Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum
Four works were taken during public holiday, the day after Italian police recovered paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse
‘It will help get mid-budget films made’: why directors are embracing AI
Some film-makers say the technology could enable them to bypass the studio giants and take more creative risks
The Singer review – come on feel the noise with KT Tunstall’s glowing gig theatre
In Cora Bissett’s highly enjoyable and accessible production, a deaf man reintroduces a busker to the joy of music
Angels in America review – Tony Kushner’s five-hour fever dream predicts and reflects the US at 250
People, ideas and scenes wash over each other in Ivo van Hove’s masterly staging at the Edinburgh international festival
‘Massive’ Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills at least six, says Moscow
Kyiv launches what may be its largest attack wave of war, with fire breaking out at warehouse near Russian capital
LSO/LSO Chorus/BBC Symphony Chorus/Henric/Pappano review – grand forces capture the viscerality and desperation of Berlioz’s Requiem
A huge choir, an expanded orchestra, four brass bands and a warehouse-full of percussion achieved surround-sound magnificence
Cheryl Hall obituary
Actor who played Shirley Johnson in the sitcom Citizen Smith, and whose dozens of other roles included EastEnders, Doctor Who and The Bill
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone?
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
Sam Neill was a warm, wry and unselfish star who twinkled so others could shine
His unshowy gifts, which discreetly carried arthouse drama and blockbuster adventures alike, never sucked a movie’s oxygen in to his own performance
Marco Rubio has unique power to promote peace, but he hasn’t. He is almost as bad for the world as Trump
As chief US diplomat, Rubio could do great good. His pandering and neglect are a disgrace we shouldn’t ignore, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube
The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water
Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury
Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Florida sets record for sea turtle nests but Trump move could stall recovery
Loggerhead turtles abound this season but rollback of Endangered Species Act protections could threaten future
Why cancer, not cost of living, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterm elections
A broad group of diseases in the agricultural powerhouse is top of mind for the midterm elections
How to make quesadillas – recipe
A cook-your-own adventure meal, with all manner of fillings and servings to explore
‘Why did it become personal?’: furore over plans to expand Kent oyster shack
James Green’s oyster company owns a chunk of Whitstable’s shoreline but success has not brought affection from residents