Carré Otis speaks after court reverses decision and rules lawsuit accusing Gérald Marie of rape in Paris can proceed

The American model Carré Otis has said she is “elated” her sexual assault lawsuit against the former modeling agency boss Gérald Marie and New York talent agent Trudi Tapscott was revived by a federal appeals court more than two years after a crushing dismissal.

“Definitely mixed feelings and really elated,” Otis told the Guardian in her first interview since the ruling earlier this week, when asked how she felt about the US second circuit court of appeals reversing a lower court’s decision.

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We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community and resolve – so we may resist the storm

Here we are in a crisis in which almost everything we love is going to be under siege in the US in ways that will affect the world in many ways. Most of all this will be because a Trump administration is going to go to war on climate action domestically and internationally – on nature itself and the ways we protect it and thereby protect the systems on which human life depends.

I was asked to talk about hope. First of all, hope does not mean saying this is not bad, and it does not mean saying that we can defeat it. It just means saying we will keep showing up. That we will not give up. That we will assess our powers and weaknesses and recognise that the future we face looks grim, but we do not know how it will unfold, and neither do those we oppose. How it will unfold depends in no small part on what we do. People too often think hope is smiles and sunshine, when it’s fury in the face of danger and oppression, and pressing on in the storm.

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IT issues and restrictions on access to information are leaving staff unaware of crucial background details

Coroners in England and Wales have issued 35 warnings this year over inadequate sharing of NHS patient information, with some patients dying because clinicians couldn’t access important details about their needs.

Problems caused by conflicting IT systems, restricted access to medical records and obstacles to sharing information outside the NHS mean staff often struggle to access details about the patients they are treating.

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A bold striped shirt does the job a Breton top did a few years ago. It’s easy, no drama and makes you feel comfortable but confident

Put your hand up if you’re reading this on a Saturday. Hi! OK, so: are you wearing a striped shirt? If the answer is yes, then please give yourself a round of applause because you are winning this fashion game. Not only have you cottoned on to striped shirts being cool right now, you have also correctly identified where they fit best into your wardrobe. Which is at the weekend.

On a Saturday morning, a boldly striped shirt does the job a Breton top did a few years ago. You can put it on with no fuss, with jeans and trainers and hoop earrings. Or maybe a skirt and boots and a blazer. It’s easy, no drama, and you feel completely comfortable but confident. I don’t know about you, but on a weekend morning it’s not just laziness that keeps me from making a big effort. I positively relish keeping it low key because getting dressed up gets my adrenaline going, when I really want to chill out. On the other hand, I also want to feel that if I bump into someone chic in the cinnamon bun queue I’m not going to need to hide.

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After some big roles in Donald Trump’s last administration, here are those likely to feature this time round

Donald is not the only Trump back in the picture after his election win.

On Tuesday night, members of the former and future president’s family posed with him at his Florida estate in celebration of his re-election. “Dad, we are so proud of you,” wrote Tiffany , Trump’s younger daughter, posting the photo on X. It was also shared by his 17-year-old granddaughter, Kai, captioned : “The whole squad.”

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If Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up

Ian Sample

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Doctors in Port-au-Prince try to save lives as the bloodshed accelerates in the face of a powerless peacekeeping force

It was mid-morning in downtown Port-au-Prince and already two shooting victims had been rushed into the hospital past a mural instructing visitors to leave machetes and rifles outside.

The two men – a 60-year-old accountant and a 29-year-old electrician – sat in the trauma centre’s “shock room” being patched up as the city around them fell apart.

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The photography student on embracing monochrome and capturing the unexpected

Tom Baker initially set out to photograph the wild rabbits that inhabit the University of Leeds campus, but their skittish nature was proving an issue. Seeking an alternative, he shifted his attention to a solitary crow perched on a car by the university’s Parkinson Building.

“Photography is implanted in my life,” says Baker, a final-year photography student at Leeds Arts University, just across the road. “My dad is the reason I became so passionate about it. He documents everything – we have a shed full of stupid cameras that don’t work. Whenever we had a moment, it wasn’t, ‘Let’s get together and take a family photo’ – the camera was already out.” This image of a stark black crow against ivory bricks is a departure from Baker’s usual monochrome portraiture. He started out shooting almost exclusively in colour, determined to prove wrong his father’s preference for black and white. But over time, Baker “fell in love with black and white photography. I began to recognise the beauty in contrast.”

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The German dream of centrist, stable government has been dashed by geopolitical forces and the cult of balanced budgets

Wednesday 6 November was a seismic day in the politics of the west. On one side of the Atlantic, it was confirmed in the early hours of the morning that the hard-right nationalist Donald Trump had been elected president of the US; on the other side, the government running Europe’s largest economy – Germany’s traffic-light coalition of social democrats, market liberals and greens – collapsed . It could hardly have come at a worse time.

The breakdown of the feuding Berlin alliance will leave a political vacuum in Germany for months, just when the EU needs decisive leadership. Instead, the country faces months of introspective electioneering, followed by protracted coalition negotiations, with investment and public spending on hold.

Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre

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