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The world waits for Trump decision as B-2 bombers move into position
President caught between European diplomacy and risks of US military action
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Flight 171: 'They only had a few seconds. There were no good options'
An engine failure or pilot error? Questions are mounting as the Air India disaster investigation begins.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'The fascists have tried to occupy our area': how Trump's raids unleashed a firestorm
It started with seizures of immigrants in factories and troops on the streets — and ended with nannies grabbed from parks and a tide of resistance that has even surprised activists.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
A world on fire makes compelling case for west's leaders to sit round G7 table
When the G7 meets in Canada today it will be the 51st gathering since its foundation. But there will be no polite applause from the gallery. Instead, it faces searching questions about its relevance in these turbulent and divided times, with war in Europe, the Middle East in flames, and the Oval Office occupied by someone openly disdainful of alliances and multilateralism.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Barbara Holdridge
The audiobook pioneer whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Trainline's new AI customer assistant veers off the rails
Among other errors, bot insists an adult can travel with child's ticket
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Northern Ireland shaken but defiant after mobs set 'foreign' homes ablaze
Protesters pledge unity and police vow to hunt offenders after nights of violence stoked by alleged attack on girl
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Oceans summit fails to secure treaty to protect marine life
The third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice concluded on Friday on a muted note, falling short of its headline goal of securing the 60 ratifications needed to enforce the High Seas treaty. Critics also claimed the conference failed to address fossil fuel emissions, deep sea mining and practices that may threaten the future of the ocean.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Barbara Woodward
She's the favourite to be MI6's first female boss, but don't expect Judi Dench's M.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Age of insecurity
Labour has committed to spend. Now it must show a restive public exactly where the money will go
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'The most damaging thing for the sea' ... and 300 trawlers are at it in Europe
Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Warner Bros splits operations to face the challenge of digital future
Hollywood's identity crisis continues apace - and US TV is in trouble.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
From crisis to cure: Wes Streeting has cash and a bold vision for the NHS – but can he deliver?
The health secretary's plans for prevention, digital reform and community care may well turn decades of rhetoric into reality
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
This is no ordinary war. The world has entered a new age of impunity
On Thursday night, amid reports of an imminent attack on Iran by Israel, an emergency war meeting led by Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace unit, was held at a military base in Tehran.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
No flight, no answers and no full BA payout
British Airways is refusing to cover our out-of-pocket costs after it cancelled our flight.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Two dead and two injured in US 'politically motivated' shootings
A gunman disguised as a police officer shot dead a US politician and her husband in a “politically motivated assassination” in Minnesota yesterday, police have said.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Shenzhen seeks more miracles with plan to lure foreign talent
In 45 years, Shenzhen has grown from a fishing village in mainland China, across the river from Hong Kong, into a large, affluent and liveable city that has been likened to Singapore, though more hi-tech.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Dangers of the social media disaster chasers
At 9.08am BST the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport bound for London Gatwick. The cockpit gave a mayday call.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Shock, sorrow and disbelief in London
Hundreds of people would be usually out on a warm Friday evening on Ealing Road.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Locked-up profits: Trump's private prison donors stand to gain from jailing migrants
As Donald Trump's immigration crackdown intensifies, some of his closest allies in the private sector stand to profit from ICE raids.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Meta tips Scale with £11bn deal to poach savvy data-labellers
Last year Alexandr Wang, co-founder and chief executive of data labelling firm Scale AI, posted on X that he had been “travelling like crazy”.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Tarantula hawk wasp
I'm a vegetarian. Humans call me docile, though spiders have another view. But I can sting all right, for the sting is the pride and glory of a wasp - and my sting is the most painful of any insect: “Blinding, fierce and shockingly electric,” says Justin Schmidt, a hymenopterist (an expert in bees, ants and wasps), so he should know.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'He elevated his lonely boy songs into high art': my encounters with the genius Brian Wilson
Nick Kent, rock writer and one-time member of the Sex Pistols, interviewed the Beach Boy twice. Here, he makes sense of the troubled songwriter who died last week
8 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Starmer announces national inquiry into grooming gangs
Sir Keir Starmer has announced that there will be a statutory inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after accepting the recommendation of a government commissioned report by Baroness Louise Casey.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Big clean-up: Labour gets tough on dirty money
Over the years, the UK has put in place some of the world's toughest anti-corruption and laundering laws, while simultaneously doing very little to enforce them. As a result, London has gained a reputation as a haven for dirty money.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Far from being on their uppers, Britain's upper classes still hold wealth and power
Despite vastly increased competition from other social groups, the gentry remain as influential in this century as they ever were
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Tusk force: how Al is deciphering the secret language of African elephants
A groundbreaking observation project may protect herds from poachers and one day allow us to communicate with them. Mélanie Gouby reports from Nouabalé-Ndoki national park in the Republic of Congo
6 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
For richer...
With Venice centre stage, the Bezos wedding will be a pageant of excess.
10+ min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
There to Prevent terror – or free speech? Kenan Malik
If you believe that immigration has destroyed western civilisation, I might think you've become too drunk on Robert Jenrick and Allison Pearson, Douglas Murray and Melanie Phillips. The British state, though, may well mark you down as being on the path to terrorism.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Mothers 'take a pay cut' if their firstborn is a daughter
Mothers could take a bigger pay cut at work if their first child is a daughter rather than a son, a study has found.
2 min |