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Tension mounts in the Egyptian capital Cairo as the military stages an apparent show of strength during a sixth day of protests against President Mubarak.
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Alpha Natural Resources buys Massey Energy in $8.5bn deal that marks further consolidation of the industry
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for an “orderly transition” to democracy in Egypt, but warns there is a long way to go in the process.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for military restraint and democratic reform in Egypt, following days of anti-government protests.
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Thousands of people begin what is intended to be the last Bloody Sunday march in Londonderry.
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US Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the international community should have a united approach to the ongoing election crisis in Ivory Coast.
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Liverpool will sell striker Fernando Torres before the end of January – but only if Chelsea agree a £50m package, BBC Sport understands.
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A Vietnamese journalist, set on fire after being doused with chemicals as he slept 10 days ago, dies of his injuries.
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Shops in Dunblane have put up messages of support for Murray in their windows Murray mania is sweeping the UK as tennis star Andy Murray prepares to take on Serbian rival Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open.
The 23-year-old Scot has been sent good luck messages by Prime Minister David Cameron and Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond.
His home town of Dunblane has been festooned with messages of support.
Murray is hoping to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936.
This will be his third attempt to win a Grand Slam event.
“Now’s the day and now’s the hour. The whole of Scotland is behind you, and will be cheering you on from near and far for a famous victory”
Alex Salmond First Minister
He lost in two previous finals – the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open.
In a message to Murray, Mr Cameron wished him the “very best of luck” in his meeting with Djokovic.
He said: “You have played incredibly well to reach the final for the second year running, and everyone back at home is very proud of you. We’ll all be cheering you on.”
Mr Cameron – a keen tennis player himself – also joked that Murray had been helped by their practise session when he visited Downing Street last November.
“I hope the volley drills we did in No 10 last year will come in useful,” he added.
Mr Salmond also sent Murray a good luck message.
“Now’s the day and now’s the hour,” he said. “The whole of Scotland is behind you, and will be cheering you on from near and far for a famous victory.”
Murray’s grandparents, Roy and Shirley Erskine, are facing a nervous wait in his home town.
Mr Erskine said: “The first time Andy got to a final we had no idea what to expect, but now we realise just how massive it is.
Murray’s grandparents Roy and Shirley Erskine are willing him on to tennis glory “We still haven’t decided where we will watch the game. Last year we went away to watch it with friends a few miles away.
“I think we want to be on our own, somewhere quiet so we can scream and shriek out loud at the TV.”
Murray secured his spot in the final after beating Spaniard David Ferrer in what he called an “unbelievably tough” test.
Millions are expected to watch the match on TV after 6.3 million people tuned in to last year’s Australian Open to watch Murray lose to Roger Federer.
Back in Dunblane, preparations are under way for fans to cheer him on.
Shops throughout the town are carrying good luck messages in their windows, willing him on to tennis glory.
Tom McLean, who runs the Dunblane Hotel, said it would be a huge day, with the pub being granted a licence to open at 0800 GMT.
He said: “We’re expecting a really good turnout.”
The sport’s governing body in Scotland, Tennis Scotland, is also hosting an event for the public to support Murray.
Large screens will show the game at the National Tennis Centre at the University of Stirling.
A spokesman said: “Tennis and non-tennis fans are all behind Andy and all are welcome to come and cheer him on in what will be an extremely difficult game.
“Both players know each other’s game inside out but Andy is totally motivated to win and hopefully he will.”
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Rachid Ghannouchi went into exile in London in 1989 The leader of Tunisia’s main Islamist movement has returned home after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Ben Ali earlier this month.
More than 1,000 people were at the main airport in Tunis to welcome Rachid Ghannounchi as he arrived from London.
Mr Ghannouchi, 69, says his Ennahda party intends to work for the popular uprising that toppled Mr Ben Ali.
Observers say his return is the most potent symbol yet of the change that has swept the country since then.
His return follows the interim government’s announcement that media curbs would be lifted, banned political parties allowed to register and political prisoners amnestied.
Alongside his supporters was a small group of secularists with banners reading: “No Islamism, no theocracy, no Sharia and no stupidity!”, Reuters news agency said.
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BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet gets caught up in protests on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the focal point of the demonstrations in the city.
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The flames spread quickly through homes during the early hours Firefighters have confirmed that a blaze which swept through a village terrace was deliberately started.
Seven houses were well alight when South Wales Fire and Rescue Service arrived early on Saturday.
A woman remains critically ill after the fire in Railway Terrace in Blaengarw, in Bridgend county.
Police are continuing investigations into the exact cause of the fire and forensic officers have visited the scene.
A spokeswoman for the fire service said: “We believe it was deliberate but the investigation is now in the hands of the police.”
The fire at 0034 GMT on Saturday saw 20 people evacuated from eight homes in Blaengarw.
One house was severely damaged.
Fire service officer Tim Pendrick, the commander at the scene, praised his team for preventing the spread of the flames.
Scenes of crime officers began work with the fire investigation team on Saturday to establish a cause.
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Cesc Fabregas comes off the bench to fire 10-man Arsenal into the FA Cup fifth round as the Gunners narrowly see off League One Huddersfield.
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Mr Swinney called for dialogue between unions and the local authority Finance Secretary John Swinney has criticised Aberdeen City Council’s plans to introduce compulsory redundancies.
The council is planning to make 900 job cuts after staff on more than £21,000 rejected a voluntary 5% pay cut.
But Mr Swinney said the step was not required and called for dialogue between unions and the local authority.
Hundreds of workers at the council have been invited by their unions to attend a mass meeting this week.
The joint unions said Thursday’s meeting would give workers the chance to work out a response to the council’s “appalling decision”.
The SNP/Lib Dem-led council said there was “no alternative” to the cuts as it had to make budget savings of £120m over the next five years.
But Mr Swinney told BBC Scotland’s Politics Show: “I don’t think that the steps that have been considered in Aberdeen City Council are required.
“We have given local government a very strong signal – a much better settlement than local government is getting south of the border.
“What I think is important is that there is dialogue with the trade unions and the local authority to try to find a constructive way through this process.”
He added: “I am certainly taking forward very constructive discussions with local government in Scotland and the STUC to try to create a framework in which we can provide the means of avoiding compulsory redundancies by delivering flexibility in the workforce, and that strikes me as the best way to go forward.”
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The UK and Gates Foundation are joining in a push to eradicate polio The World Economic Forum has ended with business and political leaders worrying whether the economic boom in Asia, Brazil, the US and Germany can last.
Lacking a big theme, this year’s meeting of the rich and powerful focused on global threats, from political turmoil to scarce resources.
European leaders used the stage in Davos to drive home their message that they will do anything to save the euro.
And the UK and Gates Foundation joined forces in a push to eradicate polio.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK government would double its funding for the fight against the debilitating disease to $60m (£38m) despite the “tough economic times”.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, meanwhile, will add $100m in funding. “There is an incredible opportunity to wipe out the last 1% of polio, saving lives now and preventing the threat of outbreaks in the future.”
In 2009 and 2010, the annual meetings of more than 2,000 of the world’s most powerful business leaders and politicians had been gloomy affairs, as the credit crunch was followed by a global economic crisis.
This year, company bosses showed plenty of optimism, but always tempered by warnings that the good times might not last.
Chanda Kochhar, chief executive of Indian bank ICICI, said that while it was important to look for optimism and opportunities, this had to be grounded in reality.
“We are optimistic, but we are afraid to be optimistic,” said Paul Bulcke, boss of food giant Nestle.
Ellen Kullman, chief executive of DuPont, agreed, but acknowledged that 2010 had been “a fantastic year for growth, and 2011 will still be good.”
Whoever one spoke to, whether it was Michael Dell, founder of the computer giant carrying his name, Kris Gopalakrishnan of IT services firm Infosys or Wei Jiafu of China Ocean Shipping Group: everybody reported really strong growth and predicted investments and expansion.
One banker, at a private meeting, spoke of “boom times”.
A survey of bosses from around the world, compiled by accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published at the eve of the Forum, suggested that confidence levels were back to pre-crisis levels.
Despite this, many of the discussions and sessions held during the five days of the forum focused on what could go wrong.
Government debt, especially in Europe, soaring inflation, especially for food, and scarce resources from food to energy, and cyber threats were all on the long list of worries that dominated the Davos agenda.
Davos was set for a vigorous debate about the health of the eurozone, or rather the lack thereof.
However, this was somewhat squashed when French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a clearly co-ordinated pincer attack on speculators, bankers and investors to tell them in clear terms that they would do anything that was necessary to defend the euro and prop up weaker members of the currency union.
With the back-up of the region’s central bankers, who made forceful statements in private sessions for leaders of the banking industry, they appeared to calm the nerves of most.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, meanwhile, also sat through a succession of meetings to make the case that the eurozone crisis had been contained and that Greece was on the way to recovery.
“The Sarkozy and Merkel statements put the markets at ease, put me at ease,” said Jacob Wallenberg, chairman of Investor AB, the giant Swedish holding company.
Still, there was some scepticism. “The eurozone is still a high risk area in 2011… another sovereign debt crisis is possible, and [government] deficit reduction will have a negative impact on economic growth,” warned Wei Jiafu.
As so often during the annual meetings in Davos, an outside crisis forced its way on to the agenda, the turmoil spreading through North Africa, from Tunisia to Egypt.
A hastily organised session featured two of the technocrats now in ministerial positions in Tunisia’s interim government, and throughout the hallways participants swapped the latest news from the unrest in Cairo’s streets.
However, with few Arab leaders in attendance this year, the discussions lacked the heft that the Davos event used to provide during previous crisis.
If this year’s Davos served one purpose, then it was confirmation of the fact that India and China are now fully grown players on the world stage, both politically and economically.
Discussions at Davos at times appeared to measure the health of the global economy by the strength of growth in both countries.
Both countries had sent strong delegations to the forum, with neither politicians nor business leaders reluctant to assert their strength and authority.
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