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Save the Children office in Afghanistan hit by attack 24 January 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Thick smoke is seen rising from the compound At least 11 people have been injured in an ongoing attack on the offices of international aid agency Save the Children in Afghanistan. An explosion took…

Presidents Club: Scandal-hit charity dinner organiser quits post 24 January 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFinancial Times journalist Madison Marriage: “I was groped several times”A man who helped organise a men-only charity dinner, where hostesses were allegedly groped, has quit the Department for Education board. David Meller quit his non-executive role after claims about the event by…

Finsbury Park: Man 'wanted to kill Muslims in van attack' 22 January 2018 Related TopicsFinsbury Park attack trial Image copyright Julia Quenzler A man accused of driving a van into a crowd of people near two mosques in north London wanted to kill as many Muslims as possible, a court has heard. Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of ploughing into a crowd of worshippers in Fin…

Finsbury Park: Man 'wanted to kill Muslims in van attack' 22 January 2018 Related TopicsFinsbury Park attack trial Image copyright Julia Quenzler A man accused of driving a van into a crowd of people near two mosques in north London wanted to kill as many Muslims as possible, a court has heard. Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of ploughing into a crowd of worshippers in Fin…

24 January 2018 Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is currently the frontrunner in Brazil's 2018 presidential elections Three judges in Brazil will shortly decide whether to uphold a prison term given to the country's former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The ruling could prove vital to Brazil's political future. Despite being convicted of corruption and mon…

Venezuela: Maduro ready to stand in early presidential poll 24 January 2018 Related TopicsVenezuela crisis Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Maduro said he welcomed the assembly's decision to bring forward the poll Venezuela's pro-government Constituent Assembly has ordered fresh elections before the …

Hundreds of cases dropped over evidence disclosure failings 24 January 2018 Image copyright Social Media/BBC Image caption Charges against Isaac Itiary and Liam Allan were dropped over a failure to disclose key evidence The number of prosecutions in England and Wales that collapsed because of a failure by…

'Growing problem' of addiction to prescription drugs probed By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online 24 January 2018 Image copyright Xesai Public Health England is launching a review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction. NHS data suggest one in every 11 patients in England is being prescribed medication that cou…

'Growing problem' of addiction to prescription drugs probed By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online 24 January 2018 Image copyright Xesai Public Health England is launching a review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction. NHS data suggest one in every 11 patients in England is being prescribed medication that cou…

John Worboys: Fresh sex assault claim investigated 23 January 2018 Image copyright Met Police Image caption John Worboys gave his victims drug-laced champagne before he attacked them A new sexual assault allegation made against rapist John Worboys is being investigated by Scotland Yard. The claim, which …

John Worboys: Fresh sex assault claim investigated 23 January 2018 Image copyright Met Police Image caption John Worboys gave his victims drug-laced champagne before he attacked them A new sexual assault allegation made against rapist John Worboys is being investigated by Scotland Yard. The claim, which …

Finsbury Park: 'Far right contact' before van attack 23 January 2018 Related TopicsFinsbury Park mosque attack trial Image copyright Julia Quenzler/BBC A man accused of driving a van into a crowd near a London mosque in June 2017 had contact with far-right groups, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court heard. Prosecutors said Darren Osborne, 48, received a Twitter message from Br…

By Emma Simpson Business correspondent, BBC News 23 January 2018 Image copyright Newscast Thousands of shop floor jobs are at risk as part of a major shake-up at Sainsbury's. The supermarket chain is changing the way it manages its stores across the UK and scrapping some management posts. Sainsbury's would not confirm the number of employees affected by the…

By Emma Simpson Business correspondent, BBC News 23 January 2018 Image copyright Newscast Thousands of shop floor jobs are at risk as part of a major shake-up at Sainsbury's. The supermarket chain is changing the way it manages its stores across the UK and scrapping some management posts. Sainsbury's would not confirm the number of employees affected by the…

By Emma Simpson Business correspondent, BBC News 23 January 2018 Image copyright Newscast Thousands of shop floor jobs are at risk as part of a major shake-up at Sainsbury's. The supermarket chain is changing the way it manages its stores across the UK and scrapping some management posts. Sainsbury's would not confirm the number of employees affected by the…