At times, the eight public sessions of the US House committee hearings into the January 6 assault on the Capitol have felt less like a government inquiry and more like the climax of a TV drama. The revelations – with more promised for later in the year – have shocked millions of viewers, but how far have they changed attitudes towards Donald Trump, who risked everything to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election?
In the key swing state of Wisconsin, Chris McGreal finds Republicans largely unmoved by the spectacle, while Guardian US political correspondent Lauren Gambino weighs up the likelihood of criminal charges against the former president.
A United Nations-brokered deal between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey has raised hopes that grain exports can resume through the Black Sea, greatly reducing the risk of a global food supply crisis. Joanna Partridge considers the challenging logistics, while Peter Beaumont reports from the Ukrainian port of Odesa, where there are doubts as to whether the fragile arrangement can hold.
It wouldn’t be a proper British summer without a meltdown at the Channel ports. Our Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll looks into what’s been causing five-hour tailbacks on the roads to Dover and Folkestone (a partial clue may be found in Lisa’s job title), and when the situation can be expected to improve.
Generations of TV viewers in Britain, Australia and beyond grew up with the daytime soap opera Neighbours. Its sunny depiction of life in suburban Melbourne often belied groundbreaking plotlines, and launched the careers of the likes of Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie. As the show draws to a close, its stars past and present recall the highs and lows of life on Ramsay Street.
