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14 May 2018 Related TopicsRussian spy poisoning Image copyright PA/Getty Images Image caption Andrew Parker, left, will warn so-called Islamic State still aspires to commit more atrocities in Europe, such as the lorry attack in Berlin in 2016 …

Surabaya church attacks: Indonesian family of bombers 'had been to Syria' 13 May 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSurabaya is in shock over the deadly bombings A family of six who carried out three church bombings in Indonesia had returned from Syria, police say. The Islamic State group has claimed the attacks, which killed…

DR Congo: Kidnapped Brits 'very grateful' after release 13 May 2018 Image copyright Bethan Davies and Robert Jesty Image caption The pair were abducted north of the city of Goma, North Kivu provin…

DR Congo: Search for British tourists kidnapped in Virunga National Park 12 May 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Virunga National Park director said the tourist's vehicle was am…

13 May 2018 Image copyright Antara Foto/ Handout Surabaya Government/ Reuters Image caption The attacks have been claimed by the Islamic State group Members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in the Indonesian …

Church bombings in Indonesia's Surabaya leave 10 dead 13 May 2018 Image copyright EPA Image caption The attacks were carried out within minutes of each other …

13 May 2018 Former Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell has died aged 70, her family has said. Dame Tessa, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year, suffered a haemorrhage on Friday, and had been in a coma until her death on Saturday. She played a major role in securing the 2012 Olympics for London when she served as culture secretary. In recent months she campaigned for more canc…

12 May 2018 One person has been killed and several injured in a knife attack in Paris, French media say. The attacker - who has not been identified - is reported to have been shot dead by police. The incident happened in the Opera district in central Paris. Eyewitnesses spoke of panic, describing how people were rushing back into restaurants from the streets. The motive of the attack was not immed…

Rich List 2018: Jim Ratcliffe is UK's richest man 13 May 2018 Image copyright Reuters A businessman who grew up in a council house near Manchester is the richest person in the UK, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Jim Ratcliffe, who founded chemi…

12 May 2018 Related TopicsEurovision Song Contest 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch: Protester interrupts the UK's Eurovision entry in Lisbon A man stormed the stage while the UK's entry, SuRie, was performing at the Eurovision Song Contest. SuRie was performing her song Storm when a man wearing a rucksack ran onto the stage, grabbed her microphone, and appeared to say: "Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom." …

Grammar and faith schools get green light to expand By Sean Coughlan BBC News education and family correspondent 11 May 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption …

Poundworld 'put up for sale' after expressions of interest 12 May 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Poundworld employs about 5,500 staff in the UK …

12 May 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHenry Curtis-Williams, 21, took his own life in 2016 British universities say they risk "failing a generation" unless students get better mental health care. A Universities UK report found some students risk "slipping through the gaps" due to a lack of co-ordination between the NHS and universities. The most up-to-date statistics show 146 students killed themselves in 2016. At Br…

Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn must change stance, says Lord Kinnock 12 May 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn will commit "a serious evasion of duty" if he does not change his stance on Brexit, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock…

Ex-PM Najib Razak banned from leaving Malaysia 12 May 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor had planned to go on an overseas holiday …