Pete Hegseth warns of ‘imminent’ threat from China and calls on Asia to boost military spending
Climate crisis
Only two European states have net zero military emissions target, data shows
China
Doubts raised over Chinese paraglider’s claim of accidental 8,000-metre flight
Brexit
UK citizens face fingerprint checks each time they visit EU
Poland
Polish presidential candidates neck and neck on eve of runoff vote
China
Tourist damages two of China’s terracotta warriors after jumping fence
The man ‘pushed and pulled’ the ancient clay warriors and damaged them to varying degrees, said authorities
Special report
Worried about weed
Should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?
Almost 25 years after an experiment to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts was ditched, a rethink is on the cards – but ministers remain cautious
In focus
Artificial intelligence
‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI
From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?
Analysis
vows to step up militarily but rhetoric may struggle to match reality
Are there billions more people on Earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing
Jonathan Kennedy
A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argument, says academic and writer Jonathan Kennedy
Brazil’s environmental governance is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry
Jonathan Watts
Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire
