BBC World Service
Davidson abuse alleged in Falklands
Falkland Islands police ask the Met Police to investigate an allegation of historical sexual abuse by comedian Jim Davidson.
New Star Wars film to be shot in UK
The new Star Wars film is to be made in the UK in what Chancellor George Osborne is hailing as a coup for British tax breaks.
Pakistan votes in landmark election
Elections take place amid tight security in Pakistan, in the first-ever transition of democratic power, but voting in Karachi is not "free and fair".
Hosni Mubarak retrial opens in Cairo
The retrial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killings of protesters and corruption begins in Cairo.
Swann & Bresnan back for England
Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan return to the England squad for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Thursday.
VIDEO: US Benghazi talking points 'edited'
Barack Obama's administration is being accused of underplaying the role of terrorism in the fatal attack on the US Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi last September.
Massa quickest in final practice
Ferrari's Felipe Massa edged Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen to set the pace in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.
VIDEO: Lost Argentine town re-emerges
The lost Argentine town of Epecuen has re-emerged from a lake after 25 years
US to return dinosaurs to Mongolia
The US is to return more than a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaurs to Mongolia, following the return on Monday of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton.
VIDEO: Guatemala's Montt guilty of genocide
Rios Montt, a former military leader in Guatemala, has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 80 years in prison.
Call for action over CO2 levels
Scientists urge world leaders to take action on climate change after carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere broke through a symbolic threshold.
VIDEO: Criminal probe opened in Texas blast
Texas authorities have launched a criminal probe into a deadly explosion at a fertiliser plant in April.
Egypt detains leading youth activist
Egyptian security forces detain prominent youth activist Ahmed Maher on suspicion of inciting an anti-government protest in March.
China coal mine explosion kills 12
An explosion at a coal mine in China's south-west Guizhou province kills 12 miners and injures two others, state media report.
Malcolm X grandson dies in Mexico
The grandson of US political activist Malcolm X dies in Mexico City following a fight in a bar, prosecutors say.
Funds black hole for school rebuilds
More than half the schools in England's priority building scheme do not have guaranteed funding as the government has been unable to secure affordable private finance.
Turkey says Syria used chemical arms
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has evidence that Syria has used chemical weapons in the fight against rebel forces.
Could Syria conflict become regional war?
Could Syria conflict escalate into bitter regional war?
Nordic ferries go gas-powered
Gas-powered ferries come to the Baltic
Guatemala court jails ex-leader
A court in Guatemala finds former leader Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide against indigenous groups in the early 1980s.









