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  • Keir Starmer will claim his government has inherited ‘not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole’.

    Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’

    Labour leader tells working people rot left by Conservatives is so much worse than imagined and improvement won’t happen overnight
  • Zelenskiy speaking

    Let us show Putin we have ability to hit targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine urges west

News

  • Reception desk at an NHS hospital in England.

    UK patients going private to escape referrals ‘black hole’, say GPs

  • Conservative Party t-shirt with the slogan 'future prime minister' on sale at the 2022 party conference

    Priti tote bags, Kemi sweatshirts and Jenrick mugs: Tory candidates to roll out the merch in bid to be new leader

    The six contenders are touting branded goods alongside policy, while organisers are just trying to make the crowning of the new leader as conflict-free as possible
  • Workers sorting electronic waste at a factory in India.

    Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech

    Team at University of Edinburgh using microbes to recycle lithium, cobalt and other expensive minerals

  • Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus

  • Government to seek global trade deals for UK at expense of formal EU re-entry

  • Killer asks to return to UK to help find victim’s body 55 years after murder

  • ‘Real hope’ for cystic fibrosis patients as NHS rolls out life-changing drug

  • Warnings AI tools used by government on UK public are ‘racist and biased’

  • Whales are doing well so it’s time to scrap the body that once protected them, says former head

  • Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving payouts by end of year

  • ‘It felt like it was plucked out of thin air’: how rape trial was derailed by sexsomnia claim

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World

  • Custom officers Line Andersen and Gard Belgen in the main harbour in Oslo.

    Norway’s border guards on front line in battle against ‘cocaine tsunami’

    The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American producers
  • Björn Höcke, AfD leader in Thuringia, speaks at a rally in the state capital Erfurt on 20 August.

    Germany looks on nervously as AfD crowds cheer nation’s most feared politician ahead of state elections

  • Police officers standing on a blocked-off road with a building in the distance behind

    Man suspected of attempted arson against synagogue arrested in France

  • Pavel Durov

    Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at French airport

  • Two police officers hold individual

    German police make second arrest over fatal stabbings in Solingen

  • Woman and man in blue jumpsuits smiling with arms around each other.

    Nasa says astronauts stuck in orbit to return with SpaceX crew in February, not on Boeing Starliner

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In focus

  • The historian Serhii Plokhy in Kopachi, an abandoned village close to Chernobyl, in 2019.

    Putin’s war is raising risk of another Chernobyl, says historian who inspired hit TV show

    Serhii Plokhy’s account of the 1986 disaster stunned readers and TV audiences. Now his new book warns that the threat of nuclear terror has only increased
  • A smiling Kamala Harris raises her hand.

    As Republicans flail from ‘one stupid jackass thing to another’, Harris strives to define vision

  • A teenage boy (Gus Walz) cries as he points his finger ahead in a crowd

    Backlash erupts over criticism of Tim Walz’s emotional son: ‘families are everything’

  • Salvator Mundi

    Salvator Mundi, Saudi Arabia and the saga of the missing masterpiece

  • The Stonhenge altar stone lies flush with the ground, hidden beneath two fallen sarsen stones.

    Does Stonehenge stone’s Scottish source reveal a project uniting ancient Britain?

  • Ukrainian soldiers training at a shooting range in the Sumy region.

    Zelenskiy’s gamble: success of shock Russia offensive hangs in the balance

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Kommentar

  • Simon Tisdall

    China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region

    Simon Tisdall
  • Composite graphic showing all six candidates striding purposefully.

    Tory rivals are playing nice so far but like a family Christmas old scores are bound to surface

    Isabel Hardman
    The Conservatives would be better able to stand one another if the party could work out what it actually stands for
  • Barbara Ellen

    Setting limits for your child’s teenage kicks doesn’t make you a terrible killjoy

    Barbara Ellen

  • Punish the men who pay for sex, rather than the women lured into that life

    Sonia Sodha

  • Britain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back

    Will Hutton

  • Economists like competition but not when it comes to their own field of research

    Torsten Bell

  • Riots, shootings, sadism… blame it on the boredom of social media

    Martha Gill

  • Chris Riddell on Kamala Harris reveals the choices facing US voters in the presidential election – cartoon

  • How to lose weight and influence no one – the Robert Jenrick diet for party leadership

    Catherine Bennett

  • I lost my veggie virtue to a bacon sarnie: one of my rasher choices, it turns out

    Bidisha Mamata

  • Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America

    Carole Cadwalladr
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Editorials & Letters

  • Smiling students pose with sheets of paper on a wood-panelled staircase.

    The Observer view on the attainment gap in England’s GCSE results

  • Kamala Harris on a billboard in Hollywood

    The Observer view on US presidential election: Kamala Harris has set out her global vision. But can it work?

    The former Californian prosecutor used her time in the Senate wisely and as a member of the intelligence committee, she gained expertise
  • pupils in exam hall

    A-levels: Inequality extends into the exam room

    Wealthier pupils in Britain have many more advantages than poorer ones when it comes to study
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Business & Cash

  • Rhian-Mari Thomas stands smiling for a portrait in a blue dress in a modern-style boardroom

    ‘I was frustrated’: The woman who told Labour it didn’t need to spend £28bn on green investment

  • Composite image of a cost of living form, gas ring and smart meter

    Can you apply for pension credit? It’s key to help with rising energy costs

  • A sign outside a housing development that says 'retirement apartments for sale'

    My brother has fallen victim to the retirement home transfer fee money grab

  • Stock photograph showing a closeup of a pregnant woman's baby bump

    ‘It’s key for recruitment’: how fertility benefits got bumped up UK office agenda

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Sport

  • Abbi Pulling from Lincolnshire is leading the all-female F1 Academy series in 2024.

    F1 Academy’s Abbi Pulling: ‘F1 would be amazing. I’m still targeting that’

  • João Félix acknowledges the Chelsea fans before the Europa Conference League playoff first leg against Servette

    Can João Félix finally find a home at Chelsea?

    Cynics see his return as a fix to sort Conor Gallagher’s move to Atlético and complicating Enzo Maresca’s options
  • Rachel Choong, Archie Atkinson and Eden Rainbow-Cooper

    Paris Paralympics: five new British faces to watch out for

    From world champion Archie Atkinson to Boston marathon winner Eden Rainbow-Cooper, this quintet will be on the hunt for medals

  • Paralympics 2024: meet Thomas Young, a ‘regular 24-year-old’ with big ambitions beyond parasport

  • Novak Djokovic demands change in doping rules after Jannik Sinner case

  • Alisson: ‘For a goalkeeper I am young. I still have much to give Liverpool’

  • Peters praises Burgess after Hull KR’s four-try winger stuns St Helens

  • Trossard rescues Arteta’s Arsenal again with decisive contribution

  • Shin Ji-yai takes advantage of Nelly Korda’s slide to lead at St Andrews

  • ‘It’s about getting the job done’: Pope happy with England’s cautious chase

  • Kamindu Mendis writes his own story of Sri Lankan excellence

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Bewertungen

  • Swift was joined by her favoured producer, Jack Antonoff, on stage at Wembley.

    Taylor Swift review – a joyous, bravura singathon marks the end of an Era

  • Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman sitting together at a bar drinking.

    Between the Temples review – bittersweet screwball comedy with shades of Harold and Maude

  • 7. Community, childcare, housing Franki Raffles

    Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works; Hannah Perry: Manual Labour – review

  • Jack Lowden and Sean Gilder in The Fifth Step.

    Edinburgh festival theatre 2024: The Fifth Step; The Outrun; I Wish You Well; Gwyneth Goes Skiing – review

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New Review

  • From left: Olga Tokarczuk, Rumaan Alam, Haruki Murakami, Sally Rooney, Fatma Aydemir plus their new books.

    The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami

    The biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our essential guide
  • Illustration by Harry Milburn of people on a beach

    Alan Hollinghurst: an exclusive extract from his new novel Our Evenings

  • Julia Armfield, left, and Eliza Clark.

    ‘I feel like when I’m 50 people will take me seriously’: novelists Eliza Clark and Julia Armfield in conversation

  • An Apple logo made of circuits

    Apple Intelligence is coming. Here’s what it means for your iPhone

  • Jon Hopkins.

    On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights

  • Two pages depicting the fire scene from the Lord of the Flies graphic novel.

    Lord of the Flies at 70: how a classic was reimagined as a graphic novel

  • Gimme shelter… how social housing in stormy Shetland was transformed by a modernist fleeing 60s London

  • In a broken world, I need my fix of watch repairs

    AL Kennedy

  • Juliet Stevenson: ‘I didn’t read Alan Rickman’s diaries ... I know what my relationship with him was like’

  • The big picture: Byron Smith finds everyday defiance in war-ravaged Ukraine

  • Roddy Doyle: ‘People used to say I was undermining family life … ludicrous stuff’

  • Road cycling: how a legitimate blood test became the focus of performance abuse claims

  • AI cheating is overwhelming the education system – but teachers shouldn’t despair

    John Naughton

  • One to watch: Wasia Project

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Magazine

  • Alison Hammond shot for OM

    ‘Enthusiasm propels you through anything’: Alison Hammond’s rise to fame, from Big Brother to Bake Off

    Her infectious laughter and full-throttle energy have made Bake Off’s Alison Hammond one of our most loved TV stars. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Here, she talks about her Brummie childhood and the highs and lows of celebrity
  • ‘It was only in my mid-30s that I got to a calmer, less restless place.’

    Ruth Davidson: ‘It took me ages to work out that people weren’t any better than me’

  • Detail of Simonetta Vespucci by Piero di Cosimo, 1490. A beautiful woman with bare breasts, coiled hair and a snake around her neck

    Myth and misogyny: how male representations of the female form have changed the way women are viewed

  • Sarfraz Manzoor and his daughter Leila sitting on the bed in her bedroom, the wall behind covered in pictures, including a large poster of Taylor Swift

    I love Springsteen and my daughter is a huge Swiftie – and that’s created a bridge between us

  • English Lake District: empty bird's nest<br>Close-up of a beautifully made bird's nest found among dry leaves on the shores of Coniston Water, in the English Lake District. Sharp focus in centre of frame.

    I miss my adult children so much it feels like grief

  • OM Nigel Late Summer Fruit Compote

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for chilled rice pudding and late summer compote

  • Green and pleasant: an open-plan home in Germany themed around one colour

  • Gastro reboots: 10 of the best renovated English foodie inns

  • ‘They see me as a bigger version of themselves’: teacher George Pointon on life lessons from five-year-olds

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork and peppers, and potatoes, dill and mustard

  • One word is the answer to my daughter’s car-sickness … and everything else

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: new flavours that will soon be new favourites

  • As a TV critic, maybe I should try to stop shouting at the telly

    Rhik Samadder

  • Sunday with Susannah Constantine: ‘I wake up every morning with anxiety. I always have’

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Observer Food Monthly

  • Grilled mussels, lime-pickled onions and tomato salsa

    Six great summer barbecue recipes: from grilled mussels to chicken – and peach melba

    Three experts share their tips for the best results and some of their favourite recipes
  • Lunch With Adrian Edmondson illustration

    Adrian Edmondson: ‘I don’t think I ever fell out with Rik. But things became thinner’

  • St John founders Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver photographed for Observer Food Monthly in 2019.

    St John: 30 ways the ‘nose to tail’ restaurant changed the way we eat

  • Hayden Scamp, photographed mid-shift for OFM at Axmouth harbour on 1 August.

    A hard day’s night: life with the food workers who are up all hours

  • 20 best easy summer salads

    The 20 best easy summer salad recipes

  • OFM Nigel Tomato DPS Nigel Slater Observer Food Monthly OFM August 2024

    Nigel Slater’s summer tomato recipes to enrich the soul

  • Welcome to August’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Monica Galetti’s secret ingredient: fennel

  • What makes a neighbourhood restaurant great? Perfection – but in a slightly wonky way

    Rachel Cooke

  • Sharleen Spiteri: ‘Two slices of bread, proper butter, a pack of crisps and squeeze it down’

  • Don’t give me precision in recipe quantities – I like a glug, a splash or a bunch

    Jay Rayner

  • Refreshing, thirst-quenching, distinctive: 20 best wines for the summer

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for salads to share

  • My search for the perfect veg – from my greenhouse to the Cotswolds and even into orbit

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