Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern Africa
The opera – about the hijacking of a cruise by the PLF who murder a Jewish American wheelchair user – has been subject to protests and accused of romanticising terrorism. Why was the film-maker so desperate to stage it?
In this week’s newsletter: the rise of misogyny around the world; the Sudan war enters its fourth year; and a key vote on slave trade reparations
Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’
In this week’s newsletter: we take a a forensic look at the El Fasher massacre, and examine the surge in digital violence across Africa and its real-world consequences for women and girls
Draft legislation for treasurer Jim Chalmers’ new instant tax deduction policy lands just over a year after Labor proposed the change in the run-up to the 2025 election
He said he was forcibly stopped from picking it up and promptly issued with the fixed-penalty notice
Douglas Alexander says lessons need to be learned but he expects Keir Starmer will continue as PM
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights
The latest in our ongoing series of writers recommending their favourite comfort watches is a pick for 1971’s unusual romantic comedy
Psychiatrist Amir Levine’s first book explored different types of attachment. In his follow up, he explains how anyone can become more secure
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
As I age, there are loads of things I want to do, but none are the kinds of bland, commodified ‘adventures’ that these lists imply, says Rose Rouse, editor and co-founder of Advantages of Age
The composer has an affair with a teenage violinist in this lifeless adaptation of a novel by Tiziano Scarpa