Turkey 'will not start Syria war'

Turkey 'will not start Syria war'
Obama: Romney must tell the truth
Facebook passes one billion users
Spain 'foils college bomb plot'
Jordan king calls early elections
School buried in China landslide
Venezuelan takes baseball crown
US 'cracks Russian hi-tech plot'
Morocco 'blocks' abortion ship
Ex-Philippine president arrested
Google settles library lawsuit
Buzz in France over 'blue' honey
VIDEO: Annan: Syria crisis could 'explode'
VIDEO: Kabul rocks to alternative music
VIDEO: 'Every painting is a part of me'
VIDEO: 'Sweetie, happy anniversary'
VIDEO: Kerouac scroll rolls into London
VIDEO: Belgian prostitutes told to cover up
VIDEO: S Korea's new cultural exports
India cabinet clears new reforms
Food prices up 1.4% in September
GCHQ praises Turing cyber-legacy
Bieber site operator to pay $1m
Staying dry in room full of rain
Donna Summer up for Hall of Fame
Second badger cull licence issued
Dwarf 'vampire' dino ate plants
Aspirin may 'slow brain decline'
Ill baby DNA test cut to 50 hours
Sri Lanka reach World T20 final
Dubai to build Taj Mahal replica
$1m prize for 'true-talking' Tutu
Hong Kong mourns collision dead
Concern over Belgrade pride ban
Egyptian steel tycoon convicted
Two men held for US agent's death
April hunt: Thousands call police
Met to assess Jimmy Savile claims
Second shot PC funeral is held
Police chief Bettison retiring
Your pictures: Hidden
Inside Pakistan's drone country
Our photo used in anti-gay marriage ad
Day in pictures: 4 October 2012
The rise of the priority queue
Japan's youth find new ways to speak up
High stakes in Venezuela election
The sexual health of James Bond
VIDEO: Love Me Do: What do teens think?
What can Africa teach the eurozone?
Will India's new anti-corruption party work?

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Turkey's PM says his country has no intention of starting a war, after the parliament in Ankara authorised military action inside Syria.

Obama: Romney must tell the truth

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Barack Obama accuses Mitt Romney of not being honest, as he fights back after a TV debate that most observers agreed his Republican rival won.

Facebook passes one billion users

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:59 AM PDT

Social networking site Facebook now has over one billion users logging on every month, founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

Spain 'foils college bomb plot'

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:48 AM PDT

Spanish police arrest a 21-year-old man in Palma on the island of Mallorca on suspicion of plotting to bomb the University of the Balearic Islands.

Jordan king calls early elections

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Jordan's king dissolves parliament, paving the way for early elections, on the eve of a major rally planned to demand reforms.

School buried in China landslide

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:11 AM PDT

At least five children die after a landslide buried a school building in south-west China's Yunnan province, officials say.

Venezuelan takes baseball crown

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:06 AM PDT

Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera becomes the first Latin American to achieve one of baseball's rarest feats, the Triple Crown.

US 'cracks Russian hi-tech plot'

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:46 AM PDT

A company director and seven others are arrested in Houston, Texas, on charges of illegally exporting high-tech components to Russian security agencies.

Morocco 'blocks' abortion ship

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:15 AM PDT

A Dutch ship offering abortions is blocked from entering the Moroccan port of Smir by the authorities, the campaign group which owns it says.

Ex-Philippine president arrested

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:51 AM PDT

Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is arrested in hospital on plunder charges for allegedly misusing state funds while in office.

Google settles library lawsuit

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:16 AM PDT

A seven-year legal row kicked off by Google's plans to create a vast digital library have been settled.

Buzz in France over 'blue' honey

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Beekeepers in northeastern France, alarmed to find their bees producing blue and green honey, trace the problem back to a local biogas plant.

VIDEO: Annan: Syria crisis could 'explode'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Kofi Annan has told the BBC that the conflict in Syria could "inflame the whole region", and said that if the UN security council didn't work together, the situation would get much worse.

VIDEO: Kabul rocks to alternative music

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:57 AM PDT

For the second year running, Kabul is playing host to an alternative music festival - 'Sound Central'.

VIDEO: 'Every painting is a part of me'

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:53 AM PDT

Vincent Castiglia uses his own blood instead of paint to maintain a close connection to his paintings.

VIDEO: 'Sweetie, happy anniversary'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:26 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has opened the first of three televised presidential debates by wishing his wife Michelle a happy anniversary.

VIDEO: Kerouac scroll rolls into London

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:17 PM PDT

The original manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel 'On The Road' is being displayed to the public at the British Library in London.

VIDEO: Belgian prostitutes told to cover up

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Prostitutes in the Belgian city of Ghent have been told to cover up, following complaints from locals.

VIDEO: S Korea's new cultural exports

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:59 PM PDT

The success of South Korean pop star Psy has highlighted the importance of the country's cultural exports.

India cabinet clears new reforms

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:06 AM PDT

India's government approves 49% foreign direct investment in insurance companies and opens the pension sector to foreign investors, but the reforms will face a tough fight from the MPs.

Food prices up 1.4% in September

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:31 AM PDT

World food prices rose 1.4% in September, pushed up by higher meat, dairy and cereals prices, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization says.

GCHQ praises Turing cyber-legacy

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The boss of intelligence agency GCHQ says there are lessons to be taken from the British codebreaking genius's life.

Bieber site operator to pay $1m

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT

A US operator of pop star fan websites agrees to pay $1m (£0.6m) to settle charges that it collected personal data from children.

Staying dry in room full of rain

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Most of us have been caught in a torrential downpour and wished we could make it stop, but how would it feel to have the power to control the weather?

Donna Summer up for Hall of Fame

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:57 AM PDT

Disco queen Donna Summer receives a posthumous nomination to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.

Second badger cull licence issued

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Natural England has issued the second licence to permit the shooting of badgers under measures designed to control bovine TB.

Dwarf 'vampire' dino ate plants

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:07 AM PDT

A bizarre dinosaur described as a cross between "a bird, a vampire and a porcupine" has been identified from fossils in South Africa.

Aspirin may 'slow brain decline'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:49 PM PDT

An aspirin a day may help slow brain power decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research suggests

Ill baby DNA test cut to 50 hours

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:35 PM PDT

Doctors in the US say they have taken a big step forward in the speed of analysing the DNA of seriously ill babies with genetic diseases.

Sri Lanka reach World T20 final

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's bowlers stifle Pakistan to give the hosts a 16-run win and a place in the final of the World Twenty20.

Dubai to build Taj Mahal replica

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:24 PM PDT

A $1bn project to build a replica of India's famed Taj Mahal mausoleum is unveiled in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.

$1m prize for 'true-talking' Tutu

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded $1m (£620,000) by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation for "speaking truth to power".

Hong Kong mourns collision dead

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Hong Kong observes three minutes' silence to mourn the 38 victims of a fatal collision between two boats, as investigations continue.

Concern over Belgrade pride ban

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:27 AM PDT

A senior official from Europe's main human rights watchdog voices concern after Belgrade bans a gay pride event for the second year running.

Egyptian steel tycoon convicted

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:50 AM PDT

Egyptian steel magnate Ahmed Ezz, a senior figure in ex-President Hosni Mubarak's party, is convicted of money-laundering and fined nearly $3bn.

Two men held for US agent's death

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:53 AM PDT

Two men are arrested over the killing of US border agent Nicholas Ivie, who was shot dead near the US-Mexico border in Arizona, Mexican officials said.

April hunt: Thousands call police

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:01 AM PDT

Police praise the public response to appeals for information about missing five-year-old April Jones.

Met to assess Jimmy Savile claims

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:49 AM PDT

The Metropolitan Police says it will take the national lead in assessing allegations against the late Jimmy Savile.

Second shot PC funeral is held

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:22 AM PDT

The funeral of Greater Manchester PC Fiona Bone takes place, a day after a service was held for a colleague who died in the same shooting.

Police chief Bettison retiring

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

West Yorkshire's Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison announces he is to retire in the wake of the Hillsborough report.