Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap two foreign engineers - a British man and his Italian colleague, in the north-west state of Kebbi.

A new documentary film about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is not controversial, says director Keith Allen, at its Cannes Film Festival premiere.

A quarter of all households may be forced to turn off their heating at some time next winter, a price comparison site claims.

Musical acts from across Europe are preparing to battle it out in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Germany.

The White House stops short of granting Libya's rebel council full diplomatic recognition, as Col Gaddafi taunts Nato saying he is beyond its reach.

The government is to enshrine in law the military covenant, the duty of care promised to armed forces members and their families, the BBC understands.

Eighty people are killed by suicide bombers at a paramilitary training academy in Pakistan, in what the Taliban says was the "first revenge attack" for the death of Osama Bin Laden.

The heads of 15 green campaign groups write to the prime minister warning the government is in danger of losing its way on environmental policy.