headlines
Monday
30
May
2016
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What sets Obama apart from Bernie SandersWith his efforts to overhaul healthcare and crack down on Wall Street, the president has demonstrated the benefits of practicality and compromise
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Zoo director defends killing of gorilla after boy entered enclosure‘This was not a gentle thing,’ says director after criticism of decision to shoot Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400lbs silverback lowland male -
Snoop Dogg lambasts Roots remakeRapper says he is sick of films and TV shows that depict historical racial abuse against African Americans when they are still ‘taking the same abuse’ -
highlights
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I had family members among the deadThe day of the attack, we were incarcerated in an internment center for Japanese Americans. We were filled with grief when we learned what had happened
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Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflictAs America marks Memorial Day, politicians should spare us the saber-rattling and reserve some space for silence
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Mike Mignola on why he's ending his comic hit to go paint watercolors insteadAs the final Hellboy comic is published, Mike Mignola discusses how he started, how Hollywood didn’t kill his creation and why he is embracing ‘blur and mush’
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When porn gets in the way of a real-world relationshipMany believe that porn is addictive, and that the endless stream of on-demand internet erotica makes real-life sexual experiences not stimulating enough
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Curry: Warriors must play with 'force' against Thunder in Game 7Golden State and Oklahoma City face each other at Oracle Arena with a place in the NBA finals at stake after a thrilling Western Conference series
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Club offer Michael Carrick new contract as Mourinho checks inMichael Carrick has been offered a year extension to his Manchester United contract by José Mourinho
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The crucial questions as the Penguins take on the SharksWhich player will make a difference? What will hockey fans be arguing about at the end of the series? A rundown of what to look out for in hockey’s showpiece
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Gasol considers skipping Olympics due to Zika virus concernsOne of Spain’s most famous athletes, the basketball player Pau Gasol, has said he is considering skipping this summer’s Olympics
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With my brother in Guantánamo Bay, the heart of my family is missingHe will now have his case reviewed. We are desperately hoping that we can finally welcome Mohamedou back home
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Child-related shootings fuel Detroit's tough gun safety stanceFiling charges against adults may be difficult – as families are already grieving – but prosecutor Kym Worthy and others argue shootings are ‘entirely’ preventable
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Donald Trump a conquering hero for bikers and veteransRepublican nominee promises to pay bills for veterans’ healthcare while introductory speaker says Trump’s comments about McCain ‘totally justified’
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Bodies of US climbers left untouched 'out of respect', says witnessUeli Steck, who with fellow mountaineer David Goettler discovered the bodies of Alex Lowe and David Bridges, says they left the bodies as they found them
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For sale: Islands, hotels and historic sitesAs privatisation agency chairman, Stergios Pitsiorlas is seen as the right man to expedite disposal of a growing list of assets
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in brief
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'Probably even the Night’s King got a family' – The Citadel podcastAs our characters start to take on their likely final forms for the story, we see them all checking back in with their families in Blood of my Blood
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DNA may identify the last of the RomanovsHuman remains could now be conclusively identified as belonging to the children of the Russian royal family who were killed with their parents in 1918
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You Must Remember This, Embedded, RadiolabThere’s a wealth of listening pleasure this week, including a look at McCarthy-era Hollywood, Nickleodeon lifting the lid and good news on Another Round
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Author buries latest manuscript for a hundred yearsAuthor of Cloud Atlas delivers his new work – which won’t be read until 2114 – to Oslo’s Nordmarka forest as part of the Future Library project
in depth
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Photographing the real Barack ObamaOfficial White House photographer Pete Souza has captured the insider's view of a historic presidency over two terms
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Mars makes closest approach to Earth for 11 yearsThe red planet draws to within 75 million kilometres of Earth this evening. Previous close approaches have led to searches for life: tonight is no exception
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Kenya's new front in poaching battleIn a country hit by a devastating poaching surge for rhino horn and elephant ivory, local people are turning the tide – but the wider problems of demand, corruption and organised crime remain
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Rebuilding a famed New Age resortSeven months after Harbin Hot Springs burned to the ground, the tight-knit community is wrestling with the blank slate on which to imagine a new home
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My life as a ‘sex object’In her teens, strangers flashed her on the subway, teachers asked her for hugs and boys made jokes about her breasts. Should she laugh off a lifetime of objectification – or get angry?
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Bush, 9/11 and the assault on American libertyKaren Greenberg’s new book explores the decade after the cataclysm of 9/11 and how the US came ‘perilously close’ to ‘losing the protections of the Bill of Rights’
in pictures
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Snakes fighting, a rocket festival and gay prideThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
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Vintage photos of Fido and friendsLibby Hall spent three decades trawling auctions and car-boot sales for vintage postcards and photos of people and their pets, some dating back to the 1850s
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A look back at a century of racesThis weekend sees the 100th running of the 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Surreal deserts of the United StatesPhotographer David Clapp visited Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona as part of his project on other-worldy locations, with surreal results
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South Africa's elephant street artA South African street art project sees lively elephant murals storming the walls of neglected neighbourhoods
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Magnum's new breed of photographerA new exhibition at Magnum in London showcases the work of six photographers new to the agency
what to watch
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Review – halfwits in a halfshellSlickly digitised and heavily armed to once again defeat Shredder, reptilian meatheads Donny, Mikey and the gang are joyless company
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'You take these tarnished angels and then you let them loose'How Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling and director Shane Black are bringing back the buddy movie
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Large as life and twice as phoneyHelena Bonham Carter has fun as the Red Queen, but this ignores Lewis Carroll in favour of machine-tooled CGI fantasy fare with a tiresome Johnny Depp
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Lots of bangs for your bucks but loopiness is lostThe latest X-Men prequel goes back to the 1980s, but the now-regulation destruction is beginning to eclipse the series’ unique strangeness
people
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Why Hollywood’s first lady of funny is hit and missWhen she’s working with Paul Feig she’s a scream. But as her new film The Boss proves, other directors aren’t so lucky
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Director was planning children's film before his deathDirector of Spartacus and Eyes Wide Shut wanted to do version of Pinocchio for grandchildren and second world war movie
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If you get it wrong, people are going to be upsetThe director son of David Bowie on his £100m franchise movie and the downside of geek culture
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Emilia Clarke wants to play 007 (and have DiCaprio as a 'Bond boy')Game of Thrones star says playing a gender-swapped version of the 007 agent is an ‘unrealised dream’ and says DiCaprio would be her ‘ultimate leading man’
the big picture
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The annual Wiener Dog 100 raceDuring Memorial Day weekend more than 60 dogs took part in the annual Wiener Dog 100 race at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut
Edward Snowden Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower performed 'public service'
CIA ex-boss Secretive spooks tolerated in UK more than in US
Surveillance Future of whistleblowing at stake in inquiry
Whistleblowers Snowden calls for shield after Pentagon source's claims