Radical Islam has outmanoeuvred West, says Blair

Tony Blair stressed that the achievement of a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine would remove 'much of the poison which the extremists use' Photo: EPA
In a speech in New York, the former prime minister said that warnings over the past week of terrorist plots against Europe should remind people that they remained under threat.

Galileo satellite device 'over budget, running later and unprofitable'

Galileo is intended to offer a superior accuracy of one metre (yard), compared to up to 10 metres for GPS Photo: AFP
Extra costs of up to 1.7 billion euros (£1.5 million) are expected and the project will not be ready for at least another seven years, according to a European Commission report cited by the Financial Times Deutschland.

Sir Sean Connery ordered to appear before a Spanish court next week

The Scottish actor and his second wife, the French artist Micheline Roquebrune are to be questioned about the 1999 sale of their beachside home on the Costa del Sol.

BP oil spill investigation critical of White House reaction to crisis

The revelations from the National Oil Spill Commission come as the Democratic Party struggles to retain control of the US Congress in the elections on Nov 2.

The commission said that after the rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers, the government was too optimistic about the oil company's ability to bring the ruptured well under control.

Hungarian toxic sludge reaches Danube river

The sludge reached the Danube's Mosoni Branch, about six miles from the main branch of the river this morning, according to Tibor Dobson, head of the disaster relief services.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature

Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa Photo: REUTERS
The Swedish Academy said it honoured the 74-year-old author, considered one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking work, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat."

Hutton review: unions warn of strikes over pension reform - Telegraph

Lord Hutton, a former Labour cabinet minister who is reviewing public sector pensions for the Coalition, said the current gulf between public and private sector schemes was "fundamentally unfair".

Base jumping: the KL Tower International Base Jump 2010 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 2010 KL Tower International Base Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Walter Hilscher of Germany leaps from the tower
Picture: AP/Lai Seng Sin

UFO in China Closes Airport and Prompts Investigation - ABC News

An unidentified flying object (UFO) forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi.

UFO Details Released In China | Knowelty

A set of official documents along with video released today give more details about the UFOs that were reported over an airport in China. Chinese officials report that during the summer there were up to 8 UFO sightings at an airport in Baotou Mongolia. The documents released today give some details on the most recent occurrence, which was on September 11th.