Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany
Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security law
‘We’re coming for you’: NT police search for suspect after body of missing five-year-old found
Mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found on Thursday, says ‘it’s going to be so hard to live the rest of our lives without you’
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English
The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great – but the story feels overwritten and underfelt
‘I craved excitement!’ Japan’s Kyotographie festival
Highlights of this year’s international photography festival in Kyoto include Linder Sterling’s exclamatory collages, a retrospective of groundbreaking Daido Moriyama and a journey though apartheid South Africa with Ernest Cole
Di’Anno - Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer review – metal act’s original singer is a tough act to follow
This entertaining profile of Paul Di’Anno – the heavy metal band’s lead vocalist from 1978 to 1981 – is dragged down by its subject’s irascible nature
Could Starmer bring back Rayner to steady ship – and would she get onboard?
Former deputy PM has walked a line between loyalty and interventionism since resigning last September
UK to invest further £25m in security for Jewish communities after London stabbing
Home secretary pledges to ‘do everything in my power’ to keep British Jews safe as police say suspect is Somalia-born UK national
Police treating stabbing of two men in Golders Green as terrorism
Assailant was reportedly hunting for anyone ‘visibly Jewish’ in suspected antisemitic attack in north London
Violence against women is at ‘breaking point’, says writer of John Worboys drama
Jeff Pope, whose ITV drama Believe Me tells the story of survivors of the ‘black-cab rapist,’ says police must change how sexual assault cases are dealt with
Golders Green attack claim highlights rise of shadowy Iran-linked group
HAYI has taken responsibility for a string of incidents targeting Jewish sites, but investigators say the latest claim may be opportunistic rather than state-backed
Trump administration urges countries to help citizens stuck in Syria as Australia maintains hardline stance
Syrian officials say a group Australians ‘awaiting a solution’ as Albanese government refuses to repatriate them
‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship
Severing ties with the US can take more than a year and cost thousands of dollars. But Paul, Ella, Margot and thousands of others feel they have no choice
Oil price tops $120 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Oil markets spooked as US president appears willing to maintain US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut
Sounds of hope in Kent as more nightingales join dawn chorus
Elusive nightingale ‘doing well’ at Northward Hill, Kent, but experts cite concerns around loss of habitat
My journey into sound

Today, Alexis Petridis takes up his post as Guardian rock and pop critic. It's a more difficult job than ever: popular music now encompasses a vast range of sounds and bands, from Slipknot's nu-metal to Atomic Kitten's teeny pop and the 'new prog' of Radiohead. Here he surveys the musical landscape of 2001 - and explains how, when he was a child, he decided a life of listening was for him.

Labour is facing wipeout in its final stronghold. Why? It’s housing, housing, housing
In the 1980s, Labour-controlled London built 52,000 council homes. During the Tony Blair decade, just 280. It’s brought this local-election catastrophe on itself, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty