Donna Summers greatest songs ranked! | Donna Summer
Diva patrol … Donna Summer. Photograph: Harry Langdon/Estate of Donna Summer SudanoAs her ill-starred 1981 album I’m a Rainbow gets remixed and reissued, we celebrate the queen of disco’s best work
by Alexis Petridis20. True Love Survives (1981)Sessions for Donna Summer’s I’m a Rainbow were interrupted when her label boss David Geffen fired producers Giorgio Moroder and Peter Bellotte. The unfinished album was eventually released in 1996 – a remix collection is out this week – revealing at least one killer in the classic Summer mode.
Forensic teams still working to identify bodies 10 days after Hamas massacres
Israel-Gaza warForensic anthropologists say many of the 350 human remains they are examining may never be identified
On a table, a jumble of bones and fragments are laid out carefully, some grey, others charred black. A skeleton hangs at the side of the room for reference.
Three forensic anthropologists peer over them with the intent focus of professionals trying to solve the most tragic of puzzles. Their job is to identify some of the most badly damaged remains of victims of the Hamas massacres of 7 October.
How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs | Drugs trade
The ObserverDrugs trade This article is more than 12 years oldHow a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangsThis article is more than 12 years oldAs the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignoredOn 10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf of Mexico, as the sun was setting.
The Lauras by Sara Taylor review an engrossing transgender road trip
Sara Taylor writes about versions of the US that few outsiders ever see. Photograph: AlamySara Taylor writes about versions of the US that few outsiders ever see. Photograph: AlamyFictionReviewAlex doesn’t have a gender – and Ma is OK with that as they cross America in search of the past in this exploration of identity and the bond between mother and childSara Taylor made an impressive debut in 2015 with The Shore, a novel as gripping as it was technically adventurous.
Burn, beetle, burn: South Dakotans torch an effigy of destructive bug | South Dakota
South Dakota‘Burn, beetle, burn’: South Dakotans torch an effigy of destructive bugHundreds of people set fire to a giant wooden beetle in the annual festival to raise awareness of the harmful pine beetle
In what’s become an annual winter tradition: hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on forest land in the Black Hills.
Christians must understand that for Jews the cross is a symbol of oppression | Giles Fraser
Loose canonJudaism This article is more than 9 years oldChristians must understand that for Jews the cross is a symbol of oppressionThis article is more than 9 years oldGiles FraserFew ideas can have been as poisonous as, or inspired more murderousness than, the idea that Jews were the Christ-killersJesus wasn't a Christian – that word exists for his followers and came later. He was Jewish. His mother was Jewish. He was circumcised as a Jew.
How Deadwood went from eye-popping TV to a parade of old hams
Jump the sharkHBOToo much of the final season’s precious screen time was given over to Brian Cox and his caravan of creaky thespians
When it debuted in 2004, David Milch’s 1870s-set gold rush drama combined brutal violence with goddamn gutter poetry. Even now, to suggest this wildest of westerns is anything less than a masterpiece is to risk being lynched by its posse of admirers. Loyalty – a fluid commodity among the town’s dirtbags and desperadoes – has remained a constant among fans.
Naty Revuelta obituary | Cuba
CubaObituaryNaty Revuelta obituaryAdventurous socialite in pre-revolutionary Cuba who had a daughter with Fidel Castro
She was a beauty from Havana’s smartest tennis club. He was the burly student leader from the provinces who had already gained a reputation for violence. The relationship that formed in the early 1950s between Naty Revuelta, who has died aged 89, and the young Fidel Castro was an unlikely partnership, brought about by their mutual involvement in the fight against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
Readers recommend: songs about gossip the results
Readers recommendPop and rockHeartbreaking revelation, mesmerising vacuity, and even a song containing the word 'orthodontist' – it's a lyrical jungle out therePsst! Want to know how harmful gossip can be? Get a load of this week's playlist. Whether it's innocent couples being rendered asunder by malicious gossip, or lovers being cheated on, those pesky wagging tongues have caused no end of problems for pop sweethearts.
Readers Recommend commenters reached something close to consensus on I Heard it Through the Grapevine, surely the gossip song by which all others must be judged.
Who are the hostages taken by Hamas from southern Israel?
Israel-Gaza warAmong those believed to be captives in Gaza are children, festival-goers, peace activists, caregivers, elderly people and soldiers. Here are some of their names and stories
Israel and Hamas at war – live updates Lilach Kipnis, 60, with her husband, Eviatar, 65. Photograph: Yotam Kipnis Ten members of a single family disappeared after Hamas assaulted the Be’eri kibbutz early on 7 October. Lilach Kipnis, 60, and her husband, Eviatar, 65, were taking refuge in the shelter of their home when their relatives last heard from them.