news.bbc.co.uk - By Andrew Benson   McLaren's Lewis Hamilton became the youngest world champion in Formula One history by the skin of his teeth after a thrilling Brazilian Grand Prix. The 23-year-old Englishman's title rival Felipe Massa won the race in h... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - The Somali pirates holding the Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star and its crew have moved the ship further north. The move puts them only 20 miles (32km) from the MV Faina, a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying tanks. BBC correspondents say while this p... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - A man who fathered nine children by raping his two daughters over many years has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19-and-a half years. The 56-year-old from Sheffield was sentenced to a life term for each of the 25 rapes he had admitted. Th... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - China has dismissed the new Guns N' Roses album, Chinese Democracy, as a "venomous attack" on the nation. An article in the Global Times, published by the ruling communist party, says the album, launched this week, "turns its spear point on China". T... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - The owner of a Thai fishing trawler has said the Indian navy sank it off Somalia's coast last week after wrongly assuming it was a pirate "mother ship". Wicharn Sirichaiekawat said the Indian frigate had attacked the Ekawat Nava 5 while it was being ... (Read More)

news.bbc.co.uk - The Federal Reserve is to inject another $800bn (£526.8bn) into the US economy in a further effort to stabilise the financial system. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the stimulus package aimed to make more lending available to consumers. Ab... (Read More)