eu figures suggest that 15% of working age croats live in other countries in the bloc. joan didion, a literary icon who chronicled 60s and 70s us culture, with screenwriting credits including 1976 film a star is born, has died aged 87. the novelist and essayist examined the fragmentation of us life in books like slouching towards bethlehem and the white album. her award winning book on grief, the year of magical thinking was inspired by the death of her husband. in other pandemic news. former british prime minister gordon brown says the failure to distribute coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries is a stain on our global soul . he said people were realising the virus would come back to haunt every country, without a push to get the whole world vaccinated next year. naomi grimley reports. at a clinic in kenya, they re doing their bit for the biggest vaccination