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The Guardian
What makes a good zoo?
'There are many here and abroad I'd like to see closed'
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
'Questions to answer' Farage's response to allegations is cowardly, says Starmer
Nigel Farage has been accused of being “spineless” by the prime minister and a “coward” by Dulwich college contemporaries over his response to allegations of racism.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Food banks How crisis after crisis created an endless cycle of need
\"I've sat and cried many times, feeling like I've let my kids down.\" Such is the heartbreaking description one Kent mother gives of the difficulties she has meeting her family's needs. She lives with four children under 13 in a rented flat in the coastal town of Herne Bay. She does not come to the door, but her partner passes a handwritten note relaying their meagre existence on benefits as the Guardian joins the local food bank's morning delivery round.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Electric vehicles Will pay-per-mile plan raise cash-or drive people away?
Three pence: a small charge per mile for an electric vehicle, but a giant conceptual leap for Britain. Chancellors have long resisted any form of road pricing as politically toxic. That may be about to change next week: Rachel Reeves, perhaps inured to criticism, is expected to introduce a charge explicitly linked to how far EVs drive.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
"Ruthlessly ambitious' Businessman who helped devise Ukraine 'peace plan'
When relations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin soured this autumn, with the US president accusing Moscow of blocking a path to a peace in Ukraine and announcing significant sanctions against Russia's oil sector, one man saw an opening.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Aid donations for Gaza 'fell dramatically after ceasefire'
Gaza has seen a \"catastrophic\" drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced despite a desperate humanitarian crisis compounded by poor weather, fundraisers have warned.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Eurovision changes voting rules after protests over Israeli success
Eurovision is changing its rules around promotion and voting after broadcasters raised concerns about Israel’s runner-up spot this year.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Top law firm cuts back-office staff as it increases use of AI
The law firm Clifford Chance is reducing the number of business services staff at its London base by 10%, with the increased use of artificial intelligence a factor behind the decision.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Milder conditions on the way as cold snap ends, Met Office says
The UK will see warmer weather this weekend as the cold snap that brought temperatures as low as -11C comes to an end.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Organised criminals cash in as illegal dumping becomes ‘new narcotics'
In a once-scenic ancient woodland outside Ashford, Kent, an enormous biohazard cleanup operation is under way to remove the toxic aftermath of the criminal dumping of 35,000 tonnes of rubbish.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
EU trade bill Lib Dems to force symbolic vote on '£25bn' customs union
The Liberal Democrats are forcing a vote in parliament on creating a new customs union to put pressure on Labour MPs to take a more pro-EU stance.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
First 'Spoons in Spain will target British travellers flying home
JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub outside the UK and Ireland. It will serve alcohol from 6am every day and target British passengers in the departure lounge at Alicante airport.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Chemical weapons targeting the mind 'could turn the brain into a battlefield'
Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics say.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
'It was just gossip' How one school's parent WhatsApp group led to arrests
Before it catapulted a small school community in London's commuter belt into the centre of a global news story, the year 4 class WhatsApp group at Cowley Hill school in Borehamwood was unremarkable.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
'A need to reach out' Why it is still important to learn languages in an age of AI translation tools
Universities are blaming a “societal shift” for the axing of dozens of foreign language degrees and even entire departments, citing lack of demand from students.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Wonderful wizard of Oz-lington
Celebrity cameo appearances work magic for theatre fortunes
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Overconsumption with bells on? Outcry over boom in advent calendars for adults
The trend for advent calendars aimed at adults is \"superfluous consumerism\" adding to excessive and wasteful consumption, according to environmental charities.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Hundreds of websites are now linking to pro-Russia propaganda
Hundreds of English-language websites are linking to articles from a pro-Kremlin network flooding the internet with disinformation, according to a London-based thinktank.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Countries at Cop30 still far apart on fossil fuel transition and carbon cuts
Climate crisis talks in Brazil appeared to be set to stretch into the weekend yesterday, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Reform UK urged to root out party links to Russia after bribery case
MEPs to make pro-Russia statements, without their awareness.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Dubai bank is behind Briton's 30-year jail term, family claims
A Dubai bank is instrumental in the long-running detention of a 71-year-old British businessman, Ryan Cornelius, who is serving a 30-year sentence that will keep him in jail until he is 84, his brother-in-law claims.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
School attacked in Nigeria's third mass abduction in a week
Unknown gunmen abducted an unidentified number of pupils from a Catholic school in central Nigeria yesterday, the third mass abduction in the country in a week.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Axolotl love: Mexicans hoard 50 peso notes starring cute creature
For most of her life, Gorda was just an axolotl who lived in a museum in Mexico City - that is, until she became the star of the country's favourite banknote.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves must restore voters' faith in centrist politicians, says Case
Voters will look elsewhere if Rachel Reeves does not use next week's pivotal budget to show that \"centre-ground\" politicians can fix the UK's entrenched economic problems, the former head of the civil service Simon Case has said.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
'It's been amazing' Duralex glass-makers 'on a cloud' as French public save factory
Drop a Duralex glass and it will most likely bounce, not break. The French company has itself tumbled several times in the past two decades and always bounced back - but never quite as spectacularly as when, earlier this month, it asked the public for money.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Households face unexpected increase in energy price cap
Energy bills will rise for millions of households through the coldest months of the year after Ofgem announced a surprise increase in gas and electricity prices from January.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, Zelenskyy says
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, as Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accept within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would see it forced to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessions.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Labour Starmer tries to quash leadership speculation
Keir Starmer has tried to dampen fresh speculation about his leadership by insisting that his potential rival Andy Burnham is doing a “really good job as mayor of Manchester”.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Sarkozy to write prison memoir on his 20 days in jail
Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book next month called The Diary of a Prisoner detailing his 20 days in jail.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Guardian
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sold for record $55m at auction
A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.9m) at a New York art auction, setting a new top sale price for a work by a female artist.
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