Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 17:41 GMT
A soldier wounded 16 people including a three-year-old child by accidentally firing live bullets at a French military show
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 17:26 GMT
Nearly 29,000 criminals have been freed from prison early in the first 11 months of an emergency scheme to beat jail overcrowding, it was announced
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 16:46 GMT
China's capital city has stepped up security on its underground system ahead of the August Olympics and plans to retain the tougher measures after the games end
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 15:20 GMT
The high level of inflation will mean rail passengers having to face huge hikes in fares in the new year, it was revealed
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 15:19 GMT
Hundreds of campaigners gathered outside Parliament to protest against Government plans to build eco-towns in their local areas
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 15:15 GMT
France's foreign minister has said the re-election of Zimbabwe's ruler Robert Mugabe is a 'farce' and that France cannot accept it
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 15:15 GMT
Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by women this year
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 15:14 GMT
Two medical helicopters collided on Sunday afternoon about half-a-mile from a northern Arizona hospital, killing six people
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 14:49 GMT
Households already under pressure from soaring energy tariffs will see gas and electricity bills rise by an extra 20% for the UK to fund ambitious emission targets, a report has said
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 12:48 GMT
The Prince of Wales's private income rose by 7% to more than £16 million last year, Clarence House accounts showed
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 12:02 GMT
Control of the annual budget for child custody should be moved from the Youth Justice Board to local authorities to reduce the number of children in jail, the Prison Reform Trust said
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 11:55 GMT
John McCain has met with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 11:01 GMT
Five helicopter flights by Prince William which attracted criticism as an alleged abuse of his RAF training cost the taxpayer more than £50,000, it has been reported
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 11:01 GMT
Campaigners against plans to build a number of eco-towns are due to march on Parliament as one leading conservation group urged the Government to 'go back to the drawing board'
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 11:00 GMT
A grandfather hacked his two grandchildren and his wife to death with an axe and badly wounded his daughter in an attack in an Australian country town
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 08:28 GMT
The African Union summit has opened in Egypt with Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe in attendance
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 08:28 GMT
Chinese state media said Beijing will hold a new round of talks with representatives of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in July
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 08:28 GMT
A military shooting demonstration in southeast France left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 07:44 GMT
Israel's Cabinet voted overwhelmingly in favour of an emotionally charged deal to swap a notorious Lebanese prisoner for the bodies of two soldiers declared earlier in the day to be dead
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 07:15 GMT
Young people are viewed with widespread anxiety and distrust by adults in their communities, according to survey a revealing growing public concern about the moral values of children
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 07:15 GMT
Effort should be put into persuading failed asylum seekers to go home rather than deporting them, an inquiry has claimed
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 07:04 GMT
Iran is still reviewing an international package of economic incentives designed to get Tehran to curb its nuclear programme, the country's official news agency, IRNA, reported
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 07:03 GMT
Robert Mugabe will face pressure from African leaders to agree a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe, after claiming victory in an internationally-condemned unopposed election
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 06:52 GMT
Faith schools are falling victim to a Government witch-hunt, according to a report
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 05:34 GMT
A truck bomb killed seven people north of Baghdad
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
Glastonbury Festival will be remembered for founder Michael Eavis' controversial decision to give the premier Saturday night headline slot to New York rapper Jay-Z
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
Director Shane Meadows and actor Robert Carlyle scooped prizes at an awards ceremony marking the end of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse will not face an investigation after she appeared to throw a punch at a member of the audience at the end of her Glastonbury Festival set, police have said
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
The Bishop of Manchester has ordained his own wife at Manchester Cathedral
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
Donald Trump's right-hand man has defended a proposed land agreement between the American businessman and Aberdeenshire Council
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:52 GMT
A teenager has died after he was stabbed following a row with a group of youths
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:34 GMT
A wildlife sanctuary is looking after more than 500 reptiles and small creatures after they have been abandoned at Mexico City's airport
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:34 GMT
A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding 2.1 million dollars (£1.05m) in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:34 GMT
A chef in New York has been charged with stealing lobster tails from a restaurant kitchen by stuffing them down his trousers
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:34 GMT
A Briton selling his 'entire life' online following the break-up of his marriage has agreed a £200,000 fee
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:34 GMT
Children are collectively receiving £23.4 million a year from the tooth fairy, finding an average £1.22 under their pillow for each tooth they lose, a survey of 3,043 parents has shown
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised China's post-earthquake recovery efforts during a visit to the disaster zone, saying it contrasted with Burma's reluctance to allow in aid after a...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
'They are all sizzle and no steak' - Mariella Frostrup on David Cameron and the Tories
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
'People think I am a lesbian. Every woman in the universe is called gay the minute they get on television. I don't understand it' - Soul singer and actress Alicia Keys
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
'Gordon is not interested in strutting his stuff on the show courts; he is quite happy to do it on the outer courts which makes him quite unique for a politician,' - Health Secretary Alan Johnson on...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
'Bond is an industry. You make your pact with the devil. You know that it will follow you. But you just hope you get yourself off the ropes. I have no bitterness, but I just feel exhausted by it' -...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 04:11 GMT
'Instead of seeing being an MP as public service, our MPs think it is self-service. Instead of helping voters they just help themselves' - Writer David Craig, a candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 02:43 GMT
A suspected terrorist who breached his bail and went on the run has been recaptured by police
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 02:38 GMT
A British soldier killed in Afghanistan when the vehicle in which he was patrolling overturned was named by the Ministry of Defence
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 02:27 GMT
Gordon Brown has had 'a good year' as Prime Minister and will win over voters, Health Secretary Alan Johnson insisted despite mounting woes for Labour
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 02:08 GMT
Fellow African leaders showed little willingness to stand up to President Robert Mugabe and condemn the long-time Zimbabwe ruler's disputed, violent reign ahead of his arrival at an African Union...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 01:00 GMT
Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president as the UK called on his African neighbours to do 'whatever it takes' to remove him
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 00:49 GMT
A local official says 40 police officers are feared drowned in eastern India after a group of suspected communist rebels attacked a police boat
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 00:49 GMT
Tens of thousands of job centre workers, coastguards, driving examiners and other Government employees are set to join a strike next month by council workers, making it one of the biggest outbreaks of...
Last Updated : Monday, 30 June 2008, 00:48 GMT
Protesters clashed with police in central Tokyo during demonstrations over the upcoming Group of Eight leading nations summit
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 20:02 GMT
Some 10,000 people including US soldiers were at the Wiesbaden Garrison commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift - one of the largest humanitarian undertakings of all time
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 19:32 GMT
The Home Secretary has been asked to intervene in a fresh police race row as it was claimed at least 20 forces blocked an inquiry into discrimination against Muslim officers
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 19:32 GMT
A manhunt is under way for a suspect police want to trace in connection with two sex attacks
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 19:32 GMT
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond hit back at claims that a 'partisan' decision over donations had prompted Wendy Alexander to quit as Scottish Labour leader
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 19:19 GMT
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term, just hours after officials announced that he had overwhelmingly won an election many countries have condemned as a sham
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 15:51 GMT
Iraqi police say they have discovered up to 30 badly decomposed bodies, including women and children, beside a lake northwest of Baghdad
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 15:46 GMT
Officials in Zimbabwe say that near-complete results have given President Robert Mugabe victory in the country's discredited run-off election
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 15:39 GMT
Gordon Brown urged African leaders to unite in condemning Robert Mugabe, promising the world would pump money into Zimbabwe if democracy there was restored
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 15:07 GMT
Labour is doomed to failure under Gordon Brown, a former party donor warned
Last Updated : Sunday, 29 June 2008, 14:20 GMT
Chancellor Alistair Darling is under fire from a leading House of Commons committee over the abolition of the 10p starting rate of income tax