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The Guardian
Death in Venice? Most glamorous film festival takes aim at bleak world affairs
For most of its 82 years, the Venice film festival has been perceived as the world's most glamorous.
3 min |
September 06, 2025

The Guardian
Intervision song contest Why Russia has revived cold war-era competition
Why Russia has revived cold war-era competition
2 min |
September 06, 2025

The Guardian
Phone shops lock their doors after huge rise in robberies by gangs
Mobile phone retailers are locking their doors during trading hours and considering using \"kill switches\" to disable stolen devices as incidents of theft surge more than nine-fold in some high street stores because of organised crime.
2 min |
September 06, 2025

The Guardian
Feeding people is a blessing' DJ unites South Africans through good food
Solly's Corner, a fast food restaurant in downtown Johannesburg, was bustling. Slabs of hake and golden chips sizzled, green chillies were being chopped and homemade sauces distributed liberally into packed sandwiches.
3 min |
September 06, 2025

The Guardian
Ready for government? They're so busy being angry they're not even ready for conference
\"Up for an Adventure\" a sign declared outside Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.
2 min |
September 06, 2025

The Guardian
Venice Was city's famous lion made in China?
The great bronze statue of a winged lion perched atop one of two granite columns in Venice's St Mark's Square has watched over the city for centuries.
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
End of era at Tottenham
Levy out after 25 years as Spurs look for fresh approach
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
EU's Middle East failure Leaders castigated for feeble response
In 1980 when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Soviet Union and Donald Trump was a property developer, the nine leaders of the then European Community made their first major foray into joint diplomacy. The cause: the Middle East, including a Palestinian state.
3 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Essex hotel asylum seeker found guilty of sexual assault against 14-year-old girl
An asylum seeker staying in a hotel in Essex that became the focus of protests has been found guilty of sexual assault against a 14-year-old girl and a woman.
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Firm used by Rayner 'offered no tax advice'
The conveyancing firm that Angela Rayner used to complete her purchase of an £800,000 flat on the south coast has said it did not offer her tax advice and completed her stamp duty return based only on information she provided.
3 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
'A disgrace' Anger on streets of minister's seat in Tameside
\"I've got to pay my taxes, and so has she, it's as simple as that,\" Andrew Davies, 57, said, a common view on the streets of Angela Rayner's Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
PM must not meet Israeli president during UK visit, say Labour MPs
Critics fear Herzog talks would send ambiguous message on Gaza
4 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
Giorgio Armani, the celebrated Italian fashion designer who built a global empire, has died at the age of 91, his company said yesterday.
3 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Kerr back after 20 months out with serious knee injury
Sam Kerr is poised to make her long-awaited return for Chelseatonight after 20 months out because of a serious knee injury, when the Women's Super League season gets under way.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
Regulator may seek prison sentences for rogue owners
Rogue owners could be imprisoned for the most serious violations of the Football Governance Act under plans set out by the new Independent Football Regulator (IFR).
1 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Breetzke fires South Africa to series win despite hosts' rally
It has been a South African summer at Lord's. After the World Test Championship triumph in June came a second to savour at the home of cricket: a tight five-run win under lights that sealed their first one-day international series victory on English soil for 27 years.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
Taiwan Demands China Cease Oil Drilling in Its Economic Zone
Taiwan's government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it halt the activity.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
New Lloyd's boss signals shift on fossil fuels stance
The new chief executive of Lloyd's has stressed the insurance market's \"apolitical\" stance in an apparent shift on climate policy, even as he warned of growing threats from more extreme weather events.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
Calling boss 'dickhead' was not a sackable offence, tribunal rules
Managers and supervisors, brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not necessarily a sackable offence, a tribunal has ruled.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
New season but same key question: can anyone stop Chelsea?
Summer of record fees and manager changes give rivals hope of denying champions their seventh title in a row
3 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, hits out at 'sugarcoated' biopic
Paris Jackson has criticised a biopic of her father, Michael Jackson, saying she had \"zero per cent involvement\" in the film, which she suggests has been \"sugar-coated\" in a broader swipe at Hollywood biopics that contain \"full-blown lies\".
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Newly discovered portrait may depict 'fair youth' of Shakespeare's sonnets
The discovery of a previously unknown portrait miniature by one of Elizabethan England's greatest artists would be significant enough.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
Jamaica Labour party gets third term despite claims against PM
Jamaicans have voted to give Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour party (JLP) a third consecutive term in government after a nail-biting race with the opposition People's National party (PNP).
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Surgeon jailed after self-inflicted injuries that led to amputations
An NHS surgeon froze his legs using dry ice so they would require amputation to satisfy a sexual interest in losing his limbs before making nearly £500,000 in insurance claims.
1 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
It's never a dull moment with Liz Truss, who crashed the economy but will never admit it
Government debt at record levels. A deputy prime minister under investigation by the standards watchdog. Reform UK 15 points ahead in the polls. A summer in which hatred of migrants has become normalised. Politicians competing to appear more authoritarian.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Guardian
Alan Turing Institute chief executive quits after staff revolt
The chief executive of the UK's leading artificial intelligence agency is stepping down after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul.
1 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Film review Audacious Gaza docufiction is fierce and heart-breaking
There can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is this one, from the Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania.
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Moore's close-range finish fulfils Wales' long-distance mission
Kazakhstan, 114th in the Fifa rankings and all in yellow, represented a banana skin on an artificial surface in Astana. Their last World Cup qualifying victory was almost 12 years ago, a narrow success against the Faroe Islands, but this was anything but a straightforward win for Wales.
2 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Going slow on fast fashion Troubles at Asos could be sign of sector's demise
Once the nemesis of the high street, valued at more than £5bn, the online clothing retailer Asos has slumped in value as it faces difficulties that could signal the demise of fast fashion.
3 min |
September 05, 2025

The Guardian
Sonny and scare England's Baker can take heart from cricket's rich history of dismal debuts
On Tuesday the screen at Headingley was showing Sonny Baker's bowling speed. They were impressive figures - 87, 86, 88mph - and you wonder if the bowler himself caught a glimpse. Probably not.
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