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The report shows images of three Russian ships loading containers at North Korea’s revived Najin port. Photograph: UK Ministry of Defence © Crown Copyright 2023The report shows images of three Russian ships loading containers at North Korea’s revived Najin port. Photograph: UK Ministry of Defence © Crown Copyright 2023RussiaUK sends UN experts photographs of North Korean shipments to Russia Exclusive: Report shows Russian ships loading at North Korean port, amid accusation that Pyongyang supplies missiles and shells

US news This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldKroger and Albertsons seek deal through FTC but employees say previous merger experience has them deeply concerned Thousands of workers at two of America’s biggest supermarkets are warning of potential mass layoffs as the giant firms push for a merger. Kroger, the second largest grocery chain in the US, and Albertsons, the fourth largest, are pushing for a merger through the Federal Trade Commission, which is reviewing the proposal.

Happy Valley: episode-by-episodeTelevisionHappy Valley recap: the series two finale – come hell or high bridgeThe action comes to a head with a deadly, gripping game of bluff – and once again, Sally Wainwright has created a tender tragedy that will freeze your blood Let’s go back to the start. Remember that opening scene? Sarah Lancashire, cool as you like in aviators, as Sgt Catherine Cawood, tells her sister the story of some council-estate sheep rustlers?

Buildings along Omar al-Mukhtar Road, the main artery through Zeitoun district, have collapsed under bombardment Israel-Gaza war – live updates by Julian Borger in Jerusalem, Elena Morresi , Harrison Taylor and Ashley KirkOmar al-Mukhtar road used to be Gaza City’s high street. It was lined with shops and hotels, the main mosques, the city hall and the public library, leading from Palestine Square to the Port of Gaza. It was the main artery through Zeitoun, the commercial centre.

FilmObituaryJohnny SekkaDakar-born actor whose film career was built in LondonJohnny Sekka, who has died in California at the age of 72, built a name for himself in films in London in the 1960s, breaking new ground at a time when substantial roles for black actors were hard to come by. In the 1970s, when British cinema was going through hard times, he moved to the United States, but the good parts were still hard to come by.

Tough-girl Cara, who managed to make an enemy of a serial killer. Photograph: ITVTough-girl Cara, who managed to make an enemy of a serial killer. Photograph: ITVMarcella: episode by episodeTelevision & radioMarcella recap: episode three – sudden death and spanielsThere are 565 suspects on the loose, and they’re all up to no good: chaining people up, running people over repeatedly and crucifying doggies Marcella trundles on, never quite proving gripping but featuring enough jumpy moments to hold my attention, most notably this week with the sudden and horrible death of Cara and the untimely demise of a spaniel.

Rachel Dolezal at her home in Spokane. Photograph: Annie Kuster for the GuardianRachel Dolezal at her home in Spokane. Photograph: Annie Kuster for the GuardianThe G2 interviewRachel DolezalInterviewRachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me'Chris McGrealShe became a global hate figure this year when she was outed as a ‘race faker’. Here, she talks about her puritanical Christian upbringing, the backlash that left her surviving on food stamps – and why she would still do the same again

Game of Thrones This Game of Thrones 80s parody will slay your end-of-season blues – video In 2013, YouTube user hunterlsanders produced this Game of Thrones title sequence, inspired by other fan-fiction parodies created for Breaking Bad, Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. A year later, YouTube musician Steve Duzz created the perfect retro parody of the soundtrack, and the ultimate GoT fan tribute was born Source: hunterlsanders/Steve Duzz/HBO

Book of the dayFictionReviewThis eccentric, capacious novel takes the reader on a surreal ride around a fictional archipelago Although the fictional archipelago of Popisho in Leone Ross’s third novel is imbued with a Caribbean sensibility, it is an entirely original place. Here, clouds rain down torrents of physalises. Houses morph, stretch, bend over backwards to accommodate their inhabitants’ whims. The citizens of Popisho are just as remarkable: each possesses a special power, or “cors”.