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The Observer
Instead of treating Britain's tax system as taboo, let's talk about how it can work
We need to talk about tax and the common good. Next year all our tax revenues combined will climb to the highest level as a share of GDP for 70 years.
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
They were humbled by Hamas. Now Israel's resurgent spy agencies have Iran truly spooked
Caught off guard on 7 October, Mossad last week took the fight to an enemy it knows well. Alexi Mostrous, head of investigations, explains how intelligence agents recovered so rapidly
6 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Netflix to carry French TV after landmark deal
Broadcast TV is coming to Netflix for the first time. A landmark deal between the streaming giant and France’s TF1 will see five of the network's linear channels and 30,000 hours of shows made available to French Netflix users as part of their existing subscription plan.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Cowardice and inaction left children to suffer
As the chief prosecutor who led the teams that brought the so-called Rochdale grooming gang to justice in 2012 — for the abuse of up to 47 young girls - I went on to lead the national response to localised grooming and child sexual abuse across England and Wales. The Rochdale case moved forwards because I overturned a decision not to prosecute.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Slam dunk for LA Lakers in record $10bn sale
Last week’s $10bn sale of a controlling stake in the LA Lakers basketball team has set a new record value for a professional sports franchise.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
PM's Trump realpolitik looks like appeasement
The sight of President Trump dropping pages of a “trade deal” between the US and UK was symbolic of the way the White House solipsist operates. Whether deliberate or accidental, the incident had the British prime minister once again looking subservient as he stooped to the ground to pick up the pieces.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
RFK Jr effect lifts alternative medicine stocks to the stars
Share trading in Regencell Bioscience, an obscure company that develops traditional Chinese herbal treatments, was halted on Friday due to volatility.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
International law does not permit regime change in Iran Philippe Sands
In 2003, the United States and Britain waged a war to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction that it turned out not to have.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Grooming gang victims want justice, not yet another inquiry
As specialists review hundreds of closed cases, exploitation and abuse are 'still going on'
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Donald's golden steel share
With his love for all things golden, it is unsurprising that Donald Trump has created America’s first golden share.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
From a pub chat to the supreme court – meet the woman who beat big oil
Sarah Finch, newly named as campaigner of the year, tells David Taylor how her group's long fight against fracking in Surrey has huge implications for fossil fuel projects in the UK
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Ooh err, missus! Lloyds made me into a man
I have been a woman for 59 years but Lloyds has decided it's time for me to be a man.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
French police wade into the small boats battle
Small boats crossing the Channel will be intercepted for the first time under new laws proposed by French ministers.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
TSB unlikely to attract big banks desperate to grow
As a takeover approach for TSB is expected to kick off a long-awaited consolidation of Britain's mid-tier banks, the question is not so much who but why.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Miliband: I'm glad Just Stop Oil has closed down. They turned people off
The energy secretary is not a fan of 'hair shirt' environmentalism, but says there are huge economic benefits to the renewables revolution, he tells
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
The vote was won but the debate on 'deeply flawed' assisted dying bill is far from over
The assisted dying bill may have passed in the House of Commons last week, with Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced it, saying she hopes it could have royal assent by October.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Bailed Kneecap face mixed messages before Glasto gig
Billboards, fly posters, T-shirts — nothing unusual outside a music venue.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
KKR's bid for NHS landlord exposes City's vulnerability
Private equity's battle to aquire Assura is the latest example of companies snapping up discounts on the UK stock exchange
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Israeli hackers steal $90m Iranian crypto – and 'burn' it
A group of pro-Israel hackers known as Predatory Sparrow targeted Iran's largest crypto exchange last Wednesday, stealing roughly $90m (£67m). Then they did something extraordinary: rather than keep the money, in effect they destroyed it. Blockchain analysis shows the $90m was transferred to wallets that can never be accessed because no one holds the keys.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
How I discovered the missing children that Ireland tried to forget
For more than a decade Catherine Corless defied ridicule and disbelief in her search for the shocking truth of what happened at Tuam's mother and baby home
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Clock ticks on RedBird deal to take ownership of Telegraph
The newspaper group seemed to heave a sigh of relief that its search for an owner was over, but Westminster's concerns about who has control is holding up proceeedings, writes Jane Martinson
7 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Super-rich exit, but London's still on the money for culture
Once completed later this summer, the Lucan, a block of 31 flats in Chelsea, will be one of London’s most opulent addresses - and its penthouse, priced at £19.5m, will be the jewel in the crown. It is more than 3,200 sq ft and its buyer will benefit from “exclusive experiences such as private dining and personal shopping”.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Alfred Brendel
Piano virtuoso who felt silence was important in music and comically chided coughers and sneezers
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Orbán's challenger hopes that Pride will come before a strongman's fall. He just can't say so...
Hungary's opposition leader can't speak out in favour of the banned Budapest march for fear of losing votes when he tries to break the right's 15-year grip next year
6 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
What about tax breaks for investing in UK plc too?
There isn’t any reliable evidence on whether former non-doms are leaving.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Meghan in the pink with launch of her own celebrity rosé
A rosé by any other name would smell as sweet. Or would it? The Duchess of Sussex has become the latest celebrity to smell the aroma of peach, strawberry, lychee - and the money and launch her own pink wine.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
I had an abortion at 23 and still grieve. I can't celebrate this change to the law
This week's vote allows pregnancy terminations without limits. Freedom has consequences - I wish it had been done with more regret
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Here's how to to make the wealthy pay
The chancellor's looming U-turn on inheritance tax reform isn’t merely an embarrassing retreat - it exposes a government constrained by its own limited imagination.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Despair of families watching attacks on Gaza food aid sites
The attack began at 9pm last Thursday. Ibrahim al-Qattrawi pushed his face into the dirt, waiting for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution point to open, while Israeli quadcopters circled overhead. Bullets and artillery shells tore through the air around him.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
This scandal has played out on social media as much as in the Commons and courts
It was in the wood-panelled halls of the House of Commons that the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced a national inquiry into grooming gangs in the UK last Monday.
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