The long read: The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?

Editorial: Sunday’s general election is too close to call, with the incumbent president facing the son of the man who attempted a coup against him

Be it her pioneering approach to consumer injustice or her extraordinary tackling of systemic social issues, the broadcaster was at the forefront of what television could be

‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams

The long read: I felt a duty to write about the Tang dynasty and its incredible social and cultural sophistication – but also to connect my Chinese past with my child

Scientists and entrepreneurs knew the dangers of AI a quarter-century ago. But animated by curiosity and profit, they went ahead anyway

Lessons from Uganda: treat social justice and climate justice as two sides of the same coin.

Our fragmented political model will endure for the foreseeable future – and Reform will benefit from it until Burnham learns that cooperation is key, says Guardian columnist John Harris

To love endangered and misunderstood animals is a joyful civic thing to do. The neglect of this civic duty has far-reaching consequences beyond anything

Climate Change is the new apocalypse: whichever way you slice it, the Climate Emergency is upon us. We must act now! Which is why I speak with Sir Winston

Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit, say journalist and economist Will Hutton and former chief economist of the…

For many critics, the West is uniquely responsible for colonialism, racism, oppression, and exploitation. America, in particular, is portrayed as a society built upon these injustices.

Editorial: Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice

Editorial: As the secretary general, António Guterres, prepares to step down, the general assembly is highlighting the scale of the organisation’s challenges

Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re…

A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.

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The long read: Drug gangs have moved off Britain’s streets and into vulnerable people’s homes. Addicts like my friend are easy targets, but the reality can be more complicated than it seems

Practising hospitality to strangers and refugees is fraught with difficulty, it is not for the faint of heart. And as the number of the forcibly displaced When a man is afflicted, he will see who are…

War, AI disruption and markets in turmoil: the warnings are all there. But lessons from the 2008 crash could help us, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy…

As the organisation meets this week, it remains the best hope for restoring order. But it relies on goodwill from the US president – and that is lacking, says former Observer international editor…

Despite the 2023 Africa Climate Summit, a negative perception of Africa persists. This has climate consequences.

Moment of reckoning for ‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music, who embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from billionaire

Domestic abuse and ecological collapse stem from the same logic of endless extraction

Sunnyfields Farm breaks its own record with a pumpkin portrait of Sir David Attenborough.

Spend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Domestic abuse and ecological collapse stem from the same logic of endless extraction

Climate change is starting to effect the animals we least expected, in the places we once thought of as ‘havens’

I’ve written a book on water. I regularly appear on water-related press and media. So imagine my surprise and delight when, in the ad break…

Does your child’s favourite show give them a chance to reflect, or does it move too quickly for its lessons to sink in?

The writer and editor shares memories of a creative powerhouse who was generous with her time and expertise

Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans

Register of British Slave Traders shows clergymen financed company that trafficked enslaved Africans on hundreds of voyages

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade

Domestic abuse and ecological collapse stem from the same logic of endless extraction

Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties, says Arun Kundnani, editorial director of Monthly Review Press

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Bearing witness to the truth in a time of rising nativism, cultural conservatism, populism, and authoritarianism, to paraphrase George Orwell, is a

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed and displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all, says author Ahdaf Soueif

A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoric

Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.

Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend