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Compare Donald Trump with Kissinger and you’ll be lost. But Taylor Swift? That’s more like it

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Marina Hyde

Good news: men have stopped disrupting women’s sport with dildos. Bad news: now they’re betting on their periods

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Arwa Mahdawi

Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth?

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Donna Lu

I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat

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Ellen L Weintraub

Trump’s role in halting Gaza’s suffering was driven by self-interest. Will that be enough for him to finish the job?

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Kenneth Roth

The Guardian view on peace in Gaza: the relief is real, but Trump’s promise of a ‘golden age’ rings hollow

The reprieve brought by the end of fighting in Gaza is immense. In Israel, the release of the living hostages has led to widespread elation. In...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too

A Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’t end a...

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Editorial

France’s political upheaval isn’t temporary - it’s a profound constitutional crisis

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Pierre Purseigle

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions

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Miles Herbert

Rachel Reeves, just tell voters why taxes must go up – and then do it

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Polly Toynbee

‘Did two Brits spy for China?’ is one question. ‘Can any UK PM really stand up to China?’ is an even bigger one

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Gaby Hinsliff

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them

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Mathew Lawrence

Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now?

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Hussein Agha And Robert Malley

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home

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Owen Jones

My extreme sickness in pregnancy feels like a personal failure, even as society glorifies motherhood as divine suffering

My extreme sickness in pregnancy feels like a personal failure, even as society glorifies motherhood as divine suffering

When I came back to my senses, I turned to the paramedic and whispered, “Did I say something about terminating the pregnancy?” My voice cracked. “...

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Intifar Chowdhury

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth

Imagine a movement arising in this country that seeks to overthrow established power. Imagine that it begins with a series of rebellions, in...

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George Monbiot

The Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher merch feels less kitsch and more cult

The Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher merch feels less kitsch and more cult

On this fateful day, when Margaret Thatcher would have been 100 years old, many are taking a moment to replay their favourite memories: that time...

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Zoe Williams

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier

The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. With these words the US president...

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Francesco Grillo

Birding is a heightened state with a strange loss of self. Once you start, it’s hard to stop

Birding is a heightened state with a strange loss of self. Once you start, it’s hard to stop

When I started birding, it was daggy – that was precisely why I wanted to learn more. I wanted to do something so niche, so consuming, I could lose...

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Debbie Lustig

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland

Today, Sharm el-Sheikh will host the most high-profile gathering of global leaders in the Middle East of recent years. Donald Trump, Keir Starmer,...

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Nesrine Malik

Voters’ voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that

Voters’ voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that

At Labour’s latest conference, one thing stood out: the party no longer believes in democracy. Members and trade union affiliates voted to back,...

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Jeremy Corbyn

Senator David Pocock has been turfed out of the Australian Parliament Sports Club! What?!

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John Quiggin For The Conversation

A vampire novel that smells of garlic? Well, if it gets people reading …

A vampire novel that smells of garlic? Well, if it gets people reading …

Would you like a book that smells like garlic? Didn’t think so. But that didn’t stop author Jennifer L Armentrout from using garlic-infused ink to...

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Carys Afoko

The antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again

The antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again

Two scenes from the past two weeks capture something unsettling – and familiar –about American public life. In San Francisco, a tech billionaire...

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Matthew Avery Sutton

All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us

All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us

For the first time in three years, hate crime in England and Wales is on the rise. The latest statistics released by the Home Office, showing...

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Sadiq Khan

If government bailouts of miners and steelmakers are the new normal, Australia needs a better strategic vision

If government bailouts of miners and steelmakers are the new normal, Australia needs a better strategic vision

The federal government’s announcement of a A$600m rescue package for Glencore’s copper smelting and refining operations in Mount Isa and Townsville...

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John Quiggin

New Mexico is providing free childcare for all. It’s time for others to do the same

New Mexico is providing free childcare for all. It’s time for others to do the same

For four years, New Mexico has been on a distressing losing streak. The state has consistently ranked last in the nation for child wellbeing, as...

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Katrina Vanden Heuvel

Against ‘chat control’: we can’t eliminate child abuse by eliminating privacy

Against ‘chat control’: we can’t eliminate child abuse by eliminating privacy

Like the “war on drugs” or the “war on terror”, a “war on child abuse” has too often been used to justify authoritarian overreach....

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Jeremy Malcolm

The war in Gaza is over, says Trump. Now who will be responsible for maintaining the peace?

The war in Gaza is over, says Trump. Now who will be responsible for maintaining the peace?

The streets of Tel Aviv felt empty this Monday morning. Apart from people rushing to work or walking their dogs, the place seemed relatively...

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Roy Schwartz

France is not alone in its crisis of political faith – belief in a democratic world is vanishing

France is not alone in its crisis of political faith – belief in a democratic world is vanishing

Emmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste. Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “degeneration of...

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Simon Tisdall

My foolproof guide to living with a partner – and not falling out about home decor

My foolproof guide to living with a partner – and not falling out about home decor

Game recognises game. A new, recently engaged friend of mine let slip this week that he has some Lord of the Rings memorabilia in the flat he...

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Polly Hudson

Democrats are captive to outdated norms. It’s endangering democracy

Democrats are captive to outdated norms. It’s endangering democracy

In early August, dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Illinois, denying Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps...

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Ryan W Powers

Parents who film their children crying for clicks should take a good look at themselves

Parents who film their children crying for clicks should take a good look at themselves

There’s a song that’s been in my head all week, and no, it’s not from Taylor Swift’s new album. It’s by a far more sophisticated songwriter...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

I spent years trying to avoid Vinted. It turns out I was right to be afraid

I spent years trying to avoid Vinted. It turns out I was right to be afraid

I downloaded Vinted for the first time this year. I’m incredibly late to the party, since the app has more than 16 million UK users and launched...

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Carys Afoko

Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making

Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making

If you only just started paying attention to the inner workings of the media industry, you might think America’s information environment...

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David Sirota And Jared Jacang Maher

Britain’s youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What’s most revealing is that few seem to care

Britain’s youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What’s most revealing is that few seem to care

A consensus seems to have recently settled in UK politics: that young British lives are not as they should be, and something must be done. Our...

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John Harris

Growing up, Bianca could never predict her father’s moods: the disorientation of an emotionally immature parent echoed into her adulthood

Growing up, Bianca could never predict her father’s moods: the disorientation of an emotionally immature parent echoed into her adulthood

Bianca* sat across from me in therapy, knees drawn in, voice shaky. “I just feel like I’m always bracing for something,” she said, eyes flicking...

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Carly Dober

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed

Beware of political leaders encouraging apathy, patting your hand and assuring you that the status quo is all hunky dory, encouraging a very...

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Julianne Schultz

Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates

Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates

Stephen Heinson, Cardiff Bridget Phillipson: I wouldn’t be here without Labour governments. They spurred me on my journey from a tough council...

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Bridget Phillipson And Lucy Powell

My kids gave me enough material to write TV comedy. Where will the jokes come from now they’ve left?

My kids gave me enough material to write TV comedy. Where will the jokes come from now they’ve left?

Motherhood has given me two kids and a TV show (and a spin-off). When I first entered Motherland, it was quite clear this was a mad world, and ripe...

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Helen Serafinowicz

Pity poor Trump, whose Nobel hopes were dashed by common sense

Pity poor Trump, whose Nobel hopes were dashed by common sense

In this mortal existence, we all have dreams. As a child, I wanted to be an astronaut, until I found out there’s no Taco Bell on the International...

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Dave Schilling

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the...

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John Woinarski For The Conversation

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks

Nigel Farage portrays his Reform UK party as a unique phenomenon that has burst on to the global stage, its meteoric rise an exceptional epochal...

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Gordon Brown

Madeline Horwath on St George returning to England – cartoon

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Larry Ryan

Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet

Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet

On what sort of screen should you watch One Battle After Another? Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film about revolutionary radicals in a ravaged United...

11.10.2025 4

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Larry Ryan

Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?

Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser, is one of the most influential people...

11.10.2025 20

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s strong-arming of Netanyahu led to a deal. He must sustain that pressure

Trump’s strong-arming of Netanyahu led to a deal. He must sustain that pressure

After nearly nine months in office, Donald Trump seems to have had enough of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, undermining his...

11.10.2025 1

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Mohamad Bazzi

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards?

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards?

Take a look at Sam Altman. I mean, actually do it. Go to Google images, where you can find countless photos of the OpenAI boss smiling in a kind of...

11.10.2025 10

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Marina Hyde

Trump’s might dragged Netanyahu to the table. The real prize would be keeping him there

Trump’s might dragged Netanyahu to the table. The real prize would be keeping him there

After so many images of death and devastation, what sweet relief to see pictures of joy. On the world’s TV news broadcasts, the screen was split on...

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Jonathan Freedland

I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon

I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon

Much of democratic politics is about getting people’s attention. That’s a particular problem for struggling, less-than-compelling leaders. The...

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Andy Beckett