Britain is formally recognising the opposition National Transitional Council as the “sole governmental authority” in Libya, British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced today.

The Libyan Ambassador to the UK has been expelled.

A British aid worker being held hostage in Afghanistan was killed by captors during an attempt to rescue her, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

The expulsion of activists detained during the storming of an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip was under way today.