US President Barack Obama has urged a Florida pastor to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.Read
Doubts have been raised over whether the Government will press ahead with £5 billion plans for two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers amid drastic efforts to tackle the deficit.Read
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has urged the police to probe new phone-hacking allegations swirling around No 10 communications chief Andy Coulson "as quickly and thoroughly as possible".Read
Britain should be braced for a "choppy and uneven" recovery, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned - as a survey predicted the north of England would fare worst under Government spending cuts.Read
BP's investigation into the Gulf of Mexico spill sparked a backlash from its contractors and US politicians who accused the oil giant of attempting to shift some of the blame.Read
Labour is set to step up pressure on the Prime Minister's communications director Andy Coulson, as the Commons debates allegations of phone-hacking at the News of the World.Read
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has issued a plea to an American clergyman not to go ahead with his plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11.Read