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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47786958 | The Rolling Stones' US tour is likely to take place in July, following news that Mick Jagger had to postpone 17 dates due to ill health.
The band are working with promoters to reschedule the shows, amid reports that Jagger will have heart surgery later this week.
"I really hate letting you down like this," tweeted the ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-20957845/ces-2013-transparent-3d-tv-from-hisense | Hands-on with a transparent 3D TV Jump to media player Chinese electronics firm HiSense shows off a transparent television at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Online plants a growth area? Jump to media player Theodore Sean goes through Parrot's Flower Power app, a program and tool that lets gardeners put the... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-11558007/meet-the-author-robyn-young | Meet The Author: Robyn Young Jump to media player Historical novelist Robyn Young talks about her latest book, Insurrection, the first of a trilogy to feature Robert the Bruce.
Meet the Author: Karl Marlantes Jump to media player In the latest in the BBC News Meet The Author series, Nick Higham speaks to Karl Marlantes... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20327991 | The "Pandora's box" of unmanned aircraft in the UK has been opened, according to the Astraea consortium.
Yet many technology and ethics issues surrounding civilian drones are yet to be solved, journalists at London's Science Media Centre were told.
The UK-led, £62m Astraea project - which has participation of the UK Ci... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45674139 | The first vote by a Senate committee is due over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
It follows Thursday's testimony by Mr Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault.
Dr Ford, close to tears, described the alleged 1982 attack in detail, saying it had "drastically" ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1319578.stm | England's schools are beginning to use computers more in teaching - but teachers are making "slow progress" in learning about them, school inspectors have said.
Millions of pounds is being spent on putting computers into schools and on training - �657m over four years from 1998 for hardware and, more recently, �230m fr... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/506195.stm | President Rakhmonov said he had voted for "peace and harmony"
President Emomali Rakhmonov has been re-elected by an overwhelming majority to a new seven-year term in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan.
Mr Rakhmonov won 96% of the ballot in what was the country's first presidential election since the end of the ci... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/3107596.stm | Villagers in Essex have found an unusual way of fundraising - by filling up on desserts from around the world.
Rather than run another village fete, residents in Terling, near Chelmsford, host the "International Trifle Festival".
The event started last year with villagers using recipes from as far afield as Wales and A... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-12083042 | Details of a £2.2m project to protect homes in Darlington from flooding will go on display to residents.
Northumbrian Water is inviting customers to view plans to upgrade the sewerage network around the Bedford Street area of the town.
The scheme will begin on 24 January and take eight months to complete.
The work will... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-tyne-45491554/darlington-school-ensures-free-breakfast-for-pupils | A Darlington primary school has joined forces with a charity to ensure its pupils get free breakfasts every day.
The headteacher of Corporation Road Community Primary School wants to ensure every child is fed and ready for a day's learning during registration.
The school is working with a nationwide charity called Magi... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47469071 | Analysis suggests the 40cm-long mole mechanism, which will measure Mars' temperature, has barely got out of the tube that was guiding its descent.
The instrument is also now tilted away from the vertical.
Prof Spohn said there would now be a break in operations of two weeks while the situation was assessed.
The Insight... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31039137 | Keeping cyber thieves at bay is hard. They are busy, well-motivated and well-financed.
Just one example serves to show just how prolific they are. Every day, come rain or shine, they crank out about 250,000 novel variants of viruses.
Their vigour has helped them steal data from some really big companies, Target, Home D... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-39737547/iran-elections-six-facts-about-the-crucial-vote | Iran elections: Six facts about the vote Jump to media player Here are six things you need to know ahead of Iran's presidential elections on 19 May.
Marandi: Iran crucial in stopping IS Jump to media player Prof Mohammad Marandi says Iran has been crucial in stopping the advance of so-called Islamic State.
US: Iran 'mi... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/n_america.stm | 1.3 million ex-pat Brits live in the USA and Canada – the same number as can be found in Australia.
24% of Brits in the USA are thought to be pensioners.
2,500 Britons live part of their year in Mexico.
*Total and including part-time figures are estimates only. See links below for more information. |
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-39037715/un-14m-children-face-starving-to-death | '1.4m children' face starving to death Jump to media player The UN's Justin Forsyth says 1.4m children are at risk in four countries including Somalia.
The United Nations' children's agency Unicef is warning that almost one-and-a-half million children are at risk of starvation in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8324784.stm | Managers Neil Warnock and Billy Davies were angered after Crystal Palace's Clint Hill and Nottingham Forest's Paul Anderson clashed in their 1-1 draw.
Hill appeared to elbow Anderson during the match but was unpunished, although he was booked for squaring up to Chris Gunter in the subsequent melee.
"It was a red card a... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47915798 | Police and protesters have clashed in Algeria as marches against the ruling elite show no sign of ending.
Police used water cannon and tear gas in the capital Algiers as demonstrators called for the removal of new interim President Abdelkader Bensalah.
Largely peaceful protests have been held every Friday in cities acr... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-22103659/pompeii-of-north-being-unearthed-in-london | Archaeologists working on a site in London are calling it "the Pompeii of the north" after they have managed to find Roman artefacts dating back nearly 2,000 years.
Just yards from the River Thames, in what is now the capital's financial district, archaeologists have found coins, pottery, shoes, lucky charms and an amb... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/2917775.stm | West Ham's Glenn Roeder has won the Barclaycard manager of the month award for March following an unbeaten month in the Premiership.
The Hammers boosted their chances of avoiding relegation to Division One with wins over Tottenham (2-0), Sunderland (2-0) and a draw against Everton (0-0).
Roeder picked up his first ever... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47946256 | The UK will take part in May's European elections and British MEPs could sit for "months or even longer", European Council President Donald Tusk has said.
Mr Tusk said the decision to delay Brexit to 31 October meant British voters would be going to the polls.
But Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said the six-month ... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-41674515 | A year on from the Brexit referendum, says the Financial Times, the government has still not spelled out what that will mean for the economy.
The paper sees division in the two main parties, the House of Lords, and across the UK.
If things turn nasty, it thinks the government should resist the "petulant and reckless" o... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-36656039 | Vodafone has warned it could move its headquarters from the UK depending on the outcome of Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union.
The telecoms giant said in an emailed statement it was important to retain access to the EU's free "movement of people, capital and goods".
It was too early to "draw any firm co... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25362244 | Syria crisis: Time to rethink a future with Assad?
Three months ago, the US was on the point of carrying out bombing raids on Syria.
Washington's rhetoric about the Syrian president was increasingly harsh. Secretary of State John Kerry said that by using chemical weapons against his own population, Bashar al-Assad had ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/19/newsid_2520000/2520581.stm | Doctors treating Hillsborough victim Tony Bland can disconnect feeding tubes keeping him alive, a judge at the High Court in London has ruled.
The president of the Family Division, Sir Stephen Brown, said there was no "reasonable possibility" that after three years Mr Bland would emerge from a coma known as a "persiste... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/politics/35856.stm | The British Government is calling on the United States to do more to protect the world's environment, on the eve of a crucial climate summit in Japan.
Britain's Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, said he appreciated that the American authorities faced a difficult battle against the country's industrial lobby but be... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30338889 | Taxi booking firm Uber has completed the latest stage of a fundraising, valuing the fast growing business at $40bn (£25.5bn).
The San Francisco company has raised another $1.2bn from investors in a deal that confirms its status as one of most highly valued new technology start-ups.
In June, a sale of shares to investor... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30751518 | Thousands of Saudis took to Twitter to share their reaction to news of prominent Saudi blogger and activist Raif Badawi getting flogged by authorities in Jeddah on Friday for "insulting Islam."
Two Arabic hashtags that translate to "Raif Badawi's public lashing" and " lashing Raif Badawi" trended in Saudi Arabia with m... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-birmingham-40326726 | M6 West Midlands northbound severe disruption, between J10 for A454 and J11 for A460.
M6 West Midlands - One lane closed on M6 northbound between J10, A454 (Wolverhampton) and J11, A460 (Cannock), because of a broken down vehicle. Traffic is coping well.
M42 West Midlands southbound severe disruption, at J5 for A41.
M4... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2891261.stm | German car firm BMW has finally agreed a long-awaited deal with China's biggest van maker to produce luxury cars for the Chinese market.
Brilliance China and BMW are between them putting 450m euros ($483m; £307m) into the 50-50 joint venture, which they said should produce about 30,000 3 Series and 5 Series BMWs a year... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-11417906 | Ed Miliband said his "new generation" would take Labour back to power, in his first big speech as party leader.
He praised the party's achievements but said they had to face "painful truths" - such as the Iraq war being "wrong".
In an hour-long speech he pledged to be a "responsible" opposition leader and not oppose ev... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47651170 | Image caption Party on, dudes!
Most excellent news for fans of the Bill and Ted films - the comedy duo will definitely be going on a third adventure next year.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, the stars of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, revealed the news in a video message.
The sequel w... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8103276.stm | Hearts winger Andrew Driver could yet switch allegiance to Scotland even if he plays for England at the European Under-21 Championships this week.
Driver was an unused substitute as England beat Finland 2-1 in their opening match on Monday.
But a draft Fifa proposal would allow players like Driver to switch as long he ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35202424 | Rwanda's High Court has sentenced a pastor to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide.
Jean Uwinkindi organised and participated in attacks on the minority Tutsi ethnic group, the court ruled.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by militias from the majority Hutu ethnic group.
The 64-year-old Hu... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47936101 | A Canadian tourist has fallen to his death after a zipline cable snapped in northern Thailand, authorities say.
Authorities in Chiang Mai say the 25-year-old man was on holiday with his girlfriend.
The cable gave way soon after he was released from the start of the zipline course on Saturday, local media report.
The at... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-12097834 | A man who was injured in a car crash in County Durham on Boxing Day has died in hospital.
Ian McCrone, 24, from Spennymoor, suffered head injuries after the car he was driving left the A167 and ended up in a field in Croxdale.
Police said severe weather conditions were to blame for the incident, which happened as Mr Mc... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4239628.stm | Hollywood and other parts of Los Angeles were left without power for two hours on Monday after workers accidentally overloaded a power line.
Police declared an emergency as traffic lights went blank and lifts stopped. The city's international airport had to switch to emergency power.
After initial confusion and fears o... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7788180.stm | There was no Christmas cheer in the unemployment figures.
There was no ray of starlight to illuminate the blanket of gloom in the labour market.
This looks like the continuation of a grim process of attrition with job losses announced weekly and the unemployment total rising relentlessly throughout next year.
The headl... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1267034.stm | Teen sensations S Club 7 have been signed up to promote Pepsi after promising they will not be involved in any more scandals.
Last month the group's clean-cut image was tarnished after the three male singers were cautioned by police for possessing cannabis.
Pepsi announced that pictures of all seven members will featur... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39423053 | A new breeding population of the critically endangered Indochinese tiger has been found in a national park in eastern Thailand, conservationists say.
Camera traps discovered a small population with at least six cubs in the jungle.
Poaching and the loss of habitat has reduced the global population of the sub-species to ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24362141 | President Barack Obama has postponed two stops on his four-nation Asian tour because of the government shutdown.
The White House said it was "logistically... not possible" to go ahead with the trips to Malaysia and the Philippines at the end of his tour.
But he would still be attending regional summits in Indonesia and... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40787527 | What do Beyoncé, her hit All The Single Ladies and an Australian lawn bowls club have in common?
Well, up until recently, absolutely nothing.
But that changed when the Chadstone Bowls Club in Melbourne decided the song would be the perfect way to promote their campaign to save the venue from demolition.
In just three d... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/462003.stm | Police in Japan are questioning officials from the company which runs the uranium fuel processing plant at the centre of the country's worst nuclear accident. The authorities say Tokaimura, where the plant is situated, is now safe and radiation levels have returned to normal.
"A major accident resulting in a radioactiv... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2055968.stm | Big Brother contestant Jade Goody's observations have kept viewers amused over the 64 days of the reality TV hit.
The 21-year-old dental nurse is the youngest contestant to feature in the UK version of Big Brother.
Some of what she said indicated she had experienced little of life outside her native Bermondsey, south L... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-12057324 | Motorway drivers have been affected after heavy snow fell overnight in Worcestershire.
The main carriageway on the M5 northbound was blocked for a time due to snow between junction 5 for Droitwich and junction 4A for the M42.
Bus and rail services in both counties have been affected and the Met Office has issued a warn... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28640835 | With his flowing blond locks, denim gear and Fender Telecaster, Rick Parfitt was one of rock's most recognisable guitarists.
His partnership with Francis Rossi became the core of Status Quo, one of Britain's most enduring bands.
Their brand of boogie-woogie rock survived changes in musical fashion and made them one of ... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41107519 | Healthcare workers in the Highlands have held a protest against a 1% cap on public sector employees' pay.
The union Unison said workers on lower pay at NHS Highland are having to use food banks because of the cap.
The protest was held as NHS Highland chiefs gathered in Aviemore for the health board's annual review meet... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47677792 | A teenage boy has been stabbed to death by a group of men who chased him and then attacked him in west London.
The men pulled up in a vehicle near Syon Park, Isleworth, and chased the 17-year-old boy before catching up with him and stabbing him, police said.
The boy, who had been with a group of other people, was found... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4255156.stm | Sir Richard Branson plans to hold talks with the government about paying for a new oil refinery.
The Virgin Atlantic boss told the BBC he wanted to reduce his airline fuel bill, which has increased by £300m a year over the last two years.
He said there was an "enormous shortage" of oil refineries and said he was lookin... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7192330.stm | Geography as a subject is in decline and needs to be made more relevant with a greater focus on global issues, England's schools inspectors have said.
Climate change, sustainable development and trade disputes could all be studied to increase interest, Ofsted said.
Its report, based on inspections and surveys between 2... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4562600.stm | A Collins John brace helped Fulham come from behind to consign 10-man Sunderland to their 16th league defeat.
Sunderland started brightly when Liam Lawrence fired home a left-foot volley from 20 yards after just seven minutes.
But John found the equaliser just before the break, heading home Brian McBride's flick-on.
In... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11911441 | Image caption Police said the gas pipe fed through the mosque window was "clearly visible"
Four teenagers have been arrested after a gas pipe was put into a Stoke-on-Trent mosque in an attempt to set light to the building, police said.
The incident is being treated by police as a deliberate racist attack.
Officers were... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47772604 | Sibeth Ndiaye: Who is the French government's new spokeswoman?
The newest member of the French government has been a citizen of France for less than three years - but now, she will speak for the country.
Sibeth Ndiaye, the new government spokeswoman, was born in Dakar, Senegal, and only obtained her citizenship while h... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47679192 | "Basically it will mean that my son will not have money for his future".
The depressing reality for Amanda Cunningham, and thousands of others, is that a lifetime of savings have been mostly wiped out, almost overnight.
She is one of 11,605 people who invested a total of £236m with London Capital and Finance PLC (LCF).... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-10708737 | SSL International, the maker of Durex condoms, is set to be sold to Reckitt Benckiser - the firm behind Cillit Bang cleaner and Finish dishwasher tablets.
The two companies have agreed a deal that values SSL, which also makes Scholl footcare products, at £2.54bn.
Reckitt Benckiser, whose other brands include Nurofen an... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-37698300/bruce-springsteen-on-music-depression-and-trump | Springsteen on music, depression and Trump Jump to media player Singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen speaks to BBC arts editor Will Gompertz about his music, depression and the state of US politics, as he launches his autobiography.
Bruce Springsteen: 'Trump is a conman' Jump to media player Bruce Springsteen has to... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7313251.stm | With permission Mr Speaker I should like to make a statement about our programme of constitutional renewal. With this Statement are published a White Paper, the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, and an analysis of the responses to our consultations. Copies of these are available in the Vote Office and on my ministry's... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-47721025 | Image caption Victim Glyn Rouse made music that "brightened and improved a lot of people's lives"
A man who stabbed a stranger to death near a playground has been detained indefinitely at a secure hospital.
Musician Glyn Rouse, 61, was "minding his own business" in Cherry Lane, Crawley, when he was attacked by Vladimir... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-47854848/getting-south-asians-into-graphic-novels | Is it time for a South Asian superhero? Jump to media player Frustrated by the lack of South Asians in comic books, Sha Nazir founded BHP Comics, Scotland's only independent graphic novel publisher.
The African comic hoping to take on Disney Jump to media player Fed up of non-Africans telling African stories, three fri... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30726537 | New Banco Santander chairman Ana Botin has moved to strengthen the eurozone's largest bank with a huge fundraising.
The bank is asking shareholders for €7.5bn (£6bn), about 10% of its capital value.
Shares in the bank were temporarily suspended on the Madrid stock market pending the announcement.
Santander comfortably ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4686826.stm | The blue sky seemed to vanish in an instant, as wild, grey thunderclouds raced across the mountains. Rays of sunlight broke through in places, brightening spots in the forest like searchlights.
There are few landscapes more dramatic than Yakushima, and few places with more weather; within seconds we were being pelted b... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47864177 | Bodyguard star Richard Madden has spoken out against the "unrealistic" demands he and his fellow actors face regarding their weight and body image.
"I've done numerous jobs where you're told to lose weight and get to the gym," he told British Vogue.
"It doesn't just happen to women, it happens to men all the time as we... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47461511 | The skull of an 800-year-old skeleton known as the Crusader, which was stolen from the crypt of an Irish church, has been found.
Vandals decapitated the skeleton, which was interred beneath St Michan's Church in Dublin, during a break-in last week.
On Tuesday, gardaí (Irish police) said they had recovered the skull alo... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7840000/newsid_7841700/7841789.stm | A new Nato-trained security force has been launched in Kosovo, opposed by Serbia and some Kosovan Serbs.
The 2,500-strong Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is meant to include some minority ethnic Serbs, but is expected to be dominated by ethnic Albanians.
It replaces the Kosovo Protection Corps, which consisted mainly of ve... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10944196 | I keep coming back to Silicon Valley in California because it is such an instructive place to think about how businesses are created - and maybe thrive.
For decades now, a stream of start-up companies have grown big and influential in the Valley, built around the silicon chip and the new economy created by computing.
C... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6687667.stm | From the soup-eating habits of the middle classes to the application of face cream - a pioneering study of everyday life in Britain is celebrating its 70th birthday... and was the inspiration for Victoria Wood's double Bafta-winning drama.
A common criticism levelled at reality TV shows such as Big Brother is how they ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26359210 | The government will hold a summit of drugs experts and police later as it attempts to tackle the issue of so-called "legal highs".
Home Office minister Norman Baker said the substances, mostly created in laboratories in East Asia, were a "very serious issue" for public health.
They were dangerous because people buying ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/8230654.stm | Stockport County have signed teenage Reading striker Nicholas Bignall on loan until January.
The 19-year-old has signed in time to play in the Hatters' Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie at Crewe on Tuesday.
Bignall played in both of Reading's Carling Cup ties this season, scoring twice in the Royals' 5-1 win over Burton Alb... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-47138450/paris-fire-survivor-jumped-across-balconies-to-escape | More than 50 people had to be rescued from a fatal fire in an apartment block in Paris on Monday.
Claire spoke about her escape from the fire, which was one of the most deadly in the French capital in years.
Investigators believe the fire may have been started deliberately. |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47761231 | A Belfast man has died after a one-vehicle crash in County Antrim.
Jim McGranaghan, who was 52, died after the vehicle he was travelling in crashed near Nutt's Corner on Friday.
The crash happened at the junction of Ballyutoag Road and Ballyutoag Hill shortly before 05:30 GMT.
Two other men who were in the vehicle were... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46996875 | Sportswear brand Asics will recycle used clothing to make the official uniforms for Japan's Olympic and Paralympic teams.
The uniforms will be worn by the home team at next year's games in Tokyo.
Asics hopes to gather 30,000 items through collection boxes in stores and at sporting events.
It comes as the fashion indust... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25647057 | A jihadist rebel group in Syria has called on its supporters to attack rival opposition factions that do not support its cause.
The call by the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) follows days of rebel infighting that has left scores dead.
It came hours after another rebel group called on ISIS t... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21911842 | Xi Jinping has said China's friendship with Russia guarantees "strategic balance and peace" in the world, on the second day of his trip to Moscow.
Mr Xi, on his first official overseas trip as leader, has already met President Vladimir Putin.
He described the Russian leader as a "good friend".
On Friday, Russia's state... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7341190.stm | Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has written to the club's chief executive Rick Parry calling for him to resign.
Hicks is thought to feel that Parry is siding with co-owner George Gillett in the club's ongoing power struggle.
The latest twist comes on the day Dubai International Capital said it will wait for the saga to be... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3236389.stm | A draft Afghan constitution has been unveiled, setting out a new political system and defining Islam's role in the country.
It calls for the creation of an Islamic republic, with a presidential system, and where citizens have equal rights.
The draft will be debated by a loya jirga grand assembly next month, paving the ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6282171.stm | Substitute Paul Peschisolido's late strike earned Derby a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of Bristol Rovers.
The Canadian was played in by team-mate Steve Howard and coolly slotted the ball in from just inside the area.
It was harsh on valiant Rovers who saw Richard Walker and Sammy Igoe go agonis... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-44230083/police-federation-a-tough-audience-for-any-politician | Police Federation - a tough audience for politicians Jump to media player How did the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid get on an the annual conference, compared with his predecessors?
Sajid Javid appointed home secretary Jump to media player He replaces Amber Rudd who "inadvertently misled" MPs over what she knew about i... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1617475.stm | The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said that the United States bombing campaign against Afghanistan represents a more mature approach than taken during previous wars.
In an interview with the BBC, the Dalai Lama said the selective nature of the bombing, the precautions taken to prevent civilian casualtie... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46671811 | As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing "cracking noises".
Police confirmed they had found a crack in the 33-storey Opal Tower, in Sydney Olympic Park, following reports of the noise on the 10th floor.
Engineers said the high-rise tower ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8031587.stm | A UK human rights lawyer has flown to Laos to assist a pregnant Briton who faces possible death by firing squad, if convicted of drug smuggling.
Prosecutors say Samantha Orobator, 20, of London, was in possession of 1.5lb (680g) of heroin when she was arrested at Wattay airport, Laos, last August.
Her trial has been br... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-43245116 | Still no sign of the return to the Commons of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill and the Trade Bill - two vital Brexit measures that have completed committee stage consideration but are under threat of hostile amendment, when they come back before the whole House.
Jeremy Corbyn's speech on Monday has cleared the wa... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4391640.stm | Japan has moved closer to lifting a two-year ban on US and Canadian beef after government health advisors said the meat posed a 'slim' risk to consumers.
A sub-committee of Japan's Food Safety Commission said imports, which had been halted amid fears of mad-cow disease, could resume as early as December.
The ban has pr... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4204877.stm | Up to 300 Hindu pilgrims are feared dead and hundreds injured during a stampede at a Hindu festival in India.
The stampede happened during a pilgrimage to the remote Mandhar Devi temple in western Maharashtra state.
Officials say thousands panicked during a religious procession after a fire broke out in roadside stalls... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4403279.stm | President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party has won two-thirds of the vote in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections.
The result enables the president to change the constitution to install a successor without immediately calling elections as presently required.
So far the party has taken 71 of 120 contested seats, and Mr Mugab... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34997417 | The British photographer John Stewart is still active at the age of nearly 95. His extraordinary life has seen Japanese PoW camps, encounters with Picasso and Matisse, and a long stint shooting the fashion and business elite of New York. He's also won acclaim as one of the finest practitioners of the still life. Hugh S... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8464438.stm | Montrose set up a lucrative Scottish Cup visit to Hibernian after overcoming a spirited Edinburgh City.
Steven Nicholas turned his man to fire the visitors ahead on 20 minutes but Dougie Gair levelled before half time after some slack defending.
John Maitland headed the Third Division strugglers ahead again after John ... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-46264858 | The future of one of the world's oldest horse drawn tramways has been secured after the Isle of Man's parliament pledged to continue funding the service indefinitely.
Politicians voted to approve a £1.5m financial package for a new horse tram depot in Douglas.
The government took over the running of the service in 2016... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-41086045 | A sale has been agreed for an island off the south of Scotland coast where a lighthouse keeper was murdered by a colleague in 1960.
Little Ross island near Kirkcudbright was put up for sale earlier this summer and attracted strong interest.
It hit the headlines 57 years ago when Hugh Clark was shot by fellow keeper Rob... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-31517449/prince-charles-inside-london-s-super-sewer | Prince Charles inside 'super sewer' Jump to media player Prince Charles visits a sewer in East London to mark the 150th birthday of the city's underground water system.
Cameron and Charles in Saudi Arabia Jump to media player World leaders and dignitaries are beginning to arrive in Saudi Arabia to pay their respects fo... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-18685789 | A Formula 1 test driver who suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash during testing in Cambridgeshire has regained consciousness.
Maria de Villota was hurt while driving an MR-01 race car for the first time for the Oxfordshire-based Marussia team at Duxford airfield.
The car hit a Marussia support truck which had ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46252933 | Energy firms likely to miss smart meter deadline, warns Which?
Large energy suppliers will need to triple the number of smart meters they are installing to meet a 2020 deadline, consumer group Which? has warned.
It said firms would need to install 30 smart meters a minute, every day, for the next two years to replace t... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14200971 | RadioAstron, a Russian radio telescope intended to be the biggest radio telescope in space, has started touring the Earth for the first time.
Once operational, the 3.8 tonne "space eye" could help focus in on many remote places of the Universe.
The device will travel in an elliptical orbit that at its furthest reaches ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47259889 | Image caption This is not about terminator robots but "conventional weapons systems with autonomy"
A group of scientists has called for a ban on the development of weapons controlled by artificial intelligence (AI).
It says that autonomous weapons may malfunction in unpredictable ways and kill innocent people.
Ethics e... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/2351823.stm | Dundee United are to begin talks in the next few days in an attempt to prevent Scotland striker Steven Thompson leaving the club for nothing in the summer.
New Tannadice owner Eddie Thompson is angry that recently sacked manager Alex Smith and the previous board had not already moved to secure the 23-year-old on a new ... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45568179 | Australian airline Qantas will place an order next year for planes capable of making the 20-hour flight between London and Sydney.
Chief executive Alan Joyce told the BBC he was in advanced discussions with planemakers Airbus and Boeing.
Flights could start around 2022 if they produced the right aircraft, he said.
Qant... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7136425.stm | Rangers striker Jean-Claude Darcheville says his miss against Lyon in the Champions League clash at Ibrox cost his side a place in the last 16.
"I don't want to make excuses but the ball gave a little bobble. But I should have scored," said the 32-year-old.
The Frenchman, who was later sent off in the 3-0 defeat, said ... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7366662.stm | English Democrats candidate Matt O'Connor says he has halted his campaign to be London mayor.
Mr O'Connor told BBC London he fell out with the party leadership over campaign funding and tactics.
But his name will still appear on ballot papers as they have been printed - and many postal votes have already been cast in t... |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-40501327 | Councillors in Orkney have voted to confer the Freedom of Orkney on Dr John Rae.
The Arctic explorer was born in Orphir, but died more than 120 years ago.
One councillor argued the list of posthumous candidates should also include Orkney's patron saint, St Magnus, who was martyred 900 years ago.
In the end the Rae prop... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-14630851 | As a Buddhist, Tan Cheow Hong didn't expect to run up against Malaysia's Islamic laws.
Then last November, his estranged wife showed up at their child's school with a court order from a Sharia judge, who had granted her temporary custody of their 7-year-old.
The wife took their daughter away with the help of Islamic of... |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/330888.stm | Plans for direct Eurostar trains linking cities such as Edinburgh and Manchester to Paris are in serious doubt after the company said it was making half the drivers earmarked for such services redundant. The remainder are being hired out to do other jobs as the BBC's Alan Whitehouse reports.
Cities in Scotland and the ... |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44665862 | The US ambassador to Estonia is resigning, reportedly in frustration at remarks made by President Donald Trump about America's European allies.
James D Melville said Mr Trump's comments on Nato and the EU had brought forward his decision to retire, Foreign Policy magazine reports.
The magazine was quoting from a privat... |
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