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Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a meeting with leaders of the Jewish community at number 10 Downing Street, Westminster, September 3, 2026
Editorial / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Miatta Fahnbulleh leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, September 1, 2026
Climate Crisis / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Damage to a building that Iranian media said was hit by a US strike on September 1, while a wedding celebration was taking place there, Kuhestak, southern Iran, Sept. 4, 2026
Middle East / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Virtual Reality [Pic: Remy Gieling / Creative Commons]
War Industry / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

Nick Blair is set to benefit from a hugely lucrative contract to ‘virtually’ train the British army for its next war. Like father, like son, writes SOLOMON HUGHES 

she's green
Music Review / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

JAMES NALTON feels history in the making, witnessing the latest shoegaze sensation in an intimate club

Moses Itauma (left) against Filip Hrgovic during the vacant IBF World Heavyweight title bout at The O2 Arena, London. Picture date: Saturday August 29, 2026
Men's Boxing / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

JOHN WIGHT writes on Moses Itauma’s inglorious defeat to Filip Hrgovic

United Nations peacekeepers stand near an airstrip in Akobo, South Sudan, February 21, 2026
North-east Africa / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
The Israeli army demolishes buildings in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2026
Middle East / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during a press
Southeast Asia / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
A man takes his son to school on his bicycle for the first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, September 1, 2026
World / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Soldiers rescue a worker alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district, September 4, 2026
Climate Crisis / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
An oil spill is visible within the Niger Delta in Ogboinbiri, Nigeria, on December 11, 2024
Round-up / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Free will-writing service
SOLIDARITY PREVAILS: Anti-ICE activists Cheryl Harrington, left, and Julia Provey gather outside a courthouse in Danbury, Connecticut last Thursday, August 27 2026
MAGA / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026

ROB WARZYNIAK wades knee deep through a pile of ‘dead canaries’ of Trumpist policies which exacerbated the horrors of US capitalism domestically

BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE: (L to R) Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, about the attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport last month; view of the airports runway / Pic: Aagnverglaser/CC
Ukraine Invasion / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

Without evidence or Nato consultations Berlin’s answer to the Leipzig incident is a rupture of relations. SEVIM DAGDELEN examines why

SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: Gate to Camp Delta, the infamous detention centre at the US military base Guantanamo Bay at the southern-most tip of Cuba / pic: Kathleen T Rhem/CC
Southern Hemisphere / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ introduces the background to a conference on defending Latin America’s sovereignty

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khadka in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026
Environment / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG

Virtual Reality [Pic: Remy Gieling / Creative Commons]
War Industry / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

Nick Blair is set to benefit from a hugely lucrative contract to ‘virtually’ train the British army for its next war. Like father, like son, writes SOLOMON HUGHES 

Structures partially submerged in mud brought in by flash floods stand at the banks of the Trishuli river in Nepal's Nuwakot district, September 3, 2026
China / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ

03-01-2026 of Rangers and Celtic fans in the stands
Men's Football / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
A general view of the ground ahead of the Carabao Cup second round match at Deepdale, Preston, August 26, 2026
Men's Football / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

JAMES NALTON explains how this historic Lancashire clash has become a fixture of the Championship season

01-06-2018 of Jonny Brownlee during the photocall at The Brownlee Centre, Leeds
Men's Athletics / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton during second practice at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy ahead of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 4, 2026
Formula One / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
artwashing
Opinion / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

APURBA CHATTERJEE explains how British artists in India used the “picturesque” to reshape colonial landscapes and celebrate imperial power

12 angry
Theatre Review / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

PAUL DONOVAN welcomes a revival of Reginald Rose’s classic play that reminds us of the fundamental need for trials with juries

Wobbler
Theatre Review / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026

SIMON PARSONS applauds an exceptional performance of Wesker’s little-known play, by the same actor for whom it was written 45 years ago

round up
Cinema / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Late Fame, The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus, and Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

fotw
Film of the Week / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026

ANGUS REID recommends a uniquely accomplished documentary collage that contemplates our relation to the natural world

kant
Book Review / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026

GORDON PARSONS enjoys Kant’s ‘mind-boggling’ theory of human reality: that we create the reality we experience