Soldiers battle to ease flood risk for Chinese earthquake survivors

Chinese troops began digging channels today to try to drain a huge lake formed by the Sichuan earthquake that threatens to flood an area occupied by more than a million survivors

Canada's foreign minister quits over security breach

Maxime Bernier, the Canadian foreign minister, has resigned after leaving classified government documents at the home of his ex-girlfriend, a former model with links to organised crime and biker gangs

UK hedge fund increases pressure on Japanese utility

The Children's Investment Fund has bought shares in two major investors in electricity supplier J-Power, weeks after its attempt to double its stake was blocked by the Japanese government. By Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Robert Booth on selling on the 2012 olympic stadium

Robert Booth reports that the London olympic stadium could be dismantled and re-sold

Chilean judge orders arrest of Pinochet-era soldiers and secret police

A Chilean judge has ordered the detention of almost 100 former soldiers and secret police officers from General Augusto Pinochet's regime

Falconio murder van to be destroyed on girlfriend's wishes

Joanne Lees, the girlfriend of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, has instructed police to destroy the orange campervan the couple were driving in Australia's northern territory when they were waved down by a gunman, setting into motion one of the most mysterious murder cases in recent years

Food for thought

America's restaurants are devising novel ways to increase their takings

Man remanded over killing of Harry Potter actor

A man was remanded in custody this morning, charged with the murder of the Harry Potter actor Robert Knox after a weekend of violence among teenagers in London

Vodafone's Arun Sarin to stun City with early departure

Telecoms boss to step down as Vodafone announces record £13bn headline profits.

Vittorio Colao fends off Vodafone competition

A little less than 12 months ago Vittorio Colao told the Italian press that he had no interest in taking the top job at Telecom Italia, Italy’s biggest phone company.

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Pellicano aide details Hollywood spying

A former employee of Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye on trial for illegal wiretapping and racketeering, was told "to get as much dirt as I could" on one investigative target and "anything to discredit" another, a Los Angeles court has heard.

Robert Tchenguiz and Apax unable to agree as Somerfield offers fall short

Robert Tchenguiz and Apax, the private equity group, are believed to be at loggerheads over whether to sell Somerfield, the supermarket chain, which is up for auction but has attracted only one bid.

American economic news piles on the agony

ASK a senior banker about the health of the financial markets, and he (or she) will tell you that the illiquidity in global capital markets is as bad now as it was in August. That was the month when Northern Rock, the mortgage bank, was forced to go to the Bank of England for emergency support.