“The path is difficult to ensure worthiness. The lazy look elsewhere, The persevering find riches.” — Ming-Dao Deng

Parliamentary authorities are already looking into a £5m donation to the Reform Uk leader from the crypto billionaire Christopher HarborneThe latest episode of the Guardian’s Politics Weekly UK podcast is out, and it features Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talking about Nigel Farage and his problem with donations…

A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automationIt’s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it’s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming AI-employment…

In the absence of foreign media, doctors are valuable witnesses to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Daniele Rugo’s documentaryDying children and grieving parents are a fact of her work says Canadian paediatric intensive care doctor Tanya Haj-Hassan. “But Gaza is that continuously,” she adds, wiping away a tear…

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” — Unknown

Meeting of 32 member states comes at crucial time for alliance after tensions with US over Iran and Greenlandin WashingtonThere are growing concerns in Europe that the US defence industrial base is no longer providing the weapons pledged to Nato allies with US stockpiles depleted owing to the conflicts in Ukraine and…

The veteran pop diva has pressed rewind to move forward on her new record – and beneath the bangers fizz a host of emotionally charged memories• Confessions II review – nostalgic dancefloor trip sparks her most vital album in two decades“Madonna never reflects, she’s always moving forward,” Warner PR Liz…

Wildfires raged across southern Europe, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race Continue reading...

Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differsImagine standing in your garden. A bumblebee whizzes overhead too quickly to follow, a sparrow darts from the fence to the trees, and a snail lugs itself across the garden stones. Assume for a moment…

Néstor Lorenzo’s side face Switzerland in Vancouver on Tuesday and will be hoping for the same backing that has shocked opponents so farMexico City, Guadalajara, Miami, Kansas City – Colombia’s World Cup journey has gradually been heading north for three weeks. Thousands of their supporters now descend on…