What is DEI and why is Trump opposed to it?

What the pushback against a more equal society could mean for a world fraught with power imbalances

Talking about extreme online violence with young people: advice for parents

How can parents know when children are accessing violent material and how should they discuss the risks?

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis

Up the River With Acid review – intimate, abstract portrait of a father’s dementia

Harald Hutter sets his documentary in his parents shabby-chic home, a metaphor for his ageing academic father’s loosening threads of reality

‘Young women can fall pregnant very easily’: inside the wild west of smartphone fertility apps

Observer analysis finds unregulated products being promoted as contraception despite concerns about their accuracy

The landlord and the LA fires: how my friend’s loss revealed a new hierarchy of who gets help

GoFundMe is now the backbone of American comeback stories. But the people with better connections get lifted up first

‘A one-way trip to heaven’: cigarettes were David Lynch’s magic wand – and his undoing

He quit in 2022, but smoking was previously an integral part of the film-maker’s life and art

Starmer urged to prioritise child sexual exploitation victims

Charities and experts call for national conversation to move away from sensationalism after Musk criticism

Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely man

Newly retired Kai is a miserable grump who lives alone, until he adopts Piggy, in this honest Hong Kong take on family dynamics and suicide

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog

Chief inspector of prisons issues warning after surge in weapons and drugs flown into high-security facilities in England and Wales

Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal

MI5 told Bogarde in 1971 that he had been identified as ‘practising homosexual’ of interest by Russian spies

What does AI plan mean for NHS patient data and is there cause for concern?

Key questions answered around potential use of health data to train AI models under Labour’s proposals

Ladies Only review – striking account of sisterhood’s intricacies on the Mumbai metro

Shot in stunning black and white, a tapestry of faces and voices beautifully lays bare the hidden subtleties of Indian women’s emotional lives

‘Long way to go’ on gender parity in film and TV industry, Bafta chair says

Sara Putt cites lack of access and retention in an increasingly precarious industry

‘Would love to see her faked’: the dark world of sexual deepfakes – and the women fighting back

The government has promised a crackdown on synthetic image abuse – but campaigners warn it doesn’t go far enough