Editorial: A fuel deal with Vladimir Putin, and sanctions against the legal institution, ram home the president’s belief that might is right

This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The latest attack by Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia may prove to be more calamitous for the region than the world imagines, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The third series of Jimmy McGovern’s terrifying and acutely moving prison drama is set in a young offender institute – and the reality it depicts needs national attention

Did Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless swashbuckling tale need the addition of a superpower? Is it better for reducing its young hero to an afterthought? Nope

Russia’s latest weapons have left Ukraine’s civilian air defence teams frantically trying to adapt as winter approaches

Exclusive: Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in reality

Comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Democratic senator into his Republican party

Democratic Senate candidate’s remarks come as Trump has long baselessly claimed his 2020 election loss was stolen

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents

Accountancy firm Deloitte Cyprus among those that appear to have backdated records outlining the Russian billionaire’s assets

Unidentified projectile strikes King Khalid airport, killing one and injuring 11, as escalating attacks threaten to draw more countries into Yemen conflict

Senior official says president and US secretary of state are ‘extremely pissed off’ by conduct of US envoy to Greece

Ukrainian president tells Warsaw security conference that Putin ‘does not read Truth Social’

Trump’s Pentagon readies new Iran strikes ahead of the midterms as oil reserves dwindle, Ansar Allah routs Saudi forces, and ICE is found to have amassed 50 million voter records.

Fifteen Hours

Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia

One of the first rules of election year politics has to be, you don’t want an October surprise.

Protesters are calling for a permanent tax on windfall profits. They are also demanding a plan for the gradual phase-out of fossil fuels and an end to fossil fuel subsidies.

That’s enough to seriously damage Republican candidates

October 11, 2026

Two Reasons To Smile

This elegant contemporary reinvention of 1963 album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman pairs Marsalis’s post-bop sax with Reeves’ agile vocals, to time-stopping effect

As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge

The British actor on the genius of Bend It Like Beckham, the role she lost to Emma Thompson and why some actors get worse with age

Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic

Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become president

UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’

Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high

Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists

Some of deaths came from falling trees as half a million people without power and rain and flooding still a concern

Investigation launched after five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after CNN, MS Now and Politico were barred from White House

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor speak to Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian with Aditya Chakrabortty

This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

EMS workers, who make life-or-death decisions in emergencies, are the lowest paid first responders

Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a head

David McCloskey’s new book depicts a calamitous collapse of the ‘special relationship’ – could things get darker still?

Democrat in Congress since 1983 rebuked over ‘dangerous’ campaign ad – will it harm her chances in tight Ohio race?

Rev Dr Frederick Douglass Haynes III is reclaiming a faith-based politics to counter Trump-allied white evangelicals

Trump has used the full might of the presidency to supercharge executions, but an avalanche of mishaps has put the system’s flaws in the spotlight

Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity

Authorities say suspect among dead in house after standoff with police in Erie and there is no ongoing threat

Although there is scepticism about Tehran’s capabilities, it has become clear it wants Britain to feel it poses a risk

Deceased were all members of the same family, officials say, and one of victims placed the initial emergency call

Republican Christopher Paul is running unopposed for seat despite allegations he raped two girls 20 years ago

ICE official, who was sleeping on man’s lawn and appeared ‘intoxicated’, faces felony charges, California police say