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Bangladesh pull off a shock win in the World Cup, inflicting a second defeat on England that leaves their progress to the quarter-finals in serious doubt.
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South Africa make it two wins out of two in World Cup Group B with a commanding 231-run win against the Netherlands in Mohali.
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Sri Lanka complete a commanding 210-run victory over Canada in their World Cup Group A match in Hambantota.
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50 years ago, Ruby Bridges made history as the first African-American to attend an all-white elementary school in the American South.
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An overview of the sole French territory in North America
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Manchester United fail to fully capitalise on a defeat for Premier League leaders Chelsea as Michael Owen rescues a point for them at Bolton.
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Mark Lawrenson's predictions for the opening weekend of the Premier League season
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John Hantz is soft spoken, meticulously polite and ferociously ambitious. For his latest plan, he has to be. This multi millionaire, financial tycoon wants to turn destitute Detroit into the world's largest urban farm.
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The BBC's Daniel Gallas and Vladimir Hernandez assess the outstanding performances from South American teams in South Africa
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Key facts and figures from Brazil, showing wealth and population distribution, as well as its GDP growth.
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A report into a private jet crash in which five people were killed finds a missing rivet may have led to the shutdown of an engine.
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As flights slowly begin to take off again in Europe after days of travel chaos, Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, reflects on the beauty and pain of travel - both by air and by ground.
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Some 90% of gay men in the Asia-Pacific region lose access to HIV/Aids help because of discriminatory laws, a UN-backed report says.
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Firms in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster will present conflicting claims at the first US Senate hearing, US media say.
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Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
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Hugh Schofield reports on a sex scandal that has been casting a shadow over several of France's top footballers.
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A court convicts 26 men accused of working for Hezbollah of planning terrorist attacks on ships and tourist sites.
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Four Palestinians die in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.
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A report blames pilot error for the 2007 crash of a Kenya Airways flight in Cameroon which killed all 114 passengers.
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Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
