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America's Latino future

57 min 24 sec ago
Mark Mardell assesses impact of growing immigrant community

Eritrean tells of Sinai torture for ransom

1 hour 8 min ago
Refugee's story of seven months held in the Sinai desert

Rescuers search for two after blast

2 hours 42 sec ago
Rescuers are searching for two people missing after an explosion destroyed a house in Nottinghamshire, injuring a man, a woman and two children.

Canada PM aide quits in expenses row

2 hours 9 min ago
Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top aide resigns over his role in a growing expenses scandal.

VIDEO: Assad: No intention of stepping down

2 hours 20 min ago
Syria's President Assad has said he has no intention of stepping down in his first interview since calls were made for a peace conference to try and resolve the conflict.

Colombia's Farc want 'more time'

2 hours 30 min ago
Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.

Murdered Pakistan politician buried

2 hours 38 min ago
Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.

Briton held over children's deaths

2 hours 40 min ago
A British man has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of his two children, media reports say.

VIDEO: Tensions rise in Tunisia

2 hours 56 min ago
One protester has died as tensions rise in Tunisia between hardline Salafists and the country's moderate Islamist government.

China's global ambitions

3 hours 8 min ago
How will China spend its massive cash reserves?

PSG boss Ancelotti asks to leave

3 hours 24 min ago
Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti asks to leave Paris St-Germain but is told by the club's president "it is not possible".

Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'

3 hours 25 min ago
Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.

Tunisia police clash with Islamists

3 hours 39 min ago
Clashes between Tunisian police and hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia leave one person dead and others injured.

Boko Haram militants 'in disarray'

5 hours 13 min ago
The Nigerian military says that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.

US spy-row diplomat 'leaves Russia'

5 hours 54 min ago
US diplomat Ryan Fogle, accused by Russia accused of being a spy, has now left the country according to Russian television.

West Brom 5-5 Man Utd

6 hours 29 min ago
Sir Alex Ferguson is denied victory in his 1,500th and final Manchester United game by Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick.

Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal

6 hours 34 min ago
Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League with a nervy win over Newcastle.

Syria army storms rebel-held town

6 hours 55 min ago
Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.

Blue plaque for Morecambe and Wise

7 hours 19 min ago
A blue plaque in tribute to comedy double act Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise is unveiled at Teddington Studios.

VIDEO: Gumball rally sets off from Denmark

7 hours 31 min ago
Up to 100 predominantly luxury cars are taking part in the Gumball 3000 rally in which some of the world's richest petrol-heads get to flaunt their wealth during a drive that will take them through Europe.