Iran Pakistan's retaliatory strikes inside Iran stoke regional tension – video report Pakistan has struck a village inside Iran, using rockets to attack what it said were Baloch militant separatist bases in response to strikes by Tehran that targeted sites within Pakistan’s borders. The decision to respond to Iran with retaliatory strikes raised concerns of further escalation in the tension that has been spreading across the Middle East and neighbouring areas since the 7 October attacks by Iran’s ally Hamas and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza.

Other livesObituaryRose HackerAs the "oldest newspaper columnist in the business", Rose Hacker, who has died aged 101, produced journalism with a difference for the Camden New Journal in north London. Her work relied upon a phenomenal memory of years of activity, insights and discussion. Rose's confidently articulated, old-fashioned values of solidarity and collectivity were deeply appreciated by readers, and her socialist feminism shone through all she did. I was a teenager when I first met Rose, a friend of my mother's, at the Hampstead ladies' pond.

The ObserverSex EducationInterviewSex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood: ‘I was in so much pain underneath it all’Barbara EllenAs the high school comedy returns for a third series, its Bafta-winning star talks about stage fright, embarrassing scenes, and the torment that lay behind her desire to please people In June, Aimee Lou Wood, 26, won a Bafta for best female performance in a comedy programme for her role as another Aimee (a teenager) in the hit Netflix show Sex Education, about a set of sexually active high school students, now returning for a third series.

Vinyl wordMusicThe origin of Don't Cry For Me, ArgentinaJoe Queenan on the only song ever written by a knight that was recorded by both Tom Jones and Sinead O’Connor and banned from British airwaves during a war Grammys 2018 – live coverage Every once in a while, somebody comes along and writes a catchy tear-jerking ballad in honor of a dead fascist's dead wife that makes you forget all the other great crypto-fascist tear-jerkers you've ever heard.

Top 10sBooksFrom Dickens and Du Maurier to Henry James and Shirley Jackson, where there’s a will, there are generally the makings of a great story … Where there’s a will, there’s often a row. A legacy need be of no great value to cause a spat: I’ve seen grown siblings weep over their dead mother’s favourite salad bowl. But an inheritance seldom brings out the best in people and the larger the prize, the greater the conflict and moral corruption it is likely to occasion.