http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:35:43 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak is jailed for life over the killing of demonstrators last year, but the acquittal of key aides sparks calls for protests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18306126#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18306126 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:52:22 GMT At least seven people are killed and many injured in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, as clashes erupt linked to unrest across the border in Syria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18309534#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18309534 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:20:41 GMT Four aid workers kidnapped in north-eastern Afghanistan last month are freed in a "breathtaking" operation by coalition special forces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18306148#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18306148 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:09:03 GMT Thousands of Sudanese pour over the border into South Sudan to escape fighting between government forces and rebels, an NGO says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18309691#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18309691 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:31:24 GMT Defence chief Leon Panetta gives the first details of America's new naval strategy in Asia, saying most US warships will be based in the Pacific by 2020. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305750#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305750 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:54:37 GMT An anti-corruption commission begins work in Honduras, where it will target rogue officials in the judicial system and police. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18305997#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18305997 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:03:27 GMT Stock markets fall following news that the US economy added considerably fewer jobs than had been expected in May. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18297143#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18297143 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:34:28 GMT The US military authorities criticise two servicewomen for allowing a photo showing them breast-feeding in uniform to be published on the web. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305683#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305683 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:36:15 GMT A US appeals court gives the state department four months to decide whether the MEK Iran dissident group should remain on the US terror blacklist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18308879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18308879 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:10:54 GMT An Italian engineer kidnapped in Kwara state, western Nigeria, has been freed, officials in Rome announce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18305746#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18305746 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:07:47 GMT US boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr starts a 90-day jail sentence for domestic violence, which had been postponed in January to allow him to fight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305856#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18305856 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:12:54 GMT Astronomers use a high-resolution radio technique for the first time to hunt for signals from potentially habitable planets - but turn up nothing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18288926#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18288926 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:50:03 GMT Facebook suffers a series of service disruptions which leave many people unable to use the social network. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18294049#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18294049 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:12:34 GMT The US neighbourhood watchman charged with the murder of a black unarmed teenager has his bail revoked and must surrender himself within 48 hours. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18304581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18304581 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:51:09 GMT French police are searching for a Canadian porn actor wanted over the murder and dismemberment of a man in Montreal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18299896#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18299896 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:39:31 GMT Venezuela brings in a new law banning the commercial sale of guns and ammunition, in an attempt to control worsening crime rates. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18288430#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18288430 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:54:26 GMT One of the two companies planning to build the giant HidroAysen dam in Patagonia has frozen the project, citing lack of government backing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18278167#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18278167 Thu, 31 May 2012 09:29:16 GMT Large sums of money received by Somalia's interim government have not been accounted for, says a World Bank report being circulated at talks on the country’s future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18293101#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18293101 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:41:16 GMT BBC Radio 3 music presenter Petroc Trelawny leaves Zimbabwe after all charges relating to him being in the country illegally were dropped. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18301546#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18301546 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:16:32 GMT Burma has abandoned research into nuclear power generation, its defence minister Hla Min tells a Singapore security conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18309879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18309879 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:35:35 GMT A Chinese security ministry official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, Hong Kong media reports say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18299065#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18299065 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:27:16 GMT The Queen attends the Epsom Derby, with 150,000 other racegoers, kicking off the first major event of her Diamond Jubilee weekend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18298743#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18298743 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:45:49 GMT Serbia's new President, nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, denies that the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Bosnia in 1995 was genocide. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18301196#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18301196 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:02:53 GMT Peace envoy Kofi Annan warns that the spectre of all-out sectarian war is approaching in Syria as its neighbours urge Russia to stop backing Damascus. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18309083#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18309083 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:52:59 GMT An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian have been killed during an exchange of fire along the Gaza border, which has been relatively calm recently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18293186#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18293186 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:17:29 GMT Police use a stinger to halt a car which travelled the wrong way for more than 14 miles on the M25 and M26. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18308441#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18308441 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:24:52 GMT The body of a young man has been found on a beach in north Cornwall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18307255#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18307255 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:18:14 GMT BP plans to divorce its Russian oligarch partners by selling its stake in the massively lucrative TNK-BP joint venture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18292483#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18292483 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:01:17 GMT Unemployment in the eurozone was 11% in April, unchanged from March, but still the highest since the bloc was formed, official figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18293200#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18293200 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:52:20 GMT The rate of contraction in Spain's manufacturing sector was worse than that of Greece in May, an influential business survey suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18293197#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18293197 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:50:49 GMT Wales bid farewell to Martyn Williams by beating Shane Williams and the Barbarians at the Millennium Stadium. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18309114 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18309114 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:48:37 GMT Camelot gives trainer Aidan O'Brien his fourth straight Classic with the trainer's son Joseph piloting the winner home in the Derby. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/18241068 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/18241068 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:09:31 GMT Aston Villa confirm the appointment of Paul Lambert as their new manager from Premier League rivals Norwich City. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18307066 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18307066 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:47:14 GMT Heat director Michael Mann will lead the jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers announce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18296422#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18296422 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:42:55 GMT Competition for an Emmy Award is to become fiercer among performers following a decision by US organisers to combine leading and supporting acting categories http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18293536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18293536 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:35:47 GMT Madonna kicks off her MDNA world tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, wishing peace in the Middle East. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18292955#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18292955 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:42:45 GMT Latin America's largest rubbish dump, the Jardim Gramacho landfill in Rio de Janeiro, is to close for environmental reasons - costing thousands of local people their jobs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18305562#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18305562 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:38:45 GMT Remarkable footage has been broadcast for the first time, showing the Queen returning to Britain, just hours after she had succeeded to the throne. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18305355#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18305355 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:26:46 GMT Scuffles broke out in court after a judge delivered the verdict of life in prison for Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18307190#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18307190 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:39:43 GMT They can track you, sound alarms and take photos but how safe can the latest security tech keep you? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9725137.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9725137.stm Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:14:12 GMT Opposition activists in Syria say 13 factory workers have been shot dead by a pro-government militia in the west of the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18302386#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18302386 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:48:27 GMT Science presenter Liz Bonnin explains what the transit of Venus is and why it is so rare. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18278591#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18278591 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:50:12 GMT Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has spoken of his hopes to travel to London to see the sunken pavilion he helped to design for the London 2012 Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18305461#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18305461 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:23:47 GMT BP has announced that it is going to try to sell its stake in the TNK-BP Russian oil joint venture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18305254#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18305254 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:52:11 GMT Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:43:07 GMT The mission to stop leaks from the Vatican http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18293371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18293371 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:59:45 GMT Cuba's passion for the craziest names http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:40:24 GMT A Philippine judge's trial looks more like a soap opera http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18294549#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18294549 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:54:02 GMT Lives of leprosy patients in Brazil http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18144210#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18144210 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:46:47 GMT How your feet can generate electricity http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9724990.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9724990.stm Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:08:59 GMT World Roma festival in Prague draws thousands of tourists http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18293948#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18293948 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:12:35 GMT Is the end in sight for the bucket-sized soft drinks America loves? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18271120#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18271120 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:22:21 GMT