International

(BBC) Two people have died following an explosion at a steelworks in Cardiff, Celsa Steel UK has confirmed. Supt Stephen Jones from South Wales Police confirmed two bodies had been found and said the priority was recovering the victims.…

(BBC) President Barack Obama has described as hysterical the actions of two dozen state governors who are refusing to resettle Syrian refugees. He said some Republican rhetoric on the issue was a "potent recruitment tool" for Islamic State…

(BBC) A woman has blown herself up and a suspect was shot dead during a police raid on a flat in a Paris suburb, while seven arrests were made. Police targeted the flat in Saint-Denis in a search for the alleged mastermind of Friday's gun…

(BBC) A severe fuel crisis has hit Nigeria with long queues of angry motorists waiting for hours outside petrol stations in major cities to fill up. Importers are accused of withholding petrol because of a payment dispute with the…

(BBC) Australia's first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election. Launching the party in Sydney, founder Diaa Mohamed told Fairfax he wanted a louder voice for Muslims. "There are a lot of…

(BBC) David Cameron has promised a "comprehensive strategy" to win MPs' backing for bombing Islamic State militants in Syria as well as Iraq. The prime minister told the Commons the Paris attacks had strengthened the case for air strikes,…

(BBC) At least 11 people have been killed in Mogadishu after rival Somali security forces argued over who was in charge, witnesses say. The security forces opened fire while people queued for food cards at a camp for internally displaced…

(BBC) Nicaragua has turned back hundreds of Cuban migrants which it accuses of "storming" its border crossing from neighbouring Costa Rica on Sunday. The Cubans are travelling north, trying to reach the United States by land. They fear…

(BBC) A total of 23 people have been arrested and dozens of weapons seized in a series of raids on suspected Islamist militants across France, officials say. The crackdown follows multiple attacks on bars, restaurants, a concert hall and a…

(BBC) Russia's state aviation authority has banned Egypt's national carrier from flying to Russia, a Moscow airport spokesman says. Flights from Russia to Egypt are already suspended after a passenger plane crashed in the Sinai last month.…

(BBC) The Pentagon says it is "reasonably certain" that a US drone strike in Syria has killed the Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John". Col Steve Warren said Thursday's attack in Raqqa had hit the intended target, but it would…

(BBC) German police say the bodies of several babies have been found in a town close to the Czech border. The dead, thought to number seven, were discovered on Thursday after a woman in the town of Wallenfels raised the alarm, police…

(BBC) Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one of their shops in Australia, in what the students described as a racist incident. Footage of the incident at Melbourne's Highpoint shopping centre emerged on Tuesday sparking…

(BBC) At least 37 people have been killed and 181 injured in two explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut, officials say. The blasts hit the southern suburb of Burj el-Barajneh, a stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah movement. The blasts…

(BBC) Protests against racial injustice have spread beyond the University of Missouri as students at least two other US campuses have walked out of classes. Rallies were held on Wednesday at Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in…