‘Empathy is an act of strength’
In the first major interview since her shock resignation, former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern talks to Katharine Viner about kind leadership, facing public rage and life in Trump’s America

Is Viktor Orbán losing his grip on power?
The Hungarian PM described his country as a ‘petri dish for illiberalism’ and is Trump’s inspiration. But a former ally is now threatening his rule

A deadly mission
Dom Phillips was working on a book about saving the Amazon when he was killed. In this extract. he ref lects on his encounters with the rainforest and its people

Alexa, what do you know about us?
My relationship with Amazon goes back longer than my marriage – and when I bought an Echo for our home it only deepened. What exactly had it heard over the years? By Jeremy Ettinghausen

‘We did not find any murders’
When the British nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, a 1980s research paper was key to the prosecution. But the author of the paper believes there has been a miscarriage of justice – and so too do other doctors

Inside out
Fed up with being in the office all day? Missing fresh air and nature? Five people who ditched their desks for the great outdoors tell Donna Ferguson why they’d never go back

‘We know what is happening, we cannot walk away’
During the war in former Yugoslavia, the major powers dithered as Serb militias carried out brutal waves of ethnic cleansing. Guardian reporters who bore witness to the horror became more and more outspoken in their condemnation

Big little lies
The dramatic results of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic often come with a side order of stigma, as though it’s ‘cheating’ not to stick to willpower, diet and exercise alone. Is that why so many people are keeping it a secret – even from their partners?