http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 26 May 2012 07:35:05 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/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 At least 88 people, including many children, are killed in a town in Syria's restive province of Homs, opposition activists say, calling it a "massacre". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176 Sat, 26 May 2012 06:30:26 GMT Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, is expected to explain why it needs 19bn euros-worth ($24bn; £15bn) of loans from the government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216793#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216793 Sat, 26 May 2012 04:20:18 GMT IMF head Christine Lagarde urges Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worried more about the plight of sub-Saharan Africa than the crisis-hit European nation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216307#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216307 Fri, 25 May 2012 22:58:48 GMT A gunman kills one person and injures several others in an apparently random shooting in the southern Finnish town of Hyvinkaa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18217282#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18217282 Sat, 26 May 2012 06:53:21 GMT Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubarak's last PM to "save" the uprising. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213845#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213845 Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:01 GMT Apple's boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant's upcoming dividend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18215863#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18215863 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:08 GMT Thousands of UK websites are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206810#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206810 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:22:00 GMT Britain's Engelbert Humperdinck will open the proceedings as 26 countries compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203723#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203723 Sat, 26 May 2012 06:07:45 GMT The man held over the 1979 vanishing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is charged with one count of second-degree murder. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210494#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210494 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:14:56 GMT Singapore holds a keenly-watched by-election to fill a parliamentary seat vacated after an opposition MP was expelled by his party in February. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18185982#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18185982 Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:16 GMT Six Colombian soldiers are jailed for killing a man and passing him off as a guerrilla killed in combat, in order to gain extra holiday and promotion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18216796#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18216796 Sat, 26 May 2012 04:38:26 GMT Satellite broadcaster clashes with US TV networks over a set-top box that strips ads out of recorded programmes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206803#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206803 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:58:14 GMT Spectacular light show illuminates the Sydney Opera House as part of Australia's Vivid Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18213117#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18213117 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:56:16 GMT BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan, which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213118#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213118 Fri, 25 May 2012 19:24:11 GMT The bloodshed in Syria has spilled over the border into neighbouring Lebanon, fuelling fears of a return to the sectarian violence seen the past. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18215174#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18215174 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:33:51 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, 26 May 2012 04:40:40 GMT A US Senate panel cuts $33m (£21m) in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18207000#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18207000 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:27:16 GMT The Vatican says it has detained a person suspected of leaking a series of confidential documents and letters to the media. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216766#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18216766 Sat, 26 May 2012 03:57:08 GMT The extreme weather conditions in the Gobi desert in China are not stopping local red wine producers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18214484#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18214484 Fri, 25 May 2012 19:43:46 GMT Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for talks to "save" the 2011 uprising ahead of a presidential election run-off. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216903#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216903 Sat, 26 May 2012 03:53:21 GMT The EU files a suit against Argentina's import restrictions at the WTO in the latest stage of a trade row between the two. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18204213#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18204213 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:57:33 GMT China's Huawei files a complaint against InterDigital, accusing the US firm of abusing its position and charging ''exploitative'' fees for mobile patents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18201968#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18201968 Fri, 25 May 2012 06:21:24 GMT The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18198448#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18198448 Thu, 24 May 2012 19:10:19 GMT Microsoft has asked Google to remove more than 500,000 links from its search index in the last month, figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18204411#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18204411 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:22 GMT Sir Elton John has pulled out of three performances in Las Vegas after being taken to hospital with a respiratory infection. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203718#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203718 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:28:30 GMT Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to appear before the Leveson Inquiry on Monday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18203161#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18203161 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:24:10 GMT The latest round of UN climate talks makes little progress against a "coalition of the unwilling", observers say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18210642#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18210642 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:53:52 GMT Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18213892#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18213892 Fri, 25 May 2012 20:43:06 GMT It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18190352#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18190352 Thu, 24 May 2012 23:04:41 GMT Tackling polio has entered "emergency mode" according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18186393#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18186393 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:34:50 GMT Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy add an unbroken 168 as West Indies rally to 304-6 on day one of the second Test with England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18213289 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18213289 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:21:59 GMT Wigan owner Dave Whelan believes Roberto Martinez has been made an offer by Liverpool to take over as manager. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18191006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18191006 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:37:26 GMT A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18202053#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18202053 Fri, 25 May 2012 03:00:38 GMT The fabled German town of Hamelin may need a new rat-catcher after rodents gnawed through a cable powering its fountain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18203263#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18203263 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:21:50 GMT The Square Kilometre Array - one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18194984#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18194984 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:30:22 GMT President Francois Hollande defends his decision to end France's military mission in Afghanistan early, during an unannounced visit to Kabul. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18202545#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18202545 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:32:37 GMT The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18216538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18216538 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:04:10 GMT Protest have been held across Honduras demanding an end to a series of murders of journalists, amid accusations that criminals enjoy impunity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18215700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18215700 Fri, 25 May 2012 22:27:48 GMT Iran has enriched uranium at more than 20% at its Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213839#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18213839 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:02:05 GMT The first commercial cargo ship to visit the space station is attached to the orbiting laboratory by a robotic arm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18195772#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18195772 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:29 GMT Twelve English High Streets - from Cornwall to Northumberland - will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18212669#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18212669 Sat, 26 May 2012 06:47:39 GMT A man is shot dead and three other people are injured in a shooting in a pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18217129#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18217129 Sat, 26 May 2012 05:50:56 GMT A teenage boy dies after getting into difficulty in the River Thames at Oxford. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18217134#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18217134 Sat, 26 May 2012 06:17:48 GMT BBC Scotland publishes further evidence about a suspected conflict of interest concerning the administrators of Rangers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18212287#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18212287 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:21:23 GMT 24 hours of news photos: 25 May 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18204929#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18204929 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:54:25 GMT Wales' hidden history http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18205330#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18205330 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:26:24 GMT Readers' photos on the theme Canada http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18177089#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18177089 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:48:19 GMT 24 hours of news photos: 24 May 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18188630#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18188630 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:01:19 GMT Landmark election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18186401#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18186401 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:27:22 GMT Images from the streets of Cairo as polls open http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18171236#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18171236 Wed, 23 May 2012 13:11:52 GMT 24 hours of news photos: 23 May http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18158472#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18158472 Wed, 23 May 2012 11:09:35 GMT Suicide bomb in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18149687#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18149687 Mon, 21 May 2012 16:42:43 GMT Song contest turns the spotlight on Azerbaijan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18204154#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18204154 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:30:15 GMT Why Will Self won't drink a toast to the Queen or any head of state http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18205999#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18205999 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:40:18 GMT Are there too many people trying to scale Everest? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18202550#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18202550 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:11:00 GMT Regional rise of Muslim Brotherhood appears irresistible http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18205786#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18205786 Sat, 26 May 2012 07:07:39 GMT News photos from around the world this week http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18188631#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18188631 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:21:38 GMT The plunder of Afghanistan's fabulous gemstone mines http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18070571#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18070571 Sat, 26 May 2012 01:39:45 GMT What happens to gardens when the flower show is over? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18116035#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18116035 Sat, 26 May 2012 01:03:09 GMT Can Europe learn from Britain's experience in 410 AD? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18159752#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18159752 Fri, 25 May 2012 07:15:56 GMT The rare condition which causes stress and pain http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18118632#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18118632 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:36:52 GMT