Sport
US Open tennis 2026 men’s semi-final: Ben Shelton defeats Frances Tiafoe in four sets – live reaction
Bryan Armen Graham at Flushing Meadows
World
Ukraine war briefing: Russian developers used AI to build ‘kamikaze’ attack drone software, Anthropic says
Anthropic also found that hackers used AI in attacks against targets in Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic sectors.
Guardian staff and agencies
US
US rapper Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire scheme
Prosecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend’s killing
Uwa Ede-Osifo
Top stories
Sport
‘This is my moment’: Taylor Townsend’s road comes full circle with US Open triumph
The 30-year-old once denied USTA funding returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to complete her career doubles grand slam alongside Kateřina Siniaková
Andrew Lawrence at Flushing Meadows
Fashion
Hide and chic: are clothes and apparel made from alternative leathers better for the environment?
Vegan leathers are complicated by questions of commercial viability and sustainability. How do they compare to traditional leather?
Lucianne Tonti
US
As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?
Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warn
Ben Doherty
Opinion
Andrew Hastie provided a furious alternative to kowtowing to One Nation. Will it stick?
Backed by billionaires Gina Rinehart and Kerry Stokes, Pauline Hanson has unleashed on the Coalition MP, but he is showing how to hit back
Sarah Martin
World
‘The future scares me’: why unemployment has become biggest election issue for young New Zealand voters
As mainstream parties vie for votes with promises of jobs and economic growth, young people may take more convincing
Eva Corlett in Wellington
US
Republican senator fires aide who used Nazi soldiers as Facebook profile picture
Washington Post report also reveals Jon Husted staffer Stephen Woytek created pro-Rhodesia playlist on Spotify
Robert Tait in Washington
Film
Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling
Starting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideology
Mark Lawson
World
Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report says
Raphael Boyd
NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher
Officers found one 14-year-old’s ebike was capable of hitting 90km/h. Owners have two weeks to appeal the seizure before the bikes will be crushed
Henry Belot
‘The future scares me’: why unemployment has become biggest election issue for young New Zealand voters
As mainstream parties vie for votes with promises of jobs and economic growth, young people may take more convincing
Eva Corlett in Wellington
Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report says
Raphael Boyd
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
MPs reject assisted dying bill after tense debate – as it happened
The bill would have allowed terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of experts
Tom Ambrose (now) and Taz Ali (earlier)
People ‘incensed’ by North Sea plans can vote Green in byelection, says Zack Polanski
Party leader, who will contest Starmer’s former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, says gas drilling has come up on doorstep
Helena Horton
Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by consumer group Which?
Zoe Wood
Gasoline prices drive up US monthly inflation; four UK interest rate hikes expected by next summer – as it happened
US monthly inflation rate rises to 0.4% in August, though annual rate unchanged at 3.4% and core inflation dips a little
Graeme Wearden
US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs
Annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, rose to 2.4%
Gaya Gupta
‘Just worry upon worry’: Europe faces a bleak winter as supply shock pushes factories to the brink
Alex Daniel and Lisa O’Carroll
UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.4% in July boosted by AI
Heather Stewart Economics editor
Children need interaction, not AI
Letters: Pil and Galia Kollectiv and Jane Roland Martin respond to an article by Daniel Susskind about how parents can embrace the technology
UK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warnings
Letter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans
Robert Booth UK technology editor
Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges
Report says widespread autonomous vehicle adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at risk
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
‘This is my moment’: Taylor Townsend’s road comes full circle with US Open triumph
The 30-year-old once denied USTA funding returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to complete her career doubles grand slam alongside Kateřina Siniaková
Andrew Lawrence at Flushing Meadows
Zverev beats Khachanov in straight sets to reach US Open final – as it happened
Alexander Zverev reached his first grand slam final in a row with a 6-3 7-6 (7) 7-6 (6) victory against Karen Khachanov in New York
Billy Munday
Alexander Zverev holds his nerve against Karen Khachanov to reach US Open final
Alexander Zverev reached the US Open final, his third straight grand slam decider, by beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6)
Tumaini Carayol at Flushing Meadows
Liam Farrell leads from front as Wigan crush Catalans to secure League Leaders’ Shield
Aaron Bower at the Brick Community Stadium
Jakob Ingebrigtsen blows away bitter rival Hocker in Ultimate Championships 5,000m
Sean Ingle in Budapest
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s midterm convention: ‘That arena was as empty as a Waymo’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s ‘promise’ to send $5,000 to every US adult should the Republicans win
Guardian staff
Jimmy Kimmel on RNC convention: ‘They’re very nervous about the midterms, and rightly so’
Late-night hosts recapped the Republican event in Dallas and calls to ban Zohran Mamdani from 9/11 ceremonies
Guardian staff
Jon Stewart on Donald Trump’s hectic summer: ‘Relentless denial of reality’
Late-night hosts returned from summer break to address Trump’s trolling of Canada, war in Iran and a rusty ship
Guardian staff
Every day should be D-day for weather forecasters
Letter: Margaret Squires responds to an article about the wartime meteorologist James Stagg, whose work is dramatised in a new film
‘Patients’ who pay $200,000 to be frozen after death are waiting to be reborn in an Australian shed
Exclusive: Southern Cryonics operates out of a shed in Holbrook in rural NSW. Experts say reanimation is ‘a dream’ but true believers are willing to pay for a second chance at life
Catie McLeod
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking
Ian Sample Science editor
OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades
Ian Sample and Dan Milmo
How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Andrew Hastie provided a furious alternative to kowtowing to One Nation. Will it stick?
Backed by billionaires Gina Rinehart and Kerry Stokes, Pauline Hanson has unleashed on the Coalition MP, but he is showing how to hit back
Sarah Martin
The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival
Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend
Editorial
The Guardian view on art heists: don’t believe the Hollywood hype
Editorial: Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s theft of two Renoirs are an existential threat
Editorial
