From southern Krygystan, the Guardian's correspondent Luke Harding describes the aftermath of a massacre of ethnic Uzbeks is in the city of Osh. He says the death toll is likely to be far higher than the official tally.
In other news today, the chancellor, George Osborne, has announced the most radical overhaul of City regulation since Gordon Brown gave Bank of England the power to set interest rates in 1997. Financial editor Nils Pratley says the Bank governor, Mervyn King, is now "too big to fail".
Michael White in Westminster reviews this week's installment of prime minister's questions. Harriet Harman decided to use all her allocation of questions to press David Cameron for an assurance that next week's budget would not cost people's jobs.
Simon Hoggart, the Guardian's sketch-writer, explores the art of the sycophantic pasrliamentary question, following a particularly good example at PMQs. And MPs are still coming to terms with the new system for claiming expenses.
As World Cup hosts South Africa gear up for their second match of the tournament, their country is marking Youth Day. David Smith reports from Soweto on the commemoration of a landmark in the long struggle against white minority rule.
