Jack Teixeira, a member of the US air national guard, in an undated photograph. Photograph: via ReutersJack Teixeira, a member of the US air national guard, in an undated photograph. Photograph: via ReutersPentagon leaks 2023 This article is more than 1 month oldUS air force removes commander of Pentagon leak suspect’s unitThis article is more than 1 month oldCol Sean Riley’s removal announced along with report on investigation into leak that led to charges against Jack Teixeira

Poverty matters blogGlobal developmentGuatemala's Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersectA 1982 massacre paved the way for a hydroelectric dam built with development bank funds. What lessons have been learned?Thirty years ago a massacre took place in the Guatemalan highlands that left 400 people dead. Countless more were displaced, tortured, raped or left starving. And all to make way for a hydroelectric dam. Sadly, there was nothing especially unusual about this event in a country where, by 1982, horrific events had virtually become the norm under a series of military governments intent on terrorising the population.

The ObserverDocumentary filmsLong-lost footage of journey across America by the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and his Merry Pranksters to spread the word about acid has been turned into a documentaryFlush with funds from the success of his debut novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey, then 29, drew up plans in 1963 to drive a bus across the US to the World's Fair in New York.

Into the void: Farewell to Black Sabbath – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The founding fathers of metal have confirmed that they have reached the end of the road. Here’s nearly 50 years of one of rock’s greatest bands, in photographs Black Sabbath: ‘We used to have cocaine flown in by private plane’

RankedMy Bloody ValentineTen years since the release of their last album, mbv, we celebrate the greatest tracks by a band best known for its sonically extreme offerings 20. (Please) Lose Yourself in Me (1987)You Made Me Realise was a striking, game-changing single by a band who had been largely ignored. You could understand why people thought it came out of nowhere, but it hadn’t. On (Please) Lose Yourself in Me, from 1987’s mini-album Ecstasy, you can hear My Bloody Valentine inching towards the noisily blurred-but-beautiful sound in Kevin Shields’ head.