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Updates from group-stage clashes in RiyadhGet in touch! Share your thoughts with DanielRybakina again finds herself behind on serve and, down 15-30, hits a decent forehand. But forced to come in and volley, she’s tentative, dumping into the net, and must now face two further break points. This time, though, she finds the booming deliveries she needs to make deuce, and from there she closes out for 3-1 Swiatek.Swiatek consolidates easily, sealing the deal with an ace, and you can feel her […]

Cross-party group says Financial Conduct Authority had been ‘patently influenced’ by concerns over profitsThe City regulator has “nakedly taken the side of lenders” in its planned compensation scheme for car loan victims, a group of cross-party MPs has claimed, adding that the watchdog had been “patently influenced” by concerns over profits.The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fair Banking has joined a growing chorus of critics concerned about the Financial Conduct […]

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting votersThe scene: an old banking hall in the heart of the City. The music: first, Richard Clayderman plays Bach. Then Pachelbel’s Canon, followed by the Adagio from Mahler’s 5th. Death in Venice, Live in London. Not the usual venue or playlist for a Reform press conference.Could it …? Could it be? Surely not the latest defection? Step forward, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. […]

Trump administration says in court filing it plans to use emergency funds to partially cover November Snap benefits for millions of AmericansLooking ahead, on Wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments on whether Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries are legal. It’s set to be one of the most consequential rulings on the expanse of Trump’s presidential power in his second term.My colleague, Eduardo Porter, has this helpful breakdown on the question at the heart of […]

Fast-fashion retailer faces political anger, fury from workers and warnings it will damage city’s progressive imageThe online fast-fashion retailer Shein will open its first permanent bricks-and-mortar store in the world in Paris this week amid political outrage, fury from workers and warnings from city hall that it will damage the French capital’s progressive image.The Singapore-based clothing company, which was founded in China, has built a massive online business despite criticism over […]

The contrast between the wealth of the royal family and the plight of the homeless is highlighted by Rae Street. Plus letters about the future of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor from John Robinson, Paul Goodman, Chris Packham, Paulina Church and Lydia WooleyAs you say in your editorial (31 October), “Recent events point to the need for a wider reset of Britain’s relationship with its royal family.” Consider some facts. Between July and September 2025, 4,711 people were seen sleeping rough in […]

Not enough time in primary schools is devoted to learning through play, writes Dr Helena Bunn. We should take a lesson from countries where formal education begins much later, thinks Michael PykeIt is vital to a child’s early development that they are given ample time to experiment, be creative and learn through play in a purposeful way, rather than being confined to their desks (Do we really expect five-year-olds to sit at desks? I want a school that understands play is learning, 29 […]

Pharmaceutical giants like GSK should be more transparent about the generous tax breaks they get from the UK government, says Mike Lewis The outgoing chief executive of the pharmaceutical company GSK says the NHS should pay more for its drugs, in order to create “the right commercial environment” and ensure “patient access to innovation” (UK must reform drug pricing to become life sciences superpower, says GSK boss, 29 October).Our research shows that UK taxpayers are already paying […]

Shareholder-backed plans to upgrade US listing have exposed multiple flaws in tax that should be abolished or at least cutIt was one of those votes where the majority was always going to be huge. AstraZeneca’s proposal to list its shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange while retaining the quotes in London and Stockholm disadvantages nobody on the shareholder register.US investors get the chance to own AstraZeneca in full-fat form rather than via American depositary receipts (a wrapper […]

Problem with driver-only trains | A-level history | Unusual girl names | Theft in narrow daylightThe new east-west train service between Oxford and Milton Keynes has been delayed due to the government and rail companies insisting on driver-only trains. We have just experienced a mass stabbing of passengers by a lone attacker on a busy train in Cambridgeshire, where a railway employee made a heroic attempt to protect them (Report, 2 November). Is this really the time for leaving the public and […]

Palace successful in getting quarter-final moved back EFL blame expanded European schedule for decisionThe Carabao Cup quarter-final between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium will take place on 23 December, the EFL has confirmed, with the expanded European schedules blamed for “undermining” the reputation of the competition, with both clubs now having to play two matches in three days.The tie had originally been slated to take place on 16 December but Palace requested for […]

King Charles stripped his brother of his titles over the former prince’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Trump’sDonald Trump has said he feels “very badly” for the British royal family after King Charles stripped his brother, Andrew, of his titles over the former prince’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the late, convicted sex offender.The ex-Duke of York, now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, will also have to move out of his long-term residence at the […]

World No 3 seems to have taken a step forward in linking up with Gavin MacMillan but double faults at the WTA Finals shows there is still work to be doneFor a brief, hopeful moment in the middle of an intense tussle with her compatriot Jessica Pegula, it seemed as if Coco Gauff had found her way. Gauff had struggled in the first set of their opening match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Sunday, but then she dug deep and slowly turned the match around. The American reached set point on her serve […]

British teachers report hearing more and more schoolchildren using US terms such as ‘candy’ and ‘diaper’ – and even speaking in an American accent. What’s going on?Name: Americanism.Age: 246, although when the word first appeared back in 1779 it meant something else. Continue reading...

UK government alerted after RedBird Capital’s boss allegedly threatened to ‘go to war’ with the title’s newsroom The boss of the US private equity group bidding for the Daily Telegraph has been reported to the UK government for potentially breaching rules protecting the newspaper’s editorial independence, after allegedly threatening to “go to war” with the title’s newsroom.The Guardian understands that the independent directors of Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have alerted the […]

Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercisingTell us: have you fallen in love this year?Last year, I had to give up running. It was, as my sports medicine doctor counseled, “time”.Since I was a teen, it had been my primary form of exercise and stress relief. But for months, I had been ignoring small signs of encroaching decrepitude: the popping and grinding in my right knee and hip joints whenever I stood up, bent down or took the […]

Official says there is evidence man is ‘still alive’ after collapse at Torre dei Conti, which was undergoing restoration worksRescue workers are trying to pull a man from the rubble of a medieval tower in central Rome that partly collapsed twice during renovations, trapping him on an upper floor and injuring another man.The Torre dei Conti, located close to the Roman Forum ruins, suffered an initial collapse just after 11.30am (1030 GMT) on Monday, with falling debris reportedly hitting a […]

US president’s remarks about alleged persecution of Christians seemingly in response to pressure from his evangelical baseDonald Trump has threatened to launch a “guns-a-blazing” US military intervention in Nigeria, claiming that the west African country’s government has failed to prevent attacks on Christians.Here’s what we know so far about the unfolding situation. Continue reading...

Claim that elections were cancelled because ministers were ‘terrified of Reform’ given rare rebuke by regulatorTalkTV, the online channel owned by Rupert Murdoch’s news empire, breached impartiality rules in a show that repeatedly accused the government of cancelling local elections out of fear of Reform UK.The media regulator, Ofcom, issued the rare ruling in relation to a show hosted by Kevin O’Sullivan, in which he repeatedly said some local elections were being scrapped where […]

International Organization for Migration says displaced are heading to Tawila, which is already sheltering 652,000 displaced peopleMore than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region since Saturday amid a surge in fighting, the UN’s migration agency has said, after the capture last week of the city of El Fasher in neighbouring Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than a year under siege.The strategic central area between the country’s Darfur provinces and […]

Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors Police in Israel have arrested and detained the military’s top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then in effect lying about her actions to Israel’s high court.The military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, said in a resignation letter last week that she had […]

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Following defeat at Leeds 10 days ago, one West Ham-supporting WAG suggested Jarrod Bowen “must feel like that one human actor in a Muppets film” in a Social Media Disgrace post that got nowhere near the amount of LOLs it deserved. And having seen their team go a goal down on Sunday, moments after their captain had spanked a shot from distance off a post, West Ham fans must have felt it was going to be another regulation day in which Bowen […]

Scientists find even modest amounts of exercise appear to delay brain changes and cognitive decline in patientsEven modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of a healthy routine, but scientists found 3,000 steps or more appeared to delay the brain changes and cognitive decline that Alzheimer’s patients […]

Leader’s speech offered most detailed explanation yet on party’s priorities on tax cuts, benefits, wages and pensionsNigel Farage has delivered a speech on his economic priorities. While it did not announce any new policies as such, it marked the most detailed explanation yet of what a Reform UK government might prioritise. Below are six areas he discussed. Continue reading...

From cultivating a spiral-shaped orchard to finding lost glaciers and dressing up as a landmark bird, on 4 November artists around the UK will participate in Remember Nature, a day of activism to offer hope for the futureBack in 2015, well into the twilight of his life, the artist and activist Gustav Metzger decided to embark on one last big project. Best known as the inventor of auto-destructive art – a response, he said, to the destructive horrors of the Holocaust – Metzger had also, over […]

‘Steven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldn’t do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivre’When my agent said, “We have a script called Poltergeist”, my response was: “Is it horror? I’m not interested.” Then he said: “Well, Steven Spielberg is producing.” So I read the script, which Spielberg had also written, and loved the family in it, and the fact that there were so many strong […]

Incidents are being investigated as part of the inquiry into Saturday’s mass stabbing on a high-speed trainPolice investigating the mass stabbing on a high speed train are now investigating four other knife incidents, alleged to have taken place hours before passengers fled in terror on Saturday evening.Questions mounted for police as Anthony Williams, 32, appeared in court charged with a series of attempted murder charges, related to two stabbing incidents. Continue reading...

India would do well to remember that Australia’s domination was based on building from the grassroots upSunday was a long day for the India captain, Harmanpreet Kaur. It began with a two‑hour rain delay; it concluded with a catch at cover, taken on the stroke of midnight, which sealed a 52-run victory against South Africa and a maiden World Cup title.But amid the fireworks, tears, hugs, a lap of honour at the DY Patil Stadium, and rumours of a forthcoming winners’ parade in Mumbai, Kaur […]

Looking for eco-friendly toys, games and presents for little ones that won’t break the bank? We have kits, skittles, crayons, trucks and tractors to add to your list• The best toys and gifts for one-year-oldsFather Christmas has a hard time of it. In a cost of living crisis, the elves struggle to afford top-notch toy-making materials, and there is strong resistance to using plastic amid the climate crisis. Nonetheless, the wishlists remain the same: teddies, model cars, jewellery, games. […]

New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affectedLess than 3% of international aid to slash carbon emissions is supporting a “just transition” for workers and communities away from polluting industries, according to a new report.Released one week before the start of major United Nations climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil, the analysis from the climate and development non-profit ActionAid warns that the world’s response to the […]

Audience members vote on the path its jogger heroine should take through this Italian-set chase movie – with appearances from genre cinema heroes Franco Nero and Dario ArgentoThirty-two-year-old writer-director Paul Raschid is surely too young to recall the multiple endings of 1985’s Clue or the hotly traded Choose Your Own Adventure books. Perhaps RPGs gave this film-maker a penchant for interactive cinema. Either way, intrepid souls heading to London’s Genesis cinema between now and New […]

Lucy Bronze in World XI for the eighth timeJude Bellingham and Cole Palmer in men’s XISix England players have been named in the Fifpro women’s World XI after the team won the European Championship this year. The captain, Leah Williamson, the goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, the defender Lucy Bronze and forwards Chloe Kelly and Alessia Russo make the list after aiding the team to the historic win against Spain.Millie Bright, the sixth England star to make the list, was not part of the tournament […]

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Halloween weekend failed to make numbers jump, adding up to the weakest monthly performance – other than during the pandemic – for three decadesBox office earnings in October have crashed to levels not seen since the late 1990s, with Halloween weekend becoming the worst of the year so far.According to a report in Variety, cinema takings for October in North America totalled $425m (£323m), the lowest figure since October 1997, when it was $385m – not counting October 2020, when North […]

Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations, including best film and besr directorNigeria-set drama My Father’s Shadow is the leading contender at this year’s British independent film awards (Bifas), after it scooped 12 nominations, including best British independent film, best director for Akinola Davies Jr, and best screenplay for Davies’s brother Wale. The film came out ahead of Pillion, adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’s coming-of-age relationship story, which got 10 […]