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GuardianOct 7Preview

Trump-backed Ken Paxton reportedly blames Iran war and high gas prices for midterms struggles as president heads to Texas – live

Leaked audio shows state’s attorney general tell fundraiser affordability is his campaign’s biggest problem; Trump due to speak in Texas on WednesdayCalifornia to ‘actively monitor’ possible threats after Trump said Iran could ‘take out’ LA and San DiegoSign up for the Breaking News US emailTonight, we’ll have another set of midterm debates. In Iowa, we’ll see Republican nominee Ashley Hinson face off against Democrat Josh Turek, a state representative and Paralympian.The race has become one of the most competitive of this cycle, despite the fact a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate election there since 2008. Turek, however, trails by just a point in several recent polls. And Hinson, who currently serves as a congresswoman, has pushed back on Donald Trump’s agenda of late. This includes calling for an end on the war in Iran, despite consistently voting against war powers resolutions in the Hou

Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)US midterm elections 2026US politics

GuardianOct 7Preview

‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors

Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from LondonIsrael marks three years since 7 October attack – liveThe UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few signs that it was at the centre of a geopolitical controversy this week, with little movement around the high-walled building save the fluttering of the union jack and the occasional car exiting the compound.The mission is to shut its doors on Thursday after Israel ordered its closure in response to a UK ban on trade with illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and sanctions on those who help build or finance them. Continue reading...

William Christou and Sufian Taha in JerusalemIsraelWest Bank

GuardianOct 7Preview

US Midterms: What are they and why do presidents dread them? - explainer

The US midterms may not be as much of a spectacle as the presidential elections, but they are just as important and can completely change not just the course of a presidential term, but federal legislation for years to come. The Guardian unpacks how these elections work, what the results mean and how they affect American life. Continue reading...

Laure Boulinier, Sofia Couceiro and Boglarka KosztolanyiUS midterm elections 2026US politics

GuardianOct 7Preview

Why do billionaires have so many children if they’re not prepared to parent them? | Arwa Mahdawi

Kim Kardashian’s revelation that she has five nannies for four children caused a ruckus. But the world of the ultra-wealthy throws up far more extreme approaches to childcare“I have the best advice for women in business,” Kim Kardashian told Variety in 2022. “Get your fucking ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.”The billionaire got a lot of flak for this comment but no one can accuse her of being a hypocrite. It takes serious graft to spin a sex tape into lasting fame and a business empire. That said, like many high-flyers who preach the importance of hard work, the Skims co-founder isn’t above outsourcing the less glamorous domestic labour. She has primary custody of the four kids she shares with her ex-husband, Kanye West, and, according to an interview with the Sunday Times, employs five nannies to take care of them: “One nanny on duty, four on rotation,” sh

Arwa MahdawiKim KardashianParents and parenting

GuardianOct 7Preview

‘Curious and circumspect creatures’: the artist making sculptures for the rats of New York City

For his latest project, Asad Raza made ‘public art’ for rats with pieces designed to appeal to the city’s maligned rodents“We call this the Hell Door,” artist Asad Raza explained animatedly. It’s 10pm on a warm August evening, and we are standing outside a small enclosure at the back of a seafood restaurant under the Manhattan Bridge that to any other passersby would have been invisible. “Are you ready?” he asks and, with my OK, pulls the door open to reveal what looks like 100 rats cascading over the dumpsters stored in this small, dimly lit room and scampering away into their secret passages in the walls and floor.This foul-smelling, grime-encrusted site is just one of more than 20 that Raza, and his team of three installers – fellow artists Devyn Gallindo, Kunning Huang and Jared Packard – have identified across New York City as prime locations for, as he calls it, “public art for rat

Hannah KayArtArt and design

GuardianOct 7Preview

‘My first photographs coincided with me falling in love’: why children have always adored taking pictures

What makes someone pick up a camera at a young age, and what can their images tell us? A new book and show explore why a child’s first photo could be as formative as their first recordWhat was the first photograph you took? Though most of us use cameraphones every day, few think about how the habit started or even why we choose the pictures we keep. Photography is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, typically picked up in childhood, but its impact – particularly pre-smartphone and digital imagery – has not been much studied. This lapse fascinates Annebella Pollen, professor of visual and material culture at the University of Brighton.“My generation is used to being asked: ‘What was the first record you bought?’ Music is seen as a key part of identity formation, but what if something similar crystallises when we handle a camera?” she asks. “I certainly remember my first photos,

Alice FisherPhotographyCulture