The crisis in Zimbabwe is worsening, with Robert Mugabe's men stepping up their violent campaign of initimidation against supporters of the rival MDC party. Chris McGreal describes the mood in the country as citizens are arrested and beaten for daring to go against Mugabe. And Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg explains what the country needs to do to ensure their forthcoming elections are fair.
Health secretary Alan Johnson has proposed marking nurses on their compassion towards the people they treat. The government thinks the move would benefit patients and comes as, this month, the NHS marks its 60th anniversary. Guardian social affairs editor John Carvel investigates how the system might work.
The British mercenary Simon Mann finally went on trial yesterday accused of leading a failed coup in the oil-rich west African nation of Equatorial Guinea. Outside the building, armoured vehicles patrolled the streets and snipers were deployed on nearby rooftops because officials were concerned of a plot to kill the mercenary during his trial. The Guardian's David Pallister was there.
The Guardian's Euro 2008 team report on last night's big match where Italy and France faced off.
And Mark Tran speaks to an investor who wants to turn the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea into a public nature park.
