David Cameron talks to Vince Cable as they prepare to board a plane to Bangalore. Cable announced the move to allow export of civil nuclear technology to India. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Britain is to follow the example of the US and allow the export of civil nuclear technology and expertise to India. The move, which [...]

A Greenpeace activist puts up a banner as they block off a BP fuel station. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP BP petrol stations across central London were temporarily shut down by activists today in a move they said was designed to make the troubled oil company adopt greener policies. Greenpeace claimed supporters had at one time stopped [...]

BAE Systems’ office in Edinburgh. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Marine engineering for an innovative wave-power project off Orkney is to be provided by Britain’s biggest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems. The defence firm, which builds Type 45 destroyers and Astute nuclear submarines, is to develop the hi-tech remote ballasting and problem-solving systems in co-operation with Aquamarine Power, [...]

A US marine and his translator meet Afghan villagers. While politicians and military commanders talked of the battle for ‘hearts and minds’, the war logs show a very different reality. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images More than a decade ago, when the cold war was well and truly over, American and British strategists began to celebrate [...]