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    Are experts changing their minds on a single autism spectrum?

    Illustration of pink circles, turning red towards the centre, where a boy sits looking towards a crowd of people coming from the left

  • Alaska
    The Alaskan outpost reeling from Trump’s policies

    UNALASKA - OCTOBER 16, 2026: Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor.

  • Improve your memory
    10 tips, from reading a book to getting more sleep

    The Experts memory illustration Credit: Guardian Design; Photographer/Agency

  • In pictures
    ‘Our voices, our journey’: 2026 Taiwan Pride parade

    Gallery12
    A shirtless man with body glitter raises his fist amid bubbles at the Taiwan Pride parade

  • Star Trek
    Marina Sirtis on 'freeing' a very serious Patrick Stewart

    From left: LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart and Marina Sirtis in Star Trek.

  • Norman Solomon
    California billionaire tax measure exposes Democratic divide

    Norman Solomon

News

  • Graphic illustration of Trump looking up at a tidal wave.

    US midterm elections 2026
    Are the US midterms going to see a blue wave of Democrats winning seats – or a blue flood?

    Donald Trump uttered five words this summer that could seal the Republican party’s fate: ‘Pretend I’m on the ticket’
  • Prime minister Donald Tusk speaks into a microphone with a furrowed, animated expression

    Poland
    Tusk defends overhaul of Poland’s constitutional court despite protests

  • Two people

    Michigan
    Haley Stevens advised to stay away from Abdul El-Sayed campaign events to limit ‘distractions’

  • Barack Obama gestures while speaking into a microphone at a rally podium

    Democrats
    ‘He’s a force’: Obama answers call to boost Democrats – and rattle Trump

    Former president has given series of blistering speeches to help candidates in key races – and deployment has proved a hit with party’s progressive wing
  • UNALASKA - OCTOBER 16, 2026: Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor.

    Alaska
    It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies

  • A woman raises her hand, eyes closed, praying amid a crowd at Sean Feucht's rally

    Religion
    This rightwing evangelical was one of Trump’s biggest backers. Why isn’t he talking about the midterms?

Special report

  • Cruise ship Oil

    The cursed cruise: how the dream of never-ending luxury at sea became a nightmare

    The MV Odyssey was billed as the ultimate escape from Donald Trump. Instead, the oil shock caused by his war has left passengers unceremoniously dumped in Cambodia

In focus

  • Recyclers sort through bags of rubbish on a street corner beside old buildings with a skyscraper in the background

    South Africa
    Piles of rubbish, power cuts and potholes: anger grows over Johannesburg’s run-down infrastructure

    The problems run deep in South Africa’s largest city. Will voters punish the ANC in next week’s local elections?
  • Flames engulf the Eagle's Nest mountain lodge at night, with fog filling the valley below.

    Germany
    Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat was torched in an arson attack. Should it be rebuilt?

  • A boy lies in a hospital bed as his parents stand alongside, the boy's father resting his hand on the boy's head

    Israel-Gaza war
    ‘What’s our crime?’: A Palestinian family’s fight to get care for son injured by Hamas rocket

Features

  • Illustration of pink circles, turning red towards the centre, where a boy sits looking towards a crowd of people coming from the left

    Autism
    ‘The term is becoming unrecognisable’: have the experts who believed in a single autism spectrum changed their minds?

  • DANES, DICAPRIO, ROMEO + JULIET, 1996RW588E DANES, DICAPRIO, ROMEO + JULIET, 1996

    Film
    Romeo + Juliet at 30: how Baz Luhrmann made teens fall in love with Shakespeare

More features

  • Diane Morgan and Charlie Brooker

    TV
    Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker and comic Diane Morgan take aim at Hollywood, AI ... and each other

  • Illustration of crossed arms, hands touching wrists, against a pink background

    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘We don’t have penetration – but it’s by far the best sex I’ve ever had’

  • Pos and Maseo from De La Soul

    Music
    ‘It seems weird for an MC – but lyrics have never been a thing for me’: De La Soul’s honest playlist

  • A man stands in a room that looks like an enormous metal cage.

    Particle physics
    Deep underground in an old gold mine, scientists hunt for the answer to existence

  • A cat next to a Bearaby Lounger on a sofa

    The Filter
    I hibernate in a couch lasagna beneath this microwaveable heated blanket

  • Kev and Danielle smile for a selfie on a beach path near the sea

    The moment I knew
    He loved to travel, I had a fear of flying. I expected him to skol his beer and wish me well

Opinion

  • Norman Solomon

    Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side

    Norman Solomon
    The unprecedented measure has enormous potential nationwide. The clash exposes the party’s corporate-progressive divide
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Hear me out: maybe Norway should give Melania Trump the Nobel peace prize

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The first lady has been praised for ‘singlehandedly’ brokering a ceasefire in a Ukrainian city – though she might have had some help

  • Racists used to say ‘Go back where you come from’. Now they exclaim ‘Deport!’

    Ghassan Hage
  • Christina Applegate

    Christina Applegate’s multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis is not an isolated event. I should know

    Shakira Hussein

More opinion

  • Carly Dober

    Relying on AI is rotting your brain. But here’s what you can do about it

    Carly Dober
  • Jeremy Nguyen cartoon pumpkins Yayoi Kusama

    Cartoon
    Jeremy Nguyen on a very arty pumpkin

  • Hugh Muir

    When you’re traduced, abused and gaslighted – believe me, Black History Month matters

    Hugh Muir
  • US-POLITICS-ELECTIONS-MIDTERMUS Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) shakes hands with supporters during a campaign event at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547 in Anchorage, Alaska on September 17, 2022. - Peltola is the state's first Indigenous national legislator elected to Congress. Peltola won the special election held to replace Republican congressman Don Young, who died in March after serving in the House for 49 years, but the Democrat will face Republican opponent Sarah Palin again in November in order to retain the congressional seat for a full term. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Mary Peltola made a mistake. But her Republican opponent would be a disaster for Alaska

    Kim Heacox

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    50 years of The Selfish Gene: flawed, outdated, yet still a model of truly popular science writing

Sports

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  • Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs faces fresh allegations of physical abuse.

    NFL
    Packers’ Jacobs faces fresh abuse allegations from three women in police records

  • San Diego Chargers v Kansas City ChiefsRunning back Larry Johnson #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs watches the scoreboard during the game against the San Diego Chargers on October 25, 2009 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

    NFL
    He was one of the NFL’s most feared runners. Now Larry Johnson fears what football did to his brain

    Andrew Lawrence
  • Joanna Wietrzyk races in a Hyrox competition in Beijing

    Hyrox
    Hyrox athlete who soiled herself puts ‘confronting’ matter behind her to win return race

  • Marc Guéhi illustration

    How can playing for Manchester City fit into Guéhi’s moral universe?

    Barney Ronay

More top stories

Climate crisis & environment

  • emissions rise from a power plant

    Environment
    Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says

  • A baby orangutan is held in the arms of a rescuer with parched forest in the background.

    Environment
    ‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

  • a composite image showing the sun behind power lines on the left and waves crashing into homes on the right

    Climate crisis
    Five reasons why the US midterms matter for the climate – and your energy bill

  • Smuggled green parrots are crammed inside white pipes, blocked by wire grids

    Environment
    Twice as many plants and animals sold in wildlife trade as previously thought, says report

US news

  • Selma Blair
    Selma Blair says she is ‘so sorry’ to those she alarmed following alleged air incident

  • New York
    Teen boy from Ghana chased and fatally shot on way to school in New York City

  • Ohio
    Charges dropped against man arrested in mass shooting at Ohio festival that wounded 12

  • Florida
    Florida prosecutors drop felony charge against Rick Ross in domestic violence case

World news

  • Military
    UK police should not have let US force take over strangling case, documents show

  • Russell Brand
    Florid language and long silences: five things we learned from week three of Russell Brand’s rape trial

  • Jamaica
    ‘Plantation tourism’: court victory signals hope in Jamaica’s fight to keep beaches public

  • UK politics
    Starmer says UK must get closer to Europe as US relationship changes

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Culture

  • landscape showing the frame of a former steel mill converted to a hub for tech, robotics, and advanced manufactoring is surrounded by lush greenery

    Architecture
    Mill 19: a creative hub built into a former steel factory

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  • From left: LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart and Marina Sirtis in Star Trek.

    Patrick Stewart
    ‘We freed Patrick Stewart!’ Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis on breaking in her beloved but very serious co-star

What to watch

  • Carrie Anne Moss As Katherine in Yaga.

    Television
    Yaga: chicken bones? Saltburn parties? This folk horror is so debauched, it’s hilarious

  • UK. Mia McKenna-Bruce in a scene from the (C)Mubi new film: How to Have Sex (2023). Plot: Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. Ref: LMK110-J10289-311023 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com2T4RT4E UK. Mia McKenna-Bruce in a scene from the (C)Mubi new film: How to Have Sex (2023). Plot: Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. Ref: LMK110-J10289-311023 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com

    Film
    ‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies

  • Robert Pattinson 2x2 comp

    The Guide
    Robert Pattinson embraced his inner low life and became one of the best actors of his era

    Newsletter
  • A man with a wicker costume holding a woman in a grey gown in front of other people dressed in medieval costumes

    Film
    ‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker

What to listen to

  • A close-up shot of Radie Peat, wearing a black leather jacket, gold chain and gold earrings, with short cropped strawberry blonde hair

    Folk album of the month
    Radie Peat: No Human Tongue Can Tell review – Lankum singer’s solo debut is the year’s best folk album

  • A black and white close-up portrait of Kali Malone against coastal rocks

    Experimental music
    Kali Malone: Burning Song review – drone composer wields Bach’s organ to breathtaking effect

  • A man with short brown hair looking into the camera with trees and sky behind him

    Music
    ​‘He buckled. I could hear his bass ringing out ...’ The luminous rise and tragic end of US alt heroes Morphine

  • The four members of the Big Moon standing in a close huddle, with frontperson Juliette Jackson wearing voluminous red frills

    Review
    The Big Moon: Forever review – the hell of hearing loss inspires a defiantly hopeful pop-disco marvel

What to read

  • Book covers

    What we're reading
    Ian Rankin, Louise Kennedy and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in October

  • Phlippa Gregory.

    The books of my life
    Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the 18th century’s most popular novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’

  • Aea Varfis-van Warmelo

    Book of the day
    Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal.

    Audiobook of the week
    Bram Stoker’s Dracula audiobook review – cinematic horror with an A-list cast

What to play

  • Draga, protagonist of Black Tides Draga's Wake, played by Dominik Diamond

    After 50 years of playing video games, I’m finally starring in one

    Dominik Diamond
  • Night Plane game screen shows a figure in the aisle of a plane with text onscreen reading 'Hey Bestie You Gotta Run! Ruuun!

    Review
    Night Plane review – join the jumbo jet to hell in this indie horror head trip

  • A blocky Minecraft character glides with a large orange and white Fortnite-style glider over terrain

    Pushing Buttons
    Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from?

    Newsletter
  • Lara Croft does a flying kick while holding two handguns in Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered

    Tomb Raider
    Lara Croft is 30! We look at the video game icon’s biggest blunders

More culture

  • Ty Fanning as James and Ami Okumura Jones as Lou in Paranormal Activity.

    Stage
    Jump scares, leather gloves and squeaking moth noises: British theatre horror masters on how they make their shows so scary

  • A young woman in a short fur coat, with bare legs and feet, smoking a cigarette outside a shop with a blond-haired mannequin in the window

    Photography
    ‘A gust of wind blowing back her hair added something special’: Mark McEvoy’s best phone picture

  • James Nelson-Joyce's face is lit dramatically by red light as he looks at a glowing phone

    The week in reviews
    From This City Is Ours to Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour: the week in rave reviews

  • An anhinga holds a fish speared on its beak, both raised above water

    Photography
    A fishing anhinga, a northern nutcracker and cuddling seals

    Gallery26

Lifestyle

  • AI ghost graphic

    Technology
    Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural

  • A boy stands wrapped in toilet paper as he has his photograph taken

    Change by degrees
    Freakish frocks and ghoulish guises: last-minute Halloween costumes that won’t haunt the environment

  • Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara, Youth to the People Superfood Cleanser, Prada Hydrating Lip Balm with Jojoba Oil

    Beauty
    A hydrating serum and filtered showerhead: what we’re adding to cart during the Sephora sale

    Beauty store’s semi-annual sale offers up to 20% and we’re eyeing products from Charlotte Tilbury, Lancôme, Prada and more
  • LARQ PurVis Pitcher with Advanced Filter, Culligan MaxClear (2.25 Gallon), Aquasana Clean Water Machine

    The Filter
    Bad news for Brita: almost every water filter pitcher outranked it in our lab testing

  • a round up of Horror book covers

    Halloween
    ‘Whimsical witch stuff’ and vintage radio shows: how horror novelists celebrate Halloween

  • A collage of a fleece jacket, slippers, a candle and an e-reader

    The Filter
    When the weather is frightful, you don’t need to be: everything we love to stay cozy during cold months

  • Coop adjustable pillow against turquoise background

    Sleep
    Our favorite adjustable pillow is now cheaper than it has been all year

Filter favorites

  • Tinned fish

    Food
    ‘What about all the mercury?’ Your questions about gorging on tinned fish, answered

  • Anyday 3 Pack Core + LE Purple Colors Counter Glam Stacked

    Containers
    ‘The perfect food storage finally exists’: I tried the new Anydeli plastic-free containers

  • colorful bath towels folded and stacked on a sofa

    Bathroom essentials
    'Like a luxury bathrobe': I tried the best bath towels that make every day a spa day

  • A close up of two Lola Blankets

    Home essentials
    Skip the $275 Lola blanket. What to buy instead

Well actually

  • Marathon runners and a GLP-1 bottle image in a picture.

    Health
    ‘I was so sick’: is running a marathon while on a GLP-1 a bad idea?

  • Two women looking over fence

    Envy
    Sin or virtue? How envy can actually be helpful

  • Texture of organic transparent gel or moisturizing lotion with many air bubbles smudged on bright illuminating yellow monochrome background. Concept of skin care cosmetic products. Trendy colors of the year 2021. Close-up and flat lay style

    Call the doctor
    Is having urine the color of Mountain Dew normal?

  • Statue of Plato surrounded by a colorful psychedelic border

    Memento mori
    How to face the end of the world – according to Plato and the Stoics

Relationships

  • An illustration looking down on someone holding up a smartphone surrounded by speech bubbles with microphone icons and sound waves

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend stop sending me 10-minute voice notes?

  • A tiny doctor with clipboard and pen holds two giant naked figures apart.

    This is how we do it
    ‘Our fertility doctor told us we were having too much sex’

  • Stephanie Israel and Clement, pictured in July 2026

    The pet I'll never forget
    Clement was hit by a car and left to die in a ditch – then found his beautiful purpose

  • Illustrated cats on a kitchen counter.

    You be the judge
    Should my husband stop letting our cat drink on the kitchen counter?

Health & fitness

  • The Experts memory illustration Credit: Guardian Design; Photographer/Agency

    The experts
    How to improve your memory: 10 easy, enjoyable expert tips – from reading a book to getting more sleep

  • People sit at a bar with screens around them showing a weight-loss jab being performed

    Body image
    Everyone is thin and we’re not allowed to say so: the toxic legacy of body positivity

  • A woman looking at herself in the mirror

    Medical research
    ‘Ferritin face’: are social media claims about iron deficiency fact – or fiction?

  • Perimenopause has become a hot topic, with celebrities sharing their experiences and doctors offering tips and advice online. But despite the benefits of growing awareness, a rising number of women are now encountering misinformation about treatments such as HRT. Madeleine Finlay hears from Dr Paula Briggs, a consultant in sexual and reproductive health, about why experts have raised the alarm. Science correspondent Nicola Davis gives the facts on symptoms, tests and treatments

    Science
    Perimenopause is everywhere. How do you know if you’re in it?

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Fashion & beauty

  • A model walks the Bottega Veneta runway in a grey beanie and oversized camel coat

    Fashion
    DIY socks, messy collars and cummerbunds: nine wardrobe updates from the catwalks

    Newsletter
  • A colourful composite image of a woman's waist.

    Cosmetic surgery
    The shocking rise of rib remodelling: ‘I wanted that hourglass shape’

  • A model with slicked-back hair stands wearing a brown suit and beige trench coat, with cream shirt and high-neck patterned top underneath, plus pointy heels, rings and large hoop earrings

    Fashion
    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: to nail this year’s British heritage look, just study Rivals

  • Teenage skincare bottles, earphones, a camera, photos and tickets balance on an arched red block.

    Beauty
    Sali Hughes on beauty: skincare for teens has had a glow-up

More lifestyle

  • A still from Manhood

    Looksmaxxing
    ‘Never big enough’: inside the booming penis enlargement industry

  • working families

    Childcare
    The Trump administration wants to give married parents money to stay at home. Will it be enough?

  • Andy Taeger, who has curly hair, glasses and a beard, and James Purcell, who has shorter dark hair, pose with the box of The Campaign for North Africa

    Board games
    ‘We’re looking at a 30-year run’: UK pair aim to complete world’s most complex board game

  • woman grimacing at her laptop

    Email
    ‘Apologies for any confusion!’: how to write the perfect passive-aggressive email

Documentary

  • Dream of Birds

    What happens when a forest loses its birdsong? Following clues hidden in the sounds birds make while asleep, Argentinian physicist Gabriel Mindlin uncovers a hidden extinction – not of species, but of memory – and sets out to revive vanished melodies before they disappear forever

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    California
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    Japan’s Jimi Halloween, a celebration of all things mundane

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