For four decades the armed Basque organisation Eta has waged a bloody campaign for independence.

World powers hope to come up with new action to tackle the global financial crisis when they meet for a summit in Washington at the weekend.

A government adviser says threats - such as the recession - are a catalyst for developing good leaders.

Alan McGee, who signed Oasis and Primal Scream, has said he is turning his back on the music industry after 25 years.

Actor Kirk Douglas is honoured at a celebrity-packed dinner in Los Angeles recognising his humanitarian work.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown launches a plan to save the world's threatened rainforests - but already it is running into opposition.

Amid the global financial crisis, it is time to recognise the wealth we enjoy from nature's capital.

A new deal to protect the world's rainforests is proposed in a report drawn up for Gordon Brown.

With banks teetering on the brink of collapse can one live without a bank account?

Sharia law is a controversial subject but are there historic links between English and Muslim law?

BBC Sport looks at London Irish's prospects for the new season

The 29th Olympic Games is brought to an end in the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing and London becomes the offical host.

Few will have seen a sky like it. Yet this extraordinary-looking cloud formation wasn't photographed in exotic climes, but in St Albans, Hertfordshire, on a recent August evening. What is it and how did it form?

Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists have found.

Millwall manager Kenny Jackett says if the team can stay fit and injury-free then they'll have quite a strong squad.

In a crackdown on bogus colleges people coming to the UK will need bona fide sponsors to get student visas.

Major winners Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson all suffered in the wet and windy conditions during the first round of the Open.

Degrees are being awarded to overseas students who speak almost no English, claims a lecturer, reports Sean Coughlan.

Court cases are being dropped because prosecutors are failing to keep paperwork up to date, a report says.

South Africa's soldiers' union sues the defence ministry over alleged discrimination against those with HIV.