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| Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Pakistan launches Taliban assault Fierce fighting is reported as the Pakistan army opens its long-awaited offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan. |
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| Karzai 'faces West poll pressure' World leaders are pressing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept he may have to face a run-off vote, the BBC has learned. | |
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| Big anti-abortion rally in Spain Hundreds of thousands take part in a march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise Spain's abortion law. | |
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| Guinea embargo over 'atrocities' West African states order an arms embargo on Guinea over the mass shooting of opposition supporters last month. | |
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| Germany defends Opel deal Germany says European Commission concerns about state aid in the sale of carmaker Opel do not put the deal at risk. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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.jpg){kind=small} | Guinea embargo over 'atrocities' West African states order an arms embargo on Guinea over the mass shooting of opposition supporters last month. |
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| Ivorian dumping report published A scientific report into the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast by oil company Trafigura has been released after a bid to gag it was abandoned. | |
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| Guns given to Somali quiz winners The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists are given weapons and ammunition as prizes. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Rio police die as helicopter hit Two Brazilian policemen die after their helicopter crashes in Rio de Janeiro amid clashes between police and drug gangs. |
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| Newsweek reporter freed in Iran An Iranian-Canadian journalist arrested during the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election is freed. | |
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| Hacker's extradition put on hold A Briton accused of hacking into secret military and Nasa computers is given more time to fight his extradition to the US. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | North Korea gulags 'hold 150,000' North Korea holds more than 150,000 political prisoners in six prison camps across the country, a South Korean MP says. |
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| Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila. | |
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| Ageing plane hits Manila suburb A propeller-driven plane, reportedly from the 1930's, crashes in the Philippines, killing at least four people. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Big anti-abortion rally in Spain Hundreds of thousands take part in a march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise Spain's abortion law. |
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| Germany defends Opel deal Germany says European Commission concerns about state aid in the sale of carmaker Opel do not put the deal at risk. | |
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| Czech leader resigned to treaty Czech President Vaclav Klaus compares the Lisbon Treaty to an unstoppable speeding train, saying he may have to sign it. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila. |
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| Newsweek reporter freed in Iran An Iranian-Canadian journalist arrested during the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election is freed. | |
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| Court claim over camel 'beauty' A Saudi camel owner sues oil giant Saudi Aramco for $250,000 after a prized beast falls into a hole in the desert. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Pakistan launches Taliban assault Fierce fighting is reported as the Pakistan army opens its long-awaited offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan. |
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| Karzai 'faces West poll pressure' World leaders are pressing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept he may have to face a run-off vote, the BBC has learned. | |
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| Maldives cabinet makes a splash Maldives government ministers hold an underwater cabinet meeting to highlight the effects of global warming. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Royal Mail to hire 30,000 temps Royal Mail plans to recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to deal with upcoming strikes by postal workers and the Christmas rush. |
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| Father charged over child murders Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the murders of his two children found unconscious at a Manchester flat. | |
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| Probe into jail transfer claims Claims senior staff at two jails transferred difficult and vulnerable prisoners before visits by inspectors are to be investigated. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Delay formal lessons 'to age six' A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. |
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| Open-plan school hearing problems The acoustics of new schools will have to be improved after warnings open-plan designs make hearing difficult. | |
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| Fewer than half get GCSE minimum Just under half of teenagers who took GCSEs this summer in England got five "good passes" including maths and English. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Father charged over child murders Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the murders of his two children found unconscious at a Manchester flat. |
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| Strangled woman found after fire A murder inquiry starts after the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found after a fire at a flat in Brighton. | |
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| Arrests in power station protest At least 80 people are arrested and a police officer is airlifted to hospital during protests at a Nottinghamshire power plant. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Germany defends Opel deal Germany says European Commission concerns about state aid in the sale of carmaker Opel do not put the deal at risk. |
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| Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila. | |
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| Six face insider trading charges One of the richest men in the US is among six charged in what's alleged to be the biggest ever hedge fund insider trading case. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Boyzone star in tribute to Gately Boyzone singer Ronan Keating breaks down during his funeral tribute to former bandmate Stephen Gately in Dublin. |
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| Polanski moved for medical tests Film director Roman Polanski has been moved from a Swiss prison to undergo medical tests, his lawyer says. | |
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| Lohan's probation period extended A Los Angeles judge has increased Lindsay Lohan's probation for another year after she missed some alcohol awareness classes. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | UK looks to break climate logjam The UK hopes to bridge divides over tackling climate change at a meeting representing the world's major economies in London. |
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| Maldives cabinet makes a splash Maldives government ministers hold an underwater cabinet meeting to highlight the effects of global warming. | |
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| LHC gets colder than deep space The Large Hadron Collider experiment has reached its operating temperature, colder even than deep space. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay Uruguay has given 362,000 primary children laptops which run on a Linux desktop. |
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| ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft TalkTalk has been an outspoken critic of UK government piracy plans and now it sets out to prove why. | |
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| Confused message on UK broadband As Finland makes broadband 'a legal right' the UK government appears to toughen up its broadband plans. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Warning over fibroids treatment UK doctors are warning that one of the newer treatments for heavy periods caused by fibroids can seriously harm any subsequent pregnancy. |
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| US swine flu vaccines 'delayed' US officials warn of delays swine flu vaccine delays as deaths from the virus spread, hitting children especially hard. | |
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| Bracelets 'useless' in arthritis Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps do not relieve pain or stiffness in people with arthritis, say University of York researchers. | |
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| 1989: Earthquake hits San Francisco A powerful earthquake rocks San Francisco killing nine people and injuring hundreds. | |||
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| 2000: Four dead in Hatfield rail crash Four people are killed when a high speed passenger train derails in Hatfield, just north of London. | |||
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| 1980: Pope welcomes Queen to the Vatican The Queen makes the first state visit to the Vatican by a British monarch and is received by the Pope. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Button bid hit by qualifying flop Rubens Barrichello lands pole for the Brazilian GP to boost his title hopes as championship leader Jenson Button finishes 14th in a chaotic, rain-hit qualifying session. |
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| Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool Liverpool's stuttering season takes a turn for the worse as they are beaten by a Sunderland side who go above them in the Premier League table. | |
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| Man Utd 2-1 Bolton Manchester United move top of the Premier League with a nervy victory over Bolton at Old Trafford. | |
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| Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham Arsenal are not quite at their clinical best but still proved too strong for Birmingham at the Emirates | |
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| Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Aston Villa come from behind to beat Premier League leaders Chelsea with two headed goals from corners. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool Liverpool's stuttering season takes a turn for the worse as they are beaten by a Sunderland side who go above them in the Premier League table. |
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| Man Utd 2-1 Bolton Manchester United move top of the Premier League with a nervy victory over Bolton at Old Trafford. | |
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| Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Aston Villa come from behind to beat Premier League leaders Chelsea with two headed goals from corners. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Cobras win as Indian teams go out Cape Cobras ease past Victoria in the Champions League - but both sides qualify for the semi-finals after Bangalore beat Delhi, leaving all three IPL teams eliminated. |
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| Zimbabwe v Kenya scorecard Kenya face Zimbabwe in the fourth match of their five-game one-day series, with Zimbabwe leading 2-1. | |
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| Harmison surprised by England axe Steve Harmison says the decision to drop him from England's squad to tour South Africa came despite positive talks with coach Andy Flower. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Nadal moves into Shanghai semis Top seed Rafael Nadal advances to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after Ivan Ljubicic retires injured. |
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| Roddick given Tour Finals boost Andy Roddick's hopes of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals in London are boosted when scans reveal he does not need surgery on his left knee. | |
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| Nadal & Djokovic reach last eight Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic make it to the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals as the event loses another two players to injury. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Franchitti regains IndyCar title Dario Franchitti comes from behind to again win the IndyCar series - and intends defending it next season. |
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| Button bid hit by qualifying flop Rubens Barrichello lands pole for the Brazilian GP to boost his title hopes as championship leader Jenson Button finishes 14th in a chaotic, rain-hit qualifying session. | |
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| Stoner overhauls Rossi for pole Casey Stoner secures pole position Sunday's Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island. | |
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