Opening in Los Angeles in 2154, Elysium (15A) offers an especially dystopian vision of Earth’s future.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has proposed closed-door talks with Israel on some of the Middle East’s most difficult disputes, including the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees.

Fresh talks aimed at resolving the bitter row over the sacking of hundreds of Heathrow Airport catering workers are to resume today.

Union leaders tonight accused the company at the centre of the Heathrow airport dispute of walking out of peace talks and claimed that negotiations had now “collapsed”.

US Airways Group, hit hard by a slump in travel after the September 11 terrorist attacks, filed for bankruptcy protection, the company said.