Excessive Heat Warning Heat warnings across US as experts warn of spike in extremely hot daysGuardian US - Miranda BryantMore than half the US was under excessive heat warnings on Friday amid a brutal heatwave – which experts warned could become the “new normal” because of the climate crisis. Climate crisis: extremely hot
Iran Iran claims to have seized British oil tanker in strait of HormuzThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in LondonIran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Friday evening to have seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which suddenly veered off course and headed into Iranian waters. The ship’s owners issued a
Boris Johnson Donald Trump offers his backing to Boris Johnson to become PMGuardian US - Kevin RawlinsonDonald Trump has offered his backing to Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the UK’s prime minister next week, saying he will succeed in pushing through Brexit. The US president, who has been heavily
Environment Give endangered jaguars legal rights, Argentina campaigners ask courtThe Guardian - Uki Goñi in Buenos AiresArgentina’s supreme court has been asked to recognize the legal rights of the South American jaguar, of which fewer than 20 individuals remain alive in the country’s Gran Chaco region. The largest cat
England England set for series defeat with Australia comfortable on sodden dayThe Guardian - Raf Nicholson at TauntonEngland have moved a step closer to certain defeat in the Ashes after the second day of the Taunton Test, in which rain wiped out the entire of the afternoon and evening sessions. Australia, fully aware
Labour Party Jewish leaders accuse Labour of 'letting off' antisemitesThe Guardian - Rowena Mason and Jessica ElgotLabour has been accused by the Board of Deputies of British Jews of “letting off” people accused of antisemitism without sanction, after a leaked draft of the party’s disciplinary process showed that members
Boris Johnson Boris blimp to join 9ft Nigel Farage on anti-Brexit march in LondonThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesProtesters will take to London’s streets on Saturday for a “No to Boris. Yes to Europe” march days ahead of Boris Johnson’s widely anticipated move into No 10. In a message aimed at the new prime minister,
Sports NFL won’t suspend Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill in domestic violence case involving sonThe Guardian - Associated PressTyreek Hill has been cleared to report to Chiefs training camp next week after the NFL said Friday it would not suspend the star wide receiver under its personal conduct policy after a domestic violence
Skepta Skepta: Dystopia987 review – flat energy in nightclub of the futureThe Guardian - Daniel Dylan WrayFor this performance in a secret location, the audience are escorted through Manchester city centre to a desolate post-industrial space scattered with barbed wire and cracked concrete. Mobile phones are
Play buttonIlhan Omar ‘Welcome home!’ Ilhan Omar returns to Minnesota amid Trump smearsGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonRepresentative Ilhan Omar was greeted by a throng of supporters as she arrived home in Minnesota, fresh off attacks from Donald Trump and his supporters that included chants of “send her back” at the rally
Boris Johnson Brussels to offer Boris Johnson extension on no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsBrussels is preparing to offer Boris Johnson a no-deal Brexit extension beyond 31 October in an attempt to help him keep the Conservative party together and provide one more chance to strike an agreement
Sports ‘I just want to go home,’ says Tiger Woods after missing Open cutThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Royal PortrushTiger Woods looked to be moving into Muhammad Ali territory this summer. He was not Ali in his pomp but the 1974 Rumble-in-the-Jungle Ali, the magician who shook up the world again at 32, convincing millions
Moon The Guardian view on moon landings: a new race for spaceThe Guardian - EditorialWhen Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon 50 years ago, it was down to a giant leap of political and scientific imagination. His footprints on the powdery lunar surface changed the way we saw ourselves,
Metallica Live Nation and Metallica placed tickets on resale sitesThe Guardian - Laura SnapesLive Nation has confirmed that between 2016 and 2017, it facilitated the transfer of concert tickets directly into the resale market at the request of “about a dozen artists out of the thousands we work
Boeing Boeing Max 737: airlines delay plane's return until NovemberThe Guardian - Gwyn TophamThe swift return of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft to the skies was put further in doubt this week with airlines signalling that they do not hope to operate the plane any time soon. With more than four months
Boris Johnson The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: bad actor, dishonest scriptThe Guardian - EditorialThe most insightful contribution to the Conservative leadership contest was made this week by a smoked fish. That does not reflect well on the human candidates, one of whom brandished a kipper as a prop
Boris Johnson Women more likely than men to view Boris Johnson as dishonest – Guardian quizThe Guardian - Niko Kommenda, Lydia Smears and Aamna MohdinWomen are more likely than men to view Boris Johnson as dishonest, xenophobic and politically calculating, according to a sample of more than 70,000 Guardian readers. Analysis of participants’ answers
Princess Diana Sharon Stone: I was forgotten like Princess Diana after I had a strokeThe Guardian - Andrew PulverSharon Stone has accused Hollywood of being “brutally unkind” in its treatment of her as she struggled to recover from a stroke in 2001. Stone made the comments to Variety magazine at an event to raise
UK News Residents attack lack of organisation after crash at Stevenage car meetThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahLocal people and witnesses to a crash at a car meet in Stevenage that left 17 people injured have said the event was not organised or policed properly. For 17 years, drivers of modified cars have gathered
World News Guatemala court upholds request to suspend work at huge nickel mineThe Guardian - Juliette GarsideGuatemala’s constitutional court has upheld a request from indigenous campaigners to suspend operations at one of the largest nickel mines in Central America, in a battle over the facility’s environmental
Kosovo Kosovo PM resigns before questioning at The HagueThe Guardian - Associated PressKosovo’s prime minister has resigned after being invited for questioning by a Hague-based court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after the 1998-99 war. Ramush Haradinaj said he had
Play buttonFilm (UK) Claws out for the Cats trailer – but Universal will be purringThe Guardian - Catherine ShoardFew film trailers genuinely electrify the internet. Yet on Thursday night, first footage from Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats did exactly that. “Some of the creepiest stuff
Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran dominates UK charts with double No 1The Guardian - Ben Beaumont-ThomasEd Sheeran has topped the UK albums and singles charts this week, following the release of his new album, No 6 Collaborations Project. The album outsold the rest of the Top 30 albums put together, and
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico: top figures in governor's own party urge him to resignThe Guardian - Oliver Laughland in San JuanSupport for Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, continued to plunge on Friday, as senior figures in his New Progressive party called for his resignation and demonstrators returned to the streets
English Premier League Half of Premier League clubs to have gambling sponsors for 2019/20The Guardian - Rob DaviesHalf of the Premier League’s shirts will be emblazoned with a gambling company’s logo during the 2019/20 season, reigniting concern about the normalisation of betting among young fans. Premier League stand
Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma refuses to testify before major corruption inquiryThe Guardian - Jason Burke in JohannesburgThe former South African president Jacob Zuma has refused to testify before a major corruption inquiry, claiming he was being questioned unfairly. Zuma was scheduled to give evidence throughout the week.
Lee Westwood Lee Westwood’s girlfriend and caddie Helen Storey proves a major boostThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushEpisodes of on-course levity appear key to Lee Westwood’s continued competitiveness. Old school caddies probably looked on with scepticism when Westwood opted to place his girlfriend, Helen Storey, on
Opioids Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioidsGuardian US - Chris McGrealFederal prosecutors have charged a former president of a major pharmaceutical distributor with flooding parts of Appalachia with millions of opioid pills while ignoring evidence they were driving addiction
England England face familiar foe New Zealand in netball World Cup semi-finalThe Guardian - Emma John in LiverpoolSeven days, six games, 410 goals scored and 188 turnovers: it is fair to say England’s netballers have earned their rest day before Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. But Jo Harten insisted
Play buttonOpinion (UK) I tried to find an upside to no deal. I couldn’tThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandThink of it as a coping strategy. Just as supporters of a team knocked out of the cup console themselves that “Now we can concentrate on the league”, so I have tried to reassure myself that a no-deal from
Excessive Heat Warning Heat warnings across US as experts warn of spike in extremely hot daysGuardian US - Miranda BryantMore than half the US was under excessive heat warnings on Friday amid a brutal heatwave – which experts warned could become the “new normal” because of the climate crisis. Climate crisis: extremely hot
Iran Iran claims to have seized British oil tanker in strait of HormuzThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in LondonIran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Friday evening to have seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which suddenly veered off course and headed into Iranian waters. The ship’s owners issued a
Boris Johnson Donald Trump offers his backing to Boris Johnson to become PMGuardian US - Kevin RawlinsonDonald Trump has offered his backing to Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the UK’s prime minister next week, saying he will succeed in pushing through Brexit. The US president, who has been heavily
Environment Give endangered jaguars legal rights, Argentina campaigners ask courtThe Guardian - Uki Goñi in Buenos AiresArgentina’s supreme court has been asked to recognize the legal rights of the South American jaguar, of which fewer than 20 individuals remain alive in the country’s Gran Chaco region. The largest cat
England England set for series defeat with Australia comfortable on sodden dayThe Guardian - Raf Nicholson at TauntonEngland have moved a step closer to certain defeat in the Ashes after the second day of the Taunton Test, in which rain wiped out the entire of the afternoon and evening sessions. Australia, fully aware
Labour Party Jewish leaders accuse Labour of 'letting off' antisemitesThe Guardian - Rowena Mason and Jessica ElgotLabour has been accused by the Board of Deputies of British Jews of “letting off” people accused of antisemitism without sanction, after a leaked draft of the party’s disciplinary process showed that members
Boris Johnson Boris blimp to join 9ft Nigel Farage on anti-Brexit march in LondonThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesProtesters will take to London’s streets on Saturday for a “No to Boris. Yes to Europe” march days ahead of Boris Johnson’s widely anticipated move into No 10. In a message aimed at the new prime minister,
Sports NFL won’t suspend Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill in domestic violence case involving sonThe Guardian - Associated PressTyreek Hill has been cleared to report to Chiefs training camp next week after the NFL said Friday it would not suspend the star wide receiver under its personal conduct policy after a domestic violence
Skepta Skepta: Dystopia987 review – flat energy in nightclub of the futureThe Guardian - Daniel Dylan WrayFor this performance in a secret location, the audience are escorted through Manchester city centre to a desolate post-industrial space scattered with barbed wire and cracked concrete. Mobile phones are
Play buttonIlhan Omar ‘Welcome home!’ Ilhan Omar returns to Minnesota amid Trump smearsGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonRepresentative Ilhan Omar was greeted by a throng of supporters as she arrived home in Minnesota, fresh off attacks from Donald Trump and his supporters that included chants of “send her back” at the rally
Boris Johnson Brussels to offer Boris Johnson extension on no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsBrussels is preparing to offer Boris Johnson a no-deal Brexit extension beyond 31 October in an attempt to help him keep the Conservative party together and provide one more chance to strike an agreement
Sports ‘I just want to go home,’ says Tiger Woods after missing Open cutThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Royal PortrushTiger Woods looked to be moving into Muhammad Ali territory this summer. He was not Ali in his pomp but the 1974 Rumble-in-the-Jungle Ali, the magician who shook up the world again at 32, convincing millions
Moon The Guardian view on moon landings: a new race for spaceThe Guardian - EditorialWhen Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon 50 years ago, it was down to a giant leap of political and scientific imagination. His footprints on the powdery lunar surface changed the way we saw ourselves,
Metallica Live Nation and Metallica placed tickets on resale sitesThe Guardian - Laura SnapesLive Nation has confirmed that between 2016 and 2017, it facilitated the transfer of concert tickets directly into the resale market at the request of “about a dozen artists out of the thousands we work
Boeing Boeing Max 737: airlines delay plane's return until NovemberThe Guardian - Gwyn TophamThe swift return of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft to the skies was put further in doubt this week with airlines signalling that they do not hope to operate the plane any time soon. With more than four months
Boris Johnson The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: bad actor, dishonest scriptThe Guardian - EditorialThe most insightful contribution to the Conservative leadership contest was made this week by a smoked fish. That does not reflect well on the human candidates, one of whom brandished a kipper as a prop
Boris Johnson Women more likely than men to view Boris Johnson as dishonest – Guardian quizThe Guardian - Niko Kommenda, Lydia Smears and Aamna MohdinWomen are more likely than men to view Boris Johnson as dishonest, xenophobic and politically calculating, according to a sample of more than 70,000 Guardian readers. Analysis of participants’ answers
Princess Diana Sharon Stone: I was forgotten like Princess Diana after I had a strokeThe Guardian - Andrew PulverSharon Stone has accused Hollywood of being “brutally unkind” in its treatment of her as she struggled to recover from a stroke in 2001. Stone made the comments to Variety magazine at an event to raise
UK News Residents attack lack of organisation after crash at Stevenage car meetThe Guardian - Nadeem BadshahLocal people and witnesses to a crash at a car meet in Stevenage that left 17 people injured have said the event was not organised or policed properly. For 17 years, drivers of modified cars have gathered
World News Guatemala court upholds request to suspend work at huge nickel mineThe Guardian - Juliette GarsideGuatemala’s constitutional court has upheld a request from indigenous campaigners to suspend operations at one of the largest nickel mines in Central America, in a battle over the facility’s environmental
Kosovo Kosovo PM resigns before questioning at The HagueThe Guardian - Associated PressKosovo’s prime minister has resigned after being invited for questioning by a Hague-based court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after the 1998-99 war. Ramush Haradinaj said he had
Play buttonFilm (UK) Claws out for the Cats trailer – but Universal will be purringThe Guardian - Catherine ShoardFew film trailers genuinely electrify the internet. Yet on Thursday night, first footage from Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats did exactly that. “Some of the creepiest stuff
Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran dominates UK charts with double No 1The Guardian - Ben Beaumont-ThomasEd Sheeran has topped the UK albums and singles charts this week, following the release of his new album, No 6 Collaborations Project. The album outsold the rest of the Top 30 albums put together, and
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico: top figures in governor's own party urge him to resignThe Guardian - Oliver Laughland in San JuanSupport for Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, continued to plunge on Friday, as senior figures in his New Progressive party called for his resignation and demonstrators returned to the streets
English Premier League Half of Premier League clubs to have gambling sponsors for 2019/20The Guardian - Rob DaviesHalf of the Premier League’s shirts will be emblazoned with a gambling company’s logo during the 2019/20 season, reigniting concern about the normalisation of betting among young fans. Premier League stand
Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma refuses to testify before major corruption inquiryThe Guardian - Jason Burke in JohannesburgThe former South African president Jacob Zuma has refused to testify before a major corruption inquiry, claiming he was being questioned unfairly. Zuma was scheduled to give evidence throughout the week.
Lee Westwood Lee Westwood’s girlfriend and caddie Helen Storey proves a major boostThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushEpisodes of on-course levity appear key to Lee Westwood’s continued competitiveness. Old school caddies probably looked on with scepticism when Westwood opted to place his girlfriend, Helen Storey, on
Opioids Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioidsGuardian US - Chris McGrealFederal prosecutors have charged a former president of a major pharmaceutical distributor with flooding parts of Appalachia with millions of opioid pills while ignoring evidence they were driving addiction
England England face familiar foe New Zealand in netball World Cup semi-finalThe Guardian - Emma John in LiverpoolSeven days, six games, 410 goals scored and 188 turnovers: it is fair to say England’s netballers have earned their rest day before Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. But Jo Harten insisted
Play buttonOpinion (UK) I tried to find an upside to no deal. I couldn’tThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandThink of it as a coping strategy. Just as supporters of a team knocked out of the cup console themselves that “Now we can concentrate on the league”, so I have tried to reassure myself that a no-deal from
