Family confirms missing resident found deceased in Iowa building collapse | Iowa
Iowa This article is more than 7 months oldFamily confirms missing resident found deceased in Iowa building collapseThis article is more than 7 months oldBranden Colvin Sr is the first confirmed fatality in six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport last week
The family of Branden Colvin Sr confirmed on Saturday he was found deceased at the six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, that partially collapsed on Sunday, 28 May.
Gaza diary part 21: Is this what weve come to? Praying that we die in one piece?
A child reacts as people salvage belongings from the rubble of a bombed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty ImagesA child reacts as people salvage belongings from the rubble of a bombed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty ImagesGaza diaryGlobal developmentZiad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, recounts another day in Gaza: no electricity, no medicine, not even any wood to burn – but no shortage of people dying
How many of those calling for Putins arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq? | Geo
The Iraq invasion: 20 years onIraq This article is more than 10 months oldHow many of those calling for Putin’s arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq?This article is more than 10 months oldGeorge MonbiotGordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn
It goes beyond hypocrisy. It’s an assault on memory. Gordon Brown, calling for a special tribunal to punish the Russian government, correctly states that an act of aggression – invading another nation – was identified by the Nuremberg tribunal as “the supreme international crime”.
Wendy and Peter Pan review
Royal Shakespeare CompanyReviewRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
This reinvention of JM Barrie's story dispenses with the original's dark ambiguity, but there's still plenty to enjoyElla Hickson, who has written this radical revision of JM Barrie's mythical story, has said she is alarmed at the idea of elderly men protesting at the mauling of a masterpiece. But it's perfectly possible to admire Hickson's witty inventiveness – and the magical spectacle of Jonathan Munby's excellent RSC production – and still feel there has been loss as well as gain.
Where to start with: Marcel Proust
Where to start withBooksOne hundred years after the French writer’s death, translator Lucy Raitz suggests some good ways into his work
The long revered French novelist, critic and essayist is still thought to be one of the most influential authors of all time a century after this death on 18 November 1922. While Proust does have more than one work of fiction to his name - in 1896 he published the short story collection Les Plaisirs et Les Jours (Pleasures and Days), for example, and between 1895 and 1899 he wrote the autobiographical novel Jean Santeuil – when people refer to Proust they tend to be talking about A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time).
Barack Obama and his wild, drug-taking roomie | Barack Obama
Barack ObamaInterviewBarack Obama and his wild, drug-taking roomieNosheen IqbalA new play depicts the president in his student days sharing a shabby Harlem apartment with party-loving Pakistani Sal Maqbool. So what does the real flatmate, now living in Seattle, make of it?When historians look back on Barack Obama's first and second presidential elections, they may see some commonality. Four years ago, the country's first black White House candidate was smeared with all sorts of allegations.
Blind date: He had a bit of tissue stuck to hisface
Blind dateDatingFiye, 24, account executive, meets Shaun, 30, charity director
Fiye on ShaunWhat were you hoping for?
To connect with someone, have a laugh and not spill any food down my white T.
First impressions?
Nice hair, very warm and engaging.
What did you talk about?
Work, how sweaty and hot we both get, Twitter, gym routines, being “woke” and the countryside.
Any awkward moments?
None that I can remember.
Hamas releases 16 more hostages amid intense efforts to extend Gaza truce | Israel-Gaza war
Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 1 month oldHamas releases 16 more hostages amid intense efforts to extend Gaza truceThis article is more than 1 month oldTen Israelis, two Russian citizens and four Thais have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to the Israeli military
Sixteen hostages have been released from captivity in Gaza, the Israeli military said, as diplomatic efforts continued to extend the truce further to allow for more exchanges.
Is Britain European? | Weblog
Why can't we agree that Britain is a European country? Because it is not so simple, says Timothy Garton Ash - our ties with the English-speaking peoples remain very strong. Britain is a country of multiple identities or it is nothing. But a deeper European identity is there for the making - if we want it.
In recent years, we have experienced a sprawling, almost German-style debate about British identity and Europe.
It felt like history itself 48 protest photographs that changed the world | Protest
A young girl faces up to the police in Santiago, Chile, 2016, on the anniversary of the 1973 coup that led to Augusto Pinochet’s brutal 17-year dictatorship. Photograph: Carlos Vera/ReutersProtest can change everything. Which is why governments around the world want to suppress it. In a week when thousands in the US expressed their fury over Roe v Wade, we look back at some of the images that helped rewrite laws and change the way we think