HISTORICAL FACTS: 17 - The Untold Story

Chancellor vows to stay on for Germany’s ‘democratic future’ after latest loss to far-right AfD

Merz seeks to shore up support after CDU loses two state elections and is ejected from Mecklenburg parliament

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

‘Love and respect’ or ‘a cash grab’? The furious battle over the final album by the Fall

Creators of Post Script, made with vocals by the late Mark E Smith, defend it as ‘a great, positive record’, but fiancee describes it as ‘ethically wrong’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Dunesday: will this be Barbenheimer on steroids – the biggest weekend of cinema ever?

Since the mammoth success of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer in 2023, Hollywood has taken to jointly marketing movies released on the same day – and December’s matchup of Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday could break all records

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibility

Claimants having to find decades-old medical records to prove they qualify for compensation despite inquiry’s recommendations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Granit Xhaka admits to receiving fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022

Granit Xhaka has been withdrawn from Switzerland’s squad after he admitted receiving a fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Thomas Tuchel rocked by five key withdrawals from England squad

Cole Palmer, Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford and Tino Livramento are all out because of injury issues

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

‘I lost my children, and I’m afraid of losing my baby again’: a day in the life of a pregnant woman in Gaza

Alaa lives in a tent pitched on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike that killed all three of her children. In one month, she will give birth again

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?

The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows

Eco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Harry Styles walked eight miles in loafers. Is he ruining his feet? There’s only one way to find out

For his trek across New York City, the singer wore a pair of Prada slip-ons. I tried to do the same in my penny loafers – and soon found out why experts advise against it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21