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Champions League final – Paris Saint-Germain v Inter: live

31 mai 2025 à 21:44

Pennant watch. Here’s what PSG captain Marquinhos will be handing over during the pre-match niceties. A typically classy piece in the retro-poster style, here it’s the centrepiece of an enigmatic pop-art collage also featuring a fruit platter, several hundred toothpicks, some power bars, three toilet rolls, a carry case of assorted hardware, and what may or may not be a box of Terry’s Chocolate Orange in the top-right corner. If this was an LP cover you’d stay up half the night trying to decode it.

Inter are playing in their third-choice yellow strip this evening. So that means their pennant will clash with captain Lautaro Martínez’s shirt, but what a gorgeous thing it is anyway (the current Volkswagen-adjacent monstrosity of a crest, not half as good as the old interlapping FCIM logo, notwithstanding).

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© Photograph: Matthias Schräder/AP

Doctor Who finale sees Ncuti Gatwa depart in surprise regeneration

31 mai 2025 à 21:24

Twist ending to this year’s series sees star leaving role and return of Billie Piper

Ncuti Gatwa is leaving Doctor Who, with the character regenerating as Billie Piper during the finale of the science-fiction series.

The Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies, said: “What a Doctor! Thank you, Ncuti! As his final words say, this has been an absolute joy, and the team in Cardiff and everyone who has worked on this show for the past few years, are so lucky to have been part of Ncuti’s great adventure as he shoots off to stratospheric new heights.”

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© Photograph: PHOTOGRAPHER:/CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/Lara Cornell

Bee-ware: truck carrying 250m honeybees overturns by US-Canada border

31 mai 2025 à 20:25

Washington state officials swarmed to scene to find 70,000lbs of hives and bees abuzz in a sticky situation

Officials near the US border were abuzz after being relentlessly attacked on Friday morning by a swarm of fugitives: honeybees had escaped after a truck carrying hives overturned near the Canadian border. About 250 million honeybees flew free of the truck around 4am a few miles south of Canada.

The truck that was transporting around 70,000lbs of hives and honeybees rolled over on a road in north-western Washington state. Local sheriff deputies and bee experts swarmed to the scene, where they removed the box hives to help recover and rescue as many bees as possible. The driver of the truck was not injured.

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© Photograph: AP

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

31 mai 2025 à 20:00

Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods

More than half of all the top trending videos offering mental health advice on TikTok contain misinformation, a Guardian investigation has found.

People are increasingly turning to social media for mental health support, yet research has revealed that many influencers are peddling misinformation, including misused therapeutic language, “quick fix” solutions and false claims.

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© Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Simon Yates pulls off stunning comeback to all but seal Giro d’Italia triumph

31 mai 2025 à 18:46
  • Briton trailed Isaac del Toro by 1min 21sec before stage

  • Yates establishes 3mins 56sec lead in remarkable attack

The Colle delle Finestre is a sporting theatre in the north of Italy and just a short ski run from the border of France but it has become the site of two of Britain’s most incredible moments in this race. In 2018 Simon Yates was leading the Giro d’Italia by 3min 22sec but became the victim of Chris Froome’s imperious ride on the same slopes. That day, Yates collapsed and ultimately finished 38 minutes behind Froome but on Saturday, seven years later, the rider from Bury would have his redemption by pulling the same trick on Isaac del Toro and Yates will now – barring accidents – win his second Grand Tour on Sunday.

This was billed as Del Toro v Richard Carapaz and even pre-stage Yates was playing down his chances, he said those two riders were a “step above”. This was clearly a bluff. Over the last 38.5km of almost entirely uphill racing, Yates overturned his 1min 21sec pre-stage deficit and created an insurmountable time gap of 3min 56sec to Del Toro.

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© Photograph: Luca Zennaro/EPA

Jack Draper beats João Fonseca in straight sets to reach French Open fourth round

  • Briton defeats 18-year-old Brazilian 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

  • Draper reaches last 16 at Roland Garros for first time

A few days on from his unforgettable late-night escape against the oldest player inside the men’s top 100, Jack Draper found himself up against the youngest of them all. From the unparalleled defensive capabilities of the 38-year-old Gaël Monfils, Draper examined the 18-year-old João Fonseca’s nuclear forehand.

No matter the challenge or conditions, Draper continues to show his ability to adapt to all obstacles in his path. He eased into the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career with an utterly devastating performance, by far his best of the tournament so far, dismantling Fonseca 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to advance.

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© Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

‘Ice Boy’ Oscar Piastri takes Spanish F1 GP pole as McLaren dominate

31 mai 2025 à 17:43
  • McLaren teammate Lando Norris locks in second

  • Lewis Hamilton finds form to secure fifth for Ferrari

Oscar Piastri barely broke a sweat under the blazing Catalan sun, demonstrating a fearsome control to claim pole for the Spanish Grand Prix. Indeed, such has been the dominance and the nonchalance with which he claimed this pole and his wins this season, it was put to him that he was taking on Kimi Räikkönen’s mantle as the Ice Man, albeit in the somewhat less flattering form for the 24-year-old of Ice Boy.

Piastri’s pole was imperious at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, beating his teammate Lando Norris into second by a huge two-tenths of a second, the biggest margin of the season, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third, three-tenths down.

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© Photograph: Mark Sutton/Formula 1/Getty Images

Undocumented man accused of making threat to Trump’s life may be victim of frame-up

31 mai 2025 à 17:33

Ramon Morales-Reyes might have been set up by man who allegedly attacked and robbed him in 2023

An undocumented man who was accused by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Kristi Noem, last week of threatening to assassinate Donald Trump in a letter may have been framed by someone accused of previously attacking the man, according to news reports.

Investigators are said to be looking into whether the letter was an attempt to get the man deported, to prevent him from testifying against his alleged attacker.

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© Photograph: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Ukraine must urgently be given the €300bn of frozen Russian assets | Phillip Inman

31 mai 2025 à 17:00

Confiscating the funds would shock Putin, help Ukraine, and take advantage of disillusionment in the US economy

Ukraine needs more than long-range missiles and fibre-optic drones in its fight with Russia. What it needs is more money, and lots of it.

In particular, the war-torn nation should be handed the €300bn (£250bn) of frozen Russian assets stored mostly in accounts hosted by the Euroclear trading system.

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© Photograph: Thierry Monasse/Getty

Trump’s pardoning of Black celebrities is a cynical ploy | Tayo Bero

31 mai 2025 à 17:00

It’s not the first time the president has sought to curry favor this way. His instincts about Black Americans are clear

This week, Trump issued two dozen presidential pardons to a motley crew of wrongdoers, including shady politicians, fraudulent CEOs and other wealthy ne’er-do-wells. On that list were the Louisiana rapper NBA YoungBoy (whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden) and the Chicago gangster Larry Hoover.

Regardless of where you stand on American carceral culture and what we know about the ways the criminal justice system squashes Black people who have the misfortune of interacting with it, Trump handing out pardons to Hoover and Gaulden isn’t the magnanimous or justice-focused move he wants us to believe it is. Instead, it’s a clear effort to garner support from the Black community by way of its big names.

Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist.

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© Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

They wanna be with you everywhere: why Fleetwood Mac are still totally ubiquitous

31 mai 2025 à 16:00

With hit musical Stereophonic arriving in the West End and their albums permanently lodged in the charts, the rockers have earned a devoted new generation of fans

A time traveller from 50 years ago might be surprised if they were to visit the UK now – not so much by the echoes of the politics, with an embattled Labour government and a resurgent far right, but by the prevalence of Fleetwood Mac.

The Broadway hit Stereophonic, written by David Adjmi, opened in the West End this week after becoming the most nominated play in Tony award history (it ended up winning five out of 13, including best play). It invites theatregoers to journey back to 1976 and “plug into the electric atmosphere as one up-and-coming rock band record the album that could propel them to superstardom. Amid a powder keg of drugs, booze and jealousy, songs come together and relationships fall apart.”

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© Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy

Melbourne City clinch championship with fiery A-League Men grand final win over Victory

31 mai 2025 à 14:30
  • Melbourne City 1-0 Melbourne Victory

  • Yonatan Cohen’s 10th minute strike seals title for City

Jubilation for one side of Melbourne, despair for the other. Melbourne City are champions of the A-League Men after defeating Melbourne Victory 1-0 at AAMI Park on Saturday.

As the final whistle rang out, Joe Marston Medalist Mat Leckie moved to embrace young teammate Alessandro Lopane. On the sideline, coach Aurelio Vidmar – who had never previously beaten Victory as City coach and lost to Victory in the 2009 decider as coach of Adelaide – was embraced in a bearhug by City director of football Michael Petrillo and assistants Paul Pezos and Scott Jamison.

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© Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Formula One: Spanish grand prix qualifying – live

31 mai 2025 à 15:38

Lewis Hamilton will hope this issue doesn’t plague him when qualifying commences in 20 minutes or so.

There’s lots of focus on the grid’s two Spanish drivers this weekend, for obvious reasons. Neither Carlos Sainz Jr nor Fernando Alonso have particularly troubled the sharp end of the leaderboard this season but could be inspired by a home crowd.

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Five talking points from England Women’s 6-0 win over Portugal | Suzanne Wrack

31 mai 2025 à 15:18

New No 1 Hannah Hampton was barely tested but up front things are coming together for the Euro title defence

The week leading up to the Nations League win over Portugal was dominated by the news of Mary Earps’s retirement from international football 39 days before the European champions begin their title defence. The supremely talented Hannah Hampton had slowly moved into pole position for the starting spot in Switzerland, with Sarina Wiegman having said the Chelsea keeper was a little ahead of Earps, the Euro 2022 and 2023 World Cup No 1. Hampton has performed well when given the chance to start, but how she will cope with the pressure of being first choice long-term? Portugal were perfect opponents to ease her way in, England’s utter domination in the 6-0 win leaving her very little to do. Spain will offer a far greater test on Tuesday but Hampton, whose distribution is superior, was preferred to Earps against the world champions in February.

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© Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

A dystopian surveillance fear has become reality in Texas | Arwa Mahdawi

31 mai 2025 à 15:00

Law enforcement used license-plate readers in several states to search for a woman who had an abortion

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of “lo and behold, the dystopian thing that women and activists warned would happen ends up happening”. This time the issue is automated license plate readers (ALPRs), which capture (no prizes for guessing!) license plate data and allow law enforcement to build a picture of where a particular vehicle has been. There’s no opting out of being tracked: if you drive, you should simply assume that these cameras, which are sometimes hidden in objects like traffic cones, are logging your movements. And you should assume that this license plate data can be combined with other surveillance data to paint a very detailed picture of your life. Privacy only exists for our billionaire overlords these days. The rest of us are just data points.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist

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© Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

French venues are in hot water for banning kids. Is adult-only a luxury or a necessity?

31 mai 2025 à 15:00

After it emerged this week that hotels and campsites could face prosecution, we hear opposing views in the debate

Hospitality venues in France such as hotels, restaurants and campsites that do not admit children could face prosecution under proposals for a crackdown that emerged this week.

Laurence Rossignol, a socialist senator, plans to introduce a private member’s bill to make it illegal to ban children from such establishments, the Times reported, while the French high commissioner for childhood, Sarah El Haïry, said government lawyers were looking into whether it would be possible to take legal action against places that exclude families.

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Israel’s ‘violations’ in Gaza make world more dangerous, Norway warns

Low respect for international law and human rights set worrying precedent, international development minister says

Israel is setting a dangerous precedent for international human rights law violations in Gaza that is making the whole world more dangerous, Norway’s international development minister has warned.

Norway has played a historical role in the region, including by facilitating the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians that led to a celebrated breakthrough deal in 1993. Last year it recognised the Palestinian state, one of a minority of European countries to do so.

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© Photograph: Anas Deeb/UPI/Shutterstock

Russia seizes more Ukrainian territory amid fears of fresh ground offensive

31 mai 2025 à 14:07

More than 200 settlements in Sumy region under evacuation orders after Russia takes control of two villages

Ukrainian officials issued evacuation orders on Saturday for 11 more villages in the northern Sumy region after continued Russian gains led to fears that Moscow could be gearing up for a fresh ground offensive.

Russia advanced deeper into Ukrainian territory on Saturday, taking control of two more villages in Sumy and killing two people in a missile and drone barrage. More than 200 settlements in the region were already under evacuation orders.

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‘Breakthrough’ breast cancer therapy can slow advance of disease and prolong survival

Study shows combination treatment for aggressive breast cancer delays advance by average 17 months and chemotherapy by two years

A new triple therapy for aggressive, advanced breast cancer slows the progression of the disease, delays the need for further chemotherapy and helps patients live longer, research reveals.

The combination treatment is made up of two targeted drugs: inavolisib and palbociclib, and the hormone therapy fulvestrant. It improved overall survival by an average of seven months, compared with the patients in the control group, who were given palbociclib and fulvestrant.

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US immigration authorities collecting DNA information of children in criminal database

31 mai 2025 à 14:00

Collection of migrants’ DNA has increased by 5,000% in three years in a ‘massive expansion of genetic surveillance’

US immigration authorities are collecting and uploading the DNA information of migrants, including children, to a national criminal database, according to government documents released earlier this month.

The database includes the DNA of people who were either arrested or convicted of a crime, which law enforcement uses when seeking a match for DNA collected at a crime scene. However, most of the people whose DNA has been collected by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the agency that published the documents, were not listed as having been accused of any felonies. Regardless, CBP is now creating a detailed DNA profile on migrants that will be permanently searchable by law enforcement, which amounts to a “massive expansion of genetic surveillance”, one expert said.

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Lights, camera, fractions: how Harry Potter TV actors will juggle Hogwarts with real lessons

Dozens of child actors will feature in HBO’s new Harry Potter series, all of them needing on-set tuition to be conjured up between scenes

Harry Potter may have been overjoyed at going to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, but the children playing Harry, Ron and Hermione in the forthcoming HBO TV series will vanish from their own schools for the rest of their childhoods.

Instead the child actors – along with those playing Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley and the other Hogwarts pupils – will get much of their education from tutors at a “mini-school” to be conjured up at Warner Brothers’ Leavesden studio in Watford, north of London, when filming starts later this year.

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© Photograph: Aidan Monaghan/AP

Catch of the day: rare gold lobster saved by attentive cook in Rhode Island

31 mai 2025 à 13:00

The crustacean, since named Calvin, had a genetic mutation that occurs in about one in 30 million lobsters

Being one in a million may sound nice, but being one in 30m recently saved an exceptionally rare, gold lobster from being cooked and served as dinner at a New England restaurant, according to those who had a hand in the animal’s reprieve.

As the manager of the Nordic Lodge Restaurant in Charlestown, Rhode Island, tells it, one of the eatery’s cooks noticed the crustacean in question buried under a bunch of other lobsters after they were delivered to the business. The lobster, since named Calvin, was in a basket ready to be cooked and presented as a meal alongside a number of his brethren when the employee pulled him out and set him aside, manager Jake Dolbey told the Guardian.

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© Photograph: Courtesy of the Nordic Lodge Restaurant in Charlestown, Rhode Island

From Ekitike to Garnacho: transfers to look out for this summer

31 mai 2025 à 13:00

With the first summer window fast approaching, we look at 10 of the top talents who could be on the move

It’s good news for anyone who enjoys the chaos of transfer deadline day: this summer there’s not one but two to look forward to in the Premier League. Due to an unique registration period for the expanded Club World Cup, the window will open on Sunday 1 June until Tuesday 10 June before closing for a few days. It will then reopen on Monday 16 June until Monday 1 September. Here are a selection of players who could be on the move.

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© Composite: Guardian Pictures; EPA;EPA-EFE; Acton Plus Sports/Alamy

As Ice deports children, what futures do we lose? | Ariel Dorfman

31 mai 2025 à 13:00

I was forced to flee my homeland as a child; so were my own children. So the horror can be grasped by our celebrity-driven society: are we removing the next Mozart?

Two children – a nine-year old boy and his six-year old sister – are playing at “house”, pretending to be their father and mother. Absorbed in the game, they repeat the words their parents have been whispering to each other when they thought their progeny were not listening.

Playing like innocent children all over the world play and have played since the beginning of history. But, here and now, in America, the words some endangered children may be exchanging are far from innocent.

Ariel Dorfman, an emeritus distinguished professor of literature at Duke University, is the Chilean-American author of the play Death and the Maiden and, more recently, the novels The Suicide Museum and Allegro.

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© Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law?

31 mai 2025 à 13:00

Classing grievous acts of environmental harm as crimes against peace may hold states and corporations to account

From the legend of the Romans’ salting of the fields of Carthage, to Iraq’s burning of Kuwait’s oilfields, to Israel’s bulldozing of Palestinian olive groves, wanton acts of environmental destruction have long been a military tactic.

But while armies and their leaders have been held to account for the human victims of their violence, the natural world has been a silent victim, often overlooked and disregarded, even when its destruction has had a material impact on the lives of the people it supports.

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© Photograph: CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy

‘I asked Queen Elizabeth II if she had any advice for me’: Jacinda Ardern on her time as a pregnant prime minister

31 mai 2025 à 07:00

In an exclusive extract from her new memoir, the former New Zealand PM remembers coping with pregnancy while new in the job – and what the monarch said to her

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern talks to the Guardian’s editor-in-chief

There was one cheerful and imperfect baby blanket that stood out when it arrived in the post. It was made up of 24 squares, bright blocks of colour, each crafted with simple, uneven purl stitches. Looking at it, I could imagine the small hands still learning to master their needles and could almost hear the adult voice leading them. “The prime minister is having a baby. Shall our class make a gift for her family?”

The response to the announcement about my pregnancy in January 2018 was almost overwhelming. It began with so many emails. In the 24 hours after the news broke, the person who managed correspondence for me said she’d never seen such an influx.

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© Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AP

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory: A-League Men grand final – live

31 mai 2025 à 12:37
  • Updates from the title decider at AAMI Park

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Here come the two sides along the AAMI Park race. Victory all in navy blue, City in sky blue shirts and white shorts. The past ten minutes or so have contained an elaborate son et lumière, culminating in club legends Leigh Broxham and Jamie Maclaren placing the A-League championship toilet seat onto a plinth.

Tonight’s team of officials is led by A-League referee of the year Adam Kersey. George Lakrindis and Emma Kockek will run the lines, Shaun Evans will bear the brunt of both coaches’ anger as the fourth official, with Lara Lee operating VAR.

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© Photograph: Graham Denholm/Getty Images

Hamas responds to US-led Gaza deal as Israel confirms it killed Mohammed Sinwar – Middle East crisis live

Militant group calls for changes to US proposal as IDF confirms it killed Hamas leader on 13 May

The Times of Israel reports that today, a convoy of tractors that set out from kibbutzim across Israel has arrived at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the return of hostages held in Gaza.

Organised by the Kibbutz Movement and the Hostages Families Forum, it marks more than 600 days since the hostages were taken by Hamas in October 2023.

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© Photograph: Anas Deeb/UPI/Shutterstock

Loretta Swit obituary

31 mai 2025 à 12:33

Actor who found global fame as the stern head nurse ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in the television sitcom M*A*S*H

The American actor Loretta Swit, who has died aged 87, achieved worldwide fame as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, head nurse with a mobile army hospital during the Korean war, in the TV sitcom M*A*S*H. She appeared in all 11 series, from 1972 to 1983 – longer than the conflict that inspired it – taking over the role played by Sally Kellerman in the 1970 film.

Misogyny ran throughout the big-screen version of M*A*S*H in a way that was not present in the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker on which it was based.In the TV version, too, Major Houlihan, a strict disciplinarian, was the butt of sexist jokes from the surgeons and other men in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit, particularly “Hawkeye” Pierce (played by Alan Alda). Swit – who had the only leading female role in the show – took a stand before the fifth series began. She was then allowed to contribute to her character’s development, making Houlihan more three-dimensional, warm and brave. “I am a feminist, from the top of my head to the bottom of my toenail, and I favour playing strong women,” she told the American magazine Closer Weekly in 2022.

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Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates all but seals Giro victory with stunning stage 20 attack – as it happened

31 mai 2025 à 17:40

Simon Yates produced a remarkable attack on the Giro’s mountain climax to wrench the pink jersey from Isaac del Toro

139km to go. Dries De Bondt (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) eases away from the bunch to take this intermediate sprint. That looked like he had the blessing from Pedersen to go and take those points. De Bondt is a long way behind Pedersen in the points standings, with one more intermediate sprint to go.

140km to go. The break has 7mins 40secs on the peloton as we come up to the intermediate sprint.

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© Photograph: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

Rick Derringer obituary

31 mai 2025 à 12:30

Guitarist and singer who featured on Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys, and went on to collaborate with top artists including Bonnie Tyler and Steely Dan

As a member of the American band the McCoys, the guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Rick Derringer, who has died aged 77, scored a US No 1 hit with the 1965 single Hang on Sloopy, which also made it to No 5 in the UK. Later he went on to record and perform with some of the most famous names in the music industry over a career spanning six decades.

Hang on Sloopy, with Derringer on vocals, was not the McCoys’ own song; written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns, it had first been recorded the year before by the Los Angeles soul vocal group Vibrations, and had largely gone unnoticed, although it quickly became a favourite of US garage rock bands of the era. The McCoys’ version made the song popular across the world, and they went on to have a another Top 10 hit in the US with a cover of Fever, written by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport, and a Top 40 interpretation of Come on, Let’s Go, written by Ritchie Valens.

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© Photograph: Ed Perlstein/Redferns

French Open live: Draper and Sinner storm through, Gauff in action on day seven

31 mai 2025 à 18:41
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Make that 3-0. Sinner wants to get this one done, and perhaps get himself settled before the Champions League final later. He lands three break points for 4-0. And takes the second one.

Sinner, rangy and usually implacable, is already 2-0 up on Lehecka, who has never previously taken a set off him. This is awesome stuff, and already.

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© Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

‘As we explored, we noticed this huge cow’: Jennifer Newitt’s best phone picture

31 mai 2025 à 12:00

High above a Swiss mountain village, an American holidaymaker found herself enchanted …

It was the last day of Jennifer Newitt’s holiday in the Swiss Alps, and she and her husband were hankering after one more excursion before their flight home to the US. High above Wengen, the village they were staying in, they noticed the Grindelwald–Männlichen mountain gondola cableway. Despite pouring rain, sunshine was forecast for later in the day, so they decided to give it a go.

“The rain stopped shortly after we arrived at the small cable car station, and we began the 15-minute walk to the summit. Because of the conditions, we had the mountain to ourselves for a while. As we explored, we noticed this huge cow.”

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© Photograph: Jennifer Newitt

Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’

31 mai 2025 à 12:00

As the administration continues to exploit antisemitism to arrest protesters and curb academic freedoms, more American Jews are saying ‘not in my name’

On the morning of Columbia University’s commencement last week, an intergenerational group of Jewish alumni gathered in the rain outside the Manhattan campus’s heavily policed gates, wearing keffiyehs and shirts emblazoned with the words “not in our name”. Two had graduated more than 60 years earlier, and one spoke of having fled the Nazis to the US as a child. Others recalled participating in Columbia protests of the past, including those that led the university to divest from apartheid South Africa.

They spoke as alumni and as Jews to condemn the university’s investments in Israel, its repression of pro-Palestinian speech, and its capitulation to the Trump administration’s assault on academic freedom in the name of fighting antisemitism on campus. They had planned to burn their Columbia diplomas in protest, but the rain got in their way, so many ripped them to pieces instead.

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© Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPA

‘So polarised’: Bruce Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments divide US fans

31 mai 2025 à 11:20

Tensions among the rock icon’s fanbase have spread to his home state of New Jersey

As the lead singer of a Bruce Springsteen cover band, Brad Hobicorn had been looking forward to performing at Riv’s Toms River Hub in New Jersey on Friday. Then came a text message from the bar’s owner, saying the gig was cancelled. Why? Because the real Bruce Springsteen had lambasted Donald Trump.

“He said to me his customer base is redder than red and he wishes Springsteen would just shut his mouth,” Hobicorn recalls by phone. “It was clear that this guy was getting caught up in that and didn’t want to lose business. The reality is we would have brought a huge crowd out there: new customers that are Springsteen fans that want to see a band locally.”

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© Photograph: Andy Von Pip/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

‘Feels bigger than herself’: the importance of Taylor Swift’s latest victory

31 mai 2025 à 11:00

World’s most famous pop star has finally bought back rights to her master recordings, a win for her but also a potentially major win for the industry

It goes without saying, but Taylor Swift has scored a lot of victories in the past few years. There was, first and foremost, the blockbuster Eras Tour, which became the bestselling concert tour of all time and a certifiable cultural era in itself. She released the bestselling concert film of all time, with a distribution model that upended the theatrical market. There was yet another album of the year Grammy. She turned the Super Bowl into the ultimate rom-com. Even with mediocre critical reviews, her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department, set more streaming records than I can count.

All of these were beyond impressive, if at times threatening overexposure and annoyingly at odds with her self-styled narrative as an underdog – the emotionally astute lyricist battling against a sliding scale of villains, from careless boys, bitchy girls and heartbreak to gossip, criticism and misogynistic double standards. Often, the targets are petty; I never want to hear a Kim Kardashian reference again. But on Friday, with the announcement that she purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, Swift notched arguably the most significant victory of her career, over the one remaining foe worthy of her stature: the artist-devaluing practices of the music industry.

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Arsenal, a packed Estádio José Alvalade and the reason I fell in love with football | Suzanne Wrack

31 mai 2025 à 11:00

My journalistic cap slipped slightly but the feeling I have seeing the team I adore lift the Champions League is indescribable

I can’t type the words. Sophie Downey’s stopwatch, started the moment the clock hit 90 minutes, is running on the desk next to me, but my fingers won’t move. I refuse to write a variation of “Arsenal are European champions” with time still on the clock because the thought of having to press that backspace key and delete it is too much. The editors will have to wait; I’ll start writing the intro paragraph when there’s one minute 30 seconds of the seven minutes of stoppage time to go, but gingerly, agonisingly – even that feels too soon.

I believe, I really do, but what if? And then I’m too busy sobbing into my hands to finish or press send. The narratives, there are so many narratives: Renée Slegers, the former academy player head coach with the retro Arsenal ring on her little finger who was made permanent manager only four months ago; Leah Williamson’s journey from being a mascot at a European Cup final to playing in one; Chloe Kelly’s salvaged season; Beth Mead’s emotional turmoil; Mariona Caldentey making it three in a row after winning the past two with the now vanquished Barcelona; Kim Alison Little. Where to start? Where to end?

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Are there billions more people on earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing | Jonathan Kennedy

31 mai 2025 à 11:00

A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argument

According to the UN, the world’s population stands at just over 8.2 billion. However, a recent study suggests the figure could be hundreds of millions or even billions higher. This news might sound terrifying, but it is important to remember that anxieties about overpopulation are rarely just about the numbers. They reflect power struggles over which lives matter, who is a burden or a threat and ultimately what the future should look like.

The world’s population reached 1 billion just after the turn of the 19th century. The number of people on the planet then began to grow exponentially, doubling to 2 billion by about 1925 and again to 4 billion about 50 years later. On 15 November 2022, the UN announced the birth of the eight billionth human.

Jonathan Kennedy teaches politics and global health at Queen Mary University of London, and is the author of Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History

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