Apple under fire over new map app

20 September 2012 Last updated at 12:20 Inaccuracies and misplaced towns and cities in Apple's new map software have provoked anger from users. In June Apple announced it would stop using Google Maps in favour of its own system, created using data from navigation specialist TomTom. Apple is yet to comment on the complaints about the software, which comes already installed on the...

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Clashes at Pakistan film protest

20 September 2012 Last updated at 08:51 ET Pakistani police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against an amateur video mocking Islam outside the US embassy in the capital, Islamabad. Live rounds have been heard and tear gas has been fired as police struggled to contain the crowd of about 1,000 people. The Pakistani government has called in the army to help. The film, which...

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Law bans cybersex in Philippines

20 September 2012 Last updated at 11:44 The Philippines has outlawed cybersex and online sex video chat. Cybersex involves women - "cam girls"- chatting and performing sexual acts in front of webcams for internet clients. It is a growing industry in many parts of the world, and often young women and under-age girls are forced into it. Anyone breaking the law faces a fine of 250,000...

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Japan seeks China damages payment

20 September 2012 Last updated at 06:37 ET Japan will seek compensation from China for damages to its diplomatic missions there during protests over disputed islands, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura has said. He told reporters in Tokyo that "this was an issue between the governments". It comes as China expressed regret over protesters attacking the US ambassador's car in Beijing...

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Karzai sacks governor of Helmand

20 September 2012 Last updated at 06:21 ET The governor of Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province has been sacked, as President Hamid Karzai makes a series of sweeping political changes. Gulab Mangal, considered a close ally of British interests, is one of 10 governors removed or put in new jobs. He ran Helmand during a critical Nato offensive against Taliban insurgents. Analysts...

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Complaint over French cartoons

20 September 2012 Last updated at 05:48 ET A legal complaint has been filed against a French satirical magazine which published obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The complaint accuses the magazine of inciting hatred. A little-known Syrian organisation lodged the complaint with prosecutors in Paris, who will decide if action should be taken against Charlie Hebdo. France...

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Eurozone business activity falls

20 September 2012 Last updated at 05:20 ET Activity among eurozone firms suffered its steepest contraction since June 2009, according to a survey. The Markit Flash Eurozone Purchasing Managers' (PMI) Composite Output Index fell to 45.9 in September from 46.3 in August, its lowest level for 39 months. The composite figure combines services and manufacturing activity, and a figure...

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Helicopter crashes near Damascus

20 September 2012 Last updated at 03:40 ET A helicopter has crashed near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state television has said. The helicopter was said to have crashed close to Douma, a suburb east of Damascus. At the end of August, rebels said they shot down a helicopter on the outskirts of Damascus. The government has increasingly been using helicopters and other aircraft...

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Engineer admits to US data theft

20 September 2012 Last updated at 00:28 ET Chunlai Yang, a former programmer for CME Group, the largest US futures exchange operator, has admitted to stealing trade secrets from the firm. He pleaded guilty to downloading CME's computer codes to help boost trading speeds and volumes at a Chinese exchange. The US government said the potential loss from the theft was between $50m-$100m...

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Wen set for final China-EU summit

20 September 2012 Last updated at 00:35 ET China's premier Wen Jiabao is to take part in his last EU-China summit before handing over power later this year. His talks in Brussels with senior EU figures, including European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, are expected to focus on economic issues. Beijing has previously expressed concerns...

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India strike over retail reforms

19 September 2012 Last updated at 23:43 ET Opposition parties and trade unions in India are joining in one-day strike over the government's plan to open the retail sector to global supermarket chains and other reforms. Early reports said that opposition workers had blocked railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states. A key ally of the ruling coalition has pulled out of the government...

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Marikana miners to return to work

19 September 2012 Last updated at 23:06 ET Miners in South Africa are due to return to work at the Marikana platinum complex, which was the scene of violent protests in which 44 people died. Striking miners reached an agreeement with owners Lonmin on Tuesday. It will see their salaries rise by up to 22%. Lonmin is hoping to recover some of the big losses it incurred during the six-week...

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UK deports Tamils to Sri Lanka

19 九月 2012 Last updated at 23:09 ET Up to 60 Sri Lankan Tamils being deported from the UK on an overnight charter flight, despite warnings they may face torture on their return. UK officials say those being sent back include failed asylum seekers and visa overstayers. The flight department from the UK late on Wednesday, despite last-minute legal pleas against the deportation. The...

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Actress sues over anti-Islam film

19 September 2012 Last updated at 22:24 ET A US actress who appeared in the anti-Islam film that sparked protests across the Muslim world is suing the film's suspected director. Cindy Lee Garcia accused Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of duping her into a "hateful" film that she was led to believe was a desert adventure movie. She is also asking a judge to order YouTube to remove the film....

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'Popcorn lung' man wins $7.2m

19 September 2012 Last updated at 21:18 ET A US man has been awarded $7.2m (£4.4m) in damages after claiming he developed "popcorn lung" from inhaling the artificial butter in microwave popcorn. A Colorado jury agreed with Wayne Watson that a popcorn manufacturer should have had warning labels that the bag's fumes were dangerous to inhale. Defence lawyers argued that Mr Watson's...

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Colombia kingpin caught on phone

19 September 2012 Last updated at 17:23 ET Security officials say they captured one of the most wanted Colombian men while he was making a call in a public telephone booth in Venezuela. Mr Barrera, who is accused of being one of the most powerful drug kingpins, was arrested on Tuesday. Police also described the lengths to which Mr Barrera, 50, went to disguise his appearance. They...

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Israel strike in Gaza 'kills two'

19 September 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ET An Israeli air strike has killed two people and wounded another in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. They say the car they were travelling in was hit east of the town of Rafah. A Palestinian security official identified the dead as employees of a border patrol unit. sIsrael's military said they had launched an air strike...

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Fast and Furious probe faults 14

19 September 2012 Last updated at 16:58 ET The US justice department has cited 14 people for possible disciplinary action for their roles in a botched gun-running operation. Operation Fast and Furious saw US agents lose track of hundreds of illegal guns sold in Arizona and allowed into Mexico to target dealers. The inspector general's 471-page report comes after a 19-month review....

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'No military solution' in Syria

19 September 2012 Last updated at 17:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Amateur footage, which cannot be independently verified, shows flattened buildings, apparently in the Hajar al-Aswad suburb of Damascus The UN secretary general has said a military solution is not the answer to the Syrian conflict, though both government and...

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Record minimum for Arctic sea ice

19 September 2012 Last updated at 13:36 ET By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Arctic sea ice has reached its minimum extent for the year, setting a record for the lowest summer cover since satellite data collection began. The 2012 extent has fallen to 3.41 million sq km (1.32 million sq mi) - 50% lower than the 1979-2000 average. Arctic sea ice has long been regarded...

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Sanctions on Burma leader lifted

19 September 2012 Last updated at 14:25 ET The US Treasury has lifted sanctions against Burma's President Thein Sein and the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Thura Shwe Mann. The move comes as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the US. The US Treasury said it had removed Thein Sein and Thura Shwe Mann from its list of "Specially Designated Nationals" which sanctions...

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Italy upholds CIA kidnap verdicts

19 September 2012 Last updated at 13:18 ET Italy's highest appeals court has upheld the guilty verdicts of 23 Americans, all but one of them CIA agents, accused of kidnapping a terror suspect. Their case related to the abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003. The man, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured. The Americans were tried in absentia, in...

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Senegal MP vote to abolish Senate

19 September 2012 Last updated at 11:03 ET Senegalese MPs have voted to abolish the senate as part of moves to help the victims of recent deadly floods. President Macky Sall has said the money reserved for the upper house - about $15m (£9.5m) - will also go towards preventing further flooding. But critics say the aim is to weaken the opposition as most of the senators were supporters...

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Ancient reference to 'Jesus wife'

19 September 2012 Last updated at 09:41 ET An ancient scrap of papyrus makes explicit reference to Jesus having a wife, according to a renowned expert in Christian history. Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled the 4th-Century Coptic script at a conference in Rome. She said researchers had identified the words "Jesus said to them, 'my wife'", which might refer to Mary Magdalene....

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Reindeer at risk from snow sport

19 September 2012 Last updated at 08:58 Wild reindeer may face a new threat from the extreme sport of snow-kiting, a study has found. Scientists modelled reindeer's fright responses to both snow-kiting and skiing in an alpine area of south Norway. They found that reindeer were more afraid of snow-kiters because of the airborne kite. The study recommends that controls are put on...

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China's Bo 'implicated in crime'

19 September 2012 Last updated at 09:36 ET China's state-run news agency has linked fallen politician Bo Xilai to a criminal act for the first time, alleging he knew his wife was suspected of murdering a British businessman. Xinhua quoted witnesses at the trial of his former right-hand man, Wang Lijun, suggesting that Mr Wang had tried to tell him about his suspicions. Mr Wang was...

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Deadly bomb blast hits Peshawar

19 September 2012 Last updated at 09:31 ET A bomb has exploded on a busy road in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, killing at least eight people and wounding several others. A coach and at least two other vehicles, including a van belonging to the Pakistan Air Force, were destroyed, police said. Officials said the van was the target of the attack. Peshawar is near Pakistan's...

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China issues stern Japan warning

19 September 2012 Last updated at 08:14 ET China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, has said that Japan should "rein in its behaviour" and stop undermining Chinese sovereignty, state media have reported. His comments follow days of sometimes violent anti-Japanese protests in China over a chain of disputed islands in the East China Sea. Mr Xi said that Tokyo's purchase of the islands...

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SA police fire at mine protesters

19 September 2012 Last updated at 07:07 ET South African police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters near a mine owned by Anglo American, a day after a deal ended a strike in Marikana. "We are not tolerating any illegal gatherings," a police spokesman said. Workers at the Lonmin-owned Marikana platinum mine ended their six-week strike after accepting a 22%...

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France issues alert over cartoons

19 September 2012 Last updated at 07:04 ET Security is being stepped up at some of France's embassies after a French satirical magazine published obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he was "concerned" after the issue of Charlie Hebdo appeared on news-stands. French embassies, consulates, cultural centres and international French schools...

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Protest over Georgia jail abuse

19 September 2012 Last updated at 05:33 ET Video footage showing prisoners being abused by guards in Georgia has triggered anti-government protests in the country. Uniformed officers in Tbilisi's jail are seen severely beating inmates and sexually assaulting one with a broom. The minister in charge of prisons was forced to offer her resignation after the film was aired on national...

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Heavy fighting in Damascus suburb

19 September 2012 Last updated at 04:37 ET There has been further heavy fighting in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the northern city of Aleppo. Activists said government forces were closing in on Hajar al-Aswad, a southern suburb of Damascus, and the situation for residents was desperate. State media said troops had killed many of what they called "terrorists". Earlier, Amnesty...

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