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Move over matcha: how ube cocktails and coffees are hitting the UK’s sweet spot

Brightly coloured yam, long enjoyed in east Asia, has been appearing in drinks, desserts – and, of course, TikTok feeds

Rebuilding review – Josh O’Connor stoically pieces a life back together after wildfire trauma

After losing his property, O’Connor’s rancher finds himself relocated to a trailer park and starts the long road to healing in this subdued, sweet drama

Blades of the Guardians review – swords to the fore in martial arts master Yuen Woo-ping’s wuxia heaven

Impressive film is full of exquisite fight scenes and action-movie stalwarts who overcome a ridiculously tangled plot

Norway’s state telecoms firm accused of helping Myanmar regime seize activists

Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe houses

‘A feeling of ecstasy’: how Anne Hathaway and FKA twigs created the thunderous Mother Mary soundtrack

The stars of David Lowery’s psychodrama on the secrets behind creating music for a fictional pop diva

Miroirs No 3 review – Christian Petzold’s elegantly unnerving mystery of grief and family dysfunction

There’s a hint of PD James about this cuckoo in the nest story starring Paula Beer as a depressed pianist

AI is destroying jobs – and the energy crisis could make that much worse

Every wave of new tech has come with a doomsday scenario. But governments just aren’t planning a human response on the scale required, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Colours of Time review – Monet meets Mamma Mia in charming French artist comedy

A country girl’s search for answers in the belle époque is ingeniously intercut with the adventures of her ragtag descendants in Cédric Klapisch’s film

TV tonight: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West return in comedy Big Mood

Prepare for wedding chaos in Camilla Whitehill’s sharp series. Plus: it’s the Apprentice final. Here’s what to watch this evening

Australian federal court warns lawyers over ‘unacceptable’ use of AI

New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors

Balls Up review – Mark Wahlberg is a hoot in gross-out football comedy

Peter Farrelly’s World Cup-themed buddy movie winningly channels the juvenile charm of his 90s classics

Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI

Rebrand as NewBird AI sent shares up 582% in bizarre and rapid turnaround for firm that had fallen on hard times

Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds

Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says report

Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future review – some of these insights into AI are just mindblowing

From people marrying digital companions to CEOs excited about how people whose jobs are replaced can ‘adapt’, this is terrifying watching. But Perry is the perfect host

NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenters in the Memphis area

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  • The Breadwinner review – Nate Bargatze’s dated dad comedy loses us entirely
  • Anthropic reaches valuation of $965bn, beating OpenAI to become world’s most valuable AI firm
  • Much of what Blair said in essay criticising Labour was wrong, says Starmer – as it happened
  • Image of Thai police in sparkly dresses with handcuffed suspect turns out to be AI fake
  • Frank Land obituary
  • UK minister visits Australia for ‘lessons’ before expected British social media crackdown
  • A girl’s best friend: Marilyn Monroe remembered by her closest confidants
  • ‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says
  • EU fines Temu for failing to stop sale of illegal and dangerous products
  • Oura launches Ring 5, world’s smallest smart ring, as it heads towards IPO
  • The 20 best corridors in film – ranked!
  • ‘I felt my humanity was bastardised’: Cynthia Erivo says reaction to Ariana Grande red carpet incident rooted in racism
  • ‘Instagram truly is the new LinkedIn’: why gen Z is using social media to get hired
  • ‘Impossible, exhausting, horrifying’: how a chilling supernatural play explains the terror of life in Iran
  • Studio Display XDR review: Apple’s pro display shines very brightly
  • If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why?
  • ‘Not many kids had gay dads who died of Aids’: Andrew Durham and Sofia Coppola on movie memoir Fairyland
  • ‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back
  • The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?
  • AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red
  • Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation
  • ‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
  • The great Australian nightmare: how the housing crisis inspired a wave of brutal – and funny – pop culture
  • The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
  • Tony Blair is strong on diagnosis, deluded on prescription: Britain’s ills can’t be fixed by him
  • Power Ballad review – Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd star in terrific comedy of bromance and betrayal
  • Samsung memory chip staff in line for £310,000 bonuses after AI profit-sharing deal
  • People in the US: what are your views on Pope Leo’s comments about AI?
  • Backrooms review – Kane Parsons’ icily disturbing horror rewrites the genre rulebook
  • What We Ask Google by Simon Rogers review – the secrets of our search history

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