Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall came down, heralding an end to both the cold war and the division between East and West Germany. Kate Connolly reports from the city on how the anniversary is being marked.
Stasiland: Stories From Behind the Berlin Wall, the award-winning book by Anna Funder, is an investigation of how East Germans' lives were shaped by the wall. She looks at how citizens of the former German Democratic Republic have adapted to life in the west.
In Cleveland, Ohio, the bodies of 11 women have been found in the home of a suspected serial killer. Relatives accuse the authorities of a lack of concern about the high number of missing black women. Ed Pilkington meets Mary Mason, whose sister Michelle has not been seen since 8 October.
Martin Wainwright reports from Sutton Scarsdale Hall in Derbyshire, a derelict stately home that is being pinpointed as a possible location for contemporary artists to showcase their work.
