Google Glass going to take time, says Fadell

When Google paid $3.2bn (£2.1bn) to buy Tony Fadell's start-up Nest in 2014, it got much more than just an internet-connected thermostat and smoke detector.

It got the man dubbed the "the iPod's father" - the engineer/designer who sold Steve Jobs on his vision of a portable music player, and then worked to build it, update it and then repeat the process with the iPhone.

In January, Google's troubled Glass computer was added to his list of duties.

"It wasn't handed to me and said, 'Tony clean it up,'" Mr Fadell clarifies, "I offered."

"I remember what it was like when we did the iPod and the iPhone. I think this can be that important, but it's going to take time to get it right." More info: BBC NEWS

Obama-mania in Kenya as US president visits

Barack Obama may not get quite the rapturous welcome he did when he visited Kenya as a senator back in 2006, but his presence in his ancestral home is something of a coup for the Kenyan leadership, and he is expected to be warmly received.

The country has never had a sitting US president visit before, and understandably there's a sense of enormous pride. More info: BBC NEWS

Tony Blair: Labour must not assume 'electorate is stupid'

Tony Blair has warned Labour against shifting to the left, saying that when they did in the 1980s it suggested they thought "the electorate is stupid".

When Margaret Thatcher was elected, according to Mr Blair, the Labour party thought that meant people wanted a more leftist party and this lead to their successive election failures.

A new poll has Jeremy Corbyn leading the Labour leadership contest, he is the more left-wing of the four candidates. More info: BBC NEWS

Greek debt crisis: Queues for cash as banks reopen

Mass fly-past at Royal International Air Tattoo

Historical aircraft have taken part in a mass fly-past at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. Up to 100,000 people have flocked to the sold-out event in Gloucestershire over the weekend. The display was the highlight of official commemorations honouring the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The event, now in its 30th year, featured 250 aircraft including Vulcans, Tornados and the Red Arrows. More info: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gl...

Ukraine crisis: Shelling damages hospital in Donetsk

For the first time in several months, there has been shelling in the centre of the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine. Heavy shelling went on for several hours in Donetsk, and a hospital was badly damaged. More info: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-...

Friends and strangers pay tribute to elderly Melbourne man fatally hit by train

An 87-year-old Melbourne man hit and killed by a train has been fondly remembered as a great friend to all he met More info:http://www.9news.com.au/

Speed cameras forecast to catch one million speeding Queenslanders in 2015 alone

A quarter of a million Queensland drivers have already been caught speeding this year, with police forecasting a record total of one million fines issued for 2015. More info: http://www.9news.com.au/

Donald Trump criticises John McCain's 'war hero' credentials

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump is in the middle of a political row after he criticised fellow Republican, John McCain. He questioned whether the Arizona senator - who has been a prisoner of war in Vietnam - was actually a hero. Trump said he liked ''people who weren't captured''. more info:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33584517

'Two dead' in India chariot festival crowd surge in Orissa

Two people have been killed in a crowd surge at a religious festival in the Indian state of Orissa. Police struggled to control the crowd as tens of thousands of people turned out for a Hindu chariot festival in the town of Puri. Both those who died were women - two other people are in a critical condition in hospital. more info:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-in...

Melbourne men face court over vicious road rage bashing

Two men have faced court in Melbourne over a brutal road rage attack on the Western Ring Road last week that left a man fighting for life. Christopher Orfanidis appeared briefly at Melbourne Magistrates' Court today, charged with a vicious road rage attack in Ardeer on July 6. A Toyota Corolla was travelling on the Western Ring Road when it was rammed from behind.Two men got out of each car before an altercation occurred. The 31-year-old is alleged to have bashed the victims and then stolen their car. It was later found burnt out nearby. More info: http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015...

Queen Nazi salute film: Palace 'disappointed' at use

The Sun has published the film which shows the Queen aged about seven, with her mother, sister and uncle. The palace said it was "disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago... has been obtained and exploited". The newspaper has refused to say how it got the footage but said it was an "important and interesting story". 'Misleading and dishonest' The black and white footage, which lasts about 17 seconds, shows the Queen playing with a dog on the lawn in the gardens of Balmoral, the Sun says. More info: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33578174

Inside Nairobi's Westgate mall two years after attack BBC News

In September 2013, gunmen entered the mall and fired on shoppers, leading to a siege over four days.
About half the shops are opening again after an extensive refurbishment.
The reopening comes a week before US President Barack Obama visits Nairobi - a sign, the city's governor said, that the capital was safe.
"Exactly 22 months ago we had one of the saddest days in Kenyan history," governor Evans Kidero said.
"As a nation we cried, we mourned, but Westgate is back." more info: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-...