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Denmark crowned Eurovision winners

1 hour 41 min ago
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest, with the UK's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.

Pakistani politician is shot dead

1 hour 44 min ago
Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party, is shot dead in the city of Karachi.

El Salvador gangs warn over truce

2 hours 2 min ago
The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace.

The Somali pirates jailed in paradise

2 hours 33 min ago
The jailed Somali pirates sharing an island with millionaires

The world's largest camel herd - in Australia

2 hours 40 min ago
The world's largest camel herd - in Australia

Riot mars Belgrade football derby

3 hours 5 min ago
Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade make 104 arrests as rival fans of the city's Partizan and Red Star teams clash at a match.

Eurovision 2013: Reporter's log

3 hours 15 min ago
Genevieve Hassan reports from behind the scenes in Malmo

'Pioneering treatment' for Vilanova

3 hours 19 min ago
Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova will travel to New York on Monday for "pioneering treatment" as he continues his cancer battle.

Tearful Beckham signs off with win

3 hours 21 min ago
An emotional David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears as he completes the final home match of his career.

Russian cult film director dies

3 hours 40 min ago
Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54.

Car hits crowd at Virginia parade

4 hours 6 min ago
Up to 60 people were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd during a parade in the US state of Virginia, officials say.

No 10 issues 'loon slur' denial

4 hours 32 min ago
No 10 denies that "anyone in Downing Street" made comments reported in several papers describing Tory activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons".

Father of Assad spokesman kidnapped

5 hours 12 min ago
Gunmen in Syria abduct the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, one of the most powerful voices in the government.

Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast

5 hours 22 min ago
The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.

Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon

7 hours 42 min ago
Jonny Wilkinson kicks 11 points to help Toulon come from behind and secure the Heineken Cup at the expense of Clermont Auvergne.

VIDEO: Afghan MPs halt women's law debate

7 hours 57 min ago
A debate by Afghan MPs about beefing up a law to prevent violence against women has been halted amid angry scenes.

Minister heckled by head teachers

8 hours 14 min ago
Education Secretary Michael Gove receives one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office as he appears before head teachers in Birmingham.

Pro-drachma party launches in Greece

8 hours 17 min ago
Greece sees the launch of a new political party, Plan B, which supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma.

Nigeria army imposes curfew on city

8 hours 23 min ago
Nigeria's military announces a 24-hour curfew in parts of the city of Maiduguri and says it has arrested 65 militants as it fights Boko Haram rebels.