cinema
Hammer time for BranaghThe latest comic-book superhero to take to the silver screen is Thor – the hammer-wielding Norse… 25/04/11 11:00 CET
europa
French-Italian border spat meetingThe leaders of France and Italy will meet this Tuesday for what is being described as a calming of… 25/04/11 17:29 CET
hi-tech
Fly-by-wire gaining ground in the airThe new Russian civil airliner the Sukhoi SuperJet 100, which has just gone into service, is the… 25/04/11 16:05 CET
learningworld
Prestigious universitiesIn this edition of Learning World we take a look at higher education – and in particular some of… 25/04/11 14:07 CET
le mag
Cute and kitsch – those wedding souvenirsBritain’s royal wedding means the makers of official commemorative chinaware have been working flat… 25/04/11 13:44 CET
pictureoftheday
Germany commemorates workers killed in ChernobylWooden crosses to commemorate workers killed during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 are put… 25/04/11 17:23 CET
world news
Buckingham Palace stands firm over wedding night lightsThe lights illuminating the front of Buckingham Palace will go out on the night of Friday’s royal… 25/04/11 16:13 CET
April 26, 1937: the bombing of GuernicaApril 26, 1937. In their effort to help General Franco’s Nationalists win the Spanish Civil War… 25/04/11 14:13 CET
Back in the Day: Portugal’s Carnation RevolutionApril 25, 1974. The playing of a song, ‘Grandola, Vila Morena’, on Portuguese radio at 00:20 gives… 25/04/11 09:28 CET
Anti-nuclear protests across the worldMore than a 100,000 anti-nuclear protesters gathered on the French-German border on Sunday to mark… 25/04/11 23:54 CET
Search for quake victims continuesThe Japanese authorities are conducting a third day of their latest intensive search for upto 12… 25/04/11 22:43 CET
Yemeni crackdown continues as deal to end stalemate loomsSecurity forces in Yemen continue to open fire on protesters opposed to the rule of Ali Abdullah… 25/04/11 22:13 CET
Cash strapped future as Portugal marks past revolutionAs Portugal remembers the 37th anniversary of the popular revolution that brought about the fall of… 25/04/11 19:24 CET
Royal wedding tourists pack LondonLondon is visited by half a million tourists on an average day. Friday is expected to double that… 25/04/11 19:16 CET
Bomb blast at Russian “Big Brother” houseThis is Russian TV’s equivalent of Big Brother. Dom-2, or House-2, was the scene of a bomb blast on… 25/04/11 19:13 CET
Rebels battle for full control of Misrata.Some of the bloodiest fighting for control of Misrata in Libya has taken place in the last two… 25/04/11 19:04 CET
Chernobyl ‘liquidators’ recall horrorIn the early hours of April 26, 1986, workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant were carrying out… 25/04/11 18:25 CET
International calls for end to nuclear powerAnti-nuclear protests have been taking place across the world to mark Tuesday’s 25th anniversary of… 25/04/11 18:14 CET
Ukraine’s nuclear optimism 25 years after ChernobylThe 25th anniversary of Chernobyl’s nuclear accident comes at a time when the world is again… 25/04/11 18:00 CET
The countdown to the Royal wedding continuesIn London the splendour of the Mall is getting its finishing touches where thousands will line the… 25/04/11 17:58 CET
Hungarian president signs new constitutionHungarian President Pal Schmitt has signed a new constitution that opposition lawmakers complained… 25/04/11 17:05 CET
Mistress clue in French murder mysteryA missing Frenchman suspected of shooting his wife and four children dead had a secret mistress… 25/04/11 17:04 CET
Deaths in Yemen as live rounds continue to hit protestersSecurity forces in Yemen continue to open fire on protesters opposed to the rule of President Ali… 25/04/11 16:03 CET
Hundreds of Afghan prisoners escape through Taliban tunnelMore than 470 Afghan prisoners have broken out of jail through an escape tunnel dug by Taliban… 25/04/11 14:53 CET
WikiLeaks unlock Guantanamo cagesWikiLeaks has released more than 700 top secret US military documents, which provide intelligence… 25/04/11 14:43 CET
Syrian forces in crackdown on protestersSyrian government tanks and troops have gone on the offensive in the southern town of Deraa, the… 25/04/11 14:14 CET
William and Kate biographiesWilliam Arthur Philip Louis was just 21 hours old when he was presented to the world by his… 25/04/11 13:35 CET
Nato air strike targets Gaddafi compoundIn Libya its understood at least two missiles struck Colonel Gaddafi’s sprawling Bab al-Aziziyah… 25/04/11 12:44 CET
‘30 killed’ in fresh Misrata strikes: witnessRocket attacks by Libyan government forces on Misrata have killed at least 30 people and wounded… 25/04/11 12:43 CET
Syrian forces, ‘attack protesters’ in crackdownIn the suburbs of Deraa in Syria where protests flared last month it is being reported that forces… 25/04/11 11:04 CET
Hundreds escape from Afghan jailMore than 470 Afghan prisoners have broken out of jail through an escape tunnel dug by Taliban… 25/04/11 11:03 CET
Cabin crew foil Kazakh man’s hijack attemptA Kazakh man is being questioned by Italian police after he tried to hijack a plane by putting a… 25/04/11 09:33 CET
Mubarak to be moved to Cairo prison hospitalEgyptian prosecutors say former president Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a prison hospital in Cairo… 25/04/11 08:43 CET
Confusion over Yemen “deal”In Yemen a deal that could see veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh step down within a month has… 25/04/11 05:34 CET
NATO hits Gaddafi’s compoundA NATO air strike has flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi’s compound, in what government… 25/04/11 04:54 CET
Bloody crackdown on Syrian protesters continuesAt least nine people are believed to have been killed by pro-government forces in the coastal town… 25/04/11 03:33 CET
Hijack attempt foiledA man armed with what appeared to be a small knife tried to hijack a Paris-Rome flight overnight… 25/04/11 02:53 CET
Belgians march against nuclear powerThousands of anti-nuclear activists have been demonstrating in Brussels, calling for a closure of… 25/04/11 02:03 CET
Moroccans march en masse for reformThere has been a third day of mass protests in Morocco although they passed off relatively… 25/04/11 00:33 CET
