COVER

Why the BBC Is Locked in An Epic Crisis of Its Own Making (World)

Here is the news. With these four words, the BBC's anchors introduce the regular bulletins that inform its 47 million British radio listeners and TV viewers and an additional 239 million people around the world. But the phrase has taken on an eerie resonance

UNITED STATES

Spyfall

David Petraeus' affair with his biographer ended his 37-year career. But the damage from this episode goes far wider

WORLD

Inside Putin's Russia

As the President — and former KGB agent — tightens his grip, ordinary Russians struggle to live under a Soviet-like security state

BRIEFING

VIEWPOINT

BUSINESS

India's Opening Kickoff

Lured by the booming business of television sports, the nation's first professional football league tries to turn amateurs into gridiron heroes

THE CULTURE

Mind Your Back (Books)

A surreal look at the vicious world of Chinese bureaucracy

LETTERS

The Greatest? (Inbox)

Lessons from Lincoln; Greece's Golden Dawn; The Promise of India; Plight of a Pakistani Girl