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College Republicans director made racist and sexist remarks on live streams

Review of Kai Schwemmer’s broadcasts undermines claim ‘process of growth’ had led him to abandon bigoted views

‘Prosthetics aren’t made for people like us’: the brothers creating innovative artificial limbs for Africans

When Ubokobong Amanam lost his fingers in an accident he teamed up with his brother John, a special effects artist, to design a prosthetic that suited him – now they run a thriving business

Night Stage review – public sex enthusiasm the key to extravagant and subversive erotic thriller

In this fantasy drama from Brazil, a gay actor and a closeted politician discover a mutual passion for the same fetish

Kim Novak says Sydney Sweeney is ‘totally wrong to play me’ in biopic

The 93-year-old says Sweeney ‘looks sexy all the time’ and she ‘never approved’ Scandalous, drama about her romance with Sammy Davis Jr

Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say

A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists say

Will Trump bring peace, or more bombs? Shady speculators seem to bet right every time

The president may not be benefiting directly from betting markets, but he has encouraged a culture that treats politics like a casino floor, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media

In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’

These CEOs want a starring role in our lives – and there’s not much we can do about it

Do we really need a McDonald’s CEO fronting ads or a Gianni Infantino Panini sticker? No. But in the age of Trump, the boss class feels emboldened, says freelance writer Larry Ryan

‘Break your silence’: Jane Fonda leads rally against Trump crackdown on arts and media

Actor outside Kennedy Center urges Americans to ‘stand tall against authoritarianism’ and resist free-speech threats

Four wives, two passports and a very elusive butterfly: one woman’s search for her lepidopterist father

Rena Effendi’s film Searching for Satyrus began with a quest for the endangered insect that bears her family name. Before long, she was reckoning with secrets, lies and the mysterious life of her wayward dad

Brussels opens investigation into Snapchat amid concern over children’s safety

European Commission says social messaging app is exposing children to grooming and sexual exploitation

DJ Ahmet review – totally charming tale of teen travails in North Macedonia

A young shepherd besotted with his neigbour rigs up his tractor to play music from so she can practise dance routines in a story that remains sunny without hiding hardship

Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029

Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current systems will soon be obsolete

Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder

Redoubt review – Denis Lavant is unforgettable as an oddball building a public shelter for obscure disaster

John Skoog’s monochrome film is based on an art installation, and that shows in the pacing, but his central character is intriguing and utterly unique

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  • Tell us your favourite film of 2026 so far
  • As Spielberg confirms whether ET was ‘slimy or dry’, we enter a new age of the celebrity interview
  • La Cabina/El Televisor review – horror and anxiety on the air and down the line in Franco’s Spain
  • Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices
  • ‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
  • The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’
  • Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones
  • Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35
  • ‘It makes no sense’: 16- and 17-year-olds on UK social media ban
  • The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested
  • Teddie Beverley obituary
  • Apocalypse when? ‘Earth’s Black Box’ to be installed in remote Tasmanian airfield
  • UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
  • Legislation proposed to stop lawsuits used to silence journalists and whistleblowers
  • Fears for Xbox as it puts its developers on the chopping block once again
  • I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life
  • Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator
  • ‘A neoliberal nightmare’: my ride on the Vegas Loop – Elon Musk’s answer to traffic jams
  • ‘Vegetarian Nigella’ and flirty hair flips: John Early and Kate Berlant take on diet culture in new influencer satire
  • The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding
  • Will it take a ‘Chornobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate AI?
  • Your Fault: London review – British-set remake of Spanish step-sibling romance lacks passion or fizz
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Nino review – time is running out for young man faced with cancer in shrewd sperm sample portrait
  • UK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend
  • Cactus Pears review – tender and subtle story of forbidden love and a poignant awakening in India
  • Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?
  • Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
  • Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit
  • How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’

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