http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/default.stm Get the latest BBC World News: international news, features and analysis from Africa, Americas, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. en-gb Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:37:46 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/default.stm A report by the top US general in Afghanistan says military success is achievable, but admits the current strategy is not working. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230017.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230017.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:27:18 GMT South Asia Russian and German leaders are due in Poland as it marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230678.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230678.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:46:09 GMT Europe Kidnapped US woman Jaycee Lee Dugard bonded with her alleged captor and helped to run his printing firm, reports say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8230760.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8230760.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:58:58 GMT Americas Firefighters tackling a wildfire north of Los Angeles say they are making slow progress and the blaze remains very dangerous. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8230540.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8230540.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:19:25 GMT Americas Turkey and its neighbour Armenia move closer to establishing diplomatic relations after decades of bitter mistrust. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230809.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230809.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:24 GMT Europe UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits the Arctic Circle to draw attention to the need for action at climate change talks in December. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230921.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230921.stm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:11:25 GMT Europe Hurricane Jimena grows into a category-five storm threatening 20,000 families on the Baja peninsula, Mexican officials say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8229944.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8229944.stm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:36:18 GMT Americas About 700 South African troops are sent letters of dismissal following violence during a strike over higher pay. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8230793.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8230793.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:23:13 GMT Africa Nearly 60% of African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been the victim of racist attacks, a study says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230158.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230158.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:58:29 GMT Europe The apparent illegal leaking of exit polls for German regional elections on Twitter raises concerns weeks before the general election. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230626.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230626.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:25:26 GMT Europe A Bangladesh airlines flight to London is delayed by nearly 10 hours - because all five of the plane's toilets were blocked. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230397.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230397.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:40:27 GMT South Asia Defending champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams sweep into the second round of the US Open, with Venus Williams and Andy Roddick in action in the night session. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8230535.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8230535.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:59:41 GMT Tennis Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores on his Spanish league debut as Barcelona kick off their league title defence with a 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/europe/8230908.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8230908.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:21:23 GMT Europe Chelsea captain John Terry signs a new five-year contract with the club. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8230500.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8230500.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:36:25 GMT Chelsea Polish corporal recalls watching World War II begin http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8225093.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8225093.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:19:10 GMT Europe Violence returns to Caucasus, five years after Beslan http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8229443.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8229443.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:10:21 GMT Europe New leaders in Japan face an economy in crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8230597.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8230597.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:03:43 GMT Asia-Pacific Are Libyans celebrating 40 years of Gaddafi? http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8225656.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8225656.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:55 GMT Africa Activist puts rust-belt town in national headlines http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8190939.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8190939.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:31:45 GMT Americas What did India's abandoned Moon mission achieve? http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230230.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230230.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:07:35 GMT South Asia Nigerian anti-corruption police bring criminal charges against executives from five banks rescued in a $2.6bn bail-out. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8230692.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8230692.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:22:42 GMT Business Two Zambian journalists are charged with contempt over an article backing their editor, on trial for distributing pornography. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8230619.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8230619.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:23 GMT Africa Massachusetts is to consider a rule change allowing the state governor to pick an interim successor to late Senator Edward Kennedy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8230884.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8230884.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:14:15 GMT Americas Brazil's president unveils plans to overhaul its oil industry to take advantage of vast supplies found offshore. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8230774.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8230774.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:32:50 GMT Business Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama is forming a new government after winning a landmark general election. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8229988.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8229988.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:19:56 GMT Asia-Pacific The Dalai Lama visits Taiwan's typhoon-damaged areas in a trip Beijing says it "resolutely opposes". http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8230016.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8230016.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:21:18 GMT Asia-Pacific Jerome Kerviel, an alleged "rogue trader" blamed by Societe Generale for 4.9bn euros in losses, has been charged. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8230807.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8230807.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:45:08 GMT Business Russian forces have killed an al-Qaeda militant in the increasingly volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, officials say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8230295.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230295.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:21:19 GMT Europe Syria and Iraq trade accusations as Turkey leads diplomatic efforts to cool a row over responsibility for deadly attacks in Iraq. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8230635.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8230635.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:43:17 GMT Middle East Iranian MPs resume a heated debate on the nominees for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new cabinet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8230316.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8230316.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:46:11 GMT Middle East The bodies of 30 suspected militants are found in Pakistan's Swat valley, amid claims of unlawful killings by troops. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230267.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230267.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:35:22 GMT South Asia A court in Sri Lanka sentences a prominent Tamil journalist to 20 years in prison for "causing communal disharmony". http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230067.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230067.stm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:38:55 GMT South Asia When Dominic Hughes visits Hungary to report on the effect the rise of the far right is having on the Roma, internal divisions remind him of reporting on Australia's Aboriginals. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8227099.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8227099.stm Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:33:10 GMT From Our Own Correspondent Through good times and bad, the Argentines find strength in dancing the tango, explains Candace Piette. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8227587.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8227587.stm Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:39:19 GMT From Our Own Correspondent The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is set for a massive victory, exit polls suggest. How important is the result? http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=6934&edition=2 http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=6934&edition=2 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:06:31 GMT Talking Point