Your daily e-mail from the BBC

	Wednesday, 02 June, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Israel to free flotilla activists Israel says it will release and deport foreigners seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza.
	Watchdog backs alcohol price hike A health watchdog has added its voice to calls for a minimum price per unit of alcohol in England.
	Japan's PM Yukio Hatoyama resigns Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigns amid pressure from his party to step down ahead of elections due in July.
	Karzai to host Afghan peace talks Some 1,600 Afghan elders and notables gather for peace talks in Kabul, as the Taliban threatens delegates with death.
	US begins criminal probe of spill Oil firm BP says its latest attempt to cap the oil spill is under way, as the US government announces a criminal investigation.

WORLD
	Israel to free flotilla activists Israel says it will release and deport foreigners seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza.
	Japan's PM Yukio Hatoyama resigns Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigns amid pressure from his party to step down ahead of elections due in July.
	US begins criminal probe of spill Oil firm BP says its latest attempt to cap the oil spill is under way, as the US government announces a criminal investigation.

AFRICA
	Namibians sue over sterilisation Three women in Namibia are suing the state for allegedly being sterilised without their informed consent after an HIV diagnosis.
	Trafigura toxic waste trial opens Dutch prosecutors accuse multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006.
	Burundi ex-rebel chief quits poll Five opposition candidates, including Burundi's ex-rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, pull out of forthcoming presidential elections.

AMERICAS
	US begins criminal probe of spill Oil firm BP says its latest attempt to cap the oil spill is under way, as the US government announces a criminal investigation.
	Cuban prisoners 'begin transfers' Cuba has begun transferring political prisoners to jails closer to their homes, a human rights activist says.
	Gores to separate after 40 years Former US Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper say they are are separating after 40 years of marriage.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Japan's PM Yukio Hatoyama resigns Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigns amid pressure from his party to step down ahead of elections due in July.
	Thailand debates Bangkok violence The Thai parliament debates the government's operation to end protests in the capital, Bangkok, ahead of a no-confidence vote.
	Judges shot dead at China court Three judges are shot dead in China's Hunan province by a man armed with a submachine gun who later killed himself, say reports.

EUROPE
	Doubt cast on Israel raid account Activists on ships raided by Israeli commandos cast doubt on Israel's version of events that led to at least nine deaths.
	Poland publishes crash transcript Poland publishes a transcript of flight data recorders from the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others.
	Trafigura toxic waste trial opens Dutch prosecutors accuse multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006.

MIDDLE EAST
	Israel to free flotilla activists Israel says it will release and deport foreigners seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza.
	Iraq supreme court confirms poll Iraq's highest court confirms the results of the March election almost three months after the polls closed.
	Turkey rocket attack 'kills six' Six Turkish soldiers die in a rocket attack on a naval base by the Mediterranean Sea, the country's state media reports.

SOUTH ASIA
	Karzai to host Afghan peace talks Some 1,600 Afghan elders and notables gather for peace talks in Kabul, as the Taliban threatens delegates with death.
	US hails al-Qaeda chief's 'death' The White House says it "welcomes the demise" of al-Qaeda number three Mustafa Abu al-Yazid as a "severe blow" to the group.
	Gunmen attack Pakistani hospital About five people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

UK
	Gaza ship Britons 'to head home' Forty-one Britons detained after a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla are due to be deported shortly, says the foreign secretary.
	Watchdog backs alcohol price hike A health watchdog has added its voice to calls for a minimum price per unit of alcohol in England.
	PM Cameron faces questions debut David Cameron is preparing for his first session giving the answers at Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons.

ENGLAND
	Cage-fighter jailed for £53m raid Cage-fighter Lee Murray is jailed in Morocco for masterminding the £53m Securitas robbery - Britain's biggest cash raid.
	Charles sets out builders' test The Prince of Wales calls on housing developers to consider whether they would live in their own sites.
	Walcott left out of England squad Theo Walcott is a surprise omission from England's 23-man World Cup squad, with Darren Bent, Adam Johnson, Scott Parker, Michael Dawson, Leighton Baines and Tom Huddlestone also missing out.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	NI to pay for farm subsidy errors The European Commission tells the Northern Ireland Executive to pay back £60m for subsidies paid in error to local farmers.
	Man faces terrorist items charges A man is to appear in court in Belfast charged with possessing items likely to be of use to terrorists.
	SDLP's Convery new Belfast mayor The SDLP's Pat Convery is elected unopposed as Lord Mayor of Belfast, replacing Naomi Long of the Alliance Party.

SCOTLAND
	Gaza aid convoy activist returns A Scottish activist who was on board the aid convoy which was stormed by Israeli soldiers returns to the UK.
	Woman dies in 'stabbing' at store Police launch a murder inquiry after a woman dies and a man is injured at a shop at St Enoch's Square in Glasgow city centre.
	Drugs worth £16m seized last year A report on serious crime reveals more than 240kg of class A drugs were seized in Scotland in the past 12 months.

BUSINESS
	Leak woes push BP shares down 13% BP shares fall 13% as its oil well continues to leak, and the US government starts a criminal investigation.
	Pru 'fails in attempt to buy AIA' UK insurer Prudential has failed in its bid to buy AIA, the Asian unit of US group AIG, the BBC understands.
	US shares fall on BP probe fears US shares decline after the US government says it has launched a criminal investigation into BP's oil spill.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Sex sells tickets at UK cinemas Sex and the City 2 is the top draw at cinemas in the UK and Ireland, making more than £6m in its first three days of release.
	US sculptor Louise Bourgeois dies French-born American sculptor Louise Bourgeois dies in New York at the age of 98.
	Del Toro 'takes leave' of Hobbit Guillermo del Toro will no longer direct the two movies based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, reports suggest.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	'First' Neanderthal tool evidence Archaeologists have found what they say is the earliest evidence of Neanderthals living in Britain.
	Citizen science 'can save birds' People recording everyday sightings of birds, even the most common species, could help limit future extinctions, a study suggests.
	Esa chief set to continue in role The European Space Agency's director general Jean-Jacques Dordain is backed to stay in office.

TECHNOLOGY
	China pushes supercomputer power China ramps up efforts to become a supercomputing superpower, as one of its machines is ranked second fastest in the world.
	Thieves strike in virtual world Finnish police raid homes in five cities in Finland, looking for evidence of virtual furniture theft.
	Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs Hewlett-Packard is to shed 9,000 jobs worldwide as it creates fully-automated commercial data centres.

HEALTH
	Watchdog backs alcohol price hike A health watchdog has added its voice to calls for a minimum price per unit of alcohol in England.
	Midnight snacking 'damages teeth' Eating food in the middle of the night can seriously damage your teeth, experts warn.
	World Cup sponsors 'unhealthy' Millions of children will be the victims of unhealthy food marketing at this year's World Cup, a charity warns.

EDUCATION
	Lecturers warn of national strike The head of the university lecturers' union warns members could opt for a national strike over redundancies
	Two-year degrees 'are sweatshops' University staff reject any move to introduce two-year degrees, warning that they would lead to "academic sweatshops".
	All baby deaths 'must be probed' A senior coroner says reporting all baby deaths in hospital might spotlight the causes of stillbirths and neo-natal deaths.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1953: Queen Elizabeth takes coronation oath Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.
	1979: Millions cheer as the Pope comes home The Pope is greeted by two million people as he sets foot on his native soil of Poland.
	1994: MI5 officers killed in helicopter crash Twenty of Britain's top intelligence experts are killed when a RAF helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre.

	OPTIONS AND HELP
		You are subscribed from the e-mail address: kmeuronews@gmail.com Change To change your e-mail address, the content or format of your daily e-mail, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/email Unsubscribe To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/email Other e-mails To see the full range of e-mails available visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/email
		Help If you are having problems with story links or for general help visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/email/help Feedback Please send feedback to: mailto:dailyemail@bbc.co.uk
		Copyright BBC 2005