Developing countries such as Mexico, Indonesia and Egypt are facing dangerous political crises as rising food costs hammer their none-too-prosperous populations.

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The council's dog warden, Bernadette Burns, said anyone facing attack from a dangerous dog "should stand still and do not run".

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But a statement issued through the soldier's solicitor on Thursday said given the "extraordinarily dangerous situation" facing soldiers in Iraq, the decision to prosecute the soldier was "astonishing".

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The question now facing them is how to avoid a dangerous fissure opening up as a result of Monday's Commons vote on an EU referendum.

BBC: Europe: The bomb's ticking louder

Two substances which are said to give users dangerous "legal highs" are to be made illegal class B drugs - with users facing up to five years in jail.

BBC: "Legal highs" mexxy and black mamba banned by government