Tiananmen crash 'suspects' sought
Police in China have named two suspects linked to a "major incident" in Beijing, after a deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square, state media report.
The vehicle crashed into a crowd and burst into flames, killing five people.
Police subsequently issued a notice to hotels in Beijing seeking information about two people from Xinjiang province, Chinese media said.
The note also described a vehicle and four number plates from Xinjiang, the scene of sporadic violent incidents.
State-run Xinhua news agency said of the five people who died on Monday, three people died inside the car and two tourists were killed. Another 38 people were injured.
Police shut down the scene of the incident - at the north end of the square at an entrance to the Forbidden City - shortly after it occurred, temporarily closing a subway station and a road.
A BBC crew attempting to record footage at the location were briefly detained, while on Chinese social media some pictures of the scene appeared to be quickly deleted and comments were heavily censored.
There has been no official statement on the cause of the incident.
Hotel notice
"A major case has taken place on Monday," the police notice said, without specifying what. It named two residents from Xinjiang's Pishan and Shanshan counties as suspect
US NSA spying: Pressure mounts on White House
Pressure is growing on the White House to explain US intelligence gathering and why President Barack Obama appeared not to know the extent of operations.
The intelligence agency head and other officials are to testify before the House of Representatives later.
And the chair of the Senate's intelligence committee called for a "total review" of US spying programmes.
The president has spoken publicly of his intent to probe spying activities amid claims of eavesdropping on allies.
An EU delegate in Washington has described the row over intelligence gathering as "a breakdown of trust".
Additional constraints
In a US television interview, President Obama said that national security operations were being reassessed to make sure the National Security Agency's (NSA) growing technical spying capability was kept under control.
"We give them policy direction," he told ABC's Fusion network.
"But what we've seen over the last several years is their capacities continue to develop and expand, and that's why I'm initiating now, a review to make sure that what they're able to do, doesn't necessarily mean what they should be doing."
White House spokesman Jay Carney earlier told reporters that the administration "recognise[s] there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence".
Neither Mr Carney nor Mr Obama have commented on specific allegations that the US eavesdropped on international allies, including tapping the phones of foreign officials.
German media reported that the US had bugged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone for more than a decade - and that the surveillance only ended a few months ago.
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