| Clan 'behind Philippine massacre' |
| The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner. |
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| 'Many failures' caused BP spill |
| BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame. |
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| Church defiant over Koran burning |
| A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary. |
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| Autocracy fear as Sri Lanka votes |
| Sri Lankan MPs are to vote on proposals allowing the president to seek a third term - a move critics say marks the country's slide to autocracy. |
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| Castro chides Ahmadinejad 'anti-Semitism' |
| Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes. |
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| Kampusch releases book on ordeal |
| Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped and held in a cellar for more than eight years as a child, launches her autobiography in Vienna. |
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| Six die in Pakistan drone strike |
| Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say. |
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| Australia, NZ top 'giving' index |
| Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high. |
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| Gunmen hit Honduras shoe factory |
| Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in suspected gang attack. |
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| Row over Japan-China boat crash |
| A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler. |
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| Vodafone makes $6.5bn China sale |
| Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile. |
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| Research tells men how not to dance like a dad |
| Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women. |
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| How a web game craze is feeding the hungry |
| A web-based game designed to provide rice to the developing world has a facelift on its way to integrating with social networks. |
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| American soldiers killed in Iraq |
| Two US soldiers are killed in northern Iraq, the first US military deaths since Washington last month declared an end to combat operations in Iraq. |
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| Lennon killer denied parole again |
| Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole and will remain imprisoned for at least two more years, officials say. |
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| Thousands caught in Mexico floods |
| Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern and southern Mexico see floodwaters inundate their homes. |
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| Nasa's health tip to Chile miners |
| Experts from the US space agency Nasa speak about tips they have given 33 trapped Chilean miners to maintain their psychological health. |
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| UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victims |
| A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in DR Congo, with the numbers affected double the previous estimate. |
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| Mozambique bread price climbdown |
| Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week. |
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| Two missing in China rig accident |
| At least 30 workers are rescued and at least two are missing after a storm causes an oil rig off China's north-east coast to list dangerously. |
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| Powerful tremor rattles NZ city |
| A powerful aftershock near the New Zealand city of Christchurch causes further damage and sends residents running into the streets, reports say. |
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| EU agrees new financial framework |
| European finance ministers agree a new framework for financial supervision, designed to help prevent future financial crises. |
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| Cameron flies to see ill father |
| David Cameron misses prime minister's questions, flying to be with his father in France after he suffered a stroke while on holiday. |
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| Iran stands firm on stoning case |
| Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says. |
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| Gunmen kill Iraqi TV presenter |
| Prominent al-Iraqiya TV presenter Riad al-Saray is shot dead in Baghdad by unknown attackers. |
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| Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax |
| An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets. |
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| UK's Afghanistan envoy steps down |
| The UK's most senior diplomat in Afghanistan has stepped down with immediate effect, the Foreign Office says. |
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| Murder charge changes supported |
| Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, the BBC learns. |
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| G20 post-mortem report withheld |
| One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges. |
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| Greece economy contracts by 1.8% |
| The debt-laden Greek economy shrank by a surprise 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending. |
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| Japan may intervene to curb yen |
| The Japanese finance minister says there could be market intervention as the yen hits a new 15-year high. |
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| Cable worries over 'casino' banks |
| Business Secretary Vince Cable expresses "worry" about the combination of High Street banks with investment banking, after Bob Diamond is named as Barclays' new boss. |
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| Capello praises display by Rooney |
| England boss Fabio Capello hails Wayne Rooney, who is the subject of newspaper allegations about his private life, for his performance in the win over Switzerland. |
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| Nadal powers into quarter-finals |
| Rafael Nadal beats Feliciano Lopez in straight sets to reach the US Open quarter-finals. |
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| England cruise to T20 series win |
| England record their seventh successive victory in Twenty20 internationals and a 2-0 series win over Pakistan with an emphatic six-wicket victory in Cardiff. |
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| Sir Paul to get US culture honour |
| Sir Paul McCartney is to be presented with a Kennedy Center honour at the White House in Washington in December. |
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| UK moviegoers Exorcised by horror |
| Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend. |
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| Mercury Prize goes to trio The xx |
| The xx beat late favourite Paul Weller to win this year's Mercury Prize for their debut album xx. |
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| On the road with 'action man' Putin |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out standing for president again at the 2012 elections. |
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| Trapped miners watch football match |
| The miners trapped underground in Chile were able to watch a football match after rescue workers provided a mini TV screen. |
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| Pressure mounts against Koran burning |
| A small US church planning to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York is facing international condemnation. |
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| Basketball set to invade the world? |
| The National Basketball Association wants to expand the game and are looking at emerging markets such as India and China to push their products. |
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| Iraq's six-month political stalemate |
| Six months on from the declaration of a hung parliament in Iraq's election, there is still no new government. |
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| India's illegal betting syndicates |
| The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam. |
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| Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11 |
| Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast. |
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| Strike over French pension reforms |
| France faces serious disruption in a nationwide strike to fight proposals to raise the retirement age. |
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| One-minute World News |
| Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. |
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| Tragic dance |
| Afghan boys dressed in women's clothes and sexually abused |
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| City of corpses |
| Trying to survive as fighting in Mogadishu spikes |
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| Abandoned babies |
| Malaysia opens 'baby hatch' to save unwanted newborns |
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| Ecuador exodus |
| The village everyone wants to leave |
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| Risky game |
| Iran's 'minimalist' approach on the nuclear stand-off |
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| Minority rapport |
| Affluent but tiny Indian community hopes romance can stop decline |
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| Hero's welcome? |
| Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust |
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