There was much media excitement last week over a well-substantiated claim that a Scottish film - shown in an Edinburgh picture house - was the world's first "Talkie", a year before the "Jazz Singer". This thread examines that cinema and the pioneering family of entertainers who ran it.

Andy Burnham is to set up a centre to counter ‘poisonous’ disinformation, focused on Russia. But will it only challenge foreign interference based on whether the country responsible is friend or foe?

Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy.

Israel sees Turkey as a threat to its regional dominance and is preparing for war. Both NATO and Erdoğan’s friend, Donald Trump, must decide whether to finally challenge Israel’s military expansionism

A diagnosis-shaped headline at 1:01am on the day he died. His childhood disability interrogated one minute before the ambulance call. A mockery column deleted without a word. File five IPSO complaints...

Wayne Brown was being investigated over claims he had lied on his CV when he died last year, aged 54.

Culture Club singer sings ‘I stand with the Jews / I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human’, in song defending Israel’s response to Hamas attack

Ephraim Mirvis condemns the Church of England for a document that looks to reshape the Christians' role in fighting for justice for Palestine

'No ceasefire can be considered meaningful while children continue to be killed' says UNICEF.