The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.

Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

Lyon draw 1-1 in the Bernebau to earn a 2-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid.

Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United beat Milan 4-0 on the night and 7-2 on aggregate to ease into the Champions League quarter-final.

A man subjected to a hate campaign over false claims he is Jon Venables pleads with Jack Straw to reveal his new identity.

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch

Talks between BA and the Unite union aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement.

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's president.

A 30-year-old Tyneside man has been charged with a series of terror offences, police said.

A British poker champion accused of killing his wife and dumping her body in a US national park will find out in April if he is to be extradited.

Ministers will have to cut back all but the most essential projects to meet a funding shortfall, a former defence chief warns.

Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given a public apology by the authorities.

The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan returns to the UK against the wishes of the country's police, the BBC learns.

David Beckham returns to Old Trafford as his AC Milan side try to overcome Man Utd and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley host Stoke in the Premier League.

Police searching for a Dundee mother-of-three who went missing two weeks ago believe they have found her body.

Israel comes under growing international pressure following its approval of new building in occupied East Jerusalem.

Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.

The UN Secretary-General has asked the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.