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Poor doors: the segregation of London's inner-city flat dwellers

Poorer residents in capital's developments forced to use different entrances and facilities
The pervasive power of Rupert Murdoch: an extract from Hack Attack by Nick Davies

In this first extract from his new book, Nick Davies, the reporter who broke the phone hacking story, looks at Rebekah Brooks’s 2009 wedding – and how it was a perfect display of the nature of Rupert Murdoch’s hold on British life
John Kerry fails to secure Gaza ceasefire as efforts for truce continue

Binyamin Netanyahu's ministers and Hamas turn down plan, though 12-hour 'pause' agreed for Saturday

UK news p6

Mikaeel Kular: inquiry launched after mother admits killing three-year-old

Rosdeep Adekoya faces lengthy sentence after pleading guilty to culpable homicide, as council launches significant case review

UK news p7

Ed Miliband: if you want a PM who looks good in a photo, don't vote for me

Labour boss tries to reframe debate about his leadership by painting himself as a man of principle, not personality cult
Jayden Parkinson's ex-boyfriend given life sentence for her murder

22-year-old Ben Blakeley strangled Jayden and buried her in his uncle's grave after she told him she was pregnant

UK news p8

Chicken factories inspected by FSA as Tesco reveals surprise spot check

Sources reveal measures being taken to clean up production, but company denies allegations of food safety failings

UK news p9

Lord Rennard gets Lib Dem apology for botched disciplinary process

Lib Dems drop investigation into whether his failure to apologise for sex harassment claims brought party into disrepute
London Live chief insists channel remains committed to local TV

Tim Kirkman says application to Ofcom to cut hours of peaktime local shows to one hour is not unreasonable. By John Plunkett
First world war veterans in Devon pub led to Michael Morpurgo's War Horse

Author reveals that fireside conversations at the Duke of York in Iddesleigh inspired him to write his bestselling novel

UK news p11

FGM: two young women who woke up world and forced politicians to act

Fahma Mohamed in UK and Jaha Dukureh in US have led global debate on female genital mutilation and movement to end it

UK news p12

Enid Blyton's Famous Five to get big screen adventure

UK film production company Working Title acquires theatrical rights to whole library of Famous Five series
Phone hacking: Coulson asked if he has moved personal wealth to avoid costs

Court hears dispute over whether Andy Coulson or News UK must pay £750,000 costs after phone hacking trial

UK news p13

Newsnight's Evan Davis: 'It could all go wrong, but it'll at least be an adventure'

Davis replaces Paxman as lead anchor and faces the challenge of attracting a bigger audience to the BBC show

UK news p14

EU expands Russian oligarch sanctions blacklist in wake of MH17 crash

Measures against Moscow looking likely after shooting down of plane, though deep divisions remain among 28 member states

UK news p15

Russians in London: 'It's official policy now to hate us'

Those living in capital have noticed backlash since the downing of flight MH17, and feel UK media is blaming all Russians

UK news p17

Luxury hunting and fishing estates hit record high price

Demand for exclusive properties and grounds for stalking deer or fishing for salmon has soared, says study by estate agents

UK news p18

David Cameron vows to consider creating domestic violence offence

Prime minister promises to look into issue in the wake of Hollie Gazzard's murder by her ex-boyfriend
Tunnock's sales take the teacake after Commonwealth Games ceremony

Confectionery firm 'bowled over' as Waitrose reports 62% sales rise after giant dancing teacakes feature in opening event
Dave Lee Travis to face retrial that includes new count of indecent assault

Former Radio 1 DJ will go on trial on 1 September over sexual abuse allegations, judge rules
Tulisa Contostavlos convicted of assaulting celebrity blogger

Former X Factor judge fined for assault on Savvas Morgan at V Festival in Essex days after collapse of drug trial
First episode of new Doctor Who series to be broadcast in cinemas

The screenings are set to follow cinema performances at 1,500 venues last year for the 50th anniversary episode

UK news p19

Writers unite in campaign against 'thuggish' Amazon

Nearly 900 authors across world back criticism of online retailer's business tactics in ebooks dispute with US publisher Hachette

UK news p20

July heatwave boosts UK holiday bookings

Two million Britons will travel abroad this weekend – but domestic bookings are also on the rise, with many holidaymakers choosing more adventurous UK destinations
Strong pound is good for travellers abroad but less so for the economy

Bank of England has already said any further appreciation would be unwelcome because it would increase the trade deficit

UK news p21

Frances Andrade failed by mental health services, says coroner

Richard Travers rules out verdict of suicide for violinist who died week after giving evidence at sex abuse trial of former teacher

International p23

Teenager killed on his birthday as violence ignites in West Bank

Ramallah doctor says 'We have seen this before but not since the intifada' as hospital treats 250 injured with gunshot wounds

• Latest developments
'Mummy, why did everyone forget about Syria when Gaza started?'

Answer complicated by limits of media resources and audience empathy, and similarities and differences between two wars

International p24

Bollywood Hamlet set in Kashmir likely to cause controversy in India

Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, which will be released in the autumn, includes graphic scenes of torture in Indian army camps

International p25

First case of ebola reported in Africa's most populous city Lagos

Death marks new and alarming cross-border development in world's biggest epidemic spreading across three countries

International p27

US Congress banned from editing Wikipedia after staff caught trolling

Recent edits accuse Donald Rumsfeld of being an alien lizard and Cuba of faking the moon landings. By Alex Hern
French mayor ditches anti-gay marriage stance to preside at son's wedding

Raymond Bardet, mayor of Haute Savoie village of Ville-la-Grande, says he made exception for son, but 'it won't happen again'

Saturday p28

Sudoku 2,873 hard

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9
Air Algérie crash claims 10 members of same family among 118 victims

Human cost of tragedy emerges as details of those who died when flight AH5017 crashed in the Malian desert are released
No survivors as Air Algérie wreckage found by French troops in Mali

Hollande confirms military drone discovered downed plane near Burkina Faso border and that all 118 on board perished
MH17: Australia and Netherlands join renewed push to secure crash site

Australian police sent to London anticipating access to crash site, while locals are allegedly looting items from wreckage

International p32

Marriage falls out of favour for young Europeans as austerity and apathy bite

Experts blame economic and cultural changes for decline in weddings

International p33

Picasso's daughter to donate father's works to renovated Paris museum

Artist's eldest daughter Maya Widmaier Picasso to give drawing and notebook at reopening of museum dedicated to his work
Iraq: Isis warns women to wear full veil or face punishment

Sunni insurgents issue guidelines in mosques on how clothes should be worn to prevent women 'from falling into vulgarity'

Saturday p37

Ian Watkins' failed appeal is evidence of a sharp change in attitudes to abusers

Deborah Orr: Allegations against the Lostprophets frontman were only taken seriously after Jimmy Savile's abuses were revealed. His conviction represents a sea-change in social attitudes

Saturday p39

The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony: just the right side of kitsch

Ian Jack: From clips of Andy Stewart to dancing teacakes and glorious aerial views of Glasgow, the festivities showed the city in a pleasingly romantic light

Comment & debate p40

Ed Miliband is challenging voters to choose between image and substance

Polly Toynbee: The Labour leader may have a serious image problem, but he also has brain, ideas and strong policies
The double life of the writer with a family

Christina Patterson: As Karl Ove Knausgaard knows, there’s money to be made from your loved ones – as long as you’re prepared to wield the ice pick
What you can learn from a domestic violence apology

Hadley Freeman: The more an industry is male-dominated, the less it cares about the abuse of women – and offenders get off lightly

Comment & debate p41

Israel’s fears are real, but this Gaza war is utterly self-defeating

Jonathan Freedland: Palestinians and Israelis are saddled with leaders who with every move make their people less, not more, secure
Party funding: there is an alternative to murky donations from the super-rich

Ian Birrell: Whether it’s Putin’s pals or unions buying access, this a septic sore for all parties. A donations cap will reinvigorate UK politics

Editorials & reply p42

Dark satanic millstone grit

Country diary: Ramshaw Rocks, Peak District: Set in a Halifax mill this stone can seem stern, but the wild, weather-exposed grit of the moors can be weird, playful and deeply unexpected
Corrections and clarifications

Deaths of children in Tuam | Katyn massacre | Dinosaur research in Canada | Four-star review for Prom 6
From the archive, 26 July 1938: The 'Lambeth Walk' – new dance officially recognised

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 26 July 1938: Success was instantaneous at the Locarno and subsequently in the main dance-halls of England and of Scotland (where 'Hoch oi' is shouted instead of 'Oi')
Unthinkable? Quotas for men

Editorial: Forget focusing on the under-representation of women in politics. It’s time we looked at the grossly disproportionate number of elite white men
The Guardian view on politicians and the polls

Editorial: Neither good economic news for George Osborne nor low leadership ratings for Ed Miliband may determine the election in 2015
The Guardian view on the causes of the fighting in Gaza

Editorial: The roots of the violence go back to the Israeli withdrawal in 2005

Editorials & reply p43

A great leap forward for Labour

Letters: Come on, Ed, stop pussyfooting around with Cameron and Clegg and start to think big. There’s not much time left
Gender bias, political exclusion, vested interests – find it here

Letters: Writing it down and sending it out into the wider world is the most blessed relief; the perfect way to relieve pent-up frustration at the injustices of this world
Graphic content: images that expose the truth

Letters: There are countless examples of Magnum photojournalists getting pictures that have informed the world and they also can shock
Crosswords rock

Letters: If your crossword setters’ interest in sex, drugs and rock’n’roll helps generate wonders like Qaos’s secret agents and Puck’s armadillos, then long may it continue
Good to meet you … Ed Sibley

The Guardian was the only acceptable home page for this reader's fellow students, and he's stuck with it ever since
If we can have just war, why not just terrorism?

Giles Fraser: Loose canon: I was criticised for suggesting there could be a moral right of resistance to oppression but Christianity has thought a great deal about the idea of just resistance
No school for scandal over Eton admissions

Letter: Russian families are to be found among the 21% of our boys whose families receive financial aid in order to enable them to send their sons here

Money p44

We need to talk about pensions

From next April you can choose to do what you like with your pension savings – but who is going to give you advice?
We're too hot to sleep. Is it worth buying a portable air con unit?

We need to know that they really work before spending more than £300 on one for our top-floor flat
Fresh boost for George Osborne as economy recovers banking crisis losses

UK economy grows by 0.8% in second quarter, but Labour says standards of living still being squeezed

Money p45

Pensioners lose out as boost for delaying state pension slashed

The government is to almost halve the rate for deferring state pension – from 10.4% a year to 5.8%
RBS reports largest profits since bailout as share price soars

Royal Bank of Scotland shares up 14% as figures reveal largest profit since taxpayer rescue in 2008
SFO to pay property developer Vincent Tchenguiz £6m over botched inquiry

Settlement for damages and costs relates to investigation in to Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which collapsed in 2008 banking crisis
Virgin Money to repay £154m of Northern Rock financing package

Banking arm of Richard Branson's group to buy back capital notes the government received at the time of the acquisition

Financial p46

A surprise boost for RBS, but let's not bet the (mortgaged) ranch

If the Treasury gets the chance to trim its holding, it should probably take the chance

Financial p47

Contactless bank cards could see tube customers ditch Oyster cards

Payment by credit or debit card to launch in September in move aimed at saving Transport for London up to £80m in five years
Supermarkets forced to abandon plans for new stores as shopping habits shift

Study shows 25% of UK stores having planning permission cancelled or stalled as consumers choose to shop more locally
BSkyB to buy Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland for £4.9bn cash

Broadcaster to buy Fox's 57.4% interest in German firm, while Italian purchase will use cash and National Geographic stake

Money p50

Buy a new car – for the price of a year-old model

Online car brokers can save you up to a third of the price of many new models – and you still get a full warranty and local servicing

Money p52

Dear Jeremy – your work issues solved

Work advice Our agony uncle and readers advise an unsuccessful intern looking for a job – and a single mum wondering if she should go back

Obituaries p56

Andrew Causey obituary

Art historian and critic who taught at St Martin's and became a trustee of the Henry Moore Foundation

Obituaries p57

Letter: 'Gerard Benson and the Barrow Poets were electrifying'

Judith Martin writes: I was gripped by their spectrum of poetry and music, from their own compositions to Purcell, Blake and Keats
Zohra Sehgal obituary

Actor who appeared in Bend It Like Beckham and in many TV series and Bollywood films
Harry Stopes-Roe obituary

Other lives: Moral philosopher who became a leading figure in the humanist movement
Harriet Barber obituary

Other lives: Artist who excelled in paintings of the Dorset coast and River Stour
William Brayne obituary

Other lives: Director of popular television shows such as The Professionals and Lovejoy