The BBC's Stephanie Holmes explores what the rhetorical skills of Barack Obama reveal about the man who will become the next US president.

Comedian Frank Skinner has defended swearing after a poll suggested some viewers want some words banned.

Noel Martin, who was paralysed in an attack 12 years ago, plans to commit suicide with the help of the Swiss clinic Dignitas. Here, broadcaster Liz Carr appeals in an open letter to Noel, for him to think again about talking his life.

Jenny Cuffe reports on new efforts in Yemen to fight for children's rights and to stop child marriage.

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he intends to stay at McLaren for the rest of his career.

Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States. BBC correspondents report on the mixed expectations from around the world.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

All the news and commentary following Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 US presidential election as it happened.

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama is cancelling campaign events for two days to visit his sick grandmother in Hawaii.

Mike Baker considers why the government decided to scrap tests for 14-year-olds.

Barack Obama emerges the front-runner in the US presidential election after three debates that sharpened the differences with his rival John McCain.

John McCain launched a flurry of attacks on Barack Obama, some on target, during Wednesday's debate but will they be enough to win over undecided voters, wonders Newsweek's Andrew Romano.

A review of expert verdicts on the third and last US presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.

The final debate between Barack Obama and John McCain at last produces a showdown worthy of the name, the BBC's Kevin Connolly says.

All the action and reaction from the the third debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

A clever trick borrowed from jellyfish earns two Americans and one Japanese scientist a share of the chemistry Nobel Prize.

Valley girls profiles that rare breed, a female chief technology officer of a global company. Padma Warrior leads the team at Cisco with a vision to become a trend setter not a trend follower.

Conservative voters analyse Cameron's address

A look at the making of a behind-the-scenes documentary of comedian Paddy Kielty taking on the challenging one-man play 'A Night in November'.

The current US administration has alienated much of Asia and the next should pay fresh attention to the region, says the Asia Foundation.