Obama: shutdown is "entirely avoidable"/Syria FM tells west to switch sides/ the reluctant Italian cook

Can Kenya stop radicalisation of Muslims ? / How pornography damages young men / China's new school for butlers.

Nigeria college massacre/Mali fighting/Italy government/US budget

Pressure mounts on Kenyan government over mall attack / Deadly blast hits Pakistan market / Is this the end of Botox?

Process to destroy chemical weapons to start next week / Iran president arrives home to mixed reception / Greek protests after arrest of far right...

Scientists warn of 80cm sea rise / Messi tax trial / Al Shabaab's global spread

UN agrees draft resolution on Syria/ Iran and US both sound positive/ Jury ponders Jackson trial

Rescue-operation after Pakistan quake / Syrian man's search for his missing mother & sisters / UK supermarket withdraws "offensive" fancy dress...

Many people killed in Sudan in protests against fuel subsidy cuts / Kenya: foreign experts join forensic hunt / And an astonishing sporting comeback.

Kenya recovers from Nairobi siege / The battle against Al Shabab in Somalia / Syrian refugee children in Lebanon work to feed their families.