Can the Tories cope with government, asks a new Guardian series? Today, Jon Dennis hears from Nicholas Watt that they will draw up a new strict series of rules on tax and spending.
Human Rights Watch claims that 321 civilians were killed in US and Nato air strikes in Afghanistan last year. Marc Garlasco, a military analyst at the pressure-group, says civilians have borne the brunt of the war against the Taliban.
In Iraq, children as young as nine are being held in Baghdad prisons. They are living in appalling conditions and are often sexually abused. Jonathan Steele has just returned from the country.
While the Americas are suffering from hurricanes, much of Britain has been struck by exceptionally heavy rain and subsequent floods. Martin Wainwright has been visiting victims in Pickering, North Yorkshire.
