​In heel Nederland zijn er storingen na de grote brand in een datacenter in Almere. De brand ontstond donderdag waarschijnlijk door een cyberoefening van Defensie.

"Er was gisteren inderdaad een oefening", bevestigt staatssecretaris van Defensie Derk Boswijk. "Onderzoek zal moeten uitwijzen of de brand daardoor is ontstaan." Boswijk noemt het 'heel vervelend' als dat het geval is, maar benadrukt dat oefeningen van Defensie van groot belang zijn. "Cyber is een groot onderdeel van de moderne oorlogsvoering. Wij moeten ons daartegen wapenen en dat gaat niet zonder te oefenen."

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A zesty, grown-up, after-dinner digestif that drifts into the arena of the rum old fashioned but in a fancy glass

A balanced, after-dinner refresher that layers sweetness, bitterness and richness in equal measure. The result has a clean, bitter-edged finish, making this perfect for the season, when the nights still hold a bit of a chill in the air.

Giovanni Dellaglio, assistant bar manager, Le Magritte at The Beaumont hotel, London W1

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Something Special, his show for children with special educational needs, has earned its star Justin Fletcher an MBE, children’s Baftas and generations of fans. Our writer and his daughter spend a day in the company of CBeebies royalty

After a long, hot, summer’s day drive, we finally arrive at Mr Tumble’s house (which for today’s filming is located in rural Oxfordshire), and suddenly everything looks just like it does on TV. There are the coloured spotty flags, the spotty Tumble Sofa and – at the centre of it all – Mr Tumble in his trademark orange shirt, stripy yellow trousers and red nose. As my 11-year-old daughter, Molly, runs on set to greet this giant of children’s broadcasting, I don’t know who feels more starstruck: her or me.

We’re here to watch the filming of the latest series of Something Special, the CBeebies show specifically aimed at children with delayed learning and communication skills, although all children tend to love it. Its star Mr Tumble, AKA Justin Fletcher, stops to show us his famous props: the Tumble Tapp – his specially modified iPad – and the Spotty Bag. We sit on the Tumble Sofa and, as we sing and sign along to the famous Hello Song, I’ve never felt under more pressure to perform: “Hello, hello. How are you? Hello, hello. It’s good to see … Molly.”

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The system’s power is comparable to others – but it still has frightening implications for the future of hacking

Last month, Anthropic made a remarkable announcement about its new model, Claude Mythos Preview: it was so good at finding security vulnerabilities in software that the company would not release it to the general public. Instead, it would only be available to a select group of companies to scan and fix their own software.

The announcement requires context – but it contained an essential truth.

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Adolescence writer Jack Thorne’s romantic new drama Falling is quite the gear shift. Its stars open up about what it’s like to research a love so controversial that the church couldn’t allow it

The scene is the convent garden of a closed order of nuns, the place is somewhere in the UK with a maelstrom of social problems – which, let’s be real, could be any of it. Keeley Hawes’s Anna, a nun, isn’t self-righteously cloistered; she makes regular forays into the real world to do good works at food banks. But she’s not of this world. She moves with such unobtrusive poise it takes a beat to work out what it reminds you of: obedience. Bride of Christ, remember? She wears her faith lightly: when she’s in the walled garden, it’s to grow cabbages not praise God’s creation, but she still radiates peace, and her vegetable patch radiates it right back at her.

In the 90s, Hawes slayed one period drama after another: Wives and Daughters, Our Mutual Friend. For Falling – the surprising project from writer-creator Jack Thorne, who made such a strong statement about the modern condition and its harsh edges with Adolescence that MPs were debating it in parliament – she channels something I haven’t seen since those days. Her range of gorgeous guileless expressions.

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Whitaker Malem worked with pop art sculptor Allen Jones, visual artist Nadia Lee Cohen and a car bodyshop in Kent

At Monday’s Met Gala, it inevitably fell to Kim Kardashian to deliver the evening’s biggest jolt. One of the few celebrities to straightforwardly interpret the “fashion is art” dress code – which focused on how the dressed and undressed human body is the through-line in most works of art – she decided to forgo her usual role as a walking billboard for a major fashion house and instead arrived in an orange fibreglass breastplate created by a small east London art duo and a car bodyshop in Kent.

“Good art should start conversation, and Kim did exactly that,” says 61-year-old Patrick Whitaker, half of design practice Whitaker Malem, who made the breastplate just weeks before the gala. “She was very clear on wanting a breastplate, very clear on the car body finish. And I think she was nervous really. She understands the competition.”

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Guardian readers in the US share how they get around their cities without driving in such a car-dominated country

We asked Guardian readers in the US how they get around if they don’t have a car in such a car-dominated country. Several of those who responded described the benefits and many challenges of going by foot, bike or public transit.

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One year on the job, the first US pope wins support for his progressive views and his defiance of Donald Trump

As Pope Leo XIV concludes his first year as the first American pope on Friday, Americans shared with the Guardian how they feel about the 70-year-old pontiff who has increasingly found himself at odds with Donald Trump.

Several described his papacy as a “breath of fresh air” compared with earlier, more conservative eras of church leadership.

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• Players huddle around refs to voice frustration

• Oklahoma City win 125-107 for 2-0 series lead

• Cunningham lifts Pistons past Cavaliers

Lakers coach JJ Redick criticized the way LeBron James is officiated and guard Austin Reaves complained about treatment from the referees after Los Angeles lost 125-107 to the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.

A number of Lakers players gathered around the referees at midcourt after the game and Reaves voiced his frustration to crew chief John Goble. He felt that while players were jockeying for position during a jump ball during the game, Goble crossed the line.

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Hoe ziet de wereld van AI eruit in 2030? NRC vroeg Haroon Sheikh om samen met illustrator Dirma Janse een hoopvol toekomstbeeld te schetsen. Na de ramp van 2027, moeten AI-agents eerst geverifieerd worden. Nu hebben we geleerd hoe we met ze om moeten gaan.