The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Harry Kane claims men’s Ballon d’Or to end England’s 25-year wait for winner [11d]
• Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports [11d]
• Massachusetts lesbian bar makes frantic effort to find new owners after relaxing masking policy [11d]
• Justice department charges ex-FBI director James Comey for third time [11d]
• Jordan attacks militants in Syria in retaliation for last week’s church attack [11d]
• British politicians among international delegates barred from entering West Bank [11d]
• John Anderson obituary [11d]
• Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools [11d]
• Netanyahu reportedly pressured military to attack Iran in run-up to election [11d]
• iPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handset [11d]
• As students we never sought power – here’s how we reclaimed Serbia | Novak Simin [11d]
• Ballon d’Or 2026: updates from 70th edition in London – live [11d]
• ‘I, The TrUssTER, will NeveR die’ – Liz Truss’s Bank Job, digested by John Crace [11d]
• Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts [11d]
• The Guardian view on Lula’s comeback: a victory for Brazil and the world, as well as a Trump rebuff | Editorial [11d]
• The Guardian view on Serbia’s student revolution: from principled protest to power | Editorial [11d]
• England fret over Fin Smith’s fitness for looming Australia match [11d]
• No10 clarifies Burnham’s stance on Brexit after he hinted at return to freedom of movement [11d]
• Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90 [11d]
• Brazil: how did Lula beat far-right Bolsonaro? | The Latest [11d]
• Did you solve it? A magical melody from the Mozart of math [11d]
• Michael Carrick attends Manchester United training ground as club discuss his fate [11d]
• Serbia’s Student List preparing for talks on forming government despite no clear leader [11d]
• Mourinho’s plan comes together as Real Madrid relaunch with clásico statement | Sid Lowe [11d]
• Mac DeMarco review – glowing melodies and shirtless antics at Carnegie Hall [11d]
• Self-destructive or helpful? How to harness envy for you benefit [11d]
• Doubles players sign open letter pleading with tennis chiefs to ‘protect’ format [11d]
• ‘Democracy always’: Lula vows no return to dictatorship in Brazil after election win [11d]
• Fifteen-year-old arrested in shooting near Florida university that injured 12 [11d]
• Visa and Mastercard threatened with potential £5bn UK lawsuit over fees [11d]
• Lula miraculously beat the Brazilian far right and Donald Trump. But have no doubt: the region is still in peril | Jordana Timmerman [11d]
• UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’ [11d]
• Catholic bishops accuse Trump White House of turning prayer into campaign photo op [11d]
• Russell Brand had ‘insane sexual appetite’ and bad behaviour on ‘another level’, trial told [11d]
• The horse that ushered in Manchester United’s tragic arc | Jonathan Wilson [11d]
• Audi boss under fire in Germany for Trump rally appearance [11d]
• ‘A cultural moment’: smash hit doc You Can See Everything continues to dazzle America [11d]
• ‘My death was reported in Rolling Stone’: how the Zombies made Time of the Season [11d]
• High-level delegation in Iran in push to avert flare-up of conflict with US [11d]
• Protests, tourists and the Kremlin: Georgia at a crossroads – photo essay [11d]
• ‘Cocaine is the Gollum of drugs’ – and other things we learned from Anthony LaPaglia’s surprisingly juicy memoir [11d]
• A job that changed me: I was a rookie tour guide for art lovers – no one goes harder than active seniors in search of cultural enrichment [11d]
• I used to think I had impeccable taste in music. My kids taught me to stop being a snob | Myke Bartlett [11d]
• Happy Lula supporters and shrapnel art: photos of the day – Monday [11d]
• Meta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansion [11d]
• Davide Ancelotti wants to make a name for himself – will he do it at Lille? [11d]
• Liam Dawson reveals England are ‘gutted’ after ODI series setback against Pakistan [11d]
• Anthropic files for listing on US stock market with valuation of more than $1.5tn [11d]
• Jacinda Ardern joins University of Sydney as lecturer and mentor [11d]
• Never After Dark review – ghostbuster-for-hire meets her match in Japanese exorcism horror [11d]
• On the campaign trail in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed rides a wave of support for Medicare for All [11d]
• Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for crab and spring onion fried rice | Quick and easy [11d]
• Japanese prosecutors charge US marine suspected of robbing and killing woman [11d]
• Chris Brown given suspended sentence over bottle attack at London club [11d]
• What you need to know about the most consequential election in Israel’s history [11d]
• ‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up [11d]
• ‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year: ‘It’s cooler than saying you’re doing more’ [11d]
• Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism [11d]
• Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at University of Washington [11d]
• Donald Trump has been a disaster for rural America | Steven Greenhouse [11d]
• WSL talking points: Russo to Arsenal’s rescue and Olid makes Manchester United progress [11d]
• Trump intensifies anti-Muslim rhetoric against Abdul El-Sayed at Michigan rally – US politics live [11d]
• Australians should prepare for online services to go down unexpectedly as threats rise, cyber agency warns [11d]
• McTominay stars in Napoli draw that leaves Allegri ‘not lucid enough’ to talk [11d]
• About 90,000 properties still without power after two storms strike Britain [11d]
• Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US [11d]
• Siena international photo awards 2026 – in pictures [11d]
• Discontent with Trump buoys Democrats in Ohio: ‘People are disgusted by the corruption’ [11d]
• ‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far [11d]
• The pet I’ll never forget: Clement was hit by a car and left to die in a ditch – then found his beautiful purpose [11d]
• Should we tip on takeout? We weighed all angles and the answer is … [11d]
• Bad Day at the Office review – gratuitously entertaining Go-Pro thriller is like Crank meets The Hangover [11d]
• US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño [11d]
• ‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limbo [11d]
• Harry Styles says his laptop has been dead for six years. Is he just showing off? | Emma Beddington [11d]
• Three roles and a goal: USMNT’s ‘super player’ Alex Freeman is breaking out for Villarreal [11d]
• Tell us: what have you been reading this month? [11d]
• European gas prices soar to four-year high over winter supply fears [11d]
• NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November, says BMA [11d]
• I thought testing bread makers would be easy. 36 loaves later, I may have lost the plot [11d]
• Allotmentcore: why everyone is dressing like Barbara in The Good Life [11d]
• If Democrats win big, will they learn the right lessons from their victory? | Jan-Werner Mueller [11d]
• If the PM reboots the UK for working-class people, unions will be with him. But the time for talking is over | Andrea Egan [11d]
• Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states [11d]
• ‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adults [11d]
• Wolff hails Antonelli’s US Grand Prix demolition as the Italian’s ‘best race yet’ [11d]
• Brexit deal is not good enough for British public, says Andy Burnham [11d]
• Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far [11d]
• I would like to rejoin EU, says Burnham, but ‘British public are the bosses’ – UK politics live [11d]
• Serbia wakes up to new reality after student-led movement ousts Vučić – Europe live [11d]
• All About the Money review – confusion and compelling weirdness of wealthy leftwing heir [11d]
• What are the US midterm elections and why do they matter? [11d]
• ‘He was like 10 men after taking cocaine‘: how Britain’s drug habit is fuelling domestic abuse [11d]
• ‘Vicarious wish-fulfillment’: why That Thing You Do! is my feelgood movie [11d]
• War Is Interested in You by Gideon Rachman review – are we on the brink of world war three? [11d]
• Creaking, smug … and a contender? Aaron Rodgers may yet get his Super Bowl farewell [11d]
• As mega-hit Into the Woods wows the West End, what’s the secret weapon of this Sondheim spectacular? [11d]
• Is it true that … toothpaste is an effective spot treatment? [11d]
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action [11d]
• Exciting new talent in photojournalism: the IPPG 2026 recipients – in pictures [11d]