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The Observer
Heigh-ho... it's off to woke we go Is Snow White box office poison?
Disney's remake of the classic opens in the UK this week. But, writes Edward Helmore in New York, a row is still raging about its actors and themes
5 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Many MPs think it immoral to slash disability benefits – and they're right
Ask me what a Labour prime minister should feel a moral obligation to deliver and I'd put reducing child poverty at the top of the list. Sorting out our broken social care system would be up there too. One thing that wouldn't feature: cutting disability benefits.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Democrats see opportunity in Musk threat to 'eliminate' social security
The party believes plans by Trump's billionaire ally to slash welfare and health schemes may be turned to its advantage.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Syria's new leaders struggle to rein in once-loyal militias
Hundreds of civilians murdered by militant groups as government calls for discipline go unheeded
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
The £1.6bn demon child cashing in at China's box office
Just a few years ago, the biggest star of the Chinese box office was a brave army commander.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
'Locked in like sheep in a pen': the West Bank's checkpoint labyrinth
The road to Atara from Ramallah winds through the hills and valleys of the occupied West Bank.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
The unity of the past week has put the ball in Russia's court
In diplomacy, the focus is often on where we disagree. But Britain and our partners are stronger when we stand together. Last week’s G7 meeting made that clear.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Intern of the Jedi Studios exploit franchises to attract young talent
A careers fair presented by Star Wars characters at Pinewood is among initiatives to lure people to production jobs in an industry buffeted by cost inflation and the legacy of past strikes.
5 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Carve her name with pride: should women be sculpted only by women?
A Royal Mile memorial to suffragist Elsie Inglis was welcomed — until the commission was given to a male artist
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
'It's happening fast': workers share their AI fears – and hopes
Oliver Fiegel, a 47-year-old photographer based in Munich, was reading a German newspaper recently when he saw a front-page image that looked strangely off.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
A flower, a bee, a ray of sunshine ... how the NHS is taking healing outdoors
For Hayleigh Austin-Richards, it is a place to have a cry, breathe fresh air and remind herself there is something magical about butterflies.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Romance fraud victim flees UK after early release of jailed conman
As cases soar by 27%, tricked woman tells of her £115,000 ordeal
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
'Exploited teachers forced into work feeding frenzy' by British Council
The British Council has been accused of exploiting hundreds of agency teachers on zero-hour contracts, leaving them to compete for lessons in a “feeding frenzy” every week.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Strangers had sex in our Premier Inn hotel room
Strangers had sexual relations in our Premier Inn room while we were out and Premier Inn refuses to do anything about it.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Brain implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts
Trial to see if electrical pulses can control and decrease cravings
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Bringing up the bodies again: third burial of Franco's victims marks Spain's endless agony
Juan Chueca Sagarra was buried for the third time late on Wednesday afternoon, his tiny coffin, topped with a single white rose, stowed in a crypt in his home town of Magallón, which sits among vineyards and wind turbines under the huge, low skies of Aragón.
6 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
The real effects of benefit cuts: 'How can I not charge my wheelchair?'
Adam Gabsi is unequivocal on the subject of his personal independence payment: \"It really is an essential lifeline.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Academic studying India to be deported for long visits... to India
Historian ordered to leave after spending 'too many' days abroad researching archives for Oxford University
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
How info wars start Hoax report that fuelled our conspiracy culture
Intended as a leftwing satire on 1960s state power, Report from Iron Mountain was fake news but it has taken on a life of its own, writes Phil Tinline
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Loved by rockers and royals, Eel Pie Island threatened by flood ruling
Changes in risk status leave residents fearing for Thames isle beloved by Jagger and Bowie
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Academy schools headteacher pay bonanza defies official warnings
50% increase in leaders with £150,000 salaries even though DfE urged trusts to show restraint
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped
In 2018 a former deputy governor of Sweden's central bank predicted that by 2025 the country would probably be cashless.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Mind your manners, diners, restaurants are turning the tables on grumpy reviewers
The post-dinner rant is of a piece with our fetish for feedback, but isn't it all a bit morally cheap?
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
NHS Welfare and aid cuts...
Is Labour on the right track?
8 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Whistleblower's exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals the peril of power-crazy tech bros
There's nothing more satisfying than watching a corporate giant make a stupid mistake.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Yesopotamia minister: scientists discover Iraq’s 2,300BC red tape
The red tape of government bureaucracy spans more than 4,000 years, according to new finds from the cradle of the world’s civilisations, Mesopotamia.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
When is a desk not a desk? When it's a status symbol
Niccolò Machiavelli had an important piece of advice about office politics: \"If an injury has to be done to a man,\" he writes in The Prince, \"it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.\" Most of us can relate to that.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Recalled prisoners are walking free as 'alarmingly full' jails cannot cope
Criminals who have reoffended or broken probation restrictions are being re-released from prisons early on the government's direction under new measures to ease overcrowding.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Why we all love a good gossip more than ever
Sharing secrets is a natural human instinct — and now podcasts have joined books and TV in telling the juiciest stories,
6 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Vučić rejects Belgrade protest as a western 'imported revolution'
Farmers and bikers converge on Serbian capital for student-led demonstration against autocratic regime
2 min |