A WOMAN in Laredo, Texas, angry because she had been denied food stamps, killed herself and shot and critically wounded her two children.

Authorities in the northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo said today that they have found 25 abandoned children and are looking for their parents.

An investigation was under way today after a Boeing 787 jet on a test flight over Texas made an emergency landing when smoke was detected in the main cabin.

Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded at tourist resorts in southern Spain today, authorities said. No injuries were reported, but more than 10,000 people were evacuated from a harbour area.

A small bomb has exploded on a tourist beach in the Spanish resort of Guadalmar on the southern Costa del Sol following a warning call, causing no injuries and little damage.

Five people were killed and at least 10 others injured in a gas explosion at a block of apartments in the northern Spanish coastal town of Laredo, authorities said today.