A$AP Rocky Trump says he is working to free rapper A$AP Rocky from Swedish custodyThe Guardian - Kari Paul and agenciesDonald Trump has said he is working to free the American rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been held in police custody in Sweden for weeks. “I will be calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles police spied on anti-Trump protestersGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles police department has revealed in court that it infiltrated an activist group planning anti-Trump protests, in the latest case of US law enforcement spying on leftwing organizers. A confidential
Rory McIlroy The Open 2019: second round - as it happenedThe Guardian - Scott Murray• Shane Lowry shares the halfway lead with JB Holmes, but Rory McIlroy misses the cut by one stroke despite a heroic salvage effort • The official live leaderboard for the 148th Open Well, that was an
Iran Iran stokes Gulf tensions by seizing two British-linked oil tankersThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington, Patrick Wintour and Kevin Rawlinson in LondonIran seized two oil tankers – one registered in the UK, the other in Liberia – in the strait of Hormuz on Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in the worsening standoff in the Gulf. Iran’s Revolutionary
Excessive Heat Warning Heat warnings across US as climate experts warn of spike in very hot daysGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkMore 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. Forecasters warned of “very
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
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
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
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico: top US politicians join chorus calling for governor's resignationThe Guardian - Oliver Laughland in San JuanSupport for Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, continued to plunge on Friday, as influential members of Congress followed senior figures in his New Progressive party in calling for his resignation
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
Psychology 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
Play buttonPhiladelphia, PA Philadelphia man scales down 19-storey building to escape fireGuardian US - Associated Press in PhiladelphiaA man scaled several floors down the side of a 19-storey building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers. The fire at the Holden Tower apparently began a
Louisiana State University Man who had leg amputated after being shot by dog reveals how he nearly diedGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkA former prominent college football player has revealed how he almost died after being shot by a dog during a hunting trip in Mississippi. Matt Branch, 30, and some friends were loading a utility terrain
Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' and calls deforestation data 'lies'The Guardian - Dom Phillips in BrasíliaThe Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment, said Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who also described
Veterans Affairs (Canada) Canada to pay nearly C$1bn to sexual misconduct victims in militaryThe Guardian - Kat Eschner in OttawaCanada’s government will pay nearly C$1bn ($770m) to members of the military who took part in class-action lawsuits alleging widespread sexual misconduct. “No one should feel unsafe in their place of in
Play buttonNews Israeli spraying of herbicide near Gaza harming Palestinian cropsThe Guardian - Miriam BergerIsraeli aircraft spraying herbicide beside the buffer zone along the Gaza strip is directly affecting the livelihoods of Palestinians in violation of international standards, a new report claims. The tracked
Play buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'Our horror only makes him stronger'The Guardian - Guardian staffLate-night hosts criticised Donald Trump’s desperate attempts to try to separate himself from a racist chant at one of his rallies this week On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert urged his audience to “please
Angela Merkel ‘I feel fine’: Merkel dismisses health fears after shaking boutsThe Guardian - Kate Connolly in BerlinAngela Merkel has sought to assuage concerns about her health after a spate of shaking bouts at public events, saying she is feeling fine and looking forward to a healthy life when she steps down in two
Melania Trump Trump praises 'incredible' crowd who chanted 'send her back' at Ilhan Omar – liveGuardian US - Kari Paul in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in New York (earlier)President abandons disavowal of racist chants aimed at the congresswoman, saying ‘she’s lucky to be where she is’ Kari Paul logging off for the night. Here’s the news you should know from this afternoon:
Athens Athens residents flee as strong earthquake shakes Greek capitalThe Guardian - Associated Press in AthensA strong earthquake has struck near Athens, causing residents of the Greek capital to run into the streets. The city’s Institute of Geodynamics gave the earthquake a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 but the
Science Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moonThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorMore than half a century of lunar exploration has left its mark on the moon. What Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin described as the “magnificent desolation” of the relentlessly grey surface is littered with clapped-out
Vienna Passengers incensed: Vienna adds perfumed trains to €1 a day travelThe Guardian - Shaun Walker in ViennaThe rush-hour subway train glides into the station, the doors snap open and passengers move forward to board. As they enter the crowded carriage, they are met not with a musty mix of human odours, but
Taiwan Taiwan pledges help for Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuaryThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseTaiwan’s government has said it will provide assistance to Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuary, after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an unprecedented storming of the city’s parliament
Play buttonIran US briefing: Iran tensions, racist chants and Kyoto Animation fireGuardian US - Tim WalkerTehran has denied Donald Trump’s claim that the USS Boxer shot down an Iranian drone in the strait of Hormuz, after the unmanned aircraft flew within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored calls to stand
Science Apollo 11 site should be granted heritage status, says space agency bossThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorTranquility base, the spot where humans first set foot on the moon, should be granted special heritage status and protected against damage from future visitors and missions, according to the head of the
Philip Hammond Philip Hammond signals he could vote to bring down Boris JohnsonThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsPhilip Hammond has suggested he is prepared to vote to bring down a Boris Johnson government should the likely new prime minister push for a no-deal Brexit. In an outspoken intervention days before Johnson
Play buttonPolitics Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attackGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonYou don’t get frothing crowds chanting ‘send her back’ without Fox News Matt Gertz “Send her back! Send her back!” The chant from a largely white crowd at Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Wednesday, was
Play buttonMike Pompeo China's Uighur policy is human rights 'stain of the century' – PompeoGuardian US - Associated PressThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has accused China of being responsible for the human rights “stain of the century” with mass detentions of Muslims and other minorities. Speaking at an international
Rahm Emanuel Laquan McDonald: four fired for alleged cover up of white officer's role in killingGuardian US - Associated PressThe Chicago police board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer’s 2014 fatal shooting of the black teenager Laquan McDonald. The nine-member board found the officers
Tupac Shakur Iowa executive was not sacked for loving Tupac Shakur, says governorGuardian US - Guardian staffThe governor of Iowa has denied firing a senior executive because he sent emails to staff praising Tupac Shakur and exhorting them to listen to the late rapper’s lyrics. Kim Reynolds’s decision to sack
A$AP Rocky Trump says he is working to free rapper A$AP Rocky from Swedish custodyThe Guardian - Kari Paul and agenciesDonald Trump has said he is working to free the American rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been held in police custody in Sweden for weeks. “I will be calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles police spied on anti-Trump protestersGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles police department has revealed in court that it infiltrated an activist group planning anti-Trump protests, in the latest case of US law enforcement spying on leftwing organizers. A confidential
Rory McIlroy The Open 2019: second round - as it happenedThe Guardian - Scott Murray• Shane Lowry shares the halfway lead with JB Holmes, but Rory McIlroy misses the cut by one stroke despite a heroic salvage effort • The official live leaderboard for the 148th Open Well, that was an
Iran Iran stokes Gulf tensions by seizing two British-linked oil tankersThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington, Patrick Wintour and Kevin Rawlinson in LondonIran seized two oil tankers – one registered in the UK, the other in Liberia – in the strait of Hormuz on Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in the worsening standoff in the Gulf. Iran’s Revolutionary
Excessive Heat Warning Heat warnings across US as climate experts warn of spike in very hot daysGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkMore 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. Forecasters warned of “very
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
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
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
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico: top US politicians join chorus calling for governor's resignationThe Guardian - Oliver Laughland in San JuanSupport for Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, continued to plunge on Friday, as influential members of Congress followed senior figures in his New Progressive party in calling for his resignation
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
Psychology 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
Play buttonPhiladelphia, PA Philadelphia man scales down 19-storey building to escape fireGuardian US - Associated Press in PhiladelphiaA man scaled several floors down the side of a 19-storey building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers. The fire at the Holden Tower apparently began a
Louisiana State University Man who had leg amputated after being shot by dog reveals how he nearly diedGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkA former prominent college football player has revealed how he almost died after being shot by a dog during a hunting trip in Mississippi. Matt Branch, 30, and some friends were loading a utility terrain
Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' and calls deforestation data 'lies'The Guardian - Dom Phillips in BrasíliaThe Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment, said Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who also described
Veterans Affairs (Canada) Canada to pay nearly C$1bn to sexual misconduct victims in militaryThe Guardian - Kat Eschner in OttawaCanada’s government will pay nearly C$1bn ($770m) to members of the military who took part in class-action lawsuits alleging widespread sexual misconduct. “No one should feel unsafe in their place of in
Play buttonNews Israeli spraying of herbicide near Gaza harming Palestinian cropsThe Guardian - Miriam BergerIsraeli aircraft spraying herbicide beside the buffer zone along the Gaza strip is directly affecting the livelihoods of Palestinians in violation of international standards, a new report claims. The tracked
Play buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'Our horror only makes him stronger'The Guardian - Guardian staffLate-night hosts criticised Donald Trump’s desperate attempts to try to separate himself from a racist chant at one of his rallies this week On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert urged his audience to “please
Angela Merkel ‘I feel fine’: Merkel dismisses health fears after shaking boutsThe Guardian - Kate Connolly in BerlinAngela Merkel has sought to assuage concerns about her health after a spate of shaking bouts at public events, saying she is feeling fine and looking forward to a healthy life when she steps down in two
Melania Trump Trump praises 'incredible' crowd who chanted 'send her back' at Ilhan Omar – liveGuardian US - Kari Paul in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in New York (earlier)President abandons disavowal of racist chants aimed at the congresswoman, saying ‘she’s lucky to be where she is’ Kari Paul logging off for the night. Here’s the news you should know from this afternoon:
Athens Athens residents flee as strong earthquake shakes Greek capitalThe Guardian - Associated Press in AthensA strong earthquake has struck near Athens, causing residents of the Greek capital to run into the streets. The city’s Institute of Geodynamics gave the earthquake a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 but the
Science Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moonThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorMore than half a century of lunar exploration has left its mark on the moon. What Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin described as the “magnificent desolation” of the relentlessly grey surface is littered with clapped-out
Vienna Passengers incensed: Vienna adds perfumed trains to €1 a day travelThe Guardian - Shaun Walker in ViennaThe rush-hour subway train glides into the station, the doors snap open and passengers move forward to board. As they enter the crowded carriage, they are met not with a musty mix of human odours, but
Taiwan Taiwan pledges help for Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuaryThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseTaiwan’s government has said it will provide assistance to Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuary, after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an unprecedented storming of the city’s parliament
Play buttonIran US briefing: Iran tensions, racist chants and Kyoto Animation fireGuardian US - Tim WalkerTehran has denied Donald Trump’s claim that the USS Boxer shot down an Iranian drone in the strait of Hormuz, after the unmanned aircraft flew within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored calls to stand
Science Apollo 11 site should be granted heritage status, says space agency bossThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorTranquility base, the spot where humans first set foot on the moon, should be granted special heritage status and protected against damage from future visitors and missions, according to the head of the
Philip Hammond Philip Hammond signals he could vote to bring down Boris JohnsonThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsPhilip Hammond has suggested he is prepared to vote to bring down a Boris Johnson government should the likely new prime minister push for a no-deal Brexit. In an outspoken intervention days before Johnson
Play buttonPolitics Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attackGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonYou don’t get frothing crowds chanting ‘send her back’ without Fox News Matt Gertz “Send her back! Send her back!” The chant from a largely white crowd at Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Wednesday, was
Play buttonMike Pompeo China's Uighur policy is human rights 'stain of the century' – PompeoGuardian US - Associated PressThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has accused China of being responsible for the human rights “stain of the century” with mass detentions of Muslims and other minorities. Speaking at an international
Rahm Emanuel Laquan McDonald: four fired for alleged cover up of white officer's role in killingGuardian US - Associated PressThe Chicago police board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer’s 2014 fatal shooting of the black teenager Laquan McDonald. The nine-member board found the officers
Tupac Shakur Iowa executive was not sacked for loving Tupac Shakur, says governorGuardian US - Guardian staffThe governor of Iowa has denied firing a senior executive because he sent emails to staff praising Tupac Shakur and exhorting them to listen to the late rapper’s lyrics. Kim Reynolds’s decision to sack
