headlines
Thursday
8
October
2015
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Obama not 'real black president', mogul implies in tweet endorsing Ben CarsonMedia mogul says Republican contender could ‘properly address the racial divide’ in tweets criticising Obama’s record in office
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House Republicans condemned after setting up select committee inquiryDemocrats say move to investigate women’s rights group over claims it was involved in fetal tissue trade is politically motivated and wasteful -
North Korea could hit US homeland with nuclear weapon, says top admiralBill Gortney says US prepared to respond if Kim Jong-un were to use nuclear force -
highlights
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A decade running with America's outsiders and lowridersHunter Barnes photographs groups that determinedly reject mainstream life – from gun-toters and bikers to serpent-wielding pastors
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World's oceans facing biggest coral die-off in history, scientists warnA third global bleaching of coral reefs is underway following a massive and persistent underwater heatwave
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Declassified documents reveal a cunning and cagey presidentBack channels to the Soviets, the ‘girlfriend system’ and doubts about LBJ: historian Timothy Naftali paints a portrait of a President Kennedy ‘far more interesting intellectually and far less appealing personally’
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Stare and you’ll ruffle my feathers – the clothing that reacts to your gazeArtist Behnaz Farahi has created ‘conscious’ clothing that moves when someone stares at it
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It took me two hours to get my hands on an AK-47. Welcome to AmericaI wondered if people planning mass shootings found it just as easy to get their hands on illegal weapons on the black market
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Those who decry both abortion and gun control are anti-woman, not pro-lifePotential life – with all its promise and power – means far more to these demagogues than the actual lives of people here on Earth, now
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Man who slaughtered five relatives gets 125 years in US prisonMingdong Chen pleaded guilty to murder of cousin’s wife and her four children and told police he was jealous of their success
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Outrage and disbelief after Ben Carson comments on Oregon shootingActivists voice anger over Republican’s words on Umpqua Community College massacre: ‘Some of the ugliest comments that I’ve ever heard’
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Doctors Without Borders: we received no advance warning of US airstrikeSuch action would be a violation of the US Defense Department’s own manual governing the rules of war, as President Obama calls MSF president to apologize
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'More than 90%' of Russian airstrikes have not targeted Isis, US saysRussia has been aiming at moderate Syrian opposition who are anti-Assad, said State Department in first statement on specific figures of recent Russian strikes
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special report: the counted
in brief
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I lost my date and my dignity eating breakfast all dayMany sachets of ketchup were consumed, a few colleagues were grossed out and one potential romance was squashed during a day of eating Egg McMuffins
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MoMA PS1 offers New York residents free admission for a yearThe Long Island City offshoot of the Museum of Modern Art will allow New Yorkers to visit the exhibition and events space in Queens for free
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Gender-swap Twilight should expose the flaws in the original – I can’t waitStephenie Meyer’s Life and Death has a mopey teenage boy lusting over a sexy, strong, much older woman. That’s thrillingly subversive
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Broadcaster's anti-sexism advert pulled for being sexistFrance 3 ad met with derision on Twitter, as it showed domestic life in disarray due to ‘all the women’ being presenters on the state network
in depth
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IMF: China slump and tax avoidance to dominate Peru talksAs the International Monetary Fund’s annual talks kick off in Lima this week, anxiety over global growth is poised to top the agenda
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Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territoriesMonths of escalating tension, driven by the Israeli far-right and Jewish zealots on one side and frustrated young Palestinians on the other, have boiled over into clashes and lethal attacks. Can leaders on both sides contain the violence?
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Are police hiding behind 'suicide by cop' shootings?Fatal shootings by police around the US are being ruled suicides. Are officers avoiding scrutiny, or just being used as weapons?
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The story of how one man came to die in a truck in AustriaIt woke Europe to the migration crisis - but the circumstances of the deaths of 71 refugees have been a mystery. We piece together the story of Saeed Othman Mohammed from relatives, fellow travellers and smugglers
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What are this white supremacist's intentions with a tiny Nebraska town?Craig Cobb planned to start an Aryan community in Leith, North Dakota, three years ago but was convicted of terrorizing local residents. Now he’s buying property in Red Cloud, Nebraska – but for what purpose is unclear
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Can it downshift from $130,000 SUVs to mass market electric cars?After unveiling its Model X – another luxury vehicle – Tesla has a big challenge ahead as it aims for a bigger audience with its Model 3, promised for 2017
video & pictures
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‘The more you think you know, the less you do’Slovenian photographer Matjaž Tančič is one of the first western artists to exhibit in Pyongyang, using a format much-loved by the population
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What writers saidWhy Spike Milligan fell out of love with George Harrison, words of wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut and the murder threat Jeffrey Bernard forgot ... Shaun Usher’s More Letters of Note mines the archives for more gems of the epistolary arts
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Ash Carter: ‘Don’t listen to Russia, US has not agreed to cooperate in Syria'The US defense secretary made it clear on Wednesday that America has not agreed to, and will not, cooperate with Russia on military action in Syria unless Moscow dramatically changes its ‘flawed strategy’
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Stars and protesters mingle on the red carpetMeryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, James McAvoy … and prostrate activists from Sisters Uncut share photographers’s attentions on the first night of the London film festival
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Watch an anti-drone ‘death ray’ in actionThe device uses a directional antenna to ‘shoot’ interference at a remote-operated drone, causing it to fall from the sky
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The hands that play the bluesJoseph A Rosen’s Blues Hands is a photographic look at the strength and diversity of blues music
people
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It's sad more young women don't compliment each otherThe Oscar winner spoke at the New York film festival about how the success of Titanic affected her and why she’s worried for the younger generation of women
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Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and the pitfalls of talking politics in interviewsIt’s refreshing when pop culture figures try to publicly engage with politics, but this social engagement game isn’t an easy one to play
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I'm a falconer – and there's nothing like watching a bird you trained in actionEvery time you release a hawk for a hunt, there’s a chance you’ll never see her again. You spend time crafting something beautiful, and then you let it go
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I bear a grudge, I'm vindictiveAhead of the release of his memoir – Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink – Rock’s Backpages brings you a short, sharp interview with pop’s ‘antihero’ by the Evening News, originally published on 3 September 1977
the big picture
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Photo highlights of the dayThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including Australian bushfires and a Texan fair
Volkswagen US chief to tell Congress he knew of emissions rigging in early 2014
Dealers running out of cars to sell as scandal deepens