United Kingdom Half a million watch footage of dog and cat conspiring to escape kitchen This is the unlikely moment when two animals – more usually at each other’s throats – conspire to escape from their owner’s kitchen. More than 23/10/2013
United Kingdom Saturated fat not a major issue in heart disease, says UK cardiologist Saturated fat is not a “major issue” in heart disease, a UK cardiologist has claimed. Aseem Malhotra, writing in the British Medical Journal, said 23/10/2013
Iran Iranian minister says man who survived hanging should not be executed again The man who survived a hanging in Iran should not face capital punishment again, a senior minister has said. The man, identified by Iranian state 23/10/2013
Niger Save the Children report: Niger praised but globally much remains to be done Save The Children has produced a major new report on preventable child deaths worldwide, which ranks the safest and least safe countries in which to 23/10/2013
Yemen Yemen: father burns his daughter to death for contacting fiance A Yemeni father has burned his 15-year-old daughter to death for keeping in touch with her fiance, police said, sparking further outrage in Yemen 23/10/2013
Vatican Pope orders Germany's 'luxury bishop' to leave residence after €31 million outlay controversy A German Roman Catholic prelate, known as the “luxury bishop”, has been told to leave his residence, the Vatican has said. Pope Francis made the 23/10/2013
World The day we escaped the war in DR Congo In North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a two decades old conflict has flared up again, affecting tens of thousands of children. One of 23/10/2013
United Kingdom UK: outbreak of false black widow spiders prompts school to close A British school has been forced to close for the day – because of an outbreak of Britain’s most venomous spider. The Dean Academy in 23/10/2013
United Kingdom Camera catches couple having sex in UK railway station lift These are the people British police want to speak to after cameras caught a couple “engaged in sexual activity” in a railway station lift. British 23/10/2013
