A former member of the British royal family is facing charges in a Turkish court. Prince Andrew's former wife, Sarah Ferguson, made an
undercover
trip to Turkey in 2008 to examine orphanages for a British television programme. Secretly filmed images appeared to show children
tied to
their beds. The court on Thursday accused her in her absence of going against the law and violating the privacy of five children.
The director of public prosecutions in Britain has announced that no criminal charges will be brought against British intelligence officers over their alleged
complicity
in the torture of two terrorism suspects. It was alleged the two men were tortured in foreign countries before being sent to the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
Hours after its launch, the election campaign website of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has
been flooded with
calls for his resignation. Mr Putin's aides blamed a hacking attack. From Moscow, Daniel Sandford reports.
Vladimir Putin's presidential election website putin2012.ru went live with a little under eight weeks to go to polling day. The site includes a suggestions page, and immediately it was being
bombarded
by readers supporting requests that he resign. There were more positive posts and ones asking him to improve things like housing and infrastructure. But the ones being discussed with great glee on social networking sites were those where he was asked to leave politics.