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Star Trek is turning 60 – and the vision it promised feels more distant than ever

Star Trek is turning 60 – and the vision it promised feels more distant than ever

Who among us doesn’t dream of space in their youth? OK, maybe some of us. Like the ones with lives. While you were out playing hopscotch with little...

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Dave Schilling

From Lizzie Borden to Myra Hindley, why are we still so fascinated with female killers?

From Lizzie Borden to Myra Hindley, why are we still so fascinated with female killers?

On 20 June 1893, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a packed courtroom waited with bated breath for the jury to return its verdict following a gruelling...

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Rebecca Rideal

Don’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happen

Don’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happen

Despite the energised start Andy Burnham has made as prime minister, plenty of his party’s MPs and hardcore activists are still haunted by a...

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John Harris

Australia has done precious little to prepare for the dangers of AI. Where is brilliant leadership when you need it?

Australia has done precious little to prepare for the dangers of AI. Where is brilliant leadership when you need it?

There’s nothing like a threat of human extinction to focus the mind. The threat of AI to the existence of humanity has long been raised. But with...

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Zoe Daniel

By fixating on immigration numbers, are our leaders missing the bigger picture for working Australians?

By fixating on immigration numbers, are our leaders missing the bigger picture for working Australians?

When the immigration minister, Tony Burke, approached the National Press Club podium on Thursday, the eyes of every migrant in the country would have...

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Sanmati Verma

Maga wants more babies. But they don’t seem too worried about miscarriages in ICE detention

Maga wants more babies. But they don’t seem too worried about miscarriages in ICE detention

Maga men have babies on the brain. They may not all be interested in changing diapers or hands-on parenting, but they’re very keen on population...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Stephen Ashman on the difficulties facing first-time homebuyers – cartoon

Stephen Ashman on the difficulties facing first-time homebuyers – cartoon

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For Many People

Ed Sheeran thought fans didn’t want artists to be politically engaged. He’s finding out how wrong he was

Ed Sheeran thought fans didn’t want artists to be politically engaged. He’s finding out how wrong he was

It must have come as a surprise to Ed Sheeran when all of his support acts withdrew from the remainder of the US leg of his tour. The American rapper...

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Jason Okundaye

After 20 years of my school dinners campaign, I’m a happy man. At last, we’re going to feed kids properly

After 20 years of my school dinners campaign, I’m a happy man. At last, we’re going to feed kids properly

More than 20 years ago, when I started the campaign and TV series School Dinners, I couldn’t believe that we had standards for dog food but no...

yesterday 10

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Jamie Oliver

Meditating by the Dnipro: I’m an artist in Ukraine, searching for peace and a life between the missiles

Meditating by the Dnipro: I’m an artist in Ukraine, searching for peace and a life between the missiles

Sometimes, where I live in Kyiv, I hear people say: “This feels pre-war.” It refers to situations that remind us of what life was like before. You...

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Anna Ivanenko

Here’s how Germany can defend its democracy. Banning the AfD isn’t the answer

Here’s how Germany can defend its democracy. Banning the AfD isn’t the answer

Far-right nationalist populist parties are making the running everywhere from Washington to Warsaw. So why be so alarmed about a little regional...

yesterday 10

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Timothy Garton Ash

Martin Rowson on King Charles, Earl Spencer and a row over Diana’s memory – cartoon

Martin Rowson on King Charles, Earl Spencer and a row over Diana’s memory – cartoon

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19.08 Cest

This Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself

This Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself

Candidates always say it, but this time it’s true. When Israel goes to the polls on 27 October, it really will be the most important election in the...

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Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian view on youth unemployment: too few jobs in too many places

The Guardian view on youth unemployment: too few jobs in too many places

The ideas that Neets (young people not in education, employment or training) simply aren’t trying hard enough to find a job, or don’t want one,...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason

The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason

Across Israel, politicians, military leaders and much of the media are trying to discredit a documentary that almost none of them have seen. Produced...

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Editorial

The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location

The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location

Regarding Adrian Chiles and his tracking apps (Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away, 16...

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18.48 Cest

Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards

Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards

The fight within the Greens that led senators to cross the floor last week over koala protection in a national park may have finally put a spotlight...

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Adam Morton

To protect democracy, Democrats should talk about corruption – not authoritarianism

To protect democracy, Democrats should talk about corruption – not authoritarianism

Resisting authoritarianism is the second-highest priority for Democrats’ college-educated base. But for working-class Americans, it’s only the...

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Jared Abbott

Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it

Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it

Reading the extracts from Earl Spencer’s book about his sister Diana, and the king’s two-footed takedown of it, it’s hard to escape the idea...

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Marina Hyde

An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it

An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it

Disabled people are being barred from leaving the country. This isn’t the first line of a dystopian novel but a scandal quietly happening across...

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Frances Ryan

Robert Kraft’s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly

Robert Kraft’s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly

A few weeks ago, the worst thing you could say about Ed Sheeran was that his music was a bit bland. A Guardian music writer once compared it to...

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Arwa Mahdawi

El Niño is supersizing! Are governments finally taking climate change seriously? No!

El Niño is supersizing! Are governments finally taking climate change seriously? No!

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Your Government Will Not Come To Save You – We Have To do That For Each Other Now

Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK

Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK

Monday must have been a historical first. Never before have three of the four “nations” of the United Kingdom jointly demanded freedom to vote for...

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Simon Jenkins

Children and mature adults we know about, but why is society so clueless about young people in between?

Children and mature adults we know about, but why is society so clueless about young people in between?

When did you realise you had finally grown up? It’s a trick question, obviously: maturity is just realising that life is full of things you don’t...

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Gaby Hinsliff

The spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror

The spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror

So much of your daily life – your job, your health, your home – hinges on the fact that your name is in a government database. Are you a legal...

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Miha Mazzini

We terminated a pregnancy so our daughter never had to suffer. It cannot be the right of One Nation to choose for us

We terminated a pregnancy so our daughter never had to suffer. It cannot be the right of One Nation to choose for us

It felt like a cliche out of a medical drama. We huddled together in the ultrasound room, marvelling at the shadow of our baby moving on the screen in...

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Anonymous

The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: a spur to action on climate

The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: a spur to action on climate

Following a familiar pattern, coverage of the glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border three weeks ago has subsided with the initial shock. But...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain

The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain

There is no “associate membership” of the European Union, nor any blueprint for what such a thing might involve. It is a political hypothesis,...

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Editorial

Ben Jennings on the collapse of Ed Sheeran’s tour – cartoon

Ben Jennings on the collapse of Ed Sheeran’s tour – cartoon

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19.08 Cest

Australia’s approaching summer fills me with dread. I’m not equipped to battle 40C

Australia’s approaching summer fills me with dread. I’m not equipped to battle 40C

As a cultured citizen of the globe (social media), I am witness to a lot of different opinions about the weather throughout the year. I will soon be...

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Rebecca Shaw

Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency

Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency

Not long ago, it was common wisdom among social media influencers that they shouldn’t talk politics. There was a widespread belief among their crowd...

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Samuel Woolley

Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military

Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military

As trade talks with Canada shambled toward collapse in late August, Donald Trump brayed on Truth Social: “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!”...

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Vince Beiser

Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza

Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza

The lights go down, and for a moment I forget I’m watching a screen. It fills with a rooftop in Tel Aviv at night, black and grey. The camera pans...

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Mahmoud Mushtaha

British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it

British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it

On the day I became prime minister, I pledged to bring power to every postcode. Today, we begin to make good on that promise in the most literal...

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Andy Burnham

Bad news this week for Trump – but Fox viewers might have missed it

Bad news this week for Trump – but Fox viewers might have missed it

Two breaking stories roiled US politics this week and immediately got big play on most news sites. The supreme court surprisingly rejected – for now...

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Margaret Sullivan

Dear Ed Sheeran, fence-sitting is so last century: musicians can no longer opt out of politics

Dear Ed Sheeran, fence-sitting is so last century: musicians can no longer opt out of politics

Ed Sheeran, seeking to stay out of politics, has become, in this moment, the most political artist in the world. And in trying to leave himself room...

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Zoe Williams

Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money

Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money

You can impress a certain kind of person at a party by reciting the fact that there are more yoga instructors in the US than there are coalminers. In...

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Moira Donegan

Take good care of your tailbone. I didn’t – and my derriere has never been the same since

Take good care of your tailbone. I didn’t – and my derriere has never been the same since

‘Welcome to middle age.” This is what my GP said to me 10 years ago when I asked her why I needed this pill or that. Being then just shy of 50,...

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Adrian Chiles

How’s your apocalypse stockpiling coming on? Three weeks in, mine has hit a few snags

How’s your apocalypse stockpiling coming on? Three weeks in, mine has hit a few snags

It’s been three weeks since the government advisory urging us to start stockpiling in case of emergency – how’s your prep coming along? The...

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Emma Brockes

Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity?

Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity?

Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is pleasure gained...

thursday 10

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George Monbiot

Opening the EU door for Canada is a harmless gesture. But it won’t fix Europe’s security crisis

Opening the EU door for Canada is a harmless gesture. But it won’t fix Europe’s security crisis

Ursula von der Leyen brought a new mascot to her annual State of the Union address to the European parliament: the Canadian prime minister, Mark...

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Paul Taylor

Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might

Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might

It was a tragic sight. One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay motionless on the seafloor, just a kilometre off Australia’s Gold Coast....

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Olaf Meynecke For The Conversation

The Guardian view on Sweden’s election result: an opportunity that progressive parties must not squander

The Guardian view on Sweden’s election result: an opportunity that progressive parties must not squander

European progressives searching for reasons to be cheerful have been finding them hard to come by this autumn. In Germany, the dramatic rise of the...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the Houthi advance in Yemen: another vital Middle East artery becomes a battlefield

The Guardian view on the Houthi advance in Yemen: another vital Middle East artery becomes a battlefield

Even in a region beset by turmoil and learning to expect the unexpected, the lightning advance of Yemen’s Houthis along the Red Sea coast has...

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Editorial

Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality

Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality

In a statement about Macklemore being dropped from his US stadium tour for making pro-Palestinian comments, Ed Sheeran defended his own publicly...

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Laura Snapes

Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away

Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away

I’ll call it compassionate surveillance. It’s what I do when I’m worried about a loved one who is on the move. I’m not sure it’s a good...

thursday 10

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Adrian Chiles

Nicola Jennings on the proposal to house asylum seekers in Oxfordshire – cartoon

Nicola Jennings on the proposal to house asylum seekers in Oxfordshire – cartoon

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17.45 Cest

I have faced abuse, assaults and death threats because I’m an MP. It’s making politics a no-go zone

I have faced abuse, assaults and death threats because I’m an MP. It’s making politics a no-go zone

There is a rising tide of abuse in our politics and I feel it every day. This week, the Electoral Commission warned that harassment and intimidation...

thursday 10

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Dawn Butler

In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty

In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty

Stunning new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows the abysmally low rate of jobseeker means at least 3,000 more...

thursday 10

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Greg Jericho

The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better

The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better

With many technological developments, from algorithm-driven social media to AI, many people assume there’s a degree of inevitability to their...

thursday 10

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Nick Evershed