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Fri 18 Sept 2026
A volunteer handing out flyers for a United Russia candidate in Moscow.
Vladimir Putin
Russians go to polls against backdrop of Ukraine war and Putin’s tightening grip
a man and a woman side by side
Palestine
YouTube star Ms Rachel to match Macklemore’s $1m Palestine aid donation
Daniel Thomas speaks in a crowd. He has short brown hair and beard and wears a light brown sweatshirt. He looks a little angry and animated with one hand raised.
UK Politics
‘Outright racist’ activist Daniel Thomas will face ‘full force of law’ over any crimes, says home secretary
Ulf Kristersson.
Sweden
Sweden’s PM resigns after centre-left bloc wins slim majority in election
Earl Spencer, Prince William, Prince Harry and Prince Charles stand solemnly beside a hearse
Monarchy
Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death, claims Earl Spencer
 

In focus

A woman's hand against a railing looking out on to a streetrundown buildings that line the street, many complete with barred windows, and you will see dozens of women and girls sitting there. Behind the near derelict facades children and vulnerable women are being sold around the clock.
Global development
No hope, no vote … how most of Delhi’s sex workers are being struck off electoral rolls
Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has welcomed the EU’s proposal for Canada to become the bloc’s first ‘associate member’, despite threats from Donald Trump over the plan. Lucy Hough speaks to Europe correspondent Jon Henley.
Today in Focus: The Latest
Taking on Trump? Canada and EU forge closer ties
  Video | 11:56
 
Analysis
All smiles in Strasbourg but uncertainty clouds Canada’s EU membership plan
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Features

Salman sitting down, with Eliza and Alex stood behind him
Salman Rushdie
‘The damage was much worse than I had imagined’: the shocking inside story of Rushdie’s survival
Experience
I survived being buried in an avalanche
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The long read

A stack of TVs showing clips from Teletubbies, Sesame Street, Bluey, Prehistoric Planet, Cocomelon and Mr Rogers' Neighborhood.
Faster! Louder! Brighter! How the attention economy overwhelmed children’s TV
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Opinion

Pedestrians crossing a bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Miha Mazzini
quote  The spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror
Miha Mazzini
quote  Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza
Mahmoud Mushtaha
quote  British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it
Andy Burnham
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Sport

Rayan celebrates after scoring Bournemouth’s second goal against Real Sociedad.
Football
Kluivert and Rayan rock Real Sociedad as Bournemouth win on European bow
Football
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Football
Pino kickstarts Crystal Palace’s Europa League rout of Lech Poznan to ease Sage’s worries
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Climate crisis

a whale
Trump administration
Trump officials move to dismantle key protection for US endangered species
Our rivers
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
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Podcast

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Throuples (when three isn’t a crowd) - podcast
Podcast | 30:31
 
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