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Middle East crisis live
Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut amid clashes with Hezbollah near Lebanese border

More loud explosions reported in Lebanese capital’s south as Hezbollah says Israeli army trying to infiltrate southern town of Odaisseh amid ongoing fighting

Politics
Sky News pulls out of Boris Johnson interview over recording ban

Science
Northern lights expected to return to UK skies this weekend

Liz Truss
‘Blue plaque’ at Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

Exclusive
Labour could cut financial support for farms damaged by floods

In focus

Europe
Squeezed out: last accordion maker in France to close shop after 105 years

Maugein owner blames competition from China and Covid pandemic for firm’s demise, but former French president says there is hope

Lebanon
$1,800 a seat: luxury yachts evacuate people from Lebanon as flights dry up

Ukraine war briefing
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant employee killed in Ukrainian car bomb attack

Spotlight

Joe Locke
‘I want to get hate-tweeted by Donald Trump!’: Heartstopper’s Joe Locke on trolls, typecasting and turning to the dark side

Blind date
‘Barbecue and ribs are not the most demure food to eat on a first date’

The watcher
Disclaimer: Cate Blanchett’s new show is either beautiful … or a schlocky nightmare

Opinion

One year on from 7 October, our panel considers: what next for the Middle East?

Fawaz Gerges, Leila Seurat, Jason Burke, Orly Noy and Sanam Vakil

Outraged that some plastic you send for recycling ends up being burned? Don’t be

James Piper

The far right can’t take away our hopes and memories. Culture is our weapon

Milo Rau

Sport

Football
Ratcliffe: decision on Ten Hag’s Manchester United future ‘not my call’

Football
Slot asks for quiet in answering Liverpool's away-day ‘$10m question’

Diarra verdict could now alter the balance of power in football

Paul MacInnes

Podcast

Today in Focus
Do Israel and Iran really want to go to war? – podcast

For years the two countries have been engaged in a shadow war. Why, and will it finally explode into a direct confrontation? Patrick Wintour reports

Climate crisis

Antarctica
Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate as climate heats

Pollutionwatch
Dangers of adding rubbish to home fires

Business

Economics
Starmer pledges to avoid rerun of 1980s deindustrialisation with clean energy plans

US economy
More than 250,000 jobs added in September, defying fears of slowdown

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Photos of the day
Elephant calves and golf dogs

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