headlines
Wednesday
30
September
2015
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First British womb transplants to go aheadEthical approval given for operations as part of local clinical trial following procedure’s success in Sweden
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Slavery reparations call overshadows PM's visit to JamaicaThe prime minister is under pressure to mention Britain’s involvement in the slave trade when he addresses the nation’s parliament on Wednesday -
Nasa faces bug contamination dilemmaCuriosity rover already on red planet cannot study streaks left by flowing water because it could be carrying bugs from Earth -
highlights
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Can you identify these world cities from their street plans?We’ve stripped out the street names and lost the labels – but can you still recognise the cities from their aerial views?
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Kedgeree, crumpets – and the definitive Full EnglishKedgeree, crumpets – and the definitive full English recipe
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Steve Bell draws Jeremy CorbynThe Guardian’s Steve Bell takes Jeremy Corbyn’s portrait at the 2015 Labour party conference in Brighton
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Elizabeth II by Douglas HurdThe Queen is revealed in this biography to be without moral defect, possessed of penetrating insight and only an accidental tax dodger, writes Terry Eagleton
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Labour leader’s somewhat meandering address delights delegates with promise to change politics – even similarities with a blogger’s text couldn’t dampen spiritsCorbyn's conference speech helps Labour forget horror of election defeat
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Africans are being left behind by a two-tier refugee systemEmma Dabiri asks why we are treating some people fleeing impossible situations as second-class refugees
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from the UK
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UK and Saudi Arabia 'in secret deal' over human rights council placeLeaked documents suggest vote-trading deal was conducted to enable nations to secure a seat at UN’s influential body
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Manchester homeless people face jail over city centre tent campsSeven people are accused of breaking injunction barring anyone from pitching tent in city to protest against council homelessness policies
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around the world
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Russian parliament grants Vladimir Putin right to deploy military in SyriaKremlin says vote refers to use of air force and does not mean Russian ground forces will be involved in conflict
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Why the ICC has the wrong man on trial over invasion of TimbuktuAs jihadist is charged with destroying ancient monuments, those who instigated terror against population have gone free
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in brief
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How this became code for casual sexOriginally, the phrase was innuendo-free, but then it became a euphemism. Now the streaming service is getting in on the joke itself
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Steve Albini rant about dance music turned into billboardThe producer sent a scathing email to electronic artist Powell documenting his hatred of club culture. It’s now being used as an advert ...
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I was a bumbling Englishman in a Sri Lankan disguiseFor his new BBC3 series, the London-based comedian went to Sri Lanka to explore his roots and basically sweat a lot. Here are six things he ‘learned’
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Fear not – so was WordsworthThough one of the greatest poets who ever lived struggled with commas, many of us are infuriated by rogue apostrophes and other printed solecisms. How did this come to be?
in depth
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How the banks ignored the lessons of the crashJoris Luyendijk spent two years talking to hundreds of City insiders. They revealed how close we came to disaster – and how quickly finance went back to business as usual
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The cosy relationship between Nasa and HollywoodNasa helped make The Martian. But it also advised on Men in Black III. So what exactly is its relationship with movies? And can the truth survive blockbuster blast-off? The agency’s director of planetary science reveals all
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London’s homelessness crisis is spilling into the home countiesAs rising rents force the capital’s councils to export homeless residents elsewhere, the plans are running into opposition
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The huge casino development that says everything about modern AustraliaA former prime minister, a billionaire and some helpful tweaks to the law lie behind a quintessentially Sydney story
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From teenage fans to middle-aged lookalikesThe sun is shining in Brighton, and the mood at Labour conference is just as bright. Meet the Corbynites, from teenage fans to middle-aged lookalikes, at the dawn of a new era in leftwing politics
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Google's new Chromecast makes a play for the games marketGaming, once dominated by specialist companies, is increasingly becoming a battleground for the tech giants
pictures & video
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Anywhere but Westminster at the Labour conferenceJohn Harris spends the week in Brighton with a new-look Labour party at its first national conference since Jeremy Corbyn became leader
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Border fences ‘not for fun’, says HungaryHungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, defends his country’s decision to erect border fences to block refugees
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London tattoo conventionGuardian photojournalist Felix Clay visited the annual festival at Tobacco Dock, which hosted more than 300 of the world’s most prestigious tattoo artists
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Singing in the Rainforest, Downton Abbey and The Go-BetweenThe Rainforest, Downton Abbey, The Go-Between and more: TV review-video
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Mega earringsSerious earrings have been one of the catwalks’ ubiquitous trends, from Prada to Marni and Versace. Here are 10 of the best to buy now (and which you can recycle next spring to stay on point)
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Violent protests erupt in Cape Town districtDemonstrations at the lack of policing in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, an area that has been volatile for weeks
people
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Actor. Rapper. Writer. Director. Comedian. Movie star?He has written for 30 Rock, starred in Community, has a rap career, and now he’s in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic The Martian. Meet the man on a multifarious mission
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My days squatting with Harry Enfield and Paul WhitehouseMansions stood empty and the council was begging people to take its flats … as a new photography show captures life in 80s squats, the writer and actor remembers his rent-free days on a rundown estate
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Actor to appear in 'combo of a gig and a show'Actor to celebrate music of her youth with cover versions of new wave bands, in all-singing no-speaking performance at London’s Young Vic next year
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Alan Tarney, the greatest British pop producer you've never heard ofWhether on A-ha’s Take on Me, Cliff Richards’ Wired for Sound or St Etienne’s You’re in a Bad Way, his signature sound, full of warm synths and smooth harmonies, deserves greater recognition
the big picture
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Contemporary Mexican photographySkewed gender norms and twisted, dreamlike scenes abound in this selection of images from book Reveal and Detonate: contemporary Mexican photography, released on 29 September
Jeremy Corbyn: I would never use nuclear weapons if I were PM
Live Corbyn says Britain should apologise for the slave trade
Anywhere but Westminster Don’t mention the election
The Guardian view Corbyn won a hearing, not the argument