Huawei US ban on Huawei a ‘cynically timed’ blow in escalating trade war, says firmThe Guardian - Lily Kuo in Beijing Julian Borger in WashingtonThe US ban on sharing technology with Huawei was a “cynically timed” blow in the escalating trade war between the US and China, the Chinese firm’s top executive in the UK has said. Huawei denounced Donald
Torture Mordaunt pledges to review internal MoD torture guidanceThe Guardian - Frances PerraudinThe defence secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has vowed to review Ministry of Defence internal guidance on the sharing of intelligence derived from torture with allies. An MoD policy document, published following
Play buttonJohn Oliver John Oliver: 'A death certificate isn’t like a degree from USC. It means something'The Guardian - Dream McClintonThis Sunday’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on death investigations. While portrayed glamorously on television, the field is suffering. Over half a million bodies end up being investigated
Border Patrol Fifth migrant child dies after being detained by US border patrolGuardian US - Associated PressThe US government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died on Monday at a border patrol station in south Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child since December. US Customs and Border Protection said in a that
Hunger 'A national shame': headteachers voice anger about pupils' hungerThe GuardianHeadteachers have spoken out about the hardship their students are facing in the wake of a Human Rights Watch report that highlighted the growing number of children in hunger. UK's 'cruel and harmful lack
Opinion (UK) European elections: tactical voting and strategic thinking for remainersThe Guardian - LettersLabour-supporting readers advise others on whether they should stick with the party in Thursday’s poll or vote for another party as suggested by Jonathan Freedland Jonathan Freedland does the country the
Music (UK) Sound Unbound review – inclusive and joyous classical music festivalThe GuardianIt felt apt that the Barbican Centre’s Curve gallery’s current exhibition is AI: More Than Human: this was a festival I wished I could have cloned myself and experienced the weekend a second and a third
Lifestyle (UK) Should you ban your wedding guests from watching the Champions League final?The Guardian - Sachin NakraniLiverpool taking on Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final on 1 June is a reason to rejoice for both sets of supporters, but a source of stress for at least one soon-to-be-married couple. Yes,
Bees Value farmers if you want to save beesThe Guardian - LettersSaving bees and other insects is indeed a vital goal for the world (Journal, 18 May). Farming practices do need to change and there are many innovative farmers in the UK who are working hard to improve
Lifestyle (UK) Extreme life coaching is all the rage – if you’re bored and rich enoughThe Guardian - Arwa MahdawiGot lots of money but little purpose? Feeling sort of empty inside? Well, I’ve got just the thing for you: a “mindful adventure”. (Did that phrase make you want to throw up a bit? Yes, me too. But please
Film (UK) Lux Æterna review – self-parodic silliness from Gaspar NoéThe Guardian - Peter BradshawGaspar Noé has followed up last year’s festival smash Climax with this insufficiently diverting anti-climax, showing in Cannes as a special screening out of competition. It is a 52-minute novella-proportioned
Paternity Leave Men who receive paid paternity leave want fewer children, study findsThe Guardian - Dream McClintonParents who received paid paternity leave took longer to have another child and men’s desire for more children dropped, a study in Spain has found. The progressive reform towards gender equality may have
McLaren Fernando Alonso rejects McLaren offer to buy him into Indy 500The Guardian - Associated PressMcLaren offered to buy Fernando Alonso a seat in the Indianapolis 500, but the two-time Formula One world champion told the team he was uncomfortable replacing a driver who had earned a spot in the race.
Play buttonOil & Gas Industry Why I’m sitting in a box blocking the entrance to BP’s headquartersThe Guardian - Jane HayesThe container I’m currently inhabiting has everything I need to keep going for quite a while, so I don’t want to sound too self-pitying, but it is, nevertheless, a box. It’s got a chemical toilet, an connection
Manga Fukushima, golf and Jesus on a gap year: why no subject is now off-limits for mangaThe Guardian - Paul GravettWhat is it about manga that makes it so compelling? Once a cult concern, the distinctive Japanese comics and graphic novels have now truly infiltrated the mainstream. From James Cameron producing a Hollywood
Automotive Industry Ford to cut 7,000 jobs including more than 500 in UKThe Guardian - Rob DaviesFord is to cut at least 7,000 jobs, including about 550 in the UK, as it presses ahead with plans to reduce costs in Europe and the US. The US carmaker said it planned to cut 10% of its global workforce
Opinion (UK) Letter: Les Murray obituaryThe Guardian - Michael BaronWhen I heard Les Murray give a poetry reading in Carlisle in 1992, I knew little of his work, or that this large, friendly man had already published several collections of groundbreaking verse. Inventive
Science Pushy bonobo mothers help sons find sexual partners, scientists findThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorTheir mothers are so keen for them to father children that they usher them in front of promising partners, shield them from violent competitors and dash the chances of other males by charging them while
Art Wallop our EU punchbag! Artists talk us through their Brexit creationsThe Guardian - Interviews by Stuart JeffriesI am 70 now and there is nothing in my life I regret. I’ve done a lot of things, I’ve written a lot of things and I’m comfortable with everything. Except for one thing: this rise of Brexit, this rise populism,
Science Did you solve it? The Zorro puzzleThe Guardian - Alex BellosIn my puzzle column earlier today I set you these problems about slicing through a square grid: 1) What is the least number of straight lines you need to draw across a 3x3 square grid so that every cell
Play buttonRacism Racism rising since Brexit vote, nationwide study revealsThe Guardian - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentEthnic minorities in Britain are facing rising and increasingly overt racism, with levels of discrimination and abuse continuing to grow in the wake of the Brexit referendum, nationwide research reveals.
Lyon Lyon are taking a big gamble on Juninho and SylvinhoThe Guardian - Adam White and Eric DevinIt’s difficult to overstate Juninho’s legendary status at Lyon. Between 2002 and 2008 the club won seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles, a run even PSG have not matched. Alongside winger Sidney Govou, goalkeeper
World News 'Always the easiest excuse': is racism rising in the UK's most diverse area?The Guardian - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentThe swastikas and SS logos sprayed in Dollis Hill last year so shocked Lucy Cox that she left her flat to scrub off the racist graffiti immediately. Before long she was joined by neighbours who felt the
Justin Amash Republican Justin Amash faces party's wrath after call to impeach TrumpGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonAs the only Republican in Congress to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump, Justin Amash is facing his own party’s wrath. In a series of tweets on Saturday, the Michigan congressman said attempts obstruct
Chris Hughton Graham Potter confirmed as new Brighton manager after leaving SwanseaThe Guardian - Press AssociationGraham Potter has been appointed as the new Brighton manager, replacing Chris Hughton, who was sacked after the last game of the 2018-19 Premier League season. Swansea had offered Potter a new contract
Rod Stewart Rod Stewart donates £10,000 after model railway club vandalisedThe Guardian - Press AssociationThe singer Rod Stewart has said he is “absolutely devastated” over the destruction of a model railway exhibition and has promised to donate £10,000 after it was trashed by vandals. The 74-year-old, who
Gareth Southgate Mental health no longer a secret folded away in sport’s dressing roomsThe Guardian - Richard WilliamsDanny Rose remembered getting angry. He’d suffered his first really serious injury and the team were doing well without him. “I didn’t socialise, I wasn’t sleeping, I was looking to fall out with anybody.”
Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower closed after man tries to climb Paris landmarkThe Guardian - Associated PressThe Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a man tried to scale it. The man could be seen dangling just below the third and highest level of the structure. A rescuer dressed in red could be seen above It
Film (UK) Young Ahmed review – subtle and timely tale of radicalisationThe Guardian - Peter BradshawYoung Ahmed returns the Dardenne brothers to a keynote theme, expressed in movies such as The Child and The Son: the vulnerability of young people in trouble with the law – and also, paradoxically, their
Pakistan Pakistan’s Asif Ali to join World Cup squad despite death of daughterThe Guardian - Press AssociationAsif Ali intends to take his place in Pakistan’s squad for the World Cup despite the death of his daughter on Sunday. The batsman and the left-arm pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were omitted
