Yasser Arafat This article is more than 7 years oldYasser Arafat museum to open in his old West Bank headquartersThis article is more than 7 years oldVisitors to complex in Ramallah will be able to view former Palestinian leader’s modest living quarters and belongings Twelve years after Yasser Arafat’s death, a museum of the life of the Palestinian leader opens this week in the West Bank complex where he spent his last years under Israeli siege.

Race in educationShould black history be compulsory in England’s schools? We talk to educators There is increasing pressure on the government to make black history a compulsory element of the national curriculum in England, not only something to be taught in Black History Month. The schools minister, Nick Gibb, told a parliamentary debate recently that he was not in favour because teachers needed the freedom to “teach lessons that are right for their pupils”.

Global developmentThe government has a ‘masterplan’ for the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, with tourist meccas built on land given to elite families while the poor and powerless face the bulldozers Photographs by Cindy Liu for The GuardianSitting on the veranda of a stilted house, a group of Cambodian fishers drink tea and sort crabs into buckets as they discuss when they might have to leave their homes. In 2020, Boeng Thom Angkep, a finger-shaped lake tucked below the forested hills of Ream national park on Cambodia’s south-western coast, was granted to an elite family to develop.

OpinionTrayvon Martin This article is more than 10 years oldGeorge Zimmerman trial: Trayvon Martin portrayed as 'scary black man'This article is more than 10 years oldReniqua AllenHere we go again: Zimmerman's legal team is playing up the 'black thug' stereotypes to potential jurors and the publicAs themurder trial of Trayvon Martin gets underway, I realize how little I actually know about the unarmed teenager that was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida last year.

Fantasy booksNew video traces the origins of HBO’s hit TV series in the bloody feuding of 15th-century England’s dynastic civil warsA new video by TED-Ed, the education initiative of the ideas-driven nonprofit, situates the story of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones in its proper historical frame. George RR Martin, the author of the bestselling fantasy novels that inspired the television show, says that though his tale of medieval intrigue and war draws from a range of historical sources, it clings “closest” to England’s 15th-century Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic civil wars that lasted three decades.

Illustration: Spencer Wilson at Synergy/The Guardian Illustration: Spencer Wilson at Synergy/The GuardianMarriageIt’s not a divorce, a trial separation or a chance for a guilt-free fling, just an opportunity for husbands and wives to live apart, forget all the little irritations and realise how much they miss each other. At least that’s the theory … The journalist Celia Walden recently wrote about taking a six-week marriage sabbatical – “as in, six weeks away from my husband and marriage”.

US news This article is more than 13 years oldInternational conman jailed for entering US illegallyThis article is more than 13 years oldJuan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt told court his life had been a 'great lie' aimed at forgetting a nightmarish childhoodA smooth-talking swindler who has made a career of conning the rich has been sentenced to 15 months in prison on a mundane charge: entering the United States illegally. Prosecutors say Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt used his good looks, clever schemes and ever-evolving list of aliases to fuel a criminal career in which he used swiped credit cards and stolen identities to bilk people, often while they stayed in posh hotels.

Mexico This article is more than 14 years oldMexican police arrest alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran LeyvaThis article is more than 14 years oldCapture of Carlos Beltran Leyva comes two weeks after his powerful brother was killed in shootout with troopsMexican police have captured an alleged drug lord two weeks after his more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops. Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers allegedly started their gang.

Books This article is more than 24 years oldObituaryObituary: Frank MacShaneThis article is more than 24 years oldA mission to reclaim lost literary reputationsFrank MacShane, who has died aged 72, wrote resurrectionist biographies of Ford Madox Ford, Raymond Chandler, John O'Hara and James Jones between 1965 and 1985. MacShane was seeking to reclaim the reputation of writers who had once enjoyed status or sales, but had either failed to be taken seriously, or whose later careers had gone awry.

Strange and beautiful things under a microscope – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email A competition, now in its 43rd year, dedicated to showcasing the beautiful and bizarre as seen under a light microscope attracted over 2,000 entries from 88 countries. Here’s a selection of the winning and commended images from the 2017 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition