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Andy Bloke appears vaguely normal on Gogglebox – but Kemi dodged a bullet

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/24/andy-bloke-appears-vaguely-normal-on-gogglebox-but-kemi-dodged-a-bullet

Published: October 23, 2026 23:16

PM and the Liverpool mayor prove to be naturals at watching TV, with a genuine connection and sense of funOn nights like this a man can feel like he’s slipped through the looking-glass. I’m sitting on the sofa watching the TV, poised to make some gags


UK children just as likely to have suffered harm on social media despite crackdown

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/23/uk-children-just-as-likely-to-have-suffered-harm-on-social-media-despite-crackdown-ofcom-online-safety-act

Published: October 23, 2026 17:06

Campaigners call lack of progress ‘staggering’, as Ofcom also admits little change in severity of harm to children encountering unsafe contentLandmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of children suffering harm from social media,


Being pro-Trump has been ‘easy radio’ for conservative hosts like Jesse Kelly. Those days are ending.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/23/jesse-kelly-conservative-radio-trump

Published: October 23, 2026 14:00

Conservative media personalities who have long benefited from boosting the president will be forced to wrestle with the likely fallout of Republican losses in next month’s US midterm electionsNothing lasts forever. Jesse Kelly knows his meteoric rise


I expect you to cry: what the James Bond actors may face at the final audition

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/23/i-expect-you-to-cry-what-the-james-bond-actors-may-face-at-the-final-audition

Published: October 23, 2026 12:38

Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor are rumoured to be the final candidates taking screentests this weekend. So how can they best prepare? And who is likely to triumph?This weekend, the identity of the next James Bond is finally expected to be


Telegraph cuts 100 jobs as new owner promises to turn paper into ‘AI-powered’ global business

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/23/telegraph-job-cuts-axel-springer-owner-promises-turn-paper-ai-powered-global-business

Published: October 23, 2026 12:34

Redundancies come after paper was bought in June by European media group Axel SpringerThe new owners of the Daily Telegraph have made large numbers of staff redundant, telling them the title will be transformed from a newspaper “into a global, AI-powered


‘I always think my head will fall off when Traitors turn on each other’: the inside story of the world’s biggest TV show

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/23/traitors-bbc-making-of-inside-story-worlds-biggest-tv-show

Published: October 23, 2026 12:00

Celia’s guffs, Richard’s gaffes, Claudia’s glorious knitwear – The Traitors has become the most successful show on the planet. The creators and the queen of the castle herself talk exploding pirate ships, becoming evil and Barry the owlIt all began on a


Mother sought advice from Alan Jones after broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault of her son, court hears

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/23/alan-jones-trial-mother-of-alleged-victim-ntwnfb

Published: October 23, 2026 03:24

Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touchingListen to the podcast Alan Jones on TrialThe mother of the youngest alleged victim of Alan Jones continued to seek advice from the broadcaster after the teenager was


Rebel Wilson secures another Australian court win as co-producers of The Deb awarded just $10

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/23/rebel-wilson-australian-court-win-co-producers-the-deb-film-ntwnfb

Published: October 22, 2026 23:31

NSW supreme court judge otherwise dismisses case brought by film’s co-producers and awards Wilson almost $400,000 after star countersuedRebel Wilson has been ordered to pay A$10 (US$7, £5) in damages after emerging victorious from a bitter legal spat with


Tom Skerritt, Alien and Top Gun actor, dies aged 93

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/22/tom-skerritt-actor-dead

Published: October 22, 2026 20:19

Actor also had roles in M*A*S*H, A River Runs Through It and Picket Fences in career spanning 60 yearsTom Skerritt, the actor known for roles in Alien and Top Gun, has died at the age of 93.His publicist confirmed to Variety that he died from natural


US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-bbc-lawsuit-deposition-discovery

Published: October 22, 2026 17:18

Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for depositionDonald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a


‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/22/the-audacity-hbo-max-billionaires-succession-treatment

Published: October 22, 2026 12:34

The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOsShowrunner Jonathan Glatzer wanted the tagline of his latest TV creation to be:


‘America, this is a warning’: pro- Trump Maga media in a froth over Europe protests

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-maga-media-europe-protests

Published: October 22, 2026 11:00

Fox News and others have toed president’s line – seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote RepublicanDonald Trump sought to capitalize on the scenes of unrest in France, telling a crowd in Kansas on Monday that “migrants” and “communists” were


Christiane Amanpour’s parting advice to journalists is right on the mark | Margaret Sullivan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/22/christiane-amanpour-cnn-journalism-neutrality

Published: October 22, 2026 10:00

The CNN star’s wise advice to ‘be truthful, not neutral’ should be tattooed on our soulsAfter decades as a renowned international journalist, the CNN star Christiane Amanpour is calling it a career, saying she’ll soon leave the cable network which she


In You Can See Everything, it’s Elizabeth Holmes’s partner who makes for 2026’s timeliest villain

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/22/you-can-see-everything-elizabeth-holmes-billy-evans-villain

Published: October 22, 2026 09:00

Nathan Fielder’s conversation-igniting film on the Theranos founder finds its darkest moments in her deceptive, Charlie Kirk-loving fiance Billy EvansSecrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how You Can See Everything became the film of the year‘You can’t


Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/21/meta-fined-new-mexico-data-privacy-case

Published: October 21, 2026 18:34

Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consentA judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on ⁠Wednesday after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising


‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban

Published: October 21, 2026 18:26

Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UKBooksellers have reported selling out of copies of Sally Rooney’s novels, following the news that her books


Can UK pop cut immigration and stop the boats? I suppose we’ll find out with GB News Music Radio | John Harris

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/21/uk-pop-immigration-stop-the-boats-gb-news-music-radio

Published: October 21, 2026 14:58

An ‘all British, all day’ station is a nativist dream come true – but good luck with the playlist. And anyway: how many artists will want to be on Farage FM?If you want a quintessential “It wouldn’t happen now” story, try this. Two months before Margaret


What is Black journalism for?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oct/20/what-is-black-journalism-for

Published: October 21, 2026 13:22

In honour of Claudia Jones’ memory, I reflect on how diasporic reporting provides community and avoids being defined by the western white experienceDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThis week, I had the great honour of delivering


‘A difficult line’: meet the editors tackling Wikipedia’s arms trade pages

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/21/a-difficult-line-meet-the-editors-tackling-wikipedias-arms-trade-pages

Published: October 21, 2026 05:00

Volunteers and new recruits come together for ‘wikithon’ to put more detail about industry into public domain“Anyone can edit Wikipedia,” the adage goes. But, it turns out, a relatively small number actually do.What is worthy of a digital page in the


After dark, these YouTubers watch over an unlikely charge – a shark stuck in a South Korean canal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/youtube-watch-over-shark-stuck-south-korea-canal-busan-bukang-i

Published: October 20, 2026 23:09

A group of self-appointed guardians wearing hi-vis and carrying selfie sticks watch over the animal that has been trapped for a month, drawing more than 1.6 million visitorsIn South Korea, they call them jagyeongdan, a word that sits somewhere between a


You Can See Everything mania lifts viewership for The Dropout by 186%

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/you-can-see-everything-dropout-viewership

Published: October 20, 2026 21:16

The hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary led to increased interest in the award-winning narrative series on Hulu as well as Bad Blood, a 2018 book on the scandal‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films‘You


Russell Brand told woman to ‘clear up the mess you’ve made’ after alleged rape, court hears

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/20/russell-brand-told-woman-to-clear-up-mess-after-alleged-rape-court-hears

Published: October 20, 2026 18:22

Woman says alleged assault at comedian’s London home was one of most painful experiences of her lifeA woman has said she “couldn’t speak or breathe” when Russell Brand raped her at his London townhouse after picking her out from a crowd after one of his


‘I’ll make you famous’: court hears recording of Tommy Robinson threat to Daily Mail editor

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/20/tommy-robinson-threatened-families-mail-journalists-famous-court-hears

Published: October 20, 2026 17:16

Jurors in harassment trial told reporters who had written about far-right activist feared ‘vigilante attack’Tommy Robinson told the Daily Mail’s editor he would make the paper’s journalists and their families “famous”, the harassment trial of the far-right


‘It’s important that Michael’s voice is heard’: Jaafar Jackson says second biopic of his uncle will cover sexual abuse allegations

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/michael-jackson-jaafar-jackson-biopic-uncle-sexual-abuse-allegations

Published: October 20, 2026 15:15

The star of Michael, the most commercially successful biopic of all time, has said sequel will give airtime to point-of-view of late singerOf all the criticisms levelled at the authorised biopic of Michael Jackson released earlier this year, the most


‘We’ll keep doing this if people pay us!’ The cast of TV hit Ghosts on making a movie – and maybe a caveman spinoff

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/ghosts-the-possession-of-button-house-caveman-robin

Published: October 20, 2026 14:14

As the haunters of Button House hit the big screen with a plot about an escaped phantom, we hear how the team just missed each other too much – and why grunting Robin may get his own showWhen the final episode of Ghosts was aired in December 2023, the


Tom Cruise’s Digger is a commercial flop – but also the perfect climate film for our time

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/tom-cruise-digger-climate-film

Published: October 20, 2026 12:00

The movie follows Digger Rockwell, whose drilling triggers a vast iceberg that’s five times the size of Washington DCDigger, the new Alejandro GonzĂĄlez Iñårritu film, is bombastic, misanthropic and an epic, critically savaged flop. It is also the


‘Oh God, I can’t bear it’: Judi Dench says Cats film was ‘a waste of goodwill and talent’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/judi-dench-cats-film-was-a-waste-of-goodwill-and-talent

Published: October 20, 2026 11:28

The actor’s forthcoming memoir Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? says the makers had honourable intentions but the elements ‘didn’t coalesce’Dame Judi Dench has long made her feelings clear about Cats, the doomed 2019 adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd


That piping hot new TV show I just watched? I can’t recall a thing about it | Zoe Williams

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/that-piping-hot-new-tv-show-i-just-watched-i-cant-recall-a-thing-about-it

Published: October 20, 2026 10:00

I’m never fully concentrating, always simultaneously thinking a huge thought about the future or scrolling through VintedSome friends and I were talking, at the weekend, about the TV shows War (about a couple getting divorced) and The Diplomat (about an


Christiane Amanpour announces she’s leaving CNN after 43 years

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/19/christiane-amanpour-leaving-cnn

Published: October 19, 2026 16:36

Anchor’s departure not thought to be linked to company’s recent acquisition by David Ellison’s Skydance MediaChristiane Amanpour, one of CNN’s most decorated and venerated journalists, is leaving the network after 43 years, she said in a statement on


‘Someone served sushi off a guy’s naked chest!’ How we made Come Dine With Me

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/19/sushi-naked-chest-how-we-made-come-dine-with-me

Published: October 19, 2026 14:09

‘We’re not there to humiliate or to sneer. Channel 4 insisted everyone had to be a decent cook – the threshold was that contestants had to know what coriander was’It all started in the early 00s when I tried to throw a dinner party. I was an executive


The Canary news website announces closure after ‘vicious campaign against us’

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/19/the-canary-leftwing-news-website-closure

Published: October 19, 2026 13:52

Leftwing outlet said it had faced ‘multiple attacks’ and ‘malicious lies’ which made its situation unsustainableBusiness live – latest updatesThe leftwing news site the Canary has announced that it is closing indefinitely. Earlier this year the media


Tommy Robinson used ‘bullyboy, intimidatory tactics’ to threaten journalists, court told

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/19/tommy-robinson-harassment-trial-mailonline-journalists-court

Published: October 19, 2026 12:33

Far-right activist is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence to two MailOnline reportersThe far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson used “bullyboy, intimidatory tactics” to threaten journalists and cause them to fear for their


Russell Brand had ‘maniacal grin’ as he dragged woman into toilet and raped her, court told

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/19/russell-brand-trial-dragged-raped-woman-court-told

Published: October 19, 2026 12:03

Comedian, who is on trial at Southwark crown court, allegedly sexually assaulted woman within minute of meeting herRussell Brand had a “weird maniacal” grin on his face like a clown when he grabbed a woman’s breasts before dragging her into a toilet and


US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/19/us-teens-nudify-apps-apple-google-parental-controls

Published: October 19, 2026 10:00

Exclusive: Using test accounts acting as 13-year-olds, Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps with features to generate nonconsensual nude imageryIn December 2025, Morgan Dorfman received distressing news: a student at her daughter’s Pennsylvania


‘A reclamation’: The Simpsons gives Apu a new voice as actor Sunil Malhotra replaces Hank Azaria

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/19/a-reclamation-the-simpsons-gives-apu-a-new-voice-as-actor-sunil-malhotra-replaces-hank-azaria

Published: October 19, 2026 04:58

It’s been eight years since the character last spoke. ‘It truly IS his homecoming,’ Malhotra saysAfter years of silent appearances, The Simpsons has given longstanding character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon a new voice.American actor Sunil Malhotra, who moved to


A spy charge, a Russian jail and a swap for an assassin: the story of Evan Gershkovich – podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/19/a-spy-charge-a-russian-jail-and-a-swap-for-an-assassin-the-story-of-evan-gershkovich-podcast

Published: October 19, 2026 02:00

American journalist Evan Gershkovich talks about his arrest by the Russian intelligence services in 2023, his 16-month detention, and the swap deal that eventually took him home. Get in touch at tif.questions@theguardian.comEvan Gershkovich was in an


CBS reporter apologizes and deletes post praising Abdul El-Sayed heckler

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/18/cbs-reporter-apologizes-abdul-el-sayed-post

Published: October 18, 2026 21:07

Jan Crawford had praised man who asked Democratic candidate whether he would disavow Muslim BrotherhoodCBS’s chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has apologized for and deleted a social media post praising a man who questioned Democratic Michigan US


US ambassador to Israel calls West Bank settler attack on American photojournalist ‘terror’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/us-ambassador-israel-mike-huckabee-west-bank-settler-attack-photojournalist-heidi-levine

Published: October 18, 2026 15:33

Mike Huckabee calls for arrest and prosecution of those responsible as Heidi Levine, 63, recovers in hospital in IsraelThe US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has denounced the settler attack that left the Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine


Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/18/wikipedia-human-history-ai-future-under-threat

Published: October 18, 2026 14:00

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years agoA few years ago, I was struck by the tension between how Wikipedia was used, and how it was talked about.


CondĂ© Nast’s UK profits drop by more than a third as sale of Vogue publisher ruled out

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/18/conde-nast-uk-profits-drop-vogue-publisher-magazine-group

Published: October 18, 2026 07:00

Magazine group points to restructuring bill but says it ‘remains profitable in the UK for another year’Profits at CondĂ© Nast’s UK arm slumped by more than a third last year, according to figures published shortly after the billionaire family that owns the


Selma Blair ‘did not intend to harm anyone’ during airplane incident, representatives say

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/17/selma-blair-airplane-incident

Published: October 17, 2026 13:52

Actor experienced a ‘medical emergency’ on flight during which she allegedly injured crew members, statement saysActor Selma Blair did not mean to hurt anyone during the recent flight which led to her arrest on allegations that she assaulted a pair of


‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/17/elizabeth-holmes-documentary-why-we-care

Published: October 17, 2026 09:00

The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacyDavid Agus’s first encounter with Elizabeth Holmes at a health conference came as a shock. The Holmes he met in the green


The Digger disaster: what an epic movie flop means for Tom Cruise and Hollywood

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/17/the-digger-disaster-what-an-epic-movie-flop-means-for-tom-cruise-and-hollywood

Published: October 17, 2026 08:12

Unprecedented folly of misjudgment, bad timing and spectacular hubris is predicted to lose $245m. How did this happen?The fanfare at Digger’s world premiere in London four weeks ago was literal. As the Prince and Princess of Wales took to the stage, their


Long-serving ABC broadcaster Robyn Williams to leave The Science Show after 51 years

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/17/robyn-williams-leaving-abc-the-science-show-after-51-years

Published: October 17, 2026 01:05

No replacement has been named as the 82-year-old departs, with the media announcement referring only to ‘the next generation’Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereLong-serving broadcaster Robyn Williams is leaving the ABC’s The


Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary

Published: October 16, 2026 19:29

Zacharia hosted widely panned first briefing on Tuesday and faced scrutiny after admitting she didn’t pass bar examDonald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired on Friday, just five days after she assumed the role, according to a White


‘Well-known individual’ tries to secure permanent injunction against Guardian and ITN

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/16/well-known-individual-tries-to-secure-permanent-injunction-against-guardian-and-itn

Published: October 16, 2026 18:20

Lawyers tell high court that client could harm himself if serious allegations against him are made publicA “well-known individual” is trying to secure a permanent injunction against the Guardian and ITN to prevent them from publishing details of serious


Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine

Published: October 16, 2026 16:34

Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvestIsraeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in a coordinated movement to disrupt the annual olive harvest,


Russell Brand was ‘wild-eyed maniac’ when trying to drag woman into toilets, court told

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/16/russell-brand-wild-eyed-maniac-drag-woman-toilets-court-told

Published: October 16, 2026 15:21

Woman says she ‘wrenched’ herself free from alleged assault that she says took place when she was working at MTV in 2001Russell Brand transformed into a “wild-eyed maniac” when he tried to drag a woman into a men’s toilets for a sexual encounter before she


How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/oct/16/social-reckoning-zuckerberg-fashion-costume-design

Published: October 16, 2026 12:00

Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweatersThe first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped cement the early aughts image of Mark Zuckerberg rebelling against corporate