Moscow launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine day after US stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv

Russia has carried out massive ballistic missile and drone strikes across Ukraine a day after the US stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv that had previously given advance warnings of attacks.

The strikes came early on Friday as a Ukrainian delegation prepared to meet with US counterparts in Saudi Arabia for talks about a possible end to the war.

Both Gregor Townsend and Matt Sherratt have shown faith in the XVs who performed well in their most recent defeats

Neither of these two are where they want to be after three rounds. In the case of Wales, rock bottom cannot be worse than where they feared they might be; in the case of Scotland, fourth must be so much worse than they had hoped. And some might say deserve.

Eyebrows may rise, then, at the news that both coaches will more or less send out the same teams that featured in their respective defeats in round three. But Six Nations tend to have narratives more nuanced than those supplied by the table at any given moment.

Why giving up swearing is best for Lent and a familial presence at a book festival down in Devon

I went out on Friday night, to a beloved friend’s 50th birthday party, and I think it is going to be the last time I do. Nearly 72 hours later I still have a hangover. I’m exhausted, look like death and everything hurts. And the thing is, I wasn’t even drinking. I had two Cokes. It’s now the going out and meeting people – even people I want to meet! People I know and really, really like! – after 7pm that almost kills me. All the standing up when my body is expecting a sofa. All the being not at home. All the not knowing quite where the loo is. All the not being in stained clothes and slippers. All the having to get home afterwards. I cannot, not any more.

We would like to hear about your hacks to remedy small, irritating problems

In an increasingly unpredictable world, there are daily challenges that we can find easy fixes for and make life better on a micro level, because if you can’t control the big stuff, why not start small?

These things are sent to try us: containers you can never find the lid for, impossible to remove garlic skin, washing that flies off the line, hair covered bobbles, glasses that steam up in the warm, grating the very last chunk of cheese or carrot.

Experienced figures doing entry-level roles amid prolonged work drought since Covid and rise of online content

• ‘I’ve very felt lost and insecure’: TV producers despair as work dries up

Senior television producers with decades of experience are working as high street shelf-stackers, car park attendants and in pubs, as a prolonged crisis continues to sweep through the TV world.

The Guardian has spoken to dozens of experienced figures in the UK who are working entry-level jobs as a result of a drawn-out work drought. Some said they had been forced to sell their houses or spend their life savings. Senior industry figures estimated thousands were affected.

Order would affect Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, while Musk reportedly squabbled with Trump cabinet secretaries over firings

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has scrambled to convince Donald Trump to lift tariffs on his country, which together with Mexico and China is one of the US’s largest trading partners.

That effort included a phone call between the two leaders on Wednesday, which appears to have had some effect – on Thursday, Trump exempted Canada from some of the tariffs he had imposed, along with Mexico.

Trudeau responded Tuesday by placing tariffs on the US, and he questioned whether further negotiations would make any difference, accusing Trump of acting in “bad faith.” The two leaders eventually spoke Wednesday morning, an exchange Trump said ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner. A person familiar with the matter said the call grew heated and included profanity.