Bangladesh election: BNP wins historic first vote since overthrow of Hasina
Voting was largely peaceful in an election seen as a test of Bangladesh’s democracy after years of political turmoil
Weather tracker: cyclones hit Australia and Madagascar and -40C cold snap in northern Europe
Western Australia’s coast struck by high tides and strong winds, while Finland and Norway experience coldest January since 2010
After a mad week, Labour is hopefully seeing sense: Starmer needs to stay
The only winners from a political coup in Westminster would be Labour’s enemies on the left and right, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
A great artist on paper: why Lucian Freud’s magical drawings are the key to his major works
The artist often swapped painting for etching as a way to rediscover his craft. Now a new exhibition shows these flashes of inspiration in all their intimate glory
Down with the neo-puritans: I say a true Christian can watch horror films – and Emmerdale
My praise for the movie Send Help drew brickbats. If it’s new Puritans versus liberal cavaliers, I know which side I’m on, says vicar and standup comedian Ravi Holy
The Shitheads review – primal urges rear up in a playful, prehistoric oddity
Cave people with very different perspectives meet on an elk hunt in Jack Nicholls’ savage but sweet play about love and violence among early humans
It’s risky, but it could change everything: Labour is at last beginning to focus on the young
People my age have been privileged all our lives, yet we’re still the political priority. Votes at 16 is the start of a welcome change, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Left or right, Keir? Labour factions jostle for influence in post-McSweeney No 10
Soft left senses chance to push Starmer into progressive pivot, but leftward turn would be fiercely resisted by some
Peter Murrell accused of embezzling £459,000 from SNP, court papers show
Ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon and former CEO of party is due to appear in Glasgow court next Friday
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
Two men jailed for life over thwarted plot to attack Greater Manchester’s Jewish community
An undercover operative stopped Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein carrying out deadly terror attack
‘Not consistent’: why the high court ruled the Palestine Action ban unlawful
Key passages from judgment in challenge brought by Huda Ammori, which failed on two grounds but succeeded on two
Haiti’s Winter Olympics kit redesigned at last minute to fit IOC guidelines
Designer Stella Jean forced to paint over image of revolutionary on ski suits after being told it breached rules