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IN FOCUS: Taylor Sheridan’s sprawling ‘Yellowstone’ prequel returns with a darker, more brutal second season. Tom Murray speaks to Helen Mirren, who plays the Dutton family’s fierce matriarch, and her co-star about the trials that lie ahead for Montana’s most sought-after ranch

INTERVIEW: ‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

The Body Coach has created a trio of nutritious, no-fuss dinners that won’t break the bank. With a slow cooker sweet potato hotpot, a fiery Mexican meatball traybake and a hearty Italian chicken and orzo bake, these are the meals to make when you’re short on time but still want…

COMMENT: Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’ sticks to a long tradition of noble, reassuring figures in charge, from ‘The West Wing’ to ‘Independence Day’. Phil Harrison asks why America is not facing up to its real self-image

COMMENT: Keir Starmer must stand up on behalf of Britain in the face of Trump’s attempt to dismantle the post-Second World War security architecture of our continent, writes Sir Ed Davey

IN FOCUS: Nearly 50,000 people moved from the UK to Australia on a working holiday visa in 2024. But while many of these sun-seekers enjoy a new life or a long holiday, others are unsettled by the country’s politics and pop culture. Kyle MacNeill speaks to the young Brits left…

The Man Who Pays His Way: Time to make airlines pay for needlessly wrecking passengers’ plans

Hamas accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ release of Palestinian prisoners

An airport with a 400,000 passenger capacity isn’t a priority for the city’s 90,000 people

Elon Musk’s DOGE email ultimatum to federal workers may have revealed internal tensions in Trump administration

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital