bomb plot has deepened anxiety in the international community about Yemen's volatile state and the ability of al-Qaeda to strengthen its presence there. |
| Tuktuk challenge to Gaza donkeys Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PDT In Gaza donkeys have been used as an essential form of transport for decades, but they are facing competition from cheap vehicles smuggled into the territory. |
| US candidates make final vote push Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:37 PM PDT Millions of Americans prepare to vote in elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
| Mudslides kill three in Tuscany Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PDT Mudslides triggered by heavy rainfall, have killed three people in central Italy. |
| Saudi intelligence is anti-terror key Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:32 PM PDT As security officials sift through the evidence of the weekend's foiled bomb plot, Saudi intelligence is emerging as a key element in the battle against al-Qaeda. |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:36 AM PDT Argentina's widowed leader must show she can govern on her own |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:47 AM PDT Eye-catching images from around the world |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:34 PM PDT Controversial new law seeks to save millions of young lives |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2010 01:36 AM PDT David Hockney uses new ways of displaying his latest work |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PDT How can air cargo security be improved? |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT The young British men lured to fight in Somalia |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:01 PM PDT Life and work of the German nun dubbed Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' |
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