Woman told Russell Brand he treated her ‘like an animal’, court hears Brand, 51, faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: don’t want to get your Big Winter Coat out just yet? Try ‘onion dressing’ It’s time to learn the art of layering – and we’re talking a crew neck with a ballet wrap and blazer, not full-on outdoor explorer The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Indian court orders release of two leaders of Cockroach movement Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka spent a week in jail after defying restrictions on protests in Delhi amid government crackdown The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
‘He had this electrical charge’: the short life and long legacy of Jason Molina, master of Americana As a documentary celebrates the late US musician, friends and collaborators describe an incomparable storyteller who brought ‘myth and magic to everyday life’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
I’ve booked my first proper holiday – and it’s pulled me out of winter grimness like a magic spell Anticipating a potential spring in which I am bathed in sun on a Greek island is giving me the kind of glee that makes anything feel possible The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Popcorn with your Puccini: can opera on screen ever work? Composers have harnessed TV and cinema since Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors pulled in five million viewers 75 years ago but for my money Kombat Opera’s satire showed us how to do it best The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Home Office lifts deportation order for man, 62, who has lived in UK for 50 years Department drops efforts to return Tony Hall to Barbados, a country he left at 12 and where he has no living relatives The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Como 4-1 Manchester United: Champions League – as it happened Minute-by-minute report: A dismal Manchester United performance ended in an emphatic defeat to Cesc Fàbregas’s completely dominant Como side The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Why is Liz Truss trying to be Danny Dyer with her new book? Bank Job, the former prime minister’s forthcoming publication, is about a shady cabal that brought down the bond market. Seemingly she has forgotten that this was her doing The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in? With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But do they ever come out well? The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Booking.com under investigation by EU regulators over fake listings and scams European Commission calls accommodation website’s approach to fraudulent listings and phishing scams as ‘absolutely substandard’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
New prize launches for books co-written with AI After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the help of LLMs The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Can UK pop cut immigration and stop the boats? I suppose we’ll find out with GB News Music Radio An ‘all British, all day’ station is a nativist dream come true – but good luck with the playlist. And anyway: how many artists will want to be on Farage FM? asks Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president Measures would remove some penalties for those helping women access abortion but are ‘small-scale step’, say campaigners The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Macron accuses Trump and other foreign leaders of ‘stupid comments’ about France unrest Leaders criticised for spreading misleading information as France prepares for further protests this weekend
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Europe’s far right seizes on protest violence to push authoritarian anti-immigration agenda Nationalist leaders are framing unrest as consequence of failed liberal governance and open borders
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Europe stands by Ukraine – but how long can that last? As US support ebbs away, looming European elections and growing financial strains across the continent could fracture the precious coalition that has kept Ukraine afloat
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Champions League goals and drama galore – so why do we feel hollow? In today’s Football Daily: 40 goals in nine games but where’s the jeopardy?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Our Friends in the North: The Thatcher Years review – old pals back on the toon as TV series gets squished They have appeared in epic BBC dramas since their RSC debut but Peter Flannery’s immortal foursome now return in an 80s-focused play
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Besieged Yemeni city on verge of ‘unmanageable’ crisis, aid workers warn Water and fresh food running out in Taiz as fighting intensifies and Houthi advance cuts off most supply routes
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Burnham backs mandatory suicide prevention training for social workers after parent-carer Matilda Davis’s death Former art teacher, who cared for her disabled son, ‘received almost no support’, said her local MP Manuela Perteghella
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 A grieving female elephant carrying a stillborn baby: Federico Veronesi’s best photograph ‘She carried the dead calf for hours even though it wasn’t hers. She had had a miscarriage two years before – and now picked up the stillborn babies of other mothers’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Sir Donald Insall obituary Conservation architect whose projects included restoring and renewing Windsor Castle after the devastating fire of 1992
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 ‘The audience gets to be in on it’: How narrative-led gameplay is Call of Duty’s greatest weapon As video games chase spectacle, Modern Warfare 4 makes a case for putting character and consequence at the heart of its biggest battles
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 The best Kindles in the UK for every bookworm and budget – tested Whether you want a colour screen, somewhere to scribble notes or a child-friendly model, here’s what we recommend from Amazon’s e-reader range