Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions
Tony O’Reilly
One of Ireland’s leading business figures dies aged 88
Ohio
Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trial
Eye-tattooing
Experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery
Sticky trick
New glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals
Gender
Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds
Culture
Emilia Perez review
Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical barrels along in style
A thoroughly implausible yarn about a Mexican cartel leader who hires a lawyer to arrange his transition is carried along by its cheesy Broadway energy
The Fall Guy to Megalopolis
Is 2024 the year of the box-office megaflop?
Rebus review
Richard Rankin is the most irresistible incarnation yet
The week in audio
The Archers; Today; Death of an Artist; Gareth Gwynn Hasn’t Fin – review
Books for a better world
As chosen by Lenny Henry, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Andrew O’Hagan and others
Peter Bradshaw review
Caught by the Tides: two-decade relationship tells story of China’s epic transformation
Lifestyle
Ask Ottolenghi
Easy sauces to perk up midweek meals
Make up a big batch of tahini sauce with herbs, quick preserved lemons, experiment with all sorts of pestos, or try zhoug and shatta, two punchy Levantine chilli condiments
Student work at New York’s International Center of Photography
These images highlighting themes of climate resilience, personal trauma and identity are part of an exhibition of the work of students from more than 25 different countries
Mesmerising microbes
Bacteria as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures
‘I hope people wonder what the man is doing’
Carla Vermeend’s best phone picture
War in Gaza, the Russian offensive in Kharkiv, protests in Georgia
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Girls’ night
The teenage ritual of preparing to go out – in pictures
The Cannes red carpet so far
From Naomi Campbell in 90s Chanel to Anya Taylor-Joy in Dior – in pictures