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Grief, trauma and solidarity as South African running club mourns member killed in wave of femicides

Published: September 22, 2026 04:00

A week after Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo’s body was found, runners took part in a morning run to honour her name and demand more protectionThe runners smiled and laughed, congratulating each other on finishing their 5km or 10km Saturday run, their…

‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks back

Published: September 22, 2026 04:00

At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern livingSteve Reich is not yet 90 but the celebrations have…

A tale of two trap houses: being cuckooed ruined my friend’s life – but did it then help save him?

Published: September 22, 2026 04:00

Drug gangs have moved off Britain’s streets and into vulnerable people’s homes. Addicts like my friend are easy targets, but the reality can be more complicated than it seemsDuncan is a good friend of mine. He looks like a Dickensian rock’n’roller: tall…

Political fight over gun buyback after boy, 11, shot in the face and neck in Sydney apartment

Published: September 22, 2026 02:05

Police don’t know if shooting accidental as Labor attacks opposition vow to scrap gun buyback announced after Bondi massacreThe shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Sydney’s north-west was a “tragic reminder” of the danger of guns, the New South Wales…

Trump’s decision to ban journalists from the White House – and One Nation’s actions – shows why Australia urgently needs a media freedom bill | Peter Greste

Published: September 22, 2026 02:00

Australians can’t afford to be complacent – Pauline Hanson also thinks it’s OK to shut out reporters she doesn’t likeNo politician loves journalists. The relationship between media and governments has always been fractious, combative, resentful and at…

Ukraine war briefing: Sanctions must continue, EU’s top diplomat stresses, as Russian attacks kill five

Published: September 22, 2026 01:40

Kaja Kallas says sanctions vital as bloc scrambles to reach deal on extension; UN sounds warning for civilians on both sides of war as winter approaches. What we know on day 1,672The EU’s top diplomat has urged member countries to maintain sanctions…

Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after ‘wide-ranging’ meeting at Gracie Mansion

Published: September 22, 2026 01:30

Republican president said he hoped the democratic socialist would be a ‘great mayor’ for New York CityDonald Trump said on Monday that he hoped Zohran Mamdani would be a “great mayor” for New York, an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist…

Brigitte Bardot auction in Paris fetches nearly €1m, with proceeds going to her animal welfare foundation and her son

Published: September 22, 2026 00:27

Dog collars, guitars, straw hats and self-portraits among the 285 personal belongings put on saleAn auction of the French screen legend Brigitte Bardot’s personal items fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris on Monday, almost 20 times…

US judge declines to block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX

Published: September 21, 2026 23:54

Environmental groups vow to continue opposition to deal that would expand site for Elon Musk rocket companyA federal judge on Monday refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap…

Martha’s rule to be expanded to every A&E in England

Published: September 21, 2026 23:01

System gives patients, loved ones and health workers the right to ask for a second opinion on careMartha’s rule, which lets NHS patients, staff and relatives request a review of their care, is being expanded to every A&E in England, health officials have…

Healthcare in Africa ‘under growing strain’ after US withdrawal from aid programs, report warns

Published: September 21, 2026 22:33

Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacleThe United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global South…

Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway

Published: September 21, 2026 22:00

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and childGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcast“She was pregnant with twins,” Tahlia…

Lindsay Clancy’s defense laywer asks judge to investigate lone juror

Published: September 21, 2026 21:52

Holdout juror in Clancy’s case, Michael Desronvil, sided with the prosecutors, arguing that Clancy knew what she was doing when she killed her three young childrenLawyers for Lindsay Clancy have asked a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror…

US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban

Published: September 21, 2026 20:10

ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate after presidential ban that prompted widespread condemnationMajor US TV news networks agreed to refuse to air coverage of Donald Trump’s White House after the administration banned certain media outlets…

ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

Published: September 21, 2026 19:43

Immigration agency’s move makes it harder for lawyers and family to find detainees, in line with stringent Trump policyUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to…

Ten lessons from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, one of the world’s most beguiling athletes

Published: September 21, 2026 19:00

Norwegian is meticulous in his training regime – ‘if there’s anything that’s out of my control, then I’ve not done my job properly’On a snowy Norwegian morning in January, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was on his treadmill, shooting the breeze about his running…

Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent as enforcement surges in Austin

Published: September 21, 2026 18:41

The shooting of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez comes months after increased federal immigration enforcement across the Texas capitalThe shooting of a man by a federal officer on Sunday in Texas ruptured an ostensibly quiet afternoon amid an immigration…

Flights halted at three US airports as watchdog warns over hacking threat

Published: September 21, 2026 18:06

Senator Ron Wyden calls for swift action after GAO report finds systems guiding US aircraft vulnerable to interferenceA congressional watchdog has warned the systems guiding US aircraft are open to interference and deception as flights into three busy…

Rwandan man charged with crimes linked to 1994 genocide in first case brought in UK

Published: September 21, 2026 17:38

Dr Vincent Brown will appear at Westminster magistrates court charged with seven offencesA man has been charged with crimes linked to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 in the first case of its kind to be brought in the UK.Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent…

The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz: Germany’s chancellor must change course to halt the rise of the AfD | Editorial

Published: September 21, 2026 17:34

A failure to address widespread economic insecurity, and a crisis in living standards, is allowing the far right the harness a growing protest voteAfter less than a year and a half in office, Germany’s beleaguered chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is already…

Colombia declares public calamity as wildfire threatens popular tourist area

Published: September 21, 2026 17:13

Wildfire forces evacuations and burns through mountains surrounding Villa de Leyva in the north-east Colombian authorities declared a public calamity as a wildfire burned through mountains surrounding one of the country’s best-known colonial towns in the…

Trump set to press Zelenskyy at UN to agree energy ceasefire with Russia

Published: September 21, 2026 16:54

President to meet Ukrainian counterpart in New York as Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian energy sectorDonald Trump is expected to press Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an energy ceasefire during a face-to-face meeting this week during United…

Paramount settles lawsuits with 12 US states, clearing way for Warner merger

Published: September 21, 2026 16:52

States including California and New York sued over concerns of ‘extinguishing competition’ with $81bn mergerParamount has reached a settlement with California and several other states that sued over a proposed $81bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD),…

Wildlife will be affected by current drought for years to come, UK government says

Published: September 21, 2026 16:52

The number of potentially damaging environmental incidents triggered by this year’s hot and dry weather has surpassed that of 2025Wildlife in England and Wales will be affected by the current drought for years to come, the government has said.This summer…

Houthis move to seize strategic terrain after Trump calls off airstrikes at last minute

Published: September 21, 2026 16:14

US president reportedly changed his mind over Saudi Arabia’s pleas for assistance as bombs were being loadedHouthi fighters are moving to seize strategic heights in Yemen that would cut the Red Sea coast off from areas held ​by Saudi-backed forces after…

Get tested and talk to your partner: how to have safer sex after age 50

Published: September 21, 2026 16:00

At 51, I want many more years of a healthy, happy sex life. So I decided to compile my own guideWhen I got divorced after 28 years of monogamy, I was excited to be having sex again, but had concerns. I was 48, and the last time I’d been single was in the…

US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN finds

Published: September 21, 2026 15:54

Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks…

Chancellor vows to stay on for Germany’s ‘democratic future’ after latest loss to far-right AfD

Published: September 21, 2026 15:38

Merz seeks to shore up support after CDU loses two state elections and is ejected from Mecklenburg parliamentLatest German election humiliation puts Merz on borrowed time as CDU unrest growsGermany’s beleaguered leader, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to keep…

The last two seasons were grim for Spurs. This is as bad as it’s ever been | Jonathan Wilson

Published: September 21, 2026 15:20

Pre-season thoughts of European qualification are already beginning to look bafflingly optimistic for Roberto De Zerbi’s teamSign up for our free newsletter hereIn March, Tottenham, fearing possible relegation, spent big to bring in Roberto De Zerbi, who…

Football Daily | Brighton’s organised chaos viciously pecks Arsenal into submission

Published: September 21, 2026 15:14

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!For an elite head coach who isn’t used to seeing his team lose, suffering a rare defeat on the weekend before an international break is particularly hard to take. With the vast majority of your players…

Paper trail of protests: José Mourinho plays the hits in Madrid derby defeat | Sid Lowe

Published: September 21, 2026 15:13

Facing Diego Simeone 13 years on, José Mourinho brought a print-out and paranoia. Some things don’t change. Some people don’t, eitherThere were many questions to emerge from the Madrid derby, which Atlético won 2-1 in front of 70,514 very, very noisy…

Inquest into British aid workers killed in Gaza may call on Israeli and UK military chiefs

Published: September 21, 2026 15:02

Lawyer tells hearing that families wish to know whether weaponry involved in deaths was made in BritainIsraeli and UK military commanders could be requested to give evidence to an inquest concerning three British workers killed in Gaza when aid vehicles…

Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: the 95-year-old who has turned her romance with Ted Hughes into a play

Published: September 21, 2026 15:00

The Yorkshire poet had a ‘magic touch’, Liz Hicklin recalls, felt by many women: ‘It was like I was blossoming’Liz Hicklin had missed the ferry that could change her life. Pelting rain had made the drive to the Sorrento terminal perilous. Sitting in the…

A job that changed me: I cried nearly every day working in aged care, then realised I could bring joy instead

Published: September 21, 2026 15:00

I once asked a resident what she would do if she could do anything. She replied: ‘I’d run in a field’In my 40s, I was beginning to wonder where I fit in the employment world. I had a variety of jobs including an improv instructor, actor and corporate…

Sense and Sensibility review – Daisy Edgar-Jones leads sober-minded next-gen do-over of Austen romcom

Published: September 21, 2026 15:00

With Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters, this fresh take on a beloved classic is not to be confused with Ang Lee’sThere’s no reason for anyone working on a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to be intimidated by the…

‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

Published: September 21, 2026 14:00

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster loomsThe planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and…

‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classic

Published: September 21, 2026 13:55

From a jail-inspired light sabre fight to the moment a sax-player flew, Take It or Leave It brilliantly captured the hit-makers’ grimy origins. Will the film’s return see it finally honoured as a music movie landmark?It’s March 1981 and Madness are…

‘Don’t spend $20 on an acai bowl’: gen Z are shunning private equity’s restaurant takeover

Published: September 21, 2026 13:51

As more PE firms invest in food establishments, people are bemoaning the ‘same-ification’ of NYC’s restaurant sceneLos Tacos No 1 is a classic New York success story. After the Mexican-style taco joint opened in 2013, it quickly became a critic’s pick in…

‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak

Published: September 21, 2026 13:25

The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the worldThe “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon,…

The US supreme court issued a fragile win for voting rights – the real test comes later | Claire Finkelstein

Published: September 21, 2026 13:00

The court’s decision was based entirely on the timing of proposed new mail-in ballot rules. The larger question could re-emergeLast week’s supreme court decision upholding the district court’s restraining order on USPS’s mail-in ballot restrictions is…

‘Love and respect’ or ‘a cash grab’? The furious battle over the final album by the Fall

Published: September 21, 2026 12:30

Creators of Post Script, made with vocals by the late Mark E Smith, defend it as ‘a great, positive record’, but fiancee describes it as ‘ethically wrong’The fiancee and last manager of the late Mark E Smith, frontman of the Fall, has hit out against the…

Trump denies ‘assault’ on free press as three outlets plan to sue over White House ban – live

Published: September 21, 2026 12:23

Three news outlets to sue to protect First Amendment rights; Trump claims to ‘cherish’ free press but also attacks ‘fake news’ media Sign up for US Breaking News emailsHours after the three news outlets he summarily barred from the White House announced…

‘My whole identity was wrapped up in Ally McBeal’ – Calista Flockhart on her smash hit 90s comedy rollercoaster

Published: September 21, 2026 12:12

‘In the street or at restaurants, people still come up to me and say, “I became a lawyer because of you.” But I just went to work and said my lines!’I was doing a play in New York, Three Sisters by Chekhov. We regularly got scripts sent to us. One going…

Converse apologizes and pulls ad that critics said evoked racist imagery

Published: September 21, 2026 12:03

Sneaker company removes social media ad after backlash from critics who said it resembled KKK imageryThe sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching.The…

Epstein survivors struggle financially as they continue to heal their wounds: ‘It doesn’t just go away’

Published: September 21, 2026 12:00

Legislation proposed by House Democrats aims to address survivors’ financial and medical burdensDanielle Bensky wants a typical life.“I would just love to own a house one day and have a dog,” said Bensky, who is among the Jeffrey Epstein survivors…

We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel

Published: September 21, 2026 12:00

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of OligarchyFor many, the era of US history that most resembles contemporary America is easy to identify: the Gilded Age.It is, in certain…

‘He was well loved’: families mourn victims of Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami

Published: September 21, 2026 12:00

Questions remain over tragedy that killed five as families file wrongful death lawsuits against Amazon and cargo firmAmong Junior and Jachel Pineda’s most treasured photographs of their father, Julio, one of five men killed in the Amazon cargo plane crash…

Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast

Published: September 21, 2026 12:00

PlayStation 5, PC; Screen BurnTragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closureYou spend a considerable portion of Silent Hill: Townfall in a kind of foetal position, cowering behind…

‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibility

Published: September 21, 2026 11:48

Claimants having to find decades-old medical records to prove they qualify for compensation despite inquiry’s recommendationsSuzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with gallstones,…

How much is being close to your favorite artist worth? Superfans are reshaping the concert industry

Published: September 21, 2026 11:00

Some admit to spending thousands of dollars for barricade spots and other VIP perks at concerts, which is slowly becoming commonWhen Harry Styles announced a fall residency at Madison Square Garden, 43-year-old Tara Bess knew she had to be there. She…

Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?

Published: September 21, 2026 11:00

The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone speciesThe caribou of Quebec are at breaking point. The province, home to 15% of Canada’s population of…

‘I lost my children, and I’m afraid of losing my baby again’: a day in the life of a pregnant woman in Gaza

Published: September 21, 2026 11:00

Alaa lives in a tent pitched on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike that killed all three of her children. In one month, she will give birth again.As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, this week, the Guardian…

Harry Styles walked eight miles in loafers. Is he ruining his feet? There’s only one way to find out

Published: September 21, 2026 11:00

For his trek across New York City, the singer wore a pair of Prada slip-ons. I tried to do the same in my penny loafers – and soon found out why experts advise against itLast month, just before his 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden, Harry Styles…

Celebrity, sex and motherhood misery: the 10 best books by Rachel Cusk … ranked!

Published: September 21, 2026 11:00

From an abstract portrait of an actor who might be Natalie Portman to a groundbreaking work of autofiction, we rate the best from the coolly controversial authorIn Cusk’s headline-grabbing latest, a writer invents the biography of a film star who sounds…

Merz insists he will stay as German chancellor despite heavy losses in state elections – Europe live

Published: September 21, 2026 10:10

CDU suffered heavy losses in two regional elections, including in home state of former leader Angela Merkel, where it polled just 4.9%EU senior diplomats will resume talks later today on maintaining sanctions against nearly 3,000 Russian individuals and…

From the ridicule of Trump to the rise of Jack Welch: how the 1980s shaped and changed America

Published: September 21, 2026 10:00

In When America Roared, Pulitzer-winning reporter Jonathan Kaufman looks back to a decade of greed and excess, and uses it to explore where we are todayDonald Trump is “so much a creature of the 80s but even in the 80s, everyone made fun of him,” Jonathan…

Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’

Published: September 21, 2026 10:00

Exclusive: The tax-funded research aims to protect British wildlife from the human-caused climate crisisVaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among 14 tax-funded projects from the UK’s “invention…

The pet I’ll never forget: Bud, the parrot with a crisp addiction who was too fat to fly

Published: September 21, 2026 10:00

When my husband and I adopted her, Bud had to go on a strict diet. Thankfully, she got healthy and became the diva everyone loves todayBud came into my life at the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020. I work at RSPCA Norwich as head of animal welfare and,…

The Seasons review – Portuguese pastoral offers poetic excavation of myth and mapping

Published: September 21, 2026 10:00

The rugged roads and lush vegetation of southern Portugal are showcased in this weaving-together of disparate threads of history and landscapeIn a sea of doomsday ecological documentaries, Maureen Fazendeiro’s pastoral marvel is a sight for sore eyes. A…

The Houthis’ offensive is the latest spillover from Trump’s Iran disaster | Mohamad Bazzi

Published: September 21, 2026 10:00

Trump’s mess has rekindled Yemen’s civil war and a years-long conflict between the Houthis and Saudi ArabiaWhen the US and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in late February, Tehran’s allies in the Middle East jumped into the fray. Lebanon’s…

Weather tracker: Japanese islands brace for Dujuan to become a typhoon again

Published: September 21, 2026 09:45

Storm system expected to hit Izu Islands as it strengthens. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quietTropical Storm Dujuan is skirting the coast of Japan and despite avoiding a direct landfall, is still expected to leave its mark. Dujuan…

Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate

Published: September 21, 2026 09:00

Study finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biologyThe question dates back to the first man and woman: how does the world shape the behaviour of the sexes, and what differences, if any, are present…

‘Still feel a jolt of joy’: why Dirty Dancing is my feelgood movie

Published: September 21, 2026 09:00

The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films remembers a 1987 teenage girl classicThere is probably a Swedish word for the emotional state engendered in me by Dirty Dancing. A kind of turbo-nostalgia which…

Ed Davey rejects claims party is ‘sleepwalking into irrelevance’ under his leadership – UK politics live

Published: September 21, 2026 08:50

Lib Dem leader says he is proud of party’s record at Brighton conference Ed Davey has urged Andy Burnham to deliver some “home truths” to Donald Trump when they meet at the UN tomorrow.Asked how Burnham should treat the US president, Davey told Sky…

Rising Up at Night review – community spirit shines bright in Kinshasa’s shadows

Published: September 21, 2026 08:05

Religion and collective resilience are beacons of hope in an electricity-deprived DRC in this otherworldly documentary debutIn Nelson Makengo’s feature documentary debut, night stretches on to infinity. The film opens on a black screen – a void of darkness…

The Recovery House by Derek Owusu review – a uniquely honest view of mental health

Published: September 21, 2026 08:00

Writing from firsthand experience, the author offers an affecting meditation on art, mental fragility and faith“What’s in your head?” Dolores O’Riordan’s raw, plaintive refrain loops through the Cranberries’ 1994 hit Zombie. A protest song about the…

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