Teenagers arrested over suspected swan theft
Pair held by police after videos uploaded on YouTube appearing to show swan being dragged out of lake by neckTwo teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a swan and trying to take...
View ArticleUS and British citizens told to leave Yemen - live updates
The countries acted because of security concerns. They had already closed their embassies in Sana'aHaroon Siddique
View ArticleItaly's recession deepens with 0.2% drop in GDP, but UK economy bounces back...
Italian GDP falls for the eighth quarter in a row, but UK industrial production and house prices surgeGraeme Wearden
View ArticleWendy Davis goes to Washington ahead of possible run for Texas governor
Texas women's rights hero at ease in DC appearance where she fielded questions about her next move – and Hillary ClintonSix weeks ago, Wendy Davis was stood on the floor of the Texas senate, wearing...
View ArticleGibraltar row: Spanish PM promises to reduce border delays
Mariano Rajoy is understood to have promised to de-escalate situation after complaint from David CameronThe Spanish prime minister has pledged to reduce delays at the border with Gibraltar after David...
View ArticleFire forces closure of Kenya's main international airport
Two people treated for smoke inhalation after arrivals hall at Jomo Kenyatta airport, east Africa's busiest, engulfed by fireA massive early-morning fire has destroyed the arrivals hall at Kenya's main...
View ArticleNairobi airport fire continues to blaze- video
A fire at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi is still burning after beginning on Wednesday morning
View ArticlePolice in China arrest Bo Xilai supporter Song Yangbiao
With the trial of the disgraced politician expected to begin this month, a journalist is detained on charges of causing troubleChinese police have detained a prominent leftwing supporter of disgraced...
View ArticleImmigration is a messy, human story | Kiri Kankhwende
As a migrant myself I understand the need for controls, but immigration spot checks equate being British with being whiteYouTube footage of an immigration enforcement team conducting spot checks of...
View ArticleSatellite eye on Earth: July 2013 – in pictures
Floods in India and Latin America, hydrocarbon folds of Pakistan and Canada's wildfires, were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
View ArticleGibraltar: Spanish fishermen call for dialogue
Workers whose drag fishing helped spark row condemn pressure put on Gibraltar by Spanish governmentSpanish fishermen and workers' groups have condemned the pressure being placed on Gibraltar by the...
View ArticleSirens & Sinners: Weimar cinema – in pictures
In Germany's Weimar years, while inflation soared, the film industry flourished. Here is a selection of our favourite images from a new book that documents the eraSarah GilbertPamela Hutchinson
View ArticleBengt Hallberg obituary
Swedish jazz musician and composer whose reputation was sealed by a single recording with Stan Getz in 1951Bengt Hallberg, the Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger, who has died aged 80, won an...
View ArticleWhere would you send Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom after 'bongo bongo' outburst?
Senior Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom has said Britain should not be sending foreign aid to 'bongo bongo land', although when challenged on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday morning, he...
View ArticleRussian journalists face charges over 'negative' Winter Olympics stories
Journalists and bloggers are among several groups that have been harassed and threatened by authorities in the Russian city of Sochi in the build-up to next year's Winter Olympics, reports Human Rights...
View ArticleEgypt talks to resolve standoff with Muslim Brotherhood collapse
Interim president says foreign diplomatic efforts to defuse crisis between government and pro-Morsi camps have failedEgypt's interim presidency has announced that foreign diplomatic efforts to...
View ArticleThe US view of Yemen as an al-Qaida hotbed is a travesty of the truth | Brian...
Yemen is a real place where people are demanding social justice and democracy. Their cause is only harmed by the USYemenis in the city of Sanaa awoke on Tuesday morning to the sound of rattling windows...
View ArticleThe best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching imagesRoger ToothMee-Lai Stone
View ArticleYours for €100m: Spanish airport, mint condition, one careless owner
Airport at Ciudad Real in La Mancha has barely been used and boasts a runway long enough to land an Airbus 380Got a private jet already? Why not buy your own airport? One of Spain's biggest white...
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