headlines
Tuesday
18
August
2015
-
FDA approves 'female Viagra' pill FlibanserinDrug to help women boost sex drive overcomes concerns over effectiveness and side effects, but some experts fear precedent campaigning could set
-
Bangkok bomber is man seen dropping backpack, Thai police sayYoung man in yellow T-shirt and shorts who appeared on CCTV footage taking off bag shortly before explosion is ‘not just the suspect’, says police spokesman -
Ashley Madison's hacked customer files posted online as per threat, say reportsWebsite that helps people have extramarital affairs had been given ultimatum to close down after details about members were stolen -
highlights
-
Totally over the top – but impossible not to lovePatrick Stewart’s new series Blunt Talk might be not be very good, but it’s still worth watching, if only because hanging out with him looks like so much fun -
Service boasted of 11 million users – but half have already tuned outSurvey finds two-thirds of customers likely to pay for service after free trial ends but 61% turn off auto-renewal option
-
-
Will Donald Trump's immigration plan blow up the US economy?Among the Republican candidate’s proposals include coercing Mexico to pay for a permanent border wall and ending birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants – all at the risk of losing the US’s second-largest export market
-
Finding a balance between meaningful work and primary parenting responsibilities is tough, and always has been. For me it meant redefining myself as a father and partner tooBeing a (male) primary caregiver isn't easy. But I'm glad my children have seen it kind of work
-
-
-
-
Donald Trump is an immigration Know-Nothing, and dangerous for RepublicansSome compare the billionaire to 1990s campaign-spoiler Ross Perot. But he’s more like Millard Fillmore on policy and possibility
-
I’m a Hillary Clinton fan. But I hope she bows out with graceClinton can win the Democratic nomination and make it all the way to the White House. But she would carry too much baggage to be effective
-
-
-
Mike Huckabee declares West Bank to be part of IsraelRepublican presidential candidate includes Judea and Samaria, biblical name for the West Bank, as part of ‘all of Israel’ during visit to discuss Iran nuclear deal
-
Kansas City woman's death is 17th reported transgender murder this yearTamara Dominguez was repeatedly run over by SUV, police say as motive remains unclear
-
-
Spike in refugee arrivals pushes island of Lesbos to 'breaking point'International Rescue Committee says more ferries are needed to take migrants to Athens as some 2,000 people arrive on island each day
-
Germans to run Greek regional airports in first wave of bailout privatisationsFraport AG taking over 14 airports in deal worth €1.23bn that is among requirements as Greece receives billions in loans to keep it afloat
-
special report: the counted
-
The CountedPeople killed by the police in the US, recorded by the Guardian
in brief
-
New privilege escalation bug hits Mac OS XReleased without prior notification, the bug allows attackers to run programs as though they are the administrator of the computer
-
Summer 2015 films put real women above Manic Pixie Dream GirlsThe tired archetype has been replaced by a woman not so easily reducible to a catchphrase – one allowed to be fully human
-
Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy do the monster mash in Victor Frankenstein trailerA new take on Mary Shelley’s gothic classic sees the Harry Potter star as Igor, the infamous assistant to Doctor Frankenstein
-
Roast tomatoes with mint and parsley couscousLight yet filling, here’s a fresh vegetarian recipe that’s both savoury and bursting with tomato sweetness. By Nigel Slater
in depth
-
24 hours with the Republican frontrunnerPaul Lewis travels across the country with Donald Trump as he wows audiences and shrugs off calls to release more policy
-
Amazon exposé shows how little tech has changed the landscapeApple, Amazon, Facebook and Google’s well-intentioned capitalism has begun to resemble the ruthless corporatism more commonly associated with Wall Street
-
Marijuana dispensaries find legalization still leaves them vulnerableCaught in the crossfire between state and federal law, dispensary owners in states that have legalized medical cannabis are finding their businesses raided and their products seized
-
The Eritrean city frozen in time by war and secrecyWhat’s the capital of this notoriously closed-off country like? On a rare visit, Natasha Stallard finds faded 30s glamour, colonial era futurist architecture – and bicycles everywhere
-
The hip digi-kids helping Putin's fight for online supremacyAs court award damages to former employee, we visit St Petersburg factory manufacturing comments, blogs and videos in which Russia’s president takes on the world – and wins
-
America's biggest coffee snobs are in AlaskaCoffee carts are as common as roadside moose – for years connoisseurs have been perfecting the right brew in the most caffeinated place in the country
video & pictures
-
Inside a farm-to-table cannabis tastingA new model has developed in California’s medical marijuana industry: farm-to-table. One Bay Area startup is aiming to take advantage of the trend and embed it into the fast-growing cannabis industry
-
Surprise! Rare baby sand kittens born in IsraelSand kittens, considered extinct in Israel, are seen for the first time at a Tel Aviv zoo after their birth three weeks ago
-
The day afterOne day after a bomb exploded at a shrine, killing 22 people, relatives of victims converge on the Thai capital and investigators continue to inspect the scene
-
Heidi Klum shrugs off Donald Trump's 'no longer a 10' commentSupermodel Heidi Klum shrugs off comments made by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump that her looks were fading
-
Welcome to Dismaland, Banksy's secret pop-up exhibitionFootage of the scene at a disused swimming pool on the seafront in Weston-super-Mare where graffiti artist Banksy is expected to open a secret pop-up exhibition called Dismaland
-
The tiny island sinking under Europe’s migrant crisisPhoebe Greenwood reports from Leros, a tiny Greek island seven miles from the Turkish coast, where 2,500 migrants have arrived illegally by boat in the last three weeks
people
-
Most women are Renaissance womenAhead of her performance at Afropunk festival in Brooklyn, Kelis talks about her new life as a chef and being a natural multi-tasker and Grace Jones fan
-
Is Trump the real-life Batman? He certainly thinks soMuch like Bruce Wayne, the Republican candidate runs a corporate empire, sports a signature headpiece and is both scorned and embraced by the public
-
The rockers who won't call it a dayFrom Suzi Quatro to Saxon’s Biff Byford, rock’s pioneers have been making music for more than 40 years. Here they talk about leather jumpsuits, performing when you’re in your 60s – and the enduring appeal of a nice biscuit
-
Exploring the cult of Joan DidionThe pioneer of New Journalism is used to sell biker jackets and clutch bags. What a pity she’s quoted more than she’s read
the big picture
-
Clearup in Bangkok and floods in ChinaA selection of the best photographs from around the world, including the cleanup after the explosion at Erawan shrine
Chelsea Manning found guilty but no solitary confinement over contraband
White House appoints first openly transgender full-time staff member