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The Observer
Across the globe, internet blackouts are a new tool for autocratic regimes
Iran’s record-breaking information shutdown is over. But governments, including Russia and China, are increasingly using access as control. Liz Cookman reports
6 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Downsizing isn't yet in Richard's interest. That needs to change
‘Retirees in comfortable houses and who refuse to downsize’ aren’t helping the housing crisis. Policy must make it worth their while
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Ben & Jerry's co-founder takes a bite out of Magnum for putting social mission on ice
Still campaigning at 75, Ben Cohen tells Barney Macintyre about his search for investors to buy back the company he set up in a Vermont service station in 1978
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
What if there's no king of the north? Burnham's Makerfield bid on a knife edge
Weeks after local elections in which every ward went to Reform, Burnham’s supporters tell Ceri Thomas that even they fear he will lose the byelection
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
The longest journey: thief hands back Forster’s stolen nameplate after 56 years
An anonymous former student has returned the Cambridge door plaque he unscrewed after the writer's death
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
'No way' Everest group should have left sherpa on mountain, says top climber
Kenton Cool says confusion and flawed planning were to blame for Dawa Sherpa being abandoned, and his six-day ordeal on the world’s highest peak, writes Poppy Bullard
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Dawkins evolves into a novelist to pen tale of early humans' return
Richard Dawkins once complained that Nobel committees had rarely awarded the literature prize to non-fiction writers, and never to a scientist. Science is “the poetry of reality”, he wrote, in defence of fact.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
A cage fight at the White House puts the Trumpian world-view on show
The brutal scenes set to unfold on the South Lawn to celebrate his birthday (and 250 years of US independence) sum up the president better than anything, Rory Smith writes
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Gold in them thar central banks
Gold has overtaken US Treasuries as the top global reserve asset held by central banks. Cue newspaper editorials that suggest central banks have started to \"diversify away from the dollar\".
1 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want Farage walking into No 10 on my conscience’
The ex-health secretary and leadership hopeful tells Rachel Sylvester that Labour must heed warnings from voters to see off threat of Reform
5 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Marion Kozak
Holocaust survivor and feminist pioneer who shaped the political lives of her sons, David and Ed Miliband
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
The British Museum’s Israel talk was naive, but it isn’t its job to police the culture wars
In November 2011 the then universities minister, David Willetts, arrived in Cambridge to pitch his vision for a market-driven reform of higher education. He never got to speak.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Imagine a small bomb strapped to your bike...
Substandard batteries, shoddy conversions and outdated rules can turn some ebike chargers into death traps. Francisco Garcia talks to worried firefighters
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
For a modern picture of national identity just look to the World Cup
The wall charts are Blu-Tacked to bedroom walls, Panini stickers are being swapped in the playground and - thanks to the far right - the St George's flags are already fluttering.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Nissan-Chery deal brings hope back to Sunderland
An agreement signed last Wednesday between Nissan and Chinese carmaker Chery is non-binding. But the mere possibility that Chery's vehicles will soon be assembled in the Japanese carmaker's Sunderland plant has given much-needed hope to Britain's car industry.
1 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Starmer could do worse than heed Wilson's wins and woes
Keir Starmer is having a rough time but might derive some comfort from the way his predecessor Harold Wilson, prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976, navigated a sea of troubles.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Creator Fund backs student scientists with £42m pool
A UK-based firm has raised the world’s largest venture capital fund aimed exclusively at finding and backing student scientists.
1 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Thomas Tuchel
The German coach taking England into the World Cup has yet to sing the national anthem. He says he must earn the right, Patrick Kidd writes
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Sweet dreams are made of hits for back catalogue investors
Potential long-term income from songs by hit-makers such as Eurythmics, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey has piqued the interest of institutional investors, leading to a wave of deals this year for the back catalogues of proven artists.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
I Dua, I Dua: star joins the double wedding set with city ceremony and Sicily celebration
The singer and her new husband are the latest celebrities to tie the knot at home then jet off for a days-long party in the sun, reports Caitlin Macdonald
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Raw sewage dumped in UK seas and rivers for 1.5m hours this year
Swimmers say they feel powerless and accuse water companies of failing to protect Britain’s coastline
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Revolutionary change in Putin’s Russia can only come from within
Every summer revives hopes among Russia’s liberal-minded intelligentsia for a sudden and dramatic political change in the country.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Exams change lives, but grades are a lottery
Ofqual admits marking can be inconsistent — yet there is little pupils can do about it, writes Dennis Sherwood
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘Safe’ in their rooms, children are being caught in a global grooming pandemic
Tech firms will be made to install software to prevent children taking or sharing nude images. For some families, the move comes too late. Rachel Sylvester reports
10 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘I didn’t know any other George fans. I think it was a weird form of rebellion’
On a hot early summer lunchtime, Sathnam Sanghera and I are lost in the woods.
8 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
In weaponising Henry Nowak’s death, the right has come full circle on identity politics
For many black and Asian Britons of my generation, the Henry Nowak bodycam footage would have appeared tragically familiar.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Europe is David to China’s Goliath
Fleets of ghost container ships are leaving European ports, filled with little but air as they head home to China.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘Are we doing a story? My God, I’m alive again!’
The first time I was approached by Nevine Mabro, then commissioning editor at Channel 4, to make a film about Jon Snow and his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, I didn’t want to do it.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
I had to shut my beloved restaurant. VAT was taking too big a bite of the profits
I did everything right. The arithmetic still stopped working. After 13 years in food, I closed Sambal Shiok last week.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
The forgotten war
The Ukraine conflict is at a tipping point. Europe must seize this moment to support Zelensky
3 min |