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Why are French police so violent? Their job is to protect the state, not the people

Officers are instruments of state whose job is to repress, rather than manage, public dissentFamiliar images of teargas clouds drifting across Paris s...

Oct 20, 2026
From Iran to AI: the six key voter issues shaping the US midterm elections

Much of Donald Trump’s unpopularity in polls stems from dissatisfaction over the economy and war on IranUS politics live – latest updates*** Conti...

Oct 20, 2026
Americans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchs

The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serveWelcome back to How We Win, a G...

Oct 20, 2026
‘It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen’: the people sick of being spied on

Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their p...

Oct 20, 2026
Excessive wealth, extreme emissions – and ecocide: what I learned at Europe’s big superyacht sho

These yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them destroying our seas?Who kne...

Oct 20, 2026
‘Gay men keep my ego going – they message me all the time!’ Ed Gamble on Traitors, true love,

As a Traitors obsessive, Gamble is in his element hosting its hugely popular companion show, Uncloaked. He discusses keeping the show’s secrets, edg...

Oct 20, 2026
Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum

Result is a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unityVoters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposa...

Oct 20, 2026
Italy to deploy 500 troops to Milan after days of protests and looting

Government planning tougher security measures as France also says military forces will be deployedWhy are people protesting across Europe?Italy’s go...

Oct 20, 2026
US has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine about Russian strikes, says Zelenskyy

Advance warnings of missile attacks were seemingly suspended last week by the White House, but Ukraine’s president says: ‘Now it works’The US ha...

Oct 20, 2026
Trump says he will have spent $400m to support Republicans in midterms – US politics live

President also announces incentive program for people to report fraud, as administration continues attack on MinnesotaSign up for the Breaking News US...

Oct 20, 2026
Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff

Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody itTo Flávio Bolsonaro and his public...

Oct 20, 2026
‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers

Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts sayIt happened again. A...

Oct 20, 2026

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