Live: General election 2010

1007 Gordon Brown has arrived at the Palace to meet the Queen. He should re-emerge shortly, having been granted a dissolution of Parliament

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Not forgotten

A UN donor conference on Wednesday received pledges of $9.9bn (£6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid for Haiti. The money is badly needed to help the country after the devastation of January’s earthquake.

Building bridges

Their faces etched from years of conflict in the war-torn deserts of Helmand Province, four senior Islamic scholars step into a pod on the London Eye. As the giant wheel turns they stare in silence at the city spread beneath them; the River Thames, the Houses of Parliament and miles beyond

Death ‘looms for Saudi sorcerer’

The lawyer for a Lebanese man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft has appealed for international help to save him. Ali Sabat was the host of a popular Lebanese TV show in which he predicted the future and gave advice. He was arrested by religious police on sorcery charges while on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2008

Romero’s legacy

By Julian Miglierini BBC News, San Salvador Sister Luz Isabel Cueva vividly remembers the moment Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was murdered as he celebrated Mass on 24 March 1980. "When he finished his sermon, he walked to the middle of the altar; at that moment, the shot rang out," says Sister Luz Isabel, who was among the congregation at a private chapel in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador. "It sounded like a bomb explosion

Landmine legacy

The battle of El Alamein was a turning point in World War II but the unexploded munitions it left behind continue to kill and maim the local population, as Christian Fraser reports from Egypt. As spectators of desert warfare, Arab Bedouins have always had the front-row seats

Zuma bid to ease Zimbabwe tension

South African President Jacob Zuma is due to land in Zimbabwe for a three-day trip, aiming to ease tensions within the fragile power-sharing government. It is thought Mr Zuma will assess the country’s readiness for an election, which could take place next year. President Robert Mugabe and old rival Morgan Tsvangirai, now Prime Minister, united in government a year ago.

Kidnapped Sahil found in Pakistan

The five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan has been found safe and well in the country, the British High Commissioner has said.

Third blast rocks Pakistani city

A third explosion has rocked the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, hours after suicide bombers killed at least 45 people and injured 100. The earlier two attacks occurred within seconds of each other and targeted military vehicles as they passed through a crowded area. At least nine soldiers were killed and some 100 people were wounded.

Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city

At least two explosions have hit crowded areas of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore and killed at least 12 people, officials say. At least 25 people were also injured in the blasts – one of which hit the RA Bazaar at a busy time. No group has said it carried out the attack.

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