Exclusive: A litany of failings meant that when Italy faced disaster, its distress call to the EU met with a shocking silence

Deals worth billions have been granted by a government willing to brazen out disgrace until outrage subsides

City responds to guerrilla installation of sculpture inspired by the day the Colston statue fell

Chinese big tech was at the heart of China’s official response to Covid-19. Now Apple and Google are doing the same in the west

The Puerto Rican pop star has embraced a gender-fluid and queer aesthetic - and his fans love it. Playboy is changing, too

US credibility has been contorted to protect the feelings of one man-child. No wonder he finds Anthony Fauci so offensive

Exclusive: best analysis to date indicates significant increases in infections, hospital admissions and deaths Coronavirus – latest updates

This week, we investigate how Shakespeare’s 17th-century tragedy became emblematic of theatre’s ultimate superstition

Sampaio, of Brazil, describes moment’s significance: ‘Being trans usually means facing closed doors to people’s hearts’

Unconscious bias training is a lucrative industry, but it won’t change consciously hostile policies

A wave of new books try to deal with the murder, deception, torture and racism of a brutal regime

Muhammad Ali on film, classical music on Instagram and a dessert to die for – the cellist shares his recent discoveries

Descendants of the 3,000 British internees and their families recount one of the war’s forgotten episodes

No one wants to make the Great White Male Novelist extinct - they just want more diversity in publishing

In the hit Chinese web series, Hidden Corner, a children’s song presages the show’s most violent moments. “Under the blue, blue skies, in the silver river is a small white boat,” three young children sing tremulously, looking into a camera propped up

I hoped the app would buy me some much-needed peace in lockdown. Then it turned my five-year-olds into proto-teens

Ignore the trivialising punditry. This movement exists because of police brutality and systemic unfairness

Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, fights in string vests ... as Patrick Stewart hits 80, friends from Harriet Walter to Brian Blessed pay tribute to the great actor

Aisha Wakil knew many of Boko Haram’s fighters as children. Now she uses those ties to broker peace deals, mediate hostage negotiations and convince militants to put down their weapons – but as the violence escalates, her task is becoming impossi

Four chefs have 15 minutes to create dishes using only what’s in the depths of a celebrity guest’s refrigerator. What’s not to like?

Joshua Wong, Lee Cheuk-yan and James To say they have no choice but to oppose draconian legislation imposed by Beijing

UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering Covid-19 patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions Coronavirus

One of the most distressing aspects of the hostile narrative is that it sidelines a reality of alliance

In Expecting Amy, the comedian navigates marriage and a grueling pregnancy with her trademark candor, but what’s most compelling is left just outside of the frame

Self-reflection is welcome. But until we undo the structures that hold up anti-blackness across the world, injustice will persist

The spiritual leader has released an album of ethereal songs. Here’s what the music critics had to say …

From Ghost Town to Grapes of Wrath, the idea of hard soil breeding potent work has grown steadily since the 1960s

A real-life vulva is the star of a series otherwise mired in woo-woo – but if you don’t take it too seriously, there’s fun to be had

Ratko Mladić was brought to justice but where’s the desire to investigate mass killings in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar?

Covid-19 has exposed social and political fault lines from Brazil to Iceland to South Korea. Here, seven acclaimed writers share their lockdown experiences