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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good for you. Reject the woke love of life! Welcome civilisational collapse! Watch it all burn, then...

Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr

When I am woken by the sound of my dog whining, I understand that she is hungry and wants me to get up. When...

Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Last week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground on a sandbank in the Danube....

The Guardian view on 80 years of public funding for the arts: more vital than ever | Editorial

“I do not believe it is yet realised what an important thing has happened,” the economist John Maynard Keynes wrote in The Listener in...

The Guardian view on Burnham and the devolved nations: a test for the new politics in Westminster | Editorial

After early statements of intent on homelessness and social care, Andy Burnham capped his opening two weeks in office by addressing what one might...

North Sea oil is a litmus test for Burnham | Letters

North Sea oil expansion is a necessity (Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling, 31 July). I state...

Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew

The live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening. The self-styled citizen journalists are still...