Former Pakistan leader Nawaz Sharif returns from exile in bid to regain power
Ex-prime minister seeks to unite opposition to Imran Khan ahead of next year’s elections

Ex-prime minister seeks to unite opposition to Imran Khan ahead of next year’s elections
Former Manchester United footballer was a key member of the World Cup winning team in 1966
Allowing political parties to buy boats and planes out of public funds is just one of Brasília’s moves away from accountability
Gains for precious metal break its long-term correlation with US Treasuries
Chair of retail group will depart by 2025
Jason Furman and others write to Sunak in push to fend off industry requests for more leeway in appealing against enforcement
When the electric pick-up arrives, it will take Elon Musk into the most lucrative part of the N American market
Government took over Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock during 2008 financial crisis
Failure to agree on loss and damage arrangements sets course for difficult COP28
A new government will have its work cut out to roll back the rightwing nationalist capture of the state
Trucks carrying medicines and tinned food cross from Egypt after intense diplomatic efforts
Plus, media rights gloom, the WNBA super team era
What can be done to improve the family courts and the lives damaged when parents go to battle over custody of their children?
Sanguinetti captures life on a small Argentine farm in La Pampa, the country’s vast, empty flatlands
The UK’s legal framework has been bolted together over centuries, and not always in the most efficient way
Australia’s got a wine glut — but it’s not proving easy to take advantage of it
This is a conflict that has always flared beyond its own contested borders, making any solution infinitely harder
Food waste specialists acknowledge consumer behaviour can be difficult to change
We are at last returning to a world where risk and return can be priced in a more real way after the artificial era of cheap money
She was known for her gentle skewering of world leaders, and her commitment to free expression in her beloved Lebanon
The choice of all-electric cars is growing by the day, so which one should you buy?
In our age of division and conflict, it requires reflection to focus on all that we have in common. That’s where art can help
As the cinematic instalment of her US tour opened last weekend, audiences got up close and personal like never before
The likes of Sam Bankman-Fried and Liz Truss crave certainties in the mess of adult life