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Netanyahu says ‘Iran made a big mistake’; IDF launches fresh strikes on Beirut
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Iran calls missile attack on Israel ‘legal, rational and legitimate’
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Hurricane Helene
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Extreme heat
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Tobe Hooper’s terrifying 1974 slasher remains one of the most effective and masterly horror films ever made
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Arwa Mahdawi
Champions League
Havertz hits high notes to knock down PSG and bolster Arsenal’s belief
First-half goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League group stage
NFL
Bills’ Miller suspended four games for personal conduct violation
Champions League
Adeyemi hat-trick inspires Dortmund to 7-1 rout of Celtic
MLB playoffs power rankings
Yankees and Dodgers are top of the pack
Every team in the postseason has flaws, which should lead to an open scrap for the World Series. We run down the 12 contenders in October
Pogacar delivers an alternative reality for the true believers
Jonathan Liew
Formula One
Lawson gets chance to replace Pérez at Red BullDaniels has changed the comical Commanders into a serious franchise
Doug Farrar
Tennis
Alcaraz sets up China Open final rematch with Sinner
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Extreme heat
No water, no shade. Life as a roofer in the sweltering Florida heat: ‘It feels like 120F’
US
Trump continues to deny climate crisis as he visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia
Pollution
‘Pattern of negligence’: a chemical plant fire in Georgia forces tens of thousands to take shelter
Fossil fuels
Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter becomes the first former US president to turn 100
Fellow presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama wish Carter well, praising him as ‘a moral force for our nation and world’
Tulsa race massacre
US justice department announces investigation into Tulsa race massacre
US
Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike
Donald Trump
Nevada Republicans dismiss 43ft nude Trump effigy as ‘deplorable’
Montana
US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for huntingNew Jersey
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Flamingo foster fathers hatch an egg together at the San Diego zooAbortion
California sues Catholic hospital for denying woman emergency abortion
Analysis
War risks reigniting tensions between Lebanon’s kaleidoscope of communities
If Hezbollah is substantially diminished, there could be an opportunity to rebalance power in the country
Canada
Justin Trudeau survives a second parliamentary confidence vote
New Caledonia
New Caledonia election postponed for a year by France’s new prime minister
Space
Comet last seen in stone age to make closest approach to Earth
Netherlands
Wim Hof biopic on hold after claims of domestic abuse against cold water guruJulian Assange
Julian Assange says he ‘chose freedom over unrealisable justice’Ireland
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Spending cuts needed to tackle France’s colossal debt, Michel Barnier tells MPsUK
Senior doctor ‘ashamed’ he failed to protect babies from nurse Lucy LetbyItaly
Harry’s Bar owner sues Venice city council over waves from speeding boats
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Science
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Politics Weekly UK
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Television
John Amos, father in groundbreaking sitcom Good Times, dies at 84
The TV patriarch, who also played the older Kunta Kinte on the mini-series Roots, died on 21 August, according to a statement from his son
Music
Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees co-member Pras Michél over failed tour
Culture
Seth Meyers on Donald Trump: ‘This guy’s mind is like fully gone, right?’
Broadway
McNeal review – Robert Downey Jr shines in muddled AI-themed play
Music
Frankie Valli speaks out against claims he is the victim of elder abuse
Stage
Gavin Creel, Tony award-winning Broadway star, dies at 48
Sexual healing
Sex with my husband feels loveless – and yet he refuses to provide affection
Fashion
Unflappable Chanel in no hurry to find new designer amid continuity in Paris
Label doubles down on house codes as empty birdcage signals its last creative director – Virginie Viard – has flown
Kitchen aide
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Mara Wilson
Parenting
The mothers who regret having kids: ‘I wished I were holding a cat and not a baby’
Well actually
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Sleep
‘I definitely got a little loopy’: the writer who spent a week underground studying sleep
Frozen in Time
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