MoD names marine killed by mine

Death of Royal Marine brings to 97 the number of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001

Spacemen call up Earth and ask for a plumber

It is the question astronauts are asked the most: just how do you go to the toilet in space?

Video: A precarious future in the rice paddies

In the second part of our week-long series on the world food crisis, Jonathan Watts travelled to Banaue in the Philippines, where he talked to rice farmer Marlon Tayaban about the problems he faces feeding his six children

Food diary: A look at the weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines

A look at the average weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines

Video: Juan Gabriel Vásquez supports Spain

Five reasons why Juan Gabriel Vásquez thinks you should support Spain in Euro 2008

Guardian Daily podcast: fuel and road tax changes and high street championship

In our daily show, the mounting pressure on the chancellor, the Israeli prime minister and Britain's best high street

Rory McCarthy on latest corruption case against Ehud Olmert

Rory McCarthy reports from Jerusalem on fifth investigation into Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

Jo Tuckman on the drugs war in Tijuana

Jo Tuckman reports from Tijuana on the Mexican border with California on the number of dead in a drugs war

Cluster bombs explained

Why are cluster bombs among the most controversial weapons used in modern warfare?

Amnesty: Time to call time on Guantánamo

Amnesty International today called for the US detention camp Guantánamo Bay to be shut by the end of the year

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Food crisis threatens security, says UN chief

Rapidly rising prices trigger riots as threat of hunger looms in dozens of countries

Vodafone's Arun Sarin stuns City with departure

Arun Sarin, the chief executive of Vodafone, has stunned the City by stepping down after five years at the helm of the world's largest mobile phone company.

Dongles away as mobile internet access soars

More than 1m Britons will be using mobile phone networks to connect to the internet using their laptops by Christmas, 3 UK predicted.