Firewall compromised: has Friedrich Merz blown ‘democracy’s last shot’?
The Guardianby Deborah Cole in Berlin·12 Sept 2026
A cataclysm. A 9.0 earthquake. A five-alarm fire. A bitter rejection of Germany’s joyous reunification three decades ago, and a threat to the democratic postwar order.
Ukraine war briefing: Russian developers used AI to build ‘kamikaze’ attack drone software, Anthropic says
The Guardianby Guardian staff and agencies·12 Sept 2026
- A small team of likely freelance developers in Russia used AI chatbot Claude to develop software for an autonomous swarm of first-person-view “kamikaze” attack drones, including terminal...
AI agents being tested by OpenAI involved in cyberattack on another service, say researchers
The Guardianby Guardian staff and agency·12 Sept 2026
Agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages in a cyberattack on software service RubyGems in May, two months before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, the...
Hide and chic: are clothes and apparel made from alternative leathers better for the environment?
The Guardianby Lucianne Tonti·12 Sept 2026
In sustainable fashion, breathless promises about vegan leather have arrived thick and fast for over a decade.
‘The future scares me’: why unemployment has become biggest election issue for young New Zealand voters
The Guardianby Eva Corlett in Wellington·11 Sept 2026
Thirty minutes north of New Zealand’s capital, raucous laughter is tumbling out of a nondescript building in Naenae – an economically deprived suburb in Lower Hutt – into the car park of a tiny...
Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling
The Guardianby Mark Lawson·11 Sept 2026
Early autumn London theatre has already featured two Oscar winners: Cate Blanchett in Electra / Persona and Mark Rylance in Tartuffe (Remixed). Now Tilda Swinton makes a trio.
Liam Farrell leads from front as Wigan crush Catalans to secure League Leaders’ Shield
The Guardianby Aaron Bower at the Brick Community Stadium·11 Sept 2026
Perhaps the biggest compliment you could pay this Wigan side is that they managed to make a night billed “Frantic Friday” by the broadcasters feel as tense as a pre-season friendly.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen blows away bitter rival Hocker in Ultimate Championships 5,000m
The Guardianby Sean Ingle in Budapest·11 Sept 2026
It is a scene that has become gloriously familiar down the years. Jakob Ingebrigtsen leaving the world’s best athletes gasping in his slipstream, holding one finger in the air, revelling in his...
Faith review – intense performances power startling and unsettling tale of mysterious suitor
The Guardianby Peter Bradshaw·11 Sept 2026
Erin Doherty and James McAvoy both bring their A-game in this startling, involving movie from British writer-director Paul Andrew Williams, whose productivity and creativity continue to be an...
Ballon d’Or shortlist shows up Premier League’s attacking failings – but tide could be turning
The Guardianby Jacob Steinberg·11 Sept 2026
Premier League representation is low when it comes to the 16 attacking players on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist.
Kobbie Mainoo moves from outsider to main man after summer of hurt
The Guardianby David Hytner·11 Sept 2026
It was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing after the team’s World Cup matches over the summer.
US Open tennis 2026 men’s semi-final: Alexander Zverev v Karen Khachanov – live
The Guardianby Billy Munday·11 Sept 2026
Alexander Zverev is aiming to reach his third grand slam final in a row after winning at Roland Garros and finishing runner-up at Wimbledon.
Leading athletes still waiting on large sums owed by ill-fated Grand Slam Track
The Guardianby Sean Ingle in Budapest·11 Sept 2026
Grand Slam Track athletes have still only received 50% of their earnings nearly 15 months on from the collapse of Michael Johnson’s ill-fated venture.
‘Absurd, hardline calls’: questions over Sweden’s post-Brexit migration policy
The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll in Stockholm·11 Sept 2026
He arrived with nothing other than the clothes he wore that morning. Hours later he was banged up in a detention centre close to a Stockholm airport to await deportation.
Sabalenka and Rybakina resume epic rivalry at US Open after switch at No 1
The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol at Flushing Meadows·11 Sept 2026
A typically understated Elena Rybakina stepped up to the microphone for her speech after her triumph at Indian Wells in 2023, her long-awaited first WTA 1000 title, and one of her first objectives...
‘They’re lifesavers’: the Birmingham clinic giving hope to traumatised asylum seekers
The Guardianby Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent·11 Sept 2026
Azad*, an asylum seeker from Iran, recounts his story in a gentle and mild manner, seated in the stillness of a therapy room at a trauma clinic in Birmingham.
UK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warnings
The Guardianby Robert Booth UK technology editor·11 Sept 2026
More than 70 MPs and peers have urged Andy Burnham to back a ban on the creation of artificial superintelligence (ASI) and lead an international movement to stop the technology after a week of...
The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival | Editorial
The Guardianby Editorial·11 Sept 2026
If there were a 10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity, no responsible government would leave its development to companies racing to build it. Yet until recently, that seemed to be the case.
The Guardian view on art heists: don’t believe the Hollywood hype | Editorial
The Guardianby Editorial·11 Sept 2026
Marc Allégret’s 1956 comedy Plucking the Daisy stars a young Brigitte Bardot as a first-time author who breaks into the Balzac house museum in Paris under the mistaken impression that her brother...
The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it | Jameel Jaffer
The Guardianby Jameel Jaffer·11 Sept 2026
Congress ratified the first amendment in 1791 but the supreme court didn’t breathe life into it until after the first world war, when prosecutions of antiwar protesters led the justices Oliver...
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