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Foreign Office chief to visit China amid 'spy case' row

The head of the Foreign Office will travel to China next week as ministers come under pressure over the collapse of a high-profile espionage case, the Guardian can disclose.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Later opening hours would not offset rise in costs, say pub landlords

Plans to make it easier for pubs to open until the small hours will not offset the “toxic” combination of high costs and hard-up drinkers staying at home, industry figures have predicted, as they called for more support.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Desmond asks high court for 'generosity' in £1.3bn lottery licence claim

The billionaire media mogul Richard Desmond has urged a court to \"err on the side of generosity\" in assessing a £1.3bn damages claim against the Gambling Commission that would probably have to be funded by taxpayers if he wins.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

To Hull and back: Hudgell revelling in the good times

Hero of Post Office scandal who has bankrolled his local club through the bad years is confident they can win treble

3 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Putin admits Russian role in Azerbaijani jet crash that killed dozens

Vladimir Putin has admitted for the first time that Russia's air defences were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani airliner in December, killing 38 people.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

UK export of plastic waste 'hits recycling industry'

A plastic recycling industry potentially worth £2bn and 5,000 jobs is dying because of government failure to close a loophole that allows 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be exported each year.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Singer Gene Simmons crashes SUV after reportedly passing out

Gene Simmons, the singer with 70s horror-rock group Kiss, has acknowledged being a “horrible” driver after he crashed his SUV and ended up in hospital in California. He had reportedly passed out at the wheel.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Art of the deal?

How Arab states and 'juggernaut' Trump finally forced peace

4 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

'Such a good boy': Eeyore the dog saves the day

A dog named Eeyore has been hailed a hero in Florida after leading a sheriff's deputy to the place where an 86-year-old woman had fallen while walking him.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Suspect was deeply disturbing, Madeleine's siblings tell trial

Madeleine McCann’s brother and sister yesterday described being stressed and scared by their “creepy” and “deeply disturbing” interactions with an alleged stalker who claimed to be their missing sister.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

'I couldn't keep him safe' Boy, 16, fled Syria only to be killed after taking refuge in UK

After the horror of Homs, a Syrian teenager had found the relative harmony of Huddersfield. After Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, was injured in a bomb blast, his parents sent him 3,000 miles away to West Yorkshire.

4 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Sunak takes advisory roles at Microsoft and Anthropic

Rishi Sunak has been appointed as a senior adviser by the US technology companies Microsoft and Anthropic.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

'It's been a big journey and I'm still on it now'

William Troost-Ekong on teaming up with Maro Itoje and setting up a foundation to give back in Nigeria

4 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

'We rewatched an Ajax match': how to handle the anti-dopers

Remembering where to be 365 days a year, even if it means a 6am doorbell ring, can weigh heavily on players

5 min  |

October 10, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Professor facing death threats for teaching anti-fascism is blocked from leaving the US

A professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable on far-left activism.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

'Debasement trade' Why many are piling into gold and bitcoin

Investors are piling into assets such as gold, bitcoin and shares amid worries about government debt, central bank independence and the weakness of major currencies.

3 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Starmer raises issue of India buying Russian oil on trade trip to Mumbai

Keir Starmer yesterday said he had directly raised the issue of India buying Russian oil when he met Narendra Modi in Mumbai.

3 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

'Visionary' Hungarian author is awarded the Nobel prize in literature

The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

This deal could be Trump's big win, but the devil is in the detail

For Donald Trump, a peace deal - or even a durable ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - could be the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Spiralling bills are water torture - as is the drip-drip-drip of the regulatory process

Customers already knew their water bills rose steeply in April.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

National guard deploys in Chicago as officials ask federal judge to declare operation illegal

Hundreds of national guard troops remained in the Chicago area yesterday as city and state of Illinois officials awaited a judge’s decision on Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Benefits Two-child limit should be scrapped in full, says Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson is pushing the prime minister and chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit limit entirely in next month’s budget, with the education secretary telling the Guardian the evidence is clear that it needs to be removed.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Defence budget funding 'would harm journalism of World Service'

Using Britain’s defence budget to help fund the BBC World Service risks subordinating its journalism to the government's national security aims, its former director has said.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Post Office Horizon IT victims to get funded legal appeal advice

Compensation schemes for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be improved, with a new appeals process and funded legal advice for post office operators, the government announced yesterday.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

PM basks in the warmth of an Indian welcome, but back in Britain, torrid times continue

Prime ministers often experience absurdly parallel lives on the world stage and at home - feted among fellow leaders and pilloried domestically.

3 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Venice opera staff to go on strike over conductor's far-right links

Staff at Venice’s La Fenice opera house have voted to strike over the appointment of a conductor with ties to Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Sanderson's vow as Sharks hunt down elusive title

Sale's director of rugby wants to honour silverware promise and convince Ford to stay when he hangs up his boots

3 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Lloyds raises its estimated hit from car loan finance scandal

Lloyds Banking Group yesterday warned it was likely to take a greater hit from the motor finance scandal than expected, with the final cost exceeding the £1.2bn it has set aside.

2 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

US safety watchdog investigates Tesla self-driving car crashes

US regulators have opened an investigation into 2.88m Tesla vehicles that use its full self-driving mode (FSD) after a series of crashes.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025

The Guardian

Macron's office says president will name new prime minister by this evening

Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister by this evening, his office has said, hinting at the president's hopes that a sixth prime minister in less than two years will manage to steer a budget through France's fragmented parliament.

1 min  |

October 10, 2025