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Inspired by the famous filmography of its Prospero, Jamie Lloyd’s production is audaciously odd – a sci-fi Shakespeare, or gestural Greek theatre in outer space

Firms accused of forcing households to pay for years of underinvestment after Ofwat agrees to increases to help fix sector

Four aged between 15 and 18 sentenced over deaths of Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, in 33-second attack

Gisèle Pelicot was greeted by applause as she left court after her ex-husband and 50 other men were sentenced

Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in their French home over nine years

Morgan McSweeney flew to Florida and Washington for meetings with key members of president-elect’s team

Regulator says it will claw back £131m in ‘unjustified’ payments as it announces companies can increase bills by 36% by 2030

Gisèle Pelicot’s husband suspected of raping and murdering a Paris estate agent and attempting to rape another

Leaders from France and around the world welcome guilty verdicts as feminists urge changes to laws

Northern Ireland secretary hails rescue deal reached with Spanish state-owned company that secures all four shipyards

Police can seize money from frozen accounts after ‘straightforward cheat of the revenue’, London magistrate rules

One algorithm identified the five strongest notes in each drink more accurately than any one of a panel of experts

Former Russian president’s Telegram post follows paper’s editorial about assassination of a Russian general

Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated

Exclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya

Investigators say they arrested Uzbek citizen suspected of involvement in explosion that killed Lt Gen Igor Kirillov

Some are questioning loyalty to Labour while others say decision is unconstitutional

New film based on animated series to be released in cinemas in 2027 before being streamed on Disney+ and ABC iview and ABC Kids in Australia

Exclusive: Electoral Commission wants law changed amid concern over Elon Musk’s plan to donate to Reform UK

Exclusive: long-awaited decision by water regulator Ofwat falls short of utility’s requested 59% rise

Council lifts suspension with immediate effect provided London club complies with new licence conditions

Labour’s Christmas announcement of no compensation for pension changes is poor politics, but Badenoch bodged the argument

Eight years after an awkward ‘bad boys of Brexit’ snap at Trump Tower’s lift, Reform’s leader is a Mar-a-Lago insider

Guardian restaurant critic will be judge on show after Wallace stepped away from role amid claims of misconduct

Title’s first female editor in more than a century will work alongside a digital editor, as Observer builds online brand

Attack in Moscow was Ukrainian security service’s most audacious operation yet as it pursues enemy commanders

The US and UK say Igor Kirillov was head of a unit partly responsible for chemicals on the battlefield in Ukraine

Two investigative reporters put under surveillance say public inquiry is needed to uncover scale of operations

MI5 acted lawfully when it issued ‘interference alert’ about Christine Lee in January 2022, tribunal rules

Scotland’s former first minister to quit frontline politics and says alarm bells should be ringing over potential Musk interference

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov killed along with his deputy after device attached to escooter exploded

Minister says flat-rate compensation scheme for women affected by rising state pension age would have cost taxpayer £10.5bn,

Yang’s first firm was described as a tour operator; 17 years later he was in business with an adviser to Prince Andrew

Catherine Meyer may receive three week suspension, which her defenders say goes against ‘principles of natural justice’

Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, sentenced for killing 10-year-old who was found dead in Surrey home

Environment Agency also served notice after investigation found failures to comply with law

Claims surrounding businessman Yang Tengbo put spotlight on whether to designate China as enhanced risk

PSNI ordered to pay damages to Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who produced No Stone Unturned

Skilled overseas workers contribute 20 times more than UK-born adults, while some shortages may be due to pay and conditions, say advisers

Witnesses tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean territory in almost a century