Weather tracker: temperatures in Spain and Brazil well above late April norm
Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern Africa
‘They said: You’re out of your mind’: Luca Guadagnino on directing controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer
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?
Beyond the UK and US manosphere lies a deeper, darker global problem
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
Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional
Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’
A massacre, an airstrike on children and a message from prison: our stories are not easy but they must be told
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
Millions of Australians will get a $1,000 instant tax deduction under a new law – here’s how it will work
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
My son was fined £500 just for dropping a cigarette butt
He said he was forcibly stopped from picking it up and promptly issued with the fixed-penalty notice
Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says
Douglas Alexander says lessons need to be learned but he expects Keir Starmer will continue as PM
Donald Trump is not the messiah. But what does it take to convince people that you are?
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
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid
Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights
‘It’s about finding light in the dark’: why Harold and Maude is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers recommending their favourite comfort watches is a pick for 1971’s unusual romantic comedy
The emotional security secret: how to get healthier, happier and have stronger relationships
Psychiatrist Amir Levine’s first book explored different types of attachment. In his follow up, he explains how anyone can become more secure
Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
The hill I will die on: Put that bucket list in the bin
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
Primavera review – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is school-of-Salieri backdrop for period musical biopic
The composer has an affair with a teenage violinist in this lifeless adaptation of a novel by Tiziano Scarpa