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Match at Vitality Stadium kicks off at 5.30pm (GMT)Live scores | Share your thoughts with Billy via email2 min: Gomez goes long down the line to Salah, who scampers after it but hooks his right-footed cross into the fans behind the goal.Liverpool get things going in their off-white away kit. The weather is miserable. Continue reading...

Officials plead for calm amid ‘anger and questions around what happened’; shooting comes less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee GoodMan shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has diedIn a statement sent to the Guardian, assistant secretary of homeland security Tricia McLaughlin said that at 9.05am local time, “as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis” against a person they said was in the country illegally, who she said was […]

Winter storm system brings emergency declarations and nearly 11,000 flight cancellations throughout swath of countryThe severe cold weather has created unsafe driving conditions on many roads throughout the midwest and southern US today. Sheets of ice are currently coating several streets and highways, causing increasing risk to drivers.Even after the ice has been cleared away, it often quickly comes back due to precipitation and freezing temperatures. Officials are urging people to stay off […]

After criticism over allegation Nato troops ‘stayed off front lines’ in conflict, US president says UK forces were ‘great and very brave’Donald Trump has said UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan were “among the greatest of all warriors” after previously drawing criticism for his claims Nato troops stayed away from the frontlines during the conflict.In a post on social media on Saturday, the US president said: “The great and very brave soldiers of the United Kingdom will always […]

Police say two men and a woman shouted abuse and struck vehicle outside Crowborough military site in East SussexThree people have been arrested after two occurrences of disorder outside Crowborough training camp, which is being used to house asylum seekers.A 36-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman from Crowborough, and a 54-year-old man from Newhaven were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of an offence under the Public Order Act and are now in police custody. Continue reading...

Extreme heat wreaked havoc on Saturday’s schedule but tennis has changed its ways of dealing with extreme heatEven before the first set and first hour of his match elapsed, Tomas Machac had asked the umpire for the tournament doctor, trainer and pickle juice, the drink du jour for tackling cramps. Those preventive measures taken in the intense early stages of his third-round tussle with Lorenzo Musetti proved to be sensible, for the pair would spend a brutal four hours, 25 minutes on […]

Manchester City have a first Premier League win in four games and Wolves a first defeat after going five unbeaten in all competitions after a fixture in which the referee, Farai Hallam, on his top-flight debut, dared to stick with his decision not to award a penalty despite being sent for a pitchside review by the video assistant referee.That was for a Yerson Mosquera handball and infuriated Pep Guardiola, though after their dire recent form a first three points since 27 December is what […]

Prem Rugby: Exeter 3-8 BristolVisitors leapfrog Exeter before Six Nations breakSo much rain has been falling out west this week that Bristol could almost have floated down to Devon in canoes. Add in more heavy downpours, a tricky wind and a horribly slippery ball and there was never any chance of a free-flowing, fast-paced spectacle between two of the league’s more fluent attacking sides. This was a sodden slog, pure and simple, with only a rainbow or two to add a splash of colour.Not that […]

Fans hope for good news on Champion Hurdle favouriteThe New Lion wins race in subdued atmosphereOn an afternoon when Britain’s National Hunt fans had expected to be looking for potential winners at the festival meeting in March, they left here hoping instead for positive news on Nicky Henderson’s Sir Gino. The most exciting prospect in the sport was pulled up with a suspected pelvic injury in the International Hurdle.Sir Gino went into Saturday’s Grade Two contest as the clear favourite […]

Thomas Frank was brought to Tottenham as the pragmatic choice so will know the logical next steps when supporters are demanding his sacking. An underserved draw, thanks to a last-minute Cristian Romero goal, leaves Spurs with two victories in 14 Premier League matches and chants from the away end of “We want Frank out”.If the loss to West Ham resulted in crisis talks last Sunday, Frank must fear if Tottenham have their own version of a Cobra meeting, especially with the faithful angry. […]

Greater Manchester mayor will need approval from party’s ruling body, which is dominated by Starmer alliesAndy Burnham has announced his intention to stand in the Gorton and Denton byelection in east Manchester, after months of speculation that he hoped to challenge prime minister Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, had until 5pm on Saturday to declare his intention to run. He waited until the last moment to announce his plans to seek the candidacy […]

Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month• How the ‘confident authority’ of AI Overviews is putting public health at riskGoogle’s search feature AI Overviews cites YouTube more than any medical website when answering queries about health conditions, according to research that raises fresh questions about a tool seen by 2 billion people each month.The company has said its AI summaries, which appear at the […]

2nd ODI: Sri Lanka 219; England 223-5. Eng win by five wktsRoot hits 75 but says pitch not ‘great wicket for ODI cricket’It’s been a rough few years for England’s 50-over side but the glow of their World Cup victory has not completely disappeared. Joe Root and Adil Rashid, both part of the 2019 class, were the headliners of the second one-day international against Sri Lanka, setting up a five-wicket victory to level the series.Rashid led the England attack on a serious turner, taking […]

Sundance film festival: As a provocative artist using sex to wield power, the actor is electric but the writer-director’s return to his campy, dayglo roots is largely underwhelmingWhile Sundance is traditionally focused on the importance of looking to the future of American film, a lineup filled with more first-timers than any other major festival, this year has been all about looking back. There are misty eyes over the loss of founder Robert Redford along with host state Utah and also for […]

Amid the tumult of the WEF in Davos this week, some investors are leading the way by ditching US government bondsThere is a way to file for divorce from Donald Trump and Europe needs to grab the opportunity.To the public it will look as if nothing has changed. But behind the scenes the EU and the UK could close the joint bank account and cut up the credit cards, or at least set in motion a form of financial separation that limits the power of a controlling former partner. Continue reading...

President also claimed US refineries will process seized Venezuelan oil, saying ‘we take the oil’Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if the North American country makes a trade deal with China.Beside that tariff threat, another Trump foreign policy maneuver to make news on Saturday involved the president announcing the US had taken the oil that was on recently seized Venezuelan tankers. Continue reading...

Kyiv says Moscow used 396 drones and missiles in ‘another night of Russian terror’ on second day of talks in UAERussia launched a major drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, early on Saturday, as US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of tripartite peace talks.“Peace efforts? Trilateral meeting in the UAE? Diplomacy? For Ukrainians, this was another night of Russian terror,” the country’s […]

Sundance film festival: The actor is a charming presence in the otherwise overly twee and consistently unfunny tale of isolated siblings dealing with a visitorOnce upon a time, two siblings lived on an abandoned Scottish isle, isolated from the modern world and suspicious of all outsiders. The siblings, a brother and sister, believed themselves to be descended from the gulls that peppered the island’s scenic cliffs; they also believed, on some level, that they too were gulls – or, at least, […]

The unfamiliar sensation coursing through West Ham is hope. Seemingly down and out after losing to Nottingham Forest two and a half weeks ago, the prospect of Nuno Espírito Santo pulling off the unlikeliest of escape acts no longer feels that outlandish now. There is life yet in West Ham, even if they still have a mountain to climb after treating the London Stadium to the rare sensation of a performance full of craft, desire and tactical intelligence.Sunderland were blown away by three goals […]

Driver was taken into custody after car crashed through airport entrance and struck Delta ticket counterA car crashed through the entrance of Detroit’s metropolitan Wayne county airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said.The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne county airport authority (WCAA) said in a statement. The cause of the crash was not yet known, and airport police were investigating. Continue reading...

It has become difficult to feel shock at the actions of the Trump administration. But this useless cruelty is shamelessLiam Ramos is five. In photographs of his arrest on Tuesday, released by the school district where he is enrolled as a preschooler, he is wearing a large blue hat with a bunny face and ears. According to the superintendent, Liam had just arrived home from school with his father when ICE agents apprehended the two and arrested them. Allegedly, one of Liam’s relatives, who was […]

Electric van sales are behind government targets, but those fleets that have switched are seeing a real differenceSwinging a fully laden electric van around a training centre in Bishop’s Stortford feels easy, with instant acceleration that belies the racks of heavy equipment in the back. Perhaps too easy, as the sudden shriek of its proximity sensor suggests the Guardian was a whisker away from a bill for some new paintwork.The van in question belongs to Openreach, BT’s fibre broadband […]

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language“Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture with her hands. “And then, bam.” She dropped them to the ground.Sofiye, who has three children, arrived in Sweden from Uzbekistan as an asylum seeker in 2008, and for much of that time she was able to build a life in the Scandinavian country. The family lived in a flat in a Stockholm suburb and Sofiye worked […]

Crime minister says reforms will improve standards, but Federation says unsafe workloads must be tackled firstThe government must stop burdening police officers with unsafe workloads and improve police pay and training if they want “professional” policing, the Police Federation has said, in response to sweeping Home Office changes to improve standards in the police.Under the new plans, to be unveiled in a white paper on Monday, police officers in England and Wales will be required to hold […]

The Syrian government has taken control of several prison camps holding Islamic State (IS) suspects in the north-east of the country. The takeover took place after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which previously controlled the facilities, signed a ceasefire agreement with the government. Hundreds of prisoners reportedly fled the camps during fighting before the truce. Damascus claims to have recaptured most of the escapees, but the instability has reignited fears over the resurgence of IS […]

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’Around a fire in a ceremonial hut in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Arhuaco people make a pledge. Tying traditional cotton threads around their wrists, they promise to guard the land beneath them – and then they ask for protection.“Our culture has been preserved for thousands of years,” says Ati Quigua, […]

Which supermarket live yoghurts leave a sour note and which are naturally divine?• The best supermarket frozen fruit smoothie mixesLive natural yoghurt is the bedrock of my family’s diet. My six-year-old, for instance, gets through well over a kilo a week: for breakfast, she’ll have it with porridge, sometimes with blackstrap molasses, while most evenings she’ll have a generous bowl of yoghurt topped with frozen blueberries or mango before bed (ideally before teeth-brushing negotiations […]

The 46th president largely exists as Trump’s foil, with his successor blaming him for the country’s woesIn bitter cold beneath the US Capitol dome, he walked to a marine helicopter and shared parting words with Donald Trump. Then, arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Joe Biden offered farewell remarks to his loyal staff. “We’re leaving office,” he said, “We’re not leaving the fight.”But, one year later, Washington, and the world, have mostly moved on from the 46th president. Biden, […]

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to IraqThe Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, according to Syrian diplomatic sources, temporarily staving off a looming war between the two sides in the north-east of the country.Sources told Agence France-Presse the ceasefire would be extended for “a period of up to one month at most”, citing the need to facilitate the transfer of suspected […]

Djokovic beats Van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)Serb apologises after wild shot almost hits ball girlNovak Djokovic chalked up his 400th grand slam victory with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) defeat of Botic van de Zandschulp to reach the fourth round on Saturday, but the Serb was fortunate not to receive a code violation after losing his cool.An incident in the second set might have proved very costly, with Djokovic carelessly sending a ball flying close to the head of a ball girl at the net. Continue […]

Scottish links last staged championship 13 years ago ‘It’s one of the best courses on the rota and in the UK’Rory McIlroy has endorsed Muirfield’s case for an Open revival despite reaching a golfing nadir there when the major was last staged at the Scottish links in 2013. McIlroy declared he felt “unconscious” and “brain dead” while en route to a missed cut in East Lothian 13 years ago.The refusal of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers to admit women – a scenario that […]

Conservative majority appears eager to hand president greater power – with one exception: the US central bankDonald Trump has tried his usual tactics when it comes to getting the US Federal Reserve to lower interest rates: bully when persuasion doesn’t work, and then fire when bullying doesn’t work.In an unprecedented assault on the central bank, the president has called the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, “stupid” and threatened to fire him for not cutting interest rates as quickly as […]

Exclusive: Eluned Morgan says it is not time for protest votes when the economy and public services are at stakeThe Labour first minister of Wales has urged voters not to treat the May elections as a referendum on Keir Starmer, calling on them to focus on the country’s future instead, with the party on course for a fight for third place.Eluned Morgan said it was not the time to send a protest vote to the prime minister when two pro-independence parties – Plaid Cymru and the Greens – could […]

Number of households complaining rises to 16,000 in 2025, with Southern Water the biggest targetComplaints about water companies in England and Wales to an independent monitor surged by more than 50% last year, as customers bristled at steep bill increases.More than 16,000 complaints were lodged in 2025 with the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), a government-sponsored body that represents customers’ interests. Continue reading...

I was 16 when the course of my life changed, and for years I was unable to speak about about what had happenedI am lying in bed listening to the radio at my boarding school as my roommate is getting dressed. As she walks out of the door she says, “See you at breakfast – don’t be late.” I’m about to get up when the early morning news comes on the radio, and I hear the announcer saying my parents’ names.By the time my roommate arrives at breakfast, everyone has heard. My friends run […]