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  • Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021<br>ALBA party leader Alex Salmond gives a media interview in Ellon as votes continue to be counted for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections at the P&amp;J Live/TECA, Aberdeen. Picture date: Saturday May 8, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Elections. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

    Politics
    Alex Salmond, former first minister of Scotland, dies aged 69

    High-profile politician reported to have collapsed after delivering speech in North Macedonia on Saturday
  • King Charles III during a visit to the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh last month.

    Monarchy
    King Charles and royals fail to reveal official gifts for past four years – despite promise to do so

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    James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes

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    The anonymous, anything-goes forum at the heart of the Pelicot rape case

    Before it was shut down this year, the illicit and unmoderated chat site Coco had been implicated in killings, child sexual abuse and homophobic attacks
  • 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

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    Punam Krishan jives to Lizzo and Chris McCausland salsas to Men At Work, while crocked Nick Knowles is back in the ballroom game. But who will wow the judges?
  • Zoe Thorogood and brother James cuddling in front of sunflowers as very young children

    Books
    ‘I need positive things to come of this’: graphic novelist rocked by brother’s suicide donates profits to charity

  • People gather in front of wooden stalls with Christmas decorations and lights

    Wine
    White mulled wine is on its way this Christmas, but is the UK ready for it?

    With public taste shifting, retailers are hoping an unfamiliar form of the festive favourite will be this year’s big hit
  • 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
    • Artist holds an easel and paintbrush

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

    • Headshot of writer Hanif Kureshi at his home in London, Sept 2024

      Hanif Kureishi
      ‘My body is broken, but I’m not going to give up’: Hanif Kureishi on life after the accident that paralysed him

    • Dawn Wright at the hatch of the submersible Limiting Factor.

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

    • Headshot of Helen Lederer, 2024

      Flashback
      Helen Lederer looks back: ‘I met a man at my book launch and knew I’d marry him. And divorce him’

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  • Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh's Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

    A week in a swing state taught me a lot about the Maga cult, and gave me hope for Kamala Harris

    Henry Porter
    Barack Obama came out blazing in Pennsylvania with a moral indignation that may help turn tide against Donald Trump’s lies
  • Chris Riddell cartoon of a 'Reform UK' vulture sitting on a sign saying 'rightwing wilderness'

    Cartoon
    The Conservatives head towards a rightwing wilderness

  • The final two in the Conservative leadership race, Kemi Badenoch, left, and Robert Jenrick.

    No matter who Tory members choose, the party has a mountain to climb in 2029

    Paul Goodman
    The candidates each garnered about a third of fellow MPs’ votes, but the fracturing of British politics presents bigger problems, says Conservative peer Paul Goodman
  • MediaCityUK, Salford Quays in Greater Manchester.

    Regions really do benefit from relocation plans – just look at Salford since the BBC’s move

    Torsten Bell
    Moving 2,000 jobs helped Greater Manchester’s creative industry, but good transport and other infrastructure is vital to attract such transfers
    • Illustration of comedy and tragedy masks, each with zipped mouths

      Artistic freedom in our theatres is being lost to fear and self-censorship

      Kate Maltby
    • 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
    • Geoffrey Hinton, joint winner of this year’s Nobel prize in physics.

      Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’. Here’s an offer he shouldn’t refuse…

      John Naughton
    • Rachel Cooke

      Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief

      Rachel Cooke

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  • Chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on taxing the rich: essential for economic fairness and growth

  • South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in literature, attends a press conference in Seoul, South Korea.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Han Kang: a bold outsider has been rewarded

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    Letters
    Assisted dying bill leaves much unanswered

  • Elderly woman with hand on radiator looking out of window

    Letters
    When care homes just don’t care

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

  • Palm trees are flooded in a lake next to the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, south-east Morocco.

    Morocco
    Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century

  • Swimmers at Ferris Meadow Lake

    River Thames
    Popular swimming lake could close amid plan to allow in polluted Thames water

  • People drive in a car through flood water

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

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  • 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’

    Charles said to be adopting ‘anti-confrontational approach’ to republican campaigners before visit
  • Two engineers installing a heat pump

    Environment
    Stop pushing heat pumps or face major backlash, green energy magnate tells Labour

  • Children sitting in a classroom

    Education
    UK academies ‘very sorry’ for policies saying pupils must attend when unwell

  • People stand around a large sculpture of weathered steel ribbons with many names cut into them

    Leeds
    Leeds sculpture celebrates 400 women, from suffragists to boxers

    • Novichok poisonings
      ‘We couldn’t grieve’: Dawn Sturgess’s parents await novichok inquiry answers

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

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

    • River Thames
      Search continues for man after rowing boat capsized in Thames

    • Media
      Carol Vorderman to leave LBC radio show after ‘health scare’

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

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  • A Dodge Ram 1500 on a street in Washington

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

    A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions
  • People demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw holding up his portrait

    Russia
    Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals

Culture

  • Author Helen Castor

    Books interview
    Helen Castor: ‘I’d rather not live in such interesting times’

    The British historian on the drama and resonance of the lives of Richard II and Henry VI, the writers she most admires and the book she wishes she had written
  • Seun Kuti holding his fists up like a boxer

    Music
    Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) review – Fela’s legacy lives on

  • Trevor Noah

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

  • Carl Miller.

    Television & radio
    The week in audio: Kill List; Call Her Daddy; Boj & Kate Have a Lot on Their Plate; Johnny Walker – review

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

    Rivals
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  • Journalist and podcaster Jon Sopel, from waist up, arms crossed, against pink background

    The Q&A
    Jon Sopel: ‘The best kiss of my life? That could get me into trouble’

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

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    Israel-Gaza war
    For the Palestinians who fled to Australia, the home they deeply miss no longer exists

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

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

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