Edward Snowden's escape and casinos: The Mini Roast - video
On The Mini Roast, Tom Glasson and the team consider Edward Snowden fleeing Hong Kong for Ecuador and ask: is escape to Ecuador Wikileaks' only plan? And will Snowden and Julian Assange live together...
View ArticleJohnny Depp and Tom Cruise honour Jerry Bruckheimer's Hollywood star - video
Actors Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise honour producer Jerry Bruckheimer as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
View ArticleNorth and South Korea websites shut amid hacking alert
Government and media websites shut down as cyber-attack fears plague region on 63rd anniversary of Korean warSeveral government and media websites in South and North Korea were shut for several hours...
View ArticleMet chief has not watched Stephen Lawrence family 'smears' documentary
Bernard Hogan-Howe has not seen programme alleging police smear campaign against Stephen Lawrence's friends and familyThe Metropolitan police commissioner has said he has not yet watched the Guardian...
View ArticleObama to unveil first-ever US climate change strategy
Cutting power plant emissions and protecting coastlines on the agenda in landmark speech by presidentBarack Obama is due to map out America's first climate change strategy on Tuesday, cutting...
View ArticleGlobal development podcast: why care about mental health?
Sri Lanka has many people with serious mental health problems, exacerbated by the tsunami of December 2004 and decades of civil war. The country has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Yet...
View ArticleDon't disrespect Julia Gillard – knitters are not to be messed with
We knitters wield a lot of power with our needles and yarn. My own knitting career began with an act of defiance and now I have graduated on to the hard stuffNever underestimate a knitter. How much...
View ArticleSuper-rich feel the squeeze as luxury goods get dearer
'Affluent luxury living index' shows rising prices of watches, cars, jewellery, fine dining and artKeeping up with the Abramovichs just keeps on more expensive, as Swiss watches, luxury cars and blingy...
View ArticleBarack Obama's debt to Africa
If his heritage doesn't give him a special obligation to attend to the interests of the continent, his position doesHis name hangs like a talisman across Africa, from the President Barack Obama High...
View ArticleGoogle does not have to delete sensitive information, says European court
European court of justice adviser says Google is not obliged to delete content even when it damages an individual's reputationGoogle is not obliged to delete personal information from its search...
View ArticleTrenton Oldfield was wrong to sabotage the Boat Race. But why deport him?
I rowed for Cambridge in 2008 and was angry at Oldfield. But he still has a right to a family life here with his wife and childWhen Trenton Oldfield swam out in front of the Oxford and Cambridge boats...
View ArticleFollow the Niger and Mali models to tackle malnutrition
How combining health and nutrition programmes can save lives and help children grow, even in the most difficult placesNutrition treatments have made huge developments in the past few years. The advent...
View ArticleBBC global news audience grows to record 256m
Corporation's estimates show that international coverage grew 7% in past year, driven in part by aftermath of the Arab springThe BBC's global news audience grew to a record quarter of a billion people...
View ArticleMexico aims high with investment in burgeoning aviation industry
Rapid growth in the sector is evidence of Mexico's determination to become one of the world's top 10 aviation suppliersThe Querétaro Aerospace Park, 200km northwest of Mexico City, is a mass of cranes...
View ArticleTaken 3 to bag Liam Neeson $20m fee
Irish actor to reprise his role as ex-CIA hardman in lucrative action film seriesLiam Neeson is on course for a huge payday to reprise his role as ass-kicking hardman Bryan Mills in a third Taken film,...
View ArticleRick Santorum to head new Christian film studio
The former US presidential hopeful will be CEO of a faith-based movie company that plans to recruit talent from HollywoodRick Santorum, the evangelical former US presidential hopeful who lost out to...
View ArticleThe best news photographs of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the dayMee-Lai StoneRoger Tooth
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Greek PM reshuffles cabinet as European stock markets...
Antonis Samaras has handed more responsibility to his Pasok coalition partner in aftermath of crisis over state broadcaster, as China's reassuring words over shadow banking clampdown calms...
View ArticleEdward Snowden has missed the golden era of going on the run | Duncan Campbell
Train robber Ronnie Biggs managed to hide abroad, but then he didn't have the endless publicity of the 24-hour news cyclePossibly Edward Snowden has other things on his mind today than the forthcoming...
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