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Over the past three months, the Saudi government has launched a massive demolition campaign targeting dozens of poor neighbourhoods in Jeddah, to make way for an urban development project. With very little time to leave and no compensation, hundreds of thousands of people are now in dire straits, with no…

Another application submitted as well as appeal against enforcement action.

Novelist Shahnaz Ahsan on growing up with jam roly-poly, apple crumble and sticky toffee pudding

Writing in the Observer, Tulip Siddiq accuses Foreign Office of callous behaviour, as calls grow for full investigation

Labour MP Lisa Nandy and refugee charities remain critical of how the government’s family scheme is handling visa requirements, safety checks and child protection issues Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates

The Cass review’s interim report finds children with gender identity issues are ill served by adults who shut down debate

Fifty miles from Kyiv, doctors prepare a bomb shelter for the casualties to arrive on their doorstep, while their own lives are on the line

The spy novelist, whose latest book tells the story of her grandfather Kim Philby and the Soviet agent Edith Tudor-Hart, talks about the perils of writing about family, and why female spies get overlooked

Ukraine city near Polish border has not yet been touched by Russian bombs but people are readying for the worst

Bookshelves today are full of true-life stories of marital discord but a former Observer columnist pioneered the genre 25 years ago

Former Observer journalist was perhaps best known for his courageous coverage of Pinochet’s brutal coup in Chile in 1973