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  • a labradoodle on a table surrounded by a woman and pupils in uniform

    Education
    Schools in England and Wales use dogs and prize draws to lure absent pupils back

  • Smoke billows over the city of Tyre after Israeli strikes on 23 October.

    Lebanon
    Once a refuge, southern Lebanese city of Tyre empties as airstrikes rain down

    Streets deserted amid attacks and evacuation orders, which critics claim are designed to provoke mass displacement
  • All fall down … Glasgow’s uninhabitable Red Road flats being demolished in 2015.

    Culture
    The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’

    Inspired by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier, who believed streets fostered disease, a vision of Britain was cooked up that would see historic city centres flattened for flats and ring roads. But the public decided they’d had enough – and took to the streets

Spotlight

  • Stephen J Payne on his boat off the Amalfi coast of Italy.

    A new start after 60
    I wanted to live cheaply – so I bought a boat, moved in and began travelling the world

    After his mother died, Stephen Payne was keen for a change. He now sails around Europe and considers this one of the best decisions he’s ever made
  • Head border collie with stick in beak. Image shot 12/2017. Exact date unknown.<br>M57DGE Head border collie with stick in beak. Image shot 12/2017. Exact date unknown.

    The pet I'll never forget
    Shirley the much-loved dog, who couldn’t stop chasing fishermen

  • See ya, suckers … Nosferatu.

    Horror films
    Vampires, satanists and mad scientists: the evolution of horror in 10 revolutionary films

    Recent releases like Terrifier 3 show that the business of scaring cinema audiences is in rude health. But such horror flicks are standing on the blood-soaked shoulders of giants
  • David Wrench.

    Music
    ‘Julian Cope told me: you’re unemployable in the real world’: David Wrench, the Welsh studio wizard behind pop’s A-list

    Wrench has mixed music for Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Blur and dozens more – all drawn to what have been called ‘the finest ears ever’. He explains how he went from the dole to the big time
    • Woman on the floor working on a laptop with spreadsheets and graphs spread around. Her cat, some pens and a cup of coffee are nearby

      Technology
      ‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

    • Portrait of Prof Kelly Chibale

      Medical research
      ‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

    • Illustration: José Antonio Roda Martínez

      Money hacks
      How young people can cash in on discounts or go for free in UK

    • Defying the stereotype ... Remedios Varo’s Creation of the Birds, 1957.

      Art
      Dressing up as a witch at Halloween? The sickening origins of this caricature may make you think again

Opinion

  • Keir Starmer takes a question, during a press conference in the Downing Street garden, 27 August 2024.

    Journalism is the lifeblood of British democracy. My government will protect it

    Keir Starmer
    Whether it is online intimidation, journalists imprisoned abroad or the cynical use of Slapp lawsuits, we will fight any threats to those who hold the powerful to account, writes the prime minister Keir Starmer
  • Nels Abbey

    Why white working-class Britons should fight to secure colonial slavery reparations

    Nels Abbey
  • People vaping on Oxford Street, London

    It’s goodbye to disposable vapes – for former fans like me, not a moment too soon

    Hannah Ewens
    Next year’s ban in England and Wales will put an end to one of the most embarrassingly era-defining trends of the early 2020s, says writer Hannah Ewens
  • Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City on 12 October 2024.

    The lesson of Israel’s unfathomably cruel war: ours is still a world where might is right

    Nesrine Malik
    All the protests and legalistic wins have been rendered meaningless by the relentless assault on north Gaza, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
    • Emma Beddington

      If my Netflix recommendations are anything to go by, I am tragically basic

      Emma Beddington
    • A US citizen abroad voter in Paris, France, 21 October 2024

      I’m an American voter overseas. For years, we were ignored – but maybe this time we’ll make the difference

      Alexander Hurst
    • An artist’s impression of the proposed stadium in Neom, a city yet to be built, for the Saudi Arabia World Cup in 2034

      Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid gathers pace – but at what cost to human life?

      Nick Ames
    • Trump speaks at a press event in Austin, Texas, with a banner behind him reading DEPORT ILLEGALS NOW.

      We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time

      Sidney Blumenthal

Editorials & Letters

  • Rachel Reeves at the World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on the budget: Rachel Reeves must have a narrative, not just numbers

  • Keir Starmer visiting Ukrainian and British army personnel at Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, on Ukraine's independence day. Photo taken on 24 August 2022

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on UK-EU security cooperation: some red lines must be blurred

  • A busy hospital with doctors, nurses and staff busy at work in an accident and emergency ward in a British hospital<br>EFNXNC A busy hospital with doctors, nurses and staff busy at work in an accident and emergency ward in a British hospital

    Letters
    Ways to make the NHS – and all of us – more healthy

  • Elderly woman standing in front of the shop window of a Ferrari dealer

    Letters
    Concerns over the fitness of elderly drivers

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Climate crisis

  • A sign for Cop29 in Baku

    Climate crisis
    Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report

  • a side-by-side image of a wildfire and Donald Trump

    Explained
    Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate

  • Chimneys at a steel plant spewing out smoke

    Climate crisis
    Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023

  • A hillside engulfed by flames.

    US
    ‘Danger in my back yard’: residents in a wildfire-prone California town eye more Yosemite tourism with unease

From the UK

  • Zoe's Place fundraising campaigners with balloons, and children in pushchairs

    Liverpool
    ‘The stuff of dreams’: Liverpool unites in bid to save children’s hospice

    Supporters raise half amount needed for Zoe’s Place in weeks, with local celebrities including Steven Gerrard matching pledges
  • Colour-coded labels on food

    Exclusive
    Force food firms to disclose products’ health ratings, industry boss urges

  • Keir Starmer at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa

    Media
    Keir Starmer says media firms should have control of output used in AI

  • A worker walks through the Christmas shop at a John Lewis store

    Retail
    ‘Christmas creep is real’: festivities start earlier every year, analysis finds

    • Somerset
      English pier with links to Dambusters raid gets £10m lottery lifeline

    • Lloyds
      Lloyds ‘assessing’ impact of landmark court ruling on car loans

    • Nuclear
      Reeves urged not to cut Sellafield funds amid concern at rise in ‘near misses’

    • Stage
      Laurence Olivier’s Richard III prosthetic nose among hundreds of actor’s items to be auctioned

    • Consumer affairs
      UK’s financial ombudsman ‘misleads consumers it is supposed to help’

    • Business
      Creaking public services are costing companies in absent staff, employers tell TUC

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US elections 2024

  • Donald Trump during a rally at Madison Square Garden days before polls open in the 5 November US presidential election.

    US election briefing
    Republicans in damage control after racist Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally

  • Graphic illustration of a donkey and an elephant (apparently standing in for Democrats and Republicans) fighting among political signs.

    Abortion
    ‘A Trojan horse’: how the right is using ‘parental rights’ to fight abortion ballot measures

  • Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on 27 October.

    Philadelphia
    Harris campaigns in Philadelphia with promise to win presidential election

  • Liz Cheney at an event in Pennsylvania with Kamala Harris last week.

    Republican party
    ‘We have to blow it up’: can never-Trumpers retake the Republican party?

Around the world

  • Orbán among Hungarian flags

    Georgia
    Orbán on way to Georgia after hailing ruling party for ‘overwhelming victory’

    Hungary PM’s visit prompts anger in EU amid widespread concerns about voter intimidation and coercion
  • Japan's prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba.

    Japan election
    Voters have issued ‘severe judgment’, PM says after ruling coalition losses

  • Gerard Depardieu at a Berlin film premiere in January 2023

    France
    Gérard Depardieu asks for delay to sexual assault trial

  • Composite image of Christian Dürr in three screengrabs from the video

    Germany
    German MP tries to counter AfD’s TikTok dominance with slang-filled video

    • US
      Timothée Chalamet crashes his own lookalike contest in New York

    • Business live
      Volkswagen to shut at least three German factories, union warns; Oil price falls 5% after Israel’s attack on Iran

    • Philippines
      ‘I offer no apologies’: Duterte testifies at Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry

    • Washington Post
      Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement

    • US
      Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water

    • Georgia
      Georgia’s pro-EU opposition calls for protest over ‘rigged’ election result

Culture

  • Ryan Holiday poses for a portrait wearing a shirt over an Iron Maiden T-shirt, in a bookshop with shelves of books in the background

    Interview
    The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru

    He has sold 5m books about this ancient Greek approach to life – and been feted by sports teams and CEOs. What makes this former PR man so popular?
  • Royal Opera House/Richard Wagner/Das Rheingold/11.09.2023/Conductor:Antonio Pappano/Director:Barrie Kosky/Set Designer:Rufus Didwiszus/Costume Designer:Victoria Behr/Lighting Designer:Alessandro Carletti//Wotan:Christopher Maltman, Alberich:Christopher Purves, Loge:Sean Panikkar, Fricka:Marina Prudenskaya, Freia:Kiandra Howarth, Voice of Erda:Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Donner:Kostas Smoriginas, Froh:Rodrick Dixon, Mime: Brenton Ryan, Fasolt:Insung Sim, Fafner:Soloman Howard, Woglinde:Katharina Konradi, Wellgunde:Niamh O'Sullivan, Flosshilde:Marvic Monreal, Erda:Rose Knox-Peebles// Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

    Opera
    Groping, greed and the lust for great power: what Wagner’s Ring Cycle tells us about Trump v Harris

  • Guru Jagat in Breath of Fire

    Documentary
    ‘She joined the dark side’: the strange story of the Elizabeth Holmes of yoga

  • Sheep rag rug from the 1960s designed by Mary Bewick.

    Art and design
    October design news: a teeny tiny toffee, rag rugs and $1 watches

  • Gabriel Prokofiev performing -Dark Lights onClassical: 20th birthday celebration LSO at Hackney Empire In Hackney, London 26/10/24 Photographer Sonja Horsman

    Classical music
    Nonclassical at 20 review – synths, screams and bubble wrap as record label celebrates with the LSO

  • A sexy ordeal … Crystal J Huang in Dark Feathers.

    Film
    Dark Feathers review – erotic hitwoman thriller approaches The Room levels of kitsch disaster

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    A kitchen in Rome
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    Both savoury and sweet, it’s reminiscent of rice pudding, bread sauce, Sunday roast stuffing and cheesy risotto
  • Archaeological Site and Ruins of Paestum<br>Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia. It is located in southern Italy, in the vicinity of Salerno

    Travel
    My rail journey to Naples and Pompeii to chase the last rays of sun

  • Posed picture of an air passenger with a walking stick

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    I was stopped from flying with a dangerous weapon … my walking stick

  • Farfalle, or bow tie pasta

    Food
    Is white pasta bad for you?

  • North Carolina early voting in Black Mountain, North Carolina<br>epa11673900 Voters wait to cast their ballots during early voting for the US presidential election and other races at Buncombe County's Black Mountain Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, 21 October 2024. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is running against US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

  • A Venn diagram with ‘The state of the Tory party’ in one circle, ‘The state of the office fridge’ in the other, with the caption ‘Difficult to apportion blame’

    Cartoon
    From the Tory party to the office fridge: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams

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    Education
    Share your experiences with special educational needs in the UK

  • File photo dated 07/08/24 of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Ministers described the Employment Rights Bill as the biggest boost to pay and productivity in the workplace in a generation.

    UK workers and businesses
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    Life and style
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    Microsoft
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  • Dr Gabrielle Goodrick, the medical director and founder of Camelback Family Planning Clinic, looks at the brochures talking about the reliability of various contraceptive methods and other leaflets about family planning and abortion in a room used as a small laboratory by the clinic’s staff. Walls and cupboards are covered with thank you notes sent by patients of the clinic. Phoenix, Az, USA, 23.10.2024

    Abortion
    ‘I’m not afraid. Let’s do it’: the Arizona abortion clinic taking a stand for patients

    Ahead of a ballot initiative that could restore abortion rights in Arizona, Camelback Family Planning is wrestling with an uncertain landscape as it offers a less-invasive procedure common in Europe
  • Alina Gorshenina looks off to the side as she sits at a table in the patio area of a cafe-bar

    Russia
    ‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile

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    US
    Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet

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    Analysis
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