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A British-built engine powered by ions makes its first space trip this summer on Europe's gravity explorer probe.

The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from the front-line battle of a British-led operation in southern Afghanistan.

The three sisters of Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya live in southern Israel as Israelis.

A charity group whose truck broke down in the Sahara sand returns to the village which got it mobile again to say thanks.

Mauritania has not been as badly hit by food shortages as Niger but poverty means many children are at risk.

Nasa's Deep Impact mission, which will crash a projectile into Comet Tempel 1, lifts off from Cape Canaveral.

Nasa gives details of a space mission to crash a projectile into a comet and peel away its outer skin to look inside.

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has set off tremors and prompted officials to warn pilots to avoid flying through gasses emitted by the blast.

A 19th Century drawbridge built to defend the English coast against a French invasion opens after a major revamp.

A look at what's making the headlines in Friday's morning newspapers.

Glare from Disney's Los Angeles concert hall is making nearby homes warmer, residents say.

A man is arrested after graffiti was daubed on a Cambridge war memorial hours before a remembrance service.

Emergency services in the Netherlands rescue a third worker from a giant boiler at a power station.

Thomas Bjorn's Open dream turns to dust in the bunker at the 16th.

A humble kitchen ingredient has been enrolled in one town's the battle for a coveted Anglia in Bloom title.

Contractors move in around the Mansfield viaduct to remove decades of grime and restore its original glory.

Delays and spiralling costs have not dampened the enthusiasm of those revamping Nottingham's Trent Bridge.

A twice life-sized wooden sculpture of Poet Laureate Andrew Motion is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery.

A Englishman appears in court charged in connection with the seizure of an estimated £1m worth of drugs in north Belfast.

A 35 year-old Englishman is remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with a major drugs find in north Belfast.

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