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Film honours 41 ‘heroines’ lost in Guatemala children’s home fire

As their families await justice, Jayro Bustamante’s movie, Rita, highlights the bravery of victims of 2017 blaze, and the authorities’ failure to protect them

Waterloo Sunset review – inside an oasis of affordable living

This highly watchable documentary spends time with the residents of an almshouse in central London – cheerfully dispelling misconceptions about ageing

Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?

The concept of a guaranteed income is gaining traction as a solution to the impact of AI and way to encourage more rewarding and socially valuable work

Reducing Labour women to the sum of their outfits is suddenly all the rage

It seems Angela Rayner has forgotten her place, sartorially, but at least it lets Meghan off the hook

Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are in a dire state – but here’s why I’m cautiously optimistic

The markets haven’t imploded, sterling is solid, and there is no flight of investors – and given the circumstances, the only way is up, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

School can be brutal. Congratulations to anyone who has just made it through another year

Day after day, week after week, term after term, the challenges keep coming. Even at primary school, I realised this was outrageous, says Adrian Chiles

Let’s go after deepfake pornography sites – and the social media giants that peddle them

The government should send a clear message to creators and sites that advertise this abusive content, says writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley

TechScape: Can AI really help fix a healthcare system in crisis?

Artificial intelligence is heralded as helping the NHS fight cancer. But some warn it’s a distraction from more urgent challenges

Unicorns star Jason Patel: ‘If you don’t toot your own horn, who else will?’

In queer love story Unicorns, the young British actor plays a dazzling drag queen living two lives. He talks about his road to performing, family pride, and the need for a thick skin

‘The teachers would refer to boys, girls – and you’: trans philosopher Paul B Preciado on reinventing Orlando

He was mentored by Jacques Derrida, and his memoir about taking hormones broke new ground. Now, Preciado’s radical cinematic riff on Virginia Woolf’s novel explores a life spent defying the gender binary

Orlando, My Political Biography review – Woolf’s trans hero gets a 21st-century mashup

Tricksy documentary spin on 1928 novel weaves fact and fiction to reconsider and reimagine the time-travelling story for our time

The secret lives of porn addicts: ‘I am meticulous about covering my tracks’

As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships

British female politicians targeted by fake pornography

Leading politicians victimised by online material including AI deepfakes, investigation finds

Portrait of My Father review – mysterious death of father is start-point of riveting film

Juan Ignacio Fernández Hoppe’s documentary tries to pin down a true record of the father he lost aged eight, but the struggle to find it is what compels attention

‘We wanted to change the norm on smartphone use’: grassroots campaigners on a phone-free childhood

Most UK children have their own smartphone by the age of 11. But what if we didn’t give them one? A group of parents wants their kids to enjoy a phone-free childhood – and their numbers are growing

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  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • Social media to be banned in UK for under-16s, Starmer announces
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
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  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?

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