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| Police operation in Rio favela leaves at least eight people dead In 2017, according to official figures, 1,115 people were killed as a result of "opposition to police intervention" in Rio state. Residents said one of the victims of Saturday's operation, Matheus de Oliveira, 19, had no involvement with the drug trade. He was in a group that did waltz presentations dressed in ...
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| Death by robot: the new mechanised danger in our changing world Cited as the first human killed by a robot, Williams was an assembly worker at Ford's Flat Rock plant in Michigan. He was crushed to death by the arm of a one-tonne robot on the production line on 25 January 1979. His family was awarded $10m in damages. The court concluded that he was struck on ...
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| Miami Open: Johanna Konta beats Elise Mertens in third round British number one Johanna Konta moved into the Miami Open fourth round with a dominant win over Elise Mertens. Defending champion Konta, ranked 14th in the world, secured a 6-2 6-1 victory over the Belgian world number 21 in 65 minutes. The 11th seed could next face 37-year-old Venus ...
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| Bride and Groom review – odd couples in Dagestan Listeners to Radio 4 will already be familiar with Bride and Groom as it was snapped up as a drama, adapted by novelist Bethan Roberts and aired earlier this year. On radio it was described as "a comic-tragic love story". That's true in part. But the novel itself, now released in translation, is by turns gentle ...
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| In brief: Self & I; The Party; The Secret Barrister In 1994, the young would-be writer Matthew de Abaitua lived with a recently divorced Will Self in a small cottage in Suffolk for six months as his "amanuensis", with unforeseen consequences. In this resulting memoir, De Abaitua, now an acclaimed novelist, paints a vivid picture of his first steps towards a ...
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| Scott Brash wins first leg of Global Champions Tour in Mexico City "This ring is fantastic for her, I can use her strength, which is her stride," said Brash, the Olympic team champion at the London Olympics who now leads the overall LGCT standings with 40 points. "It was still a very competitive jump-off but we've done our best and I thought she jumped her best in the ...
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| The 'Nazi pug': giving offence is inevitable and often necessary in a plural society In Airdrie sheriff court, Mark Meechan was found guilty of sending "a message that is grossly offensive". He had trained a pug to raise its paw as if giving a Nazi salute when cued with phrases such as "sieg heil" and "gas the Jews", and uploaded the film to YouTube. At the start of the video, Meechan ...
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