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With the report incriminating Iran and reports that Israel as well as the US, have seriously been considering attacking Iran for its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, France has now called for an emergency UN Security Council, while the US and Israel have yet to repsond.

A day after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to resign as soon as parliament approves urgent budget reforms, Italy has awoken to political limbo.

The existing consumer protection mechanism in the UK is incoherent and fragmented, an MPs’ panel has warned.

Breaking from its recent slew of hacks and ongoing support for the Occupy series of protests, the Anonymous collective has put out a call to arms asking London residents to re-enact the climactic finale of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta.

Italian 10-year government bond interest rate breached 7 per cent on Wednesday morning, the highest since the euro was founded in 1999, according to Reuters.

The Hertfordshire police have charged a second teenager in the murder of a 21-year-old man in Hertfordshire town. Billy Dove, from Hemel Hempstead, died from a stab wound following an incident on Sunday at 1.30 am, the police said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA), issued on Tuesday its much-anticipated report on Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions.

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has criticised Theresa May for “not revealing the complete truth” over the border controversy where thousands of immigrants entered the country without receiving the proper checks.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who pledged to resign after the approval of urgent budget reforms, has said that he will not stand in new elections planned for February.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have leaders representing nine faiths to celebrate and create the most diverse Games experience. With 261 days for the mega event, the nine faith leaders toured the Olympic Park on Tuesday.

Manchester United, Ofgem, Asda, Scottish Power and Center Parcs are among the top 100 names in the performance league table published by the Environment Agency under its Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme.

There has been much anticipation regarding the soon-to-be release of the IAEA report, as the document is tipped to show that Iran's recent nuclear developments could help it developing nuclear bombs.

A case highlighting issues central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is causing much debate as the U.S. Supreme Court which will have to decide whether a nine year old boy born in Jerusalem can list Israel as his birthplace on his passport, a prohibited move U.S. citizens have until now.

An organiser of the planned student demonstrations in London on Wednesday has attacked a decision to authorise the use of rubber bullets.

The Finnish cell of the Anonymous hacktivist collective has issued a statement claiming responsibility for "exposing" a parliamentary aid's affiliation to an active neo-Nazi group.

Nobel Prize Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is set to win Liberia's presidential elections after her main opponent Winston Tubman dropped out of the electoral race, but an outbreak of violence ahead of the vote has raised fears of anarchy returning to the streets.

17:47pm That's it for today. We will start live blogging again from tomorrow morning at 0900 GMT.

Tens of thousands of Italian opposition activists demonstrated in central Rome to call for the resignation of embattled Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, was under increasing pressure today as leaked emails and memos confirmed that she had relaxed border controls without telling the prime minster, cabinet or parliament.

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's controversial leader is trying to survive the latest political crisis affecting his career as Tuesday as he faces a crucial parliamentary vote which could bring down his stricken coalition after three years in power.

Even Ryanair is betting on Silvio Berlusconi's defeat after Tuesday's vote on the Italian budget that could force the 75-year old mogul to step down as prime minister.

The beleaguered Italian Prime minister has had a colourful and controversial career, and has survived 53 confidence votes since returning to power in 2008. Can he do it again?

Silvio Berlusconi's main coalition partner, Umberto Bossi of the Northern League, has called on him to resign.

With Silvio Berlusconi facing the 54th -- and possibly final -- vote of confidence of his coalition in his third term alone, many wonder how the 75-year-old media tycoon has maintained his hold over the Italian public.

A team of British archaeologists has found new evidence of a lost civilization in the country's desert regions. The team from the University of Leicester used satellites and aerial photographs to identify the remains of more than 100 fortified dams and villages with castle-like structures and several towns in the harsh desert lands.

With no foreign journalists or rights groups allowed in the country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has continually denied that his regime is waging a brutal crackdown.

In an overheard exchange with U.S. President Barack Obama at the G20 summit last week, French President Nicohlas Sarkozy allegedly called Benjamin Netanyahu a 'liar.'

The home secretary, Teresa May, has blamed the head of the border force, Brodie Clark, for relaxing checks on the nation’s borders.

An online petition launched by a think-tank, seeking a House of Commons debate on the issue of of immigration, has achieved 100,000 signatures.