Markets rally after crisis talks

Most Asian stock markets react positively after efforts by world leaders to end the financial turmoil.

Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal

Ex-South African President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare for talks aimed at breaking the political impasse in Zimbabwe.

World 'to fail' on nature target

The world's governments will fail to meet their agreed target of curbing biodiversity loss by 2010, conservationists tell the BBC.

Pakistan hit 'kills 35 Taleban'

Pakistan says its forces have killed 35 Taleban, two days after a suicide attack by the militants in Orakzai province.

Turkish jets bomb Kurds in Iraq

Turkey's military says its planes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, in the seventh cross-border raid in recent days.

Nerves over Iceland stock market

UK investors with deposits in Iceland's failed banks will be taking a keen interest in the re-opening of the country's stock exchange.

Repossession 'is mental threat'

House repossession poses the greatest threat to people's mental health, a charity has warned.

Fed clears Wachovia bank takeover

US Federal Reserve approves a $12bn takeover of troubled bank Wachovia and it subsidiaries by Wells Fargo.

Balesteros has brain tumour

Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is diagnosed with a brain tumour and will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday.

Nun, 106, to back Obama after not voting since 1952

A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote in the 2008 US Presidential election and says she will support Barak Obama.

Live text: India v Australia

India lose their second wicket chasing 299 for victory on the final day of the first Test in Bangalore against Australia.

Alonso wins as title duo collide

Fernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to five points after a clash between the title rivals.

Surrogate boom

UK couples head to India to solve fertility problems

Gold rush

Austria's mint flat out as investors seek safety

Rebel's return

What role now for Hasan di Tiro in Indonesia's Aceh?

Playing Palin

TV mimic gets viewers' vote of approval

Five alive (just)

Rare, not well done - the species on the brink of extinction

Poverty politics

Does Obama offer hope to the US poor?

Ethiopian need 'under-estimated'

Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought.

McCain in 'hatred' war of words

Republican presidential candidate John McCain clashes with a civil rights icon who accuses him of "sowing hatred".

N Korea hails terror list removal

North Korea welcomes a US decision to remove it from a list of sponsors of terrorism and agrees to allow nuclear access.

European banks rescue plan agreed

European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry.

Iraq PM vows to shield Christians

Iraq's prime minister vows to protect Christians in Mosul as nearly 1,000 police are sent to the northern city after sectarian attacks.

Taleban killed in Afghan battles

Dozens of Taleban militants are killed by security forces in fighting in southern Afghanistan, local and British officials say.

UK banks 'forced to seek £50bn'

Four major banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn from taxpayers to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.

US banking rules 'outdated'

US banking regulators need a "dramatic overhaul", according to Harvey Pitt who used to run one of them.

Gut 'tasting' could beat poisons

The gut may have receptors that shut down appetite when bitter substances are detected, a study suggests.

Predators could be superweed fix

A plant-eating predator from Japan could be used to control a superweed spreading throughout the UK, scientists believe.

Bollywood's Bachchan in hospital

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is in a stable condition in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted with abominal pains.

Music fans back legal downloads

Nearly three quarters of online music pirates would be be put off by warnings from their internet provider, suggests a survey.

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