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Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race

By David Smith in Washington

US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like

The Terror: Devil in Silver review – this psychiatric hospital horror is scary on so many levels

By Lucy Mangan

Expect gory set pieces and jump scares galore in the return of the supernatural anthology series, with Dan Stevens among the many poor souls terrorised by an evil spirit haunting their ward Things that go bump in the night? Bad. Things that go bump in the night in a dilapidated psychiatric hospital? Infinitely worse. That, basically, is the premise of Devil in Silver, the latest volume of anthology series The Terror,

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Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

By Kiran Stacey Policy editor

UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party British citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday. Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples with children woul

Newcastle and Liverpool crank up the entertainment for emotional send-off | Sam Dalling

By Sam Dalling at St James' Park

While the teams produced more promise than polish, this thrilling encounter gave an emotional send-off to a legend of both clubs It’s 4.35pm on Tyneside. William Osula sets Anthony Elanga away, slightly right of centre and just short of 50,000 draw collective breaths. Pace is no issue; Elanga has no shortage of that, and Milos Kerkez won’t catch him. But Newcastle fans have seen this clip before and remember the endi

Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died

By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way Cleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle. Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Teesside. Continue rea

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‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

By Lauren Almeida

PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressors The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile Donald Trump has hit back at Canada after a breakdown in negotiations plunged the two countries into a trade war. In his first public comments since negotiations collapsed on Friday in Washington, the US president wrote

Frustrated Lewis Hamilton claims Ferrari strategy cost him F1 Dutch GP podium

By Giles Richards at Zandvoort

Briton says team too slow to pit Charles Leclerc ‘It’s something that we need to discuss offline’ Lewis Hamilton has told his Ferrari team that they must up their game if he is to remain in the Formula One world championship fight after the British driver was angry with strategy calls at the Dutch Grand Prix, comparing them unfavourably with the decisive way his former team ­Mercedes had acted. The race was won by Mc

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Megasquirt: Fully Loaded review – how to combat existential angst? A comedy rave at an ungodly hour

By Brian Logan

Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly send up gen Z anomie with hardcore ditties about awkward dinners, megachurches and centaur boyfriends ‘How to feel whole in an empty world?” There are many possible answers to that question, and Megasquirt’s late-night comedy rave workshops a good few of them. But there’s probably no better way than putting on a banging show and performing it to an adoring a

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Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces thousands to evacuate homes

By Marina Dunbar and agencies

Human-caused Hawk fire covers more than 15,000 acres as blaze approaches University of Nevada campus in Reno A fast-moving Nevada wildfire exploded to more than 15,000 acres (6,000 hectares) on Sunday, pushing from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno and urging nearly 90,000 residents to evacuate as flames threatened neighborhoods and reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. The Hawk fire’s “GO

Liverpool’s Szoboszlai spot on with late, late leveller to salvage point at Newcastle

By Louise Taylor at St James' Park

Before kick-off a banner was raised in the Gallowgate End inscribed with a quotation from the late Kevin Keegan. “I want people to dream about their football,” it read. “We should all be dreamers at heart.” Out on the pitch it swiftly became apparent that both Matthias Jaissle, Keegan’s latest successor in the Newcastle dugout, and Liverpool’s new manager Andoni Iraola are on individual missions to create forms of or

Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool: Premier League – live

By Michael Butler

⚽ Premier League updates from the 4.30pm (BST) kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Get the Football Daily email | Drop us a line Delving into the Liverpool XI, there are two eye-catching selections. Firstly, Rio Ngumoha: the 17-year-old looks like he is lining up on the right wing, with Cody Gakpo on the left. After Mo Salah’s departure, Liverpool have struggled to replace him during the transfer window, failing in their attemp

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The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s foreign policy: work in progress | Editorial

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The prime minister has focused on domestic affairs since coming to office. But at a time of global disruption, he will need to define Britain’s place in the world A run of volatility in domestic British politics in recent years has tracked a period of global turbulence, and yet foreign policy over the same period has been an area of relative stability. What little is known about Andy Burnham’s approach to internation

The Guardian view on the new Hungary: de-Orbánising at pace | Editorial

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As a Brussels deadline looms with over €10bn at stake, Péter Magyar’s first three months have been transformative in addressing a corrupt legacy Some elections are more important than others. Since taking office in May, Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, has embarked upon the country’s most far-reaching and dramatic programme of transformation since the fall of communism in 1989. Mr Magyar’s predecessor, Vik

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The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile

By Olivia Bowden

Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war The calamitous collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States is a warning to nations worldwide that pursuing any kind of dialogue with the current US administration is doomed at the outset, according to observers who

Iryna Zarutska’s family sues North Carolina city over her murder

By Marina Dunbar

Relatives of woman fatally stabbed on public transit allege death was preventable and Charlotte knew of violent crime issue The family of Iryna Zarutska is suing Charlotte and a security company one year after the Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed onboard a light rail train in the North Carolina city. A lawsuit filed on Friday in Charlotte’s Mecklenburg county superior court alleges Zarutska’s death was preventab

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‘Call his agent’: Emery feels Watkins should explain absence from Villa’s rout by Brighton

By David Hytner at the Amex Stadium

England forward is considering move to Al-Hilal ‘This question is for him … I answer only with silence’ Unai Emery did nothing to deny that Ollie Watkins had refused to play for Aston Villa in their sobering 4-0 defeat by Brighton at the Amex on Sunday. The head coach had a selection crisis up front with Brian Madjo and Tammy Abraham injured. However, he did not include Watkins in the matchday squad as the England st

Ella Baron on AI and the drought – cartoon

By Ella Baron

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To end homelessness, look to the root causes | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s pledge to get all rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas As a vulnerable teenage girl carrying my life in a rucksack, I have been the person Andy Burnham describes people walking past in his article (I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise, 19 August). That experience taught me that homelessness is far more complex than rough sleeping alone,

Is this why close encounters with intelligent aliens have so far eluded us? | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers offer their explanations for the absence of hard evidence for extraterrestrial civilisations, in response to an article by Adam Kirsch When thinking about why we have not encountered intelligent aliens yet, as Adam Kirsch does (The long read, 11 August), it seems to me that one factor gets neglected: fossil fuels. Alien life could develop intelligence on myriad planets, but to develop advanced technology that

It’s unwise to end local scrutiny of NHS trusts | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Abolishing the role of statutory governors is ill-advised, says Jean Flanagan. Plus a letter from Jonathan Phillips on the abolition of Healthwatch I wonder how many members of the public are aware that the latest health plan for England, due to be ratified by parliament this autumn, abolishes the role of statutory governors on all of its constituent health trusts? For a number of years I have volunteered to act as a

The far right is steering the EU’s response on migration | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Positions once associated with the radical right have travelled well beyond it, says Giuseppe Martinico I agree with much of Alberto Alemanno’s analysis (How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside, 18 August), but I wonder whether framing this primarily as the far right tightening its grip on the EU risks missing an even more troubling development. What we are witnessing is not simply the

Maresca concedes Manchester City ‘a work in progress’ after hair-raising escape

By Jamie Jackson at the Etihad Stadium

Gvardiol’s stoppage-time strike gives City points ‘I’m looking for solutions. When you win games it helps’ Enzo Maresca said Manchester City remain a “work in progress” after Sunday’s last-gasp win over Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium. Marc Guéhi’s 85th-minute equaliser and Josko Gvardiol’s 91st-minute winner gave City’s new manager victory in his first game, after Marcus Tavernier’s first-half strike for the visit

Brydon Carse handcuffed by police outside nightclub prompting ECB investigation

By Tanya Aldred

England fast bowler released without charge Incident happened in Derby as Durham celebrated win Brydon Carse has become the latest England cricketer involved in a late-night incident after footage emerged of the fast bowler in police handcuffs outside a bar in Derby. The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed it is investigating the incident, which occurred after Durham, the Division Two leaders, completed a t

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‘When I make a sale, I’ll sing a high note’: a day in the life of an opera singing car salesman

By Jaya Saxena

Andrew Hiers is trying to start his own opera company. Until then, he’s serenading the parking lot Andrew Hiers, 38, is an opera singer – a bass-baritone – and a car salesman in Cocoa, Florida. You might think these professions have nothing to do with each other, but his librettos about cars or to customers have gone viral – all part of a larger plan to bring opera to the local community. What time did you wake up? C

Vuelta a España: Britain’s Matt Brennan leaves Pogacar in wake to win stage two

By Agencies

The 20-year-old Briton is riding in his first Grand Tour Tadej Pogacar retains overall leader’s red jersey Matt Brennan emerged triumphant from a bunch sprint to claim victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a España, while overall favourite Tadej Pogacar retained the red jersey on Sunday. Britain’s Brennan was followed over the line by Pau Miquel and Pogacar after a long 214.3km stage with over 3,000m of climbing,

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