Katherine Ryan performs scientific tests on comedians: podcasts of the week
Rachel Aroesti & Hollie Richardson
theguardian.com
April 21, 2025
Television & radio
The acid-tongued host is joined by other funny folks to work out their biological age. Plus, Kirk Flash explores the globe’s most exciting music scenes
Monday briefing: How Trump’s cuts to USAID are already harming the world’s worst off
Nimo Omer
theguardian.com
April 21, 2025
World news
In today’s newsletter: The US aid agency has been a lifeline for developing nations since the 1960s – its destruction is already having huge consequences around the world
Air raid alerts in Ukraine after Putin’s Easter ‘ceasefire’ ends
Luke Harding in Kyiv and agencies
theguardian.com
April 21, 2025
World news
Regions in eastern Ukraine were under air raid alerts starting minutes after midnight on Monday, with the alerts gradually extending west
When is the Australian election? All you need to know about early voting, how to apply for a postal vote, what to do if you are overseas and more
Guardian staff
theguardian.com
April 21, 2025
Australia news
Early voting in the Australian federal election begins on Tuesday 22 April. Find out everything you need to know before Australia goes to the polls on 3 May, 2025
With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster
Nesrine Malik
The Guardian
April 21, 2025
Opinion
A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Starwatch: Lyrid meteor showers to grace skies with annual stellar show
Stuart Clark
The Guardian
April 21, 2025
Science
Away from street lights, observers can expect to see about 15 to 20 bright and fast meteors an hour
Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs
Michael Goodier
The Guardian
April 21, 2025
Politics
Guardian analysis finds six MPs have worked at least 300 hours since July in outside employment
Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal
Diane Taylor
The Guardian
April 21, 2025
Politics
Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024
‘My work is a scream for help’: Gaza’s artists document life under fire
Geneva Abdul
theguardian.com
April 21, 2025
Global development
Work illustrating the war’s brutality but also the resilience of four Palestinian artists, is being exhibited at the Darat al Funan in Jordan
‘Morally questionable’: inside the epic Lars von Trier exhibition in Copenhagen
Miranda Bryant in Copenhagen
The Guardian
April 21, 2025
Film
It’s got colliding planets, women in peril and an angry phone-in host … we explore a show inspired by the director’s themes, yet refuses to shy away from his problematic side