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BBCBreaking

  1. UN Security Council to meet shortly to discuss response to #Syrian massacre, diplomats say. Details soon: bbc.in/KwdVWt 8 minutes ago via BBC News
  2. Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body of woman in her 20s found in underpass in Berkshire. Details soon bbc.in/KUNH29 44 minutes ago via BBC News
  3. Scottish drink-drive limit to be lowered "as a priority" from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood bbc.in/KvLNCJ about 3 hours ago via BBC News
  4. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague summons senior Syrian diplomat over #Houla massacre, which #Syria blames on gangs bbc.in/KUhici about 7 hours ago via BBC News
  5. Eight members of a family in eastern #Afghanistan killed by Nato air strike, local Afghan officials say. Details soon bbc.in/KU6QkS about 10 hours ago via BBC News
  6. UN chief monitor confirms killing of at least 90 people in #Syrian town of Houla, including 32 young children bbc.in/KsIHzq 9:29 AM May 26th via BBC News
  7. Nazi war criminal Klaas-Carel Faber, who escaped from #Netherlands jail in 1952, dies in Germany, aged 90. Details soon bbc.in/KSUTvM 8:35 AM May 26th via BBC News
  8. About 50-100 protesters outside Deputy PM Nick Clegg's London home campaigning against spending cuts. Details soon bbc.in/KSDWSg 5:46 AM May 26th via BBC News
  9. Vatican confirms Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents. Details soon bbc.in/Ks4bfK 5:09 AM May 26th via BBC News
  10. Update: Police report second person dies of gun wounds after #Finland shooting rampage in Hyvinkaa bbc.in/KrEyfe 2:20 AM May 26th via BBC News
  11. Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi to face Mubarak PM Ahmed Shafiq in #Egypt presidential run-off vote. Details soon bbc.in/KrsnyQ 12:58 AM May 26th via BBC News
  12. Finnish police arrest suspect after woman is shot and several other people wounded near Helsinki 11:41 PM May 25th via BBC News
  13. Finnish police chase gunmen suspected of killing one and injuring several others in southern town of Hyvinkaa bbc.in/KrekJF 11:21 PM May 25th via BBC News
  14. At least 50 killed in Houla, #Homs province, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Details soon bbc.in/KpMvkW #Syria 1:37 PM May 25th via BBC News
  15. #Egypt elections: Muslim Brotherhood calls for talks to "save" the revolution. Details soon bbc.in/KRfNvj 12:41 PM May 25th via BBC News
  16. Troubled bank Bankia requests a 19bn-euro ($24bn; £15bn) bailout from the Spanish government 11:37 AM May 25th via BBC News
  17. #Egypt election: Independent Islamist candidate backs Muslim Brotherhood in run-off vote against Mubarak regime veteran bbc.in/KpfJ3y 10:44 AM May 25th via BBC News
  18. Millionaire's daughter is jailed for 2 years for driving looters around London during last year's riots bbc.in/KoY2kA 9:13 AM May 25th via BBC News
  19. #Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station bbc.in/KQS7r4 9:11 AM May 25th via BBC News
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