World News from the BBC

A court in France has given long prison sentences to 13 associates of the late Chilean military ruler Augusto Pinochet for their role in the murder of four French citizens in the 1970s. The 13 men were all military or intelligence officers involved in a campaign of violence against left-wing activists. They have refused to leave Chile to attend the trial.

Reports from Mexico say there's been a mass breakout from a prison near the border with the United States. Mexican media said more than 140 prisoners escaped. Many are thought to have been serving sentences for drug trafficking. From Mexico City, Julian Miglierini reports.

Mexican media have reported that the jailbreak happened early on Friday morning and that authorities had launched a massive search to try to recapture the fugitives. It is not clear how the prisoners managed to escape, and there has not yet been any comment by authorities. The prison is located in the city of Nuevo Laredo, just across the border from Texas in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The region has been

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ed by Mexico's violent drug conflict in which more than 30,000 people have been killed since late 2006.

The High Court in London has ruled that a temporary limit on the number of skilled migrant workers entering Britain from non-European Union countries was introduced unlawfully.

The court found that the Home Secretary Theresa May had tried to avoid parliamentary scrutiny when she implemented the cap earlier this year. The government has been given permission to appeal.