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	Thursday, 17 September, 2009, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	White House rejects racism claim The White House dismisses comments by ex-President Jimmy Carter that criticism of Barack Obama is based on racism.
	Minister 'hired illegal worker' Attorney General Baroness Scotland employed an illegal worker as a housekeeper, the Daily Mail reports.
	GP catchment areas to be ended GP catchment areas are to be scrapped in England within a year, Health Secretary Andy Burnham will say later.
	Postal workers to vote on strike Ballot papers for a national strike at Royal Mail over pay and job cuts are being sent to members of the main postal union.
	Three Britons die in New Zealand A three-year-old girl and two women in their 60s from the UK have been killed in a car crash in New Zealand, say police.

WORLD
	White House rejects racism claim The White House dismisses comments by ex-President Jimmy Carter that criticism of Barack Obama is based on racism.
	Trafigura knew of waste dangers E-mails obtained by BBC Newsnight reveal that oil-trading company Trafigura knew that waste dumped in Ivory Coast in 2006 was hazardous.
	'Gene cure' for colour blindness Scientists in the United States say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy.

AFRICA
	Trafigura knew of waste dangers E-mails obtained by BBC Newsnight reveal that oil-trading company Trafigura knew that waste dumped in Ivory Coast in 2006 was hazardous.
	US curbs 'behind WFP Somali cuts' Funding shortages, caused in part by US sanctions, force the World Food Programme to close Somali feeding programmes.
	Kenya begins huge slum clearance Kenyan officials begin to clear Africa's largest slum - a project which could take five years to complete.

AMERICAS
	White House rejects racism claim The White House dismisses comments by ex-President Jimmy Carter that criticism of Barack Obama is based on racism.
	US 'should take terror detainees' The US would be able to transfer more Guantanamo detainees worldwide if it took some itself, US envoy Daniel Fried says.
	China in huge Venezuela oil deal Venezuela announces a $16bn deal with China for oil exploration in the Orinoco river, after a similar agreement with Russia.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	China in huge Venezuela oil deal Venezuela announces a $16bn deal with China for oil exploration in the Orinoco river, after a similar agreement with Russia.
	'Police raid on Java militants' At least three people are killed in a police operation against suspected militants on Java, reports from Indonesia say.
	New PM cements Japan power shift Yukio Hatoyama promises economic revival and strong US ties, after being sworn in as Japan's new prime minister.

EUROPE
	Euro MPs give Barroso new mandate The centre-right European Commission chief gets the backing of Euro MPs to serve a second five-year term.
	France to close migrant 'jungle' France announces it will soon close the camp in Calais known as "the jungle", where migrants gather to try to reach the UK.
	Briatore out over Renault fix row Renault will not dispute allegations of race-fixing as team principal Flavio Briatore and engineering chief Pat Symonds leave the team.

MIDDLE EAST
	Israel condemns UN's Gaza report Israel strongly criticises a UN human rights report into alleged war crimes during the Gaza conflict.
	US to extend settlement talks US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is extending his mission to press for a deal on freezing Israeli settlement activity.
	Hariri gets second chance as PM Lebanon's president names parliament majority leader Saad al-Hariri as prime minister designate for a second time.

SOUTH ASIA
	Karzai condemns EU's fraud claims Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns EU claims of election fraud as preliminary results give him victory with 54.6%.
	Pakistani Taliban leader arrested Pakistan's military says it has arrested another important Taliban leader in troubled north-western district of Swat.
	UN envoy in Sri Lanka for talks A senior UN envoy is in Sri Lanka for talks on Tamils still living in government-run camps four months after the war ended.

UK
	GP catchment areas to be ended GP catchment areas are to be scrapped in England within a year, Health Secretary Andy Burnham will say later.
	Postal workers to vote on strike Ballot papers for a national strike at Royal Mail over pay and job cuts are being sent to members of the main postal union.
	Minister 'hired illegal worker' Attorney General Baroness Scotland employed an illegal worker as a housekeeper, the Daily Mail reports.

ENGLAND
	GP catchment areas to be ended GP catchment areas are to be scrapped in England within a year, Health Secretary Andy Burnham will say later.
	'50,000 students' in loan delays The Student Loans Company says as many as 50,000 students in England might not get all their money until mid or late October.
	Bomb plot case 'a waste of money' Authorities are criticised for pursuing a case against two teenagers cleared of planning to bomb their school.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	No deal on NI devolution budget A budget to devolve policing and justice powers to the NI assembly has yet to be agreed, the first and deputy first ministers say.
	A&E set to go at two hospitals The BBC understands that there are plans to withdraw accident and emergency services at the Mid-Ulster and Whiteabbey Hospitals
	Trio held over McDaid death freed Three men arrested in Coleraine in connection with the murder of Catholic father-of-four Kevin McDaid are released, police say.

SCOTLAND
	Scottish budget announcement due The Scottish Government is unveiling its budget plans for the coming year, amid concerns over a £500m cut in public spending.
	Prison chief 'concerned' by drugs Scotland's new chief inspector of prisons sets out his "issues of concern", including the drug culture in jails.
	Soldier funeral at historic fort The funeral service for a sergeant in the Black Watch killed in Afghanistan is to be held at Fort George.

POLITICS
	Minister 'hired illegal worker' Attorney General Baroness Scotland employed an illegal worker as a housekeeper, the Daily Mail reports.
	Osborne: Brown misled MPs on cuts Shadow chancellor George Osborne says leaked Treasury documents show Gordon Brown misled MPs over spending cuts.
	Benefits plan to 'make work pay' Changes to benefits are needed to get 600,000 more people into work, says a think tank set up by Iain Duncan Smith.

BUSINESS
	Postal workers to vote on strike Ballot papers for a national strike at Royal Mail over pay and job cuts are being sent to members of the main postal union.
	Warning about illegal gas fitters Some 250,000 gas appliances a year in Britain and the Isle of Man are installed or serviced by illegal fitters, a watchdog says.
	Shares rise on renewed optimism UK and US share indexes rise - hitting new highs for the year - buoyed by the latest signs of US economic recovery.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Brown book breaks record in hours Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code follow-up, The Lost Symbol, has sold more hardback copies in 36 hours than any other adult hardback in the UK, publishers say.
	Bradshaw support for BBC overhaul The culture secretary calls for changes to the way the BBC is governed and says there may be "a case" for licence fee cuts.
	Jay-Z breaks Elvis album record Rapper Jay-Z scores his 11th US number one album, giving him more chart-toppers than any other solo artist, including Elvis.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Doctors warn on climate failure Failure to agree a new UN climate deal in December will usher in a "global health catastrophe", according to medical leaders.
	Mobile app sees science go global Researchers have demonstrated a mobile application that will allow the collection, analysis, and distribution of data worldwide.
	Elusive golden cat caught on film Extremely rare photographs are taken of one of Africa's most elusive cats.

TECHNOLOGY
	New Africa broadband link 'ready' A new high-speed undersea internet cable connecting East Africa with the rest of the world is poised to go live, the BBC is told.
	BBC looks to copy protect content Critics argue that a BBC request to offer copy protection on set-top boxes is 'DRM by the backdoor'.
	Facebook grows and makes money Facebook, the world's biggest social networking site, claims 300 million users and making money ahead of schedule.

HEALTH
	GP catchment areas to be ended GP catchment areas are to be scrapped in England within a year, Health Secretary Andy Burnham will say later.
	Low lead levels harming children So-called "safe" levels of lead in the blood are harming young children's development, UK researchers say.
	'Gene cure' for colour blindness Scientists in the United States say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy.

EDUCATION
	'50,000 students' in loan delays The Student Loans Company says as many as 50,000 students in England might not get all their money until mid or late October.
	'Bonus culture' entering schools A teachers' leader warns of an unwelcome bonus culture creeping into head teachers' pay.
	Benefits plan to 'make work pay' Changes to benefits are needed to get 600,000 more people into work, says a think tank set up by Iain Duncan Smith.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1944: Airborne invasion of Holland begins British, American and Polish troops descend behind enemy lines in a massive operation designed to bring a swift end to the war.
	1970: Civil war breaks out in Jordan King Hussein's army and Palestinian guerrillas engage in fierce fighting in major towns all over Jordan.
	1982: Refugees massacred in Beirut camps More than 1,000 people are feared to have been killed during a 24-hour rampage by Lebanese militia in West Beirut.

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