Observer business profileYouTubeInterviewFrom hate speech to AI music: the YouTube chief trying to leap tech’s biggest hurdlesAlex LawsonAlison Lomax, London chief of the video platform, says it is committed to embracing artificial intelligence – but ‘responsibly’ Alison Lomax’s presence on the video streaming platform she runs is relatively scant compared with the YouTubers with whom she spends much of her time. But what clips exist succinctly chart the marketing tech revolution she’s been navigating: there’s a badly framed 12 minutes from 2014 of Lomax lecturing on the rise of influencers working with brands; in another she describes how TV companies woke up to the potential of partnering with YouTube in 2016; and there’s her on stage at London’s podcast show this year, discussing YouTube’s imminent relaunch into the booming audio format.

The G2 interviewTV crime dramaInterview‘I made a lot of mistakes’: Jon Bernthal on machismo, his violent past and playing a corrupt cop in We Own This CityChris GodfreyFor his role in the hotly anticipated new drama from the creators of The Wire, Bernthal embedded himself in the Baltimore police force. He talks about his own brushes with the law, advice from Brad Pitt and how acting saved his life Jon Bernthal goes all in.

NOOKS AND CRANNIESIs it true that the pronunciation of Spanish changed because a king had a lisp? So Barcelona became "Barthelona". If so, which king was it? Robert Smith, Zilina, Slovakia The story about the lisping king is widely told, but cannot be genuine, because if it were, 's' would be lisped as well, but only 'c' and 'z' are. Colin Fine, Bradford, UK Castilian Spanish of the Middle Ages had originally two distinct sounds for what we now think of as the "

Israel-Gaza warIsrael could keep security control of Gaza after Hamas defeat, says defence ministerYoav Gallant’s proposal suggests Palestinians would run day to day administration of territory Middle East crisis – live updates The Israeli defence minister has suggested that Israel would keep security control of Gaza after Hamas has been defeated with an undefined, Israeli-guided Palestinian body running day to day administration and the US, European Union and regional partners taking responsibility for the reconstruction of the territory.

Guinea This article is more than 15 years oldProfileThis article is more than 15 years oldGuinea's second president since independence from France came to power in a coup and over 24 years allowed only a veneer of democracyHistory appears to be repeating itself in Guinea after the death of one of Africa's longest-running authoritarian rulers, Lansana Conté. Conté came to power in a military coup in 1984 after the death of his predecessor.

Andalucia holidaysThis formerly down-at-heel port has been transformed into a vibrant city with plenty to please culture vultures, plus exciting new places to eat and drink For most visitors, Málaga is simply a gateway to the beach resorts of the Costa del Sol, with few venturing far from the airport or into the city. Well, they’re all missing a trick because this once-shabby port has undergone something of a reinvention. There’s a sparkling new waterfront and millions of euros have been pumped into the art scene, thanks to mayor Francisco de la Torre’s vision to turn his city into a cultural hub, with a branch of the Parisian Pompidou Centre among the latest museum openings.

The secret lifeTattoos This article is more than 7 years oldThe secret life of a tattooist: my art has become part of narcissistic, selfie-obsessed modern cultureThis article is more than 7 years oldAnonymousI fell in love with tattoos when they were exciting. Now studios have sprung up on every high street, they have lost their outsider statusFrom an early age I was always fascinated by tattoos. I came from a family where no one was tattooed, and to see a heavily tattooed person at the beach or swimming pool was to have an encounter with something exotic.

Abortion This article is more than 1 month oldArizona court weighs 1864 abortion ban that risks ‘conditions of misery’This article is more than 1 month oldAfter months of disarray over the legality of abortion, the state supreme court will decide whether to reinstate ‘zombie’ ban Dr Gabrielle Goodrick can barely bring herself to talk about the weeks when Arizona banned abortion. In the months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, abortion flickered in and out of legality in Arizona as state courts attempted to interpret a long-dormant 19th-century abortion ban that was suddenly relevant again.

DetroitDetroit police officer who killed sleeping seven-year-old no longer facing chargesAfter two trials without result, police officer Joseph Weekley will not face another trial for fatally shooting Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a sleeping seven-year-old, during a 2010 raid filmed by a reality TV show Authorities won’t pursue a third trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a seven-year-old girl during a night-time raid that was filmed by a reality-TV show, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Theatre This article is more than 11 years oldDid Daniel Day-Lewis see his father's ghost as Hamlet? That is the question …This article is more than 11 years oldAfter famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claimsDaniel Day-Lewis has put paid to one of the most infamous stage anecdotes of all time, revealing that he didn't literally see his late father's ghost when playing Hamlet.