The Guardian

Both France and Britain are struggling to come to terms with the bloody record of their empires. By Naima Bouteldja and Stuart Hodkinson

· Head of Royal Society sees global defining moment · Humankind 'holds planet's future in its hand' By James Randerson

Climate change models have dramatically underestimated the extent to which global warming will raise temperatures, scientists warned yesterday. By Ian Sample

Chávez and Venezuela deserve the support of all who believe in social justice and democracy. By Ken Livingstone

A new generation of nuclear power stations will be unable to avert a serious energy crisis within 10 years, a committee of MPs said yesterday. By John Vidal

· Committee to raise fears over terrorist attacks · Questions over cost of waste disposal remain. By Tania Branigan and John Vidal

The US and Britain are goading Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, while Blair's jihadist rhetoric is inciting a fourth crusade. By Simon Jenkins

Control orders breach human rights. By Vikram Dodd and Carlene Bailey

Shell was ordered yesterday by a court in Lagos to end its practice of "flaring" off excess natural gas at oil fields in Nigeria within 12 months. By Terry Macalister

A military expert yesterday told an inquest that the death of a British journalist who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier was "calculated, cold-blooded murder". By Vikram Dodd

The lesson of Iraq is that allied top brass have a duty to dig their heels in when they recognise a fiasco in the making. By Max Hastings

Defence secretary calls for Geneva conventions to be redrawn. By Richard Norton-Taylor and Clare Dyer

Israeli unilateralism is a recipe for conflict - as is the west's racist refusal to treat Palestinians as equals. By Ismail Haniyeh

· Baghdad officials end link with coalition in protest · Minister claims 37 victims were tied up and killed. By Jonathan Steele and Qais al-Bashir

Britain's close alliance with the United States has become nothing but one-way traffic. By Richard Norton-Taylor

Self-sufficiency not just for 'veggies and hippies', DTI to report on potential as utility costs soar...

At the beginning of the Iraq war, the UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition to redevelop the country. With the infrastructure of the country still in ruins, where has all that money gone? Callum Macrae and Ali Fadhil on one of the greatest financial scandals of all time...

US and UK forces in Iraq have detained thousands of people without charge or trial for long periods and there is growing evidence of Iraqi security forces torturing detainees, Amnesty International said today. By Mike McDonough

Throughout Europe a whiff of corruption surrounds football, with players, managers and referees under suspicion of taking bribes. As gambling on the sport grows worldwide, Jason Burke tracks the twisting trails of the scandal that now threatens to destroy the game's credibility: match fixing

. Campaign to plant 12bn trees claims first victory · Beijing invested £3.5bn on Great Green Wall project. By Jonathan Watts

If Google is worried that its giant servers will struggle to find the electricity they need, what hope is there for domestic PC owners? By Jack Schofield

Afghanistan has huge problems and Nato forces will be there for "years and years", the commander of Canada's expeditionary forces, which have taken a lead role in the hostile south of the country, warned yesterday. By Richard Norton-Taylor

· Draft pact curbs UK power to fight global warming · Restricting night flights would need US approval. By Andrew Clark

· Try detainees or release them, says report · Prisoners' treatment 'amounts to torture' · Bush government dismisses report

BP has polished its green credentials - and pleased Arnold Schwarzenegger - by announcing plans for a revolutionary hydrogen-fuelled power plant in California costing $1bn (£570m). By Terry Macalister

North-eastern Kenya's worst drought for years has highlighted the country's stark economic and social divides, says Jeevan Vasagar

The deception that launched the invasion of Iraq now increasingly shapes media coverage of the occupation. By Sami Ramadani

· Olmert says he will keep control of Jordan valley · Pullouts likely as acting PM follows Sharon's vision. By Chris McGreal

John Pilger and the BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson are heading a campaign aimed at ending the portrayal of tribal people as "primitive". By Ben Dowell

Reflecting a hardening Iranian position, he threatened to end snap UN inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities and all other voluntary cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, if Iran is referred to the UN today or tomorrow. By Ewen MacAskill and Simon Tisdall