Military ships 'detect signal' from Air France Airbus black boxes - French military ships have reportedly detected signals from the black boxes of the doomed Air France flight which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month.
The French newspaper Le Monde this morning reported that a research mini-submarine, the Nautile, had dived to search for the flight recorders based on a "very weak signal". (full story)
John Bercow elected new Commons Speaker - John Bercow, the Conservative MP who was backed by many Labour Cabinet ministers but enjoys limited popularity within his own party, has been elected Speaker.
Mr Bercow won a third-round run-off with fellow Tory backbencher Sir George Young after early favourite Margaret Beckett withdrew following the second round. (full story)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten crackdown - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police broke up a protest in Tehran and the hardline Revolutionary Guards said they would help crush what they called rioters opposing the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. (full story)
US train crash toll rises to nine - At least nine people have been killed and 70 injured during a subway train collision in Washington DC.
Carriages of one train came to rest on top of the other after the collision near a station, officials said. (full story)
ESPN wins rights to Premier League games - ESPN, the sports television channel controlled by Walt Disney, on Monday night broke into the lucrative market to show live English Premier League football.
In a move that will pitch it against Rupert Murdoch’s British Sky Broadcasting, ESPN was awarded the rights to show football matches previously held by Setanta, the Irish broadcaster on the brink of administration. (full story)
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