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Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe should be allowed to move on after apology to China, says French football federation chief.
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe should be allowed to move on after apology to China, says French football federation chief.
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<p>Court documents reveal staff considered ways to ‘get academic community to disavow’ influential US author </p><p>Meta staff discussed deploying a “whisper strategy” to undermine the influential US academic whose work has inspired a global <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/id-social-media-ban-snapchat-tiktok-teenagers">social media crackdown</a>, according to court documents.</p><p>Employees at the parent group of Facebook and Instagram sought to discredit Jonathan Haidt, the social psychologist and author of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/21/the-anxious-generation-by-jonathan-haidt-a-pocket-full-of-poison">The Anxious Generation</a>, a book that helped tip the debate about online safety towards more stringent measures such as the under-16 ban in Australia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/meta-staff-us-social-media-critic-jonathan-haidt-court-documents">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Announcement made as Philippines police investigate suspected child sex abuse images reportedly found at her father’s former home</p><p></p><p> <br> </p><p>The Metropolitan police says it has voluntarily referred itself to the official watchdog for failing to pass on a letter detailing allegations against the Duchess of Sussex’s father.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/metropolitan-police-refers-itself-to-watchdog-over-meghan-warning-letter">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Prime minister claims Arab Israeli parties used foreign backing to steal elections, in which his coalition lost its majority</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/29/israel-election-results-live-updates-poll-netanyahu-eisenkot-bloc-coalition-latest-news">Israel election – latest updates</a></p><p>Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using smear tactics to cling to power, after he claimed that Arab Israeli parties had used foreign backing to “steal” Tuesday’s election, in which the prime minister’s coalition lost its parliamentary majority.</p><p>Netanyahu and his allies called on the internal security service, Shin Bet, to investigate alleged vote buying and other irregularities in Palestinian communities in Israel, supposedly funded by foreign money.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/israeli-leader-netanyahu-accused-of-using-ugly-smear-tactics-to-cling-to-power">Continue reading...</a>
<p>The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France</p><p></p><p>Thank you, Brazil, for demonstrating how the far right can be trounced while protection for the Amazon is strengthened. In a world where nature and democracy appeared to be bleeding out in tandem, voters and forest defenders in this global south powerhouse have shown it is possible to staunch the flow. This should provide much needed inspiration and, more practically, a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France.</p><p>The astonishing comeback victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff against his extreme right challenger Flavío Bolsonaro has brought oceans of rapturous supporters on to the streets, while also thrilling conservationists, climate activists and social justice campaigners across the world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/brazil-victory-planet-democracy-lessons-lula-win">Continue reading...</a>