Millionaires including former footballer Gary Lineker are calling on Andy Burnham to impose higher taxes on their wealth. More than 100 wealthy Britons have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, saying: ‘We want you to tax us. We can afford it. So should the government impose wealth tax? And why is this idea
Acast releases its Q2/26 financial report. The company recorded +28% sales growth – notably, +34% in North America and +25% in Europe (growth in Europe was only +9% this time last year). The company made a profit of US$3.3 million. Total consumption grew +2%; Total average revenue per listen or view increased +26%.
This week political and media attention has once again focused on One Nation’s actions. But while Pauline Hanson’s Euro heat was on, many of the continent’s biggest cities were enduring the worst heat stress in recorded history. In Australia, an El Niño summer is not far away and we could be headed for the warmest
Science correspondent Nicola Davies investigates the strange story of Tam O’Byrne and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In the third episode of this miniseries, first broadcast in October 2025, all of O’Byrne’s lies are revealed and it is revealed where he was obtaining the tea supplied to hotels and shops. During the trial,
On Sunday night, the BBC rebooted an ad based on one that first aired 40 years ago. In the new edition presenter Romesh Ranganathan pretends he is a disgruntled license fee payer, and asks the question: “What has the BBC ever done for me?” Some of the national broadcaster’s biggest stars make the case for
Earlier this year, Congress reached a disappointing milestone: 86% of Americans, a record high, disapprove of its performance. But this summer, there have been some signs that changes are underway. On the left, House Democrats have voted in unprecedented numbers to withhold military aid from Israel, and across the country, progressive candidates are running competitive
Listen, I love true crime. And apparently, I’m not alone. For many of us, Sarah Koenig is the mom (and Jedd Abumrad is the dad, but that’s for another day). Has the moment of true crime already arrived? I don’t know. Perhaps? I don’t care. Anyway I like it. I even find it strangely soothing:
Thousands of youth protesters took to the streets of India’s capital New Delhi this week amid an explosion of anger over the country’s education system and youth unemployment. The protesting cockroaches are supporters of the Janata Party, which started as an online joke but has quickly become an unexpected challenge to Narendra Modi’s powerful right-wing
Volodymyr Zelensky has fired his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, in Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up in two years. Nationwide protests broke out after Zelensky fired Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, who Ukraine’s president says will now be brought back into the government in a ‘key post’. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Luke Harding
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