1KThe Guardian / by Sam Levin in San Francisco / 5h
Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over ‘perceptions of police brutality against African Americans’, prompts fears of crackdown on activists The US government has declared “black identity extremists” a violent threat, according to a leaked report from the FBI’s counter-terrorism division. The assessment , obtained by Foreign Policy , has raised fears about federal authorities racially
1KThe Guardian / by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin / 5h
Negotiations begin in earnest after ‘special votes’ tally sees ruling party lose two seats and Labour and the Greens each gain one The final block of votes in the New Zealand election has been counted two weeks after election day, bolstering the opposition Labour party but leaving neither major party with enough votes to form government. Counting of the 17% of ballots considered “special votes” s
100+The Guardian / by Anrick Bregman, Shehani Fernando and Lucy Hawking / 1h
What is it like to be autistic? The Guardian’s latest VR film offers a glimpse of how a person on the autism spectrum copes with a stressful environment The Party allows you to enter the world of an autistic teenager, Layla, who is at a surprise birthday celebration. You will hear her thoughts about what she is experiencing and how it is affecting her, and share the sensory overload that leads to
Boy, 15, being questioned on suspicion of murder after 18-year-old dies from multiple knife wounds in Neasden A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in a London street. The 18-year-old victim was found badly wounded in Neasden, north-west London, at 3.50pm on Friday. He died at the scene from multiple stab wounds, Scotland Yard said. Conti
From artificial intelligence to cheap smartphones, Google is on the frontline of technological development. But is it growing too big and moving too fast? A rare interview with Google’s boss When Sundar Pichai was growing up in Chennai, south-east India, he had to make regular trips to the hospital to pick up his mother’s blood-test results. It took an hour and 20 minutes by bus, and when he got
John Sculley, 78, remembers the early days of Apple, 24 April 1984 The first time I drove out to Silicon Valley, it was 1982 and I had no idea where I was going. The place was mainly still homes. Apple was based in a handful of converted houses and tilt-ups. There was a one-storey building where they’d started designing the Macintosh. It had a Bösendorfer piano inside and a pirate flag on the roo
Young rebel poets are bringing about a power shift in contemporary poetry and drawing a wider audience to the art form Forget page-turners and celebrity memoirs, Brits have rekindled their love of verse. More than a million poetry books were sold in the last year, the highest number on record, as the popularity of social media sensations such as Rupi Kaur continues to reinvigorate the art form. S
The Las Vegas shooting, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, the Catalonia referendum and the Iraqi advance against Islamic State – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists Continue reading...
14The Guardian / by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels / 18min
Brussels has abandoned idea of major autumn progress as Davis and Barnier meet again, but could offer May an olive branch The Brexit secretary, David Davis, will resume talks next week with the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, but with the UK continuing to stonewall over the exit bill , Brussels has abandoned hope of an autumn breakthrough. EU diplomats are grappling with how to deal with a
10The Guardian / by Severin Carrell Scotland editor / 1h
SNP leaders call on first minister to focus on Brexit and fighting austerity as party gathers for conference Nicola Sturgeon is being urged by her colleagues to delay a second Scottish independence referendum until the early 2020s, and focus instead on Brexit and domestic policy. The Scottish National party’s most senior figures at Westminster have advised the first minister to make Brexit, fight
Imagine earning a living by pointing a camera at yourself and chatting with people who then send you valuable gifts Would you livestream every aspect of your life? If you’re not a pop star or reality TV wannabe, the answer is probably no. But if you could earn more than £100 an hour for sitting in your bedroom talking to strangers around the world, would that tempt you to turn the camera on yours
We love to walk, especially on demonstrations. All that protesting keeps us city dwellers fit and well when we venture out of our high-density housing There’s something wonderful about research that puts a whoopee cushion on the seat of conventional wisdom. This week a study by the universities of Oxford and Hong Kong suggested that people in built-up urban areas are happier and healthier than peo
The beloved Last Splash lineup are back with their first new album in decades. Here, they reflect on the 90s alt-rock scene and the cocktail of drugs, disappointments and bust-ups that saw them break up ‘If I could even remember what we were fighting about …” Kim Deal’s memories of the 90s are often incomplete, but she remembers that during one particularly chaotic tour, with her post-Breeders pr
9The Guardian / by Gwyn Topham and Rachel Obordo / 1h
As managers scrambled to save the firm, there were few clues anything was awry – it was even still holding recruitment days In the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more :
He quit the Labour party after 18 years and thinks Jeremy Corbyn is ‘a lefty hippy.’ But the Apprentice head honcho says he didn’t see Brexit coming and feels out of step with a politics that seems to be full of people making promises they can’t keep The only problem with hosting The Apprentice, says Baron Sugar of Clapton, is that he tends to intimidate people without meaning to. Even greeting hi
When Amy Nickell had a child at 24, she felt that friends, family and strangers judged her decision harshly “So, does Freddy’s mum work full time, then?” It’s the nursery summer picnic, and it has happened again. Another mum thinks I’m the au pair. “Well, actually she does, but she took the day off today and here she is!” I humorously explain to quickly avoid any awkwardness. Seeing a woman under
Growing up, black art was nowhere to be seen. Now I am exploring the black diaspora and my own, newfound identity through music, theatre and literature To see a piece of art or read something that invigorates and uplifts you, that leaves you convinced that something inside you is forever changed as a result of experiencing it, is one of life’s purest pleasures. And in a world of digital distracti
I’ve spoiled my youngest, sparing him domestic duties. And now, he’s leaving home – but at least he has a new winter coat Finally, one of my adult children has been prised out of his childhood bedroom. Zac, the youngest, is leaving for university. The baby of the family is flying the nest – for now. Because of course, the other three all went off to art college or university, too. But then they ca
The letter you always wanted to write I always felt foolish saying the words: “My father is an alcoholic.” You really weren’t drinking that much, but when you were drunk and started ranting – at society and incompetent politicians, at everything that annoyed you – my skin prickled with fear and all I wanted was to run away: from you, from a home that felt unsafe, from the verbal abuse and the thr
100+The Guardian / by Julian Borger in Washington / 1h
As US officials investigate potential collusion between Trump and Moscow, the series of reports by the former UK intelligence official Christopher Steele are casting an ever darker shadow over the president Nine months after its first appearance, the set of intelligence reports known as the Steele dossier, one of the most explosive documents in modern political history is still hanging over Washi
Michel Odent has moved from being the benign natural-birth pioneer to a doomsayer predicting that caesarean sections will increase autism spectrum disorders and change humanity on an evolutionary level Michel Odent has spent his life challenging the conventions of medical orthodoxy. Now in his 80s, the doctor who encouraged women to experience pain-free labour in warm pools of water and was the fi
The novelist Christopher Fowler and his father were never close – in fact, they barely had a relationship. One day, he asked his mother why he was so aggressive and angry, and suddenly everything made sense The first time I touched my father was the day I cut his hair. Bill sat very still with his back to me, rigid and upright on a stool, a towel tied around his throat, and remained very quiet wh
It took all night, it appealed to something unwholesome within me… and now it’s gone with a lick of paint Now that the builders have left, my wife is trying to involve me more fully in upcoming renovations. I am trying to finish the crossword. “I do everything,” she says. “And you do nothing.” Continue reading...
14The Guardian / by Presented by Vicky Frost, audio produced by Stuart Silver and Rowan Slaney and featuring Lucy Lamble, Afua Hirsch, Damian Carrington and John Vidal / 2h
In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters ask the questions and a Guardian panel try to provide the answers. This episode focuses on whether people should be having fewer children for the sake of the planet – and if so, how that societal change might happen If we want to fight climate change should we have fewer children – or should we be focusing more on reducing consumption? Is the answer di
The foreign secretary was caught on camera in Myanmar being a klutz again. But despite the furore, the poem Mandalay wasn’t an argument for colonialism During the foreign secretary’s visit to Myanmar last January his hosts in the capital, Yangon, took him across town to see the Shwedagon Pagoda , which as the repository of eight hairs from the head of Gautama Buddha is Myanmar’s most sacred Buddh
With her marriage on the rocks, one writer struggles to reconcile her cynicism about happily-ever-after as her own children rush to tie the knot A lavish wedding, a couple in love; romance was in the air, as it should be when two people are getting married. But on the top table, the mothers of the happy pair were bonding over their imminent plans for … divorce. That story was told to me by the mo
The concept is simple: it’s a celebration of black girls and women in a world all too happy to make them small Isn’t technology amazing? I cannot fathom a world without a search engine at my fingertips. How did we cope before them? Sometimes, I remember I completed university without the distracting diversions of YouTube, and marvel silently. When I realise neither Tumblr nor Twitter were around
In Catalonia and the former East Germany, the shadow of 20th-century traumas still falls on EU citizens, and blights the future of Europe History is back in Europe. The Catalan referendum and the German election illustrate this spectacularly. The scale of the far-right vote in what was once East Germany and Catalonia’s apparent march towards independence may look like they happened on separate pl
Did NHS manager Mary, 37, and travel consultant Rob, 33, have a smashing time? What were you hoping for? Someone different; outside my usual circle of friends. Continue reading...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, 83% of cell sites remain out of service in the US territory The US Federal Communications Commission has approved Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria , Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services. The FCC said on Friday that
Borussia Dortmund starlet scores one goal and sets up another in Orlando Arena’s men can secure passage to Russia World Cup with win in Trinidad Read Bob Williams’ minute-by-minute match report And breathe. All those worries and crippling fears of missing out on the World Cup were banished by the brilliance of Christian Pulisic, who produced the kind of stellar performance needed in these types o
Pentagon says possible deal improves security in the Gulf ‘in the face of Iranian and other regional threats’ The US state department has approved the possible sale of a anti-missile defence system to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $15bn, the Pentagon said on Friday, citing Iran among regional threats. The approval opens the way for Saudi Arabia to purchase 44 Terminal High Altitude Area De
US President Donald Trump repeatedly uses an exaggerated Spanish accent to pronounce “Puerto Rico” during a speech at a Hispanic Heritage Month event. The US president said “We love Puerto Rico,” before reverting to his usual pronunciation of the US territory. Continue reading...
The UN’s ILO rejects claims India was being targeted by a report about modern slavery The United Nations has defended its new global estimates on slavery after reports that India’s intelligence agency advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discredit the research , saying it may tarnish the country’s image and exports. A report by Australian rights group Walk Free Foundation and UN bodies the Int
The best tips from Saturday’s racing as trainer Roger Charlton will hope Makzeem maintains his good form as the Flat season enters its final weeks Roger Charlton should prove one of a handful of trainers worth following as the Flat
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