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Barghouti is price of freedom for Schalit

Palestinian politician jailed for murder is top of list of prisoners that Hamas wants in exchange for Israeli soldier

Blair 'knew before war Saddam did not have WMD'

Vital intelligence about Saddam Hussein received ten days before Tony Blair ordered the invasion of Iraq, inquiry hears

Yes he can: Obama to spend day at Copenhagen

Mr Obama will announce a US commitment to make substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next two decades

Business news  

Footballers caught out as Dubai crash hits

Credit markets rocked as concerns grow about emirate’s ability to repay its huge debt obligations

Books chain on the brink with 1,100 jobs at risk

Source close to the situation says Borders UK will fall into administration tomorrow if rescue deal fails to emerge

Tesco could spark price war in iPhone sales swoop

In surprise move, the supermarket will begin selling Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS before Christmas, and may start price war

Sport News  

United facing Real problem after defeat

Big guns lie in wait after shock reverse to Turkish side at Old Trafford puts top spot in Champions League group jeopardy

• United find solace in Liverpool humbling

• Foster suffers another uncomfortable night

Anelka swoops late as Chelsea stroll

Porto 0 Chelsea 1: Didier Drogba makes quick return from rib injury as Nicolas Anelka’s goal ensures Chelsea finish as group winners

Broad hopes he is in the clear from injuries

The fast bowler is optimistic that he will be able to make his first appearance for England since the Champions Trophy

Comment  

The ghost of Robin Cook haunts Chilcot’s feast

In 2003 the irascible MP resigned over the Iraq war. His clarity of principle contrasts sharply with today’s grey fudge

• Ben Macintyre

Violence: let’s separate the men from the boys

Posters, T-shirts and education campaigns won’t do. Only robust child protection will break the cycle for boys – and girls

• Camila Batmangelidjh

Without maths we’re lost in a dark labyrinth

It’s the glue that binds scientific and artistic cultures. The language of number and symmetry is spoken everywhere

• Marcus du Sautoy

Life and Style  

Maybe it's time for men's lib

It's a dire time for the stronger sex. Men are in the firing line of sexism, too, so please stop the ‘dorking down’

No apology for Germany’s own Nazi victims

Countries are apologising for past wrongs. Yet many casualties of Hitler’s sterilisation programme feel ignored today

My year of swimming dangerously

It’s the sport most people say they would like to do more of, but what if you can’t swim? Colin Crummy takes the plunge

Arts & Entertainment  

The new generation of musicals

As Legally Blonde: The Musical opens, doomsayers predict that the musical is dying. But they’ve always said that

Four stars for Stewart Lee

What I like best is the way he brings a deeply-felt moral core to work that delights in playing with surfaces

Chris Wood's haunting folk

“I can’t write about anything that doesn’t move me,” says the down-to-earth Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year