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BBC news with Jonathan Izard.The JamaicansprinterUsain Bolt has become the first man to retain both the Olympics sprint titles. He won gold in the men's
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BBC news with Fiona MacDonald.The South Africa President Jacb Zuma has announced a commission of inquiry after police officers opened fire on several thousands striking m
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BBC News with Jerry SmitSouth African police have opened fire on a crowd of several thousand striking workers at a platinum mine, leaving an unconfirmed number of people
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BBC News with Iain PurdonThe head of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker says he's totally opposed to Greece being forced out of the single currency. Mr Juncker said the p
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BBC news with Iain Purdon.The body of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has arrived in Addis Ababa from Brussles where he died after a long illness. Large crowds
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BBC news with John JasonA court in Norway has sentenced Anders Breivik to 21 years in jail, after ruling that he was sane when he killed 77 people in bomb and shooting at
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BBC News with Neil NunesOfficials in South Korea say the founder of the controversial Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, has died at the age of 92. Rev Moon's church ga
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BBC news with Nick Kelly.State prosecutors in South Africa have charged miners arrested at the Marikana platinum mine with the murder of 34 their colleagues were shot dea
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BBC news with Fiona Macdonald.The European Central Bank hasunveiledits new program to buy government bonds from struggling countries in the eurozone. Sto
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BBC news with Iain PurdonEgypt has urged the United States to take steps to prevent any repeat of the offense caused by an internet film which mocked Islam sparking prote
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BBC news with Jerry Smit.Syrian activists say government air strikes have destroyed a main pipeline supplying water to the city of Aleppo during a day of intense bombardm
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BBC news with Jim Lee.In Spain, one and a half million Catalans are marching through Barcelona to demand independence for their autonomous region. Demonstrators fill the
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BBC News with Jerry SmitA curfew has been imposed in the town of Mubi in northeastern Nigeria after gunmen attacked students at a collegehostelkilling at
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BBC news with Nick Kelly.The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have began direct talks aimed at resolving differences that took them to the brink of war earlier this ye
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BBC News with Fiona MacDonald.The former butler to Pope Benedict has been convicted of the theft ofconfidentialpapers from pontiff's private department.