The G2 interviewRobin WilliamsInterviewRobin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust – that's hard to recover from'Decca AitkenheadHis new film, World's Greatest Dad, is a glorious return to form. But a mournful Robin Williams would rather talk about his battle with drugs and alcohol – and recovering from heart surgeryIn the normal order of things, an interview with a Hollywood actor observes the form of a transaction. The actor wants to promote their film, and ideally talk about little else – least of all anything of a personal nature.

‘My characters arrived with nothing but their most extreme qualities’: Tess Gunty in Los Angeles, July 2022. Photograph: Dan Tuffs/The Observer‘My characters arrived with nothing but their most extreme qualities’: Tess Gunty in Los Angeles, July 2022. Photograph: Dan Tuffs/The ObserverBooks interviewFictionInterviewTess Gunty: ‘I was an almost freakishly devout child’Hephzibah AndersonThe Indiana-born author on the midwest setting of her acclaimed debut novel, her fascination with rabbits, and the ‘dazzling’ poetry of Tayi Tibble

Mexico This article is more than 3 years oldTop Mexican drug kingpin El Mencho reportedly builds own private hospitalThis article is more than 3 years oldSecretive leader of Jalisco New Generation cartel, who seeks treatment for kidney disease, currently seen as ‘public enemy No 1’ One of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords, El Mencho, is reported to have built his own private hospital in the western state of Jalisco. 'The only two powerful cartels left': rivals clash in Mexico's murder capitalRead moreThe cartel boss – whose real name is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – has become the region’s pre-eminent villain in recent months and grabbed headlines in June after his assassins allegedly launched a brazen pre-dawn attempt to murder Mexico City’s police chief.

EnvironmentInterviewA greener Marx? Kohei Saito on connecting communism with the climate crisisMaya GoodfellowAuthor of surprise hit Capital in the Anthropocene has developed his arguments in a new study of Karl Marx’s ecological thinking When academic Kohei Saito submitted his manuscript on Karl Marx, the ecological crisis and arguments for degrowth economics, he hoped it might introduce at least some people in Japan to a new perspective on the climate crisis.

Football This article is more than 2 months oldEritrea withdrew from 2026 World Cup qualifying ‘over fears players will flee’This article is more than 2 months oldSources say it is to avoid players seeking political asylum abroadNo official explanation as to why federation cancelled gamesEritrea’s football federation withdrew its men’s team from 2026 World Cup qualifying owing to fears that players would attempt to seek political asylum during trips abroad, according to sources close to the squad.