Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak names his intelligence chief as his first ever vice-president as he struggles to regain control of the country.

Security officials in Brazil say a former fire chief wanted in connection with nine suspected vengeance killings turns himself in to the authorities.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering at home after spending two nights in hospital with a respiratory infection.

A disabled man from south-west London is jailed for three years for sex attacks on two other disabled men.

Veteran winger Robert Pires scores his first goal for Aston Villa as they see off Blackburn to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Egypt's President Mubarak defends the role of the security forces in suppressing protests which have left 26 dead, as he dismisses his government but refuses to stand down.

One of the most striking exhibitions at the Tate Modern for years is at the centre of a new health scare, the BBC learns.

A plane travelling from the UK to Egypt is diverted to Greece after a note containing the word "bomb" was apparently found on board.