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Software provider Collins Aerospace completing updates after Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin hit by problemsBusiness live – latest updatesPassengers are facing another day of flight delays across Europe, as big airports continue to grapple with the aftermath of a cyber-attack on the company behind the software used for check-in and boarding.Several of the largest airports in Europe, including London Heathrow, have been trying to restore normal operations over the past few days after an attack […]

This intense follow-up to My Sister, the Serial Killer is a haunting story of heartbreak, grief and intergenerational traumaRepeat a family story often enough, and it becomes a kind of legend – or a curse. The Faloduns at the centre of Cursed Daughters share tales of heartbroken women across the generations who just can’t seem to hold on to a man. There’s Fikayo, whose husband left after he tired of tending to her chronic illness; Afoke, who seduced her younger sister’s boyfriend; […]

A labyrinthine but lively 28th instalment of the hit manga series juggles byzantine intrigue, spies and cop rivalries with stylish flairBy the time a suave law enforcer from the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center turns up near the end to join colleagues from Yamanashi prefectural police, Nagano police and Tokyo’s Public Security Bureau (PSB), this bewildering but oddly enjoyable anime serves as a handy guide to Japanese bureaucratic structures. As this is the 28th film instalment (eat your […]

Global powers ensured aid during civil wars in Syria and Sudan. We need a ‘Lifeline Rafah’ before more people starveMoazzam Malik is CEO of Save the ChildrenAs the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza deepens, world leaders gathering for the UN general assembly face a grave moral and political test – one that has implications for the conduct of war and the supply of humanitarian aid in the decades to come.The use of humanitarian aid as an instrument of occupation by the Israeli authorities […]

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disasterPhotographs by Nicole KrammPatricia Silva lays out an array of medicines and doctors’ letters on her kitchen table. She lives a few kilometres from a copper foundry operated by the British-headquartered mining company Anglo American in Catemu, a town in central Chile. Every morning and evening, she says, the air is filled with […]

Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS servicesNigel Farage has said Reform UK would scrap the main route that migrants take to gain British citizenship, leaving tens of thousands of legally settled people facing deportation unless they met strict rules.Farage said the plans would tackle the “Boriswave” – the increase in the number of legal migrants who came to work in the UK under post-Brexit migration rules established […]

Humanitarian workers can’t be brave at any cost. Australia’s new declaration will help protect themThe phone call every humanitarian worker’s family dreads came to Zomi Frankcom’s family in April 2024. An Australian, Frankcom was in Gaza with World Central Kitchen, feeding people in the middle of a catastrophe. She and six of her colleagues were killed in an instant, their vehicles targeted in what Israel’s government later described as a grave mistake. Showing immense strength, […]

The grim serial killer hit dared to take a mainstream audience to a hopeless place despite pressure from executives and test screenings to sanitiseIt had to end with the box. It nearly didn’t.Before David Fincher received a draft of Andrew Kevin Walker’s script for his 1995 psychological thriller Seven, he’d sworn off the possibility of ever directing again, still reeling from his notoriously rocky experience on his debut feature, Alien 3, which had ultimately been taken out of his hands. […]

The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sportSprint king Noah Lyles sits smiling and calm after the storm that returned him to the throne in Tokyo, reflective even. He has expressed a desire, having now won four successive 200m world titles, to surpass Usain Bolt’s record with a fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in 2027.But the American’s mind has wandered even further. “I have a strong […]

Children as young as seven are looking beyond pocket money or a Saturday job to run lucrative side hustlesMost adults look back on their childhood earnings and think of pocket money, Christmas gifts or a Saturday job. These days, however, children as young as seven are already fluent in entrepreneurship, running side hustles, talking about profits and losses and razor-sharp in their focus on honing sophisticated business skills.Research from the children’s debit card company GoHenry found […]

Aston Villa’s struggles continue, more West Ham problems while Brighton wrap up Carlos Baleba in cotton woolPremier League top scorers 2025-26: who is leading race?Pep Guardiola becomes ever more the traditional English football man. As his Manchester City stay extends to 10 seasons, he relies ever more on the principle that big players can win big matches. Hence his late-career conversion to employing a wrecking ball striker in the peerless Erling Haaland. As for his former assistant Mikel […]

An epic end is in sight for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, with an 82,000 crowd ready to roar on the Red Roses, but Canada are not to be underestimatedFor years it has been a mirage shimmering on a distant horizon. A sold-out 82,000 record crowd for a standalone women’s rugby fixture, millions more watching on television, a nation entranced. Finally the vision will become reality this Saturday with just one big question left: can England also deliver the ultimate fairytale finish?It promises […]

Completing a fiendish jigsaw certainly engages many areas of the brain, but genetics and other lifestyle factors also play their part‘That’s a very strong statement,” cautions Roxi Carare, professor of clinical neuroanatomy at the University of Southampton. “A more appropriate way to put it is: puzzles help delay the onset and worsening of the symptoms of dementia.”Dementia is an umbrella term for conditions that lead to a decline in cognitive function. Some kinds have been linked to […]

If machines become superintelligent we’re toast, say Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Should we believe them?What if I told you I could stop you worrying about climate change, and all you had to do was read one book? Great, you’d say, until I mentioned that the reason you’d stop worrying was because the book says our species only has a few years before it’s wiped out by superintelligent AI anyway.We don’t know what form this extinction will take exactly – perhaps an energy-hungry […]

The two tennis stars go head-to-head – in an interview for their new introspective podcast. Plus, two of the Inbetweeners make a fun, lively show about factsThis new video podcast from tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams sees the sisters return to their roots. It’s named after the street they grew up on in Compton, California and sees them sitting in armchairs on an empty court for a chat. The debut episode involves them interviewing each other to reminisce about old matches, their […]

Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-upPoignant records relating to a colliery disaster in the 1930s that lay unseen for decades at the National Archives are being put on display close to the site of the mine in north Wales.Among the documents at the west London archive are petitions and emotional letters calling for the bodies trapped in the underground explosion at the pit in Gresford to be recovered. Despite the […]

For centuries bells were the fastest means of communication, calling people to meetings, warning about wildfires, and were even believed to offer protection from storms – now they are being given a new lifeIn 2002, Silberius de Ura was visiting Santillán del Agua, a village in the region of Burgos, in northern Spain. He was chatting to one of the neighbours next to the town church when the man raised his hand and pointed to one of the bells, calling it the tentenublo bell.“He told me that, […]

A woman inherits the patent for a healing machine from her quack father in this exploration of grief, in which a number of low budget film-makers cameoHere is a deeply strange but diverting indie experiment: a docu-fictional meditation on the nature of grief from director Courtney Stephens and her co-writer and lead performer Callie Hernandez. Hernandez plays Carrie, a version of herself, opposite deadpan cameos from various microbudget directors.In the fictional part of the film, Carrie’s […]

The Camino del Mayab takes in jungle pools and ancient Mexican civilisation, while providing income for the communities it passes throughWhen you’re trekking in 40C heat, there’s nothing more welcome than a swimming hole. This particular oasis was a perfect circle of inky, deliciously cold-looking water. Only problem was, it was 10 metres below the trail. I took a deep breath and channelled my inner Tom Daley. One, two, three – go! I leapt into the void and plummeted like a stone – […]

Like many women, I was conditioned to people-please – until I realised that this was neither helping others, nor myself There is a big difference between being kind and being nice. I’m a cleaner, and I was emphatically told this by an elderly client. I was, I confess, rather prone to giving her dogs a few too many treats. It’s a sensible thing to do when you’re visiting a new client with dogs that don’t know you – making anything with teeth think of me as an unalloyed good thing is […]

India has been one of the largest beneficiaries of H-1B visas, accounting for 71% of approved visas in 2024India has hit back at Donald Trump’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas for skilled foreign workers in the US, sparking warnings by the Indian government that it would have “humanitarian consequences” and one minister claiming they were “afraid of our talent”.On Friday, the US president announced new rules around the H1-B visas, which allows companies to hire foreign […]

Dr Chris van Tulleken goes in search of the disease that would Covid look like a ‘warning shot’. Plus: fun thriller The Guest concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two“Covid may have just been a warning shot,” says doctor and buzzkiller-in-chief Chris van Tulleken. This bleak Horizon documentary sees him undertake a virus world tour, visiting countries including Switzerland, Malaysia and Bangladesh in search of the next deadly threat and finding several likely […]

Small business owners told telecoms group of stress four years before 62 launched £120m high court claimVodafone franchisees warned the telecoms group of the “massive impact” commission cuts were having on their mental health four years before a group of 62 launched a £120m high court claim against the company, it has emerged.Franchisees of the high street chain said they were feeling stressed and had suffered from “anxiety” as a result of the decision to cut fees, in research that […]

The frontman is realising his stage dreams by starring in Edgecity which draws on playwright gobscure’s experience of being homeless. The pair talk about an urgent, explosive showIn the late 1980s, fresh from being kicked out of school, Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson dreamed of becoming an actor. He was looking for a way to escape the narrow-minded confines of his home town, Grantham – and treading the boards seemed like the best possible way.“Essentially I just wanted to be […]

Once in decline, the King and Queen of the Roads – the sport’s ‘Wimbledon’ – draws competitors and crowds from across EuropeThe bowler clutched the metal ball and eyed his mark, a clump of grass, and studied the surface of the tarmac and the bend in the road ahead.The crowd lining the ditch went silent, some praying for a good shot, others betting on a misfire. In an adjacent field, ponies munched on grass, oblivious to the tension. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Labour Together report, endorsed by Steve Reed, says devolving power can improve services while saving moneyLabour thinktank hopes Starmer will devolve more power to his potential rivalsMinisters are drawing up plans to give mayors significant new powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution that could change how public services are run in England.Steve Reed, the local government secretary, wants to give mayors control over many more local services, and is […]

London-based AI pioneer in talks to receive $500m investment from Nvidia as it funds its expansion in the US, Germany and JapanBritish startup Wayve has begun testing self-driving cars with Nissan in Japan ahead of a 2027 launch to consumers, as the company said it was in talks for a $500m investment from the chip-maker Nvidia.Wayve, based in London, said it had installed its self-driving technology on Nissan’s electric Ariya vehicles and tested them on Tokyo’s streets, after first agreeing […]

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safetyMore than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters.At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under […]

The pasta favourite reinvented as a sauce for green beans, plus a nifty way to turn leftover bread into a rich dessertItalian cuisine so often references old times; I love simple food and forgotten tales, too, but I also feel the need to escape this tradition. We opened our restaurant, Trattoria della Gloria, in Milan in 2023, and instinctively refused to spend every night selling a remote and often fictional past. Instead, we explore and experiment with ancient gestures, methods and pairings […]

TBI says poll data threatens Keir Starmer’s ambition for UK to become artificial intelligence ‘superpower’Nearly twice as many Britons view artificial intelligence as a risk to the economy than regard it as an opportunity, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank.The Tony Blair Institute warned that the poll findings threatened Keir Starmer’s ambition for the UK to become an AI “superpower” and urged the government to convince the public of the technology’s benefits. Continue […]

Essex-based John Brandler seeking final loan payments as well as three murals from exhibitions companyA bitter row has broken out between a British art dealer and an Italian exhibitions company over three enormous Banksy murals that were loaned three years ago and which the dealer insured for £15m.John Brandler, an Essex-based specialist in work by the graffiti artist, is pursuing legal action after losing patience with Metamorfosi in Rome, which stages temporary touring exhibitions. Continue […]

Menage a trois over in 110 seconds and ‘then the males lost all their energy and lay immobile on the bottom’, marine biologist Dr Hugo Lassauce saysA trio of leopard sharks in New Caledonia has made marine science history after they were recorded mating in a “threesome”.It is the first time the globally endangered species has been documented in a mating sequence, providing valuable knowledge to aid conservation efforts. Continue reading...

Actor was reportedly injured while performing a stunt on set at Leavesden Studios in the UK on FridayTom Holland has been injured on the set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, reportedly suffering a mild concussion while filming a stunt.Several Hollywood trades including the Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Variety separately confirmed the incident, which happened on set at Leavesden Studios in Watford in the UK on Friday. Continue reading...

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown.Far from reducing reliance on fossil fuels, nations are planning higher levels of fossil fuel production for the coming decades than they did in 2023, the last time comparable data was compiled. Continue reading...

The band’s melodic new indie-punk album seems a change of pace. But it can’t mask the frontman’s brutal honesty. He talks about childhood trauma – and partying with Post MaloneWhen Ian Shelton was growing up in Enumclaw, a small town near Seattle, coming home from school was a constant step into the unknown. “I was living in fear of the next fucked-up experience,” he says. Sitting in a store room above the London venue his band Militarie Gun will later fill with shoutalong aggro-pop […]