Livio Baggio (aka Illuminated) makes bite-sized comics on a variety of themes. Mostly vulgar, funny and/or violent. All with fantastic heavily-inked art. Like the saga of the elf Sota Deathmonger. Or the violent post-apocalyptic Toxic Park. You can even learn about violent history. It's worth a dig around.

If you like what you read, the sci fi comic Star Tide Shores (with Henry Goeldner) has two successful kickstarters so far. For fans of Sota Deathmonger, Illuminated contributed a story to the anthology Let Her Be Evil - comics about unsympathetic female characters - that is also available here on their tumblr.

This man bought the land stolen from his Indigenous ancestors. Gunditjmara man Craig Molyneux buys back land that was stolen from his ancestors and infuses the property's old church with his Indigenous culture.

The US superstar golden couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are finally tying the knot in a rumoured major event in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The couple – who got engaged 10 months ago, announced via an Instagram post that received 14m likes in its first hour online – held an intimate rehearsal dinner at MSG with a rumoured guest list of 1,000 for today’s ceremony and construction of a custom-made fairytale castle inside.

But with tight security, NDAs and New York streets on lockdown – what do we know? Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian writer Elle Hunt

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Tesla said Michael Butler disabled his car’s self-driving mode before it plowed into Martha Avila’s home in June

A man whose Tesla Model 3 was allegedly in self-driving mode when it crashed into a home near Houston and killed a 76-year-old woman inside recently has been jailed on a count of manslaughter.

Michael Butler’s arrest in the 19 June death of Martha Avila was announced late on Wednesday in a Facebook post by the sheriff of Harris county, Texas, Ed Gonzalez.

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On paper, the US constitution is a thing of beauty. But the would-be emperor in Washington has revealed its great weakness

America’s big birthday has come at a bad time. On Saturday it will be a divided nation that marks 250 years since 13 North American colonies declared their independence from the Great Britain of George III. Many will be anxious that the republic they established that day is fragile – not least because of the would-be emperor in the White House.

Some will console themselves that hope and angst have always been intertwined in the American story. From the very start, confidence in a bright, exceptional US future was combined with foreboding and doubt. At the close of the 1787 constitutional convention, a woman approached one of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, to ask if the delegates had established a monarchy or a republic. Franklin’s answer: “A republic, if you can keep it.”

Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist

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Les Bleus’ thrilling front four is built on the spirit the head coach has fostered in his squad, allowing them to be both secure and adventurous

It was a striking image, the picture that best captured France’s World Cup campaign to this point. Not the one that caught Michael Olise in full flight as he executed a perfect bicycle kick that only sprang ungratefully off a Swedish post. Nor the one of the squad posing together on their private jet, turqoise hoods drawn tight to their chins. Instead it was the one of the hug, first between Kylian Mbappé and Didier Deschamps, and then with the rest of the squad too, as they celebrated the opening goal of their 3-0 last 32 victory over Sweden in a purposeful manner.

Deschamps said later that Mbappé’s dash towards the technical area had “touched me deeply”. The head coach had briefly stepped back from his duties the week before to grieve the loss of his mother. Mbappé and the squad had wanted publicly to show how much he meant to them. “The group is united,” Deschamps said. “They delivered when I was away and now I’m back, they know I’m here 100%. Team spirit doesn’t win you matches but it can help you lose them. The collective strength is above everything and Kylian is the best shining example.”

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While the disruptions have sparked widespread public frustration, many Russians have turned to humor to cope with the crisis.

Amazon says it is preparing to roll out satellite broadband this year after the latest rocket launch brought its Leo constellation up to 396 units. The digital bazaar and cloud computing giant reports that an Atlas V rocket launch on July 2 successfully propelled 29 satellites into low Earth orbit for the Amazon Leo network, formerly known as Project Kuiper until November last. Amazon hasn't finished flinging its hardware into orbit just yet, but said it is planning to begin providing an actual service through the network sometime this year. “With hundreds of flight-ready satellites standing by at the Cape and a new, dedicated vertical integration facility ready to support Leo Vulcan 1 and subsequent missions, we have a clear path to increase launch and deployment cadence, helping us quickly expand network coverage following an initial service rollout later this year," said director of Launch Systems Melissa Wuerl. Amazon Leo was originally conceived as a broadband-from-space setup, just like its main rival, Starlink. According to the Bezos-founded biz, it will offer download speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps, depending on which of three antenna options customers choose. But in April this year, Amazon agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to acquire Globalstar and its constellation of 24 satellites. Globalstar provides the satellite network used for Apple's satellite services, introduced with the iPhone 14 in 2022, which would give Amazon a foothold in direct-to-device satellite communications as well. With 396 satellites in low Earth orbit, Amazon has far fewer than Starlink, which boasts about 10,400 in operation at the moment. The firm has plans to loft more than 7,700 of its own eventually, but currently has a licence from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a cluster of 3,232. The terms of that licence required Amazon to have 50 percent of its planned constellation in orbit by July 30, 2026 – a deadline it is clearly going to miss. The company sought an extension in January, and this was granted last month, but with strings attached. Whether Amazon will be able to compete against Starlink, which has a significant head start, depends on a number of factors, such as the quality of service on offer. Its top-tier offering of 1 Gbps has a higher advertised maximum download speed than Starlink's current residential tiers, although real-world performance has yet to be established. Amazon has also yet to disclose what price tag its service will carry. Starlink's US residential plans cost up to $130 a month, with equipment charges varying by plan and location. UK telecoms regulator Ofcom granted Amazon Leo a license to beam its broadband down to Brit consumers over a year ago. ®

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Er moeten geen hogere straffen komen voor daders tussen de 12 en 17 jaar, vindt staatssecretaris Claudia van Bruggen (Justitie en Veiligheid, D66). Onder meer het vorige kabinet-Schoof wilde de maximale straffen voor 14- en 15-jarigen verhogen, maar Van Bruggen ziet dat niet zitten.

Volgens de staatssecretaris vindt een meerderheid van officieren van justitie en kinderrechters de huidige strafmaat voor jonge daders voldoende. Langer straffen zou juist averechts kunnen werken, omdat het gedragsverandering bij jongeren in de weg kan staan. Van Bruggen erkent dat straffen nodig zijn, maar wijst ook op heropvoeding en het voorkomen van herhaling. Zij vreest bovendien dat hogere maximumstraffen leiden tot hogere straffen in het algemeen.

De roep om hoger te straffen, komt volgens de staatssecretaris vooral voort uit excessen. "Er is slechts een klein aandeel van daders dat zeer ernstige strafbare feiten pleegt", schrijft zij in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer.