England boss Fabio Capello has spoken to David Beckham, who has ruptured his Achilles tendon, and said: "It looks like he's out of the World Cup."

Gordon Brown has intervened personally in a bid to prevent planned strike action by British Airways cabin crew.

Four hand grenades exploded at Bangkok's main army base as tens of thousands of pro democracy supporters kept up street protests in an attempt to bring down Thailand's government.

The head of a Georgian TV station is refusing to quit after broadcasting a news story claiming that Russia was invading and had killed the president- only to admit later that it was a fake.