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21 Nov 2009 22:29
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06:15 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009
The US Senate narrowly votes to hold a full debate on a landmark bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare.The death toll from a mine blast in north-eastern China more than doubles to 87, with 21 people still missing, report state media.The psychiatrist charged over the Fort Hood army base massacre has his first court hearing - in the hospital where he is recovering.A journey to the Java home of an ancient alpha maleFinal push to banish killer disease in IndiaFrench angst after dubious football win over IrelandSafety tests on some 1,800 bridges across Cumbria get under way after heavy rain left several structures weakened.A teenager is charged with murdering a mother-of-two who was found with her hand cut off in a west London street.Why Obama is finding Mid-East peace a struggleCongo band shines despite disability and povertyTough going at the Anglican-Roman Catholic summit -
21 Nov 2009 04:05
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12:06 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009
Sri Lanka says thousands of people held in camps since the fight against the Tamil Tigers ended will soon be free to leave.The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope amid tensions over an offer to welcome some Anglicans into the Catholic fold.The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.Is Oprah's talk show move the end of an era?Vatican meeting reaches out to art worldFlooded parts of the UK are preparing for more rain after the wettest day on record swamped homes and brought down bridges.A man dies and another man is injured in a double shooting at a nightclub in Wolverhampton in the early hours.Korean model for Obama as Copenhagen loomsWhat impact does EU Charter have on UK law?Filipino villages still deluged weeks after storms hit -
20 Nov 2009 10:01
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17:57 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009
About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.The new EU foreign affairs chief rejects criticism of her lack of experience, saying she is the "the best person for the job".Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.Gavin Hewitt on what new EU names signalWill Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?The body of a man found after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river is Pc Bill Barker, police have confirmed.A "devoted husband" who said he killed his wife while dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van is freed by a judge.How engineers repaired the Large Hadron Collider
Winning images from Darwin 200 photo competitionWhat did Gaddafi offer the ladies of Rome this week? -
19 Nov 2009 15:09
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23:08 GMT, Thursday, 19 November 2009
Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy is named as the new EU president and the UK's Baroness Ashton becomes foreign policy chief.Western leaders urge Hamid Karzai to make concrete gains, as he is sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president.Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operation system, to be available to users by the end of 2010.The EU president's powers compared with Obama'sHelena Christensen photos document climate changeSarah Palin's fanbase builds despite defeatLabour peer Baroness Ashton has been selected as the EU's high representative of foreign affairs and security.A Tory MP is to stand down as chairman of Parliament's standards committee while his expenses are being investigated.Mexico's mega sculpture park aims to protect reefIs there really such a thing as school phobia?Striking images from around the world -
18 Nov 2009 19:34
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03:30 GMT, Thursday, 19 November 2009
Afghanistan is at a "critical moment", Hillary Clinton says - the day before Hamid Karzai is sworn in for a second term.US President Barack Obama is due to discuss trade and North Korea's nuclear ambitions with South Korea's Lee Myung-bak.Extra police are deployed in Bangladesh ahead of a verdict in the trial of army officers accused of killing the first president.Will political rows derail Iraq's January polls?Beijing's poor rely on illegal medical centres for careWhy Brits get the 'toothy' parts in HollywoodThere could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children this winter because of swine flu, experts say.A vicar whose daughter died after being bullied into jumping from a window says he has forgiven her killers.Future of global carbon market is uncertainHow corruption permeates life in AfghanistanIs a feared militia based in DR Congo run from Europe? -
18 Nov 2009 02:47
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10:46 GMT, Wednesday, 18 November 2009
One of Iraq's vice-presidents vetoes part of the new election law, putting the parliamentary polls due in January in doubt.Poverty and unemployment are seen as the main factors fuelling conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country.Social networking websites are criticised for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online.Birds and animals that call the famous gardens homeEchoes for Nato in the Soviet exit from AfghanistanWhat now for Tamil rebel riches and support worldwide?Free social care for the most needy and a legal obligation to halve the budget deficit are to be outlined in the Queen's Speech.Full law-making powers for Wales should be given through a referendum, a major inquiry concludes.Asylum seekers face a cool reception in JapanFarm subsidies banished hunger, but can it last?Prague marks 20th anniversary of the 'Velvet Revolution' -
17 Nov 2009 10:40
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18:40 GMT, Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Somali pirates release a Spanish fishing boat and its 36 crew after holding it for six weeks amid reports of a $3.5m ransom.German prosecutors charge a 90-year-old alleged former Nazi with the killing of 58 Jewish forced labourers, officials say.The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs.How the Velvet Revolution was led from a theatreStriking images from around the worldClimate treaty explores the meaning of 'binding'Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile sold on millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman says.David Miliband sets out details of Afghan strategy after Gordon Brown said he wants the power handover to begin next year.Boy's death shows plight of Mexico's deadliest cityFresh signs of life for the US railroad industryChina uses media to control Obama coverage -
16 Nov 2009 19:15
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03:14 GMT, Tuesday, 17 November 2009
British PM Gordon Brown plans to hold talks in London to discuss a timetable for the handover of power in Afghanistan.US President Barack Obama begins a summit with Chinese leader Hu Jintao in Beijing, as he continues his first tour of Asia.Iran plays down a report by the UN's nuclear watchdog that raised concerns about a nuclear site near the city of Qom.Fears al-Qaeda is bound for Mali's fabled desert townCampaign to register world's invisible childrenBBC on patrol with police in Mexico's murder capitalPeople with dementia stay too long in hospital when being treated for injuries and illnesses, the Alzheimer's Society says.Barnardo's says councils are failing girls and boys as young as 10 who are moved around the country by paedophile gangs.
US-China relations as seen through presidential visitsBelgian haiku-loving PM tipped for new EU postHelena Bonham Carter takes on author Enid Blyton -
16 Nov 2009 03:55
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11:53 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009
US President Barack Obama says freedom of expression and worship are "universal rights", during his first visit to China.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the hundreds of thousands of children abused or neglected in state care.Egypt is set to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, .masr, its communications minister says.He ran Auschwitz but was no typical 'bad guy' NaziSenegal fury at president's plans to profit from statue
A man charged with a series of rapes and assaults on elderly people in south-east London over 17 years is remanded in custody.A London doctor is jailed for six years for attempting to poison his pregnant lover in a bid to induce a miscarriage.Helena Bonham Carter takes on author Enid Blyton.Why are coal and oil firms investing in Bolivian rainforest?Did Rudd's apology to child victims shame the Brits? -
15 Nov 2009 12:41
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20:15 GMT, Sunday, 15 November 2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai must set up major bodies to fight crime and corruption, the US secretary of state says.Asia-Pacific leaders say it will not be possible to reach a climate change deal ahead of the UN conference in Copenhagen.Argentina coach Diego Maradona is banned from football for two months for his furious outburst at a World Cup match.
How do you recover after 14 years on death row?Memorial to German goalie Robert EnkeBankers who take "reckless" and "excessive" risks could be stripped of future bonuses, the government says.A 52-year-old man is arrested in connection with more than 100 attacks and rapes on the elderly across south-east London.The BBC's Ethical Man asks if it's time to eat the petsThe confusing world of multi-faith Cordoba
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