BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Franks sends the latest edition of his diary from Jerusalem.

Suspicions are rife in Spain about what caused a plane crash at Madrid's airport, in which 153 people died, says Steve Kingstone.

Graeme Smith leads South Africa to a five-wicket win against England in the third Test to seal the series 2-0.

Authorities in an Australian town reject proposals to allow an Islamic school to be built there.

Residents in the Australian town of Camden are strongly opposed to plans for a 1,200-strong Islamic school, writes the BBC's Nick Bryant.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet travels with Nawaz Sharif as he sets aside political rivalry to pay tribute to slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

As the legendary film director is laid to rest in Faro's churchyard, the location of his island hideway remains an engima.

Roque Santa Cruz's goal gives Blackburn a comfortable Uefa Cup tie victory over MyPa in Finland.

The BBC's John Humphreys travels with the British Army in Iraq and hears about some of the dangers they face.

The so-called "graffiti terrorist" known as Banksy has built up a cult following with his humorous and poignant artistic statements. Also included are Neanderthal Man, Whitney Houston, Chris Langham and Wynton Marsalis.

China's rural problems will not be easily solved in the short term.

Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, delivered the Dimbleby Lecture 2005.

Ten years after Matthew Tassio, 22, was gored bull running at the festival in northern Spain, one spectator recalls the day he watched the young American die.

Pictures from the Tate's Picture of Britain exhibition, presented to coincide with the David Dimbleby TV series.

The BBC's Richard Miron spends a week with Jewish settlers due to be evacuated from their Gaza homes.

Residents in a small south Perthshire village are relieved after plans for an influx of G8 protesters were scrapped.

Gerard Woodward's Booker-nominated novel is a humorous but tragic account of a family torn apart by addiction.

BBC News Online's Tom Housden watches former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown perform a set of the band's songs for the first time since their 1996 split.

Increasing numbers of Indian expatriates are returning home on 'rural' holidays, keen to experience an earthier India.

A group of Congolese women who failed to gain asylum in the UK are in 'limbo' because they cannot be sent home.