Russia hits Kyiv again as Ukraine's sacked defence minister calls for a wartime vote

World

Mykhailo Fedorov's demand for elections is the first from a major Ukrainian figure since 2022, and it landed the same week parliament confirmed his replacement by 312 votes to 2.

Finance

The US Treasury doubled the bonds it buys back, long-term yields fell and the dollar hit a three-month low.

Tech

Claude's text started carrying a hidden mark on 2 August to satisfy EU law.

Mind & body

A heart attack can be felt in the jaw.

Climate

A Guardian investigation found more than 100 homes on King Charles's and Prince William's inherited estates fail the legal minimum energy standard.

Space

A refrigerator-sized robot flew up to save a NASA observatory and lost the ability to point itself.

Biotech

Merck and Moderna say a personalised mRNA shot kept melanoma from coming back in a 1,137-patient trial.

Money

The largest single cost of owning a car is the value it quietly loses while you own it.

Sports

The Seahawks made Devon Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history.

Gaming

A US Senate subcommittee has demanded Roblox's records after the company reported 65,381 suspected child-exploitation cases in a year.

Food

Midwest farmland fell 3.7% in real terms, the largest drop since 2016, as farm credit tightened and corn stayed cheap.

Cyber

Records from the US border agency, a Somerset hospital and a camera network all show the same gap: systems built to keep strangers out, broken by people who were let in.