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Snowden row intensifies as hidden bug found in Ecuador's embassy

Ecuadorean minister threatens to reveal perpetrators after device discovered during meeting over Assange
Tahrir Square celebrates coup, but Morsi's camp warns of clashes to come

President's opponents hail 'saviours of Egyptian democracy', while his angry supporters prepare for martyrdom and civil war
Mohamed Morsi ousted in Egypt's second revolution in two years

• President ousted as army suspends constitution
• Deposed leader 'being held by authorities in unknown location'
• At least 14 people killed in clashes after announcement

UK news p6

Tameside hospital failings: medical director joins CEO in leaving post

Tariq Mahmood and Christine Green leave Greater Manchester hospital after accusations of poor record of care
New Bank of England governor backs call to keep women on banknotes

Mark Carney says he shares concern that replacing Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on £5 note will leave no female faces
Norman Bettison referred to IPCC over Stephen Lawrence inquiry

Former chief constable met with allegations he commissioned report about witness due to appear before inquiry in 1998

UK news p7

Question Rupert Murdoch over secret tape, urges MP

Recording of News Corp boss during meeting with staff from Sun in March suggests regret at helping with police inquiry
Sir Elton John blasts TV talent shows for pushing 'nonentities' to stardom

BBC's The Voice contest among shows creating fast-track to fame for performers who then have no hit records, says musician

UK news p8

No sign of HIV return in bone marrow transplant patients, say scientists

Two men who had longstanding HIV infections have stopped taking Aids drugs and have no detectable HIV in their blood
Marriage between first cousins doubles risk of birth defects, say researchers

Study of 13,500 babies born in Bradford concludes cultural practice in Pakistani community outweighs effects of deprivation

UK news p9

Southbank Centre's clever revamp plans continue to divide critics

Designs by Feilden Clegg Bradley breathe new life into dysfunctional national treasure – strap-on cash cows included
Nicholas Hytner attacks Southbank Centre redevelopment plans

National theatre's artistic director claims plans for neighbouring venues will cause 'irreparable harm' to the theatre's setting

UK news p10

Qat ban divides opinion among UK's Somali community

West London warehouse workers who import the herb believe Somalis will suffer but others say drug is tearing society apart
Theresa May ignores experts and bans use of qat

Herbal stimulant – already banned in US and most European countries – is to become Class C drug

UK news p11

Ed Miliband urged to confront Unite over general election candidates

Opposition MPs press for tough action amid union's reported covert campaign to select Labour candidates

UK news p13

Local council cuts will lead to skeleton service, warns Tory chair of LGA

Local Government Association says trajectory of spending and rising demand will lead to £14.4bn funding shortfall by 2020
CQC chief says redacting names from report on alleged cover-up was mistake

Bosses 'got it wrong' by agreeing to remove names of those accused of suppressing damaging internal review
BBC had 'deep liberal bias' over immigration, says former news chief

Trust finds corporation reflects range of views, but Helen Boaden says coverage was skewed when she took up role in 2004. By Josh Halliday
Nicole Farhi enters administration

Collapse of upmarket fashion label founded in 1982 puts more than 100 jobs at risk

UK news p14

Philip Hammond rebuked by Commons speaker over reserve army base closures

John Bercow accuses defence secretary of 'utterly incompetent' performance after his officials fail to distribute document to MPs
Human liver tissue transplants in mice raise stem cell treatment hopes

Japanese scientists say they have demonstrated for the first time the generation of a functional human organ from stem cells

UK news p15

Whitechapel Gallery's Spirit of Utopia offers only broken dreams

Exhibition examining models of perfect society celebrates alternative lifestyles without much hard analysis
Parents jailed over toddler's heroin death

Simon Jones and Emma Bradburn given total of 10 years in prison after 23-month-old son Daniel died from ingesting drug

UK news p16

Plebgate investigators arrest two women including serving police officer

Constable from diplomatic protection group held on suspicion of misconduct over row involving former chief whip Andrew Mitchell
Archaeologists find ancient stone head which could be Roman Geordie god

Discovery at Roman fort near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, thought to be a local war god from 1,800 years ago
Met police officer who used racial slur against suspect is sacked

PC Alex MacFarlane, who was recorded calling a man under arrest 'a nigger', is sacked for gross misconduct
Two people shot while trying to evict tenant from house in south London

Metropolitan police arrest suspected gunman after Brixton shooting leaves pair in hospital
Jordan expects Abu Qatada's arrival on Sunday

Home Office reportedly plans to fly Islamist cleric out of Northolt airport in west London at 2am on Sunday
Tories hit back at Labour over arts funding

Culture secretary Maria Miller challenges opposite number Harriet Harman to say whether Labour would increase spending on the arts

International p17

Could US stop Ecuador using dollars in row over Snowden asylum?

The US dollar is widely used in Latin America as a guard against inflation – but Washington's options are limited
Rifkind defends cancelling of spy chiefs' TV grilling

Chair of intelligence and security committee says he finds arguments that public hearing should go ahead unconvincing
Bolivia complains to UN after Evo Morales' plane 'kidnapped'

US refuses to comment on Morales plane but admits contact with other nations over potential Snowden flights
Bolivian president's treatment stirs up fury in Latin America

Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay join in condemnation as Bolivia denounces 'kidnap' of Evo Morales

International p18

South African courts step in over Mandela family burial row

Exhumation and reburial of former leader's three late children under way following unseemly family feud
West demands more progress from Afghanistan in return for aid

Meeting in Afghan capital billed as first step in 'paradigm shift' under which Kabul must deliver real progress in return for aid
French nuclear tests 'showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity'

Declassified papers show extent of plutonium fall-out from South Pacific tests of 60s and 70s was kept hidden, says French paper

International p19

World's largest rat extermination returns South Georgia to its bird life

A team covered the island with 183 tonnes of poison to eradicate the rodent population introduced by 19th century whalers
Iranian hardliners apoplectic over Shakira Confederations cup shot

Iran's state TV attacked for series of 'unIslamic' gaffes including glimpse of Colombian singer cheering on footballer husband
Belgium's King Albert II to abdicate in favour of son

79-year-old monarch, who ascended to throne in 1993, says he feels too old to carry out duties properly

International p20

Russian Islamist Doku Umarov calls for attacks on 2014 Winter Olympics

Supporters must use maximum force to ensure Sochi Games do not take place, rebel leader says in video
CIA drone strike in Pakistan kills suspected militants

Government condemns missile attack on building near Afghan border said to have been used as unofficial sharia court
Japanese men's pocket money at 30-year low

Decline in monthly allowances usually doled out by wives suggests workers have yet to feel benefits of Abenomics

International p21

Che Guevara's 'betrayer' tells his side of the story after 40 years

Ciro Bustos, who sketched Guevara's face for the Bolivian army, tries to kill myth he sold out the Argentinian revolutionary

International p24

Kurdish smugglers struggle to feel Turkey peace dividend

Villagers feel under siege as crackdown follows ceasefire that ended years of conflict

Financial p25

UK economy 'buoyant' as services sector grows at fastest rate in two years

Surging service sector workloads prompt biggest increase in new staff hires since before the financial crisis hit in 2007
Ofgem calls for action on electricity theft

25,000 cases a year cost each honest customer £7, with a third of stolen energy used to power cannabis farms
Eurozone crisis: Portugal sends stock markets tumbling

Threat of Portuguese government collapse causes FTSE to fall 74 points and German Dax and French CAC to drop 1.5%

Financial p26

Phones 4U insurance provider fined £2.8m

FCA investigation found that insurance firm Policy Administration Services wrongly turned down and ignored thousands of complaints from phone buyers
Lord Adonis defends HS2 following claims it is an 'expensive mistake'

Adonis remains committed to proposals for train connecting London to the north following criticism from Lord Mandelson
Portugal's soaring bond yields spell end of line for austerity

Portugal bond yields are back to 7.5%, after briefly hitting 8%, as ministers resign and coalition government nears collapse

Financial p27

Paddy McKillen tries to force Barclay brothers to sell Claridge's stake

Irish developer given hope by two of three appeal judges that he can force shareholders to sell a one-third stake in the business
Government summons retailers in effort to avoid another factory disaster

Primark, Tesco and M&S among chains called to DfID summit after Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh which killed over 1,000
Banker fighting inside information fine: case against me based on my 'spin'

Ian Hannam says he made up claim or was spinning, and that email he sent 'cannot constitute inside information'
Irish MPs vote not to grill Google and Apple bosses over tax

Irish parliament's finance committee presses ahead with watered down inquiry into Ireland's engagement with global tax

Financial p28

Treasury keen to boost John Lewis-style ownership

Consultation on tax break for worker shares follows evidence businesses owned by staff are up to 19% more productive

Reviews p29

Smashing Pumpkins – review

Billy Corgan keeps the alt-rock flame alight in his own supremely arrogant way with his young band, writes Malcolm Jack
Tom Robinson Band – review

The furious lyrics of Tom Robinson's 70s agitpop deserves to be heard live more often, writes Robin Denselow
L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits – review

The anarchic Canadian collective tear into Waits's songs in an manner somewhere between Ionesco and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, writes Ian Gittins
Tyne – review

Michael Chaplin's celebration of the river features music compiled by Kathryn Tickell and offers memories steeped in grief, writes Alfred Hickling
Shush – review

Five Dublin women bare souls in a vodka-fuelled form of group therapy that pushes friendships to breaking point, writes Helen Meany
Steve Bell on Bolivia and Evo Morales – cartoon

Cartoon:
US refuses to comment on Morales plane but admits contact with other nations over potential Snowden flights

Comment & debate p30

Egypt's coup: a ruinous intervention

Jonathan Steele: Those who believe the Egyptian army's priority is to preserve freedom will soon be disappointed
To Lord Freud, a food bank is an excuse for a free lunch

Zoe Williams: The welfare minister's attempt to link the rise in food banks to greed rather than poverty shows a withered meanness
The intelligence and security committee maintains secrecy for good reasons

Malcolm Rifkind: It's precisely because the committee puts the public first that we have postponed our first ever public session

Comment & debate p31

Diary: Work for free. Work for a Tony Blair charity

Hugh Muir: New salary-less internship at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation includes travel and lunch expenses
Falkirk may seem minor, but for Labour it really matters

Martin Kettle: The Unite union's tactics in the selection of parliamentary candidates are a direct challenge to Ed Miliband's leadership

Editorials & reply p32

In praise of … toppling sporting titans

Editorial: Sometimes dynamiting the Buddhas of a sport transforms the landscape
Egypt: throwing the ballot box out the window

Editorial: The country has returned to where it was two years ago and with Morsi gone the old regime is back where they want to be
The NHS: distraction therapy

Editorial: Mr Hunt has to get a grip of the failure of regulation to ensure high standards of patient care

Editorials & reply p33

For electoral credibility, Labour needs more working-class MPs

Letters: The turnout when working people sat in the Commons was near 70% rather than the dismal turnouts of recent elections
Dyslexia is a nuisance, not a curse

Letters: While it is true that there is, strictly speaking, no cure for dyslexia, early diagnosis and targeted teaching can enable the development of effective coping strategies
Costly cures on NHS

Letters: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence can and does evaluate and recommend 'expensive one-off interventions that are likely to cure patients'
Rethinking policy on apprenticeships

Letters: Lord Adonis now calls for government training handouts to employers. This is not the way
Down among the grass stems, a ball of recently hatched orb-web spiderlings

Country diary: Wolsingham, Weardale: It exploded when I poked it, spiderlings racing along the threads, like sailors on rigging
Far-right France

Letters: To judge by a recent Ipsos survey in which most respondents 'no longer feel at home' (62%) in a country where there are 'too many foreigners' (70%), many may find Marine Le Pen's views very palatable indeed
Corrections and clarifications

Youth unemployment | Tour de France | Honda | Homogeneous | Inmarsat | Ecuador
Sovereignty at stake in Snowden saga

Letters: The pressures and blackmail applied by the US government on other nations' leaders seem to confirm American officials' views of other countries as mere pawns in a global chess game of domination

Obituaries p34

Jeffrey Smart obituary

Australian artist who painted precise visions of urban landscapes
Sir John Burgh obituary

Austrian refugee who became a top civil servant and went on to run the British Council

Sport p35

Cristiano Ronaldo rules out imminent return to Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo admits he misses Manchester United but has ruled out an imminent return to the club he left for Real Madrid
Aidan O'Brien puts Declaration Of War on standby for Eclipse Stakes

Aidan O'Brien puts Royal Ascot winner Declaration Of War on standby for the Eclipse Stakes
Crystal Palace complete £4.5m deal for Peterborough's Dwight Gayle

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Peterborough United's Dwight Gayle for a club-record fee in the region of £4.5m
Manchester United play tough with Rooney over his prospective transfer

Wayne Rooney has been told he will have to make a formal transfer request if he is to leave Manchester United this summer

Sport p36

England's Swann and Broad show signs they are ready for the Ashes

Graeme Swann took five wickets and Stuart Broad bowled in the nets as an England XI warmed up for the Ashes with a 228-run victory over Essex
Nick Compton's best not good enough for Worcestershire against Australia

Nick Compton continued his good form against Australia with 79 for Worcestershire, but was ultimately disappointed
Nick Compton says England denied him 'fair crack of the whip' for Ashes

Nick Compton has said he believes he was denied 'a fair crack of the whip' by England and admits he was left reeling by the decision to drop him

Sport p37

Warren Gatland's call to drop Brian O'Driscoll from the Lions is baffling

Robert Kitson: Warren Gatland has made a brave, career-defining decision to drop Brian O'Driscoll but it may well be one he lives to regret

Sport p38

Mark Cavendish claims Tour de France stage five victory in Marseille

British sprinter Mark Cavendish won the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday
Anyone for tennis montages? Wimbledon and the Beeb's big sell

Marina Hyde: The sporting montage increasingly feels like broadcasters' answer to pretty much anything, with the public's appetite for insta-nostalgia seemingly insatiable

Sport p39

Wimbledon 2013: Lowdown on the women's semi-finals

Few would have predicted Wimbledon's four women's semi-finalists, but which of them will progress to Saturday's final?
Juan Martín del Potro overcomes knee problem to reach Wimbledon semis

The No8 seed Juan Martín Del Potro fell badly in the first game but recovered to beat David Ferrer in straight sets
Wimbledon 2013: Order of play for Thursday 4 July

Marion Bartoli will play Kirsten Flipkens first on Centre Court followed by Sabine Lisicki against Agnieszka Radwanska
Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych to power into Wimbledon semis

The Serbian world No1 beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets to set up a semi-final with Juan Martin del Potro
Wimbledon 2013: Kyle Edmund makes quarter-finals of boys' singles

Kyle Edmund ruthlessly dispatched his close friend Jonny O'Mara 6-3, 6-2 to advance into the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon boys' singles

Sport p40

Andy Murray reaches Wimbledon semi after coming back from two sets down

Andy Murray has come back from two sets down to beat Fernando Verdasco in a Centre Court quarter-final classic
Andy Murray's comeback gives Wimbledon the thrill without the spill

Tim Lewis: This year's Wimbledon has had its fill of shocks, but when Andy Murray met Fernando Verdasco it got its first tea-timely thriller

Sport p41

Andy Murray keeps Centre Court hearts racing in battle with Verdasco

Andy Murray has reached his 13th grand slam semi-final after coming back from two sets down against the left-handed Fernando Verdasco
Wimbledon 2013: Jerzy Janowicz pounds past fellow Pole Lukasz Kubot

Jerzy Janowicz banged down 30 aces to win the battle of the Poles with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Lukasz Kubot to seal a place in his first grand slam semi-final

Sport p42

Warren Gatland defends decision to drop Brian O'Driscoll from Lions

Warren Gatland has staunchly defended the omission of Brian O'Driscoll from the crucial final British & Irish Lions Test against Australia, despite widespread disbelief in two hemispheres