Officials in Washington say President Barack Obama is planning dramatic reductions in America's nuclear arsenal as part of a sweeping review aimed at reversing the spread of nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama is meeting his Defense Secretary Robert Gates sho...
The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet says more than 700 people are confirmed dead following the devastating earthquake on Saturday. She said Chile would now accept offers of aid from around the world. Reports say more than 300 people were found d...
A huge earthquake has struck central Chile, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 140 people. Daniel Schweimler reports. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and struck in the early hours of the morning near the central city of Concep...
The British government has defended the reputation of its domestic security service MI5 after a judge questioned what he called the dubious record of some of its staff. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain had the finest intelligence service...
President Obama has been hosting a televised political summit to try to rescue his plans to reform America's health care system. Mr Obama said health care was an urgent issue that affected all Americans. This report from Mark Mardell in Washington be...
Brand Snobbery THE HOST: Now here's a man who typifies the problem for marketing people. Style journalist and music presenter Neil Balman doesn't want any branded possessions. So much so that he is preparing a big fire to burn them all. And he's writ...
Demonstrators have gathered in Spain to protest against governments spending cuts. The two main trade unions say they hope tens of thousands will rally in several cities including Madrid, from where Sarah Rainsford reports. Usually sympathetic to the...
An Afghan immigrant to the United States has admitted plotting to use weapons of mass destruction against New York City. Najibullah Zazi was arrested last September in the state of Colorado. Matthew Price reports from New York. Najibullah Zazi once w...
The chairman of the West African regional grouping ECOWAS, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has said the new military authorities in Niger have assured him that they intend to return the country to democratic rule. He was speaking during a visit to the capital,...
The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, has criticized the European Union's response to the financial crisis gripping his country, calling it timid. At a meeting in Brussels on Thursday, the EU offered Greece its backing without giving details o...
