MBDA parts for bombs that the IDF deploys in Gaza - our investigation with @arianelavrilleux.com @juliettegarside.bsky.social @manisha.bsky.social for @disclosengo.bsky.social @theguardian.com and @ftm.eu is shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025...

The shortlist for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism is out: ten investigations on a brilliant range of subjects. Very proud to have worked on 2 of them, with colleagues @manisha.bsky.social @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and @pjotrsauer.bsky.social daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025...

Here is a nice picture of Elena Zhukova, the ex-mother in law or Roman Abramovich (and granny to his children), with her husband Rupert Murdoch at the state dinner given by King Charles for Donald Trump last night.

Three out of the six declared candidates for the deputy leadership of Labour back a wealth tax: Emily Thornberry, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Paula Barker. Here is Bell on why she wants the UK to introduce a wealth tax: labourlist.org/2025/08/weal...

'To end austerity, wealth taxes are a moral and economic necessity' - LabourList

Wealth taxes aren’t a silver bullet but they are a crucial piece in the puzzle, helping raise the money needed to deliver real change and signal to the public that we are on their side.

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These three stories are the most read pieces by the Guardian’s business team over the last 7 days. Can you spot the theme? Here’s the link to my report on the battle over Norway’s wealth tax. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

On the day of his election as leader of the Green Party, @zackpolanski.bsky.social has chosen to write for the Guardian not about the environment, but about how to tax wealth. This is a moment, for Labour, for the unions and for those they choose to finance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is the Green party’s moment – not Farage’s. As leader, I’ll offer real solutions to Britain’s problems | Zack Polanski

For too long, the richest in this country have accumulated wealth at the expense of the poorest. It can’t go on like this, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

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"Without meaningful anti-SLAPP protections that can level the playing field and make sure the justice system serves everyone equally, there are few structural protections to prevent this happening again. For that reason we need a universal anti-SLAPP law without delay." antislapp.uk/2025/08/22/t...

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition welcomes the judgment in the legal action brought against The Guardian by Noel Clarke - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition welcomes the High Court’s judgement that found in favour of The Guardian in relation to the legal action brought by the actor, producer and filmmaker, Noel Clarke.

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Today is a good day for press freedom. This important decision by the High Court protects the rights of women who speak out against abuse, and of the journalists who seek to tell their stories. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy

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It’s the big question for the chancellor - should Rachel Reeves bring in a UK wealth tax? I looked at Spain, which has had one for years, and increased it after Covid. The result? It doesn’t raise much, but it’s popular, and there was no billionaire exodus. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How Spain put up wealth taxes - without chasing away the billionaires

Amid calls for Rachel Reeves to bring in a new levy for the super-rich, Madrid offers lessons for policymakers

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My colleague Shaun Walker attended the funeral of reporter Viktoriia Roshchyna in Kyiv today. She died alone and in unimaginable suffering, somewhere inside Russia, after being taken captive. Her body was returned in February and finally buried today 💔 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The man who would be France’s next president: Gabriel Attal on Brexit, controlling migration and his intentions for the 2027 presidential race www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘We are waking from a long sleep’: France’s ex-PM Gabriel Attal on revitalising relations with the UK

The leader of Macron’s party wants to tackle teenage screen addiction, ban headscarves for girls under 15 and bring France closer to Britain. On a visit to London, he discusses Ukraine, immigration – ...

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Zelenskyy is pushing Russia to release 200 civilians - political prisoners and journalists - as part of the peace talks deal to exchange combatants As the Guardian highlighted in the #viktoriiaProject Russia is holding 16k Ukrainian civilians in appalling conditions detector.media/infospace/ar...

Зеленський: Під час майбутнього обміну в Україну можуть також повернути журналістів і політв’язнів

За словами президента України, під час перемовин з Росією у Стамбулі домовилися обміняти 1000 військовополонених, а також порушили питання щодо можливого додаткового обміну у форматі «200 на 200».

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‼️ Agents from Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security detained four current and former employees of OCCRP's member center Kloop today. Authorities have not given a reason for either arrest, Kloop said. #PressFreedom

Congratulations to this year’s @europeanpressprize.bsky.social winners. As a member of the committee I read over 100 entries. It was a rich and mind expanding experience! Each winner and runner up is republished, in English and paywall free. Enjoy! www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

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🏆 The moment has finally arrived! The Winners of the 2025 European Press Prize are out now! A huge congratulations to this year’s Winners and Runners-Up! Thank you to everyone who participated! www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

Lords watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘erroneous’ travel claims

Lords watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘erroneous’ travel claims

Earl of Shrewsbury is fifth peer to face an inquiry after Guardian reporting into upper house The House of Lords watchdog has launched an investigation into a Conservative hereditary peer who admitted he “erroneously” made claims last year for travel expenses he did not incur. He is the fifth peer to face an inquiry after Guardian reporting into the upper house. The Earl of Shrewsbury is being examined for a potential breach of rules after revelations he received reimbursement for mileage for four journeys between his home in Derbyshire and Stafford station, which he cannot have made as he was either in London or Liverpool. Ian Duncan, a Conservative peer who helped to secure a meeting with a government minister for a Canadian nuclear technology company he was advising. Richard Dannatt, a former head of the army who offered to secure meetings with ministers for undercover Guardian reporters posing as commercial clients wanting to lobby the government. David Evans of Watford, a Labour peer who referred himself to the watchdog after facing cash-for-access questions following undercover filming with Lord Evans. Continue reading...

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Viktoriia Roshchyna ventured into occupied Ukraine to investigate the Russian 'black sites' - then ended up in one herself. Here, Michael Safi speaks to @manisha.bsky.social and I about Vika and the detention and torture of thousands of other civilians. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one – podcast

Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Juliette Garside and Manisha Ganguly report

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Thank you to @tinabrownlm.bsky.social for the opportunity to tell the tragic story of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity, at today's Truth Tellers summit. With the formidable @laurentrichard.bsky.social and Katya Adler. Watch here sirharrysummit.org/watch/

This week I've been writing about the death in Russian captivity of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna. She was tortured, she was just 27. And she was one of the 16k civilians Russia has abducted since 2022. I spoke about it to Anita Rani on BBC Woman's Hour www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Viktoriia Roshchyna investigation, The Names, Met Gala fashion

Journalists have pieced together the final months of a female Ukrainian journalist's life.

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Yesterday we published our investigation into torture & death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna. Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured

Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.

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Viktoriia Roshchyna crossed the frontline to investigate one of Russia's least talked about war crimes - the brutal detention and torture of 16,000 civilians from occupied Ukraine. She died in Russian custody, a victim of the horrors she had set out to expose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months

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"I thought I'll give it a go, see how I get on"...Mark ended up losing £27,000 - a year's salary - to investment fraud. Now he's in debt, struggling with the repayments. Listening back to his calls with the scammers, it's easy to see how he was taken in www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Exposed: listening in on a $35m phone scam – podcast

What can a major leak teach us about how call-centre fraudsters work? Simon Goodley reports

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What do 1.9 terabytes of leaked documents, records of money flows, and audio recordings from inside scam call centers reveal? The merciless world of professional scammers, who steal their victims’ life savings — and then come back for more. Inside #ScamEmpire👇 www.occrp.org/en/project/s...

Scam Empire: Inside A Merciless International Investment Scam

An unprecedented leak exposes the inner workings of a global investment-scam industry, where ruthless call center agents make millions while destroying lives around the world.

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Most of us know a friend or a relative who has lost money to online scammers. What we didn’t know until now are that British citizens are targeted more than any other group. Canadians come second. Why? Because they are relatively wealthy and speak English. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

The British Virgin Islands are a clash with UK Gov over financial crime which threatens to escalate into a constitutional standoff, from @byrobdavies.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

British Virgin Islands accused of ‘shameful’ attempt to avoid financial crime crackdown

MPs write to premier over BVI proposals for new register of who owns firms registered on islands

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A number of members of the House of Lords have visited Azerbaijan recently, on paid trips. Human rights groups say endorsements from peers risk legitimising this authoritarian regime, ruled over by one family for decades. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

String of UK peers accepted free trips to authoritarian Azerbaijan

Human rights groups say endorsements by members of the House of Lords hosting events and acting as election observers risk legitimising regime

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Guardian wins features and sports prizes at British journalism ceremony

Sirin Kale rewarded for features journalism while Rob Davies and Jacob Steinberg win for Abramovich investigation

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Hats off to the genuinely brilliant @byrobdavies.bsky.social - and his ridiculously talented accomplice @simonlock.bsky.social - who for the first time showed us exactly how Roman Abramovich bent the rules at Chelsea FC

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Winners of the Sports Journalism category are @simonlock.bsky.social @byrobdavies.bsky.social @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and @theguardian.com for their joint work “exposing the less salubrious machinations behind the lucrative world of football” #BritishJournalismAwards

Labour peer Margaret Hodge has been named anti-corruption champion. She'll have limited powers but a big loudhailer. This is a signal foreign secretary David Lammy is serious about stemming the flow of dirty money through London. Facilitators beware... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’

Labour peer says she will combat ‘corruption and the illicit finance that flows from it, both at home and abroad’

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Messages of support keep coming, thank you all. Sheila Hancock, actor and social justice campaigner, had this to say: "I am deeply worried about what's happening. The Observer and The Guardian must not be diminished in any way.” #savetheobserver 🙏🏻

What Polly Toynbee says! ⬇️ (Also, everyone, come down to Guardian HQ today for more @shattenstone.bsky.social loud hailer action. He does excellent comedy chants too 😂) m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OK...

Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed newspaper sale

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