Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza

Israel is bombing an occupied land, Gaza is a captive population.

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Royals gather for Christmas Day

Like vultures on the carcass of a once-great land...

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India seeks tallest cake record

I love what the Indian girl says: "It's really beautiful to see such a huge cake". Perfect.

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China unveils 'biggest Santa'

Ice-tastic! Temperatures in Harbin drop to -35 C in winter

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Peacock goes window shopping

Turkeys - Christmas - voting!

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Drillers break into magma chamber

Meet Mrs Kilauea, the Hawaiian volcano...

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Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

Kalb = dog, which was the insult hurled at Bush along with the shoes.

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Can US crime 'miracle' help Glasgow?

The authorities in Glasgow have begun a series of ground-breaking face-to-face meetings with street gangs to urge them to put down their weapons.

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Councillor quits over IRA link

This is where I come from - my grandfather was an Alderman for Croydon council. No IRA links though, just old fashioned socialism.

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Rome fights record starling flock

Starlings, the beautiful but shitty Roman birds.

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Frank Skinner backs higher taxes

Excellent debate - is unity in politics necessary to counter global economic problems? asks Frank Skinner.

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Cable responds to pre-Budget report

Vince Cable tells it as it is. The Lib Dems are the most radical UK party. If he were leading them, I'd vote for him.

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Iceland protest ends in clashes

Who's that on the right at the beginning of this Icelandic riot?

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Worm removed from woman's brain

One, two, three.... ewwww!

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Woman gets windpipe transplant

Wow. And again, wow. Whistling windpipes!

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Locust swarms plague Australia

Locusts are swarming in Australia.

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Gaza air strikes and rocket fire

More from Gaza, the world's biggest prison..

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Charles meets Sachs at show

It all looks rather jolly to me

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Israel allows some fuel into Gaza

Israel imposes more collective punishment on the residents of Gaza, the world's biggest prison.

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Mandela mourns icon Miriam Makeba

RIP Miriam Makeba, the original "world music" artist, anti-aparheid campaign veteran, and woman of great vocal and musical talent.

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Two arrested in Jerusalem church fight

Fight! Fight! Monks! Holy Shit!

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Dizzee Rascal on Obama's win

Innit. Dizzee's confidence is beautiful under the usually withering inspection of Paxman. "Mr Rascal, do you consider yourself to be British?"

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Obama's victory speech in full

Reasonably good oration from the superstar president-elect of the world's richest nation.

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US Elections 2008 | 'I voted,' says Obama

Voting for yourself must be strange...

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Saturday Night Live - McCain QVC Open - Video - NBC.com

.. and now, Fey with the real McCain on QVC

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US Elections 2008 | Sarah Palin duped by prank call

Spoof prank! Fake Sarkozy v Real Sarah Palin

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Barack Obama gives Daily Show biggest ever audience | Media | guardian.co.uk

Comedy meets politics in USA style.

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Peru's shamen send US election vibes

Blimey! Shamen!

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BBC NEWS | Business | Your video stories

I'm on the tele again

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BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Have Your Say in Vision

Look, Mum, I'm on the tele

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Virginia views on US race

For the past year the BBC has been talking to American people, trying to get the pulse of the nation before the general election.

The town of Culpeper, Virginia has been a 'laboratory.' The BBC has regularly visited the people there, making friends, hearing about their worries and their joys, and trying to learn something from their lives.

With just two weeks to go before the election, Virginia is proving to be pivotal.

BBC reporters have returned to Culpeper to see how the electoral deal is being sealed.

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South African MP's chair mishap

He fell off his chair! Which never happens, right?

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Gizmo puts cold callers on hold

must get one of these excellent devices - a spam filter for the phone!

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The crash of 2008 - a BBC round-up

Peston rants it as it is

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HBrown makes light of bank worries

He's having a laugh!

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Music stars unite to seek control

Music business ringing the changes.

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Neapolitans torch rubbish piles

Burning rubbish in the streets. Soon, this will be commonplace!

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Rubbish sparks unrest in Italy

Rubbish riots. More soon!

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Rubbish riots in Naples

Rubbish riots. More cities to come!

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | The musical toilet from Japan

Energy efficiency versus invention.

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Obama launches historic campaign

Obamarama in his Democrat pyjamas. I'd vote for Michelle, certainly.

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Attacked on the frontline

Disgusting and scary

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War in the East: Russian jets attack Georgian town

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Olympics Opening Ceremony Live

Watch it while it's hot. And polluted.

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Estate agent counts cost of the crunch

The lovely Jeremy Leaf from North Finchley explains the property market in the UK.

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Calvin Prior, Guitarist, 13

I expect we'll being more of Brighton-based Calvin.

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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Forest fires rage in Turkey

Forest fire is getting more and common, stripping land of its lungs...

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Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk

Less salty oceans... ooer, just like that film The Day After Tomorrow! Ice Age cometh? The world a desert? All we know is: the whiskey glass is full...

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Web curbs for Olympic journalists

Falun Gong followers are demonised by the Chinese State as the "enemy within" - much as Al Q'aeda is used by the West - to justify authoritarian "security" measures and keep the regime free from any popular perceptions of weakness.

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Tree-shrew is heavyweight boozer

The Slow Loris, a trendy boozer.

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BBC NEWS | England | Somerset | Fire tears through seaside pier

As the local Somerset lad points his mobile phone at the blaze which is destroying Weston Super-Mare's great pier, you can clearly hear him say, "Oh no... how many millions will I get from this?"

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In hiding for exposing Tanzania witchdoctors

Brave work exposing the evil of religious murder in Tanzania.

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'Wall Street got drunk' says Bush

Of course Wall Street got drunk. On your beer, Mr Bush. Oh, and Enron.

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Israeli probes 'detainee shooting'

The BBC always make sure they put accusations against Israelis in quotes - even when the evidence is clear, as here.

The same cannot be said for their use of 'evidence' regarding Palestinians, or for their careless terminology. For example the recent attack in Jerusalem by the man in the digger - he was an arab citizen of Israel, but the BBC and newspapers referred to him as Palestinian.

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Pope sorry for priests' sex abuse

Sexy costumes!

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Time for some Campaigning

Hilarious satire on US election

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Tribe takes on global mining firm

The Dongria Kondh people of Golgola, from Orissa, India, fight Vedanta Resources who want to mine their hills for bauxite. Critics say mining the hills may cause severe environmental damage, and could disrupt the Dongria's way of life.

India's Wildlife Institute has said that mining threatens an important ecosystem with irreversible changes.

A Supreme Court committee which investigated the project said Vedanta Aluminium violated guidelines in the Forest Conservation Act when it built its refinery and should have its environmental clearance withdrawn.

And Norway's official Council on Ethics, which monitors investments for the country's huge state pension fund, said investing in Vedanta Resources, which has many mining interests, presented "an unacceptable risk of complicity in current and future severe environmental damage and human rights violations".

Norway's government sold all the Vedanta shares it held which were worth $14m. (BBC)

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Fishing ban brings seas to life

Fish recover after a five year ban around Lundy Island, near Devon, England.

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Obama vows to end US role in Iraq

Obamarama - the circus of promises

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Cumbrian sheep beauty contest

Love your woolly brethren.

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First Guantanamo video released

16-year-old Omar Khadr here being asked by Canadian officials in 2003 about events leading up to his capture by US forces, Canadian media have said.

The Canadian citizen is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier in Afghanistan in 2002.

He is seen in a distressed state and complaining that he has been tortured.

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Kamikatsu: Zero Waste Town

In Kamikatsu, east Japan, residents have to compost all their food waste and sort other rubbish into 34 different categories.

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'Drunk' referee shown red card

A football referee has been suspended for allegedly being drunk while officiating a league game in Belarus. Sergei Shmolik, 43, appeared so inebriated he could hardly walk and was led off the pitch by match officials." - BBC.

I wonder whether it is acohol that's causing him to stagger so drunkenly, or in fact a more serious medical problem.

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Chilean pole dancer arrested

One has to admire her committment to social freedom as Ms Monserrat Morilles performs her "happy minutes" to challenge the prudishness of Chilean society.

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Welsh Worm-eating slug found in garden

Ewwww! A carnivorous slug that eats earthworms. A brand new foul beasty.

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Bid to rebuild city's 'lost icon'

Love this vintage footage

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Wimbledon Men's Tennis Final

On the blog, innit.

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Betancourt's Rescue

Amazing clip of the subterfuge which shows the Columbian hostages being led into the helicopter and their joy at being freed.

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Bush heckled at 4 July event

Bush - war criminal and fascist (they shout...)

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WTC 7 and the 9/11 Conspiracy

There's this BBC coverage of the event, plus thousands of YouTube videos to watch...

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Betancourt speaks of freedom

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BBC man witnesses Jerusalem attack

The cycle of terror continues. No coincidence that a bulldozer was used - the Israelis have been using bulldozers as weapons of war for many years. Read this Great article by Seth Freedman from Israel.

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Spreading peace over the net

Trevor Dougherty rocks. I think that would be the phrase.

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Spain ecstatic at Euro 2008 win

Well done to Spain, who played not only the most effective football in Euro 2008, but the most enjoyable. A thoroughly deserved win.

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Michael Eavis on Glastonbury

Michael Eavis explains the greatness of Glastonbury with his head on upside down as always. Don't forget, the profits go to charities - Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid.

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Unseen Beatles footage found

I can see the Beatles - look - there they are!

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Israelis kill two in West Bank

This is the reality of ceasefire.

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UK Councils Use Surveillance Powers Intended for Terrorists on Citizens

We need new laws to curtail the uses to which this anti-terrorism legislation is being put.

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Talking to Kosso

A spat between the main men in two video conversation networks leads to a valuable discussion on user generated content rights.

BBC NEWS | England | Special breed 'super sheep'

I always used to joke about imaginary sheep who would remove their own coats and leave them folded in the corner of the field. Seems like we're almost there. Now they just have to breed them in tartan, and we'll have animal-generated blankets...

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BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Oldest' computer music unveiled

Oldest recorded computer music

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Gabriele Paolini, The Prophylactic Prophet

The superb Italian condom TV disruptor Gabriele Paolini is now threatened with prison by the Italian Supreme court. Gabriele has interrupted over 20,000 TV links in his campaign to draw attention to AIDS.

Running For President

Vote No to Lisbon

Trust the Irish to state the European Treaty case with humour and wisdom.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | 'Jewish settler attack' on film

This violence from Israelis on Palestinians underpins the middle-eastern bias in the media - it is hardly ever reported, so very disturbing, but sadly typical.

Only 6% of human waste from Israeli settlements is treated; the rest is pumped raw onto Palestinian land where it creates deadly health hazards for people with nowhere else to live.

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BBC NEWS | Politics | David Davis resigns from Commons

Magna Carter, Habeus Corpus, ID Cards, DNA Database .,.. it's all ripping stuff

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Natural lab shows sea's acid path

Acidity in oceans increasing leading to loss of biodiversity

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Smirk, The New Network

BBC NEWS | UK | Oldest veteran of WWI reaches 112

He's an original member of the first RAF - Happy Birthday Henry Allingham!

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How I Use Twitter, How About You?

Richard Azia aka @warzabidul is the King of Twitter. Here he explains his philosophy and modus operandum.

There Are Good Uses For This Technology, But I Just Don't Want To Blow It

Social Media Burnout and (Experts)

In Line for the Keynote