Poole and Bournemouth Guide

BBC News - World

The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.

• Three charged with Uganda bombing

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:35)

  Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.

• Airbus firm EADS lifts output aim

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:31)

  Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.

• 'Video leaker' moved to US base

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:30)

  A US soldier accused of leaking video of a deadly 2007 Iraq helicopter attack to the Wikileaks website is transferred to a Virginia base pending trial.

• US has deadliest Afghan war month

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:28)

  US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 66 service members killed in July.

• Hi-tech Indian water plant opens

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:26)

  A desalination plant which begins operating in Madras on Saturday will provide some of the cheapest drinking water in India, backers say.

• China's oil spill

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:17)

  Workers struggle to clear crude with their bare hands

• Immigrant worker limit criticised

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 15:07)

  Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

• Beirut talks seek to ease tension

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:58)

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah are in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders aimed at calming sectarian tensions.

• Points failure caused rail crash

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:54)

  A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven people, an inquest jury decides.

• US economic growth slows to 2.4%

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:48)

  US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

• Deadly forest fires ravage Russia

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:46)

  Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.

• Sarkozy threat on police attacks

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:28)

  President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.

• Cry freedom

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:25)

  Ukrainians see increasing signs of media harassment

• Suspect mail at US Paris embassy

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 14:21)

  Two employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.

• Berlusconi plays down party split

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 13:58)

  Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi insists that his ruling right-wing coalition will survive despite a split with his party's co-founder Gianfranco Fini.

• Sri Lanka TV station firebombed

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 13:54)

  A gang armed with firebombs attacks a private TV and radio station in Colombo, linked to former opposition presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka.

• Pakistan flooding death toll soars

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 13:50)

  Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

• Vettel heads Alonso in practice

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 13:37)

  Red Bull appear to be in total control as McLaren struggle during second practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

• Canada weighs pig killer retrial

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 13:35)

  The Canadian Supreme Court decides whether to grant a new trial to a pig farmer convicted of killing six women.

• Grim task of China oil clean-up

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:49)

  China is struggling with an arduous clean up after the country's worst oil spill, with grim conditions for those involved.

• Four fined over SA 'racist video'

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:30)

  Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.

• China river hunt for toxic drums

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:30)

  Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.

• Strikes and ash extend BA losses

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:22)

  BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

• Dhoni criticises pitch after draw

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 11:21)

  India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni criticises the Colombo pitch after the second Test against Sri Lanka peters out into a predictable draw to leave the hosts 1-0 up in the three-match series.

• Rescues as Pakistan flood toll soars

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:59)

  More than 400 people have been killed and nearly 400,000 displaced in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.

• UK soldiers push to clear Taliban

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:59)

  Hundreds of British soldiers have launched an operation against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan

• Saudi warned on expelling Somalis

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:50)

  The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.

• Awards double for Valentine band

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:43)

  Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.

• French mother 'relieved by truth'

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:38)

  A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.

• Disney sells Miramax film studios

     (Friday, 30 July 2010 10:16)

  Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.