Toyota recalls 242,000 Prius cars
Japanese carmaker recalls 242,000 third-generation Prius vehicles worldwide – including 5,000 in the UK – over brake faultToyota has recalled 242,000 Prius cars worldwide including 5,000 in the UK...
View ArticleSusan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as US national security adviser
Rice, US ambassador to the UN, set to replace Donilon next month in significant shakeup to White House foreign policy teamPresident Barack Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, is resigning...
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the day including incredible views of Earth from space, images related to World Environment Day and crazy lion...
View ArticleEyewitness: 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
View ArticleSteven Seagal becomes the face of Russian arms firm
Businessman Igor Kesayev latest Russian to bond with Under Siege star turned unlikely Washington-Moscow intermediaryThe actor Steven Seagal has become an unlikely business envoy for a pre-Russian...
View ArticleShort-haired bumblebee reintroduced to Britain - video
Patrick Barkham watches the release of 49 rare queen bees on the RSPB nature reserve in Dungeness, KentGuy GrandjeanPatrick Barkham
View ArticleReturning rare bumblebee to Britain is a dauntingly complex mission
Patrick Barkham joins the release of 49 queens that are key to re-establishing the short-haired bumblebee in the UKThe technology – a Fiat Ducato camper van with a reliable fridge – is the easy bit....
View ArticleSyria crisis: Assad's forces retake Qusair - live updates
Follow live updates after the Assad government claimed to have retaken Qusair and Britain and France said they had evidence of the use of Sarin gas by the regimeMatthew Weaver
View ArticleFast flu: real-time influenza data
Sometimes, it can be hard for health agencies to see national patterns in flu viruses, let alone international ones. Google Flu Trends is an attempt to make that data available in real-time using...
View ArticleIran presidential candidates’ debate - live coverage
Live coverage as the eight candidates standing in Iran's 14 June presidential election take part in second live debateSaeed Kamali Dehghan
View ArticleSpielberg and Day-Lewis may reunite on Thank You for Your Service
Lincoln director and star consider film based on David Finkel's book about soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorderSteven Spielberg may reunite with Daniel Day-Lewis, the Oscar-winning star of...
View ArticleCyber-attacks on agenda for Obama and Xi
Obama expected to use weekend summit to call on China to admit role in recent attacks against US computer networksBarack Obama will call on the Chinese president to take responsibility for...
View ArticleTurkish deputy PM sorry for violence
Bulent Arinç, standing in for absent prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, offers to meet protest's leaders in bid to ease tensionsTurkey's deputy prime minister has offered a partial apology for the...
View ArticleAssad's troops seize control of Qusair
Rebels confirm they have pulled out of strategic town after three-week siege by Lebanese militiaThe Syrian border town of Qusair has fallen to Hezbollah forces after a three-week siege that pitched the...
View ArticleIslamic extremists planned murderous attack on EDL rally, court told
Prosecutor says plot to attack rally in West Yorkshire last year would have led to 'a tit-for-tat spiral of violence and terror'A planned terrorist attack on a far-right demonstration would have led to...
View ArticleAd break: giffgaff zombie advert, Visa, Ikea
In this week's review of ads from around the world, zombies take over a quiet English village in a mobile advertStrongbow: 'Moments of Truth' (00:03) - UKIt's been a strong week for UK commercials and...
View ArticleFloods cause chaos across Europe – in pictures
Rescuers help residents escape as floodwater from the Elbe and Danube rivers continue to swamp swaths of Germany and the Czech RepublicJonny Weeks
View ArticleBrussels fights back in Greek crisis blame game
European commission 'fundamentally disagrees' with the IMF's main criticisms of the way the Greek debt crisis was handledThe European commission strongly refuted the withering criticism of the...
View ArticleTurkey: Police fire teargas and water cannons at Ankara protesters - video
Riot police clash with protesters in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday as anti-government protests move into their sixth day
View ArticleThe 50 greatest British & Irish Lions
Guardian sport have today unveiled their list of the greatest Lions players of all time. Explore the rankings here• Get the data• Our interactive of the 50 greatest Lions in history• More data...
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