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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Esther Addley

Guardian Daily: Obama wins, but Clinton yet to step down

Barack Obama claims final victory to be the Democratic candidate for president, but Hillary Clinton won't give up yet. Suzanne Goldenberg is with Obama in Minnesota, while Ed Pilkington tells us the Hillary story from New York.

Thirteen years after they were ordered, eight Chinook helicopters urgently needed by British troops in Afghanistan are still too dangerous to take to the air; a scandal that one Tory MP yesterday called "a gold-standard procurement cock-up". David Hencke reports.

The controversial international motoring organisation president, Max Mosley, has won a vote of no confidence, after allegations that he had taken part in a role-playing orgy with prostitutes. Richard Williams reports from Paris on what the result means for Formula One.

Beijing correspondent Jonathan Watts details the 57 rules the Chinese government has just announced for spectators hoping to attend the Olympics - including a ban on political slogans, unapproved T-shirts and all beverages other than those made by the sponsor Coca-Cola.

And the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar talks to John O'Mahony ahead of his farewell appearance tonight at the Barbican.

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