Kent meningitis outbreak has been contained, health officials believe
There is growing confidence that the 20 people diagnosed with the illness have not infected anyone outside the area
Independent autism committee that challenges RFK Jr’s overhaul draws criticism
Kennedy’s appointees promoted ‘treatments’ like bleach enemas, but new committee has only one autistic member
The Killer review – John Woo’s gun-filled melodrama remains a blood-soaked classic
The director’s 1989 Hong Kong action touchstone is a wild melding of maximalist violence and surreal sentimentality – with added harmonica
Analysis from West Point warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry
Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade
I let AI guide me through London for a day. Why do I keep being sent underground?
In week three of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic let AI give him a tour of London’s best-kept secrets
Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the banker, the economist and the director
Day 2 of our Guardian analysis of more than a million Epstein emails exposes the child sex offender’s deep relationships with more high-profile figures
Glamming up ‘dirty war’: Teens in Mexico glorify 1970s secret police on TikTok
AI videos let young people adopt the guise of DFS agents, sparking debate over glorifying corruption and impunity
I thought my pigeon curse was lifting. Then it took a darker turn
The feathered devils have been looking at me funny all year. And just when I thought my torment might be over, I went round to Mum’s and had a terrible shock, writes Adrian Chiles
We can tell you who will really get rich from this oil crisis – and how we can stop them
Soaring oil costs signal the great transfer of wealth away from households, but also a new opportunity to redistribute it, say economists Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk
Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills – UK study
Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games
Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show
New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers
Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales
Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely, says government
‘Damage will be widespread’: Tropical Cyclone Narelle brings 315km/h wind gusts, with tourists evacuated and schools closed
Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, which intensified offshore Thursday morning to category 5, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea
Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs
PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status
Inside China’s robotics revolution
The long read: How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out
UK pay growth sinks to five-year low as younger workers hit by hiring slowdown
Unemployment holds steady, but Bank of England is unlikely to be convinced by ONS data to cut interest rates