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India starts trade talks with African countries in effort to rival China
The Indian prime minister arrives in Ethiopia to bolster economic and political links in a new 'scramble for Africa'India's prime minister and dozens of business leaders began trade talks in Ethiopia...
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MoD sued over missing Iraqi boy
Father of 13-year-old Memmon Salam al-Maliki, who vanished after being treated by British in 2003, demands inquiryThe father of a 13-year-old Iraqi boy who has been missing since 2003 after being...
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Pakistani commandos regain control of Karachi military base
• Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for 'revenge' raid• Ten military personnel killed in long gunfightPakistani commandos regained control of a military base in central Karachi on Monday, ending...
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Basque separatists make breakthrough in Spanish elections
Bildu coalition wins a quarter of the votes in the Basque country and claims Eta's days are numberedThe dramatic resurgence of the Basque country's radical separatists, who formed part of the Bildu...
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NHS is failing to support vulnerable young people, says children's minister
Sarah Teather says the supply of speech therapy and basic equipment for children with special needs has become a 'postcode lottery'The children and families minister has attacked the health service for...
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Whales face mass beaching off Ireland after two found dead
Animal welfare experts braced for major rescue operation after 60-strong pod of pilot whales leaves Loch Carnan for Irish coastIrish animal welfare volunteers are on alert after a large pod of pilot...
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Chile exhumes Salvador Allende's body for new probe into how president died
Experts aim to discover whether ousted leftist leader killed himself or was assassinated during military coup in 1973The remains of deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende were removed from his tomb...
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Roy Macdonald Stock obituary
My husband, Roy Macdonald Stock, who has died aged 96, was a Bristolian whose pacifist parents named him after the Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald. Mac, as his friends called him, was the youngest of...
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Ann Goddard obituary
Barrister and sole female Old Bailey judge for many yearsIn the 1960s, a morning in court for a defence lawyer in the inner London courts could be a draining experience. Magistrates, if not openly...
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Gordon McLennan obituary
Former head of the Communist party of Great BritainGordon McLennan, who has died aged 87 of cancer, was the penultimate general secretary of the Communist party of Great Britain. By the time he was...
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Apache helicopters to be sent into Libya by Britain
Use of helicopters, which can attack small targets, represents significant escalation of conflictBritain and France are to deploy attack helicopters against Libya in an attempt to break the military...
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Cornell Dupree obituary
Classy, understated guitarist, venerated by fellow musiciansFor a time in the mid-1960s, the band of the great rhythm and blues tenor saxophonist King Curtis contained two guitarists. The first, Jimi...
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Total Football – review
Barbican, LondonGovernment attempts to engineer national identity are the target of this sideways satire by the theatre duo Ridiculusmus, in which bureaucrats fail to organise Team GB's bid for...
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Black Lips – review
Brudenell Social Club, LeedsAtlanta's Black Lips are notorious for their on-stage outrages, including vomiting, urinating and setting fire to guitars. They remain banned from London's Heaven club after...
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Many Moons – review
Theatre 503, LondonAlice Birch's debut full-length play sets itself up as the gentlest of romances. Ollie is nervous, fearsomely intelligent, and finds people more mysterious than the constellations....
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King of Scotland – review
Tron, GlasgowTommy McMillan is "as thick as shite, an ugly wee bastard and as common as muck". He is also 28 years unemployed, which makes him an ideal candidate for a job with the department of social...
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Così fan Tutte – review
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe early perception of Mozart's opera was that it was trivial; Benjamin Davis's new production for Welsh National Opera seems designed to prove it so. Transposed from...
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The Bartered Bride – review
Barbican, LondonSmetana's great comedy about the marriage market is hard to beat if done properly. The score's inventiveness never ceases to astonish, but it is also remarkably easy to misjudge its...
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Bill Hunter obituary
Australian actor known for his roles in Strictly Ballroom and Muriel's WeddingFor many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the...
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British Land confident despite wave of shop closures
Landlord 'optimistic for the future' even though sluggish consumer spending has prompted hundreds of recent high street store closuresBritish Land, one of Britain's biggest landlords, is confident...
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