http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world/ The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:15:08 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11234058 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11234058 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:12:42 GMT Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11239562 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11239562 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:15:04 GMT High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-11232356 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11232356 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:21 GMT Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11239037 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11239037 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09:45 GMT President Obama defends his opposition to extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier people and criticises what he calls Republican obstruction. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11236302 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11236302 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:37:25 GMT A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11240006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11240006 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:02:48 GMT Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11239676 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11239676 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:55:33 GMT A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11240077 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11240077 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:12:32 GMT A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11238062 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11238062 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:39:17 GMT German gambling restrictions breach European Union law, the EU's highest court rules http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11234128 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11234128 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:05 GMT A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11226786 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11226786 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:33:03 GMT Residents of a small street called Lustful Court in the US state of Georgia are told to raise a petition if they want a less provocative street name. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11238057 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11238057 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:29:57 GMT Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11234671 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11234671 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:48:30 GMT Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11220564 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11220564 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:02:00 GMT Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11226158 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11226158 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:40 GMT Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern and southern Mexico see floodwaters inundate their homes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11226611 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11226611 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:57:36 GMT The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11229201 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11229201 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:03:12 GMT Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11234840 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11234840 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:51:27 GMT The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11225151 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11225151 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:32:42 GMT At least 30 workers are rescued and at least two are missing after a storm causes an oil rig off China's north-east coast to list dangerously. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11229599 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11229599 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:37:04 GMT German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11236158 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11236158 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:51:00 GMT The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-11235023 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11235023 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:56:17 GMT Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11235930 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11235930 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:15 GMT Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11212289 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11212289 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:38:49 GMT An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11227474 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11227474 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:42 GMT A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11230285 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11230285 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:22:12 GMT The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11239708 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11239708 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:09:44 GMT A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-11237496 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11237496 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:05:24 GMT Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11238897 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11238897 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:24:23 GMT US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11237044 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11237044 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:57:12 GMT The debt-laden Greek economy shrank by a surprise 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11229042 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11229042 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:03:56 GMT Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8982480.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8982480.stm Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:38:10 GMT Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8969268.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8969268.stm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:07:17 GMT Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8964502.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8964502.stm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:15 GMT Sir Paul McCartney is to be presented with a Kennedy Center honour at the White House in Washington in December. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11226133 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11226133 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:58:34 GMT Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole and will remain imprisoned for at least two more years, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11222780 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11222780 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:51:58 GMT Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is to team up with Speed director Jan de Bont to make an English-language version of the Chinese legend Mulan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11229777 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11229777 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:13:11 GMT The newly appointed head of UN humanitarian relief Lady Valerie Amos has spent her first day in office touring Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11240021 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11240021 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:31:09 GMT A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11237968 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11237968 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:46:10 GMT UN peacekeepers "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11238357 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11238357 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:31:59 GMT Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11240007 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11240007 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:22:58 GMT At least 700 prisoners have escaped during an attack on a jail in northern Nigeria, including members of a militant Islamist sect. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11238991 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11238991 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:35 GMT A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11236560 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11236560 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:13:03 GMT Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out standing for president again at the 2012 elections. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11222492 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11222492 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:16 GMT The miners trapped underground in Chile were able to watch a football match after rescue workers provided a mini TV screen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11225047 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11225047 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:13:17 GMT Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10462520 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:06 GMT The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11218833 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11218833 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:28:40 GMT The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11 http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11226352 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11226352 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:41:05 GMT West Bank crackdown pushes Hamas militia deeper underground http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11234097 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11234097 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:47:35 GMT Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11228268 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11228268 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:35:56 GMT Underwater 'flying machine' seeks investors http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11198907 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11198907 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:18:54 GMT Why people who say 'I don't know' are smarter than we think http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11206057 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11206057 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:33:26 GMT Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10581574 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10581574 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:07:42 GMT