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6+ min ago   (190+ words) Political and media attention this week has once again been squarely focused on One Nation’s antics. But while Pauline Hanson had her Euro summer, many of that continent’s biggest cities were enduring their worst heat stress in recorded history. In…...

17+ hour, 4+ min ago   (359+ words) Earlier this year, Congress reached a depressing milestone: 86% of Americans, a record high, disapproved of its job performance. But this summer, there have been some signs that shifts are underway. On the left, House Democrats have just voted in unprecedented…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (137+ words) Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up in two years. Nationwide protests broke out after Zelenskyy sacked Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister, who the Ukraine president says will now be brought back into government…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (134+ words) Co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look at why Donald Trump chose to make a prime-time address about the US electoral system: was he trying to destabilise and undermine confidence before the midterms, and will it work?Also: why is…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (123+ words) We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2021: How the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most contentious thinkersBy…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (232+ words) Senior political correspondent Peter Walker and former No 10 press secretary Paul Harrison analyse Andy Burnham’s first day as PMOn Monday, Andy Burnham finally realised his long-held ambition to become prime minister. But what problems can he expect to confront now…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (198+ words) Senior political correspondent Peter Walker and former No 10 press secretary Paul Harrison analyse Andy Burnham’s first day as PMOn Monday, Andy Burnham finally realised his long-held ambition to become prime minister. But what problems can he expect to confront now…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (144+ words) Andy Burnham has become the sixth UK prime minister in a decade after a transfer of power from his predecessor Keir Starmer.In his first address outside Downing Street, he said his arrival in power would be a ‘circuit breaker…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (230+ words) We know that the online world is awash with angry commentary, but why are we so compelled to keep scrolling, despite our best intentions? And how is it shaping our politics?Ed Coper is political adviser and communications consultant who…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (144+ words) Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has opened in Australia to much hype and intense interest. The first film ever to be shot entirely on Imax film has prompted fans to go on their own epic journey – crossing oceans to see it…...