Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’
Pool noodles and DIY escape rooms: the best screen-free kids’ activities, recommended by teachers
Five elementary school teachers spill the beans on how to keep kids engaged in creative play and away from screens
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks
Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches
Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of pounds
Who’s winning New York City’s war on rats: rodents or trash bins?
City on track to record fewest reported rat sightings since pandemic as Mamdani’s ‘containerization’ program brings bins to boroughs
A Trial: After An Enemy of the People review – Wagner Moura upends Ibsen and keeps us guessing
At the Edinburgh international festival, the Narcos star and director Christiane Jatahy transform the 1882 classic into a resonant, fourth wall-breaking event
Supposing: review – only ancient Greek rage will suffice in our exasperating times
A modern, secular woman is transformed into a Hellenic heroine as she sees visions of the future in Zinnie Harris’s minimalist drama
President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip
Ever the strategist, the Chinese leader is taking the offensive, both abroad and at home. That’s bad news for global order, and minorities in his country, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’
Exclusive: Lack of funds left British museums unable pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institution
‘Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that migrates further than any other insect
Wandering gliders are descended from some of the earliest known insects – and breed as one global population
‘The market is dead’: why aren’t flats in England selling?
Figures show most leasehold flats in England do not find a buyer within six months, despite slashed prices