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  • Patricia Karvelas who will be taking over Radio National Breakfast from long-time host Fran Kelly. Radio National ABC. Australia

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    Patricia Karvelas to leave ABC’s Radio National Breakfast after three years as host

    Karvelas will continue to host Q&A and present politics on the broadcaster’s news channel
    • Jenna Fischer, pictured in the 2024 film Mean Girls

      Television
      The Office’s Jenna Fischer reveals ‘aggressive’ breast cancer diagnosis

    • Exclusive
      Crisafulli under pressure as second LNP MP foreshadows winding back Queensland abortion rights

    • Education
      Australian universities tumble in world rankings as some record worst result ever

    • Victoria
      Prosecutors seek jail time for far-right extremist Jacob Hersant over Nazi salute

    • Foreign policy
      Ramos-Horta says $74bn Timor Sea gas project could begin within months if Australia signs treaty

    • Health
      Skin checks helped reduce infections in Aboriginal children by half, study finds

    • NSW
      Sydney man charged over alleged attempt to poison woman by putting insecticide in cup of tea

    • Transport
      Many top car sellers are collecting and sharing driver data, Choice investigation finds

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    When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to our patients to get it right

    Ranjana Srivastava
    A doctors’ ability to provide sound patient care diminishes with age. We need a comprehensive, fair and respectful way of assessing fitness to practice
  • Dustin Hoffman wearing a white formal shirt and tinted glasses sigs on a cream leather couch, gesturing with his hands as if conducting

    Stream team
    Wag the Dog: a pitch-black political comedy that’s never looked more relevant

  • Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in Parliament

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    Could the crisis in the Middle East reshape Australian politics?

    Political editor Karen Middleton tells Reged Ahmad how differing views of the Israel-Gaza war have percolated up into our political debate
  • Carlos from the Sanubari stables rides half Sumba, half Arab racing horse Calypso along the beach, Sumba, Indonesia

    The Guardian picture essay
    Sumba’s sandalwood ponies

    The small, resilient horses are more than just working animals – they are cultural symbols
    • Satisfactory, game, screenshot, a first-person open-world factory building game

      Satisfactory, the factory-building game so compelling it has invaded my dreams

      Patrick Lum
    • A man sitting at a dining table, looking dejected and tired, surrounded by empty bottles of ginger beer.

      Food
      Supermarket ginger beer taste test: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’

    • Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.

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      Sarah Blasko: ‘I’m still a recovering Christian. I had to remodel my brain to be here and enjoy life’

    • Composite (photo and illustration) of a couple in an awkward embrace for G-spot/ Sexual Healing column

      Sexual healing
      No matter how hard he tries, my boyfriend can’t find my G-spot

Sport

  • New Zealand’s Eden Carson is bowled by Megan Schutt of Australia

    Women's T20 World Cup
    Schutt sets record as Australian bowling shuts down New Zealand chase

    Australia beat New Zealand by 60 runs at the Women’s T20 World Cup while Megan Schutt became the all-time highest wicket-taker
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    David Squires on …
    The never-ending Manchester United process cycle

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Opinion

  • Marina Hyde

    Keir Starmer is an unforced error machine – have they tried turning him off and on again?

    Marina Hyde
  • Oil supertankers anchored at the Bandar Abbas Anchorage, in the Straits of Hormuz, bridging the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman - one of the most important waterways for the export of petroleum, from which 20% of the world's petroleum production passes through the narrow straits.<br>MN29Y4 Oil supertankers anchored at the Bandar Abbas Anchorage, in the Straits of Hormuz, bridging the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman - one of the most important waterways for the export of petroleum, from which 20% of the world's petroleum production passes through the narrow straits.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Israel and Iran: there will be no winners from an all-out war

    An oil price shock and economic downturn are among the likely effects of an attack on Iran’s exporting capacity
    • Owen Jones

      On the streets of Vienna, I saw Austrians’ rage at the march of the far right – but also their helplessness

      Owen Jones
    • New EU Commissioners-designate Meeting<br>BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 18: New Commissioner-designates (CD) pose in the EU Commission HQ on September 18, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. (L-R) CD Executive VP for Cohesion &amp; Reforms Raffaele Fitto, CD for Financial Services &amp; Savings &amp; Investments Union Maria Luis Albuquerque, CD for Agriculture &amp; Food Christophe Hansen, CD for Environment &amp; Water Resilience Jessika Roswall, CD for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela, CD for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica, CD for Defence &amp; Space Andrius Kubilius, CD Executive VP for People, Skills &amp; Preparedness Roxana Minzatu, CD for Climate, Net Zero &amp; Clean Growth Wopke Hoekstra, CD for Economy &amp; Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis, CD Executive VP for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, CD Executive VP for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, CD for Trade &amp; Economic Security Maros Sefcovic, CD for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas, CD High Representative for Foreign Affairs &amp; Security Policy &amp; VP of the European Commission Kaja Kallas, CD for Startups, Research &amp; Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, CD for Preparedness &amp; Crisis Management; Equality Hadja Lahbib, CD for Fisheries &amp; Oceans Costas Kadis, CD for Energy &amp; Housing Dan Jorgensen, CD for Democracy, Justice, &amp; the Rule of Law Michael McGrath, CD for Health &amp; Animal Welfare Oliver Varhelyi, CD for Inter-generational Fairness, Youth, Culture &amp; Sport Glenn Micallef, CD for Budget, Anti-Fraud &amp; Public Administration Piotr Serafin &amp; Commissioners-designate Executive VP for Prosperity &amp; Industrial Strategy Stephane Sejourne. All the Commissioners-designate will pass first a hearing in the European Parliament before they will be nominate EU Commissioner. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

      Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem

      Shada Islam
    • Zoe Williams

      Why has Melania Trump come out as pro-choice? Seems obvious to me

      Zoe Williams
    • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walks past Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton

      Across the west, the right is rebranding itself as champions of the common folk. Will it work in Australia?

      Peter Lewis

Lifestyle

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    Food
    Nigel Slater’s recipes for baked eggs and tomatoes

  • a girl walking on grass

    Well actually
    Toxic chemicals could be the scariest thing about your Halloween costume

  • woman holding a tub of foundation

    Pass notes
    Beef tallow: is this rendered animal fat really nature’s answer to Botox?

  • Georgina Hayden's ful medames with charred olives.

    Vegetarian food and drink
    Georgina Hayden’s recipe for ful medames with charred olives

Culture

  • The Beijing Library

    Arts
    Sydney entry beaten by ‘spectacular’ Beijing building in library of the year award

  • Heath Ledger as the Joker

    Film
    Heath Ledger’s Joker was based on a Francis Bacon painting, says Christopher Nolan

    Hollywood director is one of several leading creatives to speak of Bacon’s influence ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
  • Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris participates in media interviews in New York<br>Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts, as she appears on ABC's "The View" in New York, U.S., October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

    Radio
    Kamala Harris tells Howard Stern Trump is a ‘sore loser’ in interview blitz

    Vice-president takes campaign to radio show popular with white men amid a series of sit-down interviews
  • Can Xue.

    Books
    Chinese author Can Xue is favourite to win 2024 Nobel prize in literature

  • Australis best music venues. The Zoo, Brisbane. Joc Curran at the back stairs of The Zoo. Joc used to run it between 1992-2016 and she has a big emotional attachment to the place.

    Brisbane
    Beloved venue The Zoo saved as buyer steps in ‘to keep music within its walls’

  • Jennifer Salke in a red suit poses seated for a photograph

    Film
    ‘Bond’s audience will be patient’: Amazon MGM Studios’ boss on the hunt for a new 007

  • Rivals.

    TV review
    Rivals first-look review – an eye-popping explosion of sex, more sex and bad wigs

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    Queensland
    Surviving the summer on remote cattle properties: ‘We never give up on fires’

  • File photo of the country town of Bright, Victoria, Australia

    Good coffee, breweries and dog washes: what makes a regional Australian town attractive to treechangers?

    Gabrielle Chan
  • More than 2,000 people attended the unveiling of the big red tractor in Carnamah, Western Australia

    Western Australia
    ‘Where’d you find tyres that size?’ Giant red tractor is Australia’s newest Big Thing

  • Riley Swanson, 19, watching over the herd at first light.

    In pictures
    ‘I lost my phone in the first week’: a new generation of drovers in outback Queensland

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7 October: one year on

  • Rashid Khalidi in a close-up portrait

    Israel-Gaza: one year on
    Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: ‘I don’t want to be a cog in the machine any more’

  • Ahmed al-Tahrawi

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    One had lived 101 years, the other, just two hours: the stories of Gaza’s oldest victim and its youngest

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    ‘They told us a big attack wouldn’t happen’: the intelligence failures before 7 October

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  • ‘Something magic happens when they get together’ … Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt.

    Television
    ‘Noel and Julian were possibly aroused’: The Mighty Boosh turns 20

    While filming the surreal comedy, Dave Brown aka Bollo was on hand with a camera to snap awkward kisses, creepy venues … and people eating beans in makeup
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  • Delegates stand at the opening of the 54rd UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 September 2023

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    ‘A slap in the face to victims of abuse’: UN urged to reject Saudi Arabia’s bid to join Human Rights Council

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    Machine learning pioneers win Nobel prize in physics

  • UK
    ‘This is great news’: Flyfishers’ Club members vote to allow women

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    Musical journey: lessons begin after piano finally arrives in Ethiopia

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    Fewer than 10 of these orchids remain in the wild. Victoria was about to burn them into extinction

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