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| Wednesday, 19 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Afghan poll 'must lead to reform' Presidential elections in Afghanistan must come with major governance reforms so aid is used effectively, Oxfam warns. |
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| NHS told to help ill staff more The health service in England must do more to improve the health and well-being of its staff, experts will say. | |
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| Ashes bookmaker allegation probed Cricket's governing body, the ICC, is investigating claims of suspicious bookmaker activity linked to the Ashes series. | |
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| UK 'must tighten arms controls' The government must ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a series of reports by MPs urge. | |
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| Coroners 'reject plea over vCJD' Corners are refusing to test for an infection which causes vCJD - despite government pleas, the BBC has learnt. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Afghan poll 'must lead to reform' Presidential elections in Afghanistan must come with major governance reforms so aid is used effectively, Oxfam warns. |
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| US Colombia deal 'not a threat' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeks to calm fears over a planned deal with Colombia over access to its military bases. | |
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| South Korea set for rocket launch South Korea is preparing to launch its first rocket into space, placing a 100kg observation satellite in orbit. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | SA 'racist video' trial to start Four white South Africans who allegedly humiliated black employees in a video that caused a national outcry go on trial. |
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| Eritrea to pay Ethiopia millions An international tribunal in The Hague rules that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars for war damages. | |
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| Apartheid policeman loses job bid An apartheid-era South African policeman, granted amnesty for murder, loses his case to rejoin the police. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US Colombia deal 'not a threat' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeks to calm fears over a planned deal with Colombia over access to its military bases. |
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| Honduras expels Argentine envoys The interim government of Honduras orders Argentine diplomats out, amid differences over the ongoing political crisis. | |
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| Violence surges in Mexican city More than 40 people are killed in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez in three days, with a family the latest victims. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | South Korea set for rocket launch South Korea is preparing to launch its first rocket into space, placing a 100kg observation satellite in orbit. |
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| Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles Electronics giant Sony announces it is cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 games console and introducing a slimmer model. | |
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| Malacca Straits tanker on fire A loaded oil tanker is on fire in the Malacca Straits after a collision which left nine sailors missing. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russia detains ship 'hijackers' The Russian navy arrests a group of eight people it says hijacked the Arctic Sea, the missing ship found off West Africa. |
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| 'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned The trial in Lithuania of a man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA is adjourned until October. | |
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| Many feared dead in Russia blast As many as 76 people are now feared dead after an explosion at a huge Siberian hydro-electric power station, officials say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | New Israeli settlements 'on hold' An Israeli minister says no new housing tenders are being issued for the West Bank, in the hope of relieving pressure from the US. |
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| Mubarak holds White House talks Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak holds talks at the White House during his first US visit for more than five years. | |
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| Militant escapes Lebanon prison An Islamist militant escapes from a Lebanon prison after members of his group form a human ladder and help him scale a wall. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Afghan poll 'must lead to reform' Presidential elections in Afghanistan must come with major governance reforms so aid is used effectively, Oxfam warns. |
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| Taliban 'confirms Mehsud's death' The chief spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan, arrested on Monday, has confirmed the group's leader is dead, Pakistani officials say. | |
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| India's BJP disowns Jinnah book India's Hindu nationalist BJP "disassociates" itself from a new book, written by a party leader, on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. | |
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| UK | |
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 | NHS told to help ill staff more The health service in England must do more to improve the health and well-being of its staff, experts will say. |
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| UK 'must tighten arms controls' The government must ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a series of reports by MPs urge. | |
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| Ashes bookmaker allegation probed Cricket's governing body, the ICC, is investigating claims of suspicious bookmaker activity linked to the Ashes series. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Council in defects case to appeal A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects challenges the decision. |
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| Council rules out school fees aid A London council rules out using public money to help recession-hit parents to pay private school fees. | |
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| Fat Duck wins award despite scare Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire tops the Good Food Guide 2010, despite a health scare earlier this year. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | People-trafficking charge cleared The first man convicted of people-trafficking in Northern Ireland has his record for the crime cleared. |
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| 'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned The trial in Lithuania of a man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA is adjourned until October. | |
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| Warning over fumes from tyre fire People living close to a Londonderry tyre depot which caught fire are advised to keep windows closed due to fumes. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Report on Brandon death due out An independent report into the death of 23-month-old Brandon Muir in Dundee last year is set to be released. |
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| Diageo cuts alternatives examined A taskforce set up to save two Diageo plants earmarked for closure is to examine an independent report offering alternatives to the cuts. | |
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| Weather dampens retail spending Wet weather and swine flu leads Scottish shoppers to switch sunscreen for health remedies, according to retail figures. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | 'Soldiers let down' says mother The mother of the 200th British soldier killed in Afghanistan says troops are suffering because they are let down by politicians. |
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| Six Crusaders are to be deported Six players from Welsh rugby league side Celtic Crusaders are to be deported over visa irregularities. | |
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| Big screen prize for valleys kids Youngsters in Rhondda Cynon Taff are being urged to celebrate their neighbourhoods by making movies on mobile phones. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | UK 'must tighten arms controls' The government must ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a series of reports by MPs urge. |
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| Tory leader joins police on beat Conservative leader David Cameron joins police officers on the beat in Hull to witness the problems of alcohol-related crime. | |
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| £500m cost of running Parliament The cost of running the Houses of Parliament was almost half a billion pounds in 2008-9, new figures show. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Train fares set to fall in 2010 Nearly half of rail fares in the UK, including most commuter journeys, are set to fall by 0.4% next year. |
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| Turnaround 'will not be simple' The world has begun to recover from recession but the process of economic turnaround will not be simple, the IMF warns. | |
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| Pension pots 'rebound in value' The value of assets in employees defined-contribution pension funds bounced back in August, consultants Aon say. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Katona axed from Iceland adverts Supermarket Iceland axes Kerry Katona from its adverts, saying it was "impossible" for her to continue in the role. |
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| Walsh defends Asperger's decision X Factor judge Louis Walsh defends the decision to allow a man with Asperger's Syndrome to audition for the show. | |
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| Jackson to be buried on birthday Michael Jackson's remains will be buried in Los Angeles on what would have been his 51st birthday, his family confirms. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Methane seeps from Arctic sea bed Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the sea bed off Norway as the ice it is trapped in melts. |
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| South Korea set for rocket launch South Korea is preparing to launch its first rocket into space, placing a 100kg observation satellite in orbit. | |
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| Second brood for rare butterfly One of the UK's rarest butterflies has produced a second brood in what conservationists are describing as an extremely rare event. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles Electronics giant Sony announces it is cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 games console and introducing a slimmer model. |
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| Mobile data show friend networks Data from mobile phones reveals not only friendship networks but can give indications of users' happiness, researchers say. | |
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| US man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| NHS told to help ill staff more The health service in England must do more to improve the health and well-being of its staff, experts will say. |
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| Coroners 'reject plea over vCJD' Corners are refusing to test for an infection which causes vCJD - despite government pleas, the BBC has learnt. | |
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| Drinkers 'ignorant of sleep woes' Many people do not realise drinking alcohol can disturb a good night's sleep, a poll suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | New students 'face £23,000 debt' Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to graduate owing more than £23,000, a survey suggests. |
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| Youth drop-out rate hits new high Chancellor Alistair Darling vows to avoid creating a "lost generation" as figures show record numbers in England not in work or training. | |
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| Council rules out school fees aid A London council rules out using public money to help recession-hit parents to pay private school fees. | |
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| 1987: Gunman kills 14 in Hungerford rampage A man shoots 14 people dead in the Berkshire town of Hungerford. | |||
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| 1991: Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is overthrown in a coup as Communist hardliners take over. | |||
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| 2003: UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing A massive bomb wrecks the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN's chief envoy to Iraq. | |||
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