A Burmese TV station has bought rights for the English Premier league football games, benefiting from the easing of sanctions against the Asian country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20473934

Do men and women really experience flu differently?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20452192

But could China's new leaders change tack on Tibet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20457627

A spate of dog killings alarms Russian animal lovers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20392327

Police in the Thai capital, Bangkok, use tear gas against thousands of protesters calling for the overthrow of the prime minister.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20475280

A roadside bomb kills at least seven people near a Shia Muslim procession in north-western Pakistan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20474124

Plans to scrap rules on street trading and door-to-door selling in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could expose the public to more rogue traders, the Local Government Association says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20473807