China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall
The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms-control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now Keir Starmer’s tentative pivot to the…
The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial
Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues Ecosystems and national security used not to be mentioned in the…
The FBI’s seizure of 2020 ballots in Georgia is a signal of what’s to come | Austin Sarat
The administration’s efforts show the lengths to which Trump is willing to go to lay the groundwork for 2026 While the nation’s attention was focused on the ICE invasion of…
Resistance to Trump 2.0 is getting more confrontational | Dana R Fisher
In Trump’s first term, activists focused on lobbying and voting. Now tactics are shifting to nonviolent civil disobedience On 24 January, Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents while he…
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again | Robert Topinka
In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning…
‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life
We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis We have never lived so long,…
Fearless train passenger wrangles snake on suburban platform in Sydney – video
CCTV cameras at a Sydney train station capture the moment a passenger wrangled a snake near a suburban platform. The reptile was found on the entrance ramp to platform two…
The kindness of strangers: while we waited outside in the rain, a young boy brought us hot tea and cake
Our youthful enthusiasm was starting to falter when a child came out of a cottage with a basket, sent by his mum Read more in the kindness of strangers series…
‘Made me want to punch the air’: The Night Manager’s seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph
Without a weighty Le Carré novel behind it, there were fears the steamy, stylish spy series would feel phoned in. We needn’t have worried – it’s been a delight This…