Toronto Raptors Toronto Raptors finish Milwaukee Bucks to seal first NBA finals appearanceThe GuardianKawhi Leonard had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors into the NBA finals for the first time with a 100-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. The Raptors overcame a deficit
Snakes Snake mistake: CSIRO says it's a myth that Australia is home to world's deadliest speciesThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressThe popular suggestion that Australia is home to the world’s deadliest snakes is largely a myth, with the risk of bites and death far greater across Asia, Africa and South America, the nation’s science
Prince Charles Real IRA founder who plotted bombing while Prince Charles was in Ireland dies in prisonThe Guardian - Pádraig CollinsOne of the founders of the Real IRA, who planned a bomb attack during Prince Charles’s visit to Ireland in 2015, has died in prison. Seamus McGrane died from a suspected heart attack while serving an sentence
Shark Attacks Swimmer dies after shark attack in HawaiiGuardian US - Staff and agenciesA man has died in Hawaii after being attacked by a shark, local officials have said, the first such fatality in the state in four years. The victim, a 65-year-old from California, is believed to have swimming
North Korea Trump brushes off North Korea's launch of 'some small weapons'The Guardian - Guardian staffDonald Trump has dismissed concerns about North Korea’s recent missile tests, calling them “small weapons”, a day after his national security adviser said there was no doubt the launches violated UN security
World News Jews in Germany warned of risks of wearing kippah cap in publicThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseGermany’s government commissioner on antisemitism has warned Jews about the potential dangers of wearing the traditional kippah cap in the face of rising anti-Jewish attacks. “I cannot advise Jews to the
Maurizio Sarri Juventus put Sarri and Pochettino on shortlist to replace AllegriThe Guardian - Fabrizio RomanoMaurizio Sarri and Mauricio Pochettino are both on Juventus’s wishlist as they continue to search for a new manager to replace Massimiliano Allegri. The Turin club’s hierarchy are looking at the current
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Books Melanie Cheng, Chris Womersley, Rohan Wilson and more on what they're reading in MayThe Guardian - Melanie Cheng, Sienna Brown, Nigel Featherstone, Rohan Wilson, Chris Womersley, Margaret Rice, Eleanor Gordon-Smith and Ava Benny-MorrisonTell us about your book. Meg Hughes is a 75-year-old unmarried pensioner who, after a lifetime of caring for others, finds herself alone in her family home with only her pet African grey parrot for company.
Townsville The big swing to George Christensen should be where the lesson for the election isThe Guardian - Greg JerichoAs usual after an election comes the commentary that would have you believe the result was so obvious and that there are a multitude of lessons to learn (mostly the wrong ones). I won’t prosecute all them,
Lionel Messi Valencia shock Barcelona in Copa del Rey final despite Messi’s best effortsThe Guardian - Sid Lowe at the Estadio Benito VillamarínBy the end here in Seville they could take it no more, but the suffering was worth it and they made it. Somewhere in the madness a whistle blew and Valencia became Copa del Rey winners. For the first in
Jordan Henderson Jordan Henderson: ‘City don’t stop at one trophy … we want more and more’The Guardian - Paul WilsonIt is easy to see Liverpool’s place in the Champions League final on Saturday as a shot at redemption, a chance to make up for last year’s final disappointment and to gain tangible reward after a tremendous
Mauricio Pochettino Spurs’ Champions League dream may hinge on Kane call, admits PochettinoThe Guardian - David HytnerMauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane is on course to be fit for Saturday’s Champions League final against Liverpool and the Tottenham manager suggested he would live or die by the decision to use him as
England Mark Wood to wait on scan after injury in England’s World Cup warm-up lossThe Guardian - Press AssociationMark Wood faced a nervous night pondering his World Cup fate after injury forced him out of England’s warm-up defeat against Australia. The paceman abandoned his run-up midway through his first spell the
Barack Obama Trump attacks judge who blocked border wall plans as 'Obama activist'Guardian US - Associated Press in WashingtonAfter a federal judge blocked his attempt to build key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, Donald Trump criticised the justice for being an “activist”
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich win German Cup after Lewandowski cuts down RB LeipzigThe Guardian - ReutersBayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 3-0 on Saturday thanks to two goals from Robert Lewandowski to win their 19th German Cup and complete a domestic league and Cup double. The Bundesliga’s top scorer headed
Tom Watson Labour must back second Brexit vote or lose next election, Tom Watson warnsThe Guardian - Toby HelmLabour’s deputy leader Tom Watson today warns that his party will lose the next general election and any chance to form a radical, reforming government unless it quickly rewrites its Brexit policy and
Natalie Portman Moby apologises to Natalie Portman for being 'inconsiderate'The Guardian - Press AssociationMusician Moby has publicly apologised to Natalie Portman days after she claimed he had been “creepy” with her in her younger years. In his new memoir Then It Fell Apart, Moby, 53, had alleged that that
Leinster Leinster ruin Stuart Hogg’s farewell to claim Pro14 title against GlasgowThe Guardian - Press AssociationLeo Cullen knew the European Champions Cup finalists would be up against it playing Warriors in their own city, and the vast majority of the record 47,128 crowd were cheering on Dave Rennie’s team, but
Labour Party Never again can Labour find itself on the wrong side of a historic choiceThe Guardian - Tom WatsonVoting in the European elections is over, with the results about to come in. The Tory leadership race, which will be won by a hardline Brexiter, has just begun. Everyone who cares about the Labour party
YPG Sajid Javid should not be allowed to criminalise the British heroes of RojavaThe GuardianJust two months ago the whole world celebrated Islamic State’s defeat as a military force. That victory was led by the women of the YPJ (women’s protection units), along with the other Kurds, Arabs and
Film (UK) Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festivalThe Guardian - Andrew PulverBong Joon-ho has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for his black comic thriller Parasite. The South Korean director is best known for previous films Okja and Snowpiercer, and earned rave for
Mike Pence Mike Pence tells US military graduates: you should expect to see combatGuardian US - Associated Press in West Point, New YorkYou will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen. Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere Mike Pence Vice-President Mike Pence has told the most diverse graduating class in the
Brexit The Tory party is simply debating which sort of electoral cyanide to takeThe Guardian - Justine GreeningThe Conservative party in parliament and 120,000 members will shortly be picking a new leader and, in doing so, a new prime minister. There will be more runners and riders than Doncaster races. The party
Film (UK) Sorry they missed you, Tarantino – but Cannes was right to celebrate ParasiteThe Guardian - Peter BradshawThe Cannes Palme d’Or has been given to a gorgeous film which instantly beguiled everyone who saw it, and it became the talking point at the festival for days. Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
Brexit Party Stop Boris campaign launched by Tory moderates opposed to no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Michael Savage, Jamie Doward and Toby HelmA campaign to stop Boris Johnson becoming prime minister and taking the country into a no-deal Brexit was launched by moderate cabinet ministers on Saturday as the first shots were fired in the Tory contest
Brexit Enough wishful thinking. The next PM must confront hard realities on BrexitThe Guardian - David GaukeWe will have a new prime minister but the task facing them is the same one Theresa May faced for three years: how do we deliver the 2016 referendum result in a way that is good for the prosperity, security
England Steve Smith’s century gives Australia World Cup warm-up win over EnglandThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the Hampshire BowlPhoney wars do not end up much sillier than this World Cup warm-up. Jos Buttler offered a spectacle with a whirlwind half century, after Steve Smith had done the same with a hundred, while a close finish
LGBTQI LGBT lessons row teacher leads Birmingham PrideThe Guardian - Press AssociationA teacher whose lesson programme covering LGBT relationships has been at the centre of recent protests is leading the Birmingham Pride parade. Andrew Moffat, assistant headteacher at Parkfield Community
