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GuardianSep 27Preview

Sunrise, stilts and prize-winning guinea pigs: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 27Preview

Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? | Tom Baldwin

The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for allTony Blair can, apparently, sound slightly wistful when he describes how he once had a cloak-and-dagger meeting with Andy Burnham, who wanted to talk to him about standing for the party leadership. Before anyone gets too excited, however, this wasn’t in the past few months, during which Burnham succeeded in landing the job. The story dates back to 2010. That was when he was a callow member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet and understandably wary of his boss discovering not only his ambition to take over if Labour lost the looming general election, but also from whom he wanted advice.Much has changed since then, not least Burnham himself. His journey out of Westminster and back again – which in his telling has become an almost spiritual pilgrimage of personal redempti

Tom BaldwinAndy BurnhamLabour

GuardianSep 27Preview

Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight

Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate marketImages of an octogenarian being evicted from the home she had lived in for seven decades on a stretcher, flanked by protesters and police officers, have sparked indignation across Spain.At the weekend, days after the first protests began, Madrid’s central Sol plaza was still full of anger at the treatment of Maricarmen Abascal. Tens of thousands of people marched through Spain’s capital on Saturday, rattling keys as they called for measures to curb rising housing costs and make evictions more difficult. Some brought tents and sleeping bags, announcing plans to set up a protest camp. Come Sunday, many were still there: their demand, a nationwide reckoning over access to housing. Continue reading...

Ashifa Kassam in MadridSpainEurope

GuardianSep 27Preview

Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak

New York film festival: The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effectsEven by the standards of older movie stars catching a major second wind later in their careers, Godzilla pulled off an impressive reclamation of the spotlight three years ago. Godzilla Minus One, the most recent reboot featuring the 70-year-old kaiju – the version(s) from his native Japan, mind, not the Americanized one concurrently starring in a series of Warner Bros blockbusters opposite King Kong – wasn’t just another monster-movie success. It fully crossed over, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie ever released in North America, and won an Academy Award to boot for its terrific visual effects. Now. Japanese Godzilla characters are mainstream enough to pop up in Happy Meals, and the Toho-made sequel Godzilla Minus Zero is world

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GuardianSep 24Preview

Tell us: do you enjoy listening to music on CDs?

Is this a recent development, or are you a die-hard compact disc fan? What do you like about the format?Despite the prevalence of music streaming services, CDs players appear to be having a resurgence.John Lewis said searches are up 96% since July, and portable CD players are also proving popular, which chimes with a report this year that found CD sales are up 16%. Continue reading...

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BBCSep 23Preview

UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget

Higher energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East and climate change could hit growth.