Unemployed people queue outside an unemployment registry office in Madrid. Spain has seen one of the largest increases in joblessness since 2007, with youth unemployment doubling to just under 40%. Photograph: Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP Economic orthodoxy has been turned on its head during the... 

Shawn Malone / Lake Superior Photo The solar event caused a beautiful light show for Shawn Malone of Marquette, Mich. He captured this picture over Lake Superior; there’s a green hue because of oxygen emissions in the atmosphere. Nitrogen emissions would produce a blue or red glow depending on... 

Former justice secretary Jack Straw declined to attend the senate committee hearing. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Jack Straw, the former justice secretary, has rejected a demand from a US senate committee to appear in Washington next week to answer questions about the release of the man convicted... 

Firms ­supplying services to care homes are at risk as councils reduce their spending to deliver public ­sector cuts. Photograph Graham Turner for the Guardian The number of public sector suppliers going bust has grown by almost 50% so far this year, according to new research, as the coalition...