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Berlin city guideMovies10 of the best films set in BerlinBerlin has been the backdrop – and even the star – in movies from cold war spy thrillers to dramas about the collapse of East Germany. Andrew Pulver picks the top 10 films set in the city As featured in our Berlin city guide People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), Curt and Robert Siodmak, 1930Silent cinema flourished in Germany during the Weimar years, and Berlin was immortalised in two particularly brilliant impressionist tributes: Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, and People on Sunday, which aimed to create a patchwork of ordinary Berliners' lives.

SocietyClimbié killer apologises for part in 'sickening' deathCarl Manning, the man convicted of the murder and abuse of Victoria Climbié, yesterday apologised to the eight-year-old's parents for his part in her death. Manning, 29, who was jailed for life last year along with his partner Marie Therese Kouao, 45, also said that he had no one to blame for the child's death but himself. Victoria was incarcerated for months in an unlit bathroom at Manning's studio flat in Tottenham, north London, trussed in a plastic sack and subjected to sustained beatings.

10 of the bestDepeche ModeLast week, they were forced to deny being the official band of the alt-right. In fact, from synthpop to sleaze rock, Depeche Mode are a vital group The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. 1.

PoliticsObituaryLord BethellThe former Conservative MEP Lord Bethell, the 4th Baron Bethell, has died aged 69 after suffering from Parkinson's disease. He was one of Britain's leading experts on eastern Europe, writing under the name of Nicholas Bethell, both as an objective analyst and controversial translator, especially of the dissident Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Curiously, Bethell's unauthorised translation and publication of Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward terminated his only post in the Lords, as a Conservative whip, in January 1971, after only seven months.

Jimmy CarterObituaryRosalynn Carter obituaryUS first lady who played a significant role in supporting her husband Jimmy’s political career from Georgia to the White HouseRosalynn Carter, who has died aged 96, arrived in the White House in January 1977 determined to recast the role of US first lady. From the foundation of the US, each president’s spouse has had to work out how to be at the centre of national attention while avoiding actions or comments affecting the president’s political interests.

US sportsIn the gaudy world of Texas high school football, Katy’s new arena – which opened on Thursday night – is the latest weapon in an increasingly expensive arms race It cost over $70m and has 12,000 seats, multi-tiered stands, a $1.8m video screen and an exterior that lights up in the colours of the home team. None of which seems extraordinary in the gaudy world of Texas high school football.

FictionReviewA fable about forbidden love in the first world war fails to convinceJohn Boyne is the kind of writer described as a "popular novelist". He certainly is that, in the literal sense that his novel for younger readers, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – concerning the friendship between the son of a concentration camp commandant and a child inmate – has sold 5m copies. It was contended by some that Boyne, a young Irishman, had no right to visit such highly charged territory, to which he gracefully responded by asking whether only the people who were in the camps were entitled to write about them, and pointing out that his own work might lead readers to other books, "

Book of the dayHistory booksReviewRecipes for hooch, designs for a boat, a place to cry or sleep … a fascinating account of what a city of seekers found at LA Central Library On 29 April 1986 Los Angeles Central Library went up in flames. The fire started somewhere in the fiction stacks, snaked up the staircases and, gathering force, banged into ceilings. As the temperature reached 1370C, the metal shelves brightened from grey to white and then subsided in a tangle of cherry red.

Until recently, doctors treated all cases of endometriosis with the same approach, usually involving surgery. Illustration: Hannah Izzard/Guardian DesignRepeat surgeries for endometriosis could be exacerbating pain symptoms, experts say by Lucia Osborne-CrowleyIt has long been believed that the best way to treat endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory condition that affects one in 10 women globally, is by performing laparoscopic surgery to remove damaged tissue from the body. But experts now say the surgery may not be as effective as once thought in relieving symptoms, and could actually be making things worse for some patients, including those who have developed separate pain conditions as a result of their endometriosis.