The protester accused of throwing shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch is charged with a public order offence He said discussions with al-Shabab about the safe distribution of food aid were taking place at a local level, and that responses were expected to differ depending on the locality. Drought, conflict and poverty have now combined to…

Mr Cameron said the public inquiry would be widened to examine broadcasters and social media and named the panel He said discussions with al-Shabab about the safe distribution of food aid were taking place at a local level, and that responses were expected to differ depending on the locality. Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs…

"The overall requirement is $1.6bn (�990m) for Somalia, roughly $300m is needed in the next two months to provide an adequate response to famine-affected areas. Children and adults are dying at an appalling rate," Mr Ban said. The law firm had said it was being prevented from responding to "inaccurate" comments made by News International…

She said the US had already provided $431m this year in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, but that was "not enough". An estimated 10 million people have been affected in East Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. More than 166,000 desperate Somalis are estimated to have fled their…

In other developments in the phone-hacking saga: Downing Street confirms that the prime minister received and responded to a letter from Labour MP Tom Watson last October, in which he had raised concerns about Mr Coulson The deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development, Donald Steinberg, said the aid must not benefit al-Shabab.…

Downing Street and Buckingham Palace denied claims by Labour MP Chris Bryant that royal officials raised concerns about Mr Coulson's appointment Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. 'Dangerously inadequate' that they can operate unfettered," Mr Steinberg told the BBC.55029 47323 24166…

Save the Children's Sonia Zambakides told the BBC the situation in Somalia was shocking. Drought, conflict and poverty have now combined to produce the necessary conditions for famine. that they can operate unfettered," Mr Steinberg told the BBC. The protester accused of throwing shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch is charged with a public order offence…