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‘When I go out, people throw jabs at us’: the Nigerian families fighting for their disabled children‘When I go out, people throw jabs at us’: the Nigerian families fighting for their disabled children

Stigma and superstition surround those with disabilities such as Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy. But there is a growing move to raise awareness and increase inclusivity When Fatima Muhammad was told to drown her infant son or abandon him in the forest to die, she brushed off the ludicrous suggestions ...

The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?

Psychologist Candice Odgers has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years. She fears the current debate around smartphones obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers The quickest way to make being online safer for children and ...

The most beautiful act of resistance I’ve seen: Madrid tenants fighting landlords with art | Leah PattemThe most beautiful act of resistance I’ve seen: Madrid tenants fighting landlords with art | Leah Pattem

When an investment fund bought their building, the residents of Tribulete 7 protested in the only way they knew how – through radical creativity Spain’s housing crisis finally came for the tenants of Madrid’s Calle Tribulete 7 when their block was sold to an investment fund. Feeling pressured to leave ...

‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage

As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any more John Waters still remembers the day his 1988 comedy Hairspray was awarded a PG certificate. “It was horrible,” ...

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking softwareMoroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, ...

US military says it disabled tanker trying to breach blockade amid new wave of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis liveUS military says it disabled tanker trying to breach blockade amid new wave of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live

Central Command says US aircraft fired missiles into oil tanker’s smokestack in strait of Hormuz as US strikes Iran for fourth consecutive day Trump again threatens to strike Iran’s power plants amid impasse over strait of Hormuz For a second day in a row, US strikes targeted Iran’s southern port ...

The Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosisThe Odyssey review – Nolan goes god-tier with breathtaking epic of men, monsters and moral metamorphosis

Doing full justice to the Homeric legend, Christopher Nolan amasses an epic cast to convey the true cost of war with film-making of thrilling ambition A classicist’s verdict: soulful hero flatters our times as women and nuance pushed overboard Christopher Nolan reinvents the Homeric legend as a colossal origin-myth story ...