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The Beatles' music endures because it mirrors an era we still long for, says Adam Gopnik.

A 26-year-old man who stabbed another man to death in an east London cafe for asking if his crying daughter was "all right" is found guilty of murder.

A woman with severe anorexia who wanted to be allowed to die is to be fed in her "best interests" by order of a judge, but an MP calls the ruling "shameful".

US President Obama announces an end to the deportation of young illegal immigrants, in a dramatic policy change months before elections.

Some 850 jobs are under threat as one of the biggest department stores left in London goes into administration.

South Africa withstand a brave second-half fightback from England to clinch a series victory in a thrilling encounter in Johannesburg.

Disagreements, including a row over financial aid, and confusion have hampered preparatory talks at the UN conference in Rio de Janeiro.

Ian Bell answers his doubters with a superb hundred as England crush West Indies in the first one-day international at the Rose Bowl.

An investigation is under way after a 12-year-old girl with learning difficulties was allegedly locked in a bathroom at night in a residential school.

The deputy first minister has given the strongest hint yet that he may meet the Queen on her forthcoming visit to Northern Ireland.

Severe weather conditions at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, including heavy rainfall and lightning causes the Euro 2012 Group D match between Ukraine and France to be suspended.

A former board member of Goldman Sachs, Rajat Gupta, is found guilty of insider trading on Wall Street by a court in New York.

The UN urges Bangladesh to accept refugees fleeing violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma.

France and Italy may need to be bailed out like Spain, warns former prime minister Gordon Brown.

A soldier from 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced.

A rare functioning Apple 1 computer sells for more than double the estimated price at an auction in New York.

Why is Russia sticking by Syria's Assad?

The Italian government hopes to raise 10bn euros (£8.1bn; $12.6bn) selling off state-owned companies, in a bid to reduce its crippling debt mountain.

Russell Brand on sharing a stage with the Dalai Lama

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