Obama: Trump's Isis policies would 'backfire' Donald Trump would play into the hands of the Islamic State, Barack Obama claimed, in another attack on the Republican nominee's preparedness to be president. Obama said Trump's rhetorical attacks on Muslims, his enthusiasm for "bomb[ing] the shit" out of Isis and his proposed ban on Muslim immigration would "backfire". "If we start making bad decisions, indiscriminately killing civilians, instituting offensive religious tests – those kinds of strategies end up backfiring," the president said. Obama: Trump's policies would 'backfire' in fight against Isis Trump woes intensify amid questions over wife's visa The Trump campaign is facing reports that the candidate's wife, Melania, may have worked illegally in the US in 1995. Last week, naked pictures of the Slovenian-born model appeared in the New York Post. Melania Trump responded that she has always been "in full compliance" with US law – since arriving in 1996. "Over the past 20 years, I have been fortunate to live, work and raise a family in this great nation and I share my husband's love for our country," she said.
Melania Trump: I have always been in 'full compliance' with immigration laws
Obama rejects Iran criticism "We do not pay ransom," Obama declared, after Trump attacked presidential rival Hillary Clinton over the "scandal" of the US paying $400m to Iran after the nuclear deal last year. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that US officials secretly sent "wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies" to Iran, and suggested the payment may have been linked to the release of a group of Americans. Trump claimed to have seen a video of the delivery – no such video exists – and said Clinton started the relevant talks. She did not.
Trump attacks Clinton on 'scandal' of US paying $400m to Iran after nuclear deal Police officer convicted in killing of unarmed man A police officer was convicted on Thursday in the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old during a confrontation over suspected shoplifting. Stephen Rankin was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a Portsmouth court for killing William Chapman in April 2015. A security worker at Walmart, where the shooting took place, said the victim only "made a gesture" at the officer before he was shot dead. It was Rankin's second fatal shooting of an unarmed man in the city. William Chapman shooting: Virginia officer found guilty of manslaughter US Olympics shooter attacks gun control laws Triple gold medallist Kim Rhode has criticized gun control laws, supporting the carrying of concealed weapons and attacking anti-gun legislation in her home state, California. Rhode, a skeet shooter going for a medal in her sixth straight Games, said: "I shoot 500 to 10,000 rounds a day – having to do a background check every time I purchase ammo or when I bring ammo out for a competition or a match, those are very, very challenging for me." Here, Jonathan Watts warns that the sporting showpiece threatens to become emblem of Brazil's chaos. Rio 2016: top American shooter attacks gun laws Florida mobilizes against Zika The Wynwood neighborhood has become the epicenter of the fight against Zika, as federal and state health officials said at least 15 people have been infected with the virus by local mosquitoes. The area, dense with fashion label stores and contemporary art museums, is undergoing aerial spraying. "Zika is unprecedented," a CDC spokesman said. "We've never before had a mosquito-borne disease that can cause birth defects." Florida mobilizes to control mosquitos causing Zika outbreak Priced out of 'Frisco "This is the place where a 25-year-old made national news in March for paying $400 a month to live in a wooden box in a friend's living room," writes Maria La Ganga of San Francisco. "Where a 99-year-old widow went to court in April to fight eviction from the flat she'd lived in since the 1940s. Where the cheapest home for sale in late July was fire-gutted, uninhabitable and still cost $228,000." A battle is raging over whether tech wealth, population growth or political will is to blame. Ordinary people can't afford a home in San Francisco. How did it come to this? Victim of London stabbing was 'vibrant personality' Darlene Horton, 64, was hours from flying home to Tallahassee, Florida, when she was attacked in a square in central London. Devastated friends paid tribute to the retired special education teacher, calling her an "inspiration". Police have said a 19-year-old Norwegian of Somali heritage was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack that also left two women and three men injured, one seriously. London stabbing: American victim was an inspiration, friends say Hackers for Hillary
Attendance at a Black Hat hackers conference in Las Vegas went "through the roof" when the first Hackers for Hillary gathering was convened on Wednesday. Organizers said that when Donald Trump called on Vladimir Putin to help find Hillary Clinton's "missing" emails late last month, he angered the wrong group of people. "Maybe 12 people had RSVP'd until then," said Jake Braun, chief executive of Cambridge Global Advisors. "It went through the roof after that. It really helps when you have Donald Trump giving Russia a pass on hacking our democracy." Hackers for Hillary: event attendance 'through the roof' after Trump remarks Frank Ocean anticipated It's four years since Frank Ocean's last album, Channel Orange, and 13 months since he promised the follow-up, Boys Don't Cry, would be released. On Friday, Apple is releasing perhaps the most anticipated album of 2016. In those past four years, beyond a handful of guest vocal appearances, an a capella track on Kanye West's The Life of Pablo, a two-minute sketch of a song called Memrise and an appearance in a Calvin Klein ad, very little has been seen or heard of the artist. Decoding Frank Ocean: secret messages, boomboxes and Boys Don't Cry Heard, Depp and a divided Hollywood
The former couple's divorce and restraining order proceedings have scandalized Hollywood, splitting celebrities and fans, writes Nicky Woolf. "Reports from Depp's previous girlfriends, people that know him, that 'he's a great guy', 'he didn't abuse me', 'he's a great father'; these things are pretty typical," notes Joanna Pepin, a sociologist at the University of Maryland. "The other thing was the victim-blaming in the articles against Heard – that she's a gold-digger, somehow responsible for the violence." Lawyers are set to appear in court on Tuesday. Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: abuse accusations split Hollywood and public In case you missed it … In an essay for Glamour, Barack Obama wrote about how gender stereotypes harm us all. To write thus was a radical act, says Lucia Graves, as it is fitting that Obama should pave the way for the country's first female president. "Yes, it's important that their dad is a feminist, because now that's what they expect of all men," Obama wrote.
Thank you, President Obama, for being a feminist
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President Obama said of Trump's policies for dealing with Isis: 'Those kinds of strategies end up backfiring.' Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images 
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