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Pakistan rocked by fresh claims
A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket's governing body, claims the News of the World.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/cricket/8969656.stm

Rooney could miss Swiss qualifier
Wayne Rooney may not travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier because of newspaper reports about his private life, BBC Radio 5 live understands.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/8969808.stm

Ex-army head attacks Labour PMs
Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11190527

Cell assault sergeant facing sack
A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-wiltshire-11190561

BP well 'poses no further risk'
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/11190710

Aftershocks felt after NZ quake
A series of aftershocks rattle Christchurch, New Zealand, where a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11187166

Iran stoning woman 'to be lashed'
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190864

Briton killed in NZ crash named
The Foreign Office confirms that 24-year-old Briton Brad Coker was among nine killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11190285

Crash survivors back Chile miners
Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11190456

Rovers takeover man's debt trail
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time lying in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11163004

Spud U Like? Gardener chipper over his super-spud
An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-somerset-11187175

Saxon boat and strange cargo found in Norfolk river
A Saxon boat is uncovered during flood defence work on the River Ant in Norfolk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-norfolk-11187207

Federer sails through in New York
Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8969697.stm

Collingwood remains fully focused
England captain Paul Collingwood says his side are "100% prepared" for Sunday's first Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Cardiff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8969121.stm

Hargreaves fails to make Euro cut
Injury-hit midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United's Champions League squad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8969734.stm

Dawson facing spell on sidelines
England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/8968538.stm

Keane fitness boost for Republic
Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane will be fit for Tuesday night's Euro 2012 qualifier against Andorra.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/irish/8969210.stm

Two killed as aeroplanes collide
Two people are killed when their plane crashes to the ground after a collision with another aircraft on the Isle of Wight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-11189990

Bid to identify golf course body
Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-sussex-11191068

Rider airlifted at horse trials
Scottish event rider Nicola Malcolm is airlifted to hospital after falling from her horse during the Burghley Horse Trials.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11189832

Scotland faces �3.7bn budget cuts
Scotland faces nearly �4bn of cuts over the next four years, Finance Secretary John Swinney is warning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-11188977

Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Eggs and shoes are thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he attends a book signing in Dublin.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-11187320

Name released after city death
Police release the name of a man who was found dead at his apartment in Armagh city on Friday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-11188314

More cuts in councillors proposed
More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-11187501

Village �550,000 broadband quote
Villagers told by BT it will cost �550,000 for a broadband connection receive an estimate from another company of �50,000.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-11166119

Mozambique police fire at rioters
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11176238

UN calls special food price talks
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11177346

South Korea FM offers to resign
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11186649

Nine die in New Zealand air crash
Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11186173

Protests over French Roma policy
Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11186592

Dagestan car bombing kills five
A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five people and wounds at least 26 others.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11190846

Heavy rains devastate Guatemala
Heavy rains have caused widespread floods and landslides in Guatemala, killing at least 18 people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11189918

Six die in Barbados shop attack
Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11190961

Bahrain charging Shia activists
Prosecutors in Bahrain accuse 23 Shia activists of forming a "terrorist network" aiming to overthrow the Gulf state's Sunni-dominated government.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190726

ElBaradei alleges 'smear' tactic
Former UN chief nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Egypt's government of being behind a campaign to smear his family.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190341

Karzai sets up Taliban talks body
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11188294

Long lines at troubled Kabul Bank
Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11190366

Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11189584

Craigslist ends adult service ads
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11190187

Six million facing new tax bills
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about �1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of �418.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11186397

HSBC threatens to quit London HQ
HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174953

Petrobras files $65bn share offer
The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11184839

Balls seeks phone hack statement
Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-11188459

Tory defects over schools scheme
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-11186771

Blair in 'radical Islam' warning
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-11182225

Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11181457

'No evidence' implants are toxic
Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11178375

Compost sparks Legionnaire's fear
Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11167176

Men in short supply in primaries
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-11175850

Music tuition falling, poll says
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-11179448

School lottery 'failed in aim'
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-11162313

PS3 hack escapes court challenge
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11176441

Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11165087

Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11162656

Plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11181567

Wolves fail to halt aspen decline
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11178293

Method to trace persistent CFCs
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11166140

DJs unite for Love Parade track
Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11181305

Sarah Kennedy leaves BBC Radio 2
Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11178849

Robbie turns on Blackpool lights
Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-lancashire-11174416

Eddie who?
Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11167459

Don't let the bed bugs bite
The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11165108

Autobiographies of the rich and famous
Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11169914

Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11187486

Imran Khan on corruption in cricket
The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11185947

Ian McEwan: Booker winner 'not my best'
Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11176666

Making music from children's old toys
The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11176344

The military 'junk' left in Iraq
Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190832

'Worst earthquake I have ever felt'
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11185217

What does the future hold for television?
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11178043

Panda twins delight Japanese zoo
New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/11182047

Remember when...
How much can you trust the human memory?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11178713

Medieval munchies
How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11161525

Newspaper review
Phone hack claims in some papers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11190638

Week in pictures
Striking pictures from around the world this week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-11179003

'Death squad'
The merciless drugs gang spreading fear in Mexico
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11189017

Reporter's dilemma
Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8965711.stm