News Headlines - 09 May 2014

RAF police inquiry into photo of UK servicemen posing with dead Taliban | The Times

Photographs of UK servicemen posing alongside the body of a dead Taliban fighter, who was killed during a notorious attack on Camp Bastion when Prince Harry was serving, have been leaked on the internet.

American officials in Nigeria to help find kidnapped girls as report says government had warning of attack | Fox News

American and British security experts are in northeastern Nigeria to help search for at least 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants more than three weeks ago, as a new report suggests the Nigerian government did not respond to warnings of the impending attack.

China accuses Vietnam of ramming its ships in South China Sea | theguardian.com

China has accused Vietnam of ramming its ships in a disputed part of the South China Sea amid concerns that a tense maritime standoff between the two countries could boil over into armed conflict.

Silvio Berlusconi arrives at Alzheimer's home for community service | Daily Express

DISGRACED former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is pictured here arriving for his first day of community service as punishment for tax fraud.

Moppy the mascot survives Japan's cull of cuddly ambassadors | The Guardian

Bird-like promotional character to become Osaka's core representative but fellow yuru-kyara face mass extermination