‘True Patriots’: a traveling play honors enslaved Africans’ role in the American revolution
Da’ Gullah American Revolutionary Experience retells the revolutionary war from the perspective of former slaves
All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards
Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
Oil price jumps as US-Iran clashes raise odds of interest rate rises
Stock markets fall as analysts price in two quarter-point UK rate rises by the end of the year
Iran targets Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation as US strikes continue
US hits targets in port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas while Iran attacks two tankers in strait of Hormuz
‘It’s so unthinkable’: the parents sexually abused by their children
UK support group says more women are seeking help for experiences that one mother calls ‘lifelong punishment’
Darline Graham Nordone: Lindsey Graham’s sister and interim US senator
Nordone was 13 when brother became her legal guardian – and was a key presence as he rose in the Republican ranks
BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected
Director general Matt Brittin says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000
Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industry
Can humans hibernate their way to Mars?
Scientists are trying to recreate the biology that lets animals survive months without food or water, in hopes of making deep-space travel possible
Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists
Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using front souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese tourists