BBC News with Jonathan Weekley.
The Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has refused to admit defeat after his political opponents dissolved parliament and demanded his resignation. Latest reports from the capital Bishkek say there was heavy shooting as night fell. From Bishkek, Richard Galpin now reports.
After the bloodshed yesterday, this morning the main leaders of the opposition announced they've taken control of the country, forming a temporary government and dissolving parliament. But at a news conference here in the capital, they admitted there were concerns that the president was trying to rally his supporters in the south of the country in order to fight back. The opposition wanted him to resign immediately, but Mr.Bakiyev has told BBC he has no intention of quitting and still considers himself to be president.
There are growing fears that many people have died in a massive landslide in Brazil which engulfed more than 50 houses in the shanty town near Rio de Janeiro. Around 200 people lived in the houses. Greg Morsbach has more.
A massive mud and rubble crashed down from a hillside onto the houses in the shanty town in the Rio suburb of Niteroi. It was nighttime when it happened, many families would have been at home. A nursery is among the buildings buried under the mud. A resident said around 20 children were usually looked after there. The settlement of Morro do Bumbo was built on top of a disused rubbish dump. Rescue teams at the scene say they have come across pockets of toxic gases caused by decomposing waste. This is what has been slowing down their work.