Can Sánchez convince Spanish voters he is their best hope for fairer housing?
Recent death of 87-year-old woman likely to focus attention on crisis in run-up to election at end of NovemberEven before María del Carmen Abascal died on Wednesday night, a mere fortnight after her eviction from the Madrid flat where she had lived for…
Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UKBrexit, Liz Truss’s mini-budget and other “shocks” over the last 10 years have led to a serious and lasting deterioration in the UK…
‘Cancer is tripling and will keep increasing’: first African to lead global action against disease ready for battle
With cancer cases rising fastest in poorer countries, Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, president-elect of the Union for International Cancer Control, says Africa needs investment in research, diagnosis and preventionWhen Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu last saw Gloria…
Here’s what connects the Cornell alleged rape case to those before: accused men not being held to serious account | Emma Brockes
There was progress after #MeToo, but not enough. Certainly not enough to shift the assumptions that still protect men and denigrate victimsIf the past is another country, and there is nothing so poignant as the innocence of recent history, then there is…
Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that | Paul Taylor
Berlin’s allies are right to be wary of a sudden surge in German military spending that shuns cooperation with themWhen the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, visited the White House earlier this year for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump, he…
This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against itShortly after the Norwegian stock market closed on 17 June 2026, a few dozen…
Sardinian village where more women reach 100 may be new centenarian ‘blue zone’
In Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a centuryThe secret to longevity is being a woman – specifically, a woman in one part of Sardinia. At least, that is the conclusion of a study on…
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of FreedomMargaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
World must change way it produces food to avoid biodiversity collapse, says WWF
Recovery of tigers, tuna and green sea turtles show nature loss can be reversed when action taken, charity saysConservation comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and green sea turtles prove that global nature loss can be reversed, scientists have said. But…
Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads
Ads promoting the president have cost more than $12m and his Super Pac has refused to reimburse taxpayersSign up to The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide to the US midtermsThe Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in federal court on…