headlines
Friday
29 September 2017
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Doctors decry fresh wave of hospital attacksInternational community accused of ignoring attacks on medical facilities, with four hospitals hit by airstrikes in past week
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Dozens die as boat carrying Rohingya capsizesRohingya Muslims were trying to escape Myanmar when vessel overturned in rough waters off Bangladesh
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Foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear dealMohammad Javad Zaif says only solution is for Europe to remain committed to Vienna agreement and defy any subsequent US sanctions
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spotlight
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The story of the man who brought down Nixon – and why it's so timelyLittle did Peter Landesman realise when he was planning his film about Mark Felt, the source for Watergate leaks, that it would mirror today's events
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The brick-tastic brilliance of the new Lego HouseWith its shark-infested rooftops, this multi-levelled ziggurat is a mind-blowing playground of 25m bricks
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Blade Runner 2049 review – a gigantic spectacle of pure hallucinatory crazinessRyan Gosling plays an LAPD officer heading for an encounter with Harrison Ford’s Deckard in a film whose sheer scale leaves you hyperventilating
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Catalonia is a region in the process of reimagining itselfAlthough the polls say the independence side would not win a referendum, Catalans, watching Brexit, have seen how easy it is for polls to be wrong
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Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow rocket England to ODI victory over West IndiesJason Roy, reinstated in England’s ODI side in the absence of Alex Hales, seized his chance with Jonny Bairstow to destroy West Indies at the Ageas Bowl
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Manchester City’s Agüero suffers fractured rib in car accidentSergio Agüero was injured when his taxi crashed in Amsterdam and Pep Guardiola said he is set to miss the match at Chelsea and Argentina’s games in early October
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Mata and Marouane: Moyes' odd couple near United redemptionThe only two players signed by the Scot during his disastrous tenure at Old Trafford have defied all expectations to remain among the star-studded cast assembled by José Mourinho
documentaries
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Pakistan's working class social media heroine
Pakistan's working class
social media heroineWatch now
opinion
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The president likes to speak about helping working people. But he is raising taxes and abandoning those in need in Puerto Rico, says Guardian US columnist Richard WolffeTrump is a puppet of the rich. He made that clear this week
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The Kurds desperately want freedom – why won’t the free world support them?This week’s overwhelming referendum result shows that it’s time to end this forced marriage to post-Saddam Iraq, writes the academic Amjed Rasheed
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Mumbai railway station stampede kills at least 22Rush-hour crush on footbridge connecting two stations was triggered by falling concrete that caused panic
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Surge in migration fuels misery in refugee campsReception centres vastly overstretched as more than 200 people arrive every day, 40% of them children
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explore
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Victims of slavery on farms in BrazilWhen police descended on a cattle ranch deep in the Amazonian rainforest of Pará state, they found workers in a desparate state
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Life in UK's happiest districtResidents of Skipton say they are happy with their lot as ONS survey finds people scored 8.3 out of 10 in its study of the nation’s wellbeing
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
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Land defenders call on UN to act against violence by state-funded groupsFight to protect natural resources has become too dangerous in the face of violence from state forces, private security groups and state-sponsored vigilantes, say groups from 29 countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia
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Brazil investigates alleged killing of tribespeople by gold minersEight to 10 members of a remote indigenous group were allegedly killed by men working for illegal prospectors in Javari Valley
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Bolivia's untouchable Amazon lands at risk once moreLocals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people
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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
people
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Star of Seinfeld and Veep shares breast cancer diagnosisThe star of Seinfeld and Veep tweeted a note to praise her ‘glorious’ support network and ‘fantastic insurance’ but added that not many women were so lucky
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Playboy founder who sold – and lived – the dream of polygamous bachelorhoodPlayboy founder who sold – and lived – the dream of polygamous bachelorhood
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50 Cent says Trump offered him $500,000 to join presidential campaignThe rapper revealed the proposal during an interview this week with US radio station Hot 97
life
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Clams, marinated herrings and Dover sole on the boneIn our last instalment of great seafood dishes, we have Fuchsia Dunlop’s clams with spring onion oil, Claus Meyer’s marinated herrings and Tim Hughes’s Dover sole on the bone
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Why living in the Yorkshire Dales makes you happyFantastically named villages, crazy cave systems and award-winning beers are just some of the reasons why the residents of Craven in the Dales are the most content in the UK
the big picture
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Life as an elite US Forest Service firefighterPhotographer Cole Barash joins elite USFS firefighters as they parachute into remote areas to combat wildfires and protect national parks
Cuba US withdraws embassy staff after sonic weapon attacks