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VIDEO: Polluted Hong Kong gets new electric taxis

Hong Kong, one of the most highly populated islands in the world, launches a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle its serious pollution problems.

Bernanke hails benefits of stimulus

US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke tells Congress that it is too soon to end the central bank's monetary stimulus programme or raise interest rates.

Man dead in suspected terror attack

A man is killed and two are injured after a reported machete attack in south-east London which government sources say is being treated as a suspected terror incident.

Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots

Rioters light fires and stone emergency services in the suburbs of the Swedish capital Stockholm for the third night running after a police shooting death.

Kenya leaders named in truth report

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.

Egyptian hostages freed in Sinai

Mohammed Morsi calls for the people of Sinai to give up their arms after seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the region are freed.

Afghan interpreters to get UK visas

Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are set to be given the right to live in the UK, in an apparent climbdown by ministers.

Notre-Dame suicide a 'political act'

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to the man who killed himself in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying it was a "political act".

VIDEO: Xbox One 'unrivalled device'

Microsoft's Don Mattrick has described the new Xbox One as an "unrivalled device" in an interview with the BBC after the launch of the next-generation console.

VIDEO: Apple chief hits back in tax row

CEO Tim Cook has spoken out in defence of Apple, after a Senate committee accused the company of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.