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  • Young, ambitious and conservative
    The next generation at Tory conference

    Young party members flock around ex-Ukip MEP Nigel Farage at the 2023 Tory conference
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News

  • Benjamin Netanyahu issues statement to Israeli citizens

    0:55

    'We are at war': Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu makes statement on Hamas attack – video

  • Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel

    1:17

    Israel 'at war' as Hamas militants launch surprise attack – video

  • Winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi, is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's Evin prison after years of advocating for women's rights

    1:56

    Narges Mohammadi: who is the Iranian activist and Nobel peace prize winner? – video

  • Duane 'Keffe D' has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Tupac Shakur in 1996

    2:14

    Moment police arrest suspected 1996 Tupac murderer – video

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Sport

  • Premier League managers Ange Postecoglou and Pep Guardiola believe refereeing mistakes will always happen in football, despite the introduction of VAR

    2:05

    'It was a mistake, accept it': Premier League managers on a difficult week for VAR – video

  • Helicopter footage shows Rome's Marco Simone Golf and County Club engulfed in flames just says after hosting the international competition

    0:31

    Rome’s Ryder Cup club goes up in flames – video

  • Southgate would prefer a world without VAR, but feels like technology is now here to stay in the game

    0:32

    'I don't like it': England manager Gareth Southgate disagrees with VAR – video

  • Eddie Howe celebrated a famous Champions League night for Newcastle as they dismantled the French champions

    1:14

    Eddie Howe hails ‘special night’ on Tyneside after Newcastle thrash PSG – video

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Spotlight

  • Children
    Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent?

    Finland is miles ahead of the UK when it comes to early years education as a result of long-term planning that puts children's rights at the centre of decision-making.

On the ground

  • I was a terrorist. Now I run a kindergarten

  • Harriet Grant visits Bristol to meet the families fighting for the right for space to play in the streets outside their homes

    7:40

    Kids v cars
    The campaign to reclaim children's play space on British streets

    Harriet Grant visits Bristol to meet the families fighting for the right for space to play in the streets outside their homes
  • The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has been dissolved after decades of bloody conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The collapse has led to almost all the ethnic Armenians living in the region to flee over the border into neighbouring Armenia. Many say they will never return.The Guardian’s Andrew Roth and Christopher Cherry were at the border as the exodus began. They heard the stories of those fleeing their homeland, sometimes for the third and fourth time, in a conflict that has claimed the lives of thousands

    12:24

    The fall of Nagorno-Karabakh: 'I've lost a child, and now a homeland' – video

    The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has been dissolved after decades of bloody conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The collapse has led to almost all the ethnic Armenians living in the region to flee over the border into neighbouring Armenia. Many say they will never return.

    The Guardian’s Andrew Roth and Christopher Cherry were at the border as the exodus began. They heard the stories of those fleeing their homeland, sometimes for the third and fourth time, in a conflict that has claimed the lives of thousands
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Explainers

  • Asmaa al-Omar, a journalist based in Istanbul, says that these protests show that despite Assad's international rehabilitation and claims that he has emerged from the decade long Syria conflict victor, it is far from over

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    What the recent protests in Syria tell us about Assad's grip on power – video explainer

  • Alex Ibaceta explains how Jorge Vilda came to be sacked just one month after winning the Women's World Cup with Spain

    2:08

    Jorge Vilda: The downfall of Spain's 'untouchable' manager – video explainer

  • Since 26 July, when Niger's president was ousted by a military junta, pro-coup demonstrations have been marked by a notable pressence of Russian flags and anti-French chants

    3:04

    Niger coup: why do so many want France out and Russia in? – video explainer

  • The planet is being hit with a double whammy of global heating in 2023: on top of the rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions is an emerging El Niño, explains the Guardian's environment editor, Damian Carrington

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    What is supercharging the global heat? – video explainer

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It's complicated

  • Based on original reporting by Tobias Jones and Ayo Awokoya, Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores what's behind the Italian mafia's involvement in the tomato industry

    4:23

    How the Italian mafia makes millions from tinned tomatoes – video

  • Africa has lost about 90% of its vultures over the past 50 years. Most of these birds are being poisoned, often unintentionally, by humans. It's a crisis that we know can have a deadly impact on people

    5:55

    How killing vultures endangers humans – video

  • In the past 20 years the rate of erosion along Spain’s east coast has been accelerating. It's a situation that could spell the end of Barcelona's beaches

    4:39

    Why Barcelona’s beaches are disappearing – video

  • Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores the historical background to the current crisis and discovers how gangs have become so embedded in Haitian politics

    6:15

    How Haiti came to be run by armed gangs – video

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Documentaries

Watch our series of in-depth films exploring in rich detail the stories behind the headlines

  • The year that never ended
    How a Ukrainian comedian rebuilt a stranger's house

  • As Europe’s most infamous migrant camp burned to the ground on the island of Lesbos in 2020, two Syrian friends evaded police to stay, scavenging for metal to survive

    24:47

    Ghosts of Moria
    Living in the ashes of Europe's largest migrant camp

    As Europe’s most infamous migrant camp burned to the ground on the island of Lesbos in 2020, two Syrian friends evaded police to stay, scavenging for metal to survive

  • Skyward
    Birdwatching is belonging for two teenage conservationists

    Young birdwatchers Mya and Arjun feel the pressure of climate breakdown and the biodiversity crisis. As two reserved teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, they find comfort in birdwatching while being distant from their peers. Fascinated by migratory patterns, Mya spends her time searching for rare bird species, while Arjun is captivated by the beauty of birdsong. As their passion for nature inspires them to raise awareness of conservation and the climate emergency in their communities, they find themselves and their voices, emerging as local leaders among a new generation of conservationists

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Anywhere but Westminster

  • In the midst of the UK's cost of living crisis, John Harris and John Domokos meet the new breed of community activists dealing with hunger, poverty, and loneliness, but who are also trying to push towards a better future

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    These are the people holding Britain together – video

  • As Rishi Sunak's new government warns of "tough decisions" and fear spreads of new austerity, John Harris and John Domokos report from Grimsby - the former fishing town that voted overwhelmingly for Brexit. 

    16:19

    The town where Brexit died, but hope survives - video

  • Basingstoke is a seemingly safe Tory seat in the south of England. With Westminster politics gripped by the drama that led to Rishi Sunak's arrival in Downing Street, John Harris and John Domokos headed back on the road. They experienced the rising unease eating away in a town with empty offices, businesses hit by Brexit, rising hunger and an impossible housing situation 

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    How deep in crisis is Britain? This Tory heartland knows the answer - video

  • Far away from pomp and ritual, John Harris and John Domokos spend time in three places where the themes of the Elizabethan age played out: Milton Keynes, inner-city Birmingham, and a former Yorkshire pit village. What emerges is a much more complicated, contradictory story than the one being told elsewhere 

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    ‘I care, but I don't care’: What people in the UK really think about life after the Queen - video

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Made in Britain

  • Edinburgh is famous for its festivals. But far from the Royal Mile, in the north Edinburgh communities of Pilton and Muirhouse, a local gala tradition has been lost. The Guardian has collaborated with a film training organisation based in the heart of Pilton to tell the story of residents' fight to bring back their festival

    23:38

    Made in North Edinburgh: bringing a festival back to life – video

  • Kwajo Tweneboa is harnessing the power of social media to make change, with videos exposing atrocious conditions in social housing across London

    21:39

    Made in London: the TikTok star taking on poor social housing – video

  • Tredegar is a town in the Welsh valleys that changed the world. Now, as the cost of living crisis hits, a network of volunteers built during the pandemic asks if politicians can learn from them and change the world again?

    13:57

    Made in Tredegar: the Welsh town that changed the world – video

  • Sue and Myra run a community centre at the heart of Kenny (Kensington) Fields in Liverpool. Their pantry offers residents affordable food, but also a sense of togetherness, pride, and plenty of laughs. But there is something missing: a feeling of control and security

    20:54

    Made in Liverpool: This land is our land – video

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