From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:06 AM

Nominations for who will lead the French Socialist party’s campaign for the presidency in 2012 close on Wednesday.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:06 AM

Police in Guatemala have arrested two men over the killing of prominent Argentine singer Facundo Cabral.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:38 AM

There has been a second night of rioting in Northern Ireland. Petrol bombs were thrown at police in Belfast, there was also violence in three other towns.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:01 AM

The funeral of former US First Lady Betty Ford has taken place in California.Hundreds of mourners, including first ladies past and present and other dignitaries, gathered at a church in southern California to honour Mrs Ford, who died on Friday at the age of 93.Former US President George W. Bush...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 9:38 PM

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 9:38 PM

A US Army ranger has been awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military medal, for his actions in a firefight in Afghanistan.Staff Sgt Leroy Petry is just the second active US military member to receive the award. He attended a ceremony in the White House where Barack Obama presented hi...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 6:58 PM

Trouble has broken out again on the streets of Belfast with petrol bombs, bricks and bottles thrown at police.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:53 PM

Bricks and petrol bombs have been hurled at police during a nationalist demonstration in the Ardoyne area of Belfast this evening.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:52 PM

The US hopes to make sure it is not left in China’s dust in the rush to mine the rare 'earth elements' vital for manufacturing the latest technology.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:18 PM

The parents of a teenage boy who killed himself after he was bullied on Facebook are calling for a law to make bullying illegal.Roger and Tracy Mullaney’s son Thomas, 15, hanged himself in May last year.They want the law to set in stone consequences for children who bully.They say they will alwa...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:18 PM

Students from a Plymouth dance school have won 38 trophies at the Disco Dance World Championships in Blackpool.Ten-year-old Dylan Chapman, from the St Budeaux Academy of Dance, has become World Champion Freestyle Dancer in his age group.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:18 PM

Police and community representatives have appealed for calm after trouble in west and north Belfast on Monday night in which 22 officers were injured.An investigation is under way into the possibility that shots were fired in west Belfast during the trouble.An ambulance and a fire engine were als...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:13 PM

Andy Hayman, who led the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World in 2006, reacted angrily when asked whether he had ever accepted money from the media."Good God. Absolutely not. I can’t believe you suggested that", he responded, before saying that the question was an attack on ...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:44 PM

A new bill has set penalties for parents and guardians of children under 18 who attend mosques.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

Senior police officers who investigated the phone hacking scandal have been answering questions from MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee.Assistant Commissioner John Yates, Ex-Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, former Met Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman and Deputy Assistant Commi...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

A campaign group, Human Rights Watch, has urged President Obama to order a criminal investigation into members of the Bush administration because of what it calls 'overwhelming evidence of torture'.The former president has argued that the practices such as waterboarding were authorized...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

Members of the Home Affairs Committee quizzed former Met police Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman over his role in the first investigation of phone hacking.Conservative member Lorraine Fullbrook said Mr Hayman would be seen as "a dodgy geezer" who had presided over a disaster.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

A cyclist has posted footage online of a road-rage assault on his friend in an attempt to catch the attacker.Simon Page, 49, was punched in the head by a car driver in Bexley High Street, Bexley, south-east London, in May.Mr Page was one of seven cyclists riding from Dover to London in training ...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

News International "deliberately tried to thwart a criminal investigation" into phone hacking allegations, a former senior Met Police officer has said.Appearing before the Home Affairs Select Committee, Peter Clarke said he was "certain that they had something to hide" and that there was a "comp...

From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 3:10 PM

Senior police officers have accused News International of trying to obstruct the original investigation into phone hacking.Appearing before a committee of MPs, the Assistant Commissioner of the Met, John Yates - who ruled out reopening the 2005 inquiry - accused the News of the World of failing ...