US Senate This article is more than 4 months oldMitch McConnell did not have stroke or seizure, Capitol doctor saysThis article is more than 4 months oldBrian Monahan suggests Republican leader in US Senate, 81, may be suffering effects of concussion sustained during fall in March Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, is not evidently suffering from “a seizure disorder”, a stroke or a “movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease”, the congressional physician said on Tuesday.

Dear MariellaPetsA woman whose family begged her to get two dogs now hates the pets – and her life. Mariella Frostrup says she needs to focus on the real causes of her unhappiness If you have a dilemma, send a brief email to mariella.frostrup@observer.co.ukThe dilemma Five years ago I gave in to the urging of my daughters and husband and acquired two dogs. I am not a dog person but felt that feelings might develop.

Dana International singing her winning entry at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham. Photograph: Peter Bischoff/Getty ImagesTwenty years ago, the Israeli singer cemented Eurovision as a celebratory space for LGBTQ people everywhere with her winning song Diva. But, she admits, she didn’t believe in the song when she first heard it British Eurovision hopeful SuRie believes ‘anything is possible’ by Eve BarlowShe was tall, svelte and glamorous in a floor-length glitter gown, with luscious brown curls and the kind of dramatic arm movements that would put an ice dancer to shame.

True story … Robert Gustafsson in The Truth Will Out. Photograph: Baldur Bragason/Kanal 5True story … Robert Gustafsson in The Truth Will Out. Photograph: Baldur Bragason/Kanal 5This is EuropeTelevisionForget Nordic murder noir. Continuing our look at European culture, we find Scandinavian TV’s new obsessions are go-getting young girls, wartime Royals – and the Swedish origins of Spotify Poland’s world-beating new film-makers How Greece’s theatre roared out of a national crisis

Couple Lottie and Tegan kiss for Alec Doherty jewellery, 2020. Photograph: Sophie GreenTo celebrate Valentine’s Day, leading photographers including Richard Billingham, Martin Parr, Viviane Sassen, Pieter Hugo and Arpita Shah share their images of love – of all kinds – and tell us why they chose them by Killian Fox and Jude RogersPaul GrahamSenami, Shambhala, New Zealand, 2012 Senami, Shambhala, New Zealand, 2011. Photograph: Paul Graham/Courtesy the artist and MACKPaul Graham is an English fine-art and documentary photographer living in New York.