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  • flood waters surround cars in a parking lot outside an apartment complex

    Hurricane Milton
    Insurance is failing survivors: ‘People thought they were covered’

    Flooding is separate from typical US home insurance and many homeowners are not adequately covered
  • Sun breaks through clouds on long, rectangular pool.

    Far right (US)
    Millionaire ‘apostle’ summoning women to DC for Christian nationalist rally

Hurricane Milton

  • a flooded street

    Analysis
    Florida begins long road to recovery after double hurricane strike

  • A woman holds her crying baby and kisses it on the forehead

    Hurricane Helene
    No water, power or formula: moms struggle to feed babies after Hurricane Helene

  • People drive in a car through flood water

    ‘It’s mindblowing’
    US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

  • people paddle in a boat down a flood street

    Pictures
    Hurricane Milton’s destructive power – in pictures

In focus

  • a woman stands with a horse

    US elections 2024
    This Diné leader is using horses to bring ‘the greatest Native turnout ever’ to the polls

  • Gallego Arizona

    US elections
    Winning over Trump voters could be key for Arizona Democrat in Senate race

    Ruben Gallego has a consistent edge in polling in a contest that will help determine control of the Senate – even despite Trump’s endorsement of Kari Lake
  • Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on Call Her Daddy podcast<br>Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to Alex Cooper during a taping of the podcast "Call Her Daddy" in this handout photo released on October 6, 2024. Call Her Daddy/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

    Media
    From frat-bro media to Kamala Harris: how the sex podcast Call Her Daddy reached the stratosphere

    Alex Cooper’s show features no-holds-barred chats about intimacy and mental health. The vice-president’s visit offered a chance to connect with the TikTok generation

Spotlight

  • A black-and-white image of a young Al Pacino in a restaurant wearing a suit, shirt, tie and waistcoat, and pointing a gun

    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino on the inside story of The Godfather: ‘I was told, you’re not cutting it’

    When he bagged the lead role, he couldn’t believe his luck. But after just a week of filming he was on the brink of being fired. In an exclusive extract from his new book, the actor recalls the making of the film that changed his life
  • A young man with short brown hair, beard, mustache, eyebrow piercing and septum piercing wears tinted glasses and a gray sweatshirt as he poses in front of a purple flower bush

    LGBTQ+ rights
    Gavin Grimm won a landmark victory for US trans youth. He now struggles to survive

  • Saturday magazine Blind Date Comp OCT 12 Rashpal Ghag &amp; Chloe Garner

    Blind date
    I can’t think of a reason not to award a 10

    Rashpal, 56, an English teacher, meets Chloe, 49, an artistic director
  • Two men in blue prison shirts sit behind table in courtroom.

    Crime
    ‘I feel hope’: chance of release dawns for Menéndez brothers in 35-year-old case

    Renewed interest in the 1989 case of two men convicted of killing their parents leads the LA district attorney to consider new evidence
    • Dawn Wright at the hatch of the submersible Limiting Factor.

      Science
      Oceanographer Dawn Wright: ‘When we reached the bottom, we saw a beer bottle’

    • Illustration of a naked couple falling lustfully over the back of a sofa

      Sex
      This is how we do it: ‘We’ve rediscovered the lust of our teenage years in our 60s’

    • Stars and Stripes Print

      American psyche
      Gen Z and Kamala Harris: is the meet-cute enough to bring her to the White House?

    • Hanif Kureshi in the garden at his home in London, Sept 2024

      Hanif Kureishi on his accident
      ‘I believed I was dying, that I had three breaths left. It seemed like a miserable and ignoble way to go’

Opinion

  • Cult guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, AKA Osho, arrives at the Oregon commune in a Rolls-Royce, 15 June 1984.

    My abuse in the Osho Rajneesh cult has haunted me for decades. Now I’m ready to speak out

    Sarito Carroll
    Children like me, abused under the guise of ‘liberation’, have been left out of narratives about spiritual communes – until now, says author Sarito Carroll
  • Group of models on catwalk walking together, in reds and whites.

    Being dangerously thin is back in. Is the body-positivity era officially over?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Nathaniel Dye

    My terminal illness has taught me how precious life is – but also the value of a good death

    Nathaniel Dye
  • Line judge Wendy Smith watches Andy Murray celebrate winning his first Wimbledon title in 2013

    I have been a Wimbledon line judge for 40 years. They could have said machines will do the job next year

    Wendy Smith
    I saw Andy Murray win, and intervened when Andre Agassi swore. A computer may be consistent, but tennis needs the human touch, says veteran tennis line judge Wendy Smith
    • Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania on 5 October.

      Hurricane Milton has left two worlds in its wake. Elon Musk lives in one of them. The other is called reality

      Marina Hyde
    • Thousands of people, most of them women and children, in a refugee camp

      Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares

      Jonathan Freedland
    • Benjamin Netanyahu, in a suit and tie, speaks at a podium with his hands gestured, an Israel flag hanging behind him

      Why has Israel detained American journalist Jeremy Loffredo?

      Seth Stern
    • A building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike

      How long will the destruction of Lebanon continue? This is madness.

      Moustafa Bayoumi

Sports

  • The Dodgers' Kiké Hernández watches his solo home run during the second inning of Game 5 of the NL Division Series on Friday night.

    MLB playoffs
    Kiké Hernandez thwarts censors after lifting Dodgers to NLCS date with Mets

    The Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to the NLCS
  • Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams

    NFL
    ‘Dumplings in Chinatown!’ Chicago Bears bask in UK life before Jags clash

  • Clockwise from top left: Riccardo Calafiori, Jadon Sancho, Facundo Buonanotte, Noussair Mazraoui and Iliman Ndiaye.

    Premier League
    Who are the summer signings of the season so far?

  • Jannik Sinner

    Tennis
    Sinner secures year-end men’s No 1 spot while Sabalenka beats Gauff in Wuhan

    Sinner beats 6-4, 7-5 Tomas Mahac in Shanghai Masters semi-final, as Gauff serves 21 double faults as Sabalenka reaches third Wuhan final
    • Ineos Britannia and Emirates Team New Zealand in action during race 1.

      America's Cup
      New Zealand win first two races against Great Britain in America’s Cup – as it happened

    • Mikaela Shiffrin speaks at the Atomic Media Day on Thursday in Bergheim, Salzburg, Austria.

      Skiing
      Mikaela Shiffrin drops downhill from schedule as she nears 100th career win

    • Ineos Britannia (right) will be looking to win the America’s Cup for Britain for the first time when they take on holders, and four-time winners, Team New Zealand in Barcelona.

      America’s Cup 2024
      Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

    • Wimbledon 2008, Day Thirteen. 06/7/08. Pic: Tom Jenkins. The Mens Singles Final. Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal. Nadal celebrates on matchpoint.

      Nadal’s retirement draws line under golden era of men’s tennis

      Simon Cambers

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Climate crisis

  • a bridge goes over a body of water

    Canada
    ‘We want clean water back’: British Columbia town fights hydro plant

  • Composite of Morro Do Urubu, an area in the north of Rio de Janeiro, showing how the tree cover has markedly changed between 1990 and 2019. Left, few trees; right, luxuriant growth.

    ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’
    How local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart

  • Destroyed home

    Weather tracker
    Outbreak of tornadoes foreshadowed Milton’s arrival

  • A young girl getting glitter painted on her face

    Australia
    Glitter has lost its shine – but scientists may have found a safer substitute

Across the country

  • Police move cones outside gold mine tour

    Colorado
    Man killed in Colorado goldmine was tour guide, authorities say

    Officials call death of Patrick Weier, 46, ‘Colorado tragedy’ but police say they do not know what caused his death
  • FILES-IRAQ-CONFLICT<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 22, 2017 US troops walk as a US Army C-47 Chinook helicopter flies over the village of Oreij, south of Mosul. - US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said on September 8, 2020. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

    US military
    Soldier sentenced to 14 years for trying to help Islamic State kill troops

  • Man in suit walks away from brick building.

    Massachusetts
    Pharmacist gets prison for role in fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak

  • a person holds up a sign that reads 'abortion is healthcare'

    Abortion
    Texas man drops lawsuit against women accused of helping ex-wife get abortion

    • US elections 2024
      Roger Stone calls for ‘armed guards’ at polling spots in leaked video

    • Tesla
      Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’

    • US military
      Drownings of two US Navy Seals were preventable, military investigation finds

    • Boeing
      Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid worker strike and crisis over plane safety

    • Donald Trump
      Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says

    • The election office
      Trial of Arizona officials who refused to certify 2022 election delayed until next year

Around the world

  • Moldovans with a flag of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a Victory Day march in May

    Moldova
    ‘Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears Kremlin is fixing EU referendum

    Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election
  • A Dodge Ram 1500 on a street in Washington

    Road safety
    Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

  • King Charles shakes hands with the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, at Buckingham Palace

    Monarchy
    King Charles won’t stand in the way if ‘Australia wants to become a republic’

  • A skiing area partially covered by artificial snow

    Global heating
    Fears for future of ski tourism as resorts adapt to thawing snow season

    • Europe
      Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship off Channel Islands

    • England
      Woman jailed for life after murdering parents and living with bodies in Essex

    • Pets
      Introduce cats and dogs gradually to prevent fighting, study finds

    • Comet of the century
      Comet last seen in Neanderthal times could be sighted from UK this weekend

    • Assisted dying
      UK’s top Catholic bishop urges faithful to lobby MPs to oppose assisted dying

    • Ukraine
      I Will Return: play brings to life stories of Ukrainian children taken by Russia

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  • Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq

    Today in Focus
    One man on his grief for Gaza

  • Still of Al Pacino holding a gun in a black and white still from The Guardian

    Weekend
    Al Pacino tells the inside story of The Godfather, and Marina Hyde on Keir Starmer, the unforced error machine – podcast

  • England v Greece - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2. Football. Wembey Stadium, London. UK. 10 OCT 2024<br>Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by JASONPIX/REX/Shutterstock (14774704bg) Vangelis Pavlidis of Greece celebrates his 2nd goal to win the game and put Greece 2-1 up England v Greece - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2. Football. Wembey Stadium, London. UK. 10 OCT 2024

    Football Weekly
    A night to forget for England as Greece make history – Football Weekly Extra

  • REUTERS/Nathan

    Politics Weekly America
    Hurricanes, the Middle East, and Covid-19 tests to Putin – podcast

  • Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, on TV in September. Photograph: Serrano/AGF/Rex/Shutterstock

    The Audio Long Read
    The shapeshifter: who is the real Giorgia Meloni? – podcast

  • Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick

    Politics Weekly UK
    Tories choose between Badenoch and Jenrick. Plus, Labour’s reset – Politics Weekly UK

  • Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Dodge County airport

    Today in Focus
    ‘I am your retribution’: Trump’s radical plan to remake the presidency – podcast

Culture

  • David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall

    Music
    David Gilmour review – astonishing, goosebump-inducing solos

    In between collaborating with Ice-T, selling the rights to the Pink Floyd name and promoting a new album, the veteran musician delivers a stream of unimpeachable classics
  • Gabriela Sirtoli and Jackson Palucci stand by a wall in front of the Coliseum; it looks like a hot day and she is wearing an orange sleeveless top; he wears a light brown T-shirt

    ‘They made Rome too clean’
    Fans of Emily in Paris on scenes in Italy

  • Trevor Noah

    Trevor Noah
    Trevor Noah: ‘I’ve met a few people where I’ve thought – yeah, you’re probably an alien’

  • Artist holds an easel and paintbrush

    Art
    ‘It’s just crazy’: the retired Cornish builder making thousands from his whale paintings

  • Huge but fragile ego … David Tennant as Tony Baddingham in Rivals.

    Rivals
    Lock up your TV remote! Why Jilly Cooper’s Rivals was guaranteed to be joyous television

  • The Booker prize shortlisted authors, clockwise from left: Yael van der Wouden, Rachel Kushner, Charlotte Wood, Samantha Harvey, Anne Michaels and Percival Everett.

    ‘I was on the way to a funeral when the idea came to me’
    2024’s Booker-shortlisted authors on the moment inspiration struck

Lifestyle

  • Spain, Extremadura, Galisteo, stage on the Via de la Plata, Spanish pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the old town is surrounded by a mediev<br>2XHPAHF Spain, Extremadura, Galisteo, stage on the Via de la Plata, Spanish pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the old town is surrounded by a mediev

    Travel
    Spanish steppes: an epic hike across the wild plains of Extremadura

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's butternut squash carbonara with golden crispy garlic.

    Squash ‘carbonara’ and kimchi tofu soup
    Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for easy midweek meals

    Simple suppers that are ready in 30 minutes – and so good you’ll want to make them at the weekend too
  • Queues cartoon Edith Pritchett

    Edith Pritchett on millennial life
    Of course I’m in the airport queue with the stag party

    My queue is always the slowest …

Well actually

  • a girl walking on grass

    Well actually
    Toxic chemicals could be the scariest thing about your Halloween costume

  • painting of a woman with a bra superimposed on it

    All about breasts
    Does wearing a bra make breasts more or less perky?

  • a blue-gloved hand holds a microneedling pen against a woman's face for a facial treatment

    Fishy
    People are getting salmon sperm injected into their faces. Why?

  • Woman sticks out tongue in mirror

    Health
    Red, white or yellow? What your tongue says about your health

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  • Palm trees bend in the wind after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida.

    Hurricanes
    How have you been affected by Hurricane Milton?

  • red, white and blue 'vote here' signs

    US voters in swing states
    If you’re still undecided how to vote, tell us why

  • How do you feel about the US economy?

    Cost of living
    How do you feel about the economy and cost of living?

  • Books by South Korean writer Han Kang are displayed in the Swedish Academy after she was named the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Books
    Tell us: what does Nobel laureate Han Kang’s literature mean to you?

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From our global editions

  • Sir Keir Starmer working on on the flight back from Rome. 16/9/24

    Labour
    ‘We all hope it’s teething troubles – but worry it’s something worse’: the inside story of Labour’s first 100 days in power

  • Enrico Berlinguer, then leader of the Italian Communist party, speaks at a rally in Rome in 1975.

    Italy
    Enrico Berlinguer: the 1970s communist hero inspiring Italy’s youth – and the far right

  • Kardu Yek Diminin Country cousin sisters Shauna and Bridget Perdjert from Kardu Thithay Diminin clan and Murrinhpatha language group sit on Air Force Hill after practising cultural burning on Kardu Yek Diminin Country, Wadeye

    Australia
    ‘Photography is steeped in all kinds of colonial complexities’: Adam Ferguson’s outback Australia

  • Trainees are guided by hairdressing professions

    Hairdressing
    England’s hair salons face recruitment crisis as gen Z shuns profession

In case you missed it

  • Border Crossings Fall From Record Highs But Remains Potent Issue In Presidential Election<br>RUBY, ARIZONA - JUNE 24: Migrants seeking asylum from Central and South America ride in the back of a border patrol vehicle after being apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border protection officers after illegally crossing over into the U.S. on June 24, 2024 in Ruby, Arizona. President Joe Biden has announced an immigration relief plan, which promises a path to citizenship for approximately 500,000 undocumented immigrants married to or adopted by U.S. citizens. Day's after Biden's announcement, Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump announced to a podcast host that he would solidify green cards for foreign nationals who've received a U.S. college diploma. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

    Anywhere but Washington
    Immigration is the toxic issue defining the US election. In Arizona, the debate is deadly

  • A man standing up to his chest in water holding an enormous goldfish

    Experience
    I caught the ‘world’s biggest goldfish’

    My friend yelled, ‘You’ve caught the Carrot!’ She is a monster of a fish
  • Composite images of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with the Israeli flag in the background

    US elections 2024
    Feedback loop: the tangled ties between the US election and the Middle East war

    Benjamin Netanyahu has humiliated Biden’s America and seems to anticipate Trump’s return, but what would that mean for Israel?
  • a composite image showing a hurricane from space and cars driving down a flooded road

    Florida
    A visual guide to the damage caused by Hurricane Milton

  • Three women, one in a hard hat

    Bolivia
    ‘Many are obliged to sleep with the foreman’: Bolivia’s female builders square up to an abusive system

  • Split picture of a woman and a man.

    US elections 2024
    Can ex-governor’s anti-Trump stance swing key Senate seat for Republicans?

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    The long read
    Slash and burn: is private equity out of control?

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  • Children playing football on a rubbish dump in Bangladesh

    Smart shot
    ‘Children like these are in a battle for their livelihood’: Ziaul Huque’s best phone picture

    What the Bangladeshi photographer saw at a city’s garbage dump
  • Kardu Yek Diminin Country cousin sisters Shauna and Bridget Perdjert from Kardu Thithay Diminin clan and Murrinhpatha language group sit on Air Force Hill after practising cultural burning on Kardu Yek Diminin Country, Wadeye

    Australia
    ‘Photography is steeped in all kinds of colonial complexities’: Adam Ferguson’s outback Australia

  • Major Aurora Display Across The United States, Monroe - 10 Oct 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ross Harried/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (14776429g) The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as a geomagnetic storm brings vibrant pink and green colors to a majority of the northern states. Major Aurora Display Across The United States, Monroe - 10 Oct 2024

    Science
    Northern lights sightings across the US inspire awe and delight – in pictures

  • Hurricane Milton advances towards Florida in a view from Dragon Endeavour which is docked with the International Space Station

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  • Northern lights above silhouetted trees

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  • Water voles in South Downs National Park.

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