The Guardian

Hollywood's attempts to mark the 2001 attacks ignore their political context and the return to history they symbolise. By Slavoj Zizek

Coastal communities are facing a heightened risk of serious flooding as marshlands and mudflats are reclaimed by developers, scientists warned yesterday. By Ian Sample

· Millions of dollars given to opposition, claim critics · Venezuelan groups' details hidden from list. By Duncan Campbell

World's poorest nations set to triple in size· Uganda leads growth that can change face of earth

A congressional report yesterday warned that the US was facing "significant gaps" in its intelligence on Iran that could be as serious as the shortcomings in its prewar knowledge about Iraq, leaving Washington ill-prepared to assess Tehran's military capabilities. By Julian Borger

US effort to track jihadist money transfers faces inquiry over privacy. By Alexi Mostrous and Ian Cobain

This government's response to the real threat of terrorism has only made things worse. By Dan Plesch

The US-backed Israeli assault on Lebanon has left the country numb, smouldering and angry. The massacre in Qana and the loss of life is not simply "disproportionate". It is, according to existing international laws, a war crime.

Huge numbers of children are being killed, injured or displaced in south Lebanon. Why are so many suffering in this conflict? Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports. By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Washington's partners in this hypocritical war on terror are given free rein to wreak their own brutal, illegal violence. By David Clark

The government of the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, is facing a barrage of criticism over its handling of the war in Lebanon, with questions being raised about the decision to attack Hizbullah, mounting military losses, continuing missile strikes on northern Israel, and disquiet about Lebanes

· Soldiers were trying to take border town · Offensive predicted to last several weeks. By Rory McCarthy in Haifa, Suzanne Goldenberg in Tyre and Ian Black

· 14 IDF soldiers killed · Surprise at Hizbullah strength · US-UK block ceasefire move. By Ewen MacAskill and Ian Black in Jerusalem and Rory McCarthy in Haifa

Tehran predicts summit failure as UN observers die in Israeli airstrike. By Simon Tisdall and Ewen MacAskill

The people of Lebanon are facing their "hour of greatest need", the UN said yesterday in launching an emergency appeal for $150m (£81m) to help an estimated 800,000 civilians whose lives have been disrupted by Israeli bombing of Lebanon. By Brian Whitaker

Infrastructure damage will cost 'billions of dollars to repair.' By Brian Whitaker in Beirut

Bush 'gave green light' for limited attack, say Israeli and UK sources. By Ewen MacAskill, Simon Tisdall and Patrick Wintour

By Brian Whitaker, Rory McCarthy, Conal Urquhart, Wendell Steavenson and Oliver Burkeman Guardian UK

Saturday 15 July 200Exodus from Beirut as Israel tightens vice and vows to disarm Hizbullah.

Overnight Lebanon has been plunged into a role it endured for 25 years - that of a hapless arena for other people's wars

Maurice Motamed has one of the loneliest jobs in the Middle East. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his controversial Holocaust statements, the sole Jewish MP in Iran's 290-member Majlis (parliament) felt he had no option but to confront him. By Ewen MacAskill, Simon Tisdall and Robert Tait

Doctors yesterday accused their leadership of failing patients, the profession and the country by putting up an inadequate fight against what they consider to be the government's destabilising NHS reforms. By Sarah Boseley

· Captives killed after raid on chemical factory · Italy calls for guardsman who shot agent to face trial. Barbara McMahon in Rome, Michael Howard in Sulaimaniya and Julian Borger in Washington

The government's obsession with the "war on terror" is counterproductive and distracting politicians from more fundamental threats to global security, a leading UK thinktank warns today. By Richard Norton-Taylor

At 3pm on Saturday afternoon most of London was congregated in pubs and living rooms watching England's opening World Cup match against Paraguay. But several hundred people were gathering at Hyde Park Corner for a spectacle of a very different sort: a naked bike ride. By Matt Seaton

Talent, teamwork and a level playing field - it's no wonder we look up to the World Cup. By Kofi Annan

As Ankara begins entry negotiations, attempts are being made to sabotage its chances. By Ian Traynor

· Plan is to divert attention from Iraq war, say analysts · Slump in polls five months before congressional vote. By Julian Borger

· Sector must protect itself against 'a sea of claims' · Global warming risks to result in higher premiums. By Terry Macalister

· Unit accused of abusing drugs and alcohol · Officers relieved of duty after killing of 24 Iraqis

Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as "a renegade band of rightwing extremists". By Oliver Burkeman and Jonathan Freedland