More than 20 people have died in a traffic accident in Mexico. A bus carrying tourists came off the road and into a ditch in Nayarit state. At least 24 people were confirmed dead and 14 people injured. The passengers were heading to a beach north of Puerto Vallarta.
European Union diplomats say they expect the restrictions on development aid to Zimbabwe to be lifted soon. There was speaking ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday which is expected to vote in favor of allowing the EU to deliver aid directed to the Zimbabwe government, and current sanctions aid money has to be directed through non governmental organizations. The EU may also suspend sanctions imposed on about hundreds Zimbabweans if a referendum modern new constitution is credible.
And the Olympic flame has arrived in London, a week before the opening ceremony of Olympic Games. It was brought to the Tower of London in a Royal Navy helicopter as Rob Broomby reports.
The Royal Navy seeking helicopters brought the Olympic flame down the town in the orange light of evening. Then the 12 minutes past 8 local time or 20:12, two Royal Marine abseiled from the hovering aircraft the 16m to the Tower of London with the flame and its safe holder. The torch was then lit and carried by the British double-gold-medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes around the historic walls to the cheers of the crowd below. The flames went in the night in the ceremony of office of the Queen's house here, the safe as the Crown Jewels nearby. Londoners have waited as the nation went torch crazy, now the city of 2012 gets its turn.