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The Observer
'War footing' and a tight defence budget don't go hand in hand
Watching people trying to pour a quart of beer into a pint pot is an amusing way to spend an afternoon at a village fete in high summer.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
New foundation aims to increase power of humans over Al giants
The boom in artificial intelligence seems certain to have big consequences for humanity, positive and negative.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
EasyJet shares jump as Italian shipping firm circles airline business
As markets opened on Tuesday, shares in the low-cost airline easyJet spiked, rising 12% as rumours swirled of takeover talks with the Italian shipping giant MSC.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Trump's Argentine bailout stokes growing dissent among Maga faithful
Anger over domestic issues makes Senate Republicans anxious as midterms draw closer
4 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Psychiatrists giving facelifts? Cosmetic surgery in the UK needs some work doing
A nation's looks reflect its genetics, diet, fashion, cultural history - and, these days, the state of its plastic surgery business.
4 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Emily Maitlis: Andrew lied to me
\"I think we know now that [Prince Andrew] lied to me about his contact with Epstein,\" the broadcaster Emily Maitlis said this weekend, after the revelation Prince Andrew emailed sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2011.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Driverless car firms battle to rule the roads in London
The race to bring self-driving cars to the UK is on. On Wednesday, Waymo said it plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London in 2026 the first European city to host the technology.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Bolivian voters poised to swing right, back into the White House's favour
US embassy shut its doors after Evo Morales evicted its ambassador, but today's election could ease relations. Thomas Graham reports from La Paz
4 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
It's not far enough. But removing the dukedom from him is a good start
So Andrew will remain a prince but give up his dukedom, his Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and his role as Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
The police have made a mistake. Keir Starmer is right to get off the sidelines and wade in Philip Collins
The ban on fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv has become a political football, with the West Midlands force and the PM on opposing teams
4 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Hargreaves Lansdown goes slow on crypto
Crypto is booming. Should the British public be encouraged to invest in innovative financial products that have generated handsome financial returns for many, including President Trump and boxer Mike Tyson? Or should they be discouraged from jumping on a bubbly craze that could prove worthless? For the past four years, the Financial Conduct Authority has stopped British retail investors from accessing crypto products traded on regulated exchanges.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Whitehall blame game over collapse of 'slam-dunk' case against alleged spies
Questions asked of the CPS, and the case it claimed to have against two men accused of spying for China
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
A cure is our goal: solving the mystery of MND in top athletes
As ex-England rugby captain Lewis Moody becomes the latest to be diagnosed with the disease, Paul Hayward reports on the search for a link with high-intensity sports
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
With money players going for gold, the future of currency looks precarious
The chaotic political scene in the US, with 'so many foundational pillars of society hanging by threads', has spooked market confidence in currency, resulting in a 'perfect storm' moment of soaring prices for the precious metal, writes
5 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Russell Vought
Maga's spending 'bulldog' is playing Cromwell to Trump's Henry VIII, writes Andrew Anthony
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
In our national parks sewage flows while the funds for conservation have run dry
To the untrained eye, Britain's national parks may look like flourishing wild spaces.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
In praise of Kemi's 'rip-off' degrees
In some ways, it is scarcely worth responding to Kemi Badenoch's pledge to end “ripoff” degrees such as — we presume - performing arts, English, design, sociology, anthropology, media and psychology.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Sandwiches and strategy for Starmer's 'Quint'
David Cameron had the “Quad”, the four most senior Conservative and Lib Dem ministers in the coalition years.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
A ceasefire is a start. Now the brutal narrative must change
Who would not want a ceasefire? With the exception of arms manufacturers and politicians desperate to maintain power - whether material, moral, legal or human - at any cost.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
All eyes on Weiss: new CBS news chief keeps US guessing
When it was first rumoured that Bari Weiss might take charge of America's most talked-about newsroom, hearts sank across the liberal US.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
“ I can't bear it. Why did Paddington have to be turned into a coke-addled podcast host?
The show is hilarious when it skewers those who deserve it. But a kindly toy? It just makes me sad, writes Frank Skinner
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Bensons said slumping mattress was our fault
We purchased three mattresses from Bensons For Beds at a cost of £5,459, delivered on 28 January.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Change your tune, Robert Jenrick. For integration look no further than bhangragga
Thirty years ago, the Birmingham-born musician Steven Kapur - aka Apache Indian - released his second album, Make Way for the Indian.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
I worked on a Gaza peace plan with Blair last year. Let's see if Trump can make it work
Finally, the president has embraced a plan sketched out during Biden’s time in office
5 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
How Labour can unpick the triple lock
It's a commonplace that Britain is in an economic jam. There is not a sufficiently robust and growing economic base to provide the tax revenues at reasonable tax rates to fund all the public spending we crave from a fit-for-purpose NHS to the defence of a newly threatened realm.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
'My heart breaks until he is home': a widow's plea for the return of her husband's body
The young wife of a kibbutz worker killed fighting Hamas hopes peace will give her a chance of closure at last
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Transparency call after UK party gets crypto donation
The first crypto donation to a political party in British history has been “made, but not declared”, in what experts fear is a sliding-doors moment in political funding.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
The showman, the reconciler and the cynic – why this trinity must succeed
How is this supposed to work? It may be the most honest question about the attempt to link Donald Trump, Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu in a new regional initiative.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Faulty towers: Whitehall loses its grip on the £400bn business of buying
Whether it's doors for high-security schools or windows for jails, bureaucrats accused of bungling orders
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Dear Keir*
Hullo Britain. It’s been a grim week in UK politics.
3 min |