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PFAS This article is more than 11 months old‘All-natural’ Simply Tropical juice has high toxic PFAS levels, lawsuit allegesThis article is more than 11 months oldCoca-Cola claimed juice was healthy despite toxic ‘forever chemicals’ levels ‘hundreds of times’ above federal limits, suit says A new class-action lawsuit in the US alleges Coca-Cola and Simply Tropical fruit juice deceived customers with claims of an all-natural, healthy product when the juice has been found to be contaminated with toxic PFAS at levels “hundreds of times” above federal advisory limits for drinking water.

28 Dec 202322.29 GMTI’ll leave you with Jacob Steinberg’s match report. Thanks for joining me, and Happy New Year. Arsenal’s title hopes hit as old boy Mavropanos helps West Ham to winRead more28 Dec 202322.25 GMTHere’s Jarrod Bowen: “We knew it was going to be difficult, but we wanted to follow up the Man United result. We haven’t been consistent enough and we wanted to change that. We play Brighton in a few days, we want to go there and win as well.

ArtBryan Saunders has created 50 self-portraits under the influence of everything from Valium to lighter fluid. Does that make him an outsider artist, or a troubled man in need of help?Brian Saunders and his drug-fuelled self-portraits. Troy StainsJohnson City, Tennessee, is a long way from bustling, well-to-do Nashville, a five-hour trip by car. The man I've come to visit, Bryan Saunders, lives on the fourth floor of a housing project called the John Sevier Centre.

Jane Bown: a life in photography – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Her first commission for the Observer was a portrait of philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1949. From then, Bown photographed the great and the good, the rich and the poor, the ordinary and extraordinary with a compassionate and gentle eye Jane Bown, revered Observer photographer, dies age 89

World news This article is more than 23 years oldPalestinians' rights do not include the right to JerusalemThis article is more than 23 years oldElie WieselThe current peace proposal would put much of the area under Arab control Special report: Israel and the Middle East As a Jew living in the United States, I have long denied myself the right to intervene in Israel's internal debates. I consider Israel's destiny mine as well, since my own memory is bound up with its history.

Media blog AustraliaRupert Murdoch This article is more than 10 years oldRupert Murdoch divorce: money to Wendi Deng hangs on prenuptialThis article is more than 10 years oldNews Corp's founder paid out £1.1bn when he divorced Anna Torv, but lawyers don't think that will be repeatedWhen Rupert Murdoch divorced his second wife Anna Torv in 1998, it reportedly cost the tycoon $1.7bn (£1.1bn), of which $110m was in cash. That figure has largely been dismissed as inaccurate today by two Murdoch authors, Neil Chenoweth and Michael Wolff and by one other former News Corporation executive who say her settlement was much nobler – she gave her rights to family stock to the children.

The Observer3DSReviewNintendo 3DS, Rising Star, cert: 3If the Shifting World title sounds familiar, it is because the 2D platforming game started life as a range of cult browser titles, playable on the internet. Back in 2008 that series was named Shift, and charmed many who stumbled upon its stark monochrome visuals and brilliantly simple core gameplay mechanic. And as it was with Shift, so it is with Shifting World. For this 3DS version, there is only black-and-white.

Jessica Valenti columnWomen This article is more than 8 years oldWhy is it still legal to take creepshots of women in public places?This article is more than 8 years oldJessica ValentiWhen Jase Dillan turned a camera on a man allegedly filming women’s clothed privates on a public street, he said he doesn’t need permission – and he’s right Jase Dillan was running some errands on Boston’s Newbury Street last week when she noticed something odd: a man was filming her even as he tried to conceal his camera.

Local politics This article is more than 7 months oldWoking council declares bankruptcy with £1.2bn deficitThis article is more than 7 months oldPrevious Tory leadership embarked on risky investment spree involving hotels and skyscrapers Woking council has declared it is in effect bankrupt after admitting a risky investment spree involving hotels and skyscrapers overseen by its former Conservative administration had left it facing a deficit of £1.2bn. In what is thought to be the biggest financial failure in local government history, the Surrey council said it had issued a section 114 notice on Wednesday in response to “unprecedented financial challenges” facing the town.