Rudd sworn in as new Australian PM

27 June 2013 Last updated at 03:50 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Kevin Rudd was sworn in, promising to do his ''absolute best'' Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia, a...

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Obama begins Africa tour in Senegal

27 June 2013 Last updated at 06:39 ET US President Barack Obama has arrived in Senegal on the first leg of a three-nation tour of Africa. It is Mr Obama's second visit to the continent since he became president. He is hoping to boost economic...

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Nelson Mandela 'critical but stable'

27 June 2013 Last updated at 07:04 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ndileka Mandela: "A lot of comfort" in messages of support Former South African leader Nelson Mandela is in a stable condition,...

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EU reaches deal on seven-year budget

27 June 2013 Last updated at 07:11 ET A political deal on the EU's hotly contested seven-year budget has been struck, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced. The deal on the 2014-2020 960bn euro (£822bn; $1.3tn) budget...

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Credit crunch fears hit China stocks

25 June 2013 Last updated at 05:31 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says the markets in China are gloomier "day by day" Chinese stocks touched a four-and-a-half-year...

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Taliban assault in Kabul secure zone

25 June 2013 Last updated at 06:35 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Bilal Sarwary witnessed the attack in Kabul: ''Suddenly there was fire all around us'' Afghan security forces have put down a...

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Snowden 'has not entered Russia'

25 June 2013 Last updated at 06:53 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Journalists look for Mr Snowden on board a flight to Havana, however, his seat is left empty as Julie Peacock reports Russia says...

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'Homophobia' in Africa condemned

25 June 2013 Last updated at 06:54 ET Homophobic attacks have reached dangerous levels in sub-Saharan Africa and must stop, Amnesty International has said in a report. Governments are increasingly criminalising "homosexual acts" by seeking...

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Race to rescue India flood survivors

24 June 2013 Last updated at 02:00 ET Rescuers in northern India are making a concerted push to reach 7,000 people still stranded in the mountains after flash floods and landslides. Air force officials say they need to get to the affected areas...

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Mandela 'still critical in hospital'

24 June 2013 Last updated at 06:16 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Jacob Zuma says doctors are doing everything to ensure that Nelson Mandela is comfortable Former South African President...

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Musharraf 'to face treason trial'

24 June 2013 Last updated at 06:40 ET Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf should face trial for high treason. Mr Musharraf, who returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile earlier...

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Snowden poised to fly out of Moscow

24 June 2013 Last updated at 06:51 ET Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is expected to leave Russia in a bid to seek asylum in Ecuador. Reports suggest he will head first to the Cuban capital Havana on a flight from Moscow....

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Brazil clashes despite Rousseff plea

22 June 2013 Last updated at 20:17 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Alastair Leithead reports on the latest clashes and protests in Brazil New clashes have taken place in Brazil despite President...

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Palestinian PM resignation accepted

23 June 2013 Last updated at 05:55 ET Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, who has been in office less than a month. He offered his resignation on Thursday because of a "conflict...

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Snowden quits Hong Kong for Moscow

23 June 2013 Last updated at 07:02 ET US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden has flown out of Hong Kong, from where the US was seeking his extradition on charges of espionage. He is expected in Moscow on Sunday afternoon amid speculation he...

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Nine tourists die in Pakistan attack

23 June 2013 Last updated at 07:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. BBC's Orla Guerin, in Islamabad, said the attack happened near the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world ...

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Brazil president announces reforms

21 June 2013 Last updated at 21:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Dilma Rousseff spoke on national television Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled a series of reforms in an attempt...

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Deadly floods hit western Canada

21 June 2013 Last updated at 23:20 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Footage of a roof colliding with a bridge in Bragg Creek, Alberta At least three people have been killed and more than a 100,000...

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