International News

VIDEO: BBC reporter detained amid China hacking

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:55
A secretive branch of China's military is most likely one of the world's "most prolific cyber espionage groups", a US cyber security firm has said.

VIDEO: Pregnant Duchess visits addiction centre

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:49
The Duchess of Cambridge makes her first official public appearance of the year at a drugs addiction charity in London after a series of apparently critical remarks by the Booker Prize winning novelist, Hilary Mantel.

VIDEO: Diamond heist 'took 11 minutes'

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:47
A robbery at Brussels Airport in which millions of euros of diamonds were stolen as they were being loaded onto a plane, took just 11 minutes, an airport spokesman said.

World Cup to use goal-line system

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:47
Fifa says goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, after successful Club World Cup trial.

Russia probes 'murder' of US adoptee

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:43
Russia opens a murder inquiry into the death of a three-year-old Russian boy adopted in the US, but the US says abuse allegations remain unproven.

Fighter plane crashes in Yemen

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:41
A fighter plane crashes into a residential neighbourhood of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people, reports say.

England Women make three changes

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:32
England Women coach Gary Street makes three changes for Saturday's Six Nations match against France at Twickenham.

New board 'to tackle justice delays'

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:29
A new board has been set up to improve a criminal justice system that does not deliver what the public "expect, want or deserve", a senior minister says.

Man jailed over girl's crash death

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:24
A driver who collided with a car, killing a 13-year-old, while being pursued by police in south-east London is jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

Lloyds fined for PPI payment delay

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:22
Lloyds Banking Group is fined £4.3m for delaying compensation payments to 140,000 customers over Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling.

Living in a Syrian battleground town

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 04:04
Syrian conflict tears life apart for civilians on front line

'Bionic legs' for military amputees

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:58
Injured military personnel who have legs amputated are to be given the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs after the government set aside £6.5m.

OECD economies decline by 0.2%

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:57
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's economies shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2012, dragged down by the eurozone crisis.

Dead whale washed up on shoreline

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:55
An autopsy is being carried out on a dead whale which washed up on the shore in southern Scotland.

Day in pictures: 19 February 2013

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:54
News photos over 24 hours: 19 February

Pistorius 'fired into bathroom'

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:53
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend through a bathroom door, prosecutors tell a court, as the victim's family hold a funeral.

Nesbitt: 'Call off flag protest'

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:46
The leader of the Ulster Unionist party, Mike Nesbitt, has called on the organisers of Saturday's flag protest in Belfast city centre to call it off.

Glasgow University to expand campus

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:20
Glasgow University is to expand its main campus in the west end of the city by taking over the Western Infirmary site.

Health revamp 'legal challenge' plan

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:18
Campaigners against major changes to the health service in north Wales are considering a legal challenge.

SA's ANC dismisses new opposition

BBC - Tue, 2013-02-19 03:11
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) dismisses the launch of a new party by former mining magnate Mamphela Ramphele.
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