Lawyers are going to the High Court to push for a full public inquiry into allegations made by 142 Iraqi civilians that they were abused by British soldiers in southern Iraq.

At least 49 people are killed in the latest eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, doubling the death toll since it became active again last week.

A suicide bomb attack on a packed mosque during Friday prayers in north-west Pakistan leaves at least 45 people dead and dozens more injured, local officials say.

Shadow immigration minister Phil Woolas has vowed to fight a decision to declare his 2010 election victory void.