Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualized images of real people
Amid global backlash, billionaire had only hours earlier said he was not aware of any ‘naked underage images’
UK economy grew by better-than-expected 0.3% in November despite budget uncertainty
Jaguar Land Rover’s recovery from cyber-attack appears to have contributed to GDP growth
Can’t stand losing out: battle over the Police’s royalties reaches high court
Dispute between Sting and former bandmates relates to whether streaming revenue, estimated at £1.5m, features in ‘arranger’s fees’
Meet the merpeople: ‘Once I put the tail on, my life was changed forever’
Professional mermaids risk hypothermia, seasickness and the cling of skin-tight silicone, but the reward is becoming an ‘ocean ambassador’ – and a bit more colour in the world
‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart
Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story
Spotify no longer running ICE recruitment ads, after US government campaign ends
The ad campaign ended in late 2025, the Swedish streaming giant confirmed, having previously said, despite protests, that it did not violate advertising policies
Trump says Iran has told him ‘killing has stopped’ as he pulls back from strike threats
US president says he has been assured by Tehran ‘there’s no plan for executions’ of protesters
The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband
He had threatened her, locked her up and absconded with one of their daughters. Palmer knew she and her girls needed to escape – but it would involve huge risk and total reinvention
Six arrested over suspected £300m fraud at UK social housing fund
Serious Fraud Office mounts seven raids on sites linked to Home Reit which raised £850m to tackle homelessness
The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again
As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Person taken to hospital after ingesting hand sanitiser supplied by Australia’s largest privately owned hotel chain
The ACCC recalls Dr Schwartz Hand Sanitiser after it was identified as containing a high concentration of methanol
‘We’ve lost everything, you can see caravans floating away’: flash flooding hits Victoria’s Great Ocean Road
Woman camping at flooded Wye River with her daughters says ‘it’s just heartbreaking, strangers are hugging strangers’
You be the judge: should my daughter pay the fine we incurred dropping her at the airport?
Margaret says her daughter didn’t pay the airport charge, so it’s on her. Georgie says this cock up is all her mum’s doing. You decide who got them into this fine mess
Trump insists Greenland is crucial for national security after Denmark talks
Talks fail to solve ‘fundamental disagreement’ over Arctic island controlled by Copenhagen
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you
Martin Freeman does his best to lift this three-parter, but it feels like Enid Blyton – made for an international market that thinks Paddington Bear is holding the queen’s hand in heaven