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Storm clouds Any sense of jubilation may prove to be very short-lived

Liz Truss is facing an economic storm ahead as soaring inflation and energy bills inflict pain on millions of families and businesses.

Mission impossible?

Liz Truss has risen spectacularly to become Britain's new prime minister, but enormous problems lie ahead- not least the cost of living crisis and divisions in her own party

COUNTRY DIARY

DEERNESS VALLEY WAY - County Durham, England

Duchess in danger

This follow-up to Hamnet mingles fact and poetic fantasy in a Renaissance fable of a girl forced too young into marriage

Three Thousand Years of Longing

These people really should have read the small print. Every magic wish comes with a consequence, a cost.

'I don't take art seriously'

Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey takes on the right in his playful works, which are startling in their rowdy satire, poking fun at Trump and 'Tukka Cullsin'

Catchier and catchier The appeal of Pokémon

More than two decades after its collectable card set first launched, the highest-grossing media franchise of all time is more popular than ever. What’s the secret?

As our cities choke, the car is finally reaching the end of the road

In 1989, a group of Chinese government urban planners came to Europe on a fact-finding mission.

The property market is in freefall. Should the world be worried?

The property sector in the Chinese economy has always been a puzzle.

Make hay while sun shines: what foods can I cook now and store?

What can I batch cook now and freeze to brighten mealtimes as the northern hemisphere heads into autumn? Steph, Stroud, England

Red flag? Rapid rise of ‘Queen’ Didulo rings alarm bells

She travels Canada in a flag-draped RV with an entourage. She greets supporters in small towns, who eagerly film the encounters on mobile phones. She’s called on her disciples to execute health care workers and politicians who support mass vaccination campaigns.

Left in limbo Rohingya live in fear, stripped of their rights

In the 31 years since Anuara Begum’s family moved into their bamboo shelter in the Nayapara refugee camp, the only improvement they have been able to make was replacing its tarpaulin roof with tin sheeting – less flimsy but hammer loud when the rains come.

Detente with Syria leaves refugees in fear of forced returns

Syrians across the opposition and in the Kurdish north of the country have reacted with alarm to Turkish moves to normalise relations with Damascus amid claims the overtures will lead to mass demographic swaps and the forced return of millions of refugees.

What scandal? Marin photos spark debate about who a leader can be

Sanna Marin has been the focus of unusual by Finnish standards - international attention ever since she became the world's youngest prime minister at the age of 34 in December 2019.

‘Dead animals are floating in the water. People are ill’

In the midst of swamps of flood water, hundreds of people who fled one of the worst-hit districts of Pakistan pitched tents on the only high ground they could find – on the banks of the Saifullah Magsi canal.

History lessons Europe needs to look back in order to rescue consumers

Every energy shock has its winners and losers. Countries that export more oil and gas than they import do well while those that import more than they export suffer.

‘A bright spot’ Power goes on at North Sea windfarm

Steve Wilson is a little wind-swept after stepping off a rock-ing boat in choppy North Sea waters. Wilson is programme director of Seagreen, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, which last week began producing power.

Reality bites After all the talk of tax cuts , a cold truth awaits Liz Truss

For months, everyone in government had known that last Friday was energy cap day, and at 7am the bad news duly dropped.

'I can't sleep' Owners face closure as bills soar

Weeping Cross fish bar, Stafford "I just don't know how I can stay in business," said John Evans of the Weeping Cross fish bar in Stafford

Energy bills are rising by 80% for millions of British homes and businesses, and even worse is predicted for next year. With the government in inertia, is the country facing a social and economic catastrophe? - The cold front

I'm scared when anyone says winter' For many, the energy bill rise is just one in a stack of growing problems

To the moon and back

Nasa's original photos of the Apollo missions, kept locked in a freezer in Houston, are some of Now, they have been restored the most vital artefacts of human endeavour. and remastered for a new century. Astronaut Tim Peake looks on in wonder at a space odyssey

'They help us imagine making the incredible journey ourselves'

THE ORIGINAL NASA PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM from the Apollo missions is some of the most important in existence.

Free speech reminds us the world is not a stage

Jerry Sadowitz has long pushed the boundaries of comedy. The cancellation of his Edinburgh fringe show reflects the difficulty of determining those edges

Don't forget us, Petro's rural base tells new president

The wooden bars of the marimba bounce under the heads of enthusiastic mallets. Guasás - bamboo cylinders filled with seeds - shake in unison. Dressed in a white cotton dress and straw sombrero, Otoniel Orobio sings.

Cheney pain Where do anti-Trump Republicans go now?

She knew the price of defying Donald Trump but did it anyway. Liz Cheney, crushed in a primary election in Wyoming, was anointed by supporters and commentators as leader of the Republican resistance to the former US president.

'Like a jewel' Good karma comes to Hare Krishna Island at last

But Hare Krishna Island, as it came to be known, struggled. It was isolated, costly to maintain and froze in winter.

Plan to save giant kauri has roots in Māori wisdom

Look out at the forest of Waita kere and you will see the skeleton of Aunt Agatha above the treeline.

The road to rouille

Krishna Léger’s restaurant is headed for Michelin stardom - not surprising for a graduate of Paris’s most prestigious cookery school, until you learn that he commuted to class from his prison cell

A world in motion

Climate breakdown will drive people from their homes in unprecedented numbers. But migration can be a solution

Forest fight Pereira's legacy kept alive in the Amazon

Rainforest defenders defy threats to fulfil the murdered activist's planned mission of Indigenous exchange