A poem by Ziggy Ramo: ‘A Welcome to Country was booed on Anzac Day. The disrespect was blunt’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, rapper Ramo shares one about ‘being invited in and rejected at the same time’
Scams have become a constant part of life. In a world full of distrust, how can we know what is real?
There is something depressing about being scammed. Every unknown number, every marketplace purchase, every text with a link now arrives with suspicion
Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience
President says move is based on ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime’s combat capabilities
Corrections and clarifications
Black hole star
How surrogacy helped my sister and friends
Letter: Hazel Davis responds to a letter about the regulation and ethics of surrogacy
Women should not have to travel for hours to give birth
Letters: Readers reflect on how hospital closures are putting pregnant women’s lives at risk
Sex doll with bruises is worse than creepy
Brief letters: A disturbing find | World leaders in food containers | A spineless politician | Nigel Farage and Count Binface | Back-row smooching
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
Cheryl Hall obituary
Actor whose many TV roles ranged from Lucky Feller and Citizen Smith to EastEnders, Doctor Who and The Bill
The Guardian view on the changed world of job interviews: missing the human factor
Editorial: Andy Burnham’s doubts about Zoom interviews apply more widely to a hiring process being transformed by AI
Move over, Odysseus: time for the women of ancient Greece to have their moment in the sun
The hottest ticket in theatreland will soon be Cate Blanchett in Electra/Persona. Caged female rage continues to capture audiences, says writer Natalie Haynes
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
‘I see the incredible promise’: on set of an AI film shoot as new studios embrace controversial tech
Amid fears for jobs, some film-makers say AI could enable them bypass studio giants and take more creative risks
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
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