Hard hats, AI and a fake pandemic: the group of former world leaders practising to save the world
With uncanny timing amid hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, a group set up by Nelson Mandela known as The Elders, met in Kenya to model a health emergency – and found much still needs to be done
Tentacles, pointy teeth and the T-rex of the sea: the Natural History Museum on beasts that once ruled the oceans
A new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans, showcases the fearsome creatures that lurked below the surface – and offers a stark warning about the impact of warming waters on marine ecosystems today
From Lord of the Rings to Dua Lipa: Stephen Colbert’s 10 greatest Late Show moments
As the much-loved Late Show host says his final goodnight, a look back at his finest and funniest moments
‘I knew everyone here’: the tower block with 164 boarded-up homes – and a few residents who just won’t leave
Lund Point in east London was once ‘a beautiful community’, according to Tee Fabikun, who has lived there since 1997. Now just four flats are occupied. Why are Fabikun and her friends hanging on? And what happened to the long-promised redevelopment?
Enigma review – preposterous Boy’s Own stuff light years away from the realities of Bletchley Park
Robert Harris's novel about wartime codebreaking has become a handsome, if simplistic, film
Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter
Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy man a pint’
Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate
Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to win
You be the judge: should my husband stop telling me how to mop the floor?
Martin is happy to vacuum and cook but says Deidre’s mopping technique just spreads germs. You decide whose argument doesn’t scrub up
EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty
Budget airline, which took £25m hit on jet fuel in March, says passengers are waiting later to book trips
Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch
MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’
Queensland Olympics minister Tim Mander stands down from cabinet position after AFP referral
Mander has been under intensifying political pressure over electoral enrolment claims and revelations over his relationship with a fellow minister
Mystery bird: black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
This lovely southeast Asian mystery bird is a distant relative of another mystery bird that I shared this week
How to turn leftover cooked new potatoes into a spicy Indian snack – recipe
Leftover new potatoes – if there are any – are a gift of the season. Try them in these samosas