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| Tuesday, 23 February, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Boss says Toyota 'grew too fast' The boss of Toyota admits the firm's rapid expansion may have led to safety issues which saw 8.5 million vehicles recalled. |
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| UK plane-spotters 'admit offence' Two UK plane-spotters admit illegally monitoring aircraft in India, the MP fighting for their return home says. | |
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| Cheryl Cole announces separation Pop star Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband, the England footballer Ashley Cole, her spokesman says. | |
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| Clifford acts for bully call boss Publicist Max Clifford is to represent the bullying helpline boss who said Downing Street staff contacted her charity. | |
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| Pakistan blast kills Welsh woman A woman from south Wales is among several people killed by a suicide bomb blast in north-west Pakistan. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Sudan and Darfur rebels sign deal A major rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the Khartoum government. |
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| Livni hails Dubai Hamas killing Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni applauds the controversial killing of a Hamas figure in a Dubai hotel by suspected Israeli agents. | |
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| Boss says Toyota 'grew too fast' The boss of Toyota admits the firm's rapid expansion may have led to safety issues which saw 8.5 million vehicles recalled. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Sudan and Darfur rebels sign deal A major rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the Khartoum government. |
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| Niger ex-leader 'must be charged' Niger's main opposition party calls for Niger's ousted President Mamadou Tandja to be tried for violating the constitution. | |
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| 'Smears' anger ANC power broker The head of South Africa's powerful ANC youth wing hits out at his critics, after rumours about his wealth. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | New US-free Americas bloc planned Latin American and Caribbean nations agree to a new regional body without the US and Canada, Mexico's president says. |
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| Boss says Toyota 'grew too fast' The boss of Toyota admits the firm's rapid expansion may have led to safety issues which saw 8.5 million vehicles recalled. | |
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| Ex-US Vice-President Cheney ill Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is in hospital in Washington after experiencing chest pains, his office says. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Australia 'faces permanent alert' Australian PM Kevin Rudd says the country faces a permanent, high terror threat, and announces new entry rules. |
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| Deadly landslide hits Indonesia At least five people are killed and dozens are missing after a huge landslide buries a village in West Java, reports say. | |
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| China tightens internet controls China tightens controls on internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a website to meet regulators and produce ID documents. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Dutch election to be held in June The Netherlands is to hold a general election on 9 June, following the government's collapse at the weekend in a row over Afghanistan. |
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| Albania 'stalling organs inquiry' A UN expert says Albania is stalling inquiries into allegations that Kosovo Serbs were butchered for their organs there. | |
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| German female bishop drove drunk The head of Germany's Protestant church admits drink-driving, after she was charged with passing a red light while three times over the legal limit. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Livni hails Dubai Hamas killing Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni applauds the controversial killing of a Hamas figure in a Dubai hotel by suspected Israeli agents. |
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| Iran 'arrests Sunni militant' The authorities in Iran arrest Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah, say reports. | |
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| West Bank strike over tomb claim Palestinians in Bethlehem begin a three-day strike in protest at Israeli claims to West Bank shrines. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Concern at Karzai poll power grab Western diplomats express deep concern at a decree by Afghan President Hamid Karzai giving him control of the election watchdog. |
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| Taliban leader 'held in Pakistan' A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban has been detained in north-west Pakistan, reports in the US media say. | |
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| Deadly fire hits Bangalore office Nine people die and more than 40 are injured in a fire in an office block in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Murder victim 'tortured for cash' A "vulnerable" man was kept as a slave and tortured for his benefit money before his headless body was dumped in a Bedfordshire lake, a court hears. |
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| Afghan war is 'unwinnable' - poll A BBC Newsnight poll suggests that 64% of British people think the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable. | |
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| Cheryl Cole announces separation Pop star Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband, the England footballer Ashley Cole, her spokesman says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Murder victim 'tortured for cash' A "vulnerable" man was kept as a slave and tortured for his benefit money before his headless body was dumped in a Bedfordshire lake, a court hears. |
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| Baby injured by falling lamppost A one-year-old baby suffers critical injuries when a lamppost falls on the child in west London. | |
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| Doctor found guilty of misconduct A doctor who falsified a prescription and prescribed to his girlfriend is found guilty of serious misconduct by the General Medical Council. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 'Miracle' that bomb did not kill Police say it is a sheer miracle that no-one was killed or injured in a car bomb explosion at Newry courthouse on Monday night. |
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| £250k to settle 'smuggling' case Two people from Belfast are to hand over £250,000 in assets to settle a case brought over claims of cigarette smuggling. | |
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| NI Water 'must toughen job procedures' NI Water must toughen up its procedures over staff taking new jobs outside the organisation to protect its reputation, an internal report reveals. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Teenage girl gets life for murder A teenage girl is given a life sentence for killing a Fife grandmother during a row over £5 and a cigarette. |
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| New bridge 'not worth the cost' Campaigners tell MSPs that a new Forth road bridge would not be a "justifiable or credible" use of £2bn of public money. | |
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| Church launches government attack The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland accuses the Labour government of an "unrelenting attack on family values". | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Pakistan blast kills Welsh woman A woman from south Wales is among several people killed by a suicide bomb blast in north-west Pakistan. |
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| Bomb-maker jailed for three years A former member of a far-right organisation is jailed for three years for making explosives, including a pipe bomb. | |
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| Family's shock at methadone baby The family of a woman who gave her baby girl a heroin substitute tell of their alarm and sadness as she begins a jail sentence. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Lib Dems 'not anti-banker party' The Liberal Democrats are not "anti-bank or anti-banker" despite criticism of their lending policies, Vince Cable says. |
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| MPs back Trevor Phillips inquiry MPs say the UK equalities watchdog's chief should be investigated over possible contempt of Parliament. | |
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| Clifford acts for bully call boss Publicist Max Clifford is to represent the bullying helpline boss who said Downing Street staff contacted her charity. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Boss says Toyota 'grew too fast' The boss of Toyota admits the firm's rapid expansion may have led to safety issues which saw 8.5 million vehicles recalled. |
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| Gaviscon firm faces trading probe The Office of Fair Trading accuses Reckitt Benckiser of rigging the market for Gaviscon following a BBC investigation. | |
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| Sharp fall in US confidence index US consumer confidence sees a surprisingly sharp fall in February to a 10-month low, sending the Dow Jones index down 1%. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Cheryl Cole announces separation Pop star Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband, the England footballer Ashley Cole, her spokesman says. |
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| Odeon confirms Wonderland boycott Odeon will not screen Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in the UK, Ireland and Italy, the cinema chain confirms. | |
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| Olly Murs signs to Cowell's label The X Factor runner-up has signed a joint deal between Simon Cowell's record label and Epic Records to release his music. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Reefs form on 'ancient template' Coral reefs in the Red Sea form on an ancient seabed template, which creates their complex shape, say scientists. |
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| Sperm whales 'corral deep squid' A tagging study suggests sperm whales may team up to hunt squid at depth. | |
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| Chimps 'appreciate a full pint' Chimpanzees can accurately gauge the volume of a non-alcoholic liquid, displaying a hitherto unrecognised intelligence. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Anger as Apple purges adult apps Apple's decision to remove thousands of adult-themed apps over the weekend has left developers confused and angry. |
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| MPs label broadband tax 'unfair' A committee of MPs attacks plans to charge those with fixed phone lines 50p per month to pay for ultra-fast broadband. | |
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| China tightens internet controls China tightens controls on internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a website to meet regulators and produce ID documents. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Way to 'boost' breast cancer drug Scientists say they have discovered why some women fail respond to breast cancer treatment, and it is a gene error they believe they can fix. |
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| 'Lame' mosquitoes to stop dengue Scientists are breeding a new strain of flightless mosquito in an effort to curb the spread of dengue fever. | |
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| Prisoners need 'more NHS support' More must be done to provide expert care to prisoners with severe mental illnesses, a study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Brown pledges parents school vote Labour is to promise parents a vote on whether struggling schools should be run by a different organisation. |
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| Sex education 'not watered down' Plans for compulsory sex education in schools in England have not been watered down, Children's Secretary Ed Balls says. | |
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| Pupils fall below writing targets Two-thirds of 13-year-olds are failing to reach expected standards of writing, according to the results of a major survey. | |
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| 1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks Five women and an army priest are killed in an IRA bomb attack on army premises in Hampshire. | |||
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| 1991: Bush threatens Iraq with land war The US President, George Bush, gives Iraq until 1700 GMT tomorrow to pull out of Kuwait or face the full force of the allies. | |||
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| 1997: Dolly the sheep is cloned A sheep named Dolly is cloned by scientists in Edinburgh and is being hailed as one of the most significant breakthroughs of the decade. | |||
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