Lauren, 26, a charity programme manager, meets Ben, 24, a pricing analyst

What were you hoping for?
A fun date with someone kind, funny and warm.

Ukrainian military intelligence says it eliminated ‘war criminal’ and collaborator; blaze after strike on Voronezh oil depot, Russia. What we know on day 955

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Bridget thinks Rebecca should stick to her glasses – or pay for lenses herself. Rebecca says lenses aren’t a luxury. You decide who needs to see sense
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We’ve already bought Rebecca expensive glasses. If she wants contacts too, she can pay

Lenses aren’t a luxury. I feel confident in them, and only need help paying for them until after uni

At a media appearance with new Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted western delays in supplying weapons. What we know on day 954

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Nato’s chief Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that his goal as head of the military alliance is to ensure that “Ukraine prevails”. In a major show of support for Kyiv, Rutte went to the Ukrainian capital for his maiden trip as secretary general of the alliance. Rutte said he chose Kyiv as his first trip “to make crystal clear to you, to the people of Ukraine and to everyone watching, that Nato stands with Ukraine”.

In a joint media appearance with Rutte, Zelenskyy blasted western delays over supplying long-range weapons. “We need sufficient quantity and quality of weapons, including long-range weapons, that, in my opinion, our partners are already dragging out,” Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader also called on Nato members to take a more active role in helping his country to fend off Russian aerial attacks. “We will continue to convince our partners of the need to shoot down Russian missiles and drones,” Zelenskyy said, adding “what works in the skies of the Middle East and helps Israel defend itself can also work in the skies of our part of Europe.”

Asked to respond on Zelenskyy’s comments, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said, “we have a limited supply of long-range missiles” and “we’re not dragging it out”.

Ukraine has opened its first recruitment office in Poland aiming to enlist citizens for its fight against Russia’s invasion. The move comes as Kyiv is scrambling to bolster its ranks to stave off Moscow’s invasion. Ukraine announced its plans to recruit a “Ukrainian Legion” in July, hoping to convince thousands of men who have fled the country to avoid the war to enlist. The government estimates that about 300,000 people of combat age are living in Poland.

Thousands of people in Berlin demonstrated against Germany’s military support for Ukraine during a rally organised by a radical leftwing collective. Participants gathered in the German capital and brandished placards reading “Negotiations! No weapons!”, “No to war” and “Pacifism is not naive”. Some also held anti-American signs. One of their main demands was for Germany to stop sending weapons to Ukraine. Far-left populist leader Sahra Wagenknecht, who attended the Berlin protest, has long called for an end to weapon deliveries to Kyiv and opposes a plan to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany. Germany has been the second-largest contributor of military aid to Ukraine after the United States, but plans to halve its budget for that aid next year.

Ukraine has said a Russian drone attack killed three people, including a young child, in its northern Chernigiv border region. Russian drones hit a gas truck that was making deliveries to households in a border village, Ukraine’s national police force said on Telegram. “The truck exploded and residential buildings caught fire.” Three people were killed in the blast, including a child born in 2018, the police said. Four others were hospitalised, including two children, aged four and 13.

Russia’s defence ministry confirmed reports that its forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, crediting what it called decisive action taken by units in its “East” military grouping. The town, which Russia calls Ugledar, had resisted Russian assaults for more than two years.

Croatia will host a Balkans leaders summit on Ukraine next week that will also be attended by Zelenskyy, Croatia’s prime minister said on Thursday. The aim of the meeting, to be held in the southern Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik, is that the “whole region supports Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in the fight for freedom”, Andrej Plenkovic said during a regular government session. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, a government statement said.

George Gascón says Erik and Lyle Menéndez, found guilty in 1989 killing of their parents, seek to vacate convictions

The Los Angeles district attorney’s office will review new evidence in the case of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago.

George Gascón, the Los Angeles county district attorney, said during a news conference on Thursday that attorneys for Erik Menéndez, 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle Menéndez, have asked a court to vacate their convictions.

Featuring night workers and news reports from another dimension, nominees for the prestigious prize are taking their diverse, boundary-pushing films on tour. We meet the artists up for the prize

Newly unsealed court filing argues former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution

Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a newly unsealed court filing that argues that the former US president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution.

The filing was unsealed on Wednesday. It was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith’s team following a supreme court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents and narrowed the scope of the prosecution.

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Sportswear giant pulls financial guidance for the year to provide incoming CEO Elliott Hill ‘flexibility’

Nike pulled its financial guidance for the year, reported a steep drop in revenue and postponed a highly anticipated update for shareholders, days after announcing the replacement of its CEO.

Profits at the American sportswear giant, grappling with falling sales and intense competition from fast-growing rivals, also declined. “A comeback at this scale takes time,” it said.

Those who repeatedly say they’ve found ‘the one’ may be giddy from a rush of romantic emotions. But a study has found there are risk factors too

Name: Emophilia.

Age: The term is relatively new. The behaviour less so; it has probably been around since at least Genesis, would you Adam and Eve it? Although, they probably weren’t emophiliacs …

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

The debate between the Ohio senator and Minnesota governor will be hosted by CBS News at 9pm ET on Tuesday

Tim Walz and JD Vance will face off Tuesday night in the first – and only – vice-presidential debate before the November election. With the campaigns currently neck-and-neck in the polls, and with voting under way in some states, it’s a chance for the would-be vice-presidents to introduce themselves to a wide US audience.

While VP debates don’t usually tip the scales much, they could matter in a close race – and they build profiles for lower-profile politicians who will probably stay on the national scene for years to come.

Neal Slavin’s images of people grouped together – from fencers to Star Trek fans, models to Bible collectors – have been entrancing viewers for half a century

The Yaaku people long ago assimilated with the majority Maasai, and few still speak Yaakunte, but there is a new determination to save their culture – and their forest – before it disappears

• Words and photographs by Gioia Shah in Kori Kori

In a community centre made of glass bottles, Juliana Loshiro stands before her pupils, a group of village elders. Sitting in a semi-circle, they listen and repeat simple words and greetings in Yaakunte (also called Yaaku), the language of their tribe.

Though it might seem strange that even older people cannot speak the language, one of the pupils stands up and explains why he is in the class: his grandparents died before they could teach him Yaakunte, he says, and his mother, a Maasai, did not know the language. “So we got lost.”

The Last Week Tonight host looks into how Trump’s presidency shifted the US judiciary far rightward – and what could happen if he’s elected again

On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver looked into how hard-right conservatives, aided by Donald Trump, have reshaped the US judiciary, from district courts to the supreme court.

“Extremity seems to be the standard now for this court,” said Oliver of the current supreme court, “which has been aggressive in applying hardline conservative views to reverse established law,” from overturning Roe v Wade, to reversing 45 years of precedent on affirmative action, to discarding the Chevron doctrine this June.

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

He has sold gold sneakers, Bibles, commemorative coins and digital trading cards – and now the former president is flogging a range of timepieces

Name: Donald Trump’s watch collection.

Age: Brand spanking new.

Circus scenes, pudgy penguin Pesto and an anti-war protest: here is Guardian Australia’s selection of some of the month’s best images

• Cabaret, circus and acrobatics: behind the scenes with Limbo – in pictures
• Gold rush: harvest moon rises to meet canola season in Riverina – in pictures