Sport
AFLW star who is also paramedic nurse leaps into action to help rival after ‘really scary’ head clash
Guardian sport and agencies
Sport
Andreeva to face Svitolina in WTA Finals showpiece as Sabalenka apologises
Russian teen will face the Ukraine star in the final after Sabalenka issued public apology following a social media storm
Tumaini Carayol
Football
Pulisic double leads US to 6-0 rout of Haiti in Pochettino’s farewell tour
Christian Pulisic scored twice as the US thrashed Haiti 6-0 in Miami, taking a commanding Nations League lead before Mauricio Pochettino’s exit
Jeff Rueter
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Lifestyle
Saved for Sunday: Crib notes on the decline of David Jones
In today’s newsletter: a department store in crisis, an industrious raccoon and a Y2K rave
Alyx Gorman Lifestyle editor
Culture
Strictly Come Dancing week eight – as it happened
On a night of Charleston glory, Cach Mercer topped the scores and Jaime Winstone came storming back from injury. But with a three-way tie at the bottom, who will miss out on the annual Blackpool extravaganza?
Michael Hogan
Sport
Georgia football recruit Marcellus Young Casario dies at 18 after medical emergency
Marcellus Young Casario, an 18-year-old Canadian football prospect committed to Georgia, has died following a medical emergency at his boarding school
Guardian sport
Football
Declan Rice accepts he had an ‘average World Cup’ as England gear up for Spain showdown
Declan Rice has said he needed time out in order to return stronger at the end of a gruelling season but is now ready to hit his best level
David Hytner in Madrid
Football
De la Fuente adamant there is no racism in Spain despite England reminder to players
Luis de la Fuente has told Thomas Tuchel there is no racism in Spain after the England coach said he he would remind his players of the anti-racism protocol
Sid Lowe
US
Evacuation zone lifted after bomb found at Illinois ethanol plant
Peoria officials said a bomb was found at BioUrja Renewables and later defused; FBI said it is investigating
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Football
Here Manchester United go again, taking the Two Ronnies route to hiring a new boss
Mauricio Pochettino’s arrival feels like yet another appointment that would have been better made a few years ago
Jonathan Wilson
US
New Orleans officials file $1m lawsuit after ‘Mississippi miracle’ tanker crash
Port also succeeds in seizing tanker, Atlantic Asphalt, to recoup damages after it crashes into cruise ship
Marina Dunbar
US officials say flight stoppage stemmed from ‘routine maintenance’ as travel chaos continues
Thousands of flights still canceled as officials blamed ageing air control system for nationwide grounding
Anna Betts
LGBTQ+ protesters defy crackdown in Turkey to march with Cop31 activists
Civil society campaigners form protective cordon around LGBTQ+ campaigners as they unfurl flags and placards
Damien Gayle, Graham Readfearn and Gabrielle Canon in Antalya, Turkey
Andy Burnham says UK has ‘lost more than we gained’ through Brexit
PM accuses Tories of burning ‘all our bridges’ and says deal he is pursuing with EU will ‘get food prices down’
Sammy Gecsoyler
Choking fires, deadly heat and devastating floods: 2026 in extreme weather
Jonathan Watts; graphics by Sara Fiorillo
Andy Burnham urges Labour to ‘rearm’ for Kemi Badenoch comeback
No 10 sources say PM wants party to refocus on Tories as electoral threat after prioritising Reform and Greens
Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot
Labour chief whip tells Vogue she takes tough approach to keeping MPs in line
Anneliese Midgley surprises colleagues after Burnham said whips office’ should not be ‘something to be feared’
Aletha Adu political correspondent
No 10 considering expanding under-25s benefits overhaul to older age groups
Exclusive: Plans to replace key disability benefits for young people with work and training could affect adults
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
Row breaks out between Tories and Reform at Piddington news conference – as it happened
Tom Ambrose (now) and Taz Ali (earlier)
Nigel Farage’s security paid for by Reform UK despite claim over £5m gift
Anna Isaac and Ben Quinn
David Jones’ future looks grim. Is Myer next?
With Myer’s profitability battered and share price languishing near all-time lows, DJs’ slide into administration raises an uncomfortable question
Jonathan Barrett Business editor
A rapid interest rate rise seems inevitable – and UK households are expected to pick up the tab
Raising borrowing costs too far risks laying waste to whatever growth there is in the economy
Phillip Inman
Interest rate rises likely in coming months, Bank of England’s chief economist says
‘We have further to go,’ says Huw Pill after increase to 4% this month as Bank seeks to tackle rising inflation
Phillip Inman
Guardian to follow lives of eight young people in their search for work
Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
‘The social contract is broken’: young people on feeling shut out of careers
Nicola Slawson and Jane Clinton
Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage hits governments
Tech company says operations restored to all customers and regions affected by one of worst IT failures in years
Donna Ferguson
Microsoft outage shakes up companies, schools and local governments across US
Local officials warn some services remain unavailable even as Outlook starts to resume normal operations after outage
Gaya Gupta in New York
Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened
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Nadeem Badshah, Lucy Campbell, Taz Ali, Graeme Wearden, Achol Arok , Jordyn Beazley and Josh Butler
Nvidia scandal: US treasury chief blames Lutnick’s commerce department over alleged lack of action
Shrai Popat in Washington, Jonathan Yerushalmy, Mark Sweney and agencies
How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK
Vikram Dodd and Hannah Al-Othman
Georgia football recruit Marcellus Young Casario dies at 18 after medical emergency
Marcellus Young Casario, an 18-year-old Canadian football prospect committed to Georgia, has died following a medical emergency at his boarding school
Guardian sport
England leave Jones sucking lemons but demolition of Japan shows widening gulf
The Brave Blossoms looked like Sunday afternoon amateurs but the one-sided result highlighted the failings of the international landscape
Gerard Meagher at Allianz Stadium
Five-try Will Joseph equals record as England steamroller Japan
Steve Borthwick’s men scored 13 tries as England put on a scintillating display in beating Japan 78-15, the visitors having a man sent off in the first minute
Robert Kitson at Allianz Stadium
Wales’ Dewi Lake calls historic win against New Zealand ‘amazing feeling’
Wales’ captain, Dewi Lake, said: ‘It’s nothing this group doesn’t deserve for their work,’ while the All Blacks’ Beauden Barrett said: ‘Their defence felt like a brick wall at times’
Michael Aylwin at Principality Stadium
I felt nothing but numbness at my dad’s death – but then I read the book he gave me on my wedding day
Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood reminded me of my dad’s decency and mischief. I laughed as I cried, and realised there’s no right way to go through the grieving process
Ioan Marc Jones
The Guide #269: The ident epidemic, and the true cost of movie-making
The deluge of whizzy production logos shown before films is a necessary annoyance – but there’s no excuse for them looking so naff
Gwilym Mumford
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump accusing Democrats of wrongdoing: ‘His mantra is corruption’
Late-night hosts poked fun at the president taking JD Vance off Iran duty to sniff out corruption while expressing annoyance at Democrats for failing to impeach Pete Hegseth
Guardian staff
SpaceX’s Starship returns to launch pad from orbit in victory for company
Although booster exploded, company caught upper stage for first time in campaign to make megarocket reusable
Uwa Ede-Osifo
Hundreds of children in England prescribed weight-loss jabs, figures show
Exclusive: investigation finds prescriptions for children under 12, as experts stress need for specialist supervision and long-term monitoring
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
SpaceX Starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse
Flight 15 expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over 22 hours, before company catches it at Starbase, Texas
Uwa Ede-Osifo
In an age of grievance politics, Australia’s politicians should heed the lessons from the US and New Zealand and rise above mediocrity
We’ve learned that ignoring the hip pocket is a big mistake. Australia would benefit from a courageous reset of economic and social policy
Zoe Daniel
Corporate Democrats are weaponizing identity politics to smear progressives
House members have responded to legitimate criticism with cynicism. Let’s not have another ‘Bernie bros’ moment
Arwa Mahdawi
King Æthelstan founded England in the year 927. Why don’t we celebrate that anniversary?
The nation’s first king drove out the ‘heathen’ Vikings, declared war on starvation and made ‘Englalonde’ what it is today, says journalist and author Tom Holland
Tom Holland
