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Spanish miners on strike fire homemade rockets at police as austerity protests escalate into violence.

Unesco, the UN body in charge of heritage, has entered the row over the controversial golf course at Runkerry near the Giants Causeway.

Burma's opposition leader tells the BBC she would like to lead the Burmese people - but that her struggle for democracy has been worthwhile in itself.

Sina Weibo, China's biggest Twitter-like microblogging platform, introduces a fee for premium features after posting a financial loss.

Unbeaten Frankel wins for the 11th time to triumph in the Queen Anne Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot.

A UN court sentences a Rwandan ex-military officer to life in prison after he is found guilty of ordering the killing of the former Tutsi queen, Rosalie Gicanda, during the genocide.

BBC Director General Mark Thompson tells MPs the corporation has "lessons to learn" from its widely-criticised coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The home secretary says a law on police commissioners' criminal past is not aimed at people like Simon Weston, convicted for being in a stolen car at 14.

A teenager in the US state of Florida is recovering after his "miracle" survival of a spear being shot through his head, doctors say.

BBC Burmese editor on Aung San Suu Kyi's World Service visit

A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has his banning order extended.

Reforms that will contribute to total job losses in the civil service of about 24% by 2015 are backed by civil servants themselves, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said.

A Canadian porn actor accused of murdering and dismembering his Chinese student lover pleads not guilty to charges at a court hearing in Montreal.

The head of the UN observer mission in Syria tells the Security Council his staff was repeatedly targeted by gunfire before halting operations.

The Muslim Brotherhood calls for mass protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, top seed Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki lose at Eastbourne but Laura Robson wins.

The terrorism laws watchdog says plans for more secrecy in British courts can be made to work providing the final say is in the hands of judges

Firefighters are tackling a blaze which has broken out at a primary school near Bridgend.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) refers the case surrounding Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard's death back to Scotland Yard.

David Cameron is likely to miss England's Euro 2012 clash with Ukraine later due to commitments at the G20 summit in Mexico, Downing Street has said.