2015-03-30

Sport

Tiger Woods falls outside top 100

For the first time since 1996 Tiger Woods has fallen outside of the top 100 in golf’s world rankings. The 14-times major champion last featured on

30/03/2015

World

French conservatives deliver Socialists sharp slap in local polls

Fans of France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy threw out a cheer after the centre-right UMP party he leads looked to have won some two thirds of the

30/03/2015

Culture news

Krump up the volume: urban dance making a big noise

Krump started as an edgy, urban dance craze in Belgium. Under the guidance of European choreographers it is gaining in popularity and credibility as a dance form.

30/03/2015

Explore

The flavours and delights of Novruz

30/03/2015

Explore

Traveller's diary: Baku

30/03/2015

Switzerland

Swiss set to choose new national anthem

Switzerland has a habit of regularly going to the polls to decide the big questions affecting the country, so it is no surprise that people are being

30/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz had 'suicidal tendencies'

“Suicidal tendencies”. The chilling words were pronounced by a German prosecutor on Monday, giving another insight into the troubled mind of co-pilot

30/03/2015

Yemen

Yemen lumbers toward civil war with increasing Saudi and Iranian influence

The military intervention in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies raises the risk of fighting by proxy, with strings being pulled by the Saudis

30/03/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: Claims of political interference in presidential poll

Early results in Nigeria’s presidential poll show Muhammadu Buhari has won massive majorities in key northern states. The Muslim former military

30/03/2015

USA

USA: Deadly shooting as car rams entrance gate at NSA spy agency

Guards have shot one man dead and seriously wounded a second after a car tried to force its way through the entrance gate of the United States

30/03/2015

Sport

Three Greek international football players slightly hurt in Hungary taxi crash

30/03/2015

Iraq

Iraq: US-Iran tensions amid offensive to retake Tikrit from ISIL

The battle to retake the Iraqi city of Tikrit from ISIL militants was never going to be easy….but with the US and Iran on the same side, tensions are

30/03/2015

United Kingdom

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron sets May 7 general election date

Britain’s general election campaign has well and truly begun following the dissolution of parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron informed Queen

30/03/2015

Sport

Brazil on the road to recovery as England and Slovakia maintain winning streak

Welcome to “The Corner”, our weekly program dedicated to the world of football. This week, after the European Cup battles and El Clásico, club

30/03/2015

Serbia

Serbian politician accused of war crimes ordered to return to The Hague

A Serbian politician, charged with war crimes, has been ordered to return to The Hague for allegedly breaching the terms of his compassionate

30/03/2015

United Kingdom

Starting gun fired in UK election

30/03/2015

Cinema

Comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts opens to critical acclaim

Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as a middle aged couple who find their stagnant lives reinvigorated by their friendship with a couple of 20-something hipsters.

30/03/2015

Culture news

Dalí and Picasso hang side-by-side in unprecedented Barcelona exhibition

Works by two of the 20th century’s greatest artists are currently on show side by side in a unique exhibition in Barcelona that explores the

30/03/2015

United Kingdom

Election fever hits Britain with start of general election campaign

Campaigning has begun in the UK ahead of a closely fought general election set for May 7.

30/03/2015

Target

Japan: a world leader in disaster prevention

Japan is a world-leader in thwarting the risk of natural disasters. In the first episode of this special edition of Target Japan, we head to Sendai

30/03/2015

Turkey

Turkish Airlines flight lands safely in Casablanca after bomb threat

30/03/2015

Switzerland

'Positive signals' from Iran nuclear talks, says Kremlin

The Kremlin says there are “positive signals” coming out of talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but that it is too early to speculate on the

30/03/2015

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Military drill in South Korea

30/03/2015

Yemen

Air strike hits Yemen refugee camp as Saudis consider talks

30/03/2015

Japan

Japanese row heightens over US military base move

A clash has deepened between Japan’s central government and Okinawa island leaders over the building of a new US troop base. Local and national

30/03/2015

Yemen

Heavy clashes in the Yemeni port city of Aden

30/03/2015

France

France's conservatives make huge gains in local elections

France’s centre-right party and its allies are celebrating a resounding victory in the country’s local elections. Some papers are saying its a major

30/03/2015

France

Legendary Italian actor Toni Servillo on stage in world tour

Best known for playing the lead in Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning ‘La Grande Bellezza’, Italian acting legend Toni Servillo is currently on a

30/03/2015

Next Series

Building for the future with self-repairing concrete

Bridges, tunnels and other civil engineering structures could become safer thanks to self-repairing being developed as part of a European research

30/03/2015

Next Series

A recipe for self-healing concrete!

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