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The majority of passengers caught up in the emergency evacuation of a plane at Gatwick after smoke was reported in the cabin are due to continue on their journeys.

Five U.S. drone strikes killed six suspected al Qaeda militants in the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Monday, two security officials and one defense ministry official told CNN.

Volunteers have kicked off a project to set up after-school clubs that teach younger children how to programme computers

A heavily glaciated region of the Himalayas is bucking the trend of global ice loss and showing small signs of increasing in mass, according to a new study.

A historic 17th Century house in the Forest of Dean is gutted by a fire tackled by about 60 firefighters.

Spain says Argentina has shot itself in the foot with its decision to nationalise the Spanish majority stake in the YPF oil company.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi could be tried in Libya, rather than by the International Criminal Court, officials close to the case tell the BBC.

Spain's cost of borrowing for 12 or 18 months rises sharply ahead of Thursday's longer-term bond auction.

More than 1,200 Palestinian inmates held in Israeli jails begin a hunger strike to protest against what they say are unfair prison conditions.

Inflation in the UK rose to 3.5% on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure in March, driven by food prices.

Adele, Kate Bush and PJ Harvey will battle it out for best album at the Ivor Novello awards next month - the first time the shortlist has been all-female.

A report into a teacher who filmed himself abusing children at a Somerset primary school is to be sent to all school authorities in the country.

Workers who maintain and upgrade lines on London Underground are to go on strike for 72 hours from next Tuesday in a dispute over pensions and benefits.

House prices in the UK are barely higher than a year ago, according to the government's house price index.

The UK's biggest construction equipment auction is to get under way on Tuesday.

Those wishing to vote in elections across the UK next month must register by 18 April at the latest.

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire says she is boycotting her terror trial, accusing the judge of bias.

Tamara Rojo says dancers need to put on weight and that audiences want to see healthy looking women on stage.

There is "no truth" to reports Dame Maggie Smith is leaving ITV1 hit drama Downton Abbey, according to producers.

Two former ministers are arrested in Cameroon in connection with the allegedly fraudulent purchase of a presidential plane, the Albatross, forced to make an emergency landing on its inaugural flight with the first family onboard.