BBC News with Marion Marshall
The second in line to the British throne Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton have spoken openly of their plans to marry hours after their engagement was announced. Miss Middleton said she'd been surprised when Prince William proposed during their recent holiday in Kenya, eight years after they met. Prince William said he had delayed proposing because he wanted to give Miss Middleton time to reflect on the idea of living in the public eye.
"You know, her and her family, I really want to make sure they have the best sort of guidance and chance to see what life has been like or what life is like in the family. That's kind of almost why I have been waiting this long, as I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back out if she needed to before it all got too much because, you know, I'm trying to learn from lessons done in the past and I just wanted to give her the best chance to settle in and to see what, you know, what happens on the other side."
"I'm also glad that I've had the time to sort of to grow and understand myself more as well, so hopefully, hopefully do good job, yes."
The health ministry in Haiti says more than 1,000 people have now died in the cholera epidemic that's sweeping the country. More than 16,000 people have been treated in hospital, and the disease has reached almost every province of the country.
Britain has announced a financial settlement with former terrorism detainees in an apparent effort to avoid a court case, which could have put sensitive intelligence information into the public domain. All of those involved are British citizens or residents. Rob Watson reports.