‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: the Arabic hit show that parodies the patriarchy
The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni – You Heard It From Me – uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes
The Return of Arinzo review – families who hate each other clash in noirish Nollywood thriller
Nigerian actor and director Iyabo Ojo’s entertaining but imperfect tale about warring clans unfolds across Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania
China blocks $2bn Meta takeover of AI agent developer Manus
Beijing says domestic tech companies must seek explicit government approval for accepting US investment
Polish influencer’s nine-day, non-stop live stream raises £50m for cancer charity
Musician Chris Martin, tennis star Iga Świątek and footballer Robert Lewandowski join Łatwogang in epic fundraiser
The Eukrainian review – heroic portrait of the diplomat trying to haul Ukraine into Europe
Viktor Nordenskiöld’s film follows Ukraine’s deputy minister Olha Stefanishyna as she negotiates her country’s path into the EU, but lacks some of the rigour needed
The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder review – excavating the memories of civil war in Mozambique
Inadelso Cossa’s documentary grapples with the trauma left by the conflict through witness that wavers between real and imagined truths
Phantoms of July review – interlocking tales hop across time in funny-quirky fable with a point
From a disgruntled maid in the 18th century to an Iranian influencer facing snide nationalists, four stories explore what it is to be trapped and longing for more
Michael moonwalks to $217m opening weekend, shattering box office records for a biopic
Michael Jackson biopic has shrugged off controversy, bad reviews and a troubled production to take $217m worldwide, including $97m in North America
Ukrainian action thriller billed as Saving Private Ryan for the drone age
Killhouse is based on real-life story of civilian couple saved from battlefield by Ukrainian drone operators
Palermo ‘honoured’ by rumours Dua Lipa and Callum Turner might marry there in June
Italian newspapers claim singer and actor, who is tipped to be next James Bond, are planning ‘wedding of the year’ in the city
Fitness tracker for Fido? Experts split on benefits of pet tech
As sales soar, some say trackers can help animal anxiety or weight loss while others advise leaving diagnoses to the vet
The Guardian view on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet?
Editorial: Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet
Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years
There are now 3,110 billionaires but analysis shows ‘deep structural acceleration’ in wealth creation around world
‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
Mathieu Kassovitz, who is currently working on an AI-enabled film, also dismisses concerns over copyright
Agon review – ice-cold, machine-tooled inspection of the dark side of athletic perfection
Three sportswomen undergo the various ordeals of competition in a spare, sometimes harrowing drama suffused with a chilly vérité detachedness