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Britons travelling to Europe offered just €0.88 for £1

On the UK’s big summer holiday getaway weekend, airports have offered very poor rates for sterling after difficult week on forex markets

Britons travelling to Europe offered just €0.88 for £1
Interpol circulates list of 173 suspected members of Isis suicide brigade

Agency believes the fighters could have been trained to attack Europe as revenge for military defeat in Middle East

Interpol circulates list of 173 suspected members of Isis suicide brigade

Sean Spicer resigns as Trump press secretary after six months

The controversial spokesman was known for testy exchanges with reporters amid tumultuous tenure as administration’s public face

Sean Spicer resigns as Trump press secretary after six months
Earthquake in Turkey and Greece leaves at least two dead in Kos

Earthquake in Turkey and Greece leaves at least two dead in Kos
UK airspace faces busiest ever day as big summer getaway begins

UK airspace faces busiest ever day as big summer getaway begins

BBC women 'furious but not surprised' by gender pay gap

Female workers speak of being lied to by the corporation over salary disparities and threatened when they challenge them

BBC women 'furious but not surprised' by gender pay gap
Dick Van Dyke sorry for 'atrocious cockney accent' in Mary Poppins

US actor apologises more than half century after ‘inflicting most atrocious cockney accent in history of cinema’ in Disney film

Dick Van Dyke sorry for 'atrocious cockney accent' in Mary Poppins
Boots apologises over morning-after pill pricing row

Retailer to seek cheaper alternatives after intervention by female Labour MPs and calls for a boycott

Boots apologises over morning-after pill pricing row
'Women are equal to everything': Lady Hale lives up to her motto

The supreme court presidency is the peak of the extraordinary career of a feminist committed to diversity on the bench

'Women are equal to everything': Lady Hale lives up to her motto

Rex Tillerson says Qatar's Gulf neighbours should lift blockade

US secretary of state urges countries to take positive action and says efforts to isolate Qatar are negatively affecting its citizens

Rex Tillerson says Qatar's Gulf neighbours should lift blockade
Six dead as Israeli-Palestinian tensions boil over

Three Israelis stabbed to death in West Bank settlement after three Palestinians killed as row over highly sensitive holy site erupts

Six dead as Israeli-Palestinian tensions boil over
The long-running family rivalries behind the Qatar crisis

Diplomats in Middle East say issues cannot easily be resolved partly because they are personal as well as political

The long-running family rivalries behind the Qatar crisis
Elijah Doughty: man who ran over Indigenous teenager jailed for three years

Man cleared of manslaughter of the 14-year-old in Kalgoorlie in August 2016, but jury convicts him of causing death by dangerous driving

Elijah Doughty: man who ran over Indigenous teenager jailed for three years

Budget deficit leaps as Brexit-fuelled inflation troubles Hammond

Government borrowing rises by more than expected to £6.9bn in June – almost 50% higher than in the same month last year

Budget deficit leaps as Brexit-fuelled inflation troubles Hammond
Banks and companies plan expansion in Frankfurt after Brexit

US investment bank Morgan Stanley is latest to choose city as it vies to become EU’s principle financial centre and win back jobs lost in banking crisis

Banks and companies plan expansion in Frankfurt after Brexit
Bank of America to move some City of London roles to Dublin post-Brexit

Bank is latest high-profile financial firm to set out its post-Brexit plans amid calls for UK to seal transition deal with EU

Bank of America to move some City of London roles to Dublin post-Brexit
Greed is no longer good – bond boom comes to an end

Profits at Goldman Sachs fall 40% with other investment banks badly hit as calm returns to the markets

Greed is no longer good – bond boom comes to an end

The real cost of regeneration

The long read: When private developers move in, the first eviction is accountability – then tenants’ complaints procedures and safety. Zoe Williams reveals the truth about for-profit council estates

The real cost of regeneration
Svetlana Alexievich: ‘After communism we thought everything would be fine. But people don’t understand freedom’

The Nobel prize-winning author talks about the pressures of life in the Putin era, as her bestselling book on Russian women’s wartime heroism is republished

Svetlana Alexievich: ‘After communism we thought everything would be fine. But people don’t understand freedom’

From the railways to the NHS – why can’t Britain think anything through?

Guardian columnist Ian Jack says that the saga of delayed rail electrification suggests politicians aren’t comfortable with deliberation

From the railways to the NHS – why can’t Britain think anything through?
William and Kate have been duped into endorsing Poland’s ugly nationalism

The royal couple’s Polish trip was all about sucking up to a deeply unpleasant nationalist government. Why? We might need its help over Brexit, writes Kate Maltby, an associate fellow of Bright Blue, a thinktank for liberal conservatism

William and Kate have been duped into endorsing Poland’s ugly nationalism

The Guardian view on historical fiction: reimagining, not reproducing

Editorial: A once-disparaged genre has found new life thanks to Hilary Mantel and others. But what do we want from it?

The Guardian view on historical fiction: reimagining, not reproducing
The Guardian view on the supreme court: good for Lady Hale – and for us all

Editorial: The new president of the UK’s most senior court has years of experience

The Guardian view on the supreme court: good for Lady Hale – and for us all
Vince Cable leads a party that has lost all that it stood for

Viince Cable is not too old, but he’s too late to save his party, says the Guardian columnist Deborah Orr

Vince Cable leads a party that has lost all that it stood for
John Joubert lived in the same Hull flat as Philip Larkin

Letters: Linda Gresham suggests that another blue plaque be added to the building to celebrate its other famous inhabitant

John Joubert lived in the same Hull flat as Philip Larkin

Martin Rowson on Michael Gove's 'pragmatic' transition period – cartoon

The environment secretary has conceded the need for free movement to continue for years after Brexit

Martin Rowson on Michael Gove's 'pragmatic' transition period – cartoon

Chester Bennington obituary

Vocalist with the band Linkin Park whose sound was emblematic of the nu-metal genre

Chester Bennington obituary
Sandy Buchan obituary

Other lives: Chief executive of Refugee Action for 17 years

Sandy Buchan obituary
David Newell-Smith obituary

Other lives: Staff photographer with the Observer who covered many historic events

David Newell-Smith obituary
Jessica Davies obituary

Other lives: Manager of the Cherry Tree Nursery, which was set up to give a meaningful occupation to people with mental health problems

Jessica Davies obituary

- Maggie Roper obituary
  
  Maggie Roper obituary
- James Berry obituary
  
  James Berry obituary

Crestfall review – sleepy rural Ireland seething with cruelty and murder

Mick Lally theatre, Galway
Mark O’Rowe’s three-hander turns the Irish idyll into a seething mass of lust, junkies, pimps and wimpy husbands

Crestfall review – sleepy rural Ireland seething with cruelty and murder
Ozark review – Jason Bateman and Laura Linney go wild in the country

Ozark review – Jason Bateman and Laura Linney go wild in the country
Prurience review – come and join the self-help group for porn addicts

Prurience review – come and join the self-help group for porn addicts

Sun, sea, sand … and a last-minute money-saving holiday guide

Not grabbed your euros or sorted out travel insurance? Yet to book airport parking? And what about which card to use? Check out our guide – but please do it in advance next year, you’ll save much more!

Sun, sea, sand … and a last-minute money-saving holiday guide
Your state pension in Dorset – £124,000. In Glasgow? £38,000

The UK’s ‘one size fits all’ pension is too simplistic, ignoring regional differences and life expectancy

Your state pension in Dorset – £124,000. In Glasgow? £38,000
Should you tip in a restaurant regardless of quality?

My partner says we should never leave a tip for bad food – but it wasn’t the server’s fault

Should you tip in a restaurant regardless of quality?
Don’t bin it … how we served the UK’s first ‘food waste wedding’ feast

Chicken and fruit rejected by retailers were used in style when Charlotte and Nick Baker got married

Don’t bin it … how we served the UK’s first ‘food waste wedding’ feast

- Moss Bros outfit delivery isn’t its strong suit
  
  Moss Bros outfit delivery isn’t its strong suit
- Student Loans Company quadrupled my interest rate – just for taking a short trip
  
  Student Loans Company quadrupled my interest rate – just for taking a short trip

Disturbing proximity of a red kite's nest

Country diary: Comins Coch, Aberystwyth I was looking forward to seeing the ramshackle structure for myself. Then the anxiety began

Disturbing proximity of a red kite's nest