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  • A view of the Bank of England and the financial district, in London, September 23, 2024

    Private equity
    Remember the global financial crisis? Well, high-risk securities are back

  • FILE - Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

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    Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks

    The US doesn’t need to spend more on Ukraine. Britain can bring funding to the table – and help Trump reboot alliances
  • Finnish women learn outdoor survival skills in the snowy forests of Lohtaja.

    Finland
    Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

    Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour

Cop29

  • Sybil Visagie standing on dry grassland. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter

    This is climate breakdown
    ‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown

  • people hold up signs calling for an end to fossil fuels

    Climate crisis
    Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

  • The Isle of Wight coastline

    Environment
    ‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries

  • Two women wearing headscarves hold a scroll of paper with a camera operator wearing headphones out of focus in the background.

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Spotlight

  • John Prescott in his office in 1994

    Labour
    The John Prescott I knew: Blair’s ‘beautiful people’ tried to erase him – he had other plans

    Once frozen out by the New Labour elite, John Prescott fought his way in from the cold to become a loyal deputy leader. Toby Helm recalls a bruising political career
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    The Martlet, Rochdale: ‘A victory of professionalism’ – restaurant review

  • Women and children in the grounds of the Manston asylum centre

    Immigration and asylum
    Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre

    Asylum seekers who fled to UK to escape persecution said they endured abuse and squalor at centre in Kent
  • Philippa Perry

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    The climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despair

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    • Chantelle Van Niekerk and Rico at their wedding in December 2007

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    • Rufus Wainwright wearing a black dinner-style jacket, white shirt and thin black bowtie, staring at the camera expressionless.

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    • Author - David Nicholls..new novel - You Are Here . Publisher Hodder & Stoughton. Photographed at his office in London.

      Books interview
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  • The Bluesky logo on a smartphone screen: last week, the app was gaining about a million new users daily.

    For now, let’s revel in Bluesky’s promised land and kid ourselves it’ll never get like X

    Tim Adams
    Watching the numbers migrate from Elon Musk’s toxic platform is addictive, but the best social media is finite

  • Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

    Martha Gill
  • keir Starmer asleep in bed clutching a pink rabbit cuddly toy labelled ‘Growth’. At the bedside are three monsters labelled ‘Government Finances’, ‘Energy prices’ and ‘Trump Tarriffs’. The first monster is saying “The farmers aren’t happy…”, the second monster is saying “The pensioners are furious…” and the third Trump monster is saying “…and I’m mad.”

    Cartoon
    Chris Riddell on Keir Starmer clinging to growth while the stuff of nightmares gather round

    The prime minister is assailed by unhappy farmers, angry pensioners and the spectre of Donald Trump’s second term
  • Mark Rylance and Kate Phillips as Thomas Cromwell and Jane Seymour in the BBC’s Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.

    A caring Thomas Cromwell makes good TV, but beware the ‘yes’ men who enable tyrants

    Kate Maltby
    Mark Rylance’s sensitive portrayal blinds us to the lessons Henry VIII’s righthand man could offer for Donald Trump 2.0
    • Keir Starmer with president Xi Jinping of China at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

      Keir Starmer played the China card in Rio – and sent a message to a hawkish Donald Trump

      Simon Tisdall
    • John Prescott receives a kiss from his wife, Pauline, after Labour’s 2001 general election victory

      Why it was such a joy to interview John Prescott and discover his sweet, sad soul

      Rachel Cooke
    • Jaguar new brand identity - still from film - 'copy nothing'

      Hats off to Jaguar’s ‘inclusive’ new branding: now people of all backgrounds won’t buy its cars

      Marina Hyde
    • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 21 October 2024

      Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame

      Jonathan Freedland

Editorials & Letters

  • Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, on display at Sotheby’s New York.

    Editorial
    The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

  • “Dying wishes” tied to a tree near the Houses of Parliament by a group of terminally ill people and bereaved relatives, in support of the assisted dying bill on 14 November 2024.

    Observer letters
    The assisted dying bill: safeguards are essential to prevent suicide

  • From left: Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif were all the subjects of ICC arrest warrants issued last week.

    Editorial
    The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

  • A generic blood pressure check on a patient by a nurse.

    Letters
    Palliative care and pain management are key to assisted dying debate

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From the UK

  • People standing inside a fenced-off area inside the migrant processing centre

    Immigration and asylum
    Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre

    Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained
  • Ellie Aldridge winning gold at the Paris Olympics.

    Environment
    British Olympic sailors threaten to quit Dorset base over plans for waste incinerator

  • A diverse group of eight models – four sitting, four standing – wearing modern clothes in yellow, pink, red and orange looking at camera with the caption 'copy nothing'

    Jaguar Land Rover
    Jaguar boss defends new ad and rebrand amid ‘vile hatred’ online

  • Mishal Husain standing beside a lectern in a studio

    BBC
    Mishal Husain believed to be stepping down from Radio 4 Today programme

    • Media
      Daily Mirror and OK! magazine to merge staff

    • London
      Police carry out controlled explosion at London Euston station

    • University of Oxford
      Candidate for first female chancellor of Oxford focuses on student gender gap

    • Money
      UK bank fraud victims could face £100 excess on refund claims

    • UK news
      Man arrested on suspicion of murder after double shooting in Birmingham

    • Conservation
      Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest

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  • Woman looks at sheet of paper she is holding with several people around as red BBC microphone is held close by

    Ireland
    Masked gang broke into home of Conor McGregor accuser, Dublin court was told

    Incident revealed after civil court found MMA fighter had assaulted Nikita Hand in December 2018
  • Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon’s Aorangi Park practice courts in June 2024

    Tennis
    Andy Murray returns to coach old rival Novak Djokovic for Australian Open

  • Woman in blazer points and speaks at podium

    Trump administration
    Trump picks Brooke Rollins to lead Department of Agriculture

  • Row of mannequin legs in green yoga pants

    US
    Couple accused of stealing nearly $1m of Lululemon products from stores

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

    • Media
      Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season

    • US
      Sorority and two fraternity members charged over death of student

    • Laos
      Laos government ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths of tourists in Vang Vieng

    • PFAS
      Makeup, floss and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Palestinians hail Netanyahu arrest warrant as landmark moment in fight against occupation

The Filter

  • Black Friday Advertising In Shrewsbury Town CentreBlack Friday advertising in the town centre on 15th November 2024

    The Filter
    Air fryers, heated throws and the world’s best jeans: Black Friday deals on the products we love

  • A composite of five Apple iPhone 16 smartphones on a red, orange and pink background

    The Filter
    The best iPhones in 2024: Apple smartphones tested, reviewed and ranked

  • A composite of pictures of a Nespresso Vertuo Plus, Sage Bambino Plus Coffee Machine and L'OR Barista Sublime on a pink, red and orange background

    The Filter
    The best coffee machines: your morning brew made easy, according to our expert

  • Composite of a swimming float, a rocket shaped swimming aid and a neon tow float all held by illustrated hands

    Christmas
    Christmas gifts for swimmers: what to buy water babies, from swimming costumes to changing robes and bags

Culture

  • Very revealing … Queen Camilla: The Wicked Stepmother? on Channel 4.

    TV tonight
    Palace insiders tell all about Queen Camilla

    A gossipy documentary about how the royal managed to spin her public persona. Plus: Keanu Reeves’s delightful F1 underdog tale. Here’s what to watch this evening
  • From left, Mark De-Lisser, Edmund Rudder and Marcellous Copeland pose in front of the original photo at Tate Britain

    Photography
    Who are the shellsuit boys in image that captures the 1980s? New Tate Britain show solves mystery

  • Rene Magritte (1898-1967), belgian artist, in front of his painting.<br>PG655R Rene Magritte (1898-1967), belgian artist, in front of his painting.

    Art
    Trick of the light: the enduring appeal of René Magritte’s big tease

  • Tim Robbins in Silo

    Exclusive
    Tim Robbins: ‘You’re telling me Netflix is the future of cinema? We’re in big trouble’

  • Edward Posnett.

    Books
    ‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read

  • James Brown, left, and Martin Deeson in Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem.

    Loaded
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