A survey finds those most likely to use AI for politics are also those most likely to trust traditional news

The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed warrants for Afghan Education Minister Habibullah Agha, and Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem, accusing two senior Taliban officials of...

More than 5,000 people have been detained since student protests erupted in France last month, 87% of whom are minors, the French justice ministry said Monday. Demonstrations disrupted 589 schools, wi...

Brazil’s veteran leftist President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva trailed Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of his far-right predecessor, in the first-round presidential vote on Sunday. Some analysts suggest tha...

Subscribers // by Benoît Bréville & Pierre Rimbert (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, October 2026)

Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge

Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.

The proposals include setting up so-called return hubs outside the EU and strengthening the border agency Frontex. Greece has even proposed temporarily suspending asylum applications in emergency situ...

Bosnia-Herzegovina's three-member presidency is set to be dominated by nationalists from the three major ethnic groups, including Zeljka ​Cvijanovic, backed by disqualified Serb secessionist leader Mi...

Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have written to Ursula von der Leyen, calling for tougher EU mechanisms against unfair trade practices by other states. They name no names but seem to have China or ...

In most European countries, tech companies can decline invitations to answer to parliamentary committees, just as they can here.

UN says number of destroyed structures in Gaza up by 9% since ceasefire of October 2025, amid mass displacement and acute humanitarian need

Families with a young child in creche could save €1,000 a year, while an income-tax package is expected for workers

Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’

Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes

Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former far-right populist President Jair Bolsonaro, is taking on incumbent left-wing President Lula da Silva. Polls show the first round of voting will likely lead to a ru...

Latvia's prime minister, Andris Kulbergs, looks set to retain power after his party appeared to score the country's biggest election victory since independence.

Polls have opened in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where voters are taking part in parliamentary, presidential and local elections.

At least 5,000 people, mainly teenagers, have been arrested while dozens of people, including students and teachers, have been injured

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

Some 1.5 million people are eligible to cast ballots in the parliamentary election, Latvia's 11th since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Only 17% of former GDR citizens kept their jobs after the change of system, a legacy still visible in regions short of people and corporate headquarters. #EuropeNews

With Giorgia Meloni and Nicușor Dan as first signatories, the group also wants cohesion funding preserved, national rebates scrapped and NextGenerationEU loan repaid more slowly to free up fiscal spac...

G7 leaders agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude after US pressure on Europe, with supplies squeezed by Iran's restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Thousands take to the streets across Spain as protesters call for a general strike after parliament rejects two government housing decrees. #EuropeNews

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro have a final chance on Saturday to sway voters at rallies in crucial São Paulo before a tight election marked by scandals and persona...

People Before Profit is proposing a new tax on multi-millionaires as well as increasing the corporation tax to 20% as part of its alternative budget package.

Lavenia Naivalu has seen the impact of the climate crisis first-hand and is determined to amplify Pacific voices at this year’s pre-Cop summit in Fiji

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

The lava rock formation protruding from the rocky cliffs of Volcanoes National Park crumbled some time last weekend.

In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What does he ma...

Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old

Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands are moving forward with plans to establish deportation centers for rejected asylum seekers outside the EU.

The proposals include setting up so-called return hubs outside the EU and strengthening the border agency Frontex. Greece has even proposed temporarily suspending asylum applications in emergency situ...

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

The government argues the new rules will align Ireland more closely with our EU neighbours.

Lawyers for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition have issued a fresh legal bid to prevent the Drumcree march.

‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says

Wealthy individuals in Ireland who pay income tax have an effective tax rate of 33%, almost double the rate paid by all other income taxpayers, according to a report by the Comptroller & Auditor Gener...

Insects provide protection, sanitation and even shelter to vertebrates, making them a priority for conservation efforts

With the incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, running neck-and-neck with Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, the Guardian's Tom Phillips explains the tactics ...

As soaring rents and house prices across Europe​ feed into the political discourse, campaigners believe they have a rare opportunity to force housing to the top of the agenda

Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers

An investigation found management failures led to female Eiffel Tower staff being excluded during a Hindu group's visit.