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England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says.

The Supreme Court rules relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the UK government for damages under Human Rights Act.

Football fixtures for the Premier League, Football League and Scottish leagues for the 2013-14 season are announced.

Afghanistan suspends talks on a bilateral security agreement with the US, after Washington's announcement of peace talks with the Taliban.

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.

Brazil is to send a national security force to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests, the justice ministry says.

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says.

The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor.

US President Barack Obama is to speak at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he is expected to call for cuts in US and Russian nuclear arsenals.

Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely used.

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.

The head of the US electronic spying agency tells Congress surveillance programmes leaked to media helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001.

Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery after a Europe-wide study involving Cardiff doctors.

North Korea denounces a report that leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday.

An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care.

Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange vows to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.

The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth.

Girls will no longer have to pledge their devotion to God when they join the Guides and Brownies in the UK, the organisation announces.

The global monetary organisation is going to try to teach the world about public finances.

Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March.

Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault.

MPs will get a vote on whether the UK should arm Syrian rebel forces before it happens, Commons speaker John Bercow says.

Five organisations receive coroner's letters highlighting the "disturbing" death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.

Action is needed to fight a "quiet epidemic" of oesophageal cancer, which is on the rise in the UK, particularly in men, say cancer experts.

Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests.

A report claims schools are facing increasing pressure to spend money aimed at very poor pupils, known as the pupil premium, to plug holes in their budgets.

Huawei unveils the world's slimmest smartphone saying the handset will work "miracles" for its brand.

Two junior doctors develop giant 3D animations of human body parts to make medics' lectures more memorable.

A hairy crab named after US actor David Hasselhoff hitched a ride on an ocean "super-highway" to colonise deep sea vents in the Atlantic.

The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.

Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67.

The winner and runner-up of this year's BP Portrait Award are both artists who have painted portraits of their children.

The last telegram in the world will be sent next month. Kathryn Westcott looks at telegraphy's linguistic legacy.

Fixed odds betting terminals, a kind of super-powered fruit machine, are driving profits in betting shops. Some councils are now fighting back.

British and Irish Lions wing George North has overcome injury ahead of the first Test against Australia on Saturday.

Scottish Premier League champions Celtic will kick off next season at home to Ross County on 3 August.

Rafael Nadal could play Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer as early as the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

The FA Cup final will be played at the end of the domestic season for the first time since 2010 in the 2013-14 season.

Newcastle United managing director Derek Llambias resigns, the day after Joe Kinnear returns as director of football.

A second man is arrested in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in Gloucester.

A British Muslim leader indicted in Bangladesh for war crimes says he is willing to face a fair trial to clear his name.

Sex education at a younger age and free contraception for people as young as 13 are needed to cut teenage pregnancy rates, according to a Holyrood inquiry.

Bereaved parents who did not receive the ashes of their dead babies will take their fight for a public inquiry to the Scottish Parliament later.

A factory in Larne, County Antrim, which makes medical devices is creating 416 new jobs

A petrol bomb was thrown over from the nationalist Short Strand area on Monday night into the loyalist Thistle Court area, police have said.

Nearly a fifth of Wales' charity shops could close if the Welsh government implements proposed changes to business rate relief, a charities group says.

Overtime payments by three of Wales' four police forces rose substantially in the last financial year amid UK government efforts to cut costs, figures obtained by the BBC show.

Gunmen enter a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, firing their weapons, following a loud explosion, witnesses say.

Suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria kill at least nine school children, in what survivors suggest is a response to growing vigilante groups.

Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.

Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years.

An Italian court sentences to life in prison a man who carried out a school bomb attack in 2012, which killed a teenage girl and injured nine others.

MPs in Moscow back a bill banning adoption of Russian orphans by foreign gay couples and by foreign singles from countries allowing gay marriage.

The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government.

An Oregon motorist suspected of fatally running down a US man on a quest to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil for charity is arrested.

Celebrations begin for the 90th birthday of Israel's President Shimon Peres, in the presence of celebrities and world leaders.

G8 leaders back calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva "as soon as possible", without mentioning the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.

Journalist Michael Hastings, whose reporting ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a crash in Los Angeles aged 33.

Mass protests in Brazil

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Forest fires in Indonesia create haze

Marking World Refugee Day

Thwarting high-profile militant attacks

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Healers in Tanzania?s southern highlands

Images from the last days of India's telegram service

The government is urged by Labour to support the principle of a financial transaction tax.

Mental health services in England could be banned from using face-down restraint and many are training their staff to resolve issues without physical intervention.

It is not just planes and helicopter on display at the Paris Air Show, as the BBC's Theo Leggett found out when he tried on some of US defence firm Raytheon's new kit.

US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha have lunch with Irish rock star Bono and visit Glendalough.

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says.

Portraits by 19th century photographers Henry and Charles Meade are subjects of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Thousands of people gathered in front of Sao Paulo Cathedral on Tuesday for a new protest which was largely organised through social media.

Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei unveils its latest mobile handset, which the company says is the thinnest on the market.

The UK's recent run of damp summers could be down to a cyclical warming of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists and meteorologists have said.

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The new play that keeps its audience in the dark

Where is the middle class growing around the world?

Is down-at-heel Detroit on brink of a comeback?

The 13-year-old taking fashion blogging by storm

Fears for author of 'I'm Queer' blogpost

Papers mull PM's 'Syria coup bid'

The people living in rural poverty

Commission says Lloyds ready for privatisation

What's going on with the weather, asks David Shukman

Afghanistan suspends talks on a bilateral security agreement with the US, after Washington's announcement of peace talks with the Taliban.

US President Barack Obama is to speak at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he is expected to call for cuts in US and Russian nuclear arsenals.

Brazil is to send a national security force to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests, the justice ministry says.

Gunmen enter a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, firing their weapons, following a loud explosion, witnesses say.

North Korea denounces a report that leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday.

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.

The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor.

The head of the US electronic spying agency tells Congress surveillance programmes leaked to media helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001.

Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.

Celebrations begin for the 90th birthday of Israel's President Shimon Peres, in the presence of celebrities and world leaders.

Suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria kill at least nine school children, in what survivors suggest is a response to growing vigilante groups.

Journalist Michael Hastings, whose reporting ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a crash in Los Angeles aged 33.

The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.

The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth.

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.

An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care.

The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government.

An Oregon motorist suspected of fatally running down a US man on a quest to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil for charity is arrested.

Mali's government signs a peace deal with Tuareg rebels to end conflict in the north in the run-up to elections next month.

Ugandan General David Sejusa accuses President Yoweri Museveni of trying to cling to power through a "political monarchy", in his first broadcast interview since fleeing to the UK.

Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years.

A former Chinese official accused of accepting bribes in an alleged sex tape extortion scandal is put on trial, state media say.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March.

An Italian court sentences to life in prison a man who carried out a school bomb attack in 2012, which killed a teenage girl and injured nine others.

G8 leaders back calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva "as soon as possible", without mentioning the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.

At least 31 people are killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says.

The Supreme Court rules relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the UK government for damages under Human Rights Act.

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.

Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London.

Japanese exports rose in May at the fastest annual rate since 2010 as the yen weakened, providing a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to revive the economy.

Football fixtures for the Premier League, Football League and Scottish leagues for the 2013-14 season are announced.

Rafael Nadal could play Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer as early as the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

British and Irish Lions wing George North has overcome injury ahead of the first Test against Australia on Saturday.

Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67.

The winner and runner-up of this year's BP Portrait Award are both artists who have painted portraits of their children.

A former stunt double for Angelina Jolie sues News Corp in the US, accusing the company of hacking into her phone to gain information about the star.

The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994.

In Mexico around 25,000 people have disappeared since the drug war began six years ago.

As the Syrian conflict fans the flames of Sunni-Shia tensions in the wider Middle East, BBC Newsnight's Tim Whewell meets families in Lebanon already drawn into both sides of their neighbour's war.

US President Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate.

Military police are being deployed in several cities in Brazil to help control a wave of violent protests.

A silent, standing protest by performance artist Erdem Gunduz has been taken up by hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and spread to several Turkish cities.

Cuban and US officials hold talks about resuming direct mail services following a 50 year postal ban between the two countries.

Barbra Streisand received an honorary doctorate of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.

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The 100-year-old law still dividing South Africa

Claims of manipulation rock Hague's Balkans tribunal

Russia falls again for eggs once despised as tsar?s playthings

The air force pilot who took her daughter on missions

Is down-at-heel Detroit on the brink of a comeback?

Where is the middle class growing around the world?

The IMF is turning into a university

Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67.

The winner and runner-up of this year's BP Portrait Award are both artists who have painted portraits of their children.

Actor James Franco is the latest star to turn to a crowdfunding site in an attempt to fund a trilogy of movies based on his short story collection, Palo Alto.

A new Family Arts Festival launches with a programme of more than 1,000 events across the country.

Emeli Sande and Ed Sheeran are among the artists taking part in a concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

AEG's dealings with Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray were 'highly inappropriate', a music industry experts tells a US court.

Art collector Charles Saatchi is cautioned for assault after images of him grasping his wife, Nigella Lawson, by the neck appeared in a newspaper.

Three threatened museums in York, Manchester and Bradford are "safe" from closure, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey says.

Eleven Broadway shows enjoy their most profitable week to date, with some earning more then $1m (£640,000) following success at the Tony Awards.

A former stunt double for Angelina Jolie sues News Corp in the US, accusing the company of hacking into her phone to gain information about the star.

Chart-topping heavy metal band Black Sabbath celebrate winning best band and best album at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards.

A live cinema broadcast of Helen Mirren's play The Audience breaks a record for National Theatre Live.

A homeowner said they did not think they had to pay their TV licence fee because they claimed their pet was related to one of the Queen's dogs, it is revealed.

Hit sitcom Birds Of A Feather is to return to TV after 15 years but will be broadcast on ITV, which has signed up the original BBC cast and writers.

Shakespeare's Globe is to hold open auditions for its new youth company specialising in Jacobean period drama.

BBC News follows a new audio walk that promises to bring J R R Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, to life.

A study from the University of Oxford reveals widespread cruelty and exploitation in the treatment of child actors in Elizabethan theatres.

Health officials in India are investigating reports that top Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan knows he and his wife are expecting a baby boy.

A nationwide programme of free film screenings and activities is planned for the first National Youth Film Festival later this year.

Superman movie Man of Steel soars to the top of the North American box office, making $113m (£71.9m) in its opening weekend.

The Voice coach will.i.am says Universal should be "embarrassed" about Leanne Mitchell's album flop.

A 24-year-old woman dies in hospital after falling at the Stone Roses concert held at Glasgow Green on Saturday.

Birmingham heavy metal band Black Sabbath score their first number one album in more than 42 years.

Legendary Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker is diagnosed with lymphatic system cancer.

Two companies which appear in BBC Three documentary The Call Centre are fined by the regulators in connection with nuisance calls.

A Greek court suspends a government order to close state broadcaster ERT - a move that triggered mass protests - meaning transmission can resume.

Ophelia Horton is a fashion blogger with a difference - she is just 13 years old.

Award-winning pop stars Emeli Sande and Ed Sheeran will perform at a concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence

Actress Eve Myles reveals what the future holds for the television Sci-Fi series Torchwood

Portraits by 19th century photographers Henry and Charles Meade are subjects of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Daniel Radcliffe returns to the West End in the title role of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan

Twenty years after the teenager Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in London, details of a star-studded concert in his memory have been unveiled.

Barbra Streisand received an honorary doctorate of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Cardiff Singer of the World starts on Monday night, as the event celebrates its 30th year.

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The musical singing the praises of the modern British family

Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows

Original Dali watercolour fruit studies up for sale

Documenting the struggle with Motor Neurone Disease

Why The Strypes aren't the Fab Four

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