Figures emerge in critical letter to Home Office from organisation appointed to scrutinise detention facilities
Murderer and serial sex offender sexually assaulted female staff member in HMP Brixton but was still released
Kyiv reportedly suggested mutual agreement in attempt to reopen crucial grain corridor
This summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Solar eclipses are far easier to manage than Europe’s cross-border electricity politics
Premier of the People’s Republic of China regarded as an economic reformer who declared that the country had become ‘the factory of the world’
Post-Brexit visa rules and faceless pen-pushers were keeping me and my partner apart. But love finds a way, writes French journalist Jules Darmanin
Firms in England and Wales given green light for extra spending that will add billions to bills
Kew Gardens in London hits 38.1C and 40C-plus recorded in parts of Europe with continent trapped under heat dome
How can our understanding of mortality shape the way we live? Palliative care doctors and death doulas share the lessons they have learned
The star of Girls and The Book of Mormon talks about coming out, turning a showmance into a romance, and going toe to toe with the West Wing’s Allison Janney in new film Miss You Love You
Northern Ireland best performing with 30.7% of grades being As and A*s but Wales and England close behind
Federal court rules administration failed to plausibly show ongoing violation of civil rights law