The Latest Breaking News from The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’

Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Antigone Exits review – emotions run high in experimental reworking of Greek tragedy

Nina Segal’s revisiting of the Sophoclean story is pleasingly innovative – but not all the ideas work in Jeff James’s fourth-wall breaking production

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Burnham’s plans for social care and its workers are admirable but changes must come quickly

Money is needed now for a system that has left families including mine struggling their way unsupported and forgotten

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

‘It’s glottophobia’: Brazilians in Portugal battle for linguistic recognition

Brazilian speech therapists say struggle for acceptance is part of wider prejudice embedded into Portuguese society

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Own a smartphone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down

A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them, says Labour MP Chi Onwurah

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Mike Nelson review – a waking nightmare of derelict dunes and desert island despair

Entropy and hopelessness become thrillingly confrontational in this ambitious show, which recreates Nelson’s studio, shacks and sand dunes in dilapidated form

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Polls close in first round of Brazil’s high-stakes presidential election

Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-president

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

French education minister says up to 500 schools could remain closed on Monday after student protests – as it happened

At least 5,000 people, mainly teenagers, have been arrested while dozens of people, including students and teachers, have been injured

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Lack of inspections at fish slaughterhouses a ‘disgrace’, says Animal Equality UK

Charity calls for faster progress on humane slaughter laws for farmed fish in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Welsh ban on greyhound racing sparks warnings of rehoming crisis

Industry says a phased end to racing, to avoid sudden jump in caring responsibilities, is unworkable

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4