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Tuesday27 August 2024

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  • On stage, a young man dressed in red writes on a wall with red crayon. Above him, a large digital clock reads 13:10. Four actors sit on a ledge facing towards the wall

    Interview
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is about an autistic boy. But it hasn’t always been autism-friendly

    Mark Haddon’s bestselling novel gets an Australian adaptation ‘that Christopher himself would enjoy’ – with a warning system, ‘timetables’ and an autistic star
  • close-up of man wearing glasses and grey suit

    US
    Martin Shkreli ordered to turn over all copies of unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album

  • Gambling apps on a laptop

    Full Story podcast
    One mother’s plea for gambling ad reform

    Tamsin Rose speaks to Sydney mother Bronwyn, whose son started problem gambling at 17, and medical editor Melissa Davey about why there is an urgent need for change
  • The monobrowed glarer … Liam and Noel at Melt! in Ferropolis, Egermany, in 2009.

    Music
    ‘I’ve waited 25 years for this moment’: Oasis, the reunion – and what made them great

    Their sneering vocals, seething guitars and thermonuclear charisma electrified the 90s. But will a reunion be a Champagne Supernova – or a Digsy’s Dinner?
    • Wattles in bloom at Cranbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens

      Weather
      Australia’s early spring brings budding flowers, chirping birds – and climate alarm

    • Rodney Hall stands in a tree-lined street, with a slice of sunlight illuminating a thin vertical strip of his face.

      Books
      ‘You need to think of history like a sausage’: Rodney Hall devours one momentous year in his new novel

    • A senior woman walking on a road

      Lifestyle
      Be kind, rewind: is backwards walking any better than walking forwards?

    • Cucumbers being prepared for a salad

      Explain it to me quickly
      Why is everyone on TikTok eating entire cucumbers – and is it really driving a veggie shortage?

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  • Illustration featuring a portrait of Pavel Durov.

    Arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you

    Chris Stokel-Walker
    He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be it, says tech writer Chris Stokel-Walker
  • Gabrielle Chan

    The struggle to tell rural and local stories has never been harder – or more essential

    Gabrielle Chan
    • the risk of miscalculation and unintended consequences

      The Guardian view
      Israel and Hezbollah: another ominous threshold crossed

    • Zoe Williams

      Of course Kirstie Allsopp is happy for her 15-year-old to go Interrailing on his own. It’s ‘character-building’!

      Zoe Williams
    • A view of a landscape with several buildings in the foreground, an expanse of fields and a large cloud of grey smoke in the distance.

      Many fear Israel and Hezbollah are heading for all-out war – but here’s why that’s far from inevitable

      Lina Khatib
    • woman at a computer with hands on face

      Caught up in the rewards and excitement, I became hooked on work. Until one day I couldn’t do it any more

      Hannah Forsyth

Lifestyle

  • Older women clustered at a table with drinks looking at a phone

    Perimenopause is no fun alone – so why not have a party?

    Nina Lansbury
    Taboos hold back some of the conversations we most need to have, especially among older women. But maybe some borscht and bloody marys can help bust through that wall
  • A composite photograph showing a woman’s face with different ethnicities.

    Beauty
    ‘People think that looking better means you will have a better life’: why gen Z spends so much on beauty

  • Picture of a woman seeking calm

    How to build a better life
    Do you really want a divorce? Or are you just ‘getting divorcey’?

  • Sammy Gecsoyler throws an axe

    Pubs
    I tried axe throwing for the first time. What could possibly go wrong?

  • The pet I'll never forget
    Nala the tabby, who terrorised other cats and had to be hidden from the landlord

  • Rear view of four men in a row, wearing only underpants and with their arms round each other's shoulders

    Male bonding doesn’t have to be about bravado and bros. Dancing on stage naked taught me a better way

    Gunnar Ardelius

Culture

  • Brotherly love … Liam Gallagher (left) and Noel Gallagher performing on The White Room, 26 January 1996.

    Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe

    Alexis Petridis
  • satellite view of gray ground with buildings

    Nevada
    Woman’s death on first day of Burning Man festival under investigation

    Authorities look into what happened to Kendra Frazer, 39, who was found unresponsive at the Black Rock desert event
  • Performers on stage at the Edinburgh festival

    Stage
    Protests held on stage at Edinburgh festival over Scottish arts funding cuts

    Anger grows over proposed cuts of up to £10m for Creative Scotland affecting freelance artists and performers
  • Dua Lipa against a blue wall

    Pass notes
    One lick is all it takes: can Dua Lipa conquer the world of ice-cream as well as pop?

  • Prescient … Corita Kent, Stop the Bombing, 1967.

    Art and design
    ‘There is a bullet in my brain’: the searing art of Hollywood nun Sister Mary Corita

  • Definitely for Solo rather than Skywalker fantasists … Star Wars Outlaws.

    Games
    Star Wars Outlaws review – a love letter to lore, Lucas and laser guns

  • ‘Can I blow up a car?’ … Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes and Peter Firth in the hit show.

    How we made
    ‘Job applications at MI5 went through the roof’: how we made Spooks

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  • Qantas and Virgin planes at an airport

    Analysis
    Is an airline ombudsman the answer to ludicrous air fares, dodgy customer service and mind-numbing delays?

    The government’s much-anticipated white paper defers key decisions and passes the buck on the crucial issue of landing slots
    • Australian federal police badge

      Exclusive
      Discretionary powers used to stop investigations in one in four allegations of AFP misconduct

    • Federal politics
      Jim Chalmers calls Peter Dutton ‘most divisive leader’ in modern Australian history

    • LGBTQ+ rights
      Proposed census question about sexuality and gender diversity dumped by Albanese government

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Zomi Frankcom’s brother calls for those responsible for her death in Israeli airstrike to be prosecuted

    • Coronial inquest
      Melbourne hospital ‘just ignored’ eight-year-old Amrita Lanka before her death, mother tells coroner

    • Queensland
      ‘Ta-ta and farewell’: wisecracks and tears as Brisbane sends Jack Karlson off to ‘succulent Chinese meal’ in the sky

    • Crime
      Charlise Mutten’s killer Justin Stein sentenced to life in prison for murdering nine-year-old

    • Environment
      Albanese government accused of trying to ‘bury bad news’ about health of Great Barrier Reef

The rural network

  • Mehran Mahdavi at the pistachio tree nursery at Robinvale, Victoria, in the 1980s.

    Robinvale
    Growing Australia: how a refugee from Iran helped expand the pistachio industry

  • pigeon looking into the camera

    In my war against pigeons, all I have is a broom. But the ‘rats of the sky’ remain unflappable

    Calla Wahlquist
  • Alex Harman, 10, from Levendale in Tasmania, with a Precision stud alpaca at the Bendigo showgrounds

    In pictures
    Fleece de résistance: the Australian alpaca national show

  • ‘It’s not until we hit the Hunter Valley with its duplicated tracks that the Xplorer achieves a constant speed, and we pulled into Sydney’s Central station just before 5pm.’

    Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride

    Michael Burge

Around the world

  • Aerial view of Vanuatu

    Pacific Islands Forum
    ‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific

    António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levels
  • Two women, covered head to toe in white robes, walk down the street in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan
    ‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public

  • woman wearing glasses and blue suit stands behind microphone and podium

    US elections 2024
    ‘Women aren’t stupid’ enough to believe Vance's abortion ban veto promise, Elizabeth Warren says

  • A photo provided by Japan's Ministry of Defence showing what it said was a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane that violated Japanese airspace above the Danjo Island on Monday

    Japan
    Chinese military plane reportedly carries out first violation of Japanese airspace

    • US
      Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks judge to dismiss music producer’s case

    • Italy
      New Zealand captain of Mike Lynch’s yacht under investigation for manslaughter

    • Media
      Telegram founder arrest part of cybercrime inquiry, say prosecutors

    • Young people
      Teenagers at more risk online than Interrailing in Europe, say experts

    • Sudan
      Flood surge in Sudan bursts dam, destroying villages and killing dozens

    • Automotive
      Canada to follow US lead in imposing 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles

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    Opinion cartoon
    Sphen has died. It seems Magic and all the other penguins are sad

    First Dog on the Moon
    It’s a lovely story even without all our (my) twee anthropomorphism projected on to it
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    A life in pictures

  • Stephen Lillie on government plans to limit winter fuel payments – cartoon

    Opinion cartoon
    Stephen Lillie on the UK government’s plans to limit winter fuel payments

  • A skier smiles while holding her ski helmet strap amid shelves of boots

    Tourism
    Afriski, Lesotho’s ski resort – in pictures

  • 1 Trump campaign floundering/Sitting next to a screaming child on a plane - Grappling with just how much longer there is to go

    Edith Pritchett’s Venn diagrams
    From Trump’s campaign to a screaming child on a plane

  • A resident sits doing puzzles at a care home in Vauxhall

    Photo essay
    Love, warmth and hard work: the heart of the UK care system

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  • A young black African man wearing sunglasses and a cap performs on stage

    Global development
    ‘There’s never been a greater time to be a Nigerian artist’: but have the new giants of African music shut the door behind them?

    West African musicians have become stars in recent years as the fusions from the Afrobeats movement made for big label signings. But the surge of interest has made it tougher for aspiring artists to break through
  • Telegram CEO Pavel Durov pictured in 2017.

    Social media
    Who is Pavel Durov? Billionaire founder of Telegram remains a mysterious figure

  • Donald Trump Holds New Hampshire Primary Night Event In Nashua, New Hampshire<br>NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 23: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump (C) takes the stage with supporters, campaign staff and family members for a primary night party at the Sheraton on January 23, 2024 in Nashua, New Hampshire. New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in their state’s primary election today, with former President Donald Trump winning the primary, finishing ahead of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Trump campaign
    Fears that palace intrigue could cause distraction

  • Environment
    Hot and alone: how US cities work to protect isolated people in heatwaves

  • The big bet
    ‘It’s David v Goliath’: a recovering addict takes on TikTok’s gambling influencers

  • Ivory Coast
    ‘I miss home’: 13-year-old Nigerian girls trapped as sex workers

  • During the referendum, I was a national scapegoat. I considered quitting but now I have hope

    Thomas Mayo

  • Philippines
    ‘As long as we’re here, it’s ours’: the island fishing community on the frontline of South China Sea tensions

  • Spain
    ‘It’s about money’: doubt over America’s Cup benefits in tourist hotspot Barcelona

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