The Observer - May 31, 2026

Labour rips itself apart

Make every vote count

Generic prostate scans ‘more harm than good’

Ebola sees Uganda shut border with Congo

Sturgeon’s ex-husband in line for long jail spell

Long stories short

Most jobless young never been in work

Colombian presidential hopeful battles far right

Energy bills will rise 13% to £1,850 a year

Resident doctors in 16th round of strikes

Nato condemns drone attack on Romania

‘Stop making my macho men cry’

Global domination is cold comfort as Arsenal lose Champions League final

Blair takes a second swing at his critics

Palace was sent dossier on Andrew’s work as a trade envoy

‘You cannot harm someone to heal them’: inside the youth justice crisis

‘You cannot harm someone to heal them’: inside the youth justice crisis

Ten books to make the most of summer

Lloyd’s acknowledges its role in slave trade with requiem mass

‘People laugh that I’m a professional northerner, but I’m proud of my home’

‘People laugh that I’m a professional northerner, but I’m proud of my home’

Questions over Reform’s ‘financial black hole’

Burnham pledges a democratic earthquake with promise on proportional voting

Met officer barred over racist and sexist messages

Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’

Lost issues of actors’ directory found with Observer’s help

First came the businessmen. Then the blood. Now the victims of South Sudan’s ‘oil wars’ want justice

First came the businessmen. Then the blood. Now the victims of South Sudan’s ‘oil wars’ want justice

First came the businessmen. Then the blood. Now the victims of South Sudan’s ‘oil wars’ want justice

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Karadžić seeks to sue Britain for inhumane treatment

An AI uprising is more plausible than most people realise – or want to admit

Dragged through the mud? Patagonia takes on Pattie Gonia in battle over brand name

Spreading as quickly as Ebola itself, doubt and rumour turn deadly in the DRC

‘Mass deportations are coming’: ICE warehouse prisons aim to deliver on Trump’s migrant plan

‘Let’s start with 70%’: Netanyahu vows Israel will occupy more of Gaza

Blair’s old solutions fail to recognise that the problems have changed

‘Mass deportations are coming’: ICE warehouse prisons aim to deliver on Trump’s migrant plan

‘Let’s start with 70%’: Netanyahu vows Israel will occupy more of Gaza

‘A country of addicts’: Syria’s battle to dismantle Assad’s narco empire

‘A country of addicts’: Syria’s battle to dismantle Assad’s narco empire

East African women risking their lives in the grip of ‘reverse Ozempic’ trend

Whale rescue ends in failure

Four more freed from cave flood

Refugees die as truck overturns

Dr Blair’s prescription has made his party gag. At least it’s forced Labour to engage with ideas

Forget Restore – the problem is mainstream politics promoting far-right policies

Google’s AI Search is seducing us into a spoon-fed future

I dreamed of having a No 1. With Three Lions I had four. Now it’s time to pass the ball

The Taiwan threat is bringing China’s ’s neighbours together

Snake in the crass

A useful idiot

Another man’s poison?

Scrap poll position

Never mind a future dystopia. It’s here now

For the record

‘In’ left out

Brexit sent me into a pit of rage. I now know we can never return to the EU

Farming has a choice: bounce back to fragility or bounce forward into resilience

I hoped an ice-hockey drama would cool me down. It had the opposite effect

Linda Masarira

The swallow

Jeanette Dickson

Saba Capital boss urges sale of Workspace’s London sites

Reeves’s salary sacrifice tax will force job cuts, say firms

3M in hot water over use of toxic chemicals

Lululemon’s bitter feud ends with new deal

Death hasn’t killed Monroe cash cow

Samsung finds a smart solution to avoid strike action in chips arm

Elite academia beckons for Nvidia’s Huang

Britain clinches three spots in hubs Top 10

Cheap overseas sellers face charge on parcels

Disconnecting mobile and broadband from inflation has dialled up our bills even more

Class actions face reform for benefiting lawyers more than claimants

Promises of a green jobs revolution have turned to rust in Steel Town

Manifold reasons for ousting of BP’s chair

Promises of a green jobs revolution have turned to rust in Steel Town

Faltering Ferrari hopes pope can work a miracle

Ashley climbs the Grainger property ladder to reach 4% stake

Trump loves a ‘golden share’, but that doesn’t make them wrong

New dawn for tech philanthropy?

It makes financial sense to be less reliant on US payment systems