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	Sunday, 04 July, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%.
	Man hunted over double shooting Police search for the ex-boyfriend of a woman after she is shot and her new partner killed in a double shooting in Gateshead.
	Schools 'recycle' poor teachers Only 18 UK teachers have been struck off for incompetence in the past 40 years, the BBC's Panorama has learned.
	Graduate unemployment 'rises 25%' The unemployment rate for young graduates increased in 2009, with men doing far worse than women.
	DR Congo buries fuel inferno dead Victims of a fuel truck inferno which killed some 230 people in a Democratic Republic of Congo village are buried in mass graves.

WORLD
	DR Congo buries fuel inferno dead Victims of a fuel truck inferno which killed some 230 people in a Democratic Republic of Congo village are buried in mass graves.
	Cuban hunger striker 'could die' Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas is in danger of dying after refusing food since February, a doctor says.
	Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona.

AFRICA
	DR Congo buries fuel inferno dead Victims of a fuel truck inferno which killed some 230 people in a Democratic Republic of Congo village are buried in mass graves.
	Lula pays tribute to African role Brazil's Lula hails Africa's historic role and promises closer ties as he makes his final tour of the continent as president.
	Guinea vote goes to second round The two frontrunners in Guinea's presidential election will face each other in a second round later this month.

AMERICAS
	Cuban hunger striker 'could die' Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas is in danger of dying after refusing food since February, a doctor says.
	Lula pays tribute to African role Brazil's Lula hails Africa's historic role and promises closer ties as he makes his final tour of the continent as president.
	Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Kyrgyzstan swears in new leader Rosa Otunbayeva is sworn in as the first female president of Kyrgyzstan weeks after deadly ethnic riots in the south.
	Korea airport bus crash kills 12 A bus falls from a bridge near the main international airport serving South Korea's capital Seoul, killing 12 passengers.
	China 'jails third Tibet brother' A Tibetan environmentalist becomes the third brother in his family to be jailed by a Chinese court, his lawyer says.

EUROPE
	Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%.
	Poland set to elect new president Poland goes to the polls again on Sunday in a second round of voting that will determine the country's next president.
	US funding for Auschwitz upkeep Hillary Clinton says the US will donate $15m to preserve Auschwitz as she warns of global threats to democracy.

MIDDLE EAST
	Biden sees Iraq parties agreeing US Vice-President Joe Biden says he is "optimistic" Iraqi politicians will form a coalition soon, after months of government deadlock.
	Munich Olympics massacre man dies The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that killed 11 Israeli athletes, Mohammed Oudeh, dies.
	Thousands on Israel soldier march Twenty thousand people join a march through Israel calling for the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit, organisers say.

SOUTH ASIA
	Petraeus calls for Afghan unity The new US commander in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, demands a united effort to tackle the nine-year conflict.
	India interest rates raised again The Reserve Bank of India raises key interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in an attempt to curb inflation.
	Arms trade in Nepal tourist area The central Kathmandu tourist district of Thamel becomes a centre for illegal trade in guns and small arms, police say.

UK
	Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%.
	Man hunted over double shooting Police search for the ex-boyfriend of a woman after she is shot and her new partner killed in a double shooting in Gateshead.
	'Mother and child' deaths probed The body of a child is found shortly after a woman, believed to be her mother, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff.

ENGLAND
	Man hunted over double shooting Police search for the ex-boyfriend of a woman after she is shot and her new partner killed in a double shooting in Gateshead.
	'Mother and child' deaths probed The body of a child is found shortly after a woman, believed to be her mother, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff.
	New police shirts 'waste of cash' West Midlands Police force is criticised for wasting £100,000 to change the colour of staff uniform shirts from white to black or blue.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Three questioned after bar murder Three men are being questioned by police about the murder of a man near Limavady in the early hours of Saturday.
	Name of murder victim is released A murder inquiry is launched into the death of a man in his 50s, a day after his body was discovered in west Belfast.
	Eight rescued from sinking boat Eight people are rescued from a sinking leisure motor boat near Blackhead Lighthouse on the northern shores of Belfast Lough.

SCOTLAND
	NHS communications bill jobs call Spending on NHS communications in Scotland should be used to recruit more nurses, Scottish Labour urges.
	Plan to strengthen links with US Ministers unveil plans on American independence day to maximise Scotland's economic opportunities with the US.
	Hero's welcome for bomb soldier About 200 residents of a Lanarkshire village greet a soldier as he returns home after being badly injured in Afghanistan.

BUSINESS
	Buffett gives charities $1.93bn The billionaire investor Warren Buffett donates shares worth $1.93bn to five charitable foundations.
	MPs want new ban on ticket touts A number of MPs are calling for the prohibition of ticket-touting at major sporting events to be widened.
	Iceland holds talks over Icesave Officials from Iceland, the Netherlands and the UK hold talks over the settlement of a £2.3bn banking dispute.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Dame Beryl Bainbridge dies at 75 Novelist Dame Beryl Bainbridge has died at the age of 75 after a short illness, her agent says.
	Sunshine evicted from Big Brother Medical student Sunshine becomes the third person to be evicted from the Big Brother house, after losing the public vote.
	Ex-Doctor Who cast as drug lord Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston has been cast as a drug lord in a new BBC thriller to screen next year.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona.
	Russian spaceship 'under control' Russia says its Progress spaceship is under control after missing the International Space Station and will try to dock again on Sunday.
	Scientists peer inside a python Scientists employ the latest imaging techniques to look inside a python that had just swallowed a rat whole.

TECHNOLOGY
	Apple admits iPhone signal fault Apple says a significant fault on its new iPhone 4 is causing it to incorrectly display the phone's signal.
	Google moves into travel market Google pays $700m for travel technology firm that provides flight price and travel data across the globe.
	Mobile ads "poor" says Three boss The head of mobile phone company Three says the industry needs to improve its marketing, especially for broadband.

HEALTH
	Pregnancy vitamin supplement call Pregnant women in the UK should be told to routinely take vitamin D supplements, researchers say.
	Life expectancy gap 'is widening' The gap between average life expectancy and that of the poorest in England is widening, a report says.
	Homeowners 'ignorant on asbestos' Almost two-thirds of people would not be confident of identifying asbestos in their home, a survey suggests.

EDUCATION
	Graduate unemployment 'rises 25%' The unemployment rate for young graduates increased in 2009, with men doing far worse than women.
	Schools 'recycle' poor teachers Only 18 UK teachers have been struck off for incompetence in the past 40 years, the BBC's Panorama has learned.
	Schools 'break law' on assistants Head teachers could be breaking the law by asking support staff to teach lessons, the National Union of Teachers says.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages In a dramatic raid Israeli commandos fly to Uganda to save 100 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport.
	1954: Housewives celebrate end of rationing Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain is over as restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat, and bacon in particular, are lifted.
	1995: Major wins Conservative leadership The Prime Minister, John Major, wins his battle to remain leader of the Conservative party.

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