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At least 24 people are found killed in the Philippines as police search for more bodies after an attack linked to next year's elections.

A 65-year-old man dies in a four-car collision on M8 in Glasgow, after a car travels the wrong way down the motorway.

The Indian government presents in parliament an inquiry into the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque.

Congestion on the M4 in Wales is costing £40m a year, and a relief road must eventually be built, an academic warns.

Mental health services in Wales are still failing many children and young people despite some improvements, a report finds

The trial of two alleged Congolese militia leaders is due to begin at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Hindu devotees have converged on a town in Nepal for a festival considered to be the world's largest animal sacrifice.

The Environment Agency warns residents in Cumbria more heavy rain could bring further flooding as water levels peak.

As figures show 1,116 under 10s were listed as court witnesses last year, the NSPCC says they should be able to pre-record their evidence.

The US will give a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next month's UN climate summit, officials say.

More organs from higher risk donors are being used for transplants because of a donor shortage, the BBC has learned.

India test-fires its intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-II, off an island in Orissa state.

The Australian government strikes a deal with opposition leaders on a revised carbon emissions trading scheme.

Four US servicemen and three Afghan soldiers die in Afghanistan, as President Obama continues talks on troop levels.

Police should not routinely DNA-test everyone they arrest, the government's genetic advisers conclude.

At least four out of five children in orphanages worldwide have a living parent, leading charity Save the Children says.

Leading UK scientists issue an unprecedented statement about the dangers of failing to cut greenhouse gases.

Police are trying to find former royal dresser Jane Andrews after she failed to return to an open prison in Kent.

The UK's official Iraq war inquiry is to begin its public hearings, with leading civil servants and a former spy chief giving evidence.

The UK's Iraq war inquiry begins its public hearings, with leading civil servants and a former spy chief giving evidence.