Play buttonGreta Thunberg Greta Thunberg backs climate general strike to force leaders to actThe Guardian - Jonathan Watts Global environment editorGreta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, has given her support for a general strike for the climate, saying the student movement she inspired needs more support from older generations
Sri Lanka Travel insurance ‘will not cover’ cancelled Sri Lanka holidaysThe GuardianHolidaymakers who want to postpone travel to Sri Lanka in the wake of the bomb attacks that killed 290 people will not be covered by their travel insurance. The UK Foreign Office (FCO) updated its travel
Lima Rodrigo de Lima: UFC fighter killed at 26 after alleged dispute with rideshare driverThe GuardianFormer UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima was killed on Sunday following a dispute with an rideshare driver, according to one of his friends. According to authorities in the Brazilian city of Belem, De Lima with
Ronnie O’Sullivan trails amateur 5-4 James Cahill after opening sessionThe Guardian - Press AssociationAmateur James Cahill is five frames away from producing one of the all-time sporting shocks at the Crucible. Cahill, the first amateur to play at the World Championship, leads Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-4 at
Wakefield Wakefield delight coach Chris Chester with narrow win over LeedsThe Guardian - Aaron Bower at Belle VueWakefield Trinity have had their fair share of hardship throughout the Super League era. For over 20 years, one of the sport’s most famous clubs have been dwarfed by the success of bigger, richer teams
Sajid Javid Dozens rescued while attempting to cross the ChannelThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonDozens of people have been rescued by Home Office and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) vessels while trying to cross the Channel in small boats, officials have said. Three boats, carrying 36
World News ‘So many lives in one day’: Sri Lankans mourn after Easter carnageThe Guardian - Michael Safi in ColomboDebris was still scattered across the courtyard of St Anthony’s church on Monday afternoon when screaming filled the air again. From the dense neighbourhood surrounding the church in Colombo, one of the
Sheffield United Football League: Sheffield United brush Hull aside, Derby climb into top sixThe Guardian - Niall McVeighChampionship Sheffield United made light work of a potentially tricky trip to Hull, going 3-0 up before half-time and holding on to go just three points behind Norwich, who were held to a 2-2 draw at Chris
Opinion (UK) The Guardian view on religious freedom: protect believersThe Guardian - EditorialThe massacre in churches in Sri Lanka forms part of a global pattern of religious persecution and hostility. To target Christian churches on their holiest day of the year is not only an attempt to kill
Brexit Facebook ads by Lynton Crosby's firm 'part of push for hard Brexit'The Guardian - Jim Waterson and Dan SabbaghA network of secretive pro-Brexit Facebook campaigns overseen by Sir Lynton Crosby’s company CTF Partners was part of a wider campaign to undermine Theresa May and push Britain towards a hard Brexit, to
Opinion (UK) The Guardian view on the BBC Proms: give women more space and timeThe Guardian - EditorialThe Proms began in 1895 as the brainchild of impresario Robert Newman and conductor Henry Wood. “Democratising the message of music” was, in Wood’s words, the aim of this cheap summer season of orchestral
Kraft Heinz Kraft Heinz brings in new chief executive after share price slumpGuardian US - Simon GoodleyThe owner of Heinz tomato ketchup and Amoy ready meals is attempting to reverse its disastrous start to 2019 with the appointment of a new chief executive. Kraft Heinz said on Monday that it had hired
Herman Cain Trump says he will not nominate Herman Cain to Federal Reserve boardThe Guardian - Erin Durkin in New YorkDonald Trump will not name Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve board. The US president said on Monday the former Republican presidential hopeful and Godfathers pizza chief executive had asked him to stop
Play buttonWalt Disney Company Walt Disney heir says paying chief executive £50.5m is 'insane'The Guardian - Julia KolleweAn heir to the Walt Disney fortune has described the $65.6m (£50.5m) paid to the company’s chief executive, Bob Iger, as “insane”. Abigail Disney, an Emmy award-winning film-maker and a granddaughter the
Mensa Letter: Bill Davis had a sense of funThe Guardian - David ArscottWilliam Davis may not have been a comic, but he had a stimulating sense of fun. When I worked for him on the Evening Standard City desk, one of our colleagues proudly wore the little pin revealing his
Tony Blair Does Tony Blair have no self-awareness? He needs to stop talking nowThe Guardian - Suzanne MooreHow does it feel to have been the leader of the country, to have made your party electable and then to saunter into public life every now and then to a chorus of people screaming “go away”? For this is
Adele The excitement over Adele’s marriage breakdown is ugly and unkindThe Guardian - Yomi AdegokeEvery day I spend on social media reminds me why I envy the rich and the famous only for the former trait and never for the latter. On Friday, Adele confirmed rumours of her separation from her husband,
Brexit Cross-party unity could be the key to Brexit dealThe Guardian - LettersAs you report (Beckett warns of Farage win if Labour hedges its bets, 18 April), the latest YouGov poll gives the hardline leave parties (Brexit and Ukip) 34%. The remain parties (Lib Dem, Green, Change
Labour Party Capturing a true picture of the North of Tyne mayoral electionThe Guardian - LettersAditya Chakrabortty’s article on the impending election of the first metro mayor for the North of Tyne (Newcastle can be the capital of a new, radical British politics, 19 April) makes interesting reading
Essex, UK The Ilford, Essex/London conundrumThe Guardian - LettersAs someone who was brought up in Ilford, and the proud owner of a book called Royalty in Essex, presented to all Essex schoolchildren for the coronation of 1953, I am increasingly frustrated to hear it
Environment As the bookseller said to the archbishopThe Guardian - LettersYour coverage of the Extinction Rebellion protest has been exemplary. In line with their demand to “tell the truth”, perhaps headlines about climate change affecting us right now could take a less celebratory
Peter Siddle Siddle: baiting Smith and Warner over ball-tampering scandal will backfireThe Guardian - Chris StocksPeter Siddle has called for Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner to be cut some slack on their international return, saying: “They weren’t the first people to ball-tamper and they’re probably not to
Norwich Norwich nerves continue after Tom Edwards earns Stoke a drawThe Guardian - Ben Fisher at the Bet 365 StadiumFor Norwich the wait for confirmation goes on. This point may prove sufficient to seal promotion but they are seemingly intent on doing things the hard way after stuttering to a fourth successive draw.
Chelsea FC Lucy Bronze disappointed Lyon ‘just won’ first leg against ChelseaThe Guardian - Suzanne WrackLucy Bronze said Lyon “never really got out of second gear” in the Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea and that their disappointment after a 2-1 win shows the mentality of champions.
Chelsea Manning Chelsea Manning to remain in jail after appeals court denies bail requestGuardian US - Reuters in WashingtonA federal appeals court on Monday denied a request by the former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail on bail, and upheld a lower court’s decision to hold Manning in civil
Environment Why is the US news media so bad at covering climate change?The Guardian - Kyle Pope and Mark HertsgaardThis article is excerpted from a piece published by Columbia Journalism Review and the Nation. The Guardian is partnering with CJR and the Nation on a 30 April conference aimed at reframing the way journalists
UKIP Ukip MEP candidate blamed feminists for rise in misogynyThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentA leading Ukip candidate for the European elections argued that feminism was responsible for a rise in the number of men carrying out mass murders, because the killers felt disenfranchised and “out of
Wine Ugandan police detain Bobi Wine and fire teargas at supportersThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseUgandan police have detained the pop star turned MP Bobi Wine after shutting down one of his concerts and firing teargas at his fans, according to the singer’s wife and his supporters. The high-profile
World News 'It's clear we won': Istanbul's new mayor keen to start workThe Guardian - Bethan McKernan and Gokce Saracoglu in IstanbulThousands of people gathered in Istanbul’s seaside Maltepe district on Sunday to see a politician take the stage in dazzling spring sunshine, red Turkish flags fluttering in the wind. Such scenes are in
Faber Lyra McKee: friends stage protest outside offices of SaoradhThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverFriends of the journalist Lyra McKee have staged a protest outside the Derry offices of Saoradh, a republican party that reflects New IRA thinking, underlining continuing revulsion towards the group after
