POLITICS

Police union refuses to drop calls for senior MP in pleb police officer row to quit.

Funeral of activist who died in police custody explodes into violence.

Suicide bombers detonate explosive-laden vehicles, killing dozens of people in Syria's biggest city.

Full text of Sir Richard Branson's blog on FirstGroup's flawed contract to run the West Coast Mainline, cancelled by the Government due to "significant technical flaws" in the bidding process.

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin says failures in tender risk assessment mean FirstGroup's contract must be aborted.

50 million viewers expected for televised head-on debate between president and Republican candidate.

Pyongyang's vice-foreign minister Pak Kil-yon says Korea is world's most dangerous hotspot.

Ed Miliband reaffirms his 'faith' in 65-minute speech at Labour conference in Manchester.

Miliband tells us he’s a man of the people. But, as Gareth Platt says, the reality is far different

Early results say Georgian Dream coalition won majority in parliamentary elections.

Secutiry experts question veracity of YouTube clip said to show hostage reporter in hands of al-Qaida affiliates.

Saakashvili speaking in a live TV broadcast at the Georgian Presidential Office said he accepted his ruling party had lost a parliamentary election to an opposition coalition and that he would respect the voters' will.

Labour leader tells party conference he is Mr Normal who feels compassion for 'great country'.

Shadow chancellor speaks after publication of compromising image by two British newspapers.

I'm just like you' is the message from Labour Leader, Ed Miliband today as he addresses his party faithful at the autumn conference in Manchester later.

Detective Alice Casburn charged with providing NOTW with information on phone hacking investigation.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation banning a form of psychotherapy that attempts to turn gay teenagers straight.

G4S, the world's biggest security company, received warnings, from an anonymous person to its London Headquarters, concerning the suitability to employ Danny Fitzsimons.Footage: BritishForcesNews YouTube channel.

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, considered as pro-Russia, is challenging current president Mikhail Saakashvili in crucial parliament election.

A Russian court has delayed the start of a hearing into an appeal against the conviction of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who burst into a church and performed a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Hugo Chavez and opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles locked in bitter poll battle.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls will tell Labour conference that 4G sale proceeds should be pumped into affordable housing and first-time buyer breaks.

Treasury minister said to be sounding out Lib Dem MPs to launch leadership bid for troubled party.

Two Turkish pilots who died in aircrash targeted by Assad's forces with help of Russia, says secret Syrian intelligence document.

Omar Khadr, who was born in Canada and became a militant in Afghanistan, will spend the rest of his prison sentence in Canada.

As oil-rich Venezuela goes to the polls to elect a new president, violence remains a major worry.

Lack of water and fire extinguishers hampers efforts to control blaze in medieval market in Aleppo's Old City, a Unesco world heritage site.

Support for the Neo-Nazi party is soaring amid claims that anti-immigrant violence is deliberately ignored by police.

Investigation into the murders of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes continues, as Dale Cregan charged.