Monday 2 November 2026
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Live: Democrats are condemning Haley Stevens' "betrayal" after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, roiling one of the most fiercely contested US Senate contests.
Texas drivers say high petrol prices under Trump are cutting little ice, with some telling the Guardian the cost of fuel has pushed them toward the Democrats.
Trump launched a racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at an Iowa rally, again taking aim at the progressive Senate candidate and lauding Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers.
The Guardian answers readers' questions on the economy, the Iran war, immigration and more ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections.
Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg say fridge temperatures rose overnight in a second suspected cyber-attack, echoing the recent hack of French stores.
The cryosphere faces permanent damage when the world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn - even temporary rises above the Paris target could harm glaciers and polar ice sheets.
Kyiv residents were sent a false emergency-app alert warning of nuclear and chemical attack and street-to-street fighting, sent by an unknown party through a hacked system.
Live: Ukraine and Russia say their emergency air-raid warning systems have been hit by cyber-hacks, with Ukraine's app sending out alarming fake messages late on Sunday night.
Ukraine has defied Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries, with the Kremlin saying Kyiv is "simply ignoring" US wishes days before the midterm elections.
Israel has a "historic" opportunity to change direction, says Arab coalition leader Yousef Jabareen, ready to join forces with the opposition bloc to oust Netanyahu after winning a record number of Knesset seats.
Most Israelis think settlements policy should change to avoid more sanctions, a poll finds, though the UK's trade ban was not a decisive factor in how Israelis voted.
ICE is rapidly re-arresting immigrants who won release through habeas corpus petitions, detaining them again in what lawyers say violates court orders.
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has threatened ICE with legal action, telling federal agents to stay out of city-owned parking lots for immigration operations.
Business live: crypto "scammers on overdrive" as Binance customers pull billions from their accounts after the $6.3bn hack.
A measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has put under-vaccinated Amish communities in the spotlight as governor Josh Shapiro mounts an outreach programme.
Taika Waititi lambasted "sad lost soul" critics as "obsolete" after his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun flopped at the box office, saying he works "for the people".
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Public sector unions will hold a second 24-hour national strike on November 12th, saying the Government has yet to make a credible pay offer as the work-to-rule ramps up.
Polls put Democrats ahead of Republicans in almost all key battleground states, including Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio.
The Texas Senate battle between James Talarico and Ken Paxton is narrowing and is set to become the most expensive non-presidential race in US history.
Supervalu removed frozen and chilled food from shelves at 13 stores after a cyberattack on its fridges, following a similar attack on hundreds of fridges in French supermarkets last month.
Work on the Galway ring road is due to start early next year after the last objector withdrew his challenge, telling the High Court no financial settlement was included in the agreement.
Fianna Fail TD Malcolm Byrne appeared in court on a drink driving charge, saying he was arrested at a mandatory checkpoint in Dublin in May while on the way to the airport.
The Taoiseach's office instructed a HSE executive to have "specific conversations" with the Cork University Hospital boss after Jennifer Kearney raised patient safety and staffing concerns in a letter to superiors.
Friction between Cork University Hospital and its HSE region over staffing and spending goes back months; the hospital faces a EUR60m deficit and doctors warn recruitment restrictions risk patient safety, which the Minister rejects.
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf said Philip Lane would be a "great" candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde, and revealed he considered supporting an interest rate hike last week.
Portaferry mourns Ciara Mageean, the local champion who often returned to her former school after competitions to show her medals to the children.
"We are unable to accommodate you": UK retailer Flannels is reluctant to apply Irish gift voucher law, which stipulates a five-year expiry term for gift cards.
Erica Drum's stress-free comfort food series continues with "marry me" meatballs with orzo.
A fully refurbished and extended 1930s five-bedroom home on a sought-after Dalkey stretch.
Patrick Stewart brought dignity to science fiction as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, beaming into a dull 1990s Ireland when nerds needed him most.
Europe's battle to reverse its big immigration experiment: in Spain, one in five people was born outside the country, a higher proportion than even in the US.
In the News podcast: what this winter has in store for Ireland's energy and fuel prices.
The "Happy Lundys": an emerging group of people from Protestant backgrounds are speaking publicly about wanting a "new Ireland", saying they represent everything hardliners fear about a shift from sectarianism.
Why does Donald Trump drool over men's bodies? Even those utterly opposed to his politics get his fawning if they are objectively good-looking.
Two thoroughly researched histories of Irish radio, by Cliona Ni Anluain and Rosemary Day, coincide with the centenary of the founding of RTE's radio forerunner.
A reflection on grief: the loss of a person who feels essential to us is a pain that alters us forever, and its recession takes them with it.
A company run by ex-Munster rugby star Federico Pucciariello is eyeing a EUR360m aviation fuel investment, considering a renewable energy move in the Republic.
The Irish-language writer, performer and poet on her decision to deal with the State only through Irish, and on the people who respond by telling her about their teacher.
Simon Harris cannot have enjoyed reading the Sunday papers, with next weekend's ardfheis now his most important test since the general election.
Worldview: Ireland and Switzerland are having versions of the same debate about neutrality - would Ireland let Russia block it from joining security guarantees for Ukraine?
How to Drink Better: the best way to cool wine, whether ice buckets beat ice cubes, and the case for leaving the bottle outside overnight.
John Wilson: an autumn wine selection of more textured whites and reds for the cooler months.
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Funeral details have been announced for Ciara Mageean, who will be laid to rest in her native Portaferry on Tuesday after dying aged 34 following a battle with stage four bowel cancer.
A teenager was pulled from a Co Tyrone bonfire by a woman who risked her own safety after he was knocked unconscious by a punch; the PSNI is investigating.
Stalking and harassment cases in Northern Ireland have surged by almost 1,000 in a year, with crimes against women and girls accounting for more than two-thirds of the rise.
Noel Doran: the dark road of the Orange Order from Longstone to Drumcree, as the Garvaghy Road dispute evokes memories of Orange parades in Co Down.
ESB has raised the price of public electric vehicle charging in Northern Ireland for the second time inside five months, with the increases in effect from today.
An appeal for information on five people secretly murdered and buried by paramilitaries: three of the Disappeared have been found but five remain missing.
Co Antrim web developer Adam McBride explains the data, identity politics and motivation behind his viral Stormont MLA ranking website, a "league table you shouldn't want to top".
Tom Kelly: what do Oliver Cromwell, Carla Lockhart and Willy Wonka have in common? The next election should be a referendum on Executive delivery; it will be a rerun of every election since 2007.
A new fabrication hall has opened at the Belfast shipyard, described as a major milestone in the construction of three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships as H&W awaits naval contracts.
Shania Twain is to headline Belfast Belsonic as part of her 2027 UK and Ireland tour; tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am.
"Everybody has a memory of Barnams": final scoops have been served at the beloved Belfast ice cream shop after four decades on the Lisburn Road.
"You'll Never Believe Who's Dead": filmmaker Dallan Shovlin on the real-life Christmas conversation behind his award-winning debut, how Kneecap paved the way, and unveiling it at Belfast Film Festival.
Patricia Mac Bride: Irish unity needs bold thinking, not Micheal Martin's box-ticking - beneath the veneer of statecraft is an initiative fundamentally lacking in vision.
Two men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested after a man in a Halloween costume headbutted a police Land Rover during disorder in the Holylands.
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Jim Allister has reiterated that Carla Lockhart would be "very welcome" in the TUV as turmoil continues inside the DUP.
The DUP may not exist after the Assembly election, former minister Jim Wells warns as the Lockhart crisis intensifies division, saying leader Gavin Robinson is in an almost impossible situation.
Pub review: the Crawfordsburn Inn, a suitably classy bar on the upmarket North Down coast with roots in the 1600s, where CS Lewis once bent his elbow.
Raye has been announced as a 2027 BST Hyde Park headliner following her Mercury Prize win.
Greene King has appointed its first female chief executive as its long-standing boss stands down.
A 53-year-old cocaine dealer linked to the UVF, a superfan of alleged terror boss Stephen Matthews who runs a community hub in the Pitt Park area, has been nominated for a Volunteer of the Year award.
UVF thugs battered a teenager, demanded GBP15,000 and dumped him at the disused Ballyduff Quarry, reviving memories of the murder of Raymond McCord Jr there.
The DUP is again consumed by its own divisions while bigger questions facing unionism remain unanswered - turmoil over Lockhart, O'Neill and Donaldson exposes deep splits.
"The reason they fell in love is why everything fell apart": Belfast's Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on love, lies and the billion-dollar crypto collapse at the heart of The Altruists.
Two people were arrested after a teenage girl was trapped under a vehicle in a late-night collision on Annadale Avenue in south Belfast.
Education Minister Paul Givan hit back at Alliance claims that his TransformED NI reforms will add to teachers' workload, insisting the choice is reform or decline.
Burglars ransacked a Limavady home and stole a substantial amount of cash and jewellery; police are appealing for witnesses and CCTV or doorbell footage.
A former SAS major has revealed how a prime minister signed off the SAS operation that killed three IRA men, as the case heads to the UK's highest court.
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.
Christmas covered: Belfast artist Oliver Jeffers is to design the RTE Christmas Guide 2026 cover, blending his beloved children's storytelling with a new festive illustration.
Police smashed the windows of an Audi on the M1 near Sprucefield to arrest a suspected drunk driver after a pursuit.
Ryanair has warned of a pay freeze, fare hikes and fewer flights as Iran war fuel costs hit profits, with Michael O'Leary targeting rivals' market share.
Ask Allison: psychologist Allison Keating advises a reader whose friend only ever calls to complain about her problems, leaving the friendship feeling one-sided.
US supply chain firm Supply Technologies, part of ParkOhio, has opened a new site in Doagh, Co Antrim in a $1m (GBP0.74m) investment.
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.
Natural World Products in Keady has been issued an NIEA enforcement notice after odour complaints and excess waste broke environmental rules at its Co Armagh site.
Concerns have been raised over a pilot scheme placing youth workers in custody suites to support young adults after arrest, funded through Stormont's paramilitarism programme.
"I teach primitive skills and outdoor survival": This Working Life meets one of the only full-time bushcraft instructors on the island.
Richard Moore on forgiving the British Army officer who took his sight with a rubber bullet when he was a 10-year-old Derry schoolboy - twenty years ago he met Charles, the soldier who shot him.
Tommy Bowe on getting swept up by the Celtic Tiger in his early rugby days, his money mistakes, and how he now builds financial security for his family in Belfast.
Breathing space or little respite? What the first Budget of the Burnham government really means for NI households - who gains, who risks losing support, and what help Advice NI offers.