headlines
Sunday
26 February 2017
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Dozens injured after pickup truck ploughs into Mardi Gras crowdVehicle driven by a man suspected to be ‘highly intoxicated’ drove into a crowd watching the Endymion parade in the Mid-City neighbourhood
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Donald Trump will not attendWHCA cites celebration of first amendment after a week of bad blood between White House and the press culminates in presidential tweet -
Plane flew with seven extra passengers standing in aisles – reportPakistan International Airlines under investigation after flight crew issued written boarding passes for passengers and plane flew overcapacity -
spotlight
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Trekking in PatagoniaThere’s no better way to enjoy the drama of Patagonia than striking out on the W Trek – one of the most remote walks in one of the most beautiful places on Earth
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How truthful and honest are you, honestly?Answer three questions, says Ben Ambridge, to find out whether you are utterly trustworthy or a complete fibber
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Looking into the black hole at the heart of the Milky WayIt would take a telescope as big as a planet to see the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. But a team of scientists think they know how to do it
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Suburb becomes a part of the Trump media circusA riot broke out in Stockholm soon after the US president said immigration was causing problems
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Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao agree to 'super fight' in AprilMultiple world champion Manny Pacquiao has agreed to fight Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan in April
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Fábregas and Pedro see off Swansea as Chelsea stay out in frontChelsea did not have it all their own way against Swansea but Cesc Fàbregas scored on his 300th Premier League appearance before goals from Pedro and Diego Costa made it 3-1
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Is Ibrahimovic signing of season?N’Golo Kanté’s Chelsea impact has been phenomenal but he has not carried his team in the way the brilliant Swede has carried José Mourinho’s Manchester United
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Alberto Salazar link with Mo Farah raised again by leaked US reportMo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar is facing more questions about whether he circumvented anti-doping rules following fresh allegations that he abused prescription medicines at the Nike Oregon Project
what to watch
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White liberal racism is terrifying bogeyman in sharp horrorWriter-director Jordan Peele masterfully combines incisive social commentary with genuine, seat-edge suspense in film exploring evils of American suburbia
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Part Homeland-style fable, part stoner spy comedyThis unique drama about an addled Iraq war vet grips and confuses but proves endlessly imaginative
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Has Sly Stallone made the sloppiest gameshow yet?Sly calls it ‘the most physically and psychologically demanding obstacle course in the world’. We call it a catastrophic Mad Max meets Eurovision sham
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Timely but uneven Ukrainian famine dramaDespite honourable intentions, this film addressing the Stalin-inflicted 1932-33 genocide in Ukraine is at times embarrassingly bad
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The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBIThe White House reportedly tried to influence an active counter-intelligence investigation. All else, press ban included, is designed to deflect attention
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The White House's radical attack on the first amendment cannot go unansweredDenying journalists from the Guardian, New York Times and other outlets access to a press briefing is an authoritarian move. A swift response is needed
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US border agents ask boxing legend's son: 'Are you a Muslim?'Boxing legend’s 44-year-old son detained and questioned about religion after flying back to US from Jamaica, lawyer says
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Trump national security adviser wants to avoid term 'radical Islamic terrorism'Sources say adviser felt phrase castigates ‘an entire religion’ and indicated ‘he’s not on board’ – a contrast with president and key staff members
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Emmanuel Macron must add substance to style to win votes for presidencyThe centrist politician is on a roll ahead of the French election. But critics say he is a policy-free zone. This week he will reveal his plan to defeat Marine Le Pen
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Martin Schulz, the favourite to oppose the populist tide in GermanyNeither charismatic nor visionary, he has proved unexpectedly popular since announcing he would run to be chancellor
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explore
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And your bill for the evening is … $44mFrom courting voters to hiring red carpet, the Academy Awards are big business. Here’s what they cost, what they earn – and how much you need to spend to help secure victory
in pictures
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Richard Avedon: In the American WestSome of the most powerful portraits that Richard Avedon ever shot were those commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Art, in Fort Worth, Texas
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London rising: illicit photographs from the city's heightsA new book explores the glass and steel spires, brutal blocks and latticed ironwork that make up the vertical city
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people
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‘Yes, I am an anarchist!’Eugenia Cheng combines home baking with higher-dimensional category theory. She talks about pudding, infinity, and why geeks are the new alphas
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‘We could cut the working week by a third’Could this young Dutchman, hailed as a visionary, galvanise the left with his radical plan for a borderless future in which we are all paid for working less?
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I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovelTwo years ago, she was a respected black rights activist and teacher. Then she was exposed as a white woman who had deceived almost everyone she knew. Why did she do it?
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'I have an animal sense for danger’The supermodel, 34, tells Ruaridh Nicoll about the humiliation of poverty, weekends in nightclubs and building a play park for children from the Beslan siege
Democrats New chair Perez vows unity with beaten opponent Ellison
Opinion The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBI
Inside Teen Vogue 'Our readers consider themselves activists'
Analysis Could Roe v Wade be overturned and abortion outlawed?