Saturday 31 October 2026
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Live: Abdul El-Sayed has disinvited former Democratic rival Haley Stevens from a Michigan Senate rally, as the Guardian tracks US politics with three days to the midterms.
More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in early voting with three days to the midterms - a record, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans in states that collect that data.
Virginia and Washington DC are suing to stop Donald Trump's proposed memorial arch, with legal challenges mounting even as construction looks imminent.
Analysis: a judge's rejection of the firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey offers hope of a check on Trump's assault on the rule of law, though an appeal is likely.
Explained: how Trump and his allies are seeking to interfere in the US midterm elections, with experts warning of potential disruption after election day.
Live: cost of living protests are under way in Germany and France, where the interior minister has warned that covering faces with Halloween costumes could bring fines.
In pictures: from teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany, demonstrations over the high cost of living and inequality spread across Europe.
"You need the power of all your votes": Bedouin women secured success for Arab parties in the Israeli election.
"Reparations now": the King and Burnham faced protests at the Antigua Commonwealth summit.
Andy Burnham is open to calls for a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade.
The US has cancelled the G20 "family photo" after Australia, the UK and others refused to appear with Russia.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy has praised the US over a $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warned it could take years.
The evacuation of civilians has begun in the besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky.
Exclusive: MoD documents show officials accused Cambridgeshire police of breaching a US-UK deal by letting the US Air Force take over the trial of a pilot who strangled a woman near an airbase.
A court injunction in Jamaica's battle to keep beaches publicly accessible, rather than sealed off for private resorts, offers hope against a tourism model locals say disadvantages Jamaicans.
Riot police have been deployed to Poland's constitutional court after a judge was suspended.
"The last fortress": a historic Athens cafe has closed as the countercultural area gentrifies.
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Fine Gael has asked the Public Accounts Committee chair to summon the Charities Regulator and others over Liberty Recycling, the charity under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering.
One man has died and two people were injured in a stabbing at about 5.30am on Saturday at the Ballymullen Barracks Ipas centre in Tralee, Co Kerry.
The funeral of Planxty and Bothy Band musician Donal Lunny was filled with music and poetry, with his instruments and a book on mysticism presented as mementos of his life.
It's inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters.
John Malkovich, star of Martin McDonagh's new film Wild Horse Nine, talks Dalkey, Oscars and mortality alongside Steve Buscemi - the pair form quite a double act.
A 65-year-old man, Fionnbarra O Tuama, has appeared before Dublin District Court charged with the attempted murder of a doctor at a HSE facility in Dublin.
Private school fees in Ireland have risen by almost 25% in five years, and with Glenstal Abbey closing and others consolidating, boarding schools are feeling the pressure.
A man aimed a firearm at gardai after fleeing when they tried to engage with him on a bicycle, leading to a chase through Dublin city centre.
Eanna Ni Lamhna's nature notes: a spider arrives just in time for a starring role in the Halloween horror show.
An autumnophile's appreciation of Samhain: the thinning of reality between the living and the dead, and the huge importance of story in our heritage.
One brave reporter stays the night in a castle said to be one of Ireland's most haunted, where the ghost of Sabina is said to haunt her former bedroom.
Roisin Ingle finds herself thinking she is living in the future and it is mental - a spooky, AI-filled world where nothing is as frightening as a defunct dishwasher.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Honor has been dumped and wants to know why, and Ross suggests AI will have the answer.
Europe must be ready to face security threats, Keir Starmer has warned in Dublin, calling for vigilance about a permanent change of affairs, not an aberration of the Trump presidency.
Two Halloween recipes with pumpkin as the star - just make sure you use the right kind of pumpkin, or squash.
Patrick Honohan: why are interest rates so high - and how exposed is Ireland?
The Garda watchdog Fiosru is investigating following the death of a man in Garda custody in Co Kildare, with an independent investigation ongoing.
Gardai have identified the man found dead at a recycling facility in Clondalkin last weekend and established a definite line of inquiry after public appeals.
Jack Chambers said he was disappointed after the Workplace Relations Commission declared public sector pay talks at an impasse, and unions warn of a further strike date in November if no new pay deal emerges.
Broadcaster Hector O hEochagain has revealed he underwent frightening brain surgery over the summer for a rare TSH-secreting adenoma affecting one in every two or three million people.
The 50 best Irish-language books of the century so far.
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Max Hastings: "Ireland deserves some happiness after a century of unhappiness".
Emergency services attended the scene of a serious crash on the Cusher Road in Markethill, Co Armagh at lunchtime.
Patrick Murphy: unionism has to learn that reaction is not a strategy.
Hospital staff "concerns" were behind the decision to refuse a campaign group's 12,000 consultation responses, the Trust says.
Brian Feeney: the "profound consequences" will only be for the DUP - and Stormont.
A "pantomime" over a long-delayed pedestrian crossing has ended as work got underway, five years after it was requested.
Police are investigating three reports of assaults by a male driver in west Belfast, in the Cupar Way and Springfield Road areas on Thursday evening and Friday.
Psychiatrists have "significant concerns" over new protocols which will see fewer PSNI responses to mental health calls.
Northern Ireland children are spending seven hours a day on social media at the weekend, a Stormont study finds.
David Meade: "I'm shy and awkward" - how the Co Down "mentalist" took on Las Vegas, won $1m and interviewed Oprah Winfrey.
Travel review: from big houses to subterranean caves, Fermanagh offers a small glimpse of heaven.
Newton Emerson: the GBP100 question for Stormont's squabbling MLAs.
Bread Boys in Belfast serves up mammoth lunches - even without everything promised on the menu.
"It's a way of letting my voice be heard": how a new cross-border project is helping young women find confidence.
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A domestic abuse victim has spoken out after a QUB student who lured her into his car and drove into the countryside screaming at her avoided jail.
James McClean says he would wear a poppy if it was only for the fallen of the two world wars, and revealed he needed police protection after being told he would be shot on live TV.
How Thatcher signed off an SAS operation that led to the killing of three IRA men - and why the case is heading to the UK's highest court.
The Fifty Shades author and her NI-born husband, married almost 40 years and reportedly worth GBP120m, are selling their GBP5m LA home as they turn their backs on Trump's US.
An imam has spoken out after a Northern Ireland man was jailed over the Galway mosque terror plot, with the community experiencing lingering trauma and security heightened at prayers.
From Mexico to Massachusetts: a monster weekend as Derry welcomes Halloween visitors from across the world.
A north coast dad has been accused of sending sex messages to a "child" after a challenge by a "vigilante" group.
Co Down teenager Jude Hill, the child star of Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, is set for a Hollywood martial arts film role thanks to a Navy Seal's training.
Comment: there are many problems with the bizarre Government recommendation - living in NI is already good training for the apocalypse.
Comment: the DUP's double trouble - Carla Lockhart will now be a nightmare for a party leadership squeezed on both sides.
A fake nun is back behind bars after walking down Garvaghy Road wearing a union flag headdress while "shouting and waving her arms erratically".
Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been exposed over a bogus Trinity College history claim in a pre-sentence report.
What the budget means for NI, including why we're in limbo over the GBP100 energy payment.
"They have blood on their hands": a mum has slammed a health body over the doctor who could have saved her son's life.
A Londonderry family will honour a much-loved husband, father and grandfather by leading Foyle Hospice's annual Lights of Love ceremony on December 17.
The spooky story of a west Belfast family who fled a violent ghost, a case that drew news crews at the time and remains unexplained to this day.
"At a time when all you heard were politicians blame each other... my dad was a bit of a candle in a dark place".
Comment: if it's any consolation for Lockhart, Bryson and the frustrated Orangemen languishing on Drumcree hill, there's no chance of a united Ireland happening either.
Executive business could grind to a halt due to the Sinn Fein/DUP row.
Police are preparing files on 18 people for prosecutors following the Drumcree parade dispute.
"Only credible option is to remove First Minister from office": Carla Lockhart warns she will take her "own course" if the DUP tries to "gaslight" voters.
Singer Brona McVittie on splitting her time between Co Down and Spain, why musicians can never really switch off, and her love of Mediterranean food.
Carla Lockhart is to set out her "path ahead" next week and says the DUP response to the Drumcree row "falls far short" of what unionists want.
From tarot cards to online spells and forest retreats, younger generations boosted by the #WitchTok trend are increasingly dipping into their spiritual side.
Tech review: Google's Pixel 11 Pro proves Apple isn't the only company making brilliant smartphones, landing hot on the heels of the iPhone 18 Pro.
A Halloween love story as a couple become the first to be married in a historic NI courthouse.
Women in Newry are "afraid to have more children" after the maternity service closure announcement.
What is the American Covid strain sweeping the UK, and how worried should we be?