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    ✨ Latest Report: us - Fox News UpdateDonald Trump has been a disaster for rural America

    Steven Greenhouse

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    Smash hit doc You Can See Everything continues to dazzle America

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    images of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot on a big screen in Tel Aviv

  • 'We built this land'
    Addressing slavery in South Africa's vineyards

    Diners sit under umbrellas outside the Jonkershuis restaurant's thatched-roof building at Groot Constantia

  • Midterms 2026
    Trump's economy in five charts

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    Justice system
    Maurene Comey was illegally fired as federal prosecutor, judge rules

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    Weather
    Southern California prepares for flooding amid forecast of ‘record-breaking tides’

  • Soldiers stand at a checkpoint amid rubble near Hebron

    West Bank
    ‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homes

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    Kansas
    Kansas coach pays tribute to six-year-old son killed in soccer field crash

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    Tennessee
    Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison

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    Star Trek
    Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90

  • Collage of Donald Trump surrounded by financial charts, arrows, a fuel can, a briefcase and a shipping container

    See the data
    ‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far

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    Explainer
    What are the races to watch in the US midterm elections and why do they matter?

In focus

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    California
    Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism

    Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals
  • images of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot on a big screen in Tel Aviv

    Explainer
    What you need to know about the most consequential election in Israel’s history

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Features

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    'I don’t give a damn what people think any more!’
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    Well actually
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    Social etiquette
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    Film
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    Stage
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    How we made
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    ✨ Latest Report: us - Fox News UpdateDonald Trump has been a disaster for rural America

    Steven Greenhouse
    The president’s policies have taken such a toll on farmers that Republicans face trouble in deep-red states
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    Jordana Timerman
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    Ella Baron on Trump’s admiration for Putin

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    Emma Beddington
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    Catherine De Vries

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    Formula One
    Wolff hails Antonelli’s US Grand Prix demolition as the Italian’s ‘best race yet’

  • Villarreal's Alex Freeman celebrates with a teammate, shouting with clenched fists after scoring

    Soccer
    Three roles and a goal: USMNT’s ‘super player’ Alex Freeman is breaking out for Villarreal

  • The Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes, sits on the bench after not being selected for his team's home Premier League game against Bournemouth.

    Soccer
    Fernandes gamble leaves Carrick to carry the can for United’s institutional failures

    Will Unwin

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    US-Israel war on Iran
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  • Russell Brand and his wife Laura arrive at court, photographers crowding behind them

    UK
    Russell Brand had ‘insane sexual appetite’ and his bad behaviour was normalised, trial told

  • Gloved hands prepare a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, connecting syringe and vial

    Trump administration
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    Florida
    Fifteen-year-old arrested in shooting near Florida university that injured 12

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    US
    Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at University of Washington

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    Exclusive
    US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

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    Japan
    Japanese prosecutors charge US marine suspected of robbing and killing woman

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    Republicans
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Climate crisis & environment

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    Weather tracker
    Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far

  • An African man tending to flowers and plants in a lush garden.

    Global development
    ‘They paved paradise’: fighting back over the loss of green spaces in Cameroon’s capital

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    Wildlife
    Koalas are cute, furry, iconic – and dying of chlamydia. But how well does the approved vaccine work?

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    The age of extinction
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US news

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    Chris Brown given suspended sentence over bottle attack at London club

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    Eric Bauza, award-winning Looney Tunes voice actor, dies aged 46

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    US south-west braces for more storms after enduring days of rain and flooding

  • National security
    US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data

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    ‘We built this land’: descendants of enslaved people are reclaiming their history across South Africa’s vineyards

  • Airline industry
    Almost a quarter of European airline pilots fly when too fatigued to work

  • Venezuela
    Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to rapturous reception in Venezuela

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    Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders

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    My feelgood movie
    ‘Vicarious wish-fulfillment’: why That Thing You Do! is my feelgood movie

  • Mac DeMarco performs at Carnegie Hall, 25 October 2026.

    Music
    Mac DeMarco review – glowing melodies and shirtless antics at Carnegie Hall

What to watch

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    John Oliver recap
    John Oliver on extremism and bigotry among Republicans: ‘This party is at a crossroads’

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    Film
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  • Bill Murray in a green bobble hat and blue jacket looks off to the side outdoors

    TV review
    A Course Called Ireland – why did Bill Murray agree to this Irish golf show?

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    Film
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    Best podcasts of the week
    A Sugababe reveals her hardcore system for dating: best podcasts of the week

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    Books
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  • Igor Levit performs Vexations as part of the Southbank Centre's new arts festival Multitudes at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. This durational event is directed by conceptual artist Marina Abramović. London. Photograph by David Levene 24/4/25

    Classical music
    Igor Levit: Resistance album review – essential listening in a time of bullies and despots

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    Music
    Murder on the dancefloor: are phones, drugs and chatter killing off dancing?

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    Review
    War Is Interested in You by Gideon Rachman – are we on the brink of world war three?

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    Books
    ‘There’s nothing interesting about me – and no interest in me’: how Larry David’s new biography nearly didn’t happen

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    Book of the day
    Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art

  • Stephen Fry in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

    Arthur Conan Doyle
    Stephen Fry: ‘Sherlock Holmes altered the course of my whole life’

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    Games
    Lara Croft is 30! We look at the video game icon’s biggest blunders

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    ✨ Latest Report: us - Fox News UpdateEA has closed BioWare – and Mass Effect fans like me are bereft

    Lucy James
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    Review
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review – a thrilling airport novel of a game

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    Review
    Nintendo Switch Sports Resort – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

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    The big interview
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    In pictures
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    Theatre
    As mega-hit Into the Woods wows the West End, what’s the secret weapon of this Sondheim spectacular?

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    Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen

Lifestyle

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    Is it true that …
    Is it true that … toothpaste is an effective spot treatment?

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    The one change that worked
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    Sleep
    Our favorite adjustable pillow is now cheaper than it has been all year

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    Food
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    Halloween
    ‘Whimsical witch stuff’ and vintage radio shows: how horror novelists celebrate Halloween

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    Fashion
    We asked real people what they’re wearing this fall – burgundy, secretly comfy pants and fierce boots

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    Bathroom essentials
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    Home essentials
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    Memento mori
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    ‘Our fertility doctor told us we were having too much sex’

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    The pet I'll never forget
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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
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    Food
    The joy of veg-maxxing: how to eat many, many more plants – without really trying

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    The pet I'll never forget
    Pumpkin, the rescue cat turned social media star

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    Fitness
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    Healthcare
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