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Orbán's stance on Ukraine pushes Hungary to brink in EU relations
Member states are considering removing the country's voting rights after its attempts to stymie support for Kyiv.
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April 20, 2025
The Observer
Another crisis, another IMF summit: but unlike 2008, the delegates are disunited
Where once the world came together to fight the credit crunch, Trump’s tariffs will set amore divisive test
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Artists creating a new way to regenerate 'City of Gold'
Bethabile Mavis Manqele mops the veranda of the house she has lived in for most of the last 40 years.
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
'People have forgotten how far Weinstein's damage went. It hasn't gone away'
As the disgraced film mogul returns to court, a British victim's play recalls how the abusive culture did not only harm celebrities
2 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Monster tax break hands Jurassic film studio millions
HMRC paid £89m for one of the most costly movies ever - and another's on the way
1 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved
The problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.
2 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
The supreme court carefully ringfenced protections for women. That's all we wanted
Last week's ruling clarified the legal safeguards of the Equality Act. However, it was a travesty that the battle needed to be fought at all
4 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Oat milk rises to top as Britain's preferred plant-based drink
UK brands are working hard to satisfy growing consumer thirst for non-dairy alternatives,
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Stepmothers, relax, you'll always be wicked but true love is worth it
Stepmothers have always been witches.
2 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
I'm paying someone else's debt on my prepay meter
British Gas is causing me mental breakdown. I am a refugee and was grateful to be given a social housing flat. I duly informed British Gas, which supplies the gas on a prepayment meter and electricity, which was supposed to be billed. They sent me a new code and top-up card and I paid in £60. It turned out the previous tenant had left a £236 debt, presumably on the electricity account. British Gas siphoned off £54 and left me with £6 worth of fuel.
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
United, undeterred and unafraid, trans people rally over court ruling
After last week's supreme court decision, activists had been worried that trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.
2 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Second teachers' union vows to strike
A second teaching union in England has vowed to strike if the government fails to compensate schools in full for next year's teachers' pay award.
1 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
There's a deep ugliness and some slippery ethics behind the snail slime beauty boom
Apologies. As a reasonably attentive student of generational divides, I'm still late to one of the most dramatic divergences yet: the normalisation of snail slime.
4 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Major rebellion hardens over Labour's £5bn benefits cut
Labour MPs opposed to the government's massive £5bn of benefit cuts say they will refuse to support legislation to implement them, even if more money is offered by ministers to alleviate child poverty in an attempt to win them over.
2 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Rent freezes and free subway: can a socialist take New York?
Can a 33-year-old cricket-playing socialist, who wants to freeze rent, make city transport free and once aspired to be a rapper win an already turbulent election to become the next mayor of New York?
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Made in Chipping Norton Reality TV comes to the Cotswolds. Oh, how jolly!
Our obsession with the filthy-rich finds fresh fuel as countryside celebrities get ready for close-ups of their stately piles, writes television critic Barbara Ellen
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
There's only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers' self-interest
For a decade, green activists in Britain have been congratulating themselves on their luck.
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
'If it's sunny, we're in the park ... it's a nice environment'
As ministers are attacked over their child poverty strategy, Robyn Vinter visits one of the country's most deprived communities, Manningham in Bradford
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
'It might be gutted' – Boots braces for dose of private equity's bitter medicine
The 176-year-old chemist is preparing to change hands again.
6 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Fears rise that military bases may be leaking toxins into drinking water
Three more MoD sites are marked for urgent investigation into 'forever chemicals' by new risk screening tool
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Trump's political bullying of Harvard will do nothing to foster diversity of thought
Substituting liberal biases with conservative will only serve to subvert academic objectivity
4 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
TikTok choc trend causes shortage of pistachios
Product promotion on TikTok is now powerful enough to influence the vast agricultural economies of the US and Iran at least when it comes to the consumption of high-end confectionery.
1 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
'Their pursuits are cigars and siestas'. How British authors forged our view of Spain
Almost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across Spain, toting notebooks, the odd violin or Bible, and, of course, their own prejudices.
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Oranges are not the only fruit ... try kumquats, yuzu and a host of other tangs
When life gives you pithy cedro lemons and sweet Tacle mandarins, what exactly do you make with them?
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Saturday Night Live lost its bite long ago – and it won't find it over here
A British version of the once fearless, now formulaic, satirical show is on the way. Can it bring back the fun?
4 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
'I love my country but nobody is safe' ... Cameroon's trapped exiles
Amid the sound of children excitedly practising a drama for a forthcoming performance, a yam seller calls to passers by with discounts for their wares.
4 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Puffing into the future: the digital upgrade keeping steam on track
About 500 steam trains run across the UK each year, from Penzance in the south to Inverness in the north, transporting tens of thousands of passengers to a bygone age, bringing joy to the faces of enthusiasts and bemusing commuters.
3 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
The May elections are a perfect opportunity for Nigel Farage to peddle his politics of grievance
For his next trick, perhaps Comrade Farage will belt out all the verses of The Red Flag and tell us that his favourite book is The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.
6 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
New radioactive gas scare as prisoners at Doncaster jail fall ill
The government faces further potential legal action over concerns about levels of radon gas at a second prison, after Dartmoor jail was forced to close.
1 min |
April 20, 2025
The Observer
Russia's spies: Uncovering Russia's secret espionage programmes
Exploding weapons factories, assassination attempts and fake news: Vladimir Putin's hybrid war campaign against the West has stepped up several notches since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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