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Business secretary says UK needs to understand direction of EU before signing up to closer relationship – UK politics live
The prime minister has suggested that he wants a public debate on the UK’s partnership with the EU.Downing Street has paid tribute to Patrick Stewart following the actor’s death. At...
Reader Q&A: How can we radically change the way we live? Ask Aditya Chakrabortty
Guardian columnist, senior economics commentator and host of the new Radical Thinking podcast Aditya Chakrabortty is answering your questions on the big ideas around economics, society and democracy, and his...
Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween
Activists call for people to make their anger known over poor public services including education and housingEurope live – latest updatesStreet protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany...
People of 27 nationalities may be among those killed or injured in Spain train crash, Sánchez says – Europe live
Some 69 people have been confirmed dead but the toll may rise further, with at least 70 people reported missingPeunte begins by paying tribute to all affected by the incident.He...
Christa Pike makes first public comments since failed execution: ‘There is pain in my mind and in my soul’
Pike is facing death penalty for 1995 murder of classmate, despite surviving a botched execution last monthChrista Pike has marked a month since her failed execution by Tennessee and released...
Spain’s trust in high-speed rail ‘broken’ after second deadly crash this year, says PM
Pedro Sánchez vows to investigate crash that killed 69 people – and rebuild public confidenceEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has admitted “trust in high-speed rail has...
Congressional Democrats demand answers over ICE treatment of hunger strikers
Immigrants at Texas detention facility, protesting against harsh conditions, say they face threats of force-feedingMembers of Congress sent a scathing letter to federal immigration officials this week demanding answers about...
‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery
Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of armsFlávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him...
Andreas Malm condemns UK travel ban as ‘drift into authoritarianism’
Swedish climate academic says he has been ‘kept in the dark’ over Home Office decision to revoke his travel authorisationThe Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm has condemned a travel ban...
Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case
Scraping copyrighted material from internet could ‘potentially’ amount to acquisition of property by government, Anne Twomey saysGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastAltering copyright law to...
‘His honesty gave courage to survivors’: domestic abuse charities praise Patrick Stewart’s legacy
Actor first shared his childhood experiences as part of Amnesty International campaign and became Refuge ambassadorWhen Patrick Stewart was growing up in the 1940s, he witnessed how, after his father...
Serial killers, set designers, and hordes of skeletons: welcome to the Halloween capital of America
In the placid LA suburb of Burbank, residents spend months – and thousands of dollars – turning their homes into Disney-style attractions. Why does it go so hard for Halloween...