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 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:09:05 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/world/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18081930#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18081930 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:41:16 GMT Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18094714#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18094714 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:32:38 GMT Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18091298#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18091298 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:38:58 GMT Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18082584#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18082584 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:39:31 GMT France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18084978#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18084978 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:42:00 GMT A German man who alleges he was subjected to "extraordinary rendition" by the CIA takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18086766#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18086766 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:25 GMT A teenager who survived Anders Behring Breivik's attack on Utoeya island tells his trial in Oslo that she only lived because she hid under another victim's body. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18082560#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18082560 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:14:48 GMT Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18095756#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18095756 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:29 GMT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the results of last week's widely-criticised parliamentary elections prove people support his reforms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18084827#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18084827 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:56:06 GMT Pakistan's cabinet orders officials to finalise a deal as quickly as possible to bring an end to a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into Afghanistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18095383#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18095383 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:18 GMT Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18087390#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18087390 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:28 GMT Security forces in Cambodia shoot dead a 15-year-old girl who was taking part in a protest against the development of a rubber plantation on farmland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18093818#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18093818 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:16 GMT Villagers in south-eastern Turkey sound the alarm after mistaking a migratory bird - a common European bee-eater - for an Israeli spy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18092775#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18092775 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:47 GMT A young penguin which escaped from Tokyo's Sea Life Park has reportedly been spotted swimming in waters around the Japanese capital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18094833#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18094833 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:52 GMT Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18086426#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18086426 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:23:57 GMT Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18093738#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18093738 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:01:06 GMT Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18081034#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18081034 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:41 GMT The body of Honduran radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro, abducted on his way to work a week ago, is found near the capital, Tegucigalpa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18083550#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18083550 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:09:29 GMT A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18081566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18081566 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:07 GMT Renegade general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is still forcing youngsters to fight for him in the Democratic Republic of Congo, campaigners say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18090970#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18090970 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:22:50 GMT An Indonesian team finds the cockpit voice recorder of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed last week and searches for the flight data recorder. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18081983#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18081983 Wed, 16 May 2012 06:53:36 GMT Three Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels who took part in a rehabilitation ceremony last year may subsequently have been taken away by the authorities, a rights campaigner says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18085765#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18085765 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:10 GMT Umberto Bossi, the founder of Italy's main opposition party the Northern League, is under investigation for fraud, authorities say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18094841#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18094841 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:37 GMT The Spanish government rejects a request from the Basque militant group Eta for talks, seven months after its truce, and calls on it to disband. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18090167#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18090167 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:39:34 GMT Air strikes kill 16 suspected militants in southern Yemen as part of an ongoing army offensive against fighters said to be inked to al-Qaeda, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18092783#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18092783 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:43 GMT Bahrain's foreign ministry summons Iran's charge d'affaires following Iranian comments objecting to a proposed union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18086742#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18086742 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:45:37 GMT The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is "tearing itself apart" with the "storm" threatening the UK recovery, as it cuts its forecast for growth this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084700 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:44 GMT Police say petrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died, as their parents appeal for privacy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18083397#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18083397 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:58 GMT The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single currency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082438#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082438 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:01 GMT Greeks withdrew 700m euros ($894m; £560m) from banks in the week ending on Monday, according to the Greek president. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18086419#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18086419 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:13 GMT Shares in Bankia, the part-nationalised Spanish bank, fall more than 10% after it delays the release of its first quarter results. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18094653#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18094653 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:26 GMT Kenny Dalglish is sacked as Liverpool manager after finishing eighth in a disappointing Premier League campaign. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18073446 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18073446 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:41 GMT Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is included in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but there is no place for Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18081125 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18081125 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:26 GMT England manager Roy Hodgson names Steven Gerrard as his captain for the European Championship campaign. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18094258 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18094258 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:42:51 GMT The jury for the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or has spoken out over claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18094997#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18094997 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:07:29 GMT One of the two male masseurs who have accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault withdraws his legal action. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18083855#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18083855 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:16:53 GMT A pair of Royal portraits are to be seen together for the first time in more than a quarter of a century to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18086136#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18086136 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:42:35 GMT A California-based private company hopes to usher in a new era in space travel with the successful launch of its rocket and unmanned capsule later this month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18097710#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18097710 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:41 GMT Indonesian officials have recovered part of the black box from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed killing all 45 people on board last week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18085637#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18085637 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:08:06 GMT King Abdullah II instructed Jordan's government to probe reports of cruelty at care homes for children with physical and mental disabilities in his country after a BBC Arabic documentary was broadcast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18080967#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18080967 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:41:20 GMT As Egypt prepares for the presidential elections at the end of May, the country's sizeable Coptic Christian minority is hoping for a moderate leader to protect their rights. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18096998#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18096998 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:29 GMT Indonesian police have refused to issue a permit for a Lady Gaga concert scheduled to take place in Jakarta next month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18095942#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18095942 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:57:29 GMT A paralysed man in the US has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord, the Journal of Neurosurgery reports. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18074935#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18074935 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:24 GMT Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes trial. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18091000#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18091000 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:56 GMT UN observer vehicles have been damaged by a blast during a visit to north-west Syria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18085642#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18085642 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:27:25 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, 16 May 2012 14:41:55 GMT How Olympic success sparked a sporting revolution http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18075876 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18075876 Tue, 15 May 2012 15:38:30 GMT France's Hollande gets euro crisis baptism of fire http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18087085#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18087085 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:46:12 GMT Abuse claims threaten credibility of high-profile trial http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18055249#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18055249 Tue, 15 May 2012 23:04:14 GMT Brazil truth commission faces delicate task http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18073300#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18073300 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:04:08 GMT A top Italian university switches to English http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17958520#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17958520 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:49:59 GMT The school where Ghana's women learn to fly http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18066260#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18066260 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:19 GMT Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's global fan base http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17944465#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17944465 Tue, 15 May 2012 23:27:11 GMT