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'Democrat saviour' or 'commie bastard': Mamdani, would-be king of New York
The 34-year-old socialist set to become the Big Apple's first Muslim mayor may be the left's greatest hope - and biggest threat. Hugh Tomlinson joins the new star of US politics on the campaign trail
8 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Use Russia's money
Europe has missed its chance to hit Putin's finances
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Struggling 'clean food' brands dig in for long haul
Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, wrote Keats. Not if you're in the plant-based food industry. Sales at major brands, including Oatly and Beyond Meat, are stalling.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Reeves mission: to build a European Silicon Valley centred on 'golden triangle'
Brexit is costing the UK 80bn a year in lost taxes, hitting output by up to 8% and investment by more than twice as much. The chancellor has her work cut out
5 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Academics sign letter of support after ‘vile’ abuse of Israeli professor
Tom Watson, Margaret Hodge, Michael Grade, Prof Andrew Roberts and hundreds of academics are among more than 1,600 signatories of an open letter condemning a “targeted harassment campaign” against an Israeli professor at a London university.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
A reborn Gaza will take decades and cost billions. And the queue for the job starts here...
An Egyptian former militia leader is vying for Gaza clearance and construction contracts. Oliver Marsden in Beirut and Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul report
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Shattered families, lost children and the dark legacy of Greenland's colonial past
Trump's threat to 'take over' Greenland for its strategic location and minerals has forced Denmark into defensive mode with an apology for its treatment of the islanders. But for many the agony continues.
9 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Our fear of the dark is built in – but we need it
It always comes as a surprise somehow: sunlight filtering through curtains when the alarm goes off, the kitchen bright and a blue tit dangling from the bird feeder. The clocks have gone back.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
After 21 years, chance of freedom grows for Palestinian jailed leader Barghouti
The man most Palestinians regard as an heir to Yasser Arafat has been imprisoned for more than two decades, tortured and regularly held in solitary confinement. Now Donald Trump is reportedly weighing whether the time has come to free Marwan Barghouti.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
MrBeast the banker? Spare us
Sarah Manavis
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Regulators spooked by 'shadow bank' loan risks
A workshop for decorating “spooktacular money boxes” is the hot Halloween ticket this year at the Bank of England Museum.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
When France is such a joke, there is nothing else to do but laugh
In a famous episode from The IT Crowd, the 00s sitcom, fire breaks out in the office. Roy Trenneman, the nerdy technician, sits at his desk working, occasionally looking up and glaring at the open flames.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
You're much safer in London now – just watch your phone
The idea of a “lawless London” where knifemen stalk the streets and no one feels safe - has become a popular refrain in viral clips and political rhetoric on both sides of the Atlantic.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Terrestrial switch-off date 'too fast' for all TV viewers
Plans to switch off the UK'S TV transmitters and move all broadcasters to internet-only streaming are moving too fast and risk leaving 5.4m UK households without access to any television at all in 2035, a new report has found.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Tech bros want AI to look after me. No thanks
As robots creep into the workplace Melanie Reid argues that some jobs require a human touch
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
King will tell Andrew to quit Windsor lodge after paying no rent for 22 years
King Charles is expected to push ahead with talks this week aimed at persuading Prince Andrew to quit his Royal Lodge home.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Krøyer's deep-sea anglerfish
All my days are nights, a night that will last a lifetime. The artificial division of time into days means nothing to those of us who prefer the cold, dark and joyous depths of the ocean to the exposed superficialities of ordinary beings.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Politics has left gen Z screaming into the void.
At least Hezza is offering us hope
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
The clocks have gone back again, but it may be time for a rethink
Women feel at risk on darker streets and road accidents rise. Could year-round British Summer Time help?
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Ghost trusters: one in three haunted by those bumps in the night
From Moaning Myrtle to Jacob Marley, Britain has had a long love affair with ghosts.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
'I envy people who can walk': writer Kureishi mourns loss of movement through ballet
The Buddha of Suburbia author broke his neck three years ago. He tells Vanessa Thorpe why he used a filmed dance piece to document the devastating aftermath
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Pros 'stealing to order' in the Great Louvre Robbery
Art loss specialists say the gems are en route to Eastern Europe to be recut or broken up, but there is hope they can be retrieved intact, writes Vanessa Thorpe
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Bootstrappers Fhaheen Khan, MakeUK
Barney Macintyre talks to a rising economist about the uncertain future of British manufacturing
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Charles is royally rattled as scandal engulfs his brother
The moment that Buckingham Palace has to explain what King Charles is up to, rather than relying on his actions to speak for themselves, is the moment when you know the royals are rattled.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
As the dancing queens take their last tango, has Strictly lost its sparkle?
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly's announcement that they are to leave Strictly Come Dancing - handing over the \"sparkly baton\" at the end of the current 23rd run - was a light entertainment atom bomb.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Time has come for a new era of investment to power British growth
As the budget draws near, a critical question must be asked: which sector can mobilise capital at scale to drive growth?
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Ozempic maker faced with 'meltdown' as directors quit
Boardroom drama erupts at Denmark's Novo Nordisk as its market value plunges and competition intensifies in the weight-loss sector, writes Barney Macintyre
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Strictly come despot: Trump's new ballroom is a power move
“Nothing will be torn down,” said the White House press secretary of President Trump's plans to add a new $250m (£190m) ballroom to the building where she and her boss work.
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Dita Kraus
Holocaust survivor and ‘Librarian of Auschwitz' who gave hope to other children in the death camp
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
No ceasefire in the West Bank, lament Palestinians under siege
As masked settlers attack their homes and olive groves, residents of Turmus Ayya have no one to turn to, they tell Ruth Michaelson
4 min |