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Boehly’s Chelsea show the distorting effect of money without sense or love | Champions League

Well, there goes the season. Perhaps summer budget too. Who knows maybe the entire Chelsea 3.0 Blue Sky Project Stage One?With 28 minutes to...

One killed as New York City parking garage collapses ‘to the cellar floor’ | US news

A parking garage collapsed on Tuesday in the Financial District in lower Manhattan, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors...

Netflix to end mailing of DVDs of movies to subscribers after 25 years | Netflix

It’s time to say goodbye to those red envelopes. Netflix announced on Tuesday that it would end 25 years of mailing DVDs of shows...

Real Madrid’s Rodrygo floors Chelsea to seal Champions League semi-final spot | Champions League

The pulse had been faint beforehand and, as expected, it was extinguished for Chelsea well before full-time, this Champions League quarter-final exit sounding the...

Arrest of SNP treasurer overshadows Humza Yousaf’s policy relaunch | Scotland

Attempts by Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, to stamp his authority on his already beleaguered administration were scuppered by the arrest of the...

Wagner mercenary admits ‘tossing grenades’ at injured Ukrainian PoWs | Ukraine

A former Wagner mercenary has admitted to killing and torturing dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, in one of the most detailed first-person accounts...

Chelsea v Real Madrid: Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureReal Madrid place faith in same XIIf it ain’t broke, don’t fix it....

A Colombian reporter was murdered after alleging corruption – now a global team is finishing his work | Colombia

“If you’re going to kill me, then kill me. But I’ll tell you up front: you won’t silence me.” In a 37-minute Facebook Live...

Fighting in Sudan in maps, satellite imagery and video | Sudan

Battles have taken place throughout Sudan since Saturday, when a weeks-long power struggle between the army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo,...

UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land | Mining

A London-listed company has been mining gold in the Amazon rainforest without approval from the Brazilian land agency or the consent of nearby Indigenous...

How is Britain rising to this inspiring coronation moment? By obsessing about the Sussexes again | Marina Hyde

In the week before Harry and Meghan’s wedding I watched a woman in the Kensington Palace shop buy a mug that featured the entwined...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin visits occupied Kherson region; US journalist appears in Moscow court | Russia

Putin attends military meeting in KhersonRussian president Vladimir Putin has attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region which is partly held...

SNP treasurer Colin Beattie arrested in connection with funding investigation, say police – UK politics live | Politics

SNP treasurer Colin Beattie arrested by Scottish police as part of probe into party's funding and financesThe SNP’s treasurer, Colin Beattie, has been...

Italy captures brown bear that fatally mauled jogger | Animals

Authorities in northern Italy have captured a bear that fatally mauled a jogger and became the focus of a battle over what to do...

100 years on, how Yankee Stadium helped give birth to a baseball juggernaut | New York Yankees

A century ago on Tuesday, the New York Yankees came out of the shadow of their Manhattan landlords to christen the ballpark that would...

China’s economic growth beats forecasts; UK jobless rate rises to 3.8% – business live | Business

UK jobless rate rises to 3.8%The UK unemployment rate has risen, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show.The UK unemployment rate for...

High stakes for Ukraine as clampdown on corruption comes under scrutiny | Ukraine

A fierce debate has broken out in Ukraine over allegations that a clampdown on corruption is being used to frame high profile business advocates...

Roman gateway rebuilt in ‘exact spot’ at site of invasion of Britain | Roman Britain

An 8-metre-high rampart and gateway built almost 2,000 years ago at the spot where Roman forces invaded Britain has been reconstructed for 21st-century visitors.The...

Japan’s ‘toxic’ dolphin meat contains mercury up to 100 times safe level, test shows | Japan

Marine conservation campaigners have lodged a complaint with police demanding that “toxic” dolphin meat be removed from sale in Japan, after a test showed...

Jonny Bairstow is inaugural winner of new Wisden Trophy Test award | Cricket

Jonny Bairstow has been named the inaugural – and also the 130th – winner of the Wisden Trophy, a new award for the outstanding...

Succession recap: season four, episode four – did Logan mean it … or cross it out? | Television

Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season four. Don’t read on unless you’ve watched episode four.The post-Logan era began with some...

Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota doubles help rampant Liverpool hit Leeds for six | Premier League

As Liverpool finally found a cure for the travel sickness which has undermined their season, Mohamed Salah looked simply unplayable and Trent Alexander-Arnold seemed...

‘Public lynching’: Barça’s Laporta hits back at claims of payments to referees | Barcelona

Joan Laporta came armed with four boxes, 633 referee reports and 43 CDs as he finally broke FC Barcelona’s silence over allegations that they...

Tell us about your favourite UK seaside town – you could win a £200 holiday voucher | Travel

Oh, we still love to be beside the seaside … The UK has more traditional kiss-me-quick resorts than you can shake a rock at,...

Leeds United v Liverpool: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature8 mins: Harrison swings in the free-kick from the left, Rodrigo leaves his...

World snooker championship disrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters in Sheffield | World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship is the latest high-profile sporting event to be disrupted by protestors after a Just Stop Oil activist poured a packet...

Todd Boehly tells Chelsea squad season is ‘embarrassing’ in post-game speech | Chelsea

Todd Boehly attempted to rouse Chelsea’s players before Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid by delivering a speech in the dressing room after...

Top Republicans visit New York to sound off on debt ceiling and crime – live | Republicans

Democrats hit back at GOP's New York blitzIn 1985, Ronald Reagan gave a speech at the New York Stock Exchange in which he outlined...

Ouija board wonder: how Hilma af Klint’s occult dabblings made her an outcast | Art and design

Angels from the spirit realm told Hilma af Klint that becoming a vegetarian would fuel her creativity. This great Swedish artist, whose pioneering works...

A beginner’s guide to Super Mario | Games

It’s official: the new Super Mario Bros film has broken a long-established trend of lacklustre video game tie-in movies by becoming a vast success....

Calls grow for ceasefire in Sudan as deadly fighting continues | Sudan

Fighting between rival government factions intensified across much of Sudan on Monday morning as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict began to gather momentum.At...

‘I felt alone’: new UK play shows Black women’s experiences with breast cancer | Race

Black women’s experiences with breast cancer will be put under the spotlight this month, in a play looking at six personal stories highlighting the...

Vaseline your pulse points – and melt your mascara! 14 ways to make the most of your makeup | Beauty

Look for items in packaging that can be opened easily, such as a cleanser in a wide pot where the product can be fully...

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend action | Football

1) Will Gunners rue their lost leads?The adage that 2-0 is football’s most dangerous scoreline has long since been dispensed with but Arsenal are...

UK bosses grow more optimistic as energy prices fall, and AI spending boom looms – business live | Business

Key eventsCFO's expect boom in AI spendingDeloitte also investigated CFO views on artificial intelligence – and found that bosses expect “significant growth in capital...

Russia-Ukraine war live: verdict due in treason trial of Kremlin critic; Putin meets Chinese defence minister | Russia

A Russian court is due to deliver a verdict in the case against opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is being tried for treason for...

‘Your childhood can haunt you’: Fatima Whitbread on trauma, triggers, therapy – and how sport saved her | Life and style

In the latest of the many lives of Fatima Whitbread, the former champion javelin thrower has become a formidable reality TV star – and...

Ahmad Jamal, influential jazz pianist, dies aged 92 | Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal, the influential jazz pianist, composer and band leader, has died at the age of 92.His daughter, Sumayah Jamal, confirmed to the New...

How one man went from China’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state | China

Xu Zhiyong’s dream is for China to become a democratic country that is “beautiful, free, fair and happy.” It is a simple wish, yet...

Neil Robertson storms into second round of World Snooker Championship | World Snooker Championship

Neil Robertson delivered an impressive display to cruise into the second round of the World Championship in Sheffield with victory against Wu Yize on...

Four people killed and multiple others injured in Alabama shooting | Alabama

Four people were killed in a shooting in east Alabama on Saturday night at a dance studio during a teenager’s birthday party and multiple...

Sudan fighting rages for second day despite UN-proposed ceasefire | Sudan

Civilians in Sudan have been subjected to a second day of heavy fighting, waking up in the capital, Khartoum, on Sunday to the sound...

Arsenal draw shows them feeling the pain of an extended title hunt | Arsenal

Objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than they seem. For what feels like at least a decade now, from way back in...