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Middle East crisis

  • Middle East crisis live
    Israel says ‘heavy fighting’ taking place in southern Lebanon as it targets Hezbollah

    • Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli airstrike.

      Full report
      Israeli military says it is carrying out ‘limited’ ground operation targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon

    • World
      US looks unable to talk Netanyahu out of planned invasion of Lebanon

    • Analysis
      The decapitation of Hezbollah leaves Iran weighing its options

Headlines

  • A combination picture shows J.D. Vance and Tim Walz

    US elections 2024
    The attack dog and the folk hero: Vance and Walz gear up for debate showdown

  • Lady Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso.

    Art and design
    Painting found by junk dealer in cellar is original Picasso, experts claim

    • US unions
      About 45,000 workers begin strike at US ports after breakdown in union talks

    • Boeing
      US officials say 40 airlines may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder parts

    • Thailand
      Many feared dead after fire on school bus in Thailand

    • California
      California bans universities from admitting students based on ‘legacy’

    • Environment
      Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

    • Music
      Las Vegas radio stations ban Green Day after frontman calls city ‘the worst shithole in America’

In focus

  • cars are submerged underwater outside after a hurricane

    Hurricane Helene
    ‘Nowhere is safe’: shattered Asheville shows stunning reach of climate crisis

  • A sandy beach beside the Desna River.

    Ukraine
    ‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning

    Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlife
  • An apartment block in Beirut, Lebanon after being hit by an Israeli airstrike

    Analysis
    US looks unable to talk Netanyahu out of planned invasion of Lebanon

    An emboldened Israel appears to believe it can safely ignore a lame duck US president and grab the chance to reset the Middle East’s security dynamics

Spotlight

  • an illustration of a bird of prey in flight, with a digital-style grid overlaid atop it and squares highlighting some of its features eg face, claws, tail

    The long read
    Hidden traces of humanity: what AI images reveal about our world

    As generative AI advances, it is easy to see it as yet another area where machines are taking over – but humans remain at the centre of AI art, just in ways we might not expect
  • Two people smile for a selfie in front of a brick building with a welcome sign

    Will Ferrell’s Netflix doc Will & Harper is flawed but vital viewing for cis people

    Veronica Esposito
  • Malcolm X holds up a paper during a rally in New York City in 1963.

    Book of the day
    The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – inside the minds of extraordinary Black men

    The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them
  • Photograph showing young two boys sitting together with Christmas decorations behind them.

    Domestic violence
    Paul and Jack were murdered by their abusive father. Why had the UK family courts granted him contact?

    Ten years ago, Claire Throssell’s sons were killed by their father, a man with a history of violence. She explains why she is fighting to ensure their voices are heard now – and to put an end to more tragedies
    • Kris Kristofferson performing in Nashville in 2017.

      Music
      Kris Kristofferson: 10 of his greatest songs

    • Painting of butterflies in a garden

      A butterfly: ‘elbowing each other with the joints on their legs, pushing and shoving to get at the liquid’

      Helen Sullivan
    • A still of No Other Land

      First look review
      No Other Land review – powerful Israel-Palestine documentary is essential viewing

    • Singer Kris Kristofferson performing in 1971.

      Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry

      Laura Barton

Opinion

  • Posters of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah hung on buildings in Tehran<br>TEHRAN, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 30: A portrait of Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital on Friday, is hung on a building in Tehran, Iran on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Iran has tried to avoid conflict with Israel and failed – which deterrent will it reach for next?

    Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
    • Farid Hafez

      As the far right celebrates election success in Austria, this much is clear. It must be denied power

      Farid Hafez
    • Cucumbers packaged in plastic.

      Is it any wonder our kids don’t eat their greens when the veg we provide is so insipid?

      Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    • Ascheberg, Germany, a foal gets a vermifuge<br>D2BH32 Ascheberg, Germany, a foal gets a vermifuge

      I took a common sense test – and my result appalled me

      Emma Beddington
    • A woman takes a picture with her phone of rubble in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut

      With Gaza in ruins and Lebanon under siege, what defence remains for Israel’s actions?

      Nesrine Malik

Sports

  • Pete Rose leaves a controversial legacy

    Baseball
    Controversial all-time MLB hits leader Pete Rose dies at 83

    Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s finest-ever players before his legacy became mired in controversy has died at the age of 83
  • The Mets recorded a remarkable victory over their NL East rivals to clinch a wildcard spot

    MLB
    Mets clinch postseason spot with wild comeback in instant classic

    The Mets are headed to the postseason after Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer in the ninth capped a wild back-and-forth over the final two innings
    • Dikembe Mutombo was known for his infectious personality

      Dikembe Mutombo
      NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian dies at 58

    • Erik ten Hag

      After dismal home displays, how secure is Ten Hag at Manchester United?

      Jamie Jackson
    • Patrick Mahomes launching huge throws has become a rare sight this season

      NFL review
      The Kansas City Chiefs are at a perfect 4-0. But are they any good?

    • Antoine Semenyo (right) wheels away in celebration after scoring Bournemouth’s third goal

      Premier League
      First-half barrage for Bournemouth sinks shaky Southampton

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Climate crisis

  • The exterior of an oil refinery surrounded by trees

    Environment
    EPA will withdraw approval of Chevron plastic-based fuels likely to cause cancer

  • Cattle in a field

    Food
    Scientists criticize UN agency’s failure to withdraw livestock emissions report

  • aerial view of trees and flooded town

    Hurricane Helene
    Hurricane Helene’s ‘historic flooding’ made worse by global heating, Fema says

  • The Matterhorn peak

    Climate crisis
    Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border

Across the country

  • people sit along a road as law enforcement officials detain them

    Immigration
    Biden administration doubles down on asylum restrictions at southern border

    New rules bar asylum when border is deemed overwhelmed as White House tries to show hard stance on border security
  • man in black shirt and pink shorts stands outside for a portrait

    Guns and lies
    Mass shootings upended their lives. Now survivors are making the gun industry pay

  • a man faces a building

    Los Angeles
    Man sentenced to 35 years for shooting two Jewish men outside LA synagogues

  • Man in T-shirt and shorts knocks on shaded door on sunny street.

    Nevada
    In Las Vegas, housing could make or break the battle for the White House

    • Georgia
      Atlanta issues warnings about chemical plant fire with smoke visible miles away

    • Montana
      Memoir contradicts Republican Senate candidate’s ‘below the poverty line’ tale

    • Endangered species
      Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time

    • Kamala Harris
      Harris is ‘underwater in our polling’, Michigan representative says

    • US
      Sing Sing actor JJ Velazquez exonerated after wrongful conviction

    • Exclusive
      Kamala Harris’s economic policy slate more popular than Trump’s – poll

Around the world

  • Smoke rising over Beirut.

    Lebanon
    UK charters flight from country as governments prepare evacuation plans

    UK arranges flight from Beirut while Germany evacuates embassy staff and others urge citizens to leave as Israel launches limited ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon
  • Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 21 February 2021. Mech Dara was arrested on 30 September 2024 while driving with his family to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, according to the independent Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA).

    Asia-Pacific
    Award-winning Cambodian journalist Mech Dara arrested, say rights groups

  • Putin inspects a drone

    Russia
    Russia’s defense spending to rise by 25% next year, the highest since the cold war

  • River and mountains around the peak of Everest

    Mountains
    Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers

    • China
      Xi Jinping forecasts ‘rough seas’ on 75th anniversary of People’s Republic of China

    • Nepal
      More than 200 dead in Nepal floods, as parts of Kathmandu left under water

    • Austria
      Austrian parties to begin talks on forming government after far-right win

    • South Korea
      Seoul crowd crush police sent to jail for deadly failings in Itaewon disaster

    • Russia
      American man pleads guilty in Moscow court to charge of fighting for Ukraine

    • Italy
      Milan police arrest 19 people in operation against football ultras

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    The Audio Long Read
    Special Edition: 10 years of the Guardian Long Read – podcast

  • A woman's hands holding a picture of Hassan Nasrallah

    Today in Focus
    Will Hezbollah survive Israel’s onslaught? – podcast

  • A train passes the cooling towers of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station

    Science
    End of an era: Britain finally says goodbye to coal – podcast

  • The Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch speaks at the Tory party conference at Birmingham ICC Arena

    Politics Weekly UK
    Kemi Badenoch dominates as Tory conference starts – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • Manchester United's Diogo Dalot reacts during the 3-0 defeat by Tottenham

    Football Weekly
    What now for Manchester United after another new low? – Football Weekly podcast

  • Colonies of volvox, a phytoplankton. Photograph: Natural Visions/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    Strange and wondrous creatures: plankton and the origins of life on Earth – podcast

  • Blisters of medicines are seen on a table as a person sits on a couch clutching their stomach.

    Today in Focus
    The mysteries of IBS – podcast

Culture

  • THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Gunnar Hansen, 1974<br>HC7WBB THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Gunnar Hansen, 1974

    Film
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at 50: a brutal yet artful shock horror

    Tobe Hooper’s terrifying 1974 slasher remains one of the most effective and masterly horror films ever made
  • Complicated attitude to settling down … in The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea.

    Whisky growl, granite jaw and unflappable charisma: Kris Kristofferson was perfect as a lover or a fighter

    Peter Bradshaw
  • five people staring up at house on small grassy hill

    Horror films
    Salem’s Lot review – Stephen King’s small-town vampire rework lacks bite

  • Zach Schonfeld

    Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed

    Zach Schonfeld
  • Halima Begum

    Fashion
    The best fashion statement you can make this season? Buy pre-loved

    Halima Begum
  • Truman Capote.

    Books
    Where to start with: Truman Capote

Lifestyle

  • G2: Joel Snape on electrolytes

    Fitness
    The electrolytes boom: a wonder supplement – or an unnecessary expense?

  • Brown Hen stands on a chair.

    The pet I'll never forget
    Brown Hen, the eggless hero who loved us – and outsmarted all her predators

    As our flock of chickens dwindled, she truly came into her own, adopting us as her flock and miraculously avoiding death-by-pine-marten
  • Patricia Swan New Start after 60<br>For The Guardian G2 New Start after 60. Pictured is Patricia Swan at her home in Bronington who has become a foster carer in her 70’s to young children. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    A new start after 60
    I became a foster carer at 75 – and it has helped keep me young

    Patricia Swan thought she might be considered too old to care for young children. But now she and her husband are looking after three siblings under seven

Well actually

  • An illustration of a mother holding her baby while looking out her window to see people doing yoga and playing guitar in a grassy area

    Parenting
    The mothers who regret having kids: ‘I wished I were holding a cat and not a baby’

  • A person at home holds a red light device to their chin

    Well actually
    Does red light therapy work? These are the benefits and drawbacks

  • side by side images of a woman's face and a book called the inner clock

    Sleep
    ‘I definitely got a little loopy’: the writer who spent a week underground studying sleep

  • An illustration of a person with four arms doing multiple tasks at once: dusting, typing on a laptop, looking at a cellphone, holding a pencil, and listening to music

    Productivity
    Help! It turns out breaks make you more productive

documentaries
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Take part

  • Group of kindergarten kids lying on the grass at park and relax with smiling

    US parents
    What are the biggest challenges facing you and your children?

  • A man reading a book in bed at home.

    Books
    What have you been reading this month?

  • petrol station with doors and windows boarded up

    Weather
    How have you been affected by Hurricane Helene?

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From our global editions

  • A cuttlefish amid weed-covered branches of a tree watched by a man in a wetsuit with goggles and snorkel

    Environment
    ‘We look to the past to move forward’: the ancient method boosting cuttlefish numbers in the Mediterranean

  • Four parrots on a cable in the sky.

    Argentina
    Parrots overwhelm Argentinian town with screeching, poo and power outages

  • An aerial view of the Ratcliffe power station near Nottingham, England.

    UK
    The deep history of British coal – from the Romans to the Ratcliffe shutdown

  • ‘Too much of a hot potato’ … Barbara Walker during preparations for her forthcoming solo show at the Whitworth in Manchester.

    Art and design
    ‘I’m pointing a finger’: Barbara Walker on her paintings about the Windrush scandal and her son’s victimisation

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  • Chopped Money

    Exclusive
    Kamala Harris’s economic policy slate more popular than Trump’s – poll

  • Appealing simplicity … CDs in cars are officially a thing of the past.

    Farewell to the car CD player, source of weirdly deep musical fandoms

    Laura Snapes
    Car manufacturers have stopped including CD players as most drivers use streaming – but with greater choice, are we losing something too?
  • vance profile trump

    JD Vance
    ‘More Trump than Trump’: JD Vance becomes effective Maga messenger

    After an inauspicious start, the Ohio senator has become a tribune for Trump’s biggest issues: immigration and the economy
  • Man in suit outside.

    Mexico
    Triumph and a broken promise: Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed to transform Mexico, but did he?

  • a mural depicts a civil rights activist surrounded by flowers

    Immigration
    ‘Used as a pawn’: how the US election has poisoned Springfield, Ohio

  • A shot looking upwards at a woman climbing a sheer wall of ice. She smiles at the camera and holds up an ice pick, while the wind blows her skirt, which has red and pink flowers on it and frilly bright pink petticoats underneath.

    Bolivia
    ‘I’ve never worn trousers up a mountain and I never will’: a Bolivian cholita climber on sexism and her next summit

  • graphic image of a labrador distorted with wavy colours

    US elections 2024
    Dog killings and pet-eating claims: the weird and disturbing ways animals are dominating US 2024 election

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  • Muscling in on the picture … World Body Building Guild (1972-1975)

    Photography
    Bodybuilders, gravediggers and a pile-up of pugs! Group outings

    Neal Slavin’s images of people grouped together – from fencers to Star Trek fans, models to Bible collectors – have been entrancing viewers for half a century
  • Elizabeth Olson wearing a burgundy Erdem dress whilst sat on a velvet sofa.

    Fashion
    The eyes have it: Elizabeth Olsen in pictures

  • People look at a wildfire

    News
    A wildfire, defaced art and a former PM: photos of the day

  • Kris Kristofferson in 2007

    Music
    Kris Kristofferson – a life in pictures

  • Bees form a cluster on the ground, with more flying through the air.

    Photography
    Honeycomb hunters and grief in Gaza: Siena Photo Awards

  • Crowds of people hold colourful umbrellas

    In pictures
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