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  • The Saturday read
    Can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?

    Netanyahu speaks into microphones at a podium, surrounded by collaged images of conflict and protest

  • Football
    Still playing the hits: Mourinho is primed for clásico

    Portrait of José Mourinho

  • Spain
    Can the menú del día survive changing habits?

    A pedestrian walks past chalkboard menus advertising set meals and tapas in Madrid

  • Interview
    Siobhán McSweeney on being ‘a delicious fatty’

    DO NOT USE BEFORE OCT 24 2026. Siobhan McSweeney shot for Comfort Eating and the Sat mag in September 2026. Photographer: Jay Brooks. Set Design: Rhea Thierstein. Fashion Styling: Melanie Wilkinson. Hair and Make up: Alice Theobald. Dress, £89, Sister Jane

  • Blind date
    ‘We overstayed our welcome – the staff were shaking the cutlery'

    A smiling woman with straight dark hair in a light orange sleeveless top and trousers, and a smiling man with dark hair in a white T-shirt.

  • Calais
    10 years on, life in migrant camps is harsher than ever

    Two hooded people sit on large rocks near a migrant camp in Calais, under a cloudy sky

News

  • Two hooded people sit on large rocks near a migrant camp in Calais, under a cloudy sky

    Migration
    Violence, intimidation and fear: 10 years on from the ‘Jungle’, life in Calais migrant camps is harsher than ever

    People living in tents in northern France hoping to find asylum in England face increasing intimidation from police and far-right agitators
  • GA still from a video of the fire sweeping through mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, formerly Adolf Hitler's Eagle’s Nest retreat

    Germany
    Blaze engulfs Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria

    About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle the blaze at former Nazi retreat in a remote part of southern Germany

The Saturday read

  • Netanyahu speaks into microphones at a podium, surrounded by collaged images of conflict and protest

    As a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?

    The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election

In focus

  • A pedestrian walks past chalkboard menus advertising set meals and tapas in Madrid

    Spain
    ‘It’s part of our history’: can the menú del día survive Spain’s changing eating habits?

    Established under the Franco dictatorship, the lunchtime ritual is in decline but all is not lost
  • Israel is heading to the polls for the first time since the 7 October attacks and concerns about national security are dominating the campaign. Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a significant challenge from the former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot as voters weigh up who is best placed to protect the country. In Tel Aviv, the Guardian's Will Christou discovers a deepening generational divide, with many younger voters saying that Netanyahu has not gone far enough in Gaza.

    The view from
    ‘Israel should go as far right as possible’: how national security is defining the election

    Video7:30
  • Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols pose dramatically mid-routine in sparkly leotards

    Gymnastics
    The sexual assault scandal rocked gymnastics – but has pace of change in the sport been too slow?

Features

  • DO NOT USE BEFORE OCT 24 2026. Siobhan McSweeney shot for Comfort Eating and the Sat mag in September 2026. Photographer: Jay Brooks. Set Design: Rhea Thierstein. Fashion Styling: Melanie Wilkinson. Hair and Make up: Alice Theobald. Dress, £89, Sister Jane

    Interview
    Siobhán McSweeney on parental pressure and the power of being ‘a delicious fatty’

  • A smiling woman with straight dark hair in a light orange sleeveless top and trousers, and a smiling man with dark hair in a white T-shirt.

    Blind date
    ‘We overstayed our welcome – the waiters were shaking the cutlery drawer really loudly’

More features

  • Claudia Winkleman, host of The Traitors.

    The Traitors
    ‘I always think my head will fall off when Traitors turn on each other’: the inside story of the world’s biggest TV show

  • An illustration with patches of grass and red roses around a side profile cutout photograph of Tim Dowling, with a background of different coloured circles and pen strokes

    The Tim Dowling column
    Why did I buy an electric car? Because I wanted a medal

  • Marlon James, left, and Nicholas Boggs.

    Interview
    ‘Our third date was at Buckingham Palace’: Marlon James and Nicholas Boggs on life as a literary power couple

  • Bill Murray and Joanne McNally in A Course Called Ireland.

    The watcher
    A Course Called Ireland: Bill Murray clearly hated making his new golfing show – but it’s extremely fun to binge

  • An illuminated Netflix logo on the roof of an office building

    The Guide
    The knives are out at Netflix – maybe now it will make something worth watching

    Newsletter
  • A red Railjet train crosses a tall arched bridge through a snowy mountain valley

    Travel
    Fast track to the slopes: 12 European ski resorts by train – in less time than you may think

  • Radical Thinking
    'Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck' | Playwright James Graham

    Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future
    Video46:04

More sport

  • England’s Herbie Farnworth powers through the France defence.

    Rugby league
    England crush France by 82 points to keep Rugby League World Cup hopes alive

  • Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir smiles and raises a finger in celebration after winning the Sydney Marathon in August 2026

    Athletics
    World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test

  • Julio Enciso scores

    Football
    Enciso rescues point in storm for Ipswich to deny Nottingham Forest

  • NFL Paris 2026 - Press Conference 23/10/2026Pittsburgh Steelers Aaron RODGERS (8) during the Press Conference of NFL Paris 2026 at Stade France on October 23, 2026 in Paris, France.

    NFL
    Rodgers says Paris game is safe despite PSG cancellation amid unrest

  • Traditional Russian dolls painted with the images of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on sale at a souvenir shop in St Petersburg, Russia.

    double quotation markAs Trump’s time runs out, this could be his most dangerous legacy: a world divided into three

    Steve Bloomfield
    We’ve heard much about the end of the west. At the proposed summit between Trump, Putin and Xi, those fears could crystallise
  • Riccardo Alcaro

    double quotation markGiorgia Meloni is Italy’s great political survivor. Could one man be about to bring her down?

    Riccardo Alcaro
    With elections looming in 2027, Roberto Vannacci’s new far-right movement could fatally outflank the prime minister, says Riccardo Alcaro, head of research at Istituto Affari Internazionali

More opinion

  • Illustration by Matt Kenyon of four schoolgirls in uniform

    double quotation markWe’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us?

    Rose, Mae, Aylin and Willow
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    double quotation markThe Trump-Putin love story’s next chapter: selling out Ukraine

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markA Democratic win in Texas is a long shot – but Ken Paxton’s weakness is obvious

    Moira Donegan
  • Nils Pratley

    double quotation markBritain’s gas security needs reinforcement. Last-minute deals with Belgium are not a proper fix

    Nils Pratley

  • The Guardian view
    Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions

  • Martin Rowson on the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield – cartoon

    Andy Burnham has said the decision does not mean Labour will ‘abandon the responsibility’ of fighting the climate crisis

More top stories

  • A group of Israeli soldiers walking along a street.

    Israel
    Israel launches collective punishment campaign in Hebron after two soldiers killed

    Benjamin Netanyahu and ministers promise demolitions and forced displacement after deadly gunfight
  • A police officer stands guard outside the church where a shooting attack occurred during a funeral in Karak, Jordan, 23 Oct., 2026.

    Jordan
    Seven killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan

  • A structure built for a traditional Taoist religious ceremony lies collapsed after being battered by winds

    Taiwan
    Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China

  • Diver films a turtle in the ocean on the outside of a large fish farming net

    Wildlife
    Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

  • People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun during a heatwave in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

    Extreme heat
    Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

  • A woman sells Flávio Bolsonaro campaign T-shirts from a car's open trunk outdoors

    Amazon rainforest
    ‘This is a lethal threat’: Indigenous groups fear Bolsonaro’s hold on voters in Brazil’s Amazon towns

  • The Hayden glacier in 1903 and 2018

    Climate crisis
    The US west has lost nearly 300 glaciers since the 1960s. Climate crisis is drastically shrinking what’s left

  • UK royals
    Duchess of Sussex ‘deeply distressed’ over child sexual abuse image claims against father

  • UK budget
    John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security

  • Exclusive
    Briton facing forced separation from baby son after Sweden orders his deportation

  • UK news
    Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate

  • North Korea
    Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

  • Technology
    ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

  • US-Israel war on Iran
    US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran

  • Cuba
    Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change

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    Film
    ‘I struggle to see myself as someone special’: Sandra Hüller on being the star of four - or, possibly, five - of the year’s biggest films

  • Detectives look at visually rendered clues in The Narco Hack

    The Narco Hack
    An epic tale of how detectives’ tech wizardry smashed a billion-euro drugs ring

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    Be specific with your listing, embrace your niche: expert Vinted sellers share their tips

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What to watch

  • Lupin in a shimmering green suit, bowler hat, and glasses extends his hand forward

    TV review
    Lupin review – the French super-thief is magnetic in his blockbuster return

  • Lee Chang-Dong, with dark hair and a purple shirt, gazes seriously at the camera

    Film
    ‘Fighting an impossible fight is the only way to reclaim dignity’: Lee Chang-dong on class warfare and his searing Oscar contender

  • Taika Waititi, with grey curly hair and a beard, wears a maroon blazer and striped tie

    Week in geek
    Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film is the latest to hit the buffers. At some point Lucasfilm is going to have to actually make a movie

  • David Schwimmer in Junk

    Drama films
    Junk review – David Schwimmer is lost in Mubi’s frustrating LA-set misstep

What to listen to

  • Ravers on the dancefloor, The Hacienda, Manchester 1989. (Photo by Peter J Walsh/Peter J Walsh/PYMCA/Avalon/Getty Images)

    Music
    Murder on the dancefloor: are phones, drugs and chatter killing off dancing?

  • Raye with the 2026 Mercury prize.

    double quotation markWith albums under threat, Raye’s Mercury win is a triumph for grand statements

    Alexis Petridis
  • Native James, smiling widely with sunglasses, a grille, and ringed fingers touching his face

    Add to playlist
    The gloriously boisterous grime-metal of Native James and the week’s best new tracks

  • Loidis, AKA Brian Leeds, in a black and white portrait of him leaning on a bed frame

    Electronic music
    Loidis: From the Toolkit of Lovers review – epic 111-minute album is a teeming universe of detail

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  • Bonnie Garmus

    The books of my life
    Lessons in Chemistry author Bonnie Garmus: ‘I wrote my first novel at 12 – it has not yet found a publisher’

  • Dogs, Dogs, Dogs by John Devolle

    Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

  • Humza Yousaf with his wife, Nadia, and daughter in 2023.

    Autobiography
    Under Fire by Humza Yousaf – a deeply affecting story of being stranded in Gaza

  • Laleh Khadivi.

    Fiction
    Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi review – a mother’s secret past in the Iranian revolution

What to play

  • Mass Effect 3 video game squad artwork

    Games
    EA has closed BioWare – and Mass Effect fans like me are bereft

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 screenshot

    Review
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review – a thrilling airport novel of a game

  • An animated character mid-swing releases a pink bowling ball down a lane in Switch Sports Resort

    Games
    Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

  • A Modern Warfare soldier in tactical gear and night-vision goggles moves through wind and debris.

    Pushing Buttons
    ‘The audience gets to be in on it’: How narrative-led gameplay is Call of Duty’s greatest weapon

    Newsletter

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    Exhibitions
    ‘Unlike anything we’ve experienced’: fans swarm San Francisco for BTS star’s art exhibition

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    US television
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  • A wild long-tailed macaque poses for its photo while sitting on a roadside barrier along the national highway in South Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia.

    Photography
    Week in wildlife: a bookworm bear, an angelic spider and a bald hedgehog

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  • Callum Turner and Jack Lowden shown side-by-side in tuxedos with bow ties at red carpet events

    Film
    James Bond finalists to screen-test for role this week – reports

  • A bird's nest with about 20 birds crammed into it.

    Parents
    Crowded nest? How parents and their adult kids can live together in peace

  • Overhead view of bowls of brown butter pumpkin soup topped with cream, seeds, and chilli oil

    Food
    Jackson Boxer’s vegetarian recipe for brown butter pumpkin soup

  • Kokum's spiced tamarind and apple sour is like a glass of pale golden cocktail with foam, ice, and a star anise garnish.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Kokum’s spiced tamarind and apple sour – recipe

  • Sam & Sam Clark's autumn meze. Sam & Sam Clark's autumn meze: clockwise from top: tabbouleh; oyster mushrooms with garlic and dill; beetroot, apple and mint; Syrian lentils; roast squash, tahini and chickpeas; and fried aubergines, chilli, yoghurt and mint in the middle.

    Autumn food and drink
    Something crunchy, something sharp, something sweet: Sam and Sam Clark’s autumn meze recipes

  • Benjamina Ebuehi's chocolate and pumpkin spice choux buns.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for chocolate and pumpkin spice choux buns

  • Rachel Roddy's chicken braised in citrus and thyme.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken with citrus and oregano

Fashion & beauty

  • The humble canvas tote has evolved from a practical carryall into a marker of taste and luxury status.

    Fashion Statement
    ‘A form of anti-status status’ – how much would you pay for a plain tote bag?

    Newsletter
  • Halle Berry, Beyoncé and Dita Von Teese in Roland Mouret Galaxy dresses

    Dresses
    ‘I wanted to create the female version of a man’s suit’: how Roland Mouret’s Galaxy dress took over the world

  • A model with dark hair in a ponytail and red lipstick, sitting on a stool wearing a grey crew neck, a white ballet wrap and brown trousers, and holding a brown bag on her shoulder

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Don’t want to get your Big Winter Coat out just yet? Try ‘onion dressing’

  • Jeremy Strong wears a blue sweater and headphones around his neck as he acts as Mark Zuckerberg

    Menswear
    How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution

  • Painting: Dog of the Havana Breed by Jean-Jacques Bachelier.

    Leading questions
    A financially comfortable friend has set up a GoFundMe for vet bills. Is this socially acceptable?

  • Illustrated cats on a kitchen counter.

    You be the judge
    Should my husband stop letting our cat drink on the kitchen counter?

  • An illustration of two little people lying facing each other along the headboard of a double bed.

    This is how we do it
    ‘After marriage counselling, she no longer wants the lights off and the covers on’

  • A woman holds a gold wedding ring between her fingertips, symbolising divorce

    Divorce
    Forget the seven-year itch: opposite-sex marriages more likely to end after two decades

  • A woman jogs energetically ahead while a tired child trudges behind dragging a bag

    Is it true that …
    You need to take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy?

  • A man on an exercise bike holds a beer and a cigarette against an orange background

    Fitness
    Going nowhere fast? Personal trainers on why you aren’t seeing results in the gym

  • Rows of silver serving domes against a green and blue background, with a knife and fork in the foreground

    Food
    ‘Try to eat really well, 80% of the time’: nutrition expert says healthy eating is easier than you think

  • A young blond woman feels her neck with one hand in relation to thyroid conditions. Her face is seen from the cheekbones down and she has bare arms and shoulders.

    Health
    Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

More lifestyle

  • A wolverine at the Ranua Wildlife Park in Finland, sitting in a tree.

    The quiz
    What links Buckeyes, Crimson Tide and Wolverines? The Saturday quiz

  • A snow-covered small town with a church, in a valley with trees on the mountain slopes

    Ski resorts
    ‘The run ends in the centre of this beautiful village’: readers’ favourite small ski resorts in Europe

  • Kenton Cool wearing red and blue mountain gear with a gathered blue tope hanging round his neck, standing slightly side-on to the camera against a dark-brown background

    Experience
    I’ve climbed Mount Everest 20 times

  • Statue of Plato surrounded by a colorful psychedelic border

    Memento mori: a series about death
    How to face the end of the world – according to Plato and the Stoics

  • Dream of Birds

    What happens when a forest loses its birdsong? Following clues hidden in the sounds birds make while asleep, Argentinian physicist Gabriel Mindlin uncovers a hidden extinction – not of species, but of memory – and sets out to revive vanished melodies before they disappear forever.

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