Rohingya Rohingya refugees shot dead by Bangladesh police during gunfightThe Guardian - Sign inTwo Rohingya refugees were shot dead by Bangladesh police during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after they were accused of killing a ruling party official, police said. Nearly one million Rohingya
Sergey Kovalev Anthony Yarde brave but beaten in WBO title fight against Sergey KovalevThe Guardian - PA MediaBritain’s Anthony Yarde produced a brave fight against Sergey Kovalev before being knocked out in the 11th round of their WBO light-heavyweight title fight in Chelyabinsk. The previously unbeaten Yarde
Micronesia Nauru election: President Baron Waqa reportedly loses his seatThe Guardian - Calla WahlquistNauru’s president, Baron Waqa, has reportedly lost his seat in parliament. Preliminary election results from his electorate of Boe show that Waqa, who has been president since 2013, lost out to Asterio
Syria Netanyahu hails Israel strikes against Syria to foil Iran 'killer drone attack'The Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe Israeli air force struck in Syria to prevent an Iranian force from launching an attack on the Jewish state with drones armed with explosives, the army said on Sunday. Although Israel operates regularly
Scott Morrison G7: Scott Morrison to push for action against online terrorist content Australia News - Australian Associated PressScott Morrison will try to push countries further on taking action against terrorist and violent extremist material on social media during a series of meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit. Australia’s
Sports Lightning strikes Tour Championship and leaves six spectators in hospitalThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at East LakeSix spectators were taken to hospital in Atlanta after lightning struck East Lake Golf Club, shortly after play had been suspended in the third round of the Tour Championship. The PGA Tour confirmed later
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Stephen Sondheim The week in cultureThe GuardianA woman leaves her phone on the Docklands Light Railway in east London. A stranger picks it up and follows her in a bid to return it, but the woman has disappeared. He searches the streets and spots her
West London Man in his 60s stabbed to death in west LondonThe Guardian - PA MediaA man in his 60s has been stabbed to death in west London. The Metropolitan police said a man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident on Saturday evening in Southall. The
trump news update With Trump there is no bottom and it looks like Australia will follow him all the way downThe Guardian - Greg Jericho“Very deep is the well of the past. Should we not call it bottomless?” So begins the prelude of Thomas Mann’s “Joseph and his Brothers”, a set of four novels that details the life of Jacob and his son
trump news update Troubled waters: Australia bets on Trump in Middle East deploymentThe Guardian - Ben DohertyAustralia’s announcement this week that it will join US-led freedom of navigation operations patrolling the Strait of Hormuz brings the number of American allies willing to contribute to America’s latest
Disney+ Netflix killer? Why Disney Plus signals the start of Australian streaming's Hunger GamesThe Guardian - Luke BuckmasterThe entertainment industry has known for a long time that the floodgates of the streaming industry would eventually be prised open. The dominance of Netflix as the go-to streaming service was always going
Wealth The wealth crisis: are young Australians really going to be worse off than their parents?The Guardian - Celina RibeiroFor as long as any of us can remember, society has struck an “intergenerational bargain”. The younger generation agrees to support and look after their predecessors as they age. The older generation agrees
Birds ‘Magpies are the sound I remember most’: bird-watching with Paul KellyThe Guardian - Andrew StaffordDown by the mouth of Laverton Creek, at the Altona Foreshore Reserve in Melbourne’s west, songwriter Paul Kelly is watching about 150 gannets as they mass on Port Phillip Bay. From where we stand, even
Boris Johnson Prime minister to challenge Trump: ‘Drop barriers to UK exports’The Guardian - Heather StewartThe most important thing for any prime minister of the UK is to have a very close, friendly relationship with our most important ally Boris Johnson Boris Johnson will challenge Donald Trump to throw open
Steve Bruce Steve Bruce invokes siege mentality to navigate the Newcastle stormThe Guardian - Louise TaylorAt first glance, Steve Bruce remains on the affable side of polite and even makes a couple of jokes but it does not take long to establish that inside he is hurt and angry. Within minutes of taking a Newcastle’s
Play buttonLucas Moura Lucas Moura: ‘I want to be starting but I respect Pochettino’s choice’The Guardian - David HytnerEven now, with the benefit of distance, it is a remarkable detail of last season’s Champions League final. Lucas Moura, the hat-trick hero of Tottenham’s semi-final second-leg epic at Ajax, the man who
World News Britain to donate £90m to global fund for war-zone educationThe Guardian - Heather StewartJohnson mentioned girls’ education as one of his three top priorities for the G7 summit as he landed in Biarritz Britain will contribute £90m to a global fund that provides schooling for children in conflict
Benjamin Mendy Benjamin Mendy’s hard work can earn reward, says Pep GuardiolaThe Guardian - Jamie JacksonPep Guardiola says Benjamin Mendy is working “like an animal” to have a successful Manchester City career following an injury-blighted first two years at the club. The left-back was signed for £52m in
World News Macron: ‘All G7 powers must help Brazil fight raging Amazon fires’The Guardian - Angelique Chrisafis & Heather Stewart BiarritzEmmanuel Macron has asked for world powers to help Brazil and its neighbours fight the fires raging in the Amazon and to plan huge replanting programmes. The appeal came as the French president piled on
Aaron Burr Aaron Burr, vice-president who killed Hamilton, had children of colorGuardian US - Amanda HolpuchJohn Pierre Burr, one of two children the former vice-president Aaron Burr is said to have fathered with a servant from India, was officially memorialized as a descendant of the founding father at a ceremony
Airlines BA sorry for sending flight cancellation email to wrong passengersThe Guardian - PA MediaBritish Airways has apologised after an “email error” meant some passengers were wrongly told their flights were cancelled following the announcement that pilots would strike for three days next month.
GCSEs ‘Easier’ exams offered by private schools smooth pupils’ entry to top universitiesThe Guardian - Toby Helm Political EditorRussell Group members admit they treat less-rigorous IGCSEs the same as new, harder GCSEs Top universities are giving privately educated children an unfair advantage by not differentiating between the
Cricket Steve Smith to play for Australia against Derbyshire after returning to netsThe Guardian - Ali Martin at HeadingleySteve Smith has stepped up his comeback from the concussion he suffered during the second Test at Lord’s after returning to the nets for his first batting session in a week. Australia’s premier batsman
Cricket Joe Root shakes off the sleepless nights to awaken his inner BoycottThe Guardian - Andy Bull at HeadingleyIt was hot in the sunshine at Headingley and by two o’clock a lot of the spectators were sheltering in the shadows under the Western Terrace. There was not a scrap of cover out in the middle then, where
David Luiz David Luiz shirt-pull was ‘not enough’ for a penalty, says Unai EmeryThe Guardian - Paul Wilson at AnfieldUnai Emery put his credibility on the line by defending David Luiz’s mistake in giving away a penalty during Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat at Anfield, admitting the defender’s shirt-pull on Mohamed Salah was the
David Luiz Anfield again proves the mirror that reflects Arsenal’s ugliest failingsThe Guardian - Jonathan Wilson at AnfieldAnother trip to Anfield, another heavy defeat for Arsenal. The best that can be said for them here is that, emphatic as the scoreline was, this was not as bad a display as many they have produced here
Kit Harington Game of Thrones star Kit Harington joins Marvel's The EternalsThe Guardian - PA MediaThe Game of Thrones star Kit Harington will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part of superhero group The Eternals, Disney has announced. The British actor will join his co-star from the fantasy drama
Politics No-deal Brexit: quarter of UK voters now stockpiling or delaying big purchasesThe Guardian - Toby HelmA quarter of UK voters have started taking precautions against the adverse consequences of a no-deal Brexit, including stockpiling food, toiletries and medicines, according to a new Opinium/Observer poll.
