headlines
Sunday
24
April
2016
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Almost 11,000 jobs at risk as BHS teeters towards collapseDepartment store is set to go into administration on Monday if £60m short-term funds are not found
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Leave campaign struggles to respond after Obama trade warningNigel Farage says campaign needs a fresh start, and Vote Leave co-chair asks Theresa May to block Marine Le Pen visit
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World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warnsWith cascading crises – where one event triggers another – set to rise, international disaster risk reduction efforts are woefully underfunded
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highlights
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Five movies that teach us how the mind worksPower, violence, death and reality … the movies can teach us plenty about life’s big issues. From the Godfather to Groundhog Day, five psychologists pick the films that tell us what makes humans tick
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'I almost passed out. This was my hero talking to me'The actor and comedian remembers a rooftop meeting and how he couldn’t believe his luck when he found out Prince was playing guitar for an album he was singing on for Kate Bush
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Martin Rowson on the junior doctors' strikeJeremy Hunt has dismissed the Labour-brokered proposal to dissuade junior doctors from the first all-out strike in NHS history as ‘opportunism’
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Louis Theroux’s sobering new documentaryReturning to the UK, Louis spends time with problem drinkers. The results are impossibly moving
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Ulloa scores brace as Leicester extend title leadLeicester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points after Riyad Mahrez, Marc Albrighton and a Leonardo Ulloa brace secured a 4-0 win over Swansea
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Watford outrun as Connor Wickham heads Crystal Palace into FA Cup finalCrystal Palace defeated Watford at Wembley to reach their first FA Cup final for 26 years
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Sumgong: I banged my head so was surprised to winJemima Sumgong won the women’s race in the London Marathon despite a fall and Eliud Kipchoge had no regrets after missing the world record by eight seconds in the men’s event
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The Queen exemplifies a trend that will have a profound economic effect in the future, and needs to be addressed nowMuch like the Queen, we're all going to be working a lot longer
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Jane Got a Gun is not a feminist western – unless by ‘feminist’ you mean ‘contains a woman’Why can’t westerns portray women as fully formed human beings with complex lives?
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from the UK
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Britons may need visa to visit Europe post-Brexit, says justice ministerNew checks on travel to France or Germany could be the price of more secure borders, suggests leave campaigner Dominic Raab
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Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant decision delayed again by EDFFrench economy minister says the energy giant’s green light on the £18bn project is now not expected until September
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around the world
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Obama rejects North Korea's nuclear offer: 'You'll have to do better than that'President says it will continue to stress ties to Japan and the South until North gets more serious about denuclearization than talk ‘based on a press release’
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Ohio town shocked by killing of family members as manhunt continuesEight ‘execution-style’ murders leave Piketon searching for answers as police try to find out who targeted the seven adults and teenage boy and why
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in brief
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British Museum displays Yemeni artefact to highlight civil warImage of bearded man was chipped out of recycled block of calcite 2,300 years ago in country now riven by conflict
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The seven-hour trailer for a 30-day filmSwedish director Anders Weberg has taken ‘slow cinema’ to a new level with the preview for his latest film, Ambiancé. Can’t get enough of this snippet? The next preview will be 72 hours long …
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How to burn calories through housework and fidgetingIf marathons aren’t your thing, fear not: there are sneaky ways to get fit, from walking the dog to doing the housework
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A satirical world of orphanage selfies and charity startupsA spoof Instagram account is parodying millennial ‘voluntourism’ and gap yahs
in depth
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How Tudela enchanted the Game of Thrones producersA key location in season six of GoT, Tudela, in northern Spain, has the perfect blend of drama, desert and ghoulish charm
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Kunstmuseum Basel review – a miraculous balance of judgment and courageArt and architecture rub up against each other in all the right ways in Christ and Gantenbein’s new extension to Basel’s 1930s art museum
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Is divesting from fossil fuels the best tactic for tackling climate change?Earth Day will see calls on college campuses to pull funds from carbon-producing fuels but activists should consider positive ways to change energy policy
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‘Every month for the next several years, one million Indians will turn 18’Somini Sengupta, a New York Times journalist born in Kolkata, talks about her book on India’s youth ‘bulge’
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Could your marriage last 80 years?Getting married used to mean a promise of 40 years, if you were lucky – increased life expectancy means it could be much longer. Will your relationship go the distance?
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Once Britain’s motor city – now its wheels are turning againMillions in investment –and the promise of a new car plant – has transformed an industry and could reinvigorate a region
pictures & video
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Spanish third-tier player Javi Gómez scores outrageous 30-yard bicycle kickThe UD Socuéllamos player Javi Gómez settled a promotion tussle in spectacular fashion
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Astronaut completes London Marathon in spaceEuropean Space Agency video captures the moment British astronaut Tim Peake completed the London Marathon on a treadmill at the International Space Station on Sunday
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The rise and rise of the superstar singerAs Beyoncé releases her new visual album Lemonade - here’s the evolution of her career, from Star Search “hip-hop rapping girl” time to global pop phenomenon and political provocateur
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Fans flock to memorial at Paisley Park in MinnesotaHundreds of fans gathered outside Paisley Park in Minnesota on Saturday, as Prince’s friends Sheila E and Larry Graham thank them for their support
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Emilia Clarke calls for more male nudityGame of Thrones star Emilia Clarke tells James Corden on The Late Late Show on Tuesday that the levels of nudity between male and female characters in the show are unequal
people
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‘Pushing myself is part of my life’Jake Gyllenhaal has driven his body to the limit for his acting roles. Now it’s his mind that’s taking a hammering. He talks to Tim Adams
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My family came to the US as refugeesWe must do more for victims of war and persecution, says film star, who reveals his own ancestors’ flight from famine-ravaged Ireland
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Trump plan for Muslims ‘reminiscent of Nazi Germany’Billionaire Republican donor describes Ted Cruz’s promise to carpet bomb Isis as ‘frightening’ and suggests he and his brother might support Hillary Clinton
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Tim Peake finishes London Marathon in spaceBritish astronaut becomes first man to complete a marathon in space, finishing in three hours, 35 minutes and 21 seconds
the big picture
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London marathon and Obama in GermanyThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including Coachella and rebuilding after the Nepal quake
Junior doctors’ strike set to go ahead as Hunt rejects compromise