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Tue 15 Sept 2026
The Social Democrats’ party leader, Magdalena Andersson, standing at a podium decorated with the party's red rose emblem
Sweden
Sweden’s political parties launch coalition talks as both blocs try to secure power
Woman with grey hair and spectacles, dressed in red blazer and orange scarf addresses audience in Vienna.
AI
Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde
Wreckage of a suspected Russian drone lies in shallow water off a Baltic Sea beach
Europe
Nato jets shoot down drone violating Lithuania’s airspace
A rusty cargo ship anchored off Yemen's coast near Bab al-Mandeb, with a small boat passing
Midldle East
Houthis seize strategic Red Sea islands as analysts warn of impending oil crunch
Aerial view of cars queuing for fuel in Bagakhangai, Mongolia, near a rural road
Ukraine war briefing
No energy ceasefire until Russia stops, Zelenskyy confirms after Trump claim
 

In focus

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China
‘This is seriously bold’: How China turned Taiwan tensions into a top-rating TV spy drama
The actor Sydney Sweeney is under fire for ‘sexualising women’s sports’ in an ad campaign for US sports prediction company Novig in which she appears in various states of undress. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian feature writer Elle Hunt
The Latest
Sydney Sweeney naked sports ad controversy: what’s she playing at?
  Video | 11:05
 
South Africa
‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
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Features

Benedict Cumberbatch sits on grand stone steps in the Natural History Museum, gazing upward
Interview
Benedict Cumberbatch on his Earth-saving eco film: ‘We are in the last grab of the extraction era’
How we survive
The pirates arrived with AK-47s. They took us hostage – then the torture began
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Opinion

A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) rally in Magdeburg, Germany, on 5 September 2026.
quote  I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship
Carolin Würfel
quote  Canada should become an EU state in all but name. Here’s how to make that a reality
Fabian Zuleeg
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Sport

Ben Shelton sprawled out on the court during his men’s singles final defeat against Alexander Zverev
quote  From influencers to brutal schedule, US Open was worst grand slam in recent memory
Tumaini Carayol
Premier League
Calvert-Lewin stars as Leeds thrash limp Newcastle to go third
Football
‘Very weak. Very bad’: how Rodri’s verdict exposed woeful Valencia’s crisis
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Climate crisis

A member of the Tacana Indigenous nation places their open palm against a tree trunk where chevrons has been incised
Southern frontlines
‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
Gas
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
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Podcast

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Why crypto-billionaires love Reform – podcast
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