| No agreement for US car bail-out US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out.  UN agrees DR Congo troop increase The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country. Madonna and Ritchie begin divorce Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to be divorced in London on Friday, High Court lists show. 'Experts' lead Saudi tanker talks Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC. US judge orders Algerians freed Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules. US convicts Syrian arms dealer A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels. US warned of China 'cyber-spying' China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned. S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place. Security draws Iraqi doctors home Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says. Riddle of the Czech beauty without a belly button Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons? Anti-mafia film 'arrives early' in the town it depicts Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts. Pietersen wants more from batsmen Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer. Tendulkar back in India ODI squad India recall star batsman Sachin Tendulkar to their one day side for the remaining four matches against England. Send your video, pictures and story ideas Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you. Home from home International Space Station marks its tenth anniversary News Wizard |