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A roadmap for Libya | Ibrahim Kalin
Turkish policy is to enable a peaceful transition to democracy – starting with Gaddafi stepping downAt the beginning of this month, the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called upon Muammar...
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Response: To claim Japan's earthquake response was slow is totally unjustified
A rapidly organised rescue effort was only delayed by wrecked transport linksMinae Mizumura writes on the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the related issues of responsibility and leadership...
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To fight the xenophobic populists, we need more free speech, not less |...
Geert Wilders should not be on trial for his words on Islam. But mainstream politicians must confront and not appease himHow can we best combat the anti-immigrant populists who are now making the...
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The reason mothers work – and Tories try to stop them | Zoe Williams
Benefit cuts, childcare costs and marriage tax breaks are forcing families back into a single breadwinner modelAt the start of the week Save the Children and Daycare Trust released figures to show that...
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Spain earthquake havoc leads to questions
Concerns over how relatively minor tremors caused serious damage to buildings in Lorca, where eight people diedResidents of the Spanish town of Lorca have begun sifting through the rubble left by two...
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Child witness: 'My evidence took two days. I hated every minute of it'
As more and more children are being asked to give evidence in court, 'Megan' recounts her harrowing experienceMy sister was six years old and I was 10 when my half-brother moved in with us. The abuse...
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Children and the law: new case may transform criminal courts' approach
A local authority has refused to let a six-year-old testify in court. It it wins the case could severely curtail use of child witnesses in trialsChildren may no longer be called to give evidence in the...
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Children and the law: state failing to help young witnesses, says report
Study criticises lack of support to children giving evidence, trial management and controls on unfair questioningParalysed with fear and embarrassment, clutching two teddy bears and speaking in a...
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Fashion meets fish at Selfridges exhibition
Lady Gaga's lobster hat is among the aquatic-inspired gladrags in a show that aims to raise awareness of overfishingWhen Lady Gaga wore a crystal-encrusted lobster hat last year, crustacean chic was...
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Forty-eight women raped every hour in Congo, study finds
Research shows 12% of the country's women have been raped at least once, and the crisis is not confined to conflict areasAbout 48 women are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour, a...
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'Gaddafi is the terrorist man': Derna denies being al-Qaida hotbed
Angry reaction from town singled out by Libyan ruler as harbouring terrorists he says are behind country's revolutionIt's not the caricatures of Muammar Gaddafi that mark the crumbling Mediterranean...
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Carwyn Jones confirmed as first minister of Wales
Queen confirms appointment of Welsh Labour leader as first minister after he was nominated by assemblyThe leader of the Welsh Labour party, Carwyn Jones, has been confirmed as the first minister of...
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Glencore insists flotation will go ahead
Glencore to press on with Hong Kong side of listing despite another volatile day in the commodities marketsGlencore has dismissed another sharp sell-off in the commodities market as "froth" and said...
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Osprey ready for landmark 50th chick
Lady, believed to be one of the world's oldest wild ospreys, has laid three eggs in her nest in the Scottish HighlandsThe veteran osprey that set a record by breeding for 21 successive years may soon...
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Philip Hammond accused of 'class war' over railway crackdown plans
Transport secretary calls for end to what he describes as out-of-date working practices and excessive wage demands for tens of thousands of rail workers Transport unions have been warned that the...
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Bette and Joan – review
Arts, LondonBy 1962, two of the silver screen's great leading ladies, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, were has-beens. The women – both famed for playing strong independent characters, both with...
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Wild Beasts – review
Wilton's Music Hall, LondonThere is dry ice everywhere and a real sense of occasion for this show to support Wild Beasts' third album – their potential commercial breakthrough following the critical...
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Spiers and Boden – review
Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonTen years ago, in a pub on the outskirts of Oxford, a former genetics student who had switched his attention to the melodeon and concertina met a singer and fiddle player...
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Arditti Quartet – review
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt has been a long time since a major work by Robert Saxton received its first performance in London. Saxton has spent much of the last decade working on his radio opera The...
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