Iran G7 summit: Iran foreign minister makes surprise Biarritz appearanceThe Guardian - Julian Borger in BiarritzIran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has made a surprise appearance in Biarritz in the middle of a G7 summit where western policy towards Iran has been one of the most contentious issues. The
Play buttonPaul Pogba Paul Pogba vows to fight against racist abuse for the ‘next generation’The Guardian - PA MediaPaul Pogba has vowed to fight against racism “for the next generation” after finding himself the target of online trolls. The Manchester United midfielder was subjected to racist abuse on social media
Joe Walsh 'We all know he's unfit': Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in Republican primaryGuardian US - Jon Swaine in New YorkJoe Walsh, a talk radio host and former congressman, said on Sunday he would challenge Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. “We have someone in the White House who we all know
UK News UK weather: late August bank holiday weekend is hottest on recordThe Guardian - Ben QuinnA new record has been set for the hottest late August bank holiday weekend in the UK after temperatures reached 31.6C (88.9F) at Heathrow. It follows the highest ever UK temperature recorded last month
UK News Man stabbed to death in west London named as Allan Isichei, 69The Guardian - Sign inA man who was stabbed to death in a quiet London suburb after visiting his local pub has been named. Allan Isichei, 69, the director of a building company, was attacked on Saturday after leaving the Plough
Rugby League Warrington and Steve Price hope final glory can lead to grand doubleThe Guardian - Aaron BowerBarely an hour had passed since perhaps the greatest victory of Warrington’s modern history and Steve Price was already keen to look ahead. After the Wolves’ defeat in six consecutive major finals before
Fashion (UK) Clothing brand Hush sees rapid growth in backlash against fast fashionThe Guardian - Zoe WoodPrettyLittleThing and Missguided have hit the big time selling £5 dresses and £1 bikinis to the youth market but another online British brand, Hush, is expanding rapidly in a backlash against fast fashion.
Books In brief: Will; The Wall; How to be a Dictator – reviewsThe Guardian - Ben EastThis urgent novel about a policeman navigating the darkness of German-occupied Antwerp in the second world war won a number of Dutch literature prizes in 2017, and David Colmer’s gripping translation why.
Sports End-of-season review: from McIlroy’s agony to Xiyu Lin’s shot along a bridgeThe Guardian - Scott MurrayAs the freshly plundered FedEx truck disappears down the lane, not so much as a bronze centime left rattling around the back, now seems as good a time as any to take stock of the year in golf. So here
Pottery Throws of passion: how pottery became a refuge from our hyperconnected timesThe Guardian - Richard GodwinPottery can’t help but feel miraculous: a lump of mud, set spinning on a wheel, transformed by motion and friction into something useful. “A potter is one of the few people left who uses his natural faculties
Books Penguin Random House to release audiobooks to send listeners to sleepThe Guardian - Dalya Alberge“O gentle sleep! / Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee / That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down.” Henry IV, as portrayed by Shakespeare, would have sympathised with people who struggle
World News Nearly 900,000 asylum seekers living in limbo in EU, figures showThe Guardian - Lorenzo Tondo in PalermoClose to 900,000 asylum seekers in the EU are waiting to have their claims processed, according to figures from the European statistics office. Women, men and unaccompanied children are living for years
UK News Two killed in light aircraft crash near Henley-on-ThamesThe Guardian - Elliott KimeTwo people have died in a light aircraft crash near Henley-on-Thames. Thames Valley police received reports at about 2.10pm on Saturday that the aircraft had crashed in a field near the village of Stonor
World News Barcelona police spare bathers' blushes with clothing 'robbery kits'The Guardian - Stephen Burgen in BarcelonaPolice in Barcelona have handed out more than 100 emergency clothing kits to bathers who return from a swim to find everything they left on the beach has been stolen by the thieves who plague the city’s
Play buttonBoris Johnson Boris Johnson: no deal would mean UK did not owe Brexit divorce billThe Guardian - Heather StewartBoris Johnson has said the £39bn Brexit divorce bill would not “strictly speaking” be owed to Brussels in full in the event of no deal, insisting: “It’s not a threat. It’s a reality.” Speaking to broadcasters
Felix Kjellberg PewDiePie surpasses 100m subscriber mark on YouTubeThe Guardian - Mattha BusbyThe gaming vlogger Felix Kjellberg, AKA PewDiePie, has surpassed 100 million subscribers on YouTube. Kjellberg, the owner of the channel with the second most subscribers on the video sharing site, built
Play buttontrump news update White House insists Trump not having second thoughts on China trade warGuardian US - Julian Borger in Biarritz and Martin Pengelly in New YorkDonald Trump admitted on Sunday to having second thoughts about raising tariffs against China, spark brief hopes of a possible truce in the trans-Pacific trade war. But his spokeswoman later insisted only
Books The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati review – violent crime without the dramaThe Guardian - Anthony CumminsNine-hundred pages in, Albinati tells “anyone who has had enough” to skip nearly half of what’s left Winner of the Strega prize, Italy’s equivalent of the Booker, The Catholic School turns on a notorious
World News Italy's parties scramble to form government by Tuesday deadlineThe Guardian - Angela Giuffrida in RomeThe name of the next Italian prime minister is the main hurdle in talks between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic party (PD) as they scramble to form a new
Prague The fall of Prague: ‘Drunk tourists are acting like they’ve conquered our city’The Guardian - Robert Tait'I’ve remonstrated with tourists and some have been apologetic, but the guides have been aggressive and confrontational' Karolina Peake Eugen Kukla could not have made his feelings clearer as 120 drunken
Play buttonBerlin Berlin Philharmonic enters new era with Kirill Petrenko as its shy figureheadThe Guardian - Philip ClarkThe Berlin Philharmonic, considered by many to be the world’s finest orchestra, ushered in a new era in its 137-year history at the Philharmonie concert hall on Friday. Simon Rattle, the orchestra’s chief
Trade War ‘Sure. Why not?’: Trump admits to second thoughts on China trade war – videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump has admitted he may rethink his deepening trade war with China after criticism from fellow world leaders at the G7 summit in Biarritz. Asked at a working breakfast with Boris Johnson if he
Opinion Homophobic? Maybe. But at least Midnight Cowboy showed me gay men on screenThe Guardian - Ryan GilbeyMidnight Cowboy moseys into UK cinemas again next month on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and with it comes another opportunity to ask whether this is a film about homophobia or a homophobic film.
UK News Tourists down, costs up: recession looms on Highlands horizonThe Guardian - Libby Brooks Scotland correspondentTanja Lister is addressing her fears of a looming recession one dinner plate at a time. “We spent about £3,000 on new crockery,” she explains. She has been running the Kylesku hotel, a former coaching
Recession Is a global recession coming? Here are seven warning signsThe Guardian - Phillip InmanThe global economy is heading into recession. At least that is the fear after months of warning signs from the engine of global trade, which has spluttered this year. Here we examine seven clues that trend,
Play buttonManchester United Promising yet concerning: Solskjær’s Manchester United already at crossroadsThe Guardian - Jamie JacksonAfter three matches of the new season there is a sense Manchester United must start killing opponents off or risk confidence dissipating as performances and results flat-line. The report card for United’s
Lisa Bloom Lisa Bloom: lawyer in Epstein case speaks of suffering sexual abuseGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New YorkWe still have an opportunity in the civil system, and that is to demand full and fair compensation for Epstein's victims The pendulum needs to keep swinging … because we’ve been living through an epidemic
News Hammond demands apology over claims he leaked Brexit dossierThe Guardian - Ben QuinnPhilip Hammond has written to Boris Johnson to demand an apology from the prime minster for suggestions that he or other ministers in the previous government could have been behind the leaking of a dossier
The Theatre Jonny and the Baptists review – hard-hitting politics and a soft centreThe Guardian - Brian Logan‘As of right now, we’re no longer political.” That’s the conceit of this new show from Jonny and the Baptists, AKA musical comics Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers. They have made their name setting-up sending-up)
Poverty The west takes its eyes off Africa at its perilThe Guardian - Larry ElliottTime was when Africa dominated gatherings of the G7. In the period between two summits held in the UK – Birmingham in 1998 and Gleneagles in 2005 – the talk was of little else. There was public activism
