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Please find below the 10 latest breaking stories live from the BBC
1 September 2010 | 10:03 pm
Hostages taken at US Discovery HQ
A man with a gun takes a "small number" of hostages inside the Discovery Communications HQ in Silver Spring, near Washington DC. 1 September 2010 | 9:49 pm
Obama condemns W Bank 'slaughter'
President Barack Obama condemns the "senseless slaughter" of four Israeli settlers, as he opens a new round of Mid-East diplomacy. 1 September 2010 | 9:40 pm
'We have an ongoing hostage situation'
A man with a gun has taken at least one hostage inside the Discovery Communications offces in Silver Spring, near Washington DC. 1 September 2010 | 8:48 pm
Apple launches MySpace challenger
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software. 1 September 2010 | 8:20 pm
Rub-a-dub-dub one man in a tub crosses the Irish Sea
At an age when many people are thinking about how to get in and out of the bath, Mervyn Kinkead has put his own tub to a use which belies his advancing years. 1 September 2010 | 8:19 pm
Murray eases through in New York
Britain's Andy Murray cruises into the second round of the US Open with a straight sets victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. 1 September 2010 | 8:15 pm
Aircraft crashes into North Sea
A light aircraft with two people on board travelling from Germany to Norfolk plunges into the North Sea off the Suffolk coast. 1 September 2010 | 8:03 pm
Deadly Lahore triple bomb blast
At least 25 people are killed and more than 170 are injured in three bomb blasts during a Shia religious parade in Lahore, Pakistan. 1 September 2010 | 8:00 pm
Deadly Maputo clash over prices
Six people are reported killed in Mozambique's capital Maputo in riots over rising food and fuel prices. 1 September 2010 | 7:43 pm
Top Gear's 'The Stig': Revealed?
The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig. |
