Russian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the killing of 12 people, including four children, at a house in a village in southern Russia. Investigators say 10 had multiple knife wounds, and fires were started in different parts of the building. Local reports say members of three families were at the house.
Heavy rain from Hurricane Tomas has battered western Haiti, causing flooding in which one person has died. Hundreds of thousands of people living in tents in makeshift camps since the earthquake in January have ignored official pleas for them to seek shelter elsewhere. The eye of the storm clipped the western end of the island, and it's heading towards Cuba. Laura Trevelyan reports from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
Opposite the ruins of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, the symbol of the earthquake's destruction, the survivors camp was flooded by the rain from Hurricane Tomas, Haiti's latest challenge. After a windy, rainy, frightening night, people woke up to the leaking tents and mud. The hurricane passed 150 miles west of here, so the camps were spared the most ferocious winds. But now there are fears that the pools of stagnant water could incubate cholera.
Journalists at the BBC are taking part in a 48-hour strike over changes to the corporation's pension scheme. The action has affected all services on radio and television, as well as the news website. The BBC says that it has made its final offer on pensions and points out that other unions representing its workforce have accepted the plans.