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Fri 2 Oct 2026
Objects ablaze outside Voltaire high school in Paris
France
France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, who was aboard a flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, is welcomed at  Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv.
Israel
Co-pilot in flight stabbing had ‘Islamic radical indoctrination’, says Netanyahu
Ukraine commemorates fallen soldiers who died in the war with Russia, on Defenders of Ukraine Day in Lviv on Thursday.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
Zelenskyy says new ballistic missile used in combat
Fighter jets line the USS Theodore Roosevelt's flight deck as crew work around them at sea
US-Israel war on Iran
US sends third aircraft carrier to Middle East amid stalemate in Iran war
a woman stands with her hands pressed together and head bowed
US news
Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
 

In focus

The Reiner family’s Stolpersteine.
Germany
The German town where the right has banned new ‘stumbling stones’ for Nazi victims
Extreme heat
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
Environment
‘Like caring for a pet’: the open-source tree map inspiring Berliners to water their urban forest
Politics
‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks
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Features

Andy and Vince sat side by side, Vince's head is resting on Andy's shoulder
Music
‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring
Film
You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit
★★★★★
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The long read

Graphically treated portrait of Sheikh Tahnoon.
Visionary or Bond villain? The mystery of Sheikh Tahnoon
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Opinion

Britain's PM Burnham in New York for the 81st UN General AssemblyBritain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool
quote  Burnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU
Sadiq Khan
quote  Jean-Luc Mélenchon will win young French voters – until they realise the size of his Russia blind spot
Alexander Hurst
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Sport

Andy Burnham in the stands at Everton with his wife, Marie-France van Heel.
Football
Burnham’s Manchester City comments stir fresh tensions with Premier League
Football
Ronaldo’s Portugal walkout divides a nation as Jesus asserts control
Football
Williams fires revitalised Wales to fightback win against 10-man Norway
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Climate crisis

group of hikers make their way past a melt hole on the melting Rhône Glacier, above Gletsch in the Swiss Alps
Environment
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Fishing
Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets
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Podcast

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The Bolsonaros…they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls – podcast
Podcast | 25:55
 
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