The Observer - 31 Aug 2025
The waist land
Britain’s new black market in weight loss drugs
Susie Orbach: fat is still a feminist issue
Eli Lilly ramps up Mounjaro prices
How bubble tea became a global phenomenon
Russian attack hits British HQ in Kyiv
Desperate measures for French government
Mounjaro maker slims down price increase
Asylum seekers can stay at Epping hotel
Blair joins Trump to talk postwar Gaza
Gove defends Rayner in row over Hove flat
Pope ‘delighted’ UK ceding Chagos Islands
‘If you go back to World War Two … every major conflict, they all end with some kind of negotiation’
Swifties swoon over a stellar engagement
Can’t stay, can’t return: the 10,000 Afghans stuck in limbo in the UK
As cost of weight loss drug soars, fears that those who need it most will be left behind
So sick to make money out of body distress
Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro price bloats
As cost of weight loss drug soars, fears that those who need it most will be left behind
So sick to make money out of body distress
Donors desert Starmer over Gaza, first-year failures and freebies fallout
PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster No 10 team
We loved Costa and all the rest. But artisan brands are now ruling the roast
The British love affair with coffee
Sorry, but I can’t get too upset if the big chains become has-beans...
Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return of Russia’s reigning prima donna
Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return of Russia’s reigning prima donna
Western firms make move to get back into Russia as peace efforts signal end of isolation
Pope’s support for the Chagossians echoes far beyond the Vatican’s walls
Queen Elizabeth II ‘was a remainer’
Pope’s support for the Chagossians echoes far beyond the Vatican’s walls
‘No one wants to live in a world where journalists are killed live on television’
Bolsonaro trial will at long last challenge the military’s iron grip on Brazil’s destiny
World football can strike a blow against Israel – if it has the courage
Timeline
Riding the Beast to America
‘It’s un-American’: governor defiant in face of Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago
From New Jersey to Germany: a rabbi’s search for liberalism
‘It’s un-American’: governor defiant in face of Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago
The fightback
Sir Keir can refresh his Number 10 crew but they still need the captain to steer the ship
If Farage starts deporting ‘illegals’ en masse, the ‘legals’ had better watch out Kenan Malik
US sisters, take note: don’t diss our repressed British blokes. That’s our job Barbara Ellen
A modern Enlightenment is possible Will Hutton
There’s a cancer treatment revolution – but Britain is being left behind Martha Gill
Dear Keir*
Justice observed
Face down Reform
Matchless reporting
Maisie Cowell
Bad call
History written off
Human rights treaty exists for good reasons
For the record
Braking news
Upfront cartoon
How to deal with able-bodied cynicism? Laugh
In the frame Venice international film festival | 27.08.2025
Rob Reiner
Angela Mortimer
Eleonora’s falcon
Trump’s war on the Fed sparks inflation warning
Reeves feels the pinch as bond yields squeeze spending room
Snarl-up for Tesla as China’s BYD powers on
Vital statistics
P&O’s ‘most hated boss’ abandons ship
Meta’s star AI hires have change of heart
OpenAI faces lawsuit over teenage suicide
Owner of Trump’s Truth Social climbs on ‘crypto treasury’ wagon
Stock markets moved by Taylor Swift news
Ørsted shares dive as Trump halts windfarm
Labour’s taking on Reform – and it’s about time too
Chip titan Nvidia reports soaring profits but an AI crash could send it back to Earth
Trump’s Warp Speed surprise mixes the message on vaccines
Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan grows
Poor CEO pipelines reveal British short-term outlook
AI cause of job losses for under 25s
No one will admit fault for missed flight fiasco
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