BBC News – World

• Two killed by lorry on motorway
  A lorry driver is arrested after two men die when they are hit as they walk along the M6 close to Sandbach in Cheshire. […]
• Obama condemns Koran burning plan
  President Obama calls a pastor's plan to burn the Koran a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda, while Interpol warns a violent response is likely. […]
• Race-row German banker quits post
  A German banker at the centre of a row over comments he made about Jews and Muslims agrees to leave his post, the Bundesbank says. […]
• Welfare bill faces extra £4bn cut
  The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC. […]
• Iran to release captured US hiker
  Iran is set to release on Saturday one of three detained American hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, officials say. […]
• US soldiers 'kept Afghan body parts'
  A group of US soldiers murdered a number of Afghan civilians and took body parts as trophies, documents released by military officials suggest. […]
• Gang strike paralyses El Salvador
  El Salvador is semi-paralysed by a 72-hour transport strike called by street gangs in protest against a new law targeting them. […]
• Queiroz sacked as Portugal boss
  Portugal sack coach Carlos Queiroz a week after the 57-year-old is suspended for six months for disrupting an anti-doping test. […]
• Live text - Wawrinka v Youzhny
  Stanislas Wawrinka and Mikhail Youzhny battle for a US Open semi-final spot, with Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco in action later. […]
• Reprieve for US stem cell funding
  A court says federal funding for US stem cell research can continue until a final legal decision on the matter. […]