The Prime Minister said the attack 'sickens us all' and was a 'betrayal of Islam'

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Mr Hague said the military should remain in charge to oversee elections

UK 'must redouble economic efforts', says William Hague

The latest string of credit downgrades in the eurozone requires Britain to "redouble our efforts" to boost economic growth, Foreign Secretary William Hague urged today.

Thousands massacred as two tribes go to war in South Sudan

UN peacekeepers tell residents of Jonglei state capital to flee as raiders approach

Paul Vallely: War is messy, but peace is demanding

The US withdrawal from Iraq shows how much there is yet to do in Afghanistan, much of it for women and children
The Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, repeatedly urged Osborne to turn back from his austerity plans

This is final proof that Plan A has run out of road, says Balls

The shadow Chancellor Ed Balls declared yesterday that George Osborne's mini-Budget was final proof that "plan A has failed – and has failed colossally".

Pakistan's US ambassador quits over army memo

Pakistan's ambassador to the US said last night he was stepping down from his post as the swirling controversy over an alleged plot to oust the country's military leadership refused to go away.

A cayman in Laguna Ibera, Esteros del Ibera, Corrientes province, home to the maned wolf and the giant jabiru stork

The nature reserve dream of a 'gringo imperialist'

North Face millionaire environmentalist fights to set up vast wetlands park in Argentina

David Cameron: 'This is all just the mechanics under the car bonnet to make the car work better'

Cameron seeks to push one million workers out of the public sector

Staff in the NHS and other services are being shifted into mutual-style programmes based on the John Lewis model

The 50 best apps

From games to geography, Rhodri Marsden selects indispensable tools for navigating, learning, enjoying yourself, or just killing time on the go.

The House: Nation state

Nation state

Letter: Europe: why we need a vote

Sir: The people of this country originally voted for a commercial union with Europe believing the country would retain its political independence. A political union with Europe would so profoundly affect the future of this country that the wishes of the public must now be resought. In a referendum on a single European currency, a number of other questions have to be included. Do the public want: a total political commitment to a federal Europe; a single European currency and commercial union of otherwise independent nations; a commercial union without a single currency; or a total rejection of Europe?

Obituary: Lord Shackleton

TAM DALYELL's obituary of Lord Shackleton (24 September) naturally enough stressed the political rather than the geographical aspects of his career - even though the latter dominated the last decade of his life and is more likely to prove a lasting memorial, writes K. W. Hankinson.

Common plug policy

Eighteen European countries decided yesterday to try to design a common plug and socket to replace more than 20 types of connectors: a rewiring job that may take 30 years and cost more than dollars 1bn, Reuter reports from Brussels.
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In his first interview since 'plebgate', the former Chief Whip opens up just enough to concede that, in politics, you have to take the rough with the smooth
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Special report: Met police call for criminal inquiry into former diplomat's Cayman Islands rule
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She owned the 1990s... but then she disappeared. Now, Ms Ryder is back with quite the bang in her latest role, as the wife of a notorious real-life Mob hitman.
Roman Polanski shakes Cannes Film Festival

Roman Polanski shakes Cannes Film Festival

The director's new film, 'Venus in Fur', is one of the raciest on offer
Rev Richard Coles: 'I don’t have any concerns that God is cross with me for being gay and eventually the Church won’t either'

Rev Richard Coles on the Church and homosexuality

The mellifluous, erudite and witty Coles is the nation's most pop-culture-friendly priest
'Baghdad likes to live from crisis to crisis': Civil war looms in Iraq

Patrick Cockburn: Civil war looms in Iraq

The governor of Kirkuk - one of the country's most violent but successful provinces - fears the worst
Written on the body: Tattooists at pains to point out their artistic credentials

Written on the body

Tattooists at pains to point out their artistic credentials
Conquering Everest: 60 facts about the world's tallest mountain

Conquering Everest: 60 facts about the world's tallest mountain

The IoS marks the sixtieth anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reaching the peak of the highest mountain on Earth
A new, and irreversible, Dust Bowl looms

Rupert Cornwell: A new, and irreversible, Dust Bowl looms

The destructive power of tornadoes will be as nothing once the Great Plains' vast underground water reserve dries up
Every creature's needless death diminshes us all

Philip Hoare: Every creature's needless death diminishes us all

A 60 per cent decline in our national species should alarm us, yet few of us act. But to mind more about animals would reflect well on society
Killing with kindness: Burma's religious battleground - and the monks at the heart of it

Killing with kindness: Burma's religious battleground

Six years ago, the world cheered the monks behind Burma’s Saffron Revolution. Now, a horrific new eruption of religious slaughter is being blamed on a 'Buddhist Bin Laden'.
Let's take it outside: Bill Granger's Bank Holiday feast

Let's take it outside: Bill Granger's Bank Holiday feast

You can’t always depend on the weather – but you can avoid the pitfalls of the British barbecue by preparing an elaborate outdoor feast indoors ahead of time...
The Calvin report: Stirring Champions League final shows how far English game must advance

The Calvin report

Stirring Champions League final shows how far English game must advance
10 big questions for the British & Irish Lions to answer

10 big questions for the British & Irish Lions to answer

Warren Gatland's squad fly Down Under aiming to do justice to the expectations – and hoping the Wallabies stay in the pub
The Last Word: Golf must end the hypocrisy before its halo slips totally

The Last Word

Golf must end the hypocrisy before its halo slips totally