Australia-born Christian Vieri is the injury-jinxed footballing nomad who names cricketing legend Allan Border as his sporting hero and caused alarm in the Vatican when Inter Milan signed him three years ago.

Spanish police have arrested an Algerian man suspected of being the financial chief in Spain of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist network, the Spanish Interior Ministry said today.

Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks with British Telecom over the acquisition of both its share in the Japanese market and its stake in Spanish mobile phone operator Airtel.