The Guardianadded this to US NewsJared Kushner US briefing: Iran sanctions, Kushner's Middle East plan and wealth taxGuardian US - Tim WalkerTehran says ‘idiotic’ sanctions have cut off path to diplomacy Iran says the Trump administration’s “outrageous and idiotic” decision to impose new sanctions on its supreme leader and eight senior military
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesJoan Crawford Christina Crawford on life after Mommie Dearest: ‘My mother should have been in jail’The GuardianIt is Christina Crawford’s 80th birthday on the day we meet, and she is energetic after an opening night. A couple of days earlier, Mommie Dearest, the musical based on her blockbuster 1978 memoir of same
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleYarn 'Knitting is political': how Trump forced the craft community to confront racismThe Guardian - Kari PaulRavelry, a platform for fiber arts, has banned pro-Trump messaging on its site in a controversy mired in social justice The knitting community – traditionally viewed as a wholesome, screen-free, apolitical
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesTariffs No-deal Brexit 'will cost UK car manufacturers extra £70m a day'The Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentThe cost of car manufacturing will go up £70m a day if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, making the British automotive industry more vulnerable to closures, the industry has said. It also warned for
The Guardianadded this to MusicMusic (UK) Brundibár review – WNO bring passion and poignancy to Terezin operaThe Guardian - Rian EvansWales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Hans Krása’s children’s opera, conducted by Tomáš Hanus, whose mother was among those who performed it in Terezín concentration camp, brings WNO’s Freedom season to an
The Guardianadded this to TechnologyMedia Companies Has an Australian judge just broken Facebook for publishers?The Guardian - Michael McGowanA landmark ruling in the New South Wales supreme court has again raised concerns about defamation law in Australia, and has the potential to significantly affect the way media companies engage with the
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesHillsborough Disaster Hillsborough police chief will face retrial, judge rulesThe Guardian - David ConnThe former South Yorkshire police chief superintendent who was in command of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough, where 96 people were killed, will face a retrial on a charge of gross negligence
The Guardianadded this to TechnologyiOS iOS 13: how to install Apple’s latest iPhone software todayThe Guardian - Samuel GibbsApple has released the public beta version of its much-anticipated free iOS 13 software update for iPhones and the first edition of its new iPadOS for tablets. Those eager to try the latest features, the
The Guardianadded this to FootballPlay buttonJapan Women’s World Cup game-changing moments No 5: Japan in 2011The Guardian - Nick Ames“We ran and ran,” the Japan captain Homare Sawa said. “We were exhausted, but we kept running.” Japan’s footballers had not been completely sure whether to play at the 2011 World Cup. Three months previously
The Guardianadded this to MediaAnthony Albanese James Jeffrey resigns from the Australian to join Anthony Albanese's staffThe Guardian - Amanda MeadeA columnist and sketch writer for the Australian, James Jeffrey, has resigned to join opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s staff as his speech writer. Jeffrey, who has worked for the News Corp publication
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsCressida Dick Cressida Dick defends neighbours over Boris Johnson recordingThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverBritain’s most senior police officer, Cressida Dick, has defended the neighbours of Boris Johnson’s partner after they recorded the couple having a row and reported it to the police. The Metropolitan commissioner
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesDonald Trump Donald Trump says assault accuser E Jean Carroll 'not my type'Guardian US - Associated Press in Washington DCDonald Trump has said a New York-based advice columnist who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the mid-1990s is not his “type”. “I’ll say it with great respect: number one,
The Guardianadded this to FootballManchester United Football transfer rumours: Sancho to Manchester United if Pogba leaves?The Guardian - Tom DaviesTwo high-end wantaway stars; two clubs vexed by what to do with them, so here’s a wheeze: why don’t they swap clubs? That’s the possible option touted by Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar and Paul Pogba,
The Guardianadded this to UK NewsUK News Police believe crossbow killing of retired man was deliberateThe Guardian - Press AssociationPolice have said they now believe a retired lecturer fatally shot with a crossbow bolt in north Wales was deliberately targeted. Gerald Corrigan, 74, was struck outside his home in a remote part of Holyhead,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBMW BMW aims to double electric and hybrid sales in next two yearsThe Guardian - Jasper Jolly in MunichBMW is accelerating its push away from the internal combustion engine towards battery technology, as the German carmaker seeks to double the number of electric and hybrid vehicles it sells in the next
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPlay buttonBoris Johnson Amber Rudd calls on Boris Johnson to reveal Brexit planThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentAmber Rudd has called for Boris Johnson to be more explicit on his Brexit plan, warning the Conservative leadership frontrunner that he would face a difficult situation as prime minister, and that “enthusiasm
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesEnvironment ‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not surviveThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human
The Guardianadded this to World NewsBrazil Brazilian diplomats 'disgusted' as Bolsonaro pulverizes foreign policyThe Guardian - Tom Phillips in São PauloIt has long been considered one of the jewels of Latin American statecraft; a shrewd, dependable and highly trained foreign service that helped make Brazil a global climate leader and soft power heavyweight.
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks Maggy Garrisson by Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry review – utterly convincingThe Guardian - Rachel CookeIf I were a TV producer in search of a big new idea, I would immediately option Maggy Garrisson, a collaboration between Lewis Trondheim (words) and Stéphane Oiry (pictures) that began in serial form 2014
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPlay buttonMusic (UK) 21st century's worst rapsThe Guardian - Sam Wolfson“Married to the money, introduced her to my stove, showed her how to whip it, now she remixin’ for low” sings Fetty Wap on his breakout hit about teaching his stripper girlfriend how to cook up and deal
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks The Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2019 – enter now!The Guardian - Rachel CookeThe annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published and win a cheque for £1,000, with past winners going on to land film and book deals The brilliant and unique Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeOpinion (UK) After the horror of the 'wolf pack' case, Spanish women have reason to be hopefulThe Guardian - Eloise BarryJustice was a long time coming for the young Spanish woman gang-raped during the Pamplona bull runs in 2016. On Friday, the supreme court in Madrid overturned a lower court’s verdict and found the five
The Guardianadded this to MoneyPersonal Finance (UK) Southern Water faces prosecution after record £126m penaltyThe Guardian - Julia KolleweSouthern Water faces prosecution by the Environment Agency after being handed a record £126m penalty by the water regulator over “shocking” failures at its sewage treatment sites that polluted rivers beaches
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesJared Kushner Jared Kushner's economic blueprint for Palestinians faces boycott and derisionThe Guardian - Julian Borger in WashingtonA US-designed economic blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace will be launched in Bahrain on Tuesday, without the participation of either Palestinian or Israeli officials. The Palestinians are boycotting
The Guardianadded this to TechnologyMedia Companies Media companies scramble after judge rules they are liable for Facebook commentsThe Guardian - Michael McGowanMajor media companies and Facebook are scrambling to come to grips with a landmark ruling by an Australian judge that found publishers are legally responsible for pre-moderating comments on the social
The Guardianadded this to Rugby UnionLeicester Tigers Leicester Tigers put up for sale in wake of CVC's Premiership investmentThe Guardian - Press AssociationLeicester Tigers have announced plans to sell the club. The move comes after CVC Capital Partners acquired a minority stake in Premiership Rugby Limited, which Tigers have revealed led to several expressions
The Guardianadded this to TV & RadioHugh Bonneville When TV audiences attack: why Julie from Friends and Betty Draper don’t deserve our venomThe Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonIn these days of unrestrained online rage, registering one’s disapproval of a fictional character with a real-life, real-time heckle seems almost quaint. In season two of Friends, Lauren Tom played Julie,
The Guardianadded this to LifestyleLifestyle (UK) My wife says sex makes her feel violated, but she won’t talk about itThe Guardian - Pamela Stephenson ConnollyMy partner and I have been together for 18 years and have two wonderful children and a happy life. Our sex life has never been as good as I would like, and this has been a cause of frustration for me.
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeGambling Child gambling is a form of self-harm – it’s too complex for a quick-fix clinicThe Guardian - Anouchka GroseThe gambling industry sends its roots into the cracks in human beings and sucks out whatever it can Almost half a million children in England and Wales are gambling regularly, with about 55,000 estimated
The Guardianadded this to TV & RadioPlay buttonZendaya The sadness of Euphoria: how the show captures teen melancholyThe Guardian - Arielle BernsteinMuch of the attention given to HBO’s buzzy new drama Euphoria has centered on how much it’s going to terrify parents. The show, which zeroes in on the lives of several high school students shows how they
