World News from the BBC
Two soldiers have been arrested in Pakistan and charged with murdering an unarmed teenager who was filmed being shot in the country's biggest city Karachi. The soldiers' unit initially refused to
hand them over
to the police, but
relent
ed under pressure from senior government officials. The video caused a storm of protest across Pakistan after it was shown on a local TV station.
The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has strongly criticised America's Nato allies in his last major speech before he retires later this month. He warned that Nato risked becoming a military
irrelevance
unless European countries increased their defence spending.
"Future US political leaders - those for whom the Cold War was not the formative experience that it was for me - may not consider the return on America's investment in NATO worth the cost. What I've
sketched out
is the real possibility for a dim, if not dismal future for the transatlantic alliance."
A senior Mexican official has said the government is prepared to have formal discussions with members of a peace march protesting about drugs-related violence. Thousands of marchers on the so-called "peace caravan" have been calling for the Mexican government to change tactics in its war on drugs cartels. The "peace caravan" has reached its final destination Ciudad Juarez, on the border with the United States, after a journey of some 2,500km. The leader of the march has called Ciudad Juarez the "epicentre of pain" due to the levels of violence there.