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Konsa joins Arsenal; Shakhtar to play European home games at Chelsea: football news – as it happened

By Tom Bassam and Will Unwin (earlier), Niall McVeigh

The champions added another big signing and Leandro Paredes received a 10-game ban for his part in the World Cup final brawl Nothing like a bit of exclusive news to kick off the shift. Can we keep this momentum going? We shall see! Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries, in another direct

The many tragedies of the Jason Arday case | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to Guardian reports and commentary about the academic, who was found dead at his home last weekend Hugh Muir is right to muse on the tragic nature of the Jason Arday case (A rightwing witch-hunt focused on Jason Arday – but so did legitimate journalism, 19 August). For it’s a tragedy in so many, many ways. It’s a tragedy that a man has died, leaving a grieving family and friends behind. And it’s a tra

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Why I’m still annoyed about sharing a name with Jethro Tull’s flute-botherer | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to letters from the Guardian writers Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss about being confused with each other The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be t

Douglas Hurd didn’t say ‘prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse’ | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Jon Silverman says that the often misattributed line was probably written by the civil servant David Faulker, but with one crucial difference In his letter about ever-lengthier prison sentences (18 August), Nik Wood makes two familiar mistakes in attributing the quote “prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse” to Douglas Hurd. In fact, the line appeared in a white paper published in 1990 by Hurd’s succes

The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the time your kids are born. Plus a letter from Mark de Brunner As a father who has seen both daughters fledge, I felt Zoe Williams’ pain and bafflement as her first son prepares to leave for university (My son is leaving home for university – and my severe denial has surprised me, 17 August). No one talks about it but, from the moment of birth, parent

Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper out of US Open as injuries take their toll

By PA Media

World No 1 makes ‘difficult decision’ to miss slam Draper still recovering from bone bruise in left arm Jannik Sinner will miss the US Open with a right knee injury. The world No 1 has not played a match since beating Alexander Zverev last month to successfully defend his Wimbledon title, missing the Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati. Great Britain’s Jack Draper is also out of the event. The news comes a d

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s buses: a blueprint for governing Britain | Editorial

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The prime minister is right to think that taking Manchester’s model national could widen opportunity, clean the air and rebuild state capacity. Other public services could be next Barely a month into his premiership, Andy Burnham is already taking the lessons of Manchester’s buses national. This week his government backed the West Midlands mayor Richard Parker’s move to bring the region’s main bus operation into publ

The Guardian view on the export of fossils: they deserve national treasure status | Editorial

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Scientific specimens are being sold to foreign museums or snapped up by the super-rich. They should have the same legal protections as works of art As Sir David Attenborough has observed, “there’s nothing more magical than finding a shiny shell and knowing you’re the first person to have seen it for 150 million years”. Senior museum figures are campaigning for fossils to be classed as national treasures, according to

Leandro Paredes receives 10-match ban as Argentina punished for World Cup final brawl

By PA Media

Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Gavi also suspended Fifa issue $321,000 fine for Falkland Islands banner Three Argentina players have been banned for their part in a brawl at the end of last month’s World Cup final against Spain, but they have only been fined for displaying a Falkland Islands banner after the semi-final win over England. Leandro Paredes has been given a 10-match ban and a $90,000 (£66,000) fine by F

Trump faces backlash over reports US navy carrier could be named after him instead of Black war hero

By George Chidi

Sources say US navy is working to rename carrier originally planned to honor second world war sailor Doris Miller The Trump administration has been accused of delivering a “slap in the face” to US military veterans after reports that a navy aircraft carrier set to honor a Black war hero may, instead, be named after Donald Trump. The US navy had previously announced that the carrier under construction would be called

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Contenders primed to chase down Antonelli as F1 season resumes

By Giles Richards at Zandvoort

The young Italian has a substantial lead but his rivals will not see him as being out of reach going into the Dutch GP The Dutch Grand Prix may be hosting its final meeting on the Formula One calendar this weekend but its farewell heralds the opening of a championship run-in that is far from over. Rested, reset and ready to rumble, the title contenders in Zandvoort have an anticipatory air as they enter the sharp end

‘He was all fire’: brilliant Bacio blasts to Nunthorpe Stakes success at York

By Greg Wood at York

Jockey Juan Hernandez dashes to airport after victory ‘He’s just so fast that it doesn’t matter what he runs on’ His name is the Italian for a kiss but there is little delicacy or tenderness about Bacio, the front-running winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes here on Friday. He was headstrong and belligerent on the way to post and simply brutal once the race was under way, tearing down the five-furlong strip without seeing

The Premier League returns, F1’s Dutch Grand Prix and The Greatest Rivalry – follow with us

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Martin Rowson on the El Niño warning – cartoon

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David Harbour has blown Tony Stark’s cover in Avengers: Doomsday. It might just be what Marvel needs

By Ben Child

The actor, who plays Red Guardian in the film, made a cryptic comment to Variety that raised more Robert Downey Jr-shaped questions than answers. But was it a clanger, or expert trolling? Nobody knows exactly what solemn blood oaths Marvel uses to prevent spoilers. But we do know that Andrew Garfield spent most of the run-up to 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home – in which he would eventually turn up as one of two secret

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JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade

By Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Audio recording of US vice-president apparently made at New York fundraiser and shared with Canadian Press Leaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-president, JD Vance, mocking Canada for apparently capitulating in a trade deal and taunting the prime minister, Mark Carney, for trying to “out-tough” Donald Trump. The recording, which was reportedly made at a fundraiser and shared with the

Firebombs thrown at supercars outside Birmingham wedding venue

By Matthew Weaver

Police investigating after two cars set alight in attack caught on CCTV Firebombs were thrown at supercars outside a wedding venue in Birmingham, setting two alight and prompting guests to sprint out of the building. West Midlands police said they were investigating the incident, which happened in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham at around 8.30pm on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Neutrogena responds to criticism over how brand deal with Hayden Panettiere ended

By Ramon Antonio Vargas

Late actor in May said beauty brand cut off its relationship with her after she spoke out about postpartum depression The beauty brand Neutrogena has acknowledged making its former ambassador Hayden Panettiere “feel unsupported during a very difficult time” – alluding to when the late Hollywood actor said the company severed ties with her after she spoke about enduring postpartum depression (PPD). Neutrogena issued a

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Salty Brine: How Strange It Is (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show) review – one of today’s most powerful stage voices

By Brian Logan

Summerhall, Edinburgh Intertwining his diaries with Anne Frank’s gives Brine a tough job, but his passionate performance and force of will combine in a heady brew It’s a hell of a swing to make a show paralleling your first love with Anne Frank’s – the more so for that show about her to end on an uplift. But Salty Brine is nothing if not the man for a big swing. This most overbrimming of cabaret artists is in town wi

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‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision

By Jason Burke

Joint statement issued after IDF said it will not pursue criminal investigations into April 2024 strike that killed seven humanitarian workers Britain, Australia and Canada have called the decision of the Israeli military authorities not to open a criminal investigation into the April 2024 airstrikes that hit a convoy of aid vehicles in Gaza “shameful”. The strikes killed seven humanitarian workers from the US-based

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England’s bowlers tear through Pakistan to seal crushing innings victory in first Test

By Ali Martin at Headingley

1st Test, D3: England, 409, bt Pakistan, 171 & 135, by inns & 103 Archer, Robinson and Tongue all take three wickets The sounds heard coming from the Headingley area at 3.38pm on Friday were not simply the belching roars of the Western Terrace as England wrapped up a one-sided victory over Pakistan. A pressure valve had also been released. One win against a team as ragged as this Pakistan one might not have been reas

Gold and bitcoin surge after US bond market selloff; UK economy on ‘firmer footing’ - as it happened

By Alex Daniel

Rolling coverage of the latest events in global financial markets, the economy and major corporate moves Economists are also taking heart from the PMI survey, which will come as a welcome positive sign after the less-than-ideal public finances data earlier this morning. Jake Finney, a senior economist at PwC, said: The latest PMI data provides increasingly encouraging signs that the economy is finding firmer footing.

Gun stash in German forest believed to be linked to Russia, say reports

By Deborah Cole in Berlin

Germany seeking to extradite suspect from Romania over guns it is feared could have been used ⁠in assassinations Germany is seeking to extradite a suspect from Romania over the discovery of an underground stash of weapons in a forest near Berlin that German media reports have linked to Russian intelligence. Two weeks after German authorities found a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport, the interior minister,

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England beat Pakistan by an innings and 103 runs: first men’s cricket Test, day three – live reaction

By Rob Smyth (now), Tim de Lisle (later)

Updates from Headingley; play starts 11am BST Day two: Brook keeps England on top | Sign up for the Spin 83rd over: England 367-8 (Smith 17, Archer 0) A quiet first over of the day from Mohammad Abbas, with just a single to Jamie Smith. The new ball is available but the left-arm spinner Ali Usman, who took five of the six wickets to fall yesterday, is going to continue at the other end. The second Test between Austra

Palestine Action ‘Barclays five’ will not be sentenced as terrorists

By Raphael Boyd

Activists who targeted bank in Burnley were found guilty in June of causing damage exceeding £200,000 Five Palestine Action activists who vandalised a Barclays branch in Burnley will not be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled. Dubbed the Barclays five, Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were all found guilty in June of causing damage exceeding £