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After a string of setbacks and humiliations that include the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, Iran has fired its long-range missiles directly at Israel. As Binyamin Netanyahu and his generals ponder their next move, there are obvious targets and huge unknowns.

Editorial: The prime minister will struggle to get a better deal in Brussels if he is afraid to make a pro-European argument at home

Editorial: The Biden administration has squandered the authority it rebuilt, but a second Trump term would be still more destructive

Trump’s running mate is now trying to put on a civilised face. But that is clashing queasily with his extreme outlook, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

There’s a famous scene in Bruno where Sacha Baron Cohen interviews a catwalk model backstage at a fashion show. “It’s the hardest job in the world isn’t it?” he asks her mockingly. “You’ve got to remember, like, to put your right leg forward, and then your left leg forward, and…

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Fish and chips. I remember when I was a kid, me and my family used to head to our local chippy on the estate in Battersea once a week. There was no better feeling than knowing you were going to get home with your freshly battered cod, fresh cut chips…

All four have generated media headlines, but the winner will be whoever most impresses party members, at conference and at home

Today is the day the four remaining candidates for Conservative party leader will be hoping for their David Cameron moment. Nearly two decades ago, the fresh-faced MP for Witney delivered a speech to the party faithful without notes. And in doing so, thrust himself into the leadership and, ultimately, Downing…

Trump’s running mate had the greasy self-assurance of someone used to lying to people he thinks are stupid