Iran Boris Johnson warned: focus on Iran crisis or risk warThe Guardian - Toby HelmBoris Johnson will be tested by a major international crisis in his first days as prime minister, senior military figures and politicians have warned, after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in a move
Labour Party Labour MPs’ fury as local party votes to expel former chief whipThe Guardian - Toby HelmLabour MPs expressed outrage last night after a local constituency party voted to expel former chief whip Hilary Armstrong from the party for accusing Jeremy Corbyn of a lack of leadership over antisemitism.
Labour Party Jewish group urges Labour party to end 'institutional racism'The Guardian - Toby HelmThe Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) has written to every member of the shadow cabinet urging them to show leadership and end what it says is “institutional racism” in the party. The move by the JLM, which
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson will find the switch from campaigning to leadership a tough oneThe Guardian - Will TannerThe moment of political glory can be short-lived and bittersweet. Three years ago, when I and the rest of Theresa May’s campaign team entered Downing Street for the first time via the long corridor from
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin greeted by cheers on moon landing's 50th anniversaryThe Guardian - Associated Press in WashingtonAs Donald Trump reiterated his determination that Americans should walk on Mars, Mike Pence marked the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site in Florida on Saturday. Buzz
Danny Willett Danny Willett glad to be back in the Open frame after long slumpThe Guardian - Sean Ingle at Royal PortrushUnless the forecast wind and rain spits and lashes around Portrush on Sunday, scattering the leaders like buckshot, Danny Willett will not win the Open. But after what he has gone through since winning
Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori and Star Catcher shine brightest to win Irish OaksThe Guardian - Chris Cook at NewmarketFrankie Dettori outrode his fellow jockeys once again and stole a Classic from the front aboard Star Catcher in the Irish Oaks. The Italian, winning this race for the fifth time, was allowed an uncontested
Meg Lanning Women’s Ashes: Australia and Sophie Molineux turn the screw on EnglandThe Guardian - Raf Nicholson at TauntonThree days in, the Taunton Test looks likely to end in the same way that 60% of women’s Tests have since they moved to being four-day affairs in the 1970s: as a draw. After a rain-affected second day,
Arron Banks Brexit funder Arron Banks threatens Netflix over Great Hack documentaryThe Guardian - Emma Graham-HarrisonThe businessman Arron Banks and the unofficial Brexit campaign Leave.EU have issued a legal threat against streaming giant Netflix in relation to The Great Hack, a new documentary about the Cambridge scandal
Doha Laura Muir cruises to 1500m victory at Anniversary GamesThe Guardian - Paul MacInnes at London StadiumLaura Muir, Zharnel Hughes and Beth Dobbin seized the occasion of competing in London’s former Olympic stadium to delight the crowds and deliver impressive personal performances on the opening day of Anniversary
World News Letter: press freedom campaigners call for action on 'vexatious lawsuits’The GuardianFollowing the recent global conference on media freedom held in London by the UK government, we write to draw your attention to what appears to be a growing trend to use strategic litigation against public
British Airways British Airways suspends Cairo flights as security precautionThe Guardian - AgenciesBritish Airways has suspended all flights to Cairo for seven days as a security precaution. The airline announced on Saturday evening that all flights into the Egyptian capital were halted. A statement
Play buttonCambridge Analytica The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandalThe Guardian - Carole CadwalladrCambridge Analytica didn’t decide democracy was for sale. We built this world, so we should own it People have completely misunderstood the scandal as being about privacy, when it’s actually about power
Australia Herschel Jantjies leads South Africa past Australia with debut doubleThe Guardian - ReutersThe 23-year-old scrum-half Herschel Jantjies scored two tries on debut as South Africa claimed a 35-17 bonus-point victory over sloppy Australia in their Rugby Championship meeting at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Opinion (UK) The national interest lies in MPs on all sides working to stop no dealThe Guardian - Keir Starmer Shadow Brexit SecretaryI will want to work with all those former ministers who want to ensure parliament can stop a disastrous and chaotic exit We are in the middle of the most intense political crisis for a generation. And
Opinion (UK) Trump revives the idea of a ‘white man’s country’, America’s original sinThe Guardian - Nell PainterThe idea that some US inhabitants deserve the land, deserve to stay and to occupy it, and that others must go – to be exterminated (Native Americans), to be exiled (black people), to be driven out (Chinese
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein: Florida looks at possible lax monitoring after 2008 plea dealGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New York and agenciesAuthorities in Florida have launched an investigation into whether the financier Jeffrey Epstein was properly monitored during a 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from underage girls, the of
NHS Long delays to NHS cataract operations leave elderly at riskThe Guardian - Denis Campbell and Pamela DuncanNew data reveals badly missed targets despite increased use of private sector providers People with poor eyesight are being forced to wait almost six months for operations on the NHS to remove cataracts,
Books Book clinic: which fiction best depicts therapy and therapists?The Guardian - Bijal ShahQ: I’m studying to become a therapist. What are the best depictions of therapists and therapy in fiction? Georgia Smith, 43, North Carolina, US A: Bijal Shah, a counsellor, ‘book therapist’, author and
Books Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’The Guardian - Lisa O’KellyI can’t do thrillers and I can’t do spy novels. I can’t do any genre-fiction book, really Colm Tóibín is an award-winning Irish writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. He is also a professor of the at
Romelu Lukaku Manchester United reject Internazionale’s £54m bid for Romelu LukakuThe Guardian - Daniel TaylorManchester United have rejected a £54m bid from Internazionale for Romelu Lukaku and informed the Italian club it will need a significantly higher offer to succeed in luring the player away from Old Trafford.
Art César Pelli, architect behind the Petronas Towers, dies at 92The Guardian - Martin Pengelly in New York and agenciesThe architect César Pelli, who designed some of the world’s tallest and best-known buildings, has died. He was 92. Anibal Bellomio, a senior associate architect at Pelli’s studio in Connecticut, confirmed
Sports Fore fail: Stanley strikes back after stray ball hits mother of partner’s caddieThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushAn unrepentant Kyle Stanley has fired back at Bob MacIntyre after being castigated by his playing partner following the second round at the Open. MacIntyre was furious after a stray tee shot from Stanley
Labour Party Hilary Armstrong 'very sad' over vote to expel her from Labour partyThe Guardian - Mark TownsendA former chief whip under Tony Blair has said she was “very sad” after her local constituency party voted to expel her from the Labour party. Hilary Armstrong issued a statement after a meeting of the
Travel Summer holiday rush as deals spark last-minute travel boomThe Guardian - James TapperThe great British holiday getaway is usually the most anticipated weekend of the year, a culmination of months of fretting and planning. But this is the year of the last-minute summer. Huge numbers of
East Sussex Man dies after tumbling into wall at Camber SandsThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahA man died after tumbling on to a wall at Camber Sands beach in what police are calling a tragic accident. The victim is believed to have been a kitesurfer or paraglider at the beach near Rye in East Sussex
Tour de France Tour de France diary: Geraint Thomas struggles and seduction in BrioudeThe Guardian - Jeremy WhittleWe wake early on the banks of the Rhone watching huge barges slide south, before driving on wild roads across the plateau of the Haute-Loire, past the distant volcanoes of the Puy de Dôme, to Brioude,
Rory McIlroy Home hero Rory McIlroy shows his class even as Open dream slips awayThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Royal PortrushIt might have been the best losing 65 in Open history, a piece of Rory McIlroy theatre in front of his own people that nobody will forget. He will not be allowed to forget it either, whatever the heroism
Vatican ‘We had a row, she left. It was the last time I saw her’: anguish of Emanuela Orlandi’s brotherThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood and Angela GiuffridaA missing teenager, an empty tomb, a swirl of dark theories, and the closed doors and habitual secrecy of the Vatican. It sounds like fiction, but it is a real-life mystery that has gripped Italy for than
Iran Boris Johnson warned: focus on Iran crisis or risk warThe Guardian - Toby HelmBoris Johnson will be tested by a major international crisis in his first days as prime minister, senior military figures and politicians have warned, after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in a move
Labour Party Labour MPs’ fury as local party votes to expel former chief whipThe Guardian - Toby HelmLabour MPs expressed outrage last night after a local constituency party voted to expel former chief whip Hilary Armstrong from the party for accusing Jeremy Corbyn of a lack of leadership over antisemitism.
Labour Party Jewish group urges Labour party to end 'institutional racism'The Guardian - Toby HelmThe Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) has written to every member of the shadow cabinet urging them to show leadership and end what it says is “institutional racism” in the party. The move by the JLM, which
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson will find the switch from campaigning to leadership a tough oneThe Guardian - Will TannerThe moment of political glory can be short-lived and bittersweet. Three years ago, when I and the rest of Theresa May’s campaign team entered Downing Street for the first time via the long corridor from
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin greeted by cheers on moon landing's 50th anniversaryThe Guardian - Associated Press in WashingtonAs Donald Trump reiterated his determination that Americans should walk on Mars, Mike Pence marked the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site in Florida on Saturday. Buzz
Danny Willett Danny Willett glad to be back in the Open frame after long slumpThe Guardian - Sean Ingle at Royal PortrushUnless the forecast wind and rain spits and lashes around Portrush on Sunday, scattering the leaders like buckshot, Danny Willett will not win the Open. But after what he has gone through since winning
Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori and Star Catcher shine brightest to win Irish OaksThe Guardian - Chris Cook at NewmarketFrankie Dettori outrode his fellow jockeys once again and stole a Classic from the front aboard Star Catcher in the Irish Oaks. The Italian, winning this race for the fifth time, was allowed an uncontested
Meg Lanning Women’s Ashes: Australia and Sophie Molineux turn the screw on EnglandThe Guardian - Raf Nicholson at TauntonThree days in, the Taunton Test looks likely to end in the same way that 60% of women’s Tests have since they moved to being four-day affairs in the 1970s: as a draw. After a rain-affected second day,
Arron Banks Brexit funder Arron Banks threatens Netflix over Great Hack documentaryThe Guardian - Emma Graham-HarrisonThe businessman Arron Banks and the unofficial Brexit campaign Leave.EU have issued a legal threat against streaming giant Netflix in relation to The Great Hack, a new documentary about the Cambridge scandal
Doha Laura Muir cruises to 1500m victory at Anniversary GamesThe Guardian - Paul MacInnes at London StadiumLaura Muir, Zharnel Hughes and Beth Dobbin seized the occasion of competing in London’s former Olympic stadium to delight the crowds and deliver impressive personal performances on the opening day of Anniversary
World News Letter: press freedom campaigners call for action on 'vexatious lawsuits’The GuardianFollowing the recent global conference on media freedom held in London by the UK government, we write to draw your attention to what appears to be a growing trend to use strategic litigation against public
British Airways British Airways suspends Cairo flights as security precautionThe Guardian - AgenciesBritish Airways has suspended all flights to Cairo for seven days as a security precaution. The airline announced on Saturday evening that all flights into the Egyptian capital were halted. A statement
Play buttonCambridge Analytica The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandalThe Guardian - Carole CadwalladrCambridge Analytica didn’t decide democracy was for sale. We built this world, so we should own it People have completely misunderstood the scandal as being about privacy, when it’s actually about power
Australia Herschel Jantjies leads South Africa past Australia with debut doubleThe Guardian - ReutersThe 23-year-old scrum-half Herschel Jantjies scored two tries on debut as South Africa claimed a 35-17 bonus-point victory over sloppy Australia in their Rugby Championship meeting at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Opinion (UK) The national interest lies in MPs on all sides working to stop no dealThe Guardian - Keir Starmer Shadow Brexit SecretaryI will want to work with all those former ministers who want to ensure parliament can stop a disastrous and chaotic exit We are in the middle of the most intense political crisis for a generation. And
Opinion (UK) Trump revives the idea of a ‘white man’s country’, America’s original sinThe Guardian - Nell PainterThe idea that some US inhabitants deserve the land, deserve to stay and to occupy it, and that others must go – to be exterminated (Native Americans), to be exiled (black people), to be driven out (Chinese
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein: Florida looks at possible lax monitoring after 2008 plea dealGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New York and agenciesAuthorities in Florida have launched an investigation into whether the financier Jeffrey Epstein was properly monitored during a 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from underage girls, the of
NHS Long delays to NHS cataract operations leave elderly at riskThe Guardian - Denis Campbell and Pamela DuncanNew data reveals badly missed targets despite increased use of private sector providers People with poor eyesight are being forced to wait almost six months for operations on the NHS to remove cataracts,
Books Book clinic: which fiction best depicts therapy and therapists?The Guardian - Bijal ShahQ: I’m studying to become a therapist. What are the best depictions of therapists and therapy in fiction? Georgia Smith, 43, North Carolina, US A: Bijal Shah, a counsellor, ‘book therapist’, author and
Books Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’The Guardian - Lisa O’KellyI can’t do thrillers and I can’t do spy novels. I can’t do any genre-fiction book, really Colm Tóibín is an award-winning Irish writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. He is also a professor of the at
Romelu Lukaku Manchester United reject Internazionale’s £54m bid for Romelu LukakuThe Guardian - Daniel TaylorManchester United have rejected a £54m bid from Internazionale for Romelu Lukaku and informed the Italian club it will need a significantly higher offer to succeed in luring the player away from Old Trafford.
Art César Pelli, architect behind the Petronas Towers, dies at 92The Guardian - Martin Pengelly in New York and agenciesThe architect César Pelli, who designed some of the world’s tallest and best-known buildings, has died. He was 92. Anibal Bellomio, a senior associate architect at Pelli’s studio in Connecticut, confirmed
Sports Fore fail: Stanley strikes back after stray ball hits mother of partner’s caddieThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushAn unrepentant Kyle Stanley has fired back at Bob MacIntyre after being castigated by his playing partner following the second round at the Open. MacIntyre was furious after a stray tee shot from Stanley
Labour Party Hilary Armstrong 'very sad' over vote to expel her from Labour partyThe Guardian - Mark TownsendA former chief whip under Tony Blair has said she was “very sad” after her local constituency party voted to expel her from the Labour party. Hilary Armstrong issued a statement after a meeting of the
Travel Summer holiday rush as deals spark last-minute travel boomThe Guardian - James TapperThe great British holiday getaway is usually the most anticipated weekend of the year, a culmination of months of fretting and planning. But this is the year of the last-minute summer. Huge numbers of
East Sussex Man dies after tumbling into wall at Camber SandsThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahA man died after tumbling on to a wall at Camber Sands beach in what police are calling a tragic accident. The victim is believed to have been a kitesurfer or paraglider at the beach near Rye in East Sussex
Tour de France Tour de France diary: Geraint Thomas struggles and seduction in BrioudeThe Guardian - Jeremy WhittleWe wake early on the banks of the Rhone watching huge barges slide south, before driving on wild roads across the plateau of the Haute-Loire, past the distant volcanoes of the Puy de Dôme, to Brioude,
Rory McIlroy Home hero Rory McIlroy shows his class even as Open dream slips awayThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Royal PortrushIt might have been the best losing 65 in Open history, a piece of Rory McIlroy theatre in front of his own people that nobody will forget. He will not be allowed to forget it either, whatever the heroism
Vatican ‘We had a row, she left. It was the last time I saw her’: anguish of Emanuela Orlandi’s brotherThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood and Angela GiuffridaA missing teenager, an empty tomb, a swirl of dark theories, and the closed doors and habitual secrecy of the Vatican. It sounds like fiction, but it is a real-life mystery that has gripped Italy for than
