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‘I apologise for the confusion’: travel operator Tui launches AI tour guide | Tui Travel

Holidaymakers typically rely on experienced tour guides and local companies to recommend excursions to medieval castles and spectacular waterfalls, but the world’s biggest tour...

Westworld at 50: Michael Crichton’s bleak vision of AI remains chilling | Science fiction and fantasy films

Welcome to Westworld! It’s a whole town from the 19th-century American west, immaculately recreated for your enjoyment and populated with hyper-lifelike robot inhabitants –...

Trump’s latest indictment leads to fears of rise in calls for violence – live | US politics

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has personally appealed to the former president...

Where to start with: Annie Ernaux | Books

French author Annie Ernaux has written more than 20 books in a career spanning 50 years. Thanks to her Nobel prize win in 2022,...

Rolling Stones, wrong boarding passes and drunk tourists – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

This week the Thursday quiz starts off quite sombre, serious, political and topical, and gets more whimsical as it progresses. A bit like the...

Helen Skelton’s honesty about giving up work for her kids was radical | Emma Brockes

On Sunday, the Radio 5 Live presenter Helen Skelton announced she was hosting her last show for the time being, in order to step...

Government confirms plan to scrap two-week cancer wait targets in England – UK politics live | Politics

Government confirms it is to scrap two-week cancer wait target in NHS EnglandThe government has confirmed that seven NHS England cancer targets are to...

China slowdown fears rattle markets; rouble weakens amid talk of capital controls – business live | Business

Key eventsHunter added: Asian markets were weighed down once more, with China at the eye of the storm. Despite some efforts by the central...

Dust by Jay Owens review – the stuff that surrounds us | Science and nature books

The subject of Jay Owens’s new book has long been trying to kill me. Like 300 million or so people around the world, I...

TV tonight: a slick thriller from the man behind Law & Order | Television

FBI9pm, Sky WitnessThis slick thriller, the centrepiece of the latest franchise from Law & Order’s creator, Dick Wolf, stars Missy Peregrym as the FBI...

Wish you weren’t here! How tourists are ruining the world’s greatest destinations | Travel

Ivan Bera, 24, has always loved the feeling of being naked. He says that when he was about 17, he “ decided to try...

Only genuinely clean hydrogen can help solve the climate crisis | Malcolm Turnbull

Today we use nearly 100 million tonnes of hydrogen as a feedstock for chemicals and fertiliser production worldwide. The problem with this is that...

Pig kidney keeps working for over a month in brain-dead man’s body | US healthcare

A pig’s kidney transplanted by surgeons into a brain-dead man has continued to function normally for more than a month – a critical step...

Robinson urges RFU to increase efforts to promote rugby in deprived areas | Rugby Football Union

The former England captain Jason Robinson has urged the Rugby Football Union to increase its efforts to promote rugby in deprived areas, saying there...

Manchester City secure Uefa Super Cup with shootout win over Sevilla | Uefa Super Cup

Manchester City’s tilt at a clean sweep of continental and world club trophies remains alive after Nemanja Gudelj suffered the heartbreak of a missed...

‘Crisis situation’: Canadian fire nears biggest city in Northwest Territories | Canada

A raging wildfire in northern Canada is inching closer to the biggest city in the Northwest Territories.Local authorities on Tuesday night declared a territory-wide...

‘I hope to keep going as long as possible’: the older people returning to work | Older people

“I’m into my fifth week now: I’m a newbie!” says 60-year-old Andy Barnard, who was a regular customer at his local Co-op in Lincoln...

Digging in: council rejects plan for allotments in greenbelt near Bristol | Allotments

It sounds a progressive, imaginative project. A beautiful hilltop allotment site that would serve the people of Bristol keen to get out in the...

Creepily customized dishes and facial recognition: how might AI change fine dining? | Artificial intelligence (AI)

In the world of ultra-fine dining, service must run like clockwork. A team of specialists work together to create a seamless experience for customers...

‘I was going into anaphylactic shock’: the inside story of TV’s most dangerous reality shows | Television

It’s nearly midnight and Kaila Cumings is curled up naked outside in the dust. She can hear noises beside her head: hot breaths, sniffing,...

‘There’s a lot to get through’: Hawaii crews comb ruins of Lahaina for missing fire victims | Hawaii fires

The destruction in Lahaina stretches as far as the eye can see – homes burned down to their foundations, blackened cars, and piles of...

Biden to tout climate benefits of Inflation Reduction Act as White House announces visit to fire-ravaged Hawaii – live | US politics

Biden to visit Hawaii on Monday after deadly wildfiresPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Maui on Monday to survey...

Why Red Dead Redemption’s return could be another rerelease gone wrong | Games

It’s my birthday today, and Rockstar has been kind enough to rerelease its 2010 western opus Red Dead Redemption on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo...

UK facing ‘high’ risk of recession despite inflation dropping to 6.8% – business live | Business

Inflation down but recession risk now high, IPPR warnsAlthough inflation has fallen, the UK now faces a “high” risk of recession, warns the IPPR...

Inflation falls but chancellor says no room for complacency as families still struggling – UK politics live | Politics

Hunt: inflation still 'causing enormous pressure on families up and down the country'The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has said inflation is “causing enormous pressure on...

Iranian director Saeed Roustayi jailed for ‘unauthorised’ Cannes film screening | Film

A court in Iran has sentenced prominent film director Saeed Roustayi to six months’ prison for the screening of his film Leila’s Brothers at...

Australia v England: Women’s World Cup 2023 semi-final – live updates | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat’s that? Speak up? You want to what? You want to eat like...

Boards, bikes and hikes: my family adventure in West Cork, Ireland | Cork holidays

At first, there is some fussing from my 10- and 12-year-old sons. “Will the water be too cold?”, “I don’t want to wear a...

TV tonight: horrific tales of brutality and bloodlust in ancient Rome | Television

Colosseum9pm, BBC FourThis series, a mixture of talking-head historians and reconstructions, isn’t without its cheesy moments. But it is also a graphic insight into...

Take the high road: the man who visited every country in the world – without boarding a plane | Travel

Torbjørn Pedersen has always dreamed of being a famous adventurer. He spent his childhood building dens in the woods, pretending to be his hero,...

Sudan: more than a million people have fled ‘spiralling’ conflict, says UN | Sudan

More than 1 million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states, as people inside the country are running out of food and dying due...

US air force photos of England at war available to public for first time | Second world war

Black-and-white aerial photographs offering a bird’s eye view of England as it changed during the second world war are being made available to the...

Chelsea poised to sign £35m Olise from Palace and agree £58m deal for Lavia | Chelsea

Chelsea are poised to sign Michael Olise and Roméo Lavia after activating a £35m release clause in the Crystal Palace forward’s contract and agreeing...

Tavernier goal helps Rangers edge out Servette to set up PSV Eindhoven tie | Rangers

James Tavernier’s equaliser sent Rangers into the Champions League playoffs as an improved second-half display in Switzerland helped them overcome Servette. Tavernier’s header five...

Laura Muir: ‘It’s been a rollercoaster. But we’re at a high point now’ | Laura Muir

“Considering how difficult this year has been, I’d be over the moon to win a medal in Budapest, no matter what colour,” says Laura...

Murray withdraws from Cincinnati Masters in bid to be fit for US Open | Tennis

Andy Murray had been forced to withdraw from the Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 event because of an abdominal strain as he looks to be...

Matildas on a quest for lasting legacy beyond winning a home World Cup | Women’s World Cup 2023

The first time Emily van Egmond played football for Australia, nobody bothered counting the number of people watching. It was a friendly against North...

Moisés Caicedo will be £115m bargain if Chelsea return to the elite | Chelsea

After 45 Premier League appearances and one of the more bewildering transfer sagas in recent memory, Moisés Caicedo is a £115m player. The midfielder’s...

Owen Farrell red card rescinding hands England shock Rugby World Cup boost | England rugby union team

Owen Farrell has been handed a shock reprieve and is free to lead England at the Rugby World Cup after his red card was...

‘Our people are still suffering’: Brazil’s operations against illegal mining camps | Brazil

Like mechanised Valkyries, nine helicopters filled with armed men and women in camouflage uniforms swoop over dense forests and remote rivers – but this...

‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania | Tasmania

Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in central Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for Anthony Albanese...

‘It’s the first major work about the referendum’: how Scotland’s big moment finally made good drama | Theatre

On a glorious summer’s day in rural Perthshire in 2014, an extended family sit down to eat dinner and talk politics. It is just...

Trump and 18 others indicted over efforts to reverse 2020 defeat in Georgia – live | US politics

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureJoan E GreveFor the voting rights leaders who worked tirelessly to deliver Democratic...

Liverpool have swapped clarity for confusion in the transfer market | Liverpool

The wounds of a Champions League final defeat in Kyiv were still raw for Liverpool, physically and emotionally, when they last spent big on...

FDA approves new ‘spiral’ tampon shape | Menstruation

It’s been over 90 years since Tampax created the first modern tampons, and the product’s design remains mostly unchanged. But the FDA just approved...

‘Time to grieve and heal’: historic Lahaina prepares to rebuild after wildfire devastation | Hawaii fires

A week after wildfires ripped through western Maui and killed at least 99 people, residents and historians are still processing the full scope of...