Cannes 2013: Festival taps into the power of nostalgia to fight back against...
For decades its conspicuous excess dazzled the world, but film-makers are increasingly turning to television to show off their waresWhen Carey Mulligan ditches the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of...
View Article'US drone' kills four in strike on al-Qaida target in Yemen
Local officials say vehicle carrying suspected militants near Aden was struck in an attack by an unmanned aircraftAt least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a...
View ArticleMonaco go to French courts to contest ruling forcing them to pay tax
• Club's position in tax haven angers rival clubs• Promotion to Ligue 1 in doubt as wrangle continuesMonaco have launched legal proceedings against the French football authorities after rival clubs...
View ArticleHuman cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson's could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNALorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences –...
View ArticleUK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks
Foreign Office sponsored surveys investigating impact of CIA drone campaign in Pakistan, minister Alistair Burt tells MPsBritain has been forced to admit that it has been funding surveys in Pakistan's...
View ArticleGarry Winogrand's classic and unseen photographs – gallery
Garry Winogrand is seen by many as the father of American street photography. His output was so prolific, he left many images unseen in his lifetime, on contact sheets and thousands of undeveloped...
View ArticleThis is a new, farcical low and David Cameron is losing control | Geoffrey Howe
The Tory backbenchers' desire to quit Europe would leave Britain dangerously isolatedUnfortunately, last week's events in the House of Commons have brought the debate on Europe within the Conservative...
View ArticleEd Miliband vows to curb corporate tax avoidance
Labour leader urges David Cameron to work with G8 countries to force corporate giants to pay their fair shareEd Miliband has vowed to rip up the rule book as prime minister and go it alone if there is...
View ArticleTory party out of control over Europe, says Lord Howe
Former chancellor launches scathing attack on David Cameron and says Euroscepticism is 'infecting party soul'Lord Howe, the former Conservative chancellor who triggered the downfall of Margaret...
View ArticleTories just about held it together in the past. This time it's different |...
The Conservative factions are warring so zealously over Europe that a formal split in the party is not unthinkableAs the Conservative party has spent the past week tearing itself and the reputation of...
View ArticleOut, out, out! Can anybody stem the Eurosceptic tide?
The Conservative party, not for the first time, is tearing itself apart over Europe. Eurosceptics have become more vocal and the PM seems unable to deal with the growing rebellion. Daniel Boffey looks...
View ArticleLeading Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed outside home
Police say member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party ambushed by two bikersA senior female member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of voters say PM should 'listen more' to backbenchers
Amid row over Europe in Tory party, Opinium/Observer poll shows 3% fall in David Cameron's approval ratingOver two-thirds of voters believe the prime minister should "listen and pay more attention" to...
View ArticleFries with Matt Dillon
Hitting the bars of Kansas with the Rumble Fish star back in 1987On a day off from playing a bank robber in the film Kansas in 1987, Matt Dillon was keen to drive me around the movie's location, a town...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires short-range missiles
Move could undermine efforts to ease tensions on peninsula since joint US-South Korean military drills earlier this yearNorth Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on...
View ArticleRussia reveals CIA Moscow chief after Fogle expulsion
Federal Security Service spokesman breaches protocol as he accuses US agency of crossing 'red line' in its recruitment effortsThe Federal Security Service in Russia has revealed the identity of the...
View Article'We can't negotiate with fragmented rebels'
In a rare interview, the Syrian president says a divided opposition could not uphold a peace deal and that he has no intention of stepping downSyria's embattled leader Bashar al-Assad has used a rare...
View ArticleGay marriage: would legalising straight civil partnerships really cost £4bn?
Downing Street has said amendment to gay marriage bill could cost £4bn, but Labour and others have questioned figureIt was the big number in Monday's front-page stories: Downing Street's warning that...
View ArticlePolitics needs mavericks, not just the same old chumocracy and groupthink |...
That Margaret Hodge and Nigel Farage are arousing passions shows how sick we are of the professional political classSuddenly there are new faces on our television screens, and new, agitated, indignant...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires two missiles at the South – video
North Korea fires two short-range missiles at South Korea on Monday, in its sixth launch in the past three days
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