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Jeff Bezos consortium could be majority Liverpool shareholder within a year

By Andy Hunter

Group paid more than £2 billion for initial 38% slice of club

US securities regulator reveals long-awaited crypto rules

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets, the first major step under US President Donald Trump's administration to give the industry the tailored rules it has long pushed for.

The Irish Times view on prison overcrowding: a growing crisis

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Limerick’s Women’s Prison is the State’s newest and best. It is also the most overcrowded

Catherine Connolly to meet Ann Travers after encounter with her sister’s IRA murderer

By Ronan McGreevy

President was pictured in Belfast with only person convicted of Mary Travers’s killing in 1984

The Irish Times view on energy security: the grid needs strengthening

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It is in a parlous state because of years of underinvestment

Man accused of threatening to kill partner sent her 708 voice notes in 48 hours

By Dara Bradley

Defendant and complainant are in long-term relationship and share children together, defence solicitor says

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Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave

By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Migration minister asked how he intends to stop deportations of people ‘who had lived in Sweden for decades’ The deportation and removal of British citizens from Sweden over Brexit residency rights is damaging relations with the UK amid efforts to improve links with London, a Swedish MP has said. Håkan Svenneling, representative for Värmland, where a 78-year-old British widow, Joyce Thomas, has been given four weeks

Farmers accuse Heydon of failing to grasp severity of drought

By Tim O'Brien

Minister hears that fodder, horticulture and tillage sectors ‘staring down the barrel of poor harvest yields’

Israel withdraws support for embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino

By Matt Hughes, Nick Ames

Efforts to force Infantino out of his role expected to intensify in the coming days

Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins

By Aisha Down

Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design In 1994, more than 40 US states came together to sue one of the most powerful industries on Earth: big tobacco. The suits brought together diverse claims centred on tobacco companies’ misleading advertising and contribution to a mounting public health crisis. They ended in a negotiated settlement with the US government,

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Rose of Tralee 2026 - all the action as it happened

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Catch up on the night two of The Rose of Tralee International Festival from the Kerry Sports Academy at MTU.

Burnham declares almost £350,000 in donations in months before becoming PM

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

MPs’ register of interests shows hospitality and trips worth more than £12,000 and contributions from longstanding Labour donors Donors to Andy Burnham gave almost £350,000 over the months before he became Labour leader and prime minister, with major contributors including his former adviser Sacha Lord as well as billionaires David Sainsbury and Gary Lubner. The new MPs’ register of interests also shows Burnham decla

Israel withdraws support for embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino

By Matt Hughes and Nick Ames

IFA points to ‘unprecedented crisis of confidence’ Premier League chief says Infantino ‘hit self-destruct’ Gianni Infantino’s decision to sack his chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, after the Frenchman’s criticism of the World Cup sell-off plan has hardened some opposition to the Fifa president, with the efforts to force him out expected to intensify over the next few days. On Tuesday Israel became the latest Fif

Frank McNally: My 135km journey in Ireland without a car

By Frank McNally

This ferociously busy route was clearly not built with pedestrians in mind and hitchhiking didn’t seem safe to attempt

The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial

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New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump In November, Californians will vote on a one-off 5% levy on residents worth more than $1bn. The union-backed plan could raise $100bn, more than enough to replace federal healthcare funding stripped away by Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. About 200 very rich people

The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own | Editorial

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The Wordsworth Trust has acquired a second home. Cherished authors including George Eliot don’t even have one Interest in all things Jane Austen remains high, following the celebrations of her 250th anniversary. In September, the museum based in her former home in Chawton, Hampshire, will host a Persuasion festival. But a less obvious beneficiary of this spike in interest is a museum dedicated to two writers she neve

Tour of Britain Women begins under cloud but with hope of stronger future

By Jeremy Whittle

Women’s peloton returns after death of Finlay Tarling, who died during the Volta a Portugal last week The 2026 Tour of Britain Women starts in Cumbria on Wednesday under a cloud after the death of the Welsh rider Finlay Tarling in the Volta a Portugal last Friday. Tarling was in a collision with a non-race vehicle during the race’s eighth stage and, while police investigations into the exact circumstances surrounding

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Hockey World Cup: Ireland beat South Africa to rouse progression hopes

By Mary Hannigan

Mark Tumilty’s side shake off opening defeat to down South Africa 4-1

Child poverty fell by less than 1% last year, Government progress report shows

By Harry McGee

Rate of consistent child poverty fell to below 8% for first time but is still far from 2030 target of 3%

Section of Cliffs of Moher sea stack falls into Atlantic

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A US tourist captured the moment a large section of one of the most recognisable landmarks at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare dramatically fell into the sea.

‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones

By Helena Horton

Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in Leicester Square was full of people enjoying the warm weather and chatting between tables – without a TikTok video or speakerphone call in earshot. At Wetherspoons, the convivial atmosphere can no longer be punctuated by rude customers taking phone

Ministers are waking up to Britain’s gas supply risks. It’s time for decisions

By Nils Pratley

Despite declining consumption, the country will still need lots of gas in coming years but solutions aren’t forthcoming UK risks running out of gas by 2030s, ministers told The penny is dropping in government. Britain, even in rapid energy transition mode, will still need a lot of gas in the years ahead – and needs to know how the gas will arrive. It could hardly be otherwise when there are 24m households with a gas

Bezos consortium's Reds stake higher than first believed

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The consortium involving Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns more of Liverpool than initially thought after it emerged the collaboration of billionaires have a 38% share in the club.

Philip Pullman and Maggie O’Farrell among authors urging Burnham to cut business rates on bookshops

By Emma Loffhagen

After pubs and clubs get rates relief, authors back open letter calling for similar support for bookshops, described as the ‘beating hearts’ of high streets Maggie O’Farrell, Philip Pullman, Katherine Rundell and Elif Shafak are among the authors supporting a campaign by independent booksellers who have urged Andy Burnham to extend business rates relief for pubs, clubs and live music venues to bookshops, warning that

Andy Burnham should resist populist pressure on jail sentences | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Nik Wood says the prime minister must be tough on the causes of crime, Henry Rossi calls for him to resolve the IPP crisis, while Janet Carter considers victims of domestic abuse As you say in your editorial (The Guardian view on early prisoner release: don’t lose sight of systemic reform, 12 August), governments of all stripes have bowed to pressure for ever longer sentencing. For instance, the killers of PC Andrew