The British nurse who survived Ebola will begin his second spell treating people infected by the deadly virus after returning to the country where he caught the infection.

The UK will deploy a Royal Navy warship and donate a total of £10m (€11.9m) to help the millions of people affected by the devastating typhoon in the Philippines, David Cameron has said.

Aid charities have welcomed the UK’s involvement in a scheme to help poor African farmers to get access to cutting-edge agricultural technology.

The former governor of one of Nigeria’s richest oil-producing states was jailed for 13 years in the UK today after admitting fraud totalling nearly £50 million.

BBC World Service broadcasts will benefit from a £90m British government grant less than a year after the body revealed cuts to jobs and services.

Doctors in Tripoli are putting pressure on both the rebel forces and government loyalists to stop attacking the hospitals there.

The British government will help 5,000 people escape the besieged rebel-held town of Misrata and provide vital medical supplies to those caught up in violence across western Libya, Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

AN extra four million of the world’s poorest children have died over 10 years because governments are “turning a blind eye” to those most in need, according to a report published by leading charity, Save the Children.

Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said the world's response to the floods in Pakistan has been "woefully inadequate".

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s attempts to strike a power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats were severely undermined today as a string of senior Labour figures spoke out against the move.

GORDON BROWN has agreed to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry before the general election.

Gordon Brown finally bowed to intense political pressure today and agreed to appear before the Iraq Inquiry before the general election in the UK.

Europe's governments are today holding emergency talks today to assess their contribution to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.

A senior British Army officer described today how he warned Tony Blair two days before the invasion of Iraq that there were insufficient preparations for dealing with the aftermath of the conflict.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a devastating blow today when Labour succumbed to one of the biggest by-election upsets in political history.

Britain will join a global summit on soaring world food prices today amid condemnation of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s presence at the crisis summit in Rome.

Soldiers in Burma opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters today, killing at least nine people and injuring 11.

Gordon Brown was confirmed as Labour's leader-in-waiting and Britain's next Prime Minister today, after winning overwhelming backing from MPs.

Gordon Brown will be acclaimed Labour leader elect and Britain’s next prime minister today, after his left-wing rival John McDonnell conceded defeat in the race for No 10.

Sudan has agreed in principle to allow a joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force into Darfur.

Tony Blair will quit as Labour leader on May 31 next year and resign as British Prime Minister on July 26 2007 after an eight-week battle for the succession, it was claimed today.

Stars of Ken Loach’s new film The Wind That Shakes The Barley attended its UK premiere in London tonight.

The US and Britain pressed Sudan’s government and Darfur rebels to meet today’s deadline for a peace deal, even as ground units stepped up fighting that has killed at least 180,000 people and left millions more homeless.

World leaders have “the best chance we have ever had” to tackle African poverty, International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said today.

Britain has suspended a planned £20m (€30.1m) increase in aid to Ethiopia because of political unrest, International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said in Addis Ababa.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would press George Bush to make peace in the Middle East a key priority of the next four years after congratulating the US president on his election victory.

A PLANE carrying emergency food and equipment took off for Sudan today where thousands remain in the grip of a humanitarian crisis.

Irish star Bono was expected today to urge EU development ministers to reform aid development in Africa as a matter of urgency.

The situation in Sudan is “desperately serious”, International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said today.

A British Cabinet minister has paid tribute to Bob Geldof and said he (the minister) would not get up in the morning if he did not believe in the power of politics to make a difference in Africa.

British agents spied on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraqi war, former British International Development Secretary Clare Short has claimed.

Tony Blair today faced a fresh wave of attacks accusing him of deceiving Britain over Saddam Hussein’s weapons arsenal.

FORMER British Labour minister Clare Short yesterday stepped up her calls on Tony Blair to quit saying he had behaved worse than shamed John Profumo.

Tens of thousands of Aids activists and health workers rallied worldwide today to mark World Aids Day and officials announced new initiatives and millions of pounds in new funding to combat the disease that has infected 40 million people, and kills more than 8,000 sufferers everyday.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was under continued pressure over the death of David Kelly yesterday as his former ministers lined up to criticise his role in the affair.

Tony Blair was under continued pressure over the death of David Kelly today as his former ministers lined up to criticise his role in the affair.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was today due to explain his role in events leading up to the apparent suicide of his government's weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

A FORMER member of British prime minister Tony Blair’s Cabinet reportedly accused him yesterday of spinning intelligence to justify the war on Iraq and said he had “duped” his colleagues about alleged weapons of mass destruction.

Rock star Bob Geldof today criticised Western governments for failing Africa as he headed back to Ethiopia to again highlight the plight of millions of people facing starvation.

Britain's International Development Secretary, Clare Short, resigned from the British cabinet today, ending weeks of speculation over her future.

THE US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein may have killed about 2,000 Iraqi civilians. In Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War, as many as 100,000 noncombatants perished.

SCENES of anarchy on the streets of Baghdad have sounded alarm bells for the US and British governments and aid agencies, and defence analysts warn US troops could face a dangerous law-and-order vacuum in Iraq.

EVERY effort is being made to find two British servicemen who have been missing since their vehicle came under attack from the Iraqis, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said yesterday.

The British Prime Minister today appealed for MPs to back him in standing firm against Iraq as military action loomed.