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LONDON (Reuters) - Bird flu is now more likely to reach Britain but its spread is not inevitable, the government said on Sunday after the first case was confirmed in neighbouring France. "The veterinary advice is the risk of imminent infection in the UK is still low but we must remain vigilant," junior Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw said. "It's not inevitable but it is clear, obviously, that  ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder over the shooting of policewoman Rachael Bown in Nottingham, police said on Sunday. Police arrested Trevon Kyron Thomas as he boarded a plane at London's Heathrow Airport on Friday. He was later handed over to officers from Nottinghamshire Police for questioning. Thomas had earlier been named as a suspect in the shooting ...

By Krittivas Mukherjee and Kerstin Gemlich MUMBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - India said on Sunday a poultry farm owner is the country's first suspected death from bird flu, while France confirmed its first cases of the H5N1 virus as the disease spread further around the globe. Avian influenza has flared anew in recent weeks, spreading quickly among birds in Europe and parts of Africa, prompting authorities to impose bans on poultry trade, mass culling in infected areas and vaccinations of poultry flock ...

By Angus MacSwan RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Veteran rock group the Rolling Stones treated 1 million delirious fans to a rock 'n' roll spectacle with a free show on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Saturday night in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever. Singer Mick Jagger, 62, danced around the stage like a skinny teenager for the two-hour show, which featured songs from their early days in London 40 years ago and from their latest Grammy-winning album "A Bigger Bang." Po ...

By Ossian Shine TURIN (Reuters) - Italian police raided Austria's biathlon and cross-country skiing team bases on suspicion of doping late on Saturday, casting a pall over a day that made Olympic history at the Winter Games. International Olympic Committee anti-doping officials tested 15 Austrian athletes for evidence of doping, officials said. An investigative source told Reuters that the police had found nothing untoward so far. The Austrian team said they would protest at the raids. "We a ...

By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli cabinet will consider on Sunday what measures it will impose on Palestinians to weaken a new government to be formed by Hamas after the militant Islamist group took control of parliament. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due to travel to the Gaza Strip to meet leaders of Hamas, which has rejected his call to respect past peace deals with Israel, pursue peacemaking and wage only non-violent struggle. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmer ...