Barcelona attack
Friday
18 August 2017
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Barcelona attack: five suspects killed in Cambrils in second terrorist attackHours after van killed 13 people and injured 100 in Las Ramblas, seaside town hit by second vehicle attack, leaving seven wounded
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Gunfire rings out during counter-terrorism raidsGunfire heard in the Spanish city of Cambrils following Barcelona terror attack -
US president responds to attack by reviving debunked mythPresident cites fictitious story of general dipping bullets in pig’s blood before execution of Islamic soldiers
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headlines
Friday
18 August 2017
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James Murdoch criticises Donald Trump over Charlottesville21st Century Fox boss breaks with father, major Trump ally Rupert Murdoch, to tell staff that president’s reaction ‘concerns all of us as Americans and free people’
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New Yorker and Economist covers slam Trump's defence of white supremacistsMagazines show Trump blowing wind into a Ku Klux Klan sail and shouting through a KKK megaphone
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Brad Pitt ordered to pay designer €565,000 over château lightingFrench designer claims Hollywood stars failed to pay bills for multimillion-euro project at 17th-century Provence property
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Spain lacks capacity to handle migration surge, says UN refugee agencyUNHCR warning comes as Spanish coastguard intercepts nearly 600 people in a day trying to reach country from Morocco
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spotlight
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One millionth South Sudanese refugee crosses into UgandaJason Burke reports from the Imvepi camp, where strangers are forging family units to replace those splintered by war
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The most dangerous US company you've never heard ofSinclair is America's largest broadcast company. But its partisan politics and White House connections are raising concerns
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I don’t mean to ruin your holiday, but Europe hates tourists – with good reasonTravel opens our eyes to the world – but it also means closing them. We ignore the hordes of people like us, all of whom want authentic tapas and a photo for Instagram
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Cook and Root shine for England against West Indies in day-night TestCenturies from Alastair Cook and Joe Root put their side on top, 348-3, after West Indies took two early wickets in the first day-night Test in England
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Durant spurns Trump as teams vow to fund Confederate statue removalKevin Durant is the latest sports star to disassociate himself from Donald Trump
opinion
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Loose canon: If Israel’s PM has trouble denouncing US neo-nazism, it’s possibly because the far right of both countries support the concept of a secure homeland based on raceWhy America’s antisemites can hate Jews but still claim to admire Israel
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A more localised system with less academic selection might be better and cheaper, says Sonia Sodha, chief leader writer at the ObserverHow to turn Britain’s universities into comprehensives
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Social media users decry 'racist' Chinese video on Bhutan border standoffPropaganda spoof mocking India’s response to land dispute lambasted for depiction of Sikh soldier wobbling his head
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King Salman to open border with Qatar to let pilgrims attend hajjMove by King Salman follows the hosting of an envoy from Doha – the first signs of a thaw in the region’s diplomatic crisis
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explore
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Recollections of fear could be permanently erased, study showsResearch in mice reveals a new approach to wiping memories from the brain, demonstrating that specific memories can be weakened or strengthened
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Chilesaurus is the dinosaur discovery of the centuryThis herbivorous creature could be the missing link in the dinosaur family tree, says Brian Switek, author of My Beloved Brontosaurus and Written in Stone
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Recording the deaths of environmental defenders worldwideThis year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian aims to record the deaths of all people killed while protecting land or natural resources. At the current rate, about four defenders will die this week somewhere on the planet
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Amnesty condemns 'campaign of harassment' against Nicaragua canal criticsThe interoceanic canal and its ‘murky legal framework’ was also criticized by Bianca Jagger, who called the canal ‘an insane project’
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Defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research revealsActivists, wildlife rangers and indigenous leaders are dying violently at the rate of about four a week, with a growing sense around the world that ‘anyone can kill environmental defenders without repercussions’
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Five park rangers killed in tragic weekend for wildlife defendersAn ambush by local rebel forces led to five deaths in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, while another ranger died in Virunga
people
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Schoolgirl campaigner wins Oxford university placeNobel laureate shot in head at age of 15 after pushing for Pakistani girls to be educated confirms she will study PPE
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Children condemn Charlottesville far-right protester in Cash T-shirtLate musician’s family write an open letter to demand the ‘Cash name be kept far away from destructive and hateful ideology’
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Actor named highest paid in Hollywood for 2017The Oscar-winning star of La La Land was placed ahead of Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lawrence on Forbes’ annual list of Hollywood’s top earners
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If Liberace was alive, he'd tell Trump to tone it downVoice of Darth Maul, creator of Sassy Trump, inventor of the eat-all-day diet … Peter Serafinowicz is a creative powerhouse. But now he’s finally hit leading man status – playing ironic superhero The Tick in a big blue rubber suit
life
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Where's the best place to find out who your real friends are? The kitchenTime for my annual holiday dilemma: who can I bear to allow to cook alongside me?
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How cocktails went from martinis to MeshaFrom London’s Hanky Panky to Melbourne’s Japanese Slipper, new book Around the World in 80 Cocktails, traces the geographical origins of mixed drinks
the big picture
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All Star Superslam WrestlingFounded in 1970, All Star Superslam Wrestling is the oldest active wrestling promotion in the UK
Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’