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David Cameron says the public "want an endgame" to the war in Afghanistan ahead of talks with US President Barack Obama about the conflict.

A Delta Airlines jet has slid off the end of the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US state of Georgia.

Cheryl Cole is suing Now magazine's publishers over a story which claimed she was involved in a "secret romance" with rapper MC Harvey.

Stormont special adviser Mary McArdle - who was part of an IRA gang which killed Mary Travers - is expected to leave her post.

Lewis Hamilton shrugs off Red Bull team principal Christian Horner's comments that his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button is a bigger threat.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has used a House of Commons statement to give more details of the failed hostage rescue bid in Nigeria.

Looters push past shocked bus passengers to grab jewellery, after the vehicle crashes into a pawnbrokers in Coventry city centre.

Rock On Ruby wins the Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, beating favourite Hurricane Fly into third.

A 12-year-old schoolgirl dies after being hit by a ball during a lesson at a school in Essex.

Insurer Prudential fears tighter rules on the amount of capital it must hold may force it to relocate headquarters from UK.

A woman jailed for falsely retracting rape allegations against her husband loses her Court of Appeal bid to overturn her conviction.

There is condemnation that billions of aid failed to help the valleys and west Wales as both now stand as the poorest regions in the UK and fall further behind the European average.

The mother of murdered London teenager Stephen Lawrence wants the Home Office to reopen an inquiry into police handling of the 1993 case, amid claims of corruption.

A court in the Algerian capital Algiers sentences local al-Qaeda chief Abdelmalek Droukdel to death in absentia for terrorism and murder.

Sheffield student Richard O'Dwyer speaks to the BBC after Home Secretary Theresa May approved his extradition to the US.

Scientists find a way to build nano-sculptures the size of a grain of sand up to 1,000 times faster than previously possible.

UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs that the attempted rescue of a British and Italian hostage in Nigeria was their "best chance".

A former Conservative environment minister is calling on the government to drop its opposition to a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

The European Union decides to suspend 495m euros ($655m; £417m) of funds due next year to Hungary because of the country's budget deficit.

A rescue mission which ended in the deaths of a British and Italian hostage was the "best chance" to rescue the two men alive, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told the House of Commons.