World Politics

�19bn-�109bn, Coral reefs: Home to an estimated three million species. Thirty million people in coastal and island communities are reliant on reef-based resources

Insects �134bn, coral �109bn: UN puts a value on resources

Michael McCarthy: Pioneering report equates biodiversity to cash in hope of encouraging conservation.

Inside World Politics

Nato surge on Taliban stronghold drives civilians into the line of fire

Thursday, 21 October 2010

As troops step up their attack on the militants' Kandahar heartland, Julius Cavendish meets the ordinary people caught on the frontline.

Insect menu: Anyone for crickets...?

Thursday, 21 October 2010

With world food supplies dwindling, the UN has suggested we eat bugs. Jerome Taylor hops over to one of Britain's few insect restaurants.

International Development: Anger as aid is linked to security

Thursday, 21 October 2010

The overseas aid budget has been protected and will rise to £11.5bn by 2015. This will enable the UK to reach the UN's target of member states donating 0.7 per cent of national income in aid by 2013.

A global industry: The �1 billion hostage trade

Sunday, 17 October 2010

Esme McAvoy and David Randall investigate how kidnapping has become increasingly profitable.

Cameron forced to ease US fears over UK’s war budget

Saturday, 16 October 2010

The government sought to reassure the US yesterday of its commitment as a military ally after Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the expected deep cuts in the defence budget.

Clinton warns UK defence cuts may undermine Nato

Friday, 15 October 2010

Kim Sengupta: US warns 'alliance must be maintained' as Government plan to hit RAF hardest.

Coming to Britain, Chile's new star of global politics

Friday, 15 October 2010

The dramatic rescue in the Atacama Desert has made stars of the 33 miners who spent more than two months trapped underground with the eyes of the world upon them. But the remarkable outcome has also turned Chile's President into a Latin American hero with a truly global profile.

William Hague warms up Russian relations

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Britain and Russia "have had some serious differences" in the past but should seek to resolve their issues through "dialogue and diplomacy", Foreign Secretary William Hague said yesterday as he sought to rebuild the UK's battered relationship with Moscow.

Germany wins UN Security Council seat

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Germany won a seat on the UN Security Council in a heated three-way race, and Portugal claimed the second seat for Western bloc nations on the UN's most powerful body.

China condemns 'insult' of award for jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo

Saturday, 9 October 2010

China responded furiously yesterday after the country's most famous dissident, the imprisoned pro-democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo, won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his long and non-violent struggle for human rights.

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