The BBC understands that the embattled chief executive of the oil giant BP, Tony Hayward, is to leave his post. His formal departure from BP will probably take place in October. Robert Peston reports.
The disclosure that Tony Hayward will be able to draw a pension of around 600,000 pounds a year from the moment he leaves BP on October 1st will be hugely controversial, given the company's recent woes. But this is his contractual entitlement under the rules of the scheme which says that anyone who joined before April 6th 2006 can take the pension at any point from age 50. Mr Hayward is 53. His departure will be confirmed tomorrow. He is not being sacked, but he’s leaving by mutual agreements, so the board feels it has to honor the terms of its contract with him. He will therefore also receive a year salary plus benefits worth more than one million pounds.
A court in Seychelles has sentenced 11 Somalis to 10 years in prison for piracy-related offenses. It's the first conviction of its kind in the islands which lie more than 1,000 kilometers off the Somali coast. The pirates were captured last year as they tried to hijack a boat belonging to the Seychelles coast guard.
At least 17 people have died after consuming illegally produced alcohol in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. At least 10 others lost their eyesight after the drink was believed to have been laced with methanol. Nairobi police say they are questioning a woman suspected of producing the substance and selling it in the city's Kibera area.