High pressures squeeze and crush, but low pressures damage too. Losing the atom-level buzz that keeps us held safe in the balance of internal and external pressure releases dangerous storms, disorientation and pain, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT

NAJIB RAZAK was Malaysia’s prime minister from 2009 until May 2018, when Malaysian voters kicked him out in an election where allegations of his personal corruption were a big issue.
At the start of this month Razak was arrested and charged with corruption on a huge scale. He is charged with diverting billions of pounds out of Malaysian public funds into his own and his associates’ pockets.
There is a good chance the trial will uncover a huge, corrupt money trail that leads repeatedly to Britain, showing that the City of London is at the centre of the international movement of dirty money.

The new angle from private firms shmoozing their way into public contracts was the much-trumpeted arrival of ‘artificial intelligence’ — and no-one seemed to have heard the numerous criticisms of this unproven miracle cure, reports SOLOMON HUGHES

It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES

Keir Starmer’s hiring Tim Allan from Tory-led Strand Partners is another illustration of Labour’s corporate-influence world where party differences matter less than business connections, writes SOLOMON HUGHES

MBDA’s Alabama factory makes components for Boeing’s GBU-39 bombs used to kill civilians in Gaza. Its profits flow through Stevenage to Paris — and it is one of the British government’s favourite firms, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES