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Nº 54 Thursday, 03 September 2026

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Off-grid UK-Australian couple describe ‘anguish’ at removal of children by Italian court

After judge allows partial access rights, Catherine Birmingham and Nathan Trevallion say the enforced separati…

Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92

Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varie…

Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent

Ben-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community th…

Trump ranks himself the greatest US president ever. Historians beg to differ

Donald Trump posted his own presidential rankings to Truth Social last week, separating past US presidents int…

The wars in Ukraine and Iran are becoming dangerously enmeshed

As the Trump administration refuses to end its war in Iran, it is steering into the storm, not out of it Russi…

It took me 10 years to read this beast of a book – but it was worth it

First published in 1941, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is not quite War and Peace. But it comes cl…

Green party leader Zack Polanski seeks to stand in byelection for Keir Starmer seat

Polanski says he will ‘stand up for people struggling to pay their bills’ if he becomes MP for Holborn and St …

Yen jumps as traders bet on Japan interest rate rises

Currency moves past ¥157 to the dollar after sudden jump overnight

Fixing the AI industry’s PR problem

Doomers will say it’s hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire

KPMG warned Guggenheim unit over deficiencies in internal controls

Big Four auditor flagged up flaws in how private investment division accounted for revenue

Sweden’s election frontrunner vows green reset

Magdalena Andersson seeks comeback in September election after spell in opposition

Europe’s seven fantasy M&A deals

Seven theoretical tie-ups that could help the continent’s corporate sector compete with the US and China — if …

The port that built Dubai: war exposes a dangerous dependence

Jebel Ali faces ‘existential risk’ as Strait of Hormuz disruption stifles marine traffic to the Gulf

VW, Amazon and others name blacklisted groups among potential suppliers

More than 160 US companies unable to rule out sanctioned smelters in test of western efforts to clamp down on …

Three injured as Ukraine's top intelligence agencies 'shoot at each other' in Kyiv

President Zelensky has slammed the leaders of each branch of Ukraine's intelligence agencies, officials have s…

Russian teachers instructed to identify ‘disloyal’ kids during weekly patriotic classes

Students who don't maintain the status quo could see their families punished, as per new documents from Russia…

Furious protests erupt across Spain over migrant crisis as they slam Ceuta 'invasion'

Fury has broken out over the mass influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish city of Cueta.

NATO told to 'prepare for Russian attack' after Putin's chilling warning to UK

Russia has repeatedly threatened attacks on the UK for assisting Ukraine in the war.

Horror as boy, 11, circumcised after bullies drag him into school toilets

The boy was left bleeding in the cubicle before limping home in agony.

JPMorgan curbed lending to Jane Street as trading firm muscled into bonds

Wall Street bank’s move last year came after trading specialist began making markets in US Treasuries

Prosecutor issues bombshell update on unsolved 2012 murders of UK family in France

Three British family members and a French cyclist were shot dead in the Alps.

Putin furiously hits back after claims Russia’s running out of soldiers

Putin has dismissed claims that he plans to announce a new round of military mobilisation in Russia's war on U…

Bomb squad scrambled near busy train station after 'packages connected by wires' found

Experts have rushed to the scene to determine if the objects pose a threat.

Police's horror discovery after couple died in grim jacuzzi accident in Spain

The couple were found dead by their own children.

Wisconsin University: Whitewater Campus emergency alert as students told 'hide'

An emergency alert was issued.

US Open tennis 2026: Pegula, Tiafoe, Shelton and Boulter in action on day four – live

Tennis updates from Flushing Meadows, New York Email Daniel and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky The men’s comp…

Was Paul Mescal being ‘not masculine enough’ the reason Gladiator II flopped?

Mescal’s nuanced performance in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has been blamed by some for the film’s box offic…

Mass breeding of game birds without welfare checks may be curtailed in England

Campaigners say pheasants and partridges reared ‘on industrial scale’ do not have same protections as chickens…

Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism

Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is…

Messy, clever and can barely conceal its rage: is Furious the most outstanding TV show of the year?

The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic f…

Farewell Keir Starmer, a terrible politician whom we desperately wanted to be something more

‘U-turn’ doesn’t do justice to the myriad ways he found to break a pledge. Now the former PM is resigning as a…

From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker

Fifty years ago Parker was hailed as rock’s next big thing, but he picked a different path: cult records, a Ho…

UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom UK politics live – latest updates Th…

Chasing Freedom: a poignant reflection on empire, education and parental expectations

Simukai Chigudu’s filmic memoir details the confines and conflicts of growing up in Zimbabwe during political …

Uber to cut 10% of its global workforce

Group plans to axe 3,300 jobs as competition rises in food delivery sector and robotaxi race intensifies

Spain demands answers as police blame Morocco for migrant crisis

Minister presses police chief over probe that reportedly accuses Moroccan security forces of orchestrating inf…

Growth is a life-and-death matter for Europe

It is the only way of funding the defence of a continent with mortal enemies

Chevron pledges $7bn to double its Venezuela oil production

US major commits to expand its joint ventures as White House pushes for huge increase in production in the cou…

Sexual assaults 'happening on nearly daily basis' after Ceuta migrant invasion

Spanish prosecutors have revealed a surge in reported sexual assaults in Ceuta following the mass migrant infl…

Nightmare for Putin as Russian airspace will be ‘completely unsafe and filled with drones’

The Russian President claimed Volodymyr Zelensky's comments were a 'declaration of state terrorism'.