Sunday, 20 June, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London | |
TOP STORIES | |
Budget will 'include NI changes' The coalition government's emergency Budget will include changes to National Insurance, the BBC understands. | |
PM calls for support for military The public should express its appreciation of Britain's military "more loudly and more proudly", David Cameron says. | |
BP chief criticised for boat trip BP CEO Tony Hayward comes under fire for taking time off to go boating instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. | |
'Vaccines must go on' amid crisis The global economic crisis must not interfere with the delivery of vaccines to the developing world, a global health body warns. | |
Police may reopen GP death probe Police consider reopening an inquiry into a GP who admitted hastening the deaths of people in his care. |
WORLD | |
Obama hails Chinese currency move US president welcomes China's suggestion that it will allow a rise of the yuan, which many in the West say is undervalued. | |
Rwanda ex-army chief shot in SA A former Rwandan army chief is in a critical condition having been shot in S Africa in what his wife said was an attempt on his life. | |
Darfur rivals 'in revenge attack' At least 48 people have been killed in clashes between rival Arab nomadic groups in Sudan's Darfur region, a clan leader says. |
AFRICA | |
Rwanda denies shooting army chief The Rwandan government says it was not behind an attack on a former military chief of staff, who was shot in South Africa. | |
Darfur rivals 'in revenge attack' At least 48 people have been killed in clashes between rival Arab nomadic groups in Sudan's Darfur region, a clan leader says. | |
'Vaccines must go on' amid crisis The global economic crisis must not interfere with the delivery of vaccines to the developing world, a global health body warns. |
AMERICAS | |
BP chief criticised for boat trip BP CEO Tony Hayward comes under fire for taking time off to go boating instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. | |
Obama hails Chinese currency move US president welcomes China's suggestion that it will allow a rise of the yuan, which many in the West say is undervalued. | |
Mayor of Mexican town shot dead A Mexican mayor is gunned down in Ciudad Juarez near the US border, where he had fled after receiving death threats. |
ASIA-PACIFIC | |
China hints at stronger currency China indicates it will allow the yuan to rise, after Western criticism it is being kept artificially low, but releases no details. | |
Supporters mark Suu Kyi birthday Supporters of Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi mark her 65th birthday, as world leaders call for her release. | |
UN launches appeal for Kyrgyzstan The UN announces a flash appeal for Kyrgyzstan, where it says 400,000 people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting. |
EUROPE | |
Turkey to fight PKK 'to the end' Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will fight Kurdish rebels until they are 'annihilated', after 11 soldiers die in attacks. | |
Italy alarm over blue mozzarella Italian authorities seize a batch of mozzarella that turned blue, alerting the European Commission of possible contamination. | |
Sweden's princess weds commoner Sweden sees one of its biggest public celebrations as Crown Princess Victoria weds her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. |
MIDDLE EAST | |
Gunmen attack Yemen security HQ Gunmen attack Yemen's security headquarters in Aden, killing at least 10 security officers and freeing militants. | |
One killed in Iraqi power protest Iraqi police open fire during a protest against power cuts in the southern city of Basra, killing at least one demonstrator. | |
UN probes UK 'beating of Iraqis' The UN refugee agency investigates allegations that UK officials beat deported Iraqi asylum seekers to get them on and off the plane. |
SOUTH ASIA | |
Bangladeshi water 'poisons 77m' Up to 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic from drinking water in recent decades, according to a study in The Lancet. | |
Rising Afghan violence alarms UN Afghanistan has seen a dramatic rise in violence this year, with roadside bomb attacks nearly doubling, the UN says. | |
Indian preacher is banned from UK An Indian preacher has been banned from entering the UK for his "unacceptable behaviour", the home secretary says. |
UK | |
Budget will 'include NI changes' The coalition government's emergency Budget will include changes to National Insurance, the BBC understands. | |
Police may reopen GP death probe Police consider reopening an inquiry into a GP who admitted hastening the deaths of people in his care. | |
PM calls for support for military The public should express its appreciation of Britain's military "more loudly and more proudly", David Cameron says. |
ENGLAND | |
Police may reopen GP death probe Police consider reopening an inquiry into a GP who admitted hastening the deaths of people in his care. | |
Man dies in light aircraft crash A 31-year-old man is killed when the light aircraft he was piloting crashes into a West Yorkshire field. | |
BP chief criticised for boat trip BP CEO Tony Hayward comes under fire for taking time off to go boating instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. |
NORTHERN IRELAND | |
Rally driver 'seriously injured' There are reports of a driver being seriously injured in an accident at the Donegal International Rally on Saturday. | |
River is searched for missing man Rescue teams along with the police are searching a stretch of the Lagan in south Belfast for a missing man. | |
Pensioner cyclist hurt in attack A pensioner is being treated in hospital after being attacked and robbed in County Armagh in the early hours of Saturday morning. |
SCOTLAND | |
Swinney in call over Budget share The chancellor is urged to detail Scotland's share of a £185m renewable energy fund when he announces the Budget. | |
Boy, 13, pulled from river dies A 13-year-old boy pulled from the River Kelvin in Glasgow has died in hospital, Strathclyde police confirm. | |
Rally against hill quarry threat Protesters are marching to save a historic Stirling battle site which they say is threatened by quarrying. |
BUSINESS | |
Obama hails Chinese currency move US president welcomes China's suggestion that it will allow a rise of the yuan, which many in the West say is undervalued. | |
BP chief criticised for boat trip BP CEO Tony Hayward comes under fire for taking time off to go boating instead of dealing with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. | |
Government warned over CGT rise Raising the rate of capital gains tax (CGT) could result in a fall in tax revenues, one think tank warns. |
ENTERTAINMENT | |
Director Ronald Neame dies at 99 Poseidon Adventure director Ronald "Ronnie" Neame dies in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 99. | |
Beatles' lyrics bought for $1.2m John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Beatles song A Day In The Life sell for $1.2m (£810,000) at auction, well above the price expected. | |
Rachael evicted from Big Brother Beyonce lookalike Rachael is the first evictee from the final Big Brother house. |
SCIENCE/NATURE | |
Illegal bushmeat 'rife in Europe' About 270 tonnes of illegal bushmeat could be passing through one of Europe's busiest airports each year, a study estimates. | |
Ancient ice ages 'linked' to CO2 A "global pattern" of change in the Earth's climate that began 2.7 million years ago could be explained by CO2, say scientists. | |
Congress turns scorn on BP chief In scathing questioning, US congressmen tell BP chief Tony Hayward his firm ignored oil well dangers in the Gulf of Mexico. |
TECHNOLOGY | |
FCC to toughen internet rules Web giants and broadband providers are scrapping over plans to change the way the net is regulated in the US. | |
Fighting back against web attacks The tools which hi-tech criminals use to attack websites can themselves be attacked, suggests research. | |
Getty taps into Flickr snappers Flickr users are getting the chance to make money out of their snaps as the site signs a deal with the Getty photo library. |
HEALTH | |
Police may reopen GP death probe Police consider reopening an inquiry into a GP who admitted hastening the deaths of people in his care. | |
'Vaccines must go on' amid crisis The global economic crisis must not interfere with the delivery of vaccines to the developing world, a global health body warns. | |
Tea and coffee 'protect hearts' Drinking several cups of coffee or tea a day appears to protect against heart disease, a 13-year study from the Netherlands finds. |
EDUCATION | |
Teachers back new 'free schools' More than 700 groups say they are interested in starting a "free school" in England - half are teachers. | |
Top schools in academy bid - Gove Education Secretary Michael Gove says 70% of outstanding secondary schools in England are interested in becoming academies. | |
Catholic Church academy warning The Catholic Church in England says its schools would be 'unwise' to apply for academy status. |
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1976: Westerners evacuated from Beirut Hundreds of Americans and Britons are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassador. | |||
1995: Shell makes dramatic U-turn Oil giant Shell caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea. | |||
1990: Major proposes new Euro currency British Chancellor John Major proposes a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies. | |||
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