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GuardianSep 27Preview

Serbia’s populist president Aleksandar Vučić resigns to run for prime minister

Vučić not allowed to seek third presidential term and election will test his grip on rule after widespread protestsSerbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vučić, has resigned to pursue an attempt to become prime minister in an early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country after nearly two years of protests.Vučić’s second presidential term would otherwise end in May next year. He is banned by the constitution from seeking a third term and said he was resigning to lead his rightwing Serbian Progressive party (SNS) in the 25 October ballot. Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 27Preview

Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France

Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France.Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called on the church to reckon with its past, without directly referencing sexual abuse scandals in France that affected at least 330,000 children over seven decades. Continue reading...

Jennifer RankinPope Leo XIVChild protection

BBCSep 27Preview

Before BTS and Blackpink, there was Big Bang: Now the Kings of K-pop are back

Big Bang played London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, marking a long-awaited return for the group that helped build the blueprint for modern K-pop.

GuardianSep 27Preview

Camo’s back: noughties pop’s military style is on the march again

A look evoking memories of All Saints and Destiny’s Child has fashion editors, Brad Pitt and the high street all blending inDiscussing their style while in All Saints, Nicole and Natalie Appleton said earlier this year that some things don’t change: “Army trousers and combat trousers will always be a staple with us.”If, for a long time after All Saints’ noughties heyday, the sisters would have known this look was not the height of fashion, things have changed in 2026. Judging by those attending shows at London fashion week this month, camo is very much back. Continue reading...

Lauren CochraneFashionLife and style

BBCSep 26Preview

China's new youth idol isn't a pop star - he's an academic

China's economy and tech have developed at breakneck speed, but there is plenty worrying its Gen Z.

NPRSep 26Preview

Pope warns a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity. He raises concerns about artificial intelligence, nuclear arms, and human rights during his visit to France.(Image credit: Teresa Suarez)

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NYTSep 25Preview

Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style, Dies at 68

With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.

Adam NossiterRinger, Catherine (1957-2026)Deaths (Obituaries)

NYTSep 25Preview

Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Tours Secular France

After visiting Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day trip to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.

Motoko Rich and Mark LandlerFranceLeo XIV

NYTSep 25Preview

Pope Leo Signals Support for Journalists Targeted by Trump

Asked about the Trump administration’s restrictions on journalists, Leo told reporters accompanying him on a flight to France that they were “all welcome.”

Motoko RichFranceLeo XIV