Whistleblower Frances Haugen testified the company is harming children and putting profits over safety, but what lies ahead?The congressional testimony of Frances Haugen is being described as a potential watershed moment after the former Facebook emplo…
Fever Dream review – a beautiful and bonkers future cult classic
Director Claudia Llosa returns to form with a woozy work about a cosy domesticity in rural Argentina shattered by uncanny intrudersAfter making high-arthouse awards-magnet The Milk of Sorrow in her native Peru in 2009, director Claudia Llosa stumbled i…
‘The water used to be up to your armpits’: birds starve as Turkey’s lakes dry up
Drought, rising temperatures and poor farming practices are taking a devastating toll on the country’s wildlife“If we stood in this spot a few years ago, the water would be up to your armpits,” says vet Isa Agit, standing on sun-hardened and cracked mu…
Hong Kong plans megacourt to deal with protest arrests backlog
City’s leader announces initiative as thousands still await trial, and also reveals project for new metropolisHong Kong will build a new megacourt to address a shortage of space as it works through a backlog of the thousands arrested during the 2019 ma…
England needs to ditch its ‘vaccine just’ strategy for ‘vaccine plus’ instead | Christina Pagel and Martin McKee
Not for the first time, England is Europe’s odd one out – which may be why its neighbours are achieving better Covid outcomesOnly two months after being forced at the last minute to “cancel Christmas” in 2020, Boris Johnson committed to a “cautious and…
Unseen Van Gogh sketches that rework scorned masterpiece to go on display
Preparatory work for ‘redoing’ of The Potato Eaters – savaged in his lifetime – to feature in exhibitionA collection of Vincent van Gogh’s preparatory drawings sketched ahead of a planned “redoing” of The Potato Eaters, a masterpiece brutally slated by…
Coronavirus live: 1.1m in UK estimated to have long Covid; Finland to pause Moderna jab for men under 30
Official figures suggest 1.7% of the population have long-Covid symptoms, Finnish decision comes after similar moves in Sweden and DenmarkEnglish pupils may have to wear masks again if Covid cases riseHow Covid strained bonds between Nordic neighbours‘…
Homeowners demand full payout in Ireland’s crumbling homes scandal
Thousands could be left homeless in rural Ireland because of devastating building defectHomeowners in Ireland hit by a devastating building defect that causes walls to “crumble like Weetabix” are set to reject a government compensation scheme unless it…
Clyde’s fish stocks start to recover – with a different fish than before
Banning fishing does not mean populations simply bounce back, as scientists found off Scotland’s west coastThe closure of the Clyde fishery has led to the recovery of marine species – but not the same species as lived there before, according to a repor…
Father of the Cyborgs review – the Indiana Jones of neuroscience
This film exploring the ideas of Dr Phil Kennedy, who had an electrode implanted in his brain, throws up interesting prospects for the human futureDr Phil Kennedy is regarded by many as the Indiana Jones of neuroscience: a Limerick-born doctor who beca…