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 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:54 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 The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai announces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22973111#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22973111 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:07:20 GMT US President Barack Obama speaks at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he calls for cuts to be made in US and Russian nuclear arsenals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22962873#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22962873 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:13:51 GMT At least 12 people, including four foreigners, are killed in an assault by militant Islamists on a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22965842#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22965842 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:46:13 GMT Brazil is to send a national security force to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests, the justice ministry says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22964785#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22964785 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:51:39 GMT A hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee tells of the 'ordeal' of force-feeding, as doctors call for inmates to get independent medical care. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/22973263#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/22973263 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:11 GMT 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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22964081#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22964081 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:04:42 GMT High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22964089#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22964089 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:32:04 GMT Gunmen on motorbikes kill 48 people in an attack on a remote village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, an official says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22971516#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22971516 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:49:45 GMT Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22966453#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22966453 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:01:50 GMT Military helicopters and the army are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 138 people are now known to have died. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22963870#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22963870 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:49 GMT An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/22960592#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/22960592 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:36 GMT Journalist Michael Hastings, whose reporting ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a crash in Los Angeles aged 33. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22964715#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22964715 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:25:14 GMT Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22963760#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22963760 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:06 GMT A system software update has rendered some PlayStation 3 consoles unusable, manufacturer Sony confirms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22968218#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22968218 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:18 GMT The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22957099#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22957099 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:34 GMT In Mexico around 25,000 people have disappeared since the drug war began six years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22964955#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22964955 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:34:57 GMT US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha have lunch with Irish rock star Bono and visit Glendalough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22963299#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22963299 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:33 GMT Clothing manufacturers in Peru expect to make bumper profits next year by making football shirts for global fans descending on Brazil for the World Cup. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22960438#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22960438 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:43 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 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:35:46 GMT Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group has said it will spend more than £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and develop a hotel in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22965733#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22965733 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:24:26 GMT Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei unveils its latest mobile handset, which the company says is the thinnest on the market. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22953849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22953849 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:17:49 GMT Portraits by 19th century photographers Henry and Charles Meade are subjects of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22959055#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22959055 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:15 GMT The Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes has been evacuated after flash floods struck south-western France. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22963461#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22963461 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:28:16 GMT Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22954586#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22954586 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:03:38 GMT The latest international business headlines from BBC World News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11876811#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11876811 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:17:08 GMT A ring that unlocks smartphones and socks which provide feedback about footsteps are the latest devices in the growing wearable tech sector. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22961029#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22961029 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:59:17 GMT Huawei unveils the world's slimmest smartphone saying the handset will work "miracles" for its brand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22949159#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22949159 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:46 GMT Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22963499#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22963499 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:20:21 GMT Daniel Radcliffe impresses reviewers with his "understated" performance as a disabled teenage orphan in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22949354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22949354 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:04:40 GMT The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22963237#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22963237 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:23 GMT 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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22952728#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22952728 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:38:02 GMT A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22959239#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22959239 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:55 GMT Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery after a Europe-wide study involving Cardiff doctors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22957113#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22957113 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:44:02 GMT Football fixtures for the Premier League, Football League and Scottish leagues for the 2013-14 season are announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22945537 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22945537 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:33 GMT Hammers break club transfer record for £15m England striker. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22974376 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22974376 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:14:24 GMT The last telegram in the world will be sent next month. Kathryn Westcott looks at telegraphy's linguistic legacy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-22953657#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-22953657 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:29 GMT It's a shocking statistic that a child dies of hunger every 10 seconds, very good at grabbing headlines. But is it true? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22935692#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22935692 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:21 GMT South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sacks two high-ranking government ministers embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scandal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22968704#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22968704 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:57 GMT Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22935071#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22935071 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:17 GMT Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski apologises for a political appointment that plunged his three-week-old government into crisis. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22965278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22965278 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:24 GMT The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22963004#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22963004 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:00 GMT 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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22963060#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22963060 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:43:40 GMT The head of the US electronic spying agency tells Congress surveillance programmes leaked to media helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22963608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22963608 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:29 GMT A cover-up by England's NHS regulator after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital is unacceptable, the health secretary says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22949211#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22949211 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:13:53 GMT Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for negligence and bring damages claims under the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court rules. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22967853#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22967853 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:49 GMT Moors Murderer Ian Brady remains "chronically psychotic", an expert at high-security Ashworth Hospital tells his mental health tribunal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22971859#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22971859 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:57 GMT Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans says he "refutes all allegations" after he is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22968566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22968566 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:15:45 GMT Mass protests in Brazil http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22951123#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22951123 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:38:06 GMT Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22950037#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22950037 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:58 GMT Forest fires in Indonesia create haze http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22947709#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22947709 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:24:00 GMT Marking World Refugee Day http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22902444#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22902444 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:01 GMT Thwarting high-profile militant attacks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22892081#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22892081 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:44 GMT Twenty-four hours of news photos: 17 June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22935408#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22935408 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:05:59 GMT Healers in Tanzania’s southern highlands http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22263057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22263057 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:30:29 GMT Images from the last days of India's telegram service http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22903185#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22903185 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:34:39 GMT The air force pilot who took her daughter on missions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22943454#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22943454 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:48 GMT Is down-at-heel Detroit on the brink of a comeback? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22803975#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22803975 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:14:22 GMT As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22892783#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22892783 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:30 GMT Possible models for intervention as West mulls action in Syria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22967636#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22967636 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:00 GMT Russia falls again for eggs once despised as tsar’s playthings http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22956394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22956394 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:56:56 GMT The 100-year-old law still dividing South Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22786616 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22786616 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:21:57 GMT Fears for author of 'I'm Queer' blogpost http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22893341#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22893341 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:48 GMT The 13-year-old taking fashion blogging by storm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22950167#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22950167 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:18:05 GMT Where is the middle class growing around the world? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22951558#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22951558 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:08 GMT The IMF is turning into a university http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22938868#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22938868 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:56 GMT New middle class to bring profound global changes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22956470#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22956470 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:20:06 GMT