Gary Lineker ‘I’m not strong enough to come out’: Mystery ‘gay footballer’ deletes Twitter accountThe Guardian - Guardian sportA Twitter user who claimed to be an anonymous Championship footballer intending to come out as gay has appeared to reverse his decision after admitting he is “not strong enough to do this”. Having previously
World News 'A rip through the desert': photos show how California earthquakes reshaped the landThe Guardian - Maanvi SinghThe biggest earthquakes to hit California in two decades literally broke the desert floor. Newly released satellite images from before and after the major quakes show how the tremors jerked apart slabs
Water Parks Police find dead man at waterpark and search for missing swimmer in LondonThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonA body has been found in the hunt for a man missing at a water park, while an urgent search is under way to find a swimmer who has not been seen since jumping into an east London dock on Tuesday evening.
News Extinction Rebellion protesters confront politicians at US CapitolThe Guardian - David Smith in WashingtonProtesters from the climate crisis group Extinction Rebellion are causing disruption at the US Capitol in Washington, confronting politicians and glueing themselves to doorways in order to block them.
Vicky McClure I Am Nicola review – rare, stunning TV about an awful phenomenonThe Guardian - Lucy ManganI Am Nicola (Channel 4) is a rare, beautifully realised piece about an underexamined, ugly phenomenon. The first of three female-led hour-long dramas written by Dominic Savage after collaborations with
Team GB Team GB must deliver more than just medals at 2020 Olympics in TokyoThe Guardian - Paul MacInnesThe slogan of the British Olympic movement used to be straightforward and decidedly unsentimental. Now, as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 reaches a year to go, “no compromise” has been replaced by a new gentler
U.S. Department of Justice US justice department targets big tech firms in antitrust reviewThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesThe US justice department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition. “The Department’s review will consider the widespread concerns
Team GB England’s Suzy Petty hopes to help GB hockey team make it to OlympicsThe Guardian - Paul MacInnesSuzy Petty is in an unusually stressful position. The 27-year-old has forced her way into the Great Britain women’s hockey team. As they are the Olympic champions one might think they should be getting
Snapchat Snapchat users up 8% in a year to 203 million, company saysThe Guardian - Kari Paul in San FranciscoThe number of Snapchat users has increased 8% since this time last year – to 203 million, the company announced in its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, sending shares surging in after hours trading.
Play buttonUK Golf Open winner Shane Lowry warns rivals: ‘I feel like I can beat anyone now’The Guardian - Ewan MurrayShane Lowry, having comfortably converted the opportunity that came his way at the Open Championship, believes the sight of his name on leaderboards will draw a fresh level of respect now from the finest
Keeping Faith series two review – return of the mac!The Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonFirst things first: the yellow mac has not gone for good, even if it does seem to have been usurped by a sharp blue trench coat for much of this episode. That fans have come to care so deeply about an
Facebook Facebook agrees to pay $5bn in vast privacy settlement, insiders sayThe Guardian - ReutersThe Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce on Wednesday that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay roughly $5bn, two people briefed on
Environment Specieswatch: the ‘UK rainforest’ threatened by gardenersThe Guardian - Paul BrownLeft to its own devices, Sphagnum fallax, together with a large number of close relatives, will form dense mats of plants on wet ground and become deep peat bogs. These bogs create a habitat for a vast
Australia Ashes arms race leads to Australians playing warm-up against each otherThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the Ageas BowlIt is not hard to find amusement in the concept of Australia’s top cricketers preparing for the Ashes by playing a formal match against one another. An observer with English cricketing sympathies might
Scooter Braun Kamala Harris attended a fundraiser with Scooter Braun. Will the Taylor Swift voting bloc react?The Guardian - Vivian Ho in San FranciscoSenator Kamala Harris attended a fundraiser over the weekend that placed her in the middle of the feud between Taylor Swift and music manager Scooter Braun. The question now is if attending a fundraiser
Play buttonIvanka Trump Trump hails 'good man' Boris Johnson and says of UK: 'They like me over there'Guardian US - David Smith in WashingtonThey like me over there. That’s what they wanted. That’s what they need. Boris is good. He’s gonna do a good job Trump on Johnson Donald Trump has heaped praise on the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson,
Rashida Tlaib Donald Trump calls congresswoman Rashida Tlaib a 'crazed lunatic' – videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump renewed his attack on members of 'the Squad' of Democratic congresswomen of colour on Tuesday, this time targeting representative Rashida Tlaib, calling her 'vicious' and a 'crazed lunatic'.
Play buttonBoris Johnson Ambition fulfilled for Boris Johnson. But what next for Britain?The Guardian - Heather Stewart and Jessica ElgotBoris Johnson will underline his determination to unite a fractured and demoralised Conservative party and deliver Brexit by 31 October as he achieves his long-cherished ambition of becoming Britain’s
Canadian News Canada: two teens thought missing named as suspects in double murderThe Guardian - Kat Eschner in TorontoTwo teenagers who were previously feared missing have been named as suspects in the double murder of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and US citizen Chynna Deese, 24, who were shot dead on a remote highway
Nuclear Energy Let's face it: nuclear power is hideously dear and far from idealThe Guardian - Nils PratleyThat bill-payers got stuffed in the deal that brought the Hinkley Point C project into existence is beyond dispute these days. Even government ministers barely quibble with the National Audit Office’s
Russia Faulty battery may have sparked Russian submarine fire – reportsThe Guardian - Matthew Bodner in MoscowA malfunctioning lithium-ion battery may have sparked a deadly fire on a top-secret Russian nuclear submersible earlier this month that killed 14 naval officers, according to reports. The Kremlin has tight-lipped
Boris Johnson Sky executive among Johnson's first appointmentsThe Guardian - Rajeev Syal, Rowena Mason and Lisa O'CarrollA Sky executive who lent a townhouse to Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and an academic who accused politicians of exaggerating racial prejudice were among Downing Street’s controversial first appointments
Opinion (UK) In believing Carl Beech, the Met put the public at riskThe Guardian - Ceri ThomasMany months before the Panorama investigation into Operation Midland was broadcast in October 2015, I sat in a cafe in central London with a very senior officer who had just left the Metropolitan police.
Katie Ledecky Sun saga casts shadow over Australian world swimming successThe Guardian - Matt ClearyEmma McKeon was on track to beat Michael Phelps’ record of world championship medals. Eighteen-year-old Ariarne Titmus conquered the previously untouchable American Katie Ledecky in the 400m free and on
Guns Gun violence is down in the Bay Area – but not everywhereGuardian US - Lois Beckett, Darwin BondGraham, Abené ClaytonIt’s been a little over a month since we published the first two stories in our Guns and Lies in America series, a year-long project investigating what works to reduce the daily toll of gun violence in
Energy Efficiency A million homes lined up for energy bill cutsThe Guardian - Jillian AmbroseMinisters admit much more needs to be done to reach fuel poverty targets One million more homes in England could be in line for help to cut their energy bills under the government’s latest strategy to
Boris Johnson 'They call him Britain's Trump': US president on Boris Johnson - videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump praises Britain's incoming prime minister on Tuesday, saying that he is a 'good man' who 'will get [Brexit] done'. The US president also says Johnson is known as 'Britain's Trump': 'They me
Queensland Queensland mining royalties found to give 'effective subsidies' to thermal coal exportersThe Guardian - Ben SmeeQueensland’s mining royalties regime gives “effective subsidies” to exporters of low-quality thermal coal, according to a new report by the Australia Institute that shows public support for an overhaul
Technology NBN close to completion as network build passes the 10m premises markThe Guardian - Josh TaylorNBN Co is racing closer to the finish line of the network being built, announcing there are now 10m homes and businesses that can connect to the network, just 1.6m short of the 2020 target. The government-owned
Opinion (UK) I’m an ordinary person who joined an Extinction Rebellion blockade. Here's why you should tooThe Guardian - AnonymousLet me tell you a story. Many of us already know the climate catastrophe story, so let me tell you a different one I am an ordinary mid-career professional. I work a nine-to-five job in the city, and well
Gary Lineker ‘I’m not strong enough to come out’: Mystery ‘gay footballer’ deletes Twitter accountThe Guardian - Guardian sportA Twitter user who claimed to be an anonymous Championship footballer intending to come out as gay has appeared to reverse his decision after admitting he is “not strong enough to do this”. Having previously
World News 'A rip through the desert': photos show how California earthquakes reshaped the landThe Guardian - Maanvi SinghThe biggest earthquakes to hit California in two decades literally broke the desert floor. Newly released satellite images from before and after the major quakes show how the tremors jerked apart slabs
Water Parks Police find dead man at waterpark and search for missing swimmer in LondonThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonA body has been found in the hunt for a man missing at a water park, while an urgent search is under way to find a swimmer who has not been seen since jumping into an east London dock on Tuesday evening.
News Extinction Rebellion protesters confront politicians at US CapitolThe Guardian - David Smith in WashingtonProtesters from the climate crisis group Extinction Rebellion are causing disruption at the US Capitol in Washington, confronting politicians and glueing themselves to doorways in order to block them.
Vicky McClure I Am Nicola review – rare, stunning TV about an awful phenomenonThe Guardian - Lucy ManganI Am Nicola (Channel 4) is a rare, beautifully realised piece about an underexamined, ugly phenomenon. The first of three female-led hour-long dramas written by Dominic Savage after collaborations with
Team GB Team GB must deliver more than just medals at 2020 Olympics in TokyoThe Guardian - Paul MacInnesThe slogan of the British Olympic movement used to be straightforward and decidedly unsentimental. Now, as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 reaches a year to go, “no compromise” has been replaced by a new gentler
U.S. Department of Justice US justice department targets big tech firms in antitrust reviewThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesThe US justice department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition. “The Department’s review will consider the widespread concerns
Team GB England’s Suzy Petty hopes to help GB hockey team make it to OlympicsThe Guardian - Paul MacInnesSuzy Petty is in an unusually stressful position. The 27-year-old has forced her way into the Great Britain women’s hockey team. As they are the Olympic champions one might think they should be getting
Snapchat Snapchat users up 8% in a year to 203 million, company saysThe Guardian - Kari Paul in San FranciscoThe number of Snapchat users has increased 8% since this time last year – to 203 million, the company announced in its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, sending shares surging in after hours trading.
Play buttonUK Golf Open winner Shane Lowry warns rivals: ‘I feel like I can beat anyone now’The Guardian - Ewan MurrayShane Lowry, having comfortably converted the opportunity that came his way at the Open Championship, believes the sight of his name on leaderboards will draw a fresh level of respect now from the finest
Keeping Faith series two review – return of the mac!The Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonFirst things first: the yellow mac has not gone for good, even if it does seem to have been usurped by a sharp blue trench coat for much of this episode. That fans have come to care so deeply about an
Facebook Facebook agrees to pay $5bn in vast privacy settlement, insiders sayThe Guardian - ReutersThe Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce on Wednesday that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay roughly $5bn, two people briefed on
Environment Specieswatch: the ‘UK rainforest’ threatened by gardenersThe Guardian - Paul BrownLeft to its own devices, Sphagnum fallax, together with a large number of close relatives, will form dense mats of plants on wet ground and become deep peat bogs. These bogs create a habitat for a vast
Australia Ashes arms race leads to Australians playing warm-up against each otherThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the Ageas BowlIt is not hard to find amusement in the concept of Australia’s top cricketers preparing for the Ashes by playing a formal match against one another. An observer with English cricketing sympathies might
Scooter Braun Kamala Harris attended a fundraiser with Scooter Braun. Will the Taylor Swift voting bloc react?The Guardian - Vivian Ho in San FranciscoSenator Kamala Harris attended a fundraiser over the weekend that placed her in the middle of the feud between Taylor Swift and music manager Scooter Braun. The question now is if attending a fundraiser
Play buttonIvanka Trump Trump hails 'good man' Boris Johnson and says of UK: 'They like me over there'Guardian US - David Smith in WashingtonThey like me over there. That’s what they wanted. That’s what they need. Boris is good. He’s gonna do a good job Trump on Johnson Donald Trump has heaped praise on the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson,
Rashida Tlaib Donald Trump calls congresswoman Rashida Tlaib a 'crazed lunatic' – videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump renewed his attack on members of 'the Squad' of Democratic congresswomen of colour on Tuesday, this time targeting representative Rashida Tlaib, calling her 'vicious' and a 'crazed lunatic'.
Play buttonBoris Johnson Ambition fulfilled for Boris Johnson. But what next for Britain?The Guardian - Heather Stewart and Jessica ElgotBoris Johnson will underline his determination to unite a fractured and demoralised Conservative party and deliver Brexit by 31 October as he achieves his long-cherished ambition of becoming Britain’s
Canadian News Canada: two teens thought missing named as suspects in double murderThe Guardian - Kat Eschner in TorontoTwo teenagers who were previously feared missing have been named as suspects in the double murder of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and US citizen Chynna Deese, 24, who were shot dead on a remote highway
Nuclear Energy Let's face it: nuclear power is hideously dear and far from idealThe Guardian - Nils PratleyThat bill-payers got stuffed in the deal that brought the Hinkley Point C project into existence is beyond dispute these days. Even government ministers barely quibble with the National Audit Office’s
Russia Faulty battery may have sparked Russian submarine fire – reportsThe Guardian - Matthew Bodner in MoscowA malfunctioning lithium-ion battery may have sparked a deadly fire on a top-secret Russian nuclear submersible earlier this month that killed 14 naval officers, according to reports. The Kremlin has tight-lipped
Boris Johnson Sky executive among Johnson's first appointmentsThe Guardian - Rajeev Syal, Rowena Mason and Lisa O'CarrollA Sky executive who lent a townhouse to Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and an academic who accused politicians of exaggerating racial prejudice were among Downing Street’s controversial first appointments
Opinion (UK) In believing Carl Beech, the Met put the public at riskThe Guardian - Ceri ThomasMany months before the Panorama investigation into Operation Midland was broadcast in October 2015, I sat in a cafe in central London with a very senior officer who had just left the Metropolitan police.
Katie Ledecky Sun saga casts shadow over Australian world swimming successThe Guardian - Matt ClearyEmma McKeon was on track to beat Michael Phelps’ record of world championship medals. Eighteen-year-old Ariarne Titmus conquered the previously untouchable American Katie Ledecky in the 400m free and on
Guns Gun violence is down in the Bay Area – but not everywhereGuardian US - Lois Beckett, Darwin BondGraham, Abené ClaytonIt’s been a little over a month since we published the first two stories in our Guns and Lies in America series, a year-long project investigating what works to reduce the daily toll of gun violence in
Energy Efficiency A million homes lined up for energy bill cutsThe Guardian - Jillian AmbroseMinisters admit much more needs to be done to reach fuel poverty targets One million more homes in England could be in line for help to cut their energy bills under the government’s latest strategy to
Boris Johnson 'They call him Britain's Trump': US president on Boris Johnson - videoGuardian US - US NewsDonald Trump praises Britain's incoming prime minister on Tuesday, saying that he is a 'good man' who 'will get [Brexit] done'. The US president also says Johnson is known as 'Britain's Trump': 'They me
Queensland Queensland mining royalties found to give 'effective subsidies' to thermal coal exportersThe Guardian - Ben SmeeQueensland’s mining royalties regime gives “effective subsidies” to exporters of low-quality thermal coal, according to a new report by the Australia Institute that shows public support for an overhaul
Technology NBN close to completion as network build passes the 10m premises markThe Guardian - Josh TaylorNBN Co is racing closer to the finish line of the network being built, announcing there are now 10m homes and businesses that can connect to the network, just 1.6m short of the 2020 target. The government-owned
Opinion (UK) I’m an ordinary person who joined an Extinction Rebellion blockade. Here's why you should tooThe Guardian - AnonymousLet me tell you a story. Many of us already know the climate catastrophe story, so let me tell you a different one I am an ordinary mid-career professional. I work a nine-to-five job in the city, and well
