headlines
Thursday
10
December
2015
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Obama looks to expand background checks for guns with executive actionWhite House says it is also exploring so-called gun show loophole as House Democrats push to have federal ban on gun violence research funding lifted
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Michelle Obama's rap video hypes going to collegeThe first lady and SNL comedian Jay Pharoah collaborate on hip-hop song to encourage kids to higher college education as part of her Reach Higher campaign -
Donald Trump strikes chord with GOP voters over Muslims, poll findsPoll finds 42% of Republican voters support ban on entry, with only 36% againstAmong wider electorate 57% oppose plan to stop Muslims entering US -
highlights
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Boldly going where the Emmys will notEmpire, Mr Robot, Transparent and American Crime are among the big contenders under consideration by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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Season two episode one: DUSTWUNThe hit podcast’s long-awaited second season has arrived, with host Sarah Koenig introducing how she plans on getting to the bottom of one of the most intriguing stories of recent US military history: that of Bowe Bergdahl
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Photos push back against Trump to show 'real lives'Many American Muslims are tweeting positive images to combat Republican candidate’s ban proposal, as conservatives encroach upon hashtag
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How refs played by the tough guy code and are now paying the pricePaul Stewart enjoyed a storied career as an NHL referee, but kept quiet about the ringing in his ears that followed hard hits. Now he’s ready to talk, but concussion remains a taboo subject
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‘I have no hate for anybody … Tyson Fury is uniting the world’Tyson Fury has denied that he is a homophobe and claimed that he is ‘uniting the world’ as controversy continues to surround the recently crowned world heavyweight champion
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'We can’t have this ignorance in office'Detroit Lions safety Isa Abdul-Quddus and running back Ameer Abdullah have joined the chorus of criticism against Donald Trump
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Barcelona move not off limits: 'Everything is open, all leagues'Portugal star, 30, says it would be ‘complicated’ to play for Barcelona or Man Utd in the future but admits ‘there are no certainties in football’
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Holm ordered to wait for July rematch with RouseyNewly minted UFC women’s bantamweight champion must wait for immediate rematch with Rousey, organization says
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We Mexicans welcome Muslims as the new Public Enemy Number OneAll that racist nonsense Donald Trump is pulling on you is the same thing he was doing to Mexicans in America a few months back
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Our children need us. They don’t need fear; they don’t need classes on how to get a gun away from a shooter. They need grownupsLet's stop acting like our guns are more important than our children
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Congress shuffles to reach compromise on $1.1tn tax deal before year's endWhite House and congressional negotiators engaged in tough bargaining Thursday on tax cut extensions and spending bill to finance federal agencies
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Police arrest armed man who caused lockdown on campusThe man drove onto Arkansas State University’s campus Thursday, sparking a lockdown before police took him into custody without any shots fired
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Researchers name new whale species after mythic creature from Moby-DickWhale in sperm family named ‘Albicetus’, meaning white whale, after cetacean in Herman Melville’s novel after 15m-year-old fossil is re-examined
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North Korea has a hydrogen bomb, says Kim Jong-unInternational experts sceptical as leader describes the DPRK as ‘a powerful nuclear state ready to defend its dignity’
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The Counted
in brief
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An introvert's guide to networkingDon’t fret about saying something clever or selling yourself. Everyone loves an introvert – all you have to do is listen
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The pâté from Donna Tartt's The Secret HistoryAn extravagant dinner in Donna Tartt’s novel takes Kate Young back to her first foray into cooking offal
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Return of rebel headgearVogue cover girl Gigi Hadid might not know it but with her peaked cap she could be 2016’s answer to Marlon Brando
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My wishlist for really useful kitchen gadgetsA mandoline that won’t slice your hand open, a prawn peeler and a self-cleaning hob. Who could ask for more?
in depth
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The day Israel saw ShoahIn 1986, an audience gathered in Jerusalem for the country’s first screening of Claude Lanzmann’s Holocaust documentary. The story of that day, never before told, is the story of how the Shoah continues to reverberate through Israeli life
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Three years and 90,000 gun deaths since, appetite for change buildsHundreds of vigils for gun violence victims are to be held across the US, and organisers sense a change, saying people are coming together like never before
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In human history there's never been a moment like thisArtist and dissident on China, America, Lego, the wonders of the internet – and what he has in common with Andy Warhol
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What it's like to work at Sports Direct's warehouseGuardian undercover reporters explore retailer’s working practices – from losing wages for being a minute late to body searches and constant fear of being sacked
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Yahoo's problem? It lacks purposeMarissa Mayer’s struggle conceals deeper issues faced by the early web giant
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The County: sexual assault and the price of silenceHow law enforcement officers in Kern County, California, secretly tried to ‘buy off’ victims in sexual misconduct cases against the men sworn to protect them
what to watch
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Ron Howard's fisherman's tale can't capture Moby-DickNot even Chris Hemsworth wielding a harpoon can stop Ron Howard’s retelling of the Essex of Nantucket story from losing its way in the waves
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Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt struggle to sell financial crisisStar wattage and fourth wall breaks can’t save this preachy adaptation of Michael Lewis’s bestselling book about the 2008 crash
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Bible-belt satire has audience begging for deliveranceA mediocre comedy sketch is stretched over 90 minutes in a starry flop conclusively proving Napoleon Dynamite was a blip in the career of Jared Hess
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Tom Hardy on double duty in cartoonish Krays biopicIt’s two thugs for the price of one actor and while flashes of brilliance emerge from his performance(s), Hardy is let down by disappointingly pedestrian surroundings
video & pictures
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The Amazonian tribespeople who sailed down the SeineA delegation of indigenous people are at the Paris COP21 climate conference to make sure their voices are heard. Can they win their battle?
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Life for America's farmersElliot Ross has spent a year with wheat farmers in the high plains of Colorado – and uncovered a remarkable, and often terrifying, world
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Rare memorabilia to be auctioned at Sotheby'sSotheby’s is launching its first sale of Star Wars collectibles – a vast collection of figures, cards and toys – ahead of the release of The Force Awakens
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Agnès Varda's photos of Cuba forgotten for 50 yearsIn 1963, she took thousands of photographs of Cuba as it fizzed with rebellion. But the grande dame of French cinema hid them away in a box, consigning them to history – until now
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Unstoppable urban treesSome urban trees won’t be hemmed in by walls, pavements or concrete, their roots slowly working their way into the very structure of the city
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First trailer for Steven Spielberg's Roald Dahl adaptationA first look at the director’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl story about a young girl and the Big Friendly Giant who befriends her
people
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Also No 1 with fellow AmericansUS president chooses Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies as his pick of the year, while the first lady chooses Elizabeth Alexander’s The Light of the World
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My daughter Alice, who has Down's syndrome‘Alice did not feel like my other children – and part of my instinct was to pull away from her. She could feel my rejection’
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Actor calls for more opportunities for female directorsOscar-nominated actor calls out Hollywood for its troubling gender gap and calls on the industry to do more than mere tokenism
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Madonna plays impromptu gig in city centerSinger performs Ghosttown, Imagine and Like a Prayer ‘to spread light’ at site of tributes to 130 people who died in 13 November terrorist attack
the big picture
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Madonna in Paris, and a festive dogThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
Special report The County: partners in crime
Part one The story of America's deadliest police
Part two Where deputies dole out rough justice
Part three Sexual assault and the price of silence