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China in deadly crackdown on Uighurs

3,000 rioters went on rampage, smashing buses and overturning police barricades during several hours of violence

Medvedev throws down nuclear gauntlet to US

Russian President says any agreement would have to include concessions on the missile shield proposed by President Bush

Camberwell fire survivor tells of delays

Doubts raised over whether escape routes and fire prevention measures in tower block were adequate after six die in blaze

Sport News  

Lions lay down impressive marker

South Africa 9 Lions 28: touring side have advanced northern-hemisphere rugby despite their series defeat

Bordeaux deny Sunderland bid for Chamakh

Window watch: French club question size of Wearside team, while Fulham close in on deal for Pawel Brozek

Cavendish battles to second-stage win

Briton overcomes an altercation with Kenny van Hummel to claim the fifth Tour de France stage win of his career

Business news  

Royal Mail’s pension scheme could be closed

The head of the postal group's pension trustees is considering closing its retirement scheme after the shelving of reform

Taxi war looms over Heathrow minicab plan

Black cab drivers are threatening a blockade of Britain's biggest airport after BAA gave a green light to minicab drivers

SocGen chief fears return to bonuses

A leading French banker calls on British banks to clamp down on pay and to scrap practices such as "golden hellos"

Comment  

Preening populism hurts democracy

When ministers trade insults instead of getting things done, I can begin to see what Bernie Ecclestone means about Hitler

• Libby Purves

Costly, inefficient failures. Who needs them?

Too many quangos are draining the public purse. They need to be made to account for themselves or be abolished

• Andrew Haldenby

In 2009 as in 1931, debts must be repaid

No matter who wins the next election, there will be cuts. The global financial market demands it

• William Rees-Mogg

Life and Style  

Top 10 style-setting films of all time

As the fashion industry braces itself for a summer of film exposés, we look at the films that have influenced the taste-makers

Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV

You can actually feel your face coming off as this car grips the road. It's phenomenal, says Jeremy Clarkson

We should have meat-free Mondays

As Stella McCartney launches Meat-Free Mondays, it seems that more of us are becoming accidental vegetarians

Arts & Entertainment  

La Roux: 'Don't call me sulky'

Although Elly Jackson smiles more than she frowns, you get the sense her ambition could lead her into some almighty scraps

Bowie's son makes directorial debut

Duncan Jones, formerly known as Zowie Bowie, has made a sci-fi film that echoes his father’s The Man Who Fell to Earth

Review: JW Waterhouse at the Royal Academy

Suggestive sexy paintings of teenage girls like Waterhouse's St Eulalia disturb art critic Waldemar Januszczak