The United Nations and European Union rallied behind Switzerland yesterday after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad against the country, with a top UN official branding the move unacceptable.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has made six changes to the side that lost to Newcastle for tonight’s UEFA Cup game at Ewood Park.

A rain-triggered landslide smashed into a bus on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 37 passengers and leaving 6 others buried under tons of mud, officials said today.