From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:22 AM

The Indian cabinet is considering the merits of a BP plan to buy a stake in Reliance Industries energy assets.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:22 AM

China’s growth remains strong but it also brings dangers and challenges for the authorities to manage their way through.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:22 AM

Chantal Hughes, spokesperson for the European commissioner responsible for internal markets and financial services, and Martin Winn, spokesman for Standard & Poors, look at the efficacy of credit ratings.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:24 AM

The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, Ben Bernanke, has said it is in the world’s interests that the US can come to an agreement on its debt crisis very soon.The US national debt is more than 14 trillion dollars, and talks between Congress and the Obama administration appear close to dead...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:24 AM

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:20 AM

The auction house Sotheby’s is selling the only major remaining Jane Austen manuscript. It is thought she wrote the manuscript in 1804.The manuscript entitled, The Watsons, is expected to sell for around £200,000 at a New York auction. Sotheby's specialist Gabriel Heaton explains why the wo...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:20 AM

The auction house Sotheby’s is selling the only major remaining Jane Austen manuscript. It is thought she wrote the manuscript in 1804.The manuscript entitled, The Watsons, is expected to sell for around £200,000 at a New York auction. Sotheby's specialist Gabriel Heaton explains why the wo...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:10 AM

Uncomfortable seats with little leg room have long been a source of torment for visitors to theatres around the UK.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:15 AM

More US politicians are calling for an inquiry into claims that journalists employed by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation allegedly tried to access phone records of victims of the September 11th attacks.Meanwhile, in the UK, the House of Commons Culture and Media Select committee will decide whe...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:07 AM

Indian officials say that terrorists were behind the explosions but no specific group has been apportioned blame.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:07 AM

Five men have been killed and a sixth has been seriously injured in an explosion at an industrial estate in Lincolnshire.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:07 AM

Parents of year four children at a Leicester primary school are given a unique opportunity to see how their children really behave in the classroom.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 2:06 AM

Tom Brook looks at the latest and final Harry Potter film which is about to be released to audiences around the world.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 12:00 AM

Protesters have demanded action against any police involved in the killing of hundreds of people during the uprising against former President Mubarak.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 7:59 PM

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to member states to dig deep in order to prevent "catastrophe" in the Horn of Africa.Severe drought has led to widespread crop failures in the region, leaving millions at risk of starvation.UN agencies have asked for $1.6 bn to fund aid activities bu...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:57 PM

Georgian journalists have staged a series of protests over the arrest of four photographers accused of spying for Russian intelligence.The court sent Irakli Kurtsikidze, Giorgi Abdaladze, and Irakli Gedenidze, a personal photographer of President Mikheil Saakashvilii, to pretrial detention.Mr. G...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:57 PM

A report has criticised a Catholic diocese in County Cork, Ireland for a failure to report all complaints of abuse to police.The Commission of Investigation into the Diocese of Cloyne investigated how allegations against 19 priests were dealt with between 1996 and 2009.The report found Bishop Jo...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:57 PM

A cheetah has attacked two members of staff at a Kent wild animal park.The big cat scratched and bit the two keepers when they went into the enclosure to film it at Eagle Heights in Eynsford on Sunday.They managed to escape after spraying one-year-old Zena in the face with a fire extinguisher.Ala...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:57 PM

Extended drought has been causing a severe food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Some 10 million people are said to be suffering from it.Somalia, wracked by 20 years of conflict, is the country worst hit and some 3,000 people flee each day for neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya which...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:57 PM

Angry scenes were seen at Orly airport in Paris. A strike by cabin crew from Air Algerie means scores of flights have been cancelled.The French transport minister says thousands have been stranded across the country.Air Algerie’s cabin crew are demanding a 106% increase in their salaryGhada Nasse...