http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:28:00 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Iran "has opened a new chapter" in its ties with the world, President Hassan Rouhani says, hours after nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran are lifted. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:20:57 GMT At least 28 people, including six Canadians, are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso, in West Africa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35332792#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35332792 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:43:26 GMT US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35336617#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35336617 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:47:58 GMT An Indonesian wounded in Thursday's gun and bomb attacks in Jakarta has died, bringing the death toll to eight including four civilians, police say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35336923#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35336923 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:45:05 GMT Dozens of people have been killed in an Islamic State offensive on government-held areas of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, local media report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334902#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334902 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 23:05:57 GMT The older brother of singer Celine Dion dies of cancer, two days after her husband also died of the disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35336464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35336464 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 23:31:55 GMT Pro-independence opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen is elected Taiwan's first female president, setting an uncertain course for future relations with China. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35333647#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35333647 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 01:25:08 GMT A chemical fire that started after an explosion at a cargo warehouse in Brazil is put out after two days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35336700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35336700 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 01:10:16 GMT Queen Rania of Jordan publishes a cartoon as a riposte after French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo linked the drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi with sex attacks in Germany. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35333895#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35333895 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:28:17 GMT The Maldives government allows jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed to travel to the UK for medical treatment. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35334088#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35334088 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:19:33 GMT International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after its compliance with obligations under its nuclear agreement with world powers was certified. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35335163#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35335163 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:38:48 GMT What will the lifting of sanctions on Iran mean? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35324289#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35324289 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:18:31 GMT Mexico's Colima volcano, also known as the 'fire volcano', has erupted again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35336855#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35336855 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 08:28:54 GMT In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, a move that prompted a US-led offensive against Saddam Hussein's forces http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35317024#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35317024 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:09:04 GMT The United States has released video footage of what it says is an air strike on an Islamic State cash depot in Mosul earlier this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35332967#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35332967 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:20:39 GMT Iran has released Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and three other Iranian-American prisoners in an apparent prisoner swap with the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35335706#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35335706 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 19:10:06 GMT The city in love with cars even though its air is toxic http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35323124#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35323124 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:15:34 GMT A Kuwaiti remembers liberation from Saddam Hussein's Iraq http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334901#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334901 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:09:15 GMT Brazilian rebel recalls brutal jungle conflict http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35251124#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35251124 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:26:12 GMT Helping Kenyan couples have children without risk of HIV http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35324450#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35324450 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:28:13 GMT Is it time for a new British national anthem? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35312314#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35312314 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:07:50 GMT Washington Post reporter who spent months in Iran jail http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334898#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35334898 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:40:05 GMT Vacant chair that inspired Americans to commemorate gun victims http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35329347#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35329347 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 02:28:47 GMT The week's big numbers, visualised http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-35321845#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-35321845 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:00:16 GMT The week's best reads http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-35280790#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-35280790 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:00:26 GMT