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Global markets hit by political tensions-business live

FTSE 100 slides 1% as escalating Syrian crisis hits shares,pushes up oil price and sends Turkish lira to record low.Graeme Wearden

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Syria accuses Kerry of lying over chemical weapons - live updates

Follow the day's events as they unfoldPeter WalkerAndrew Sparrow

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Police rebuked for 'unfortunate' remarks after Melbourne shooting

Coroner's court stresses it is for coroner to determine if officer's actions were appropriate after extensive investigationThe coroner's court of Victoria has rebuked the Victoria police for...

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Eyewitness: Notting Hill, London

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series

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Bill Peach: farewell to a much-loved Australian character

Pioneering journalist and traveller who died on Tuesday, aged 78, is remembered by his This Day Tonight colleague Caroline Jones as a 'man of integrity, natural friendliness and grace'Bill Peach was...

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Flu cases unusually low this winter

Strong take-up of vaccinations and warm weather credited with sharp drop in confirmed casesAustralia has experienced an unusually low number of influenza cases this winter, with strong take-up of...

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Archbishop of Canterbury urges caution on Syria

Justin Welby says MPs must consider all aspects of 'delicate and dangerous situation'The archbishop of Canterbury has warned MPs to consider all the aspects of a "delicate and dangerous situation"...

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Election 2013: who won the third debate? | Poll

Candidates Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott faced each other in a third and last debate before the election. Who do you think had the upper hand?

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Syria crisis: Britain will seek UN clearance for military action

David Cameron says UK will put forward resolution at security council 'authorising necessary measures to protect civilians'Britain will try to get the United Nations security council to authorise...

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Rudd v Abbott: the third debate in gifs – as it happened

Because the campaign's nearly over, and we all need a breakMary Hamilton

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Ed Miliband's Syria dilemma: what should Labour do? | Polly Toynbee

Backing action in Syria could give Miliband a much-needed injection of gravitas – but, quite rightly, he has conditionsDrumbeats of war thunder in Washington, and No 10 is convinced that the die is...

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Could a pre-emptive sanctions tool increase pressure on Syria?

Sanctions designed to deter investors from doing business with illegitmate regimes, while not a panacea, could be a useful addition to the diplomatic toolboxAfter throwing off repressive leaders,...

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Chinese general's son in gang-rape trial

Li Tianyi, 17, denies raping woman in Beijing hotel with four other men as high-profile case gets under wayA prominent Chinese general's teenage son accused of gang-rape denied the charges against him...

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Tony Abbott 'would delay surplus before breaking election vows'

Undecided voters in western Sydney force Coalition leader and Kevin Rudd to defend their economic credentialsTony Abbott has promised to delay a surplus rather than break his election promises even if...

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Pakistan's chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry suffers public backlash

Critics speak out against outgoing influential judge, who is accused of meddling in politics for personal aggrandisementAn unprecedented surge of criticism directed at Pakistan's chief justice by...

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Facebook hands over 1,300 users' data to UK government

Social network urges more government transparency over data requests, pledging to publish reports on information it releasesFacebook has pledged to publish regular reports detailing government requests...

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Measles-like virus linked to dolphin deaths along US east coast

Experts have tentatively attributed the 333 deaths to cetacean morbillivirus, and say the outbreak could last until 2014A measles-like virus could be the reason that an extraordinary number of...

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Comparing David Miranda to phone hackers wilfully misses the point | Brian...

Publications such as the Daily Mail and Spectator are willing to abuse the power of the press to protect the status quoDoes it show double standards to condemn David Miranda's detention without...

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Jeremy Deller: It's a kind of English magic, at the Venice Biennale, 2013 -...

Jeremy Deller: It's a kind of English magic, at the Venice Biennale, 2013 - audio slideshowDavid BattyKarin AndreassonThibaut Remy

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A swim through Jellyfish Lake, Palau – video

This Micronesian island is home to five marine lakes that contain Mastigias papua, the golden jellyfish

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