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Euro nations falter ahead of expected rise in interest rates
European central bank president Jean-Claude Trichet insists inflation must be quashedEurope's north-south divide has worsened as figures show Spain and Greece faltering, with rising unemployment and...
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Behna – review
A secret location, LondonThe bride is upstairs having her mehndi done. Down in the living room, the bride's mum is all smiles, leading the dancing and plying us – the guests – with samosas. But beneath...
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Tribeca film festival: British film about paedophile suspect among winners
New York festival honours Man and Boy but top awards go to Swedish and Israeli directorsA British film about the death of a suspected paedophile has won the award for best narrative short at the...
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Royal wedding: police criticised for pre-emptive strikes against protesters
Officers use blanket stop and search powers and arrest 52 people across LondonThe protester had only got a few bars into his version of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, recast as "we all live in a...
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Police turn blind eye to Trevi fountain trawlers
• Up to €3,000 thrown in to fountain daily by tourists • Cash is supposed to go to Roman Catholic charityThe chief of Rome's municipal police is facing calls for his resignation amid a scandal over the...
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Philharmonia/Maazel – review
Colston Hall, BristolAs the Philharmonia's Mahler cycle with Lorin Maazel continues, it's hard to resist the observation that this is as much about Maazel as it is Mahler: the Colston Hall programme...
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Gaddafi troops captured in Tunisia while fighting intensifies in Misrata
Attempt by Libya loyalist soldiers to retake a key crossing from rebel hands leads to border skirmish with Tunisian forcesThe Libyan civil war has briefly spilled into Tunisia as the west of the...
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Labour cries foul as NHS regulator predicts deeper hospital cuts
Monitor says hospitals may have to make efficiency savings of up to 50% higher than previous predictionsLabour has accused health bosses of burying bad news on royal wedding day when it emerged that...
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EU inquiry into claims of banks' collusion in credit derivatives market
• Suspicion over derivatives at centre of European debt crisis • HSBC, RBS and Barclays among banks in spotlight over CDOsThe European Union is investigating HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays...
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Syrians continue to protest as unrest spreads to Damascus
• At least 42 people killed, many in Deraa• UN approves inquiry into government violenceThousands of Syrians defied their government's bloody attempts to suppress protests, braving gunfire from...
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This royal wedding is Britain's Marie Antoinette moment | Polly Toynbee
Back in the real world, below this thin layer of pomp, there is a social dislocation whose cracks are starting to emergeHow well we do it! Was the princess beautiful in lace and was the prince...
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Beckhams are fashion royalty whatever the occasion
Showing everyone in the abbey how it's done: Victoria Beckham in a dress from her own collection, David sporting Ralph LaurenAs the guests arrived at Westminster Abbey it fell to showbiz royalty to...
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Royal wedding gives £2bn boost to UK tourism
• Honeymoon effect may bring extra 4m visitors• Taxpayers foot £7m bill for security operationMost weddings blow a hole in the happy couple's finances, but the royal extravaganza is predicted to have...
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Royal wedding passes without a hitch as Kate and William seal it with a kiss
Considering the huge guest list, the crowds, and the massed ranks of cameras, the royal wedding proved an intimate affairConsidering the size of the audience, the two sets of trumpeters, two choirs and...
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Gaddafi 'supplies troops with Viagra to encourage mass rape', claims diplomat
US ambassador Susan Rice has also said, without offering evidence, that Iran was helping Syria to suppress dissentOne of America's most senior diplomats claimed at the United Nations security council...
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Orange juice and egg sandwiches for David Cameron's Downing Street rave
Street party with a nostalgic touch for architects of the big society - and Barbara WindsorPerhaps because of the oppressive policing of the event, Dave's Downing Street rave never felt like it was...
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Sarkozy-Berlusconi: A border control farce | Hugo Brady
Sarkozy and Berlusconi's call to weaken passport-free travel in Europe is pure political theatreWhen Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi announced plans to weaken passport-free travel in Europe this...
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A royal wedding – and triumph of love marriage
Royal couple inspires young Indians as millions watch live broadcast of the ceremonyIt was not so much the royal as the romance that caught the imagination of Deepika Kumar, a 26-year-old...
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Immigration officials have turned HIV patients into prisoners, claims hospital
NHS consultants say that the UK Border Agency's security measures have turned Hillingdon hospital into a prisonHIV patients at a London hospital have in effect been imprisoned following a move by...
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Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US? | Tariq Ali
Phase one of the Arab spring is over. Phase two – the attempt to crush or contain genuine popular movements – has begunThe patchwork political landscape of the Arab world – the client monarchies,...
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