Xi tells Putin they can build ‘more just’ world order as talks begin in China: Live updates
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
'Old friends' Xi and Putin to meet over tea, enjoy a banquet and sign a series of bilateral commitments

Majority of voters say Trump is using his office for personal gain as president promises ‘America is thriving’
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
As Americans struggle with soaring gas prices and high grocery bills, Trump boasted about the ‘thriving’ country at a White House picnic

Iran-US war latest: Vance ‘not certain’ about peace deal as he warns US military ‘locked and loaded’ to resume strikes
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
The US president earlier said the military may launch “another big hit” on Tehran if a peace deal is not agreed
Trump Epstein files critic Thomas Massie loses GOP primary as president’s revenge crusade rolls on
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein beats Massie in Kentucky’s 4th district as part of Trump’s tightening grip on the GOP

California police officer charged over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
The officer, a 25-year-old resident of Salinas, was placed on administrative leave late last year after his department referred the allegations to an outside task force

Group behind viral Trump-Epstein monument targets administration’s Iran policy in pop-up near Mar-a-Lago
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
Designed to be mathematically impossible to win, the retro-style arcade game features an abrupt ‘game over’ sequence if players attempt to hold hands with a digital depiction of the first lady
Jones and Jackson head to GOP runoff for Georgia governor race
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
The Republican nominee will try to hold onto the governor’s office for the party, which has won every election to the post since 2002

Cybertruck driver arrested after he’s accused of driving into lake using Tesla’s ‘Wade Mode’
Posted on Wednesday May 20, 2026
The Cybertruck took on water in Texas’ Grapevine Lake, prompting the driver and his passengers to abandon the car, according to authorities


Matt Brittin has taken the helm of the supertanker BBC, but there are plenty of icebergs in his way | Jane Martinson
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026

Who’s behind the Facebook page posting hateful AI slop about the UK? The answer might lie in south Asia | Niamh McIntyre
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026

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After the painful ruse of Starmerism, the left should be cautious about Andy Burnham | Owen Jones
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026

Wes Streeting’s Brexit play may be clever gamesmanship – but it has nothing to do with Europe | Anand Menon
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026

The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik
Posted on Monday May 18, 2026

Wannabe prime ministers are nakedly ambitious to run the UK, but why? That is the burning question | Stefan Stern
Posted on Monday May 18, 2026

The Green Party is debating how to be radical and popular. There is a strategy that can do both | Joe Todd
Posted on Monday May 18, 2026

I've interviewed Reform UK voters – and they're much more progressive than you might think | Sacha Hilhorst
Posted on Monday May 18, 2026

Ella Baron on Nigel Farage’s vision for Britain – cartoon
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026

The Guardian view on saving for old age: alarming shortfalls set the scene for a pensions overhaul | Editorial
Posted on Tuesday May 19, 2026