POLITICS

Secret meeting of hardliners tables aggressive strategy against growing Israeli boycotts.

The prime minister has promised to make it illegal to smoke in cars with children but critics fear he has crossed a line.

TSSA settles but RMT union workers to continue strike over Tube ticket offices closures.

Former child star Shirley Temple has died aged 85.

Labour's Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury Cathy Jamieson denounces Barclays' bonuses

Mujao calls aid organisation's men, all Mali nationals, 'enemies of Islam'.

Occasion marks overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Ayatollah takeover.

French president joins Obama aboard Air Force One for trip to Thomas Jefferson's Virginia hometown.

Torture, arbitrary detention and severe restrictions on freedom of expression in 'North Korea of Africa'.

PM tries to put an end to Whitehall blame game over flooding.

Labour leader aims to exploit political momentum with people power agenda.

Madrid allows descendants of those expelled 500 years ago to obtain citizenship.

Eric Pickles and Owen Paterson squabble over who is to blame as floodwaters continue to rise.

Best photos of the day: 10 February 2014

Iran sends warships in response to US naval forces in Persian Gulf.

Nearly 600 civilians mostly women, children and old men evacuated from besieged Homs by UN and Red Crescent workers.

More than 3,000 women vowed not to have sex with men who voted for Yoichi Masuzoe.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has apologised for the floods crisis but blamed the Environment Agency and its boss Chris Smith for bad advice.

After multiple rejections, tech giant clears Josh Begley's smartphone app.

Assad regime and rebels blame each other for attack as at least 2,500 remain trapped in opposition-held Homs.

Conservative minister Mark Harper employed cleaner who had no legal right to work in the UK.

Collapsing Thai rice-buying scheme can dent premier Yingluck Shinawatra's popularity.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Nuland's expletive 'absolutely unacceptable' as Ukrainian opposition urges calm.

Circassians once called the area around Sochi their homeland.

Rabbi David Zicherman urges civil disobedience over draft exemption withdrawal.

Proposal to offer shares to public collapses after first reading.

Protesters set a local government building on fire in Bosnia.

NoSochi2014.com, website commemorating Circassian genocide infected by malware.

As a liability for anti-independence campaign PM delivered his big speech from England.