BBC team attacked in southern Russia 'by at least three men'

for two days, prompting a debate about 'VIP culture'. #BBCtrending has interviewed passengers who were on board and one of the politicians who was mobbed. You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending 

Out film actor Ben Whishaw has been cast as the lead in an upcoming BBC spy drama 'London Spy'.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said Mr Cantlie was speaking to the camera under duress. He said it was like a "kind of parody of a chat show" and "very much a propaganda video". "It doesn't end with any overt threat. He's reading from a

In a submission to the Australian Government on the issue of online piracy, the BBC Worldwide indicates that ISPs should be obliged to monitor their customers' activities. Service providers should become suspicious that 

The Electoral Commission was concerned that it could have led people to vote "Yes", and in January 2013 SNP ministers accepted the watchdog's alternative: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" As BBC Correspondent Nick Bryant has pointed out,