News

TV tonight: Ross Kemp is a dodgy copper in a new CCTV thriller series | Television

Blindspot9pm, Channel 5Ross Kemp is a rubbish, “put out to pasture” copper in this four-part thriller. He is accused of being corrupt by CCTV...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Nato expected to extend Stoltenberg term; drones reportedly intercepted in Moscow region | World news

Drones reportedly intercepted in Moscow regionTwo drones were intercepted in the skies over the Moscow region and one in the neighbouring Kaluga region, Russia’s...

China accuses UK of protecting ‘fugitives’ after bounty put on Hong Kong democracy activists | Hong Kong

China has accused the UK of protecting fugitives after the British foreign secretary criticised Hong Kong’s decision to offer HK$1m bounties for the arrest...

Thousands of Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp after major Israeli raid in West Bank | Palestinian territories

Thousands of Palestinians have fled the Jenin refugee camp after the Israeli army launched a major operation in the occupied West Bank, a senior...

‘We depend on our beautiful reefs’: Fukushima water release plan sparks concern across Pacific | Pacific islands

Every day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.The 54-year-old drops his...

Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides part one: New Zealand | Women’s World Cup 2023: Guardian Experts’ Network

This article is part of the Guardian’s World Cup 2023 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32...

Maresca on a mission to mirror City’s methods in manager role at Leicester | Leicester City

A crackling chuckle can be heard echoing under Enzo Maresca’s breath. “You want to know if we are going to play in the same...

Venus Williams ‘shocked’ to go out in first round at Wimbledon | Venus Williams

Venus Williams was given a hero’s welcome on her return to Wimbledon on Monday, but the 43-year-old could not turn back time and went...

Labour would focus on early years to close education gap in England | Education

More graduate teachers would be parachuted into nurseries under plans being considered by Labour to improve education for under-fours, the Guardian has learned.There could...

Leon Gautier, last surviving French D-day commando, dies at 100 | France

Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-day alongside allied troops to begin the liberation of...

Jasper Philipsen lays down Tour de France marker in stage three sprint win | Tour de France 2023

Jasper Philipsen of Belgium, riding for the Alpecin-Deceuninck team, won the 193.5km third stage of the 2023 Tour de France, after a hectic bunch...

Australia ‘have to live with’ Bairstow stumping, warns Brendon McCullum | Ashes 2023

Brendon McCullum has said the Australia side will have to live with the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow and believes England have been “galvanised”...

Millions swelter under extreme heat as climate crisis tightens grip on US – live | Climate crisis

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAs of Monday, 36m people are under excessive heat warnings in the US,...

Business as usual at Paris haute couture shows as protests rage in France | France

Dior took over the Musée Rodin in Paris, building a pop-up art-gallery-meets-catwalk in the garden. The rapper Cardi B flew in to watch Schiaparelli,...

LTA chief insists British tennis is going in ‘right direction’ after grand slam wins | Wimbledon 2023

The Lawn Tennis Association has insisted British tennis is heading in the right direction a decade since Andy Murray’s first Wimbledon win – although...

Cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond: ‘When I sing, you can hear the drinks and cigarettes I’ve had’ | Stage

‘When I was 12 or 13,” says Justin Vivian Bond, “my parents took my sister and me to dinner at Disney World where this...

Wimbledon 2023: Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek in action on day one – live | Wimbledon 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTenys Sandgren, of course, is one…Question from management: you will not, I don’t...

Tour de France: stage three – live updates | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature179km to go: Neilson Powless hoovers up two more KOTM points at the...

‘Disrespectful’: Warholm condemns on-track environmental protest in Sweden | Athletics

Norway’s Karsten Warholm won the men’s 400m hurdles at Sunday’s Diamond League meeting in Stockholm after the race was disrupted by an environmental protest.Three...

Sad snakes and geckos with bone disease – we vets see the dark side of the UK’s exotic pet boom | Justine Shotton

The UK’s pet population is booming, driven largely by a significant rise in “pandemic puppies” and “Covid kittens”. But less traditional, or so-called “exotic”,...

Sunak under fresh pressure on immigration as poll suggests two thirds of Tory members want to leave ECHR – UK politics live | Politics

Good morning. According to the main political write-through in the Sunday Times yesterday, Rishi Sunak feels life isn’t treating him fairly. Tim Shipman and...

Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji review – charming, genre-defying study | History books

The sudden rise of India over the past few years has taken many western observers by surprise. The Indian economy has quadrupled in size...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow has removed 700,000 children from Ukraine, says Russian MP | Ukraine

Moscow has removed 700,000 children from Ukraine, says Russian MPRussia has brought 700,000 children from the conflict zones of Ukraine into Russian territory, the...

Andy Murray believes ‘good chance’ of Just Stop Oil disrupting Wimbledon | Wimbledon 2023

Andy Murray believes that Wimbledon is likely to be disrupted by a Just Stop Oil protest over the next fortnight in light of the...

In the best cricket tradition, Bairstow v Carey turned on a man saying ‘over’ | Ashes 2023

Frankly, it’s just not Bazball, old boy. On a febrile, toxic, at times mildly hallucinogenic day at Lord’s the cricketers of England and Australia...

Toto Wolff ‘needed to calm things down’ with Hamilton at Austrian Grand Prix | Formula One

The Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has described his strong reaction to Lewis Hamilton, effectively demanding his driver focus on his job, as an...

Ben Stokes questions Australia’s ‘spirit of the game’ after Bairstow controversy | Ashes 2023

A fresh chapter was written in an Ashes history already rippled with controversy and rancour as Australia won the second Test at Lord’s and...

England U21s into semi-finals after Gordon strike sinks Portugal | European Under-21 Championship

England Under-21s once again showed how they are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, even if their exploits in Georgia continue to linger outside the...

‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district | France

Hanifa Guermiti cried as she surveyed the charred remains of the public library, which for years had provided books, comics and a quiet homework...

Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow burn with fury and fire to set Lord’s alight | Ashes 2023

At 2pm the Harris Garden was empty, and the Nursery deserted. Apart from the idle bar and catering staff, the cleaners sweeping up the...

Karolina Muchova: ‘I looked up to Federer – I saw myself in that attacking style’ | Wimbledon 2023

It is a question that comes up again and again. Just what is it about the Czech Republic that enables it to produce so...

Djokovic the Wimbledon favourite by far but Swiatek hopes to find form | Wimbledon 2023

It has been 10 years since Centre Court played host to one of the greatest British sporting moments when Andy Murray overcame Novak Djokovic...

‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK | Death and dying

For anyone uneasy at the thought of their body being consumed by flames or interred in an insect-teeming grave, a new funeral choice is...

Tour de France: Victor Lafay wins stage two but Adam Yates keeps overall lead | Tour de France 2023

Adam Yates held on to his overall lead in the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of...

On the clock: shorter changeovers at Wimbledon leave players frustrated | Wimbledon 2023

Efficiency will be a watchword at Wimbledon this year, from the speed of the ball kids to the pace at which the ground staff...

Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts | Andrea Levy

Had it been made, the television drama would have begun with a middle-aged Mary Seacole, the British-Jamaican woman who nurses hundreds of British soldiers...

Nick Kyrgios admits he is ‘almost dreading’ return to tennis at Wimbledon | Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios declared himself fit for Wimbledon after his long injury lay-off but said he was “almost dreading” his return to tennis.The 28-year-old pulled...

Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence | Israel

Five bullet holes now scar the walls and window of Hummus Restaurant, a modest fast food outlet near the settlement of Eli on the...

It’s time for theatres to stop ghosting the playwrights they have commissioned | Theatre

I hear the Royal Court theatre is in the final stages of its search to find a successor to outgoing artistic director Vicky Featherstone,...

Searching for Silver Lake: the radical neighborhood that changed gay America | Los Angeles

We are driving up an almost vertical hill in a hip Los Angeles neighborhood, looking for one of the birthplaces of the gay civil...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day five – live | Ashes 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTwo types of citrus. Whilst I pad through to the kitchen briefly to...

Royal estate linked to many deaths and disappearances of protected birds | King Charles III

King Charles’s private country estate at Sandringham in Norfolk has been linked to the deaths and disappearances of a string of legally protected birds...

Greater Manchester ‘worst city in Europe for clean and green transport’, says new report | Transport

“I’d hoped we could take a Bee bike to Salford,” said Sarah Rowe of the Clean Cities Campaign after meeting the Observer at Piccadilly...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia launches first overnight drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days | Ukraine

Russia launches overnight drone strike on KyivRussia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day break, a Ukrainian military official said, with...

Burnt Smokehouse and Rack City Ribs, London: ‘What a burger!’ – restaurant reviews | Food

Burnt Smokehouse, 161a Midland Road, Leyton, London E10 6JT. Walk-ins only. Meats £2.50-£10.50/100g; Sauces and sides £1-£6; Dessert £5Rack City Ribs at The Duke’s...

France riots: quieter night reported across the country despite close to 500 arrests | France

French authorities made hundreds of arrests on the fifth night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, but reports from...

Beth Mooney guides Australia Women to dramatic T20 win against England | Women’s Ashes

A record crowd of 19,527 watched as England came within a whisker of beating Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday evening, before the T20 world...

Fielding becomes self-flagellation for Stokes and co as England toil away | Ashes 2023

Ahh, Bazballs. The old salts around the ground have been complaining for days that England need to learn there’s more than one way to...

Meticulous Sarina Wiegman learns plenty for England’s flight path | England women’s football team

When it comes to foreign travel there are two types of people. The first leaves things late, hits the check-in desk just before closing,...