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The news from Ukraine is grave – to echo Churchill’s speech on the fall of France in 1940. Today the talk among advisers and analysts is less of possible victory for Ukrainians, but how they can avoid defeat.

A vote for Donald Trump next week is also a vote for Elon Musk. He’ll have even greater power than the US president, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Editorial: More than 200 deaths and widespread destruction in Valencia are the latest sign of danger in a warming world

Editorial: This week’s budget provided an emergency injection of cash for struggling councils. But a bigger vision is needed

I know first-hand that secure work and a secure home are the foundations of a better life for ordinary Britons. That defines our mission, says deputy prime minister Angela Rayner

My all-time favourite “line to take” – that is, the set of pre-agreed talking points politicians stick to – came from general election night 2001. Tony Blair’s Labour Party was romping towards a second successive landslide, and the media was searching for a more interesting story. Turns out, it was…

Where will Rachel Reeves find billions for a tunnel from Old Oak Common to Euston? Private development is one answer, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

We don’t yet know whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will prevail in Tuesday’s contest – but when we do, it won’t feel hard to explain, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

They make nice with him when it suits, ridicule him when he’s not listening. Their lives are money and gossip – with him they get both, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

J D Vance is right that London doesn’t feel English. It’s so much more than that and always has been.

The 2024 election is in part about whether women can be free and equal citizens of this republic. Right now too many cannot