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Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally

Companies supplying ‘freelance’ workers contacted by minister over practices that could breach employment law

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‘How Innocent Do They Have to Be?’: Texas’ First Scheduled Execution of 2025 Raises Thorny Questions

Steven Nelson says he was a lookout for a robbery that ended in a pastor’s death. He’s set to be killed by the state February 5.

Texas Observer

In Austin, a Rare Prosecution over Worker Death in Trench Collapse

Travis County’s progressive DA has secured indictments for the 2021 death of Juan José Galvan Batalla, remembered as a “cheerful” hard worker and beloved sibling.

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The Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal hangs by a thread. This is what must happen for peace to last

Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas both have reasons to collapse the agreement. Honest brokers must do all they can to keep it alive, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

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Call for ‘censorship culture’ to end as Unity Mitford’s German diary is revealed

Extracts from Mitford’s papers published but many more archives concerning British fascists remain concealed

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‘Young women can fall pregnant very easily’: inside the wild west of smartphone fertility apps

Observer analysis finds unregulated products being promoted as contraception despite concerns about their accuracy

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Marcus Rashford’s holiday scheme for kids wins reprieve from spending cuts

Concerns had been mounting over future of £200m a year scheme providing food and activities for vulnerable children

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As a writer, Neil Gaiman is a serial fantasist. That, it seems, also applies to his feminism

Allegations of sexual misconduct are proving hard for fans and friends of the ‘geek royalty’ author to process

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Looking back on National Service in 1970

Ten years after the last callup, the Observer assessed attitudes, which were perhaps surprisingly positive, to compulsory recruitment in the armed forces

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‘Finally it’s happening. I know he’s still alive’: Families of Israeli hostages await nervously the return of their loved ones

The fate of captives held by Hamas is in the balance until they are finally swapped for Palestinian prisoners

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Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme

Home Office official says data protection laws caused the cost of its forced removal programme to increase

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Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

The Guardian - UK

This Gaza ceasefire deal is tainted by Trump, Netanyahu and their disregard for peace

From these beginnings must come a just and lasting settlement for Palestinians and Israelis alike – and a reckoning, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator, Simon Tisdall

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The Border Propagandist

Jaeson Jones, a confidante of incoming federal border czar Tom Homan, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico.

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Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection

Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot

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Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2024 raises more than £1.7m

More than 15,800 readers gave highest sum raised by annual appeal since 2016 to support victims of war and conflict

The Guardian - UK

Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World by Dan Hancox review – a hymn to coming together

A celebration of ‘capitalism-subverting, ego-transcending’ mass gatherings – from Peterloo to M25 raves, Orgreave to Notting Hill carnival

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UK government to crack down on MPs earning extra cash from media firms

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage are among those who have earned large sums from broadcasters, but a tightening of rules on MPs’ outside interests is being considered

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‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister has a plan for a new kind of governance

Kristrún Frostadóttir, who entered politics just four years ago, speaks to the Observer about feminism, the far right and reopening talks on joining the EU

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‘So immoral’: gig economy workers charged fee to get paid quicker

Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform told to wait up to 30 days for earnings or be charged for quick payment

The Guardian - UK

The Jesus Lizard review – US rockers relive past glories, with added phlegm

Force of nature David Yow and band tour their superb first album in 26 years with a growling, spit-flecked fusion of pummelling songs and acerbic wit

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Is a brain-stimulation headset the answer to depression?

The makers of a device that delivers small electrical impulses to the brain are hailing the technology as a groundbreaking mental health treatment, but others are sceptical

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Guardian and Observer readers give more than £1.5m for victims of war

Charity appeal reaches milestone with a weekend left for supporters to continue giving

Texas Observer

Texas Gave $1 Million in Expert Contracts to Defend Border Buoys in Court

Records reveal additional costs of the controversial Rio Grande barrier that the governor describes as “low-cost.”

Texas Observer

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