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June 08, 2025
Our sights on 5% of GDP for defence spend, admits Healey
John Healey has indicated that the UK could agree a fresh target to spend 5% of GDP on defence, saying \"we are up for that discussion\".
2 mins
Surprise extra £4.5bn for schools as Reeves goes to wire on cabinet cash
More money for SEND reforms and teachers' pay while health and defence are big winners in spending review
2 mins
Battle to stop Africa's waters being ravaged by China's dark fishing fleets
As David Attenborough warns of the damage being wreaked on the oceans by seabed trawling, the role of an army of mystery boats is in the spotlight
4 mins
Ratify high seas treaty to halt 'wild west' exploitation
The ocean is Earth’s blue heart, It sustains all life on this planet, regulating climate, producing half the oxygen we breathe and feeding billions.
1 min
The world is watching: it’s time to honour our oceans
My grandfather, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, revealed the wonders of the ocean. Through his films and expeditions, he offered a first glimpse into a hidden realm, sparking a global fascination with the sea.
1 min
Overdue ban will benefit all of us
Bottom trawling is destroying the most vulnerable areas of our oceans. Huge chains dragging heavy nets smash through the seabed, devastating the delicate habitats that sea creatures rely on for their survival.
1 min
Entertainment or environment? Global leaders heed Attenborough's warning
As the BBC's most recognisable voice, David Attenborough has walked a fine line between informing viewers and advocating for the environment.

2 mins
We must let local wisdom and science be our guides
Not long ago, I stood with Inuit elders on the ice fields of Greenland, watching sheets of ancient ice crack and cascade into the sea.
1 min
Beyoncé makes headlines again in stage outfit that takes a swipe at US media
Living under the paparazzi spotlight for years, the pop legend joins the rebellious fashion trend with a statement of her own

2 mins
Divine comedy: fringe standups turn to religion for inspiration
When Sam Williams first used the word \"Christianity\" in his standup routine at comedy clubs, he said audiences would freeze. He felt \"the weight of that word\".
2 mins
Family of murdered Maltese journalist welcomes convictions
The family of an investigative journalist who was murdered on the island of Malta has said they are \"a step closer to justice\" after two men were convicted for supplying the car bomb that killed her.
1 min
Pornhub cries liberté after France enforces age-limit regulations
French visitors to the pornography website Pornhub were greeted with an unusual sight on Wednesday: not a collection of X-rated videos but a mocked up image of Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People.

2 mins
The accused
The British barrister, the Netanyahu arrest warrant and the sexual assault case that could destroy the ICC. Chloe Hadjimatheou reports

10+ mins
Fear and boating: Jazz Turner sets sail for round-coast challenge
'Brutal' first week tests resilience with 35 knot headwinds, a boat adrift after the anchor broke free and a failed autopilot
2 mins
With a bit of luck and a following wind: Epsom's winners on and off the field
It was a breezy day at the races for punters, runners and riders, celebrities and corporate guests alike.

1 min
Trump vs Musk: behind the scenes at the big bad billionaire bro battle
When the world's most powerful man fell out with the world's richest man, it was always going to be loud and ugly. watched, with a large bowl of popcorn

4 mins
Neither man received anything like the kind of nourishment boys need
When it comes to messed-up men, they don't come more messed up than Elon Musk and Donald Trump. That these two found each other was inevitable; top predators in the human food chain are going to bump into one another, and so an uneasy alliance needs to be made.
2 mins
Rachel Reeves: I did well at school but I'm here for the girls who didn't
Who does Rachel Reeves have in her “mind’s eye”, as the prime minister put it, ahead of her first spending review this week?

6 mins
Kyle to report on progress at AI summit
All eyes will be on Peter Kyle, right, at the artificial intelligence summit in London on Wednesday and Thursday, where the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology is expected to update 4,500 business insiders on the government's progress with its AI Opportunities Action Plan.

1 min
£86bn boost for science in 'modern industrial strategy'
A boost to science and technology worth £86bn will be announced in the spending review on Wednesday to “turbocharge” the economy and fuel cutting-edge research.
1 min
Aid budget diverted to pay for asylum hotels
The Home Office plans to spend about £2.2bn of the foreign aid budget on supporting asylum seekers this financial year.
1 min
US trade team to meet Chinese in London
Delegations from the US and China will meet in London tomorrow for trade negotiations aimed at resolving the superpowers’ feud over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals.
1 min
'We live in a world where people are more seduced by real life stories than fables'
I think back to the drink I had with Salman Rushdie just a few days before he was attacked in Chautauqua in August 2022; I was introducing him to a New York friend because they belonged to the same downtown club. My pal asked Rushdie what his life was like now; “perfectly ordinary”, Rushdie said. The bad old days were over.

9 mins
NHS England pauses AI project fed health data of 57m patients
One of the biggest AI projects in the NHS has been paused after concerns were raised that it may have used the health records of 57 million people without the correct permissions.
1 min
Exit and then re-enter stage right: Reform's departed chief is back
48 hours after quitting the party, Zia Yusuf is in the fold again. Not everybody is thrilled

3 mins
Preacher, PR, ad boss – the unlikely CV of the evangelical Gazan aid leader
The head of the privatised relief operation backed by armed US contractors appears to have no direct experience of delivering aid, writes Ruth Michaelson, Middle East Correspondent

3 mins
Spotlight on the Tonys
When the Tony awards for American theatre were launched at the Waldorf Astoria in 1947, winners received a scroll and a cigarette lighter; the women also received 14-carat gold compact mirrors, and the men equivalently solid money clips.
1 min
Man wrongly deported to El Salvador faces new charges on return to US
A man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador in an administrative error by Donald Trump’s administration will appear in court this week, with officials arguing that he is a “danger to the community” and should be kept in custody.

2 mins
US doesn't care about Africa, say nations hit by Trump travel ban
Countries deny they are havens for terrorism, insisting that the White House has simply picked on targets too small to fight back.

3 mins
Your country needs you – shame about the poor pay and toxic culture
The UK's strategic defence review has a lot to say about military hardware.
3 mins
Inside the drone attack that left Russia's top brass humiliated
The daring raids on Putin's bomber force were a slap in the face of the Kremlin, Ukraine's jubilant commanders tell Nina Kuryata
2 mins
The world's oldest party is in crisis – and we might just be sitting at its deathbed
With friends like Mel Stride, Kemi Badenoch does not need any more enemies.

4 mins
Kylie Jenner's boob job and the dark side of oversharing
It's hard to know, in our era of oversharing, what kind of admission from a celebrity could truly shock the public.
2 mins
Our rivers are dying – and women are bearing the burden
Elif Shafak

3 mins
British values aren't colour-coded
Kenan Malik

4 mins
The solution to the problem of small boats? Return agreements and legal asylum
This political and moral puzzle has no easy answer.

4 mins
Response to education review must be bold
David Blunkett hits the nail on the head (“We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world”, News, last week) when he says “radical reform is needed of both the curriculum and the assessment system”.
1 min
Sea monsters
Bottom trawlers have a disastrous effect on ocean ecosystems. They should be outlawed everywhere
2 mins
Britain must invest in itself – and stop building companies for other countries
Will Hutton
4 mins
Mirror, mirror off the wall
We're forgetting how to experience life as we obsess over our image, says Melanie Reid
2 mins
Thames Water's problems are too big to simply be flushed away
The US private equity giant KKR has pulled out of a £4bn rescue deal for the beleaguered utility, citing political risk. What now

3 mins
Joe Root
The modest Sheffield lad is on course to become England's best ever batsman, writes Philip Collins
4 mins
Cetti's warbler
My week
2 mins
Edmund White
The American novelist and memoirist known for his candid depictions of gay life, love and sex
4 mins
Business rates to make 'ghost towns' of UK high streets
Some of the country's biggest retailers have written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, warning that the government's plans to overhaul business rates risk turning UK high streets into “ghost towns”.
1 min
The great scrape: FTSE firms erase 'DEI' from annual reports
Five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked the Black Lives Matter protests and a rush among corporates to champion diversity, analysis of annual reports by The Observer reveals a sharp decline in mentions of the terms \"diversity, equity and inclusion\" (DEI) by a majority of FTSE 100 companies.
3 mins
Human capital investment is the missing ingredient in the chancellor's growth plan
Ever since last November's budget, it's been clear that this week's spending review and the parallel unveiling of the 10-year infrastructure strategy would be the real test of this government's growth mission.

2 mins
Google searching for an answer to the rising threat from AI chatbots
AI is coming for Google’s search engine dominance. In April, Google searches on Apple’s Safari browser declined for the first time. “That has never happened in 22 years,” said Apple’s senior vice-president of services, Eddy Cue, at a recent antitrust trial involving Google. The share price of its parent, Alphabet, tumbled by more than 7% after his comments.
2 mins
Musk starts a new bromance with trapped Telegram founder Durov
A $300m deal proposed between the CEO of the messaging app and the owner of X has far-reaching implications.

5 mins
Starmer must learn to count Brexit's true cost
Although the quip “a week is a long time in politics” is generally attributed to Harold Wilson, it was first used by the US president Harry Truman, a somewhat more distinguished wordsmith than the ineffable Donald Trump.
3 mins
As London vaunts Nvidia, it shouldn't forget ARM
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive of chip-making powerhouse Nvidia, will be the star attraction at London Tech Week, which starts tomorrow.
1 min
Shaping the new warfare complex
The future of the defence industry is the now focus of fierce debate everywhere.
1 min
Move over Doge – it's time for some creative bureaucracy
As bromance gave way to fratricide after Elon Musk’s exit from the US “department of government efficiency” (Doge), an alternative approach to reform was celebrated last week in Berlin at the Creative Bureaucracy festival.
1 min
Hello New World... and bye bye Brexit
The New European, a newspaper that launched in the wake of the 2016 referendum to campaign against Brexit, has turned the page by rebranding itself as the New World.
1 min
Ex-ITV chair's 'save public service broadcasters' plea
The co-chair of the Creative Industries Council and former chair of ITV has called for the government's forthcoming industrial strategy to include a plan \"not just for the future of the BBC, but for the future of public service broadcasting\".
1 min
Credit where credit is due – if you can find it
I keep hitting a brick wall with a misdirected payment of £2,000 that I made online.
2 mins
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Yayıncı: Guardian News & Media
kategori: Newspaper
Dil: English
Sıklık: Weekly
The Observer is the world's oldest Sunday Paper, first published in the UK in 1791.
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