I'm unable to update my system

If I type “sudo pacman -Syu” into the terminal, this is the output:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 endeavouros is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (53)                  Old Version      New Version      Net Change

extra/amdvlk                  2021.Q4.2-1      2021.Q4.3-2        1,14 MiB
core/cryptsetup               2.4.2-1          2.4.2-3           -0,06 MiB
extra/dhclient                4.4.2.P1-2       4.4.2.P1-4         0,02 MiB
core/elfutils                 0.186-1          0.186-2            0,00 MiB
endeavouros/eos-apps-info     1.1.1-2          1.2-1              0,00 MiB
endeavouros/eos-bash-shared   1.10.25-1        1.10.27-1          0,00 MiB
endeavouros/eos-hooks         1.4.17-1         1.4.18-1           0,00 MiB
core/expat                    2.4.1-1          2.4.2-1            0,00 MiB
core/grub                     2:2.06-2         2:2.06-3           0,09 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-bad         1.18.5-3         1.18.5-4           0,01 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-bad-libs    1.18.5-3         1.18.5-4           0,03 MiB
extra/hwloc                   2.5.0-1          2.7.0-1            0,02 MiB
extra/iniparser               4.1-3            4.1-4              0,00 MiB
core/iproute2                 5.15.0-1         5.15.0-2          -0,43 MiB
core/ldns                     1.7.1-2          1.8.1-1            0,02 MiB
multilib/lib32-amdvlk         2021.Q4.2-1      2021.Q4.3-2        0,61 MiB
multilib/lib32-expat          2.4.1-1          2.4.2-1            0,00 MiB
multilib/lib32-gtk3           3.24.30-1        3.24.31-1          0,10 MiB
multilib/lib32-libelf         0.186-1          0.186-2           -0,01 MiB
multilib/lib32-libglvnd       1.3.4-1          1.4.0-1            0,00 MiB
multilib/lib32-systemd        249.7-1          250-1              0,13 MiB
core/libelf                   0.186-1          0.186-2            0,00 MiB
extra/libglvnd                1.3.4-1          1.4.0-1            0,00 MiB
extra/libgsf                  1.14.47-1        1.14.48-1          0,04 MiB
extra/libplacebo              3.120.3-3        4.157.0-1          0,09 MiB
extra/libxml2                 2.9.12-5         2.9.12-6           0,04 MiB
core/linux                    5.15.11.arch2-1  5.15.12.arch1-1   -0,32 MiB
core/linux-headers            5.15.11.arch2-1  5.15.12.arch1-1    0,00 MiB
community/mbedtls             2.27.0-1         2.28.0-1           0,10 MiB
core/minizip                  1:1.2.11-4       1:1.2.11-5         0,00 MiB
community/mpv                 1:0.34.0-3       1:0.34.0-4         0,06 MiB
community/obs-studio          27.1.3-2         27.1.3-3          -0,28 MiB
community/pcurses             5-4              5-5               -0,16 MiB
extra/perl-libwww             6.57-1           6.58-1             0,00 MiB
extra/perl-lwp-mediatypes     6.02-9           6.04-1             0,00 MiB
core/popt                     1.18-1           1.18-2             0,00 MiB
core/python                   3.10.1-1         3.10.1-2           0,00 MiB
extra/python-lxml             4.6.4-3          4.6.5-1            0,00 MiB
extra/python-numpy            1.21.4-1         1.21.5-1           0,01 MiB
community/python-pygments     2.10.0-4         2.11.0-1           0,59 MiB
community/python-shtab                         1.5.2-1            0,09 MiB
community/rebuild-detector    4.2.0-1          4.4.1-1            0,00 MiB
endeavouros/reflector-simple  2021.09.17-1     2021.12.27-1       0,00 MiB
core/s-nail                   14.9.22-1        14.9.23-1          0,00 MiB
extra/shaderc                 2021.2-1         2021.3-1          -0,29 MiB
community/supertux            0.6.2-5          0.6.3-1           20,63 MiB
core/systemd                  249.7-2          250-4              2,56 MiB
core/systemd-libs             249.7-2          250-4              0,26 MiB
core/systemd-sysvcompat       249.7-2          250-4              0,00 MiB
community/tldr                2.0.0-2          3.0.0-1            0,00 MiB
endeavouros/welcome           3.17.9-1         3.17.10-1          0,00 MiB
core/zlib                     1:1.2.11-4       1:1.2.11-5         0,00 MiB
core/zstd                     1.5.0-1          1.5.1-2           -0,78 MiB

Total Installed Size:  905,20 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       24,27 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(53/53) checking keys in keyring                   [----------------------] 100%
(53/53) checking package integrity                 [----------------------] 100%
(53/53) loading package files                      [----------------------] 100%
(53/53) checking for file conflicts                [----------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
libxml2: /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/libxml2.cpython-310.pyc exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

What do I do

Take a look at this. The solution is here:
https://archlinux.org/news/libxml22912-6-update-may-require-manual-intervention/

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