Support for the Speaker, Michael Martin, hits a new low as the Lib Dem leader joins calls for him to step down. Patrick Wintour reports on the mood in Westminster.
After 25 years of fighting, the Tamil Tigers claim to have surrendered in Sri Lanka. Gethin Chamberlain reports on the end of an era.
In China, the faltering economy has left thousands of rural migrants jobless. Tania Branigan follows Liu Xiao back home to a small farming community in Jiangxi province.
Xan Brooks in Cannes reports on a film festival lacking its usual star power.
And Steven Morris reports from Bournemouth on a update to the traditional English beach hut.
