Tens of thousands of Bhutanese have crammed into a stadium in the capital Thimphu for a reception celebrating the wedding of their beloved king to their new queen.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the remote mountain nation of Bhutan today, killing at least seven people when their houses collapsed and damaging buildings across the region, officials said.

The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan crowned its fifth king in an elaborate Buddhist ceremony.

THE IDEA began at a Dutch TV planning meeting. What about a game between the two worst nations in football on the same day as the World Cup final? And so it came to pass. Simon Lewis reports