headlines
Sunday
31
May
2015
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Labor questions plan to strip Australian citizenship without court processMark Dreyfus expresses ‘tremendous concern’ about Coalition’s proposed counter-terrorism legislation that could see alleged jihadis’ citizenship revoked -
Tony Abbott says parliament has to focus on budgetLabor plans to introduce bill to legalise gay marriage and recognise overseas unions, but PM says implementing budget measures takes priority
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Police keep anti-Islam protesters and anti-racism activists apartMore than 100 police on foot and horseback close streets and stand between competing protests to prevent repeat of April’s clashes -
Doctors say refugee boy could be disabled without urgent surgeryA two-week window for surgery for his specific type of fracture has passed and the 11-year-old Iranian boy is in severe pain, according to Doctors for Refugees -
highlights
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In front of me was this man who had killed women and childrenThe journalist who contacted an Isis fighter through a fake Facebook identity talks about her experiences -
One of the truly great and lasting classicsThe meaning of Jaws has been picked over by critics ever since its release in 1975, and even its status as the first summer blockbuster has been questioned. But isn’t it just about a killer shark?
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Why governments 'are like King Canute' on darknet drugsDread Pirate Roberts may have been sentenced to life, but experts and customers say the tide has turned and internet markets for illicit products are here to stay
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John Galliano’s latest confession still does not excuse his vile viewsBeing very drunk makes you daft – but not a racist
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NSW signs up to place people in regional areas on five-year visasScheme introduced by federal government as an alternative to temporary protection visas criticised for lacking pathway to permanent residency
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Young footballer dies after suffering heart attack on fieldNorthern Saints football club player Mohamed Ali Jamil Allouche, 22, collapsed after kicking a goal during a game at Fawkner
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Keep it in the ground
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Fort McKay: The Canadian town that sold itself to tar sandsThe tiny Alberta town is one of the world’s single biggest source sites of carbon pollution. The community grew rich on oil, and was wrecked by oil. So local, Cece Fitzpatrick, decided to run for chief, promising to stand up to the industry which came there 50 years ago
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Sepp Blatter accuses US authorities and UK press of campaign to topple himRe-elected president claims timing of arrests of officials had been motivated by revenge
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Country rejects 'unbalanced' Rohingya remarks by Nobel prize winnersDesmond Tutu and José Ramos-Horta among laureates who have criticised the situation of Rohingya in Burma as ‘nothing less than genocide’
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in depth
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The heat and the death toll are rising. Is this a glimpse of Earth’s future?Concern about the emergency on the subcontinent is mixed with signs that global warming will have a shattering impact on our ability to feed ourselves
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Three true romancesWhat’s it like to fall madly in love in your 80s? Three couples who found each other late in life talk romance, regret and second chances
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Is Silk Road’s pirate king a mobster or a martyr?The man behind the dark web’s most notorious black market, is facing a lifetime in jail
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How Ireland was robbed of Hugh Lane's great art collectionThe Irish art collector Hugh Lane, who drowned on the Lusitania 100 years ago, left his priceless impressionist paintings to the people of Dublin. So why are they in the ownership of the National Gallery in London?
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The truth about why I'm afraid to flyLast week, I boarded a plane for the first time since arriving in the US from Slovakia 15 years ago. Despite having all my papers in order, I couldn’t shake the anxiety of all those years I was unable to leave, and the fear of being deported
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Why is China building islands?US claims its aims are military. Beijing says it's trying to make dangerous waters safer
pictures & video
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Breakfast around the worldHow nutritious is your first meal of the day? We asked our community to share pictures of what breakfast looks like where they live. Here are our favourites
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Sepp Blatter: I have no concerns about US investigation
Sepp Blatter speaks in Zurich on Saturday in a news conference as Fifa's annual conference comes to a close
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Alice Smeets's Ghetto TarotShooting a witchcraft workshop in England gave Belgian photographer Alice Smeets the idea for a new approach to photographing Haiti, a country she has documented since 2007
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The 20 photographs of the weekMemorial Day in the United States, unrest in Chile and Burundi, daily life in China and a cowardly Lion– the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Australian football fans react
Football fans in Australia react with anger to the re-election of Sepp Blatter as the president of Fifa
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Readers' photos on the theme of shineFor last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of shine via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites
people
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BB King, poison and the 'daughters' of an infertile legendAs a blues man lays to rest in the Mississippi Delta, questions linger about how he died. Between the white horses and the family intrigue, the thrill is never gone
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A man of many facesHe’s been a terrifying Miss Trunchbull, a convincing Nick Clegg, and now, in the BBC’s Sunday-night drama, he’s a magical Jonathan Strange. Emma John meets actor Bertie Carvel
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Australian rapper cancels her Great Escape tour of US for a second timeAustralian rapper says she is still committed to upcoming festival appearances and will ‘be back out on the road when the next album is done’
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Courting Obama's black southern strongholdOn and off the campaign trail in the Carolinas, voters say they have ‘no hard feelings’ toward Hillary Clinton. They say the opposite about Republicans
the big picture
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40 years of Spielberg's JawsAs Steven Spielberg’s 1975 monster movie turns 40, we share some lesser-known images from the making and release of a classic
If Steve Jobs’s death didn’t ruin Apple, the iCar surely will