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Cameron: Universities UK should review its guidance
The Prime Minster's spokesmen made clear that the PM wants a ban on gender-segregated audiences on campus even where men and women voluntarily separate themselves, but stressed that his comments did not relate to places of worship.
– The PM's spokesman told a daily Westminster media briefing[The Prime Minister] does not believe that guest speakers should be allowed to address segregated audiences, so he believes that Universities UK should urgently review its guidance.
Cameron: No to gender segregated university audiences
Guest speakers should not be allowed to address gender segregated audiences in universities, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister is urging Universities UK urgently to review guidance which endorsed the voluntary separation of men and women in audiences for debates and lectures involving Muslim speakers on campus.
Mr Cameron's comments come after Education Secretary Michael Gove denounced the guidance as "pandering to extremism" and called for it to be withdrawn.
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Prince Harry reaches the South Pole
Prince Harry and his fellow adventurers have reached the South Pole, organisers of the Walking With The Wounded charity trek have announced.
After more than three weeks pulling sleds across the frozen wastes of Antarctica the group stood at the bottom of the world at midday.
The adventurers include 12 servicemen and women from the UK and other nations who have suffered terrible injuries, including the loss of limbs.Their trek took them more than 200 miles across the bleak continent to the geographic South Pole
PM: Other EU countries should do more to aid Syria
Britain has led the way in terms of aiding Syria, the Prime Minister said today, after the government was criticised for "miserably failing" to provide resettlement places for refugees.
David Cameron added: "We are the second largest bilateral donor, behind America to Syria and the Syrian refugees. We've spent a huge amount of money making sure people have water, and they have food and shelter.
"Britain can be proud of the role that we've played and the money we've put in. Other European countries should do more".
Daughter's last memory of Mandela 'is my blessing'
Zindzi Mandela has exclusively told ITV News her last memory of Nelson Mandela "is my blessing".
Grateful it was a nice memory she explained: "The last time I saw him I had been teasing him, playing with his hair and fooling around, and I could sense some kind of his inner eye roll, like 'Oh my God, here is this child again! Here she goes again!'
"And the smile and how he tried to lift his hand and reach out to me - that's my last memory of him and that's what I shall treasure forever".
Watch Mark Austin's interview with Zindzi Mandela on ITV News at 1.30pm
No 10: Execution is evidence of 'extreme brutality'
The execution of the uncle of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un is further evidence of the "extreme brutality" of the country's regime, Downing Street has said.
Prime Minister David Cameron's official spokesman told reporters at a daily Westminster press briefing: "If this is confirmed, it is another example of the extreme brutality of the North Korean regime."
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Ukraine's president to hold talks on political crisis
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, facing mass protests calling for his resignation, will hold talks today with former President Leonid Kravchuk, heads of parliamentary factions and church leaders.
A spokesman for Kravchuk said opposition leaders had been invited to the "round-table" meeting but that he did not know whether they would attend.
Thousands of protesters have rallied in Kiev's central square for three weeks over the government's U-turn on policy away from the European Union towards Russia. They are demanding Yanukovich step down.
Read more: Ukraine opposition will attend talks with President
Mandela's daughter: I haven't shed a tear yet
Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi exclusively told ITV News she has yet to cry following her father's death.
Zindzi Mandela told ITV News presenter Mark Austin, "Contrary to media reports that I was seen breaking down after the [Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom] viewing, sobbing uncontrollably, I actually haven't shed a tear yet".
Ms Mandela said she did not know whether that was due to delayed shock or if she was in denial.
"Obviously I am very sad, I have got a very heavy feeling in my heart ... but my form of escapism is more to be like a comforter to others in the family and obviously to people who gather outside outside our Houghton home", she said.
Watch Mark Austin's interview with Zindzi Mandela on ITV News at 1.30pm
Mandela's daughter: I forgave him for not being there
In an exclusive interview with ITV News, Zindzi Mandela said she had a "sense of bitterness" towards her father Nelson Mandela for not being there all those years he was in prison but that she had forgiven him.
She told ITV News presenter Mark Austin, "Obviously that fell away when we bonded and became closer".
Ms Mandela said she later snubbed her father, explaining: "I wasn't happy with him and the way in which I felt he had treated my mother, I felt he could have treated her better.
"Then I came back and again we rekindled our relationship. I think it is so important that that happened because then I made my peace with him.
"I actually sat with him and I just told him about all the hurt I'd felt over the years - how I felt let down, how I felt like we were never a priority, and in that conversation I forgave him".
Ukraine opposition will attend talks with President
Ukrainian opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko will attend round-table talks with President Victor Yanukovich today aimed at finding a compromise in a crisis which has brought hundreds of thousands of protesters out on to the street.
"We will be going," said a spokeswoman for Klitschko when asked if he would attend the talks.
