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UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea

Decision was widely expected after lobbying by Shell but will dismay environmental campaigners

UK inflation rises by more than expected to 3.5% as war drives up fuel prices

Increase in annual price growth in September comes amid fears rate will breach 4% next year

This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?

As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides

Three ideas for how to deal with Thames Water

The Guardian proposes emergency legislation, public control via the courts or stripping the utility company of its licence

‘I can charge my car for £6’: could new rules cut costs for EV drivers?

Owners in England with no driveway can now slash their costs by installing a cross-pavement gully – but it’s a postcode lottery

Jess Phillips hopes supreme court ‘sees sense’ and overturns domestic abuse ruling

Court of appeal decision prevents woman from suing police and CPS for disclosing her address to violent ex-partner

Pakistan arrests man wanted by US over $126m postage fraud case - BBC

AFP warns Australia of ‘tsunami of youth crime’ and radicalisation accelerated by AI

Children as young as 12 among dozens subject to federal police operations since 2020, parliamentary inquiry hears

No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

AFP commissioner says MPs are generally concerned about growing volume of abuse and intimidation

Streeting delays defence jobs plan for young people after union pushback

UK defence secretary had been due to unveil proposals on Thursday until concerns were raised at 11th hour

‘A difficult line’: meet the editors tackling Wikipedia’s arms trade pages

Volunteers and new recruits come together for ‘wikithon’ to put more detail about industry into public domain

World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says

Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body

The humble one-celled alga that helped scientists win the Nobel prize

Chlamydomonas and its light-sensing protein help show how memories, feelings and behaviour form in our brains

From strife-torn France to the UK, rightwing populists win when they stir chaos while promising order | Rafael Behr

Marine Le Pen and Donald Trump are arsonists who play at being firefighters. Nigel Farage is finding that act harder to pull off in Andy Burnham’s Britain, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says

Archaeologist says skeleton inside coffin inscribed to Valerius Amandinus is likely to be remains of 11th-century abbot

Troubled waters: life during wartime for Iranians on the strait of Hormuz

Despite US-Israeli airstrikes and Tehran’s attacks on shipping, the waterway still has to provide a lifeline for those that live and work there

UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTok

Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff

Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro family