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| Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Young urged to raise aspirations A report into social mobility calls for professions, universities and careers advisers to raise young people's ambitions. |
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| US terror policy report delayed A key report ordered by US President Barack Obama on the detention of terrorism suspects is delayed, officials say. | |
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| Call to close schools to curb flu Scientists ask ministers to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu cases. | |
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| Three dead after boat overturns Three people have died and one is rescued after a clam dredger capsizes off the north-west coast of Scotland. | |
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| MoD accused of wasting millions The Ministry of Defence is accused of wasting millions by government auditors, leading to calls for it to "get a grip". | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US terror policy report delayed A key report ordered by US President Barack Obama on the detention of terrorism suspects is delayed, officials say. |
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| Japanese PM dissolves parliament Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves Japan's lower house of parliament and calls national elections on 30 August. | |
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| Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest' A campaign group says western firms are fuelling violence in DR Congo by failing to check where their minerals come from. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest' A campaign group says western firms are fuelling violence in DR Congo by failing to check where their minerals come from. |
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| Somali Islamists ban UN agencies Somali militants accused of links to al-Qaeda ban three United Nations agencies from two southern towns they control. | |
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| Nigeria police 'killed civilians' A rights group accuses Nigerian security forces of killing dozens of Muslims in election-related violence last year. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama hails Apollo 11 astronauts US President Barack Obama hails the "heroism" of the Moon-landing astronauts, on the 40th anniversary of the historic event. |
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| US terror policy report delayed A key report ordered by US President Barack Obama on the detention of terrorism suspects is delayed, officials say. | |
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| Brown 'sorry' for Rihanna assault R&B singer Chris Brown makes a public apology for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, saying he "let a lot of people down". | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Japanese PM dissolves parliament Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves Japan's lower house of parliament and calls national elections on 30 August. |
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| China swine flu pupils released The first batch of British school pupils quarantined in China after members of the group contracted swine flu has been released. | |
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| Malay prince sues Indonesian wife A Malaysian prince accuses his teenage Indonesian bride of defaming him, after she runs away alleging ill-treatment. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Bosnian Serbs guilty of burnings Two Bosnian Serbs are convicted of war crimes, including burning women and children alive, during the Bosnian civil war. |
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| Second Turkish 'plot' trial opens Fifty-six people, including two retired generals, go on trial in Turkey accused of plotting to overthrow the government. | |
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| Paper releases Berlusconi 'tapes' An Italian newspaper releases audio recordings of what it says was a night Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent with an escort. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Khatami urges referendum on poll The former Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, calls for a nationwide referendum on the legitimacy of the government. |
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| Israel condemns Iran-PA meeting Israel accuses the a senior Palestinian official of meeting with "enemies of peace" after he holds talks with Iran's foreign minister. | |
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| US to add 22,000 troops to army US Defence Secretary Robert Gates announces that the US army will temporarily increase in size by 22,000 troops. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Nato warning over Afghan mission Nato's head warns that abandoning the alliance's mission in Afghanistan would have a 'devastating' effect. |
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| Main Mumbai suspect pleads guilty The leading suspect in last November's deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai switches his plea to guilty. | |
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| US and India agree defence pact The US and India agree a defence pact which will speed up the sale of advanced American weaponry to India. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Call to close schools to curb flu Scientists ask ministers to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu cases. |
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| Young urged to raise aspirations A report into social mobility calls for professions, universities and careers advisers to raise young people's ambitions. | |
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| China swine flu pupils released The first batch of British school pupils quarantined in China after members of the group contracted swine flu has been released. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Concern over Broadmoor 'failings' Broadmoor high-security hospital in Berkshire is criticised over its high suicide rate and failure to protect patients, in a report by a health watchdog. |
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| Turbine workers in sit-in protest Wind turbine plant workers who are set to lose their jobs stage a sit-in protest at their firm's Isle of Wight offices. | |
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| MoD names soldier killed in blast A UK soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the MoD says - the 17th to die in the country this month. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man arrested over murder in 1995 A man is arrested in the Cambridge area by PSNI detectives investigating a murder in Ballymena in 1995. |
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| Community 'must combat swine flu' The whole community will have a part to play in trying to prevent the spread of swine flu, doctors in Northern Ireland say. | |
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| Consultation on 'hooligan' laws New laws to tackle hooliganism at sports ground in Northern Ireland could be in place by next year. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Three dead after boat overturns Three people have died and one is rescued after a clam dredger capsizes off the north-west coast of Scotland. |
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| Rapes by children under spotlight Almost 500 rape charges were brought against under-18s in Scotland over the past five years, a BBC investigation reveals. | |
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| Polishing up restoration skills A small company says it is keeping the "dying art" of French polishing and furniture restoration alive - aided by the recession. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Widow sues over Iraq ambush death The widow of an Iraq security consultant takes court action against his employer, claiming it failed its "duty of care" to him. |
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| Plant to reconsider rescue deal The owners of an aluminium plant will reconsider a rescue deal worth almost £50m after meeting with politicians. | |
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| Cattle trample dogwalker to death A 63-year-old woman dies after being trampled by cattle as she and a friend walked their dogs across a field in Cardiff. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | MoD accused of wasting millions The Ministry of Defence is accused of wasting millions by government auditors, leading to calls for it to "get a grip". |
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| Purnell 'hopes he is wrong' on PM James Purnell, who quit the cabinet last month, tells the BBC he hopes he was wrong when he said Gordon Brown made a Labour election defeat more likely. | |
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| MPs say customs service 'failing' The UK's customs authorities are failing in key areas, MPs warn, including not searching enough goods. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Tories reveal bank reform plans The Conservatives propose giving the Bank of England new powers as part of plans to try to prevent future financial crises. |
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| US 'exposure to crisis $23.7tn' The total exposure of the US government to the financial crisis could hit $23.7 trillion, according to a watchdog report. | |
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| Friends rejects Resolution again Insurer Friends Provident rejects a revised takeover offer from Resolution, dismissing aspects of the bid as "totally inappropriate". | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Brown 'sorry' for Rihanna assault R&B singer Chris Brown makes a public apology for attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, saying he "let a lot of people down". |
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| Tycoon Sugar takes seat in Lords Businessman Alan Sugar takes his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Sugar of Clapton. | |
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| New Doctor Who costume revealed Doctor Who fans are given their first look at the costume worn by Matt Smith, the 11th actor to play the role. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Obama hails Apollo 11 astronauts US President Barack Obama hails the "heroism" of the Moon-landing astronauts, on the 40th anniversary of the historic event. |
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| Consultation on 'UK space agency' The science minister Lord Drayson has announced a consultation on whether the UK should have its own dedicated space agency. | |
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| Why raindrops come in many sizes Slow motion footage of a single falling raindrop shows scientists exactly why the drops are so many different sizes. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Pirate sites return in legal form Download sites Kazaa and The Pirate Bay look set to join Napster in being resurrected as paid-for services. |
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| Apps 'to be as big as internet' The rise in mobile applications will peak at 10 million in 2020 but developer numbers will drastically drop, according to a leading firm. | |
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| Wikipedia painting row escalates The battle over Wikipedia's use of more than 3,000 images from a British art gallery intensifies into a war of words. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Call for dementia research boost A group of leading scientists back calls for a three-fold increase in funding for research into dementia in the UK. |
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| Potent cancer drug hopes raised A new way of making cancer cells die has been discovered by UK scientists, raising hopes of potent new treatments. | |
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| Immune therapy Alzheimer's hope An immune system therapy given to cancer patients could have the added benefit of reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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| Young urged to raise aspirations A report into social mobility calls for professions, universities and careers advisers to raise young people's ambitions. |
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| Bogus college action 'inadequate' The government is still not dealing adequately with bogus colleges, MPs say, though they welcome new regulations. | |
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| 10,000 extra university places The government confirms extra student places in England this year - in subjects like science, engineering and maths. | |
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| 1969: Man takes first steps on the Moon American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. | |||
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| 2005: Tube chaos after more blasts London's underground network is plunged into chaos after explosions on two trains and a bus - exactly a fortnight after four suicide bomb blasts in the capital. | |||
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| 1954: Peace deal ends Indo-China war Eight years of war come to an end as the French cede control of northern Vietnam to the Communist Viet Minh after signing the Geneva Accord. | |||
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