World News from the BBC
The relatives of dozens of children caught in a deadly coach crash have flown from Belgium to Switzerland, where the accident happened on Tuesday night. Twenty-two children died along with six adults. The bus
slammed
into the wall of a tunnel, but investigators say they don't know why.
President Obama and the British Prime Minister David Cameron, who's visiting Washington, have both declared that the international mission in Afghanistan is making real progress. Mr Obama said the United States and Britain remained committed to their plan to transfer full responsibility for security to Afghan forces in two years' time. Mr Cameron said the mission was necessary but costly.
"Recent days have reminded us just how difficult our mission is and how high the cost of this war has been for Britain, for America and for Afghans themselves. Britain has fought alongside America every day since the start. We have 9,500 men and women still serving there. More than 400 have given their lives and today, again, we commemorate each and every one of them. But we will not give up on this mission because Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for al-Qaeda to launch attacks against us."
In a significant new departure for Burma, the state-controlled media have broadcast an election message by the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She called for media freedom, an end to
repressive
measures and an independent judiciary. A section of her script was censored by the authorities.