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Critics say decree also banning burqa in schools shows Italian PM worried about losing far-right voters in next year’s elections The Italian government has been accused of ramping up divisive rhetoric to try to court far-right voters ahead of next year’s…

️ F1 updates from 1pm BST in Baku ️ Russell vows to ‘keep fighting’ for title | Mail Philip Right, half an hour till qualifying.

I’ve been holed up in an flat, affectionately dubbed the ‘brotel’, with my son for weeks – and we’ve revisited the first game we ever played together I have spent the last three weeks living with my 22-year-old son in a two-bedroom flat he has dubbed the…

A week after Canada ended their winning run, England’s World Cup winners face a New Zealand team aiming to inflict more pain at Twickenham A wounded animal is the most dangerous.

Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricing It has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline, a sombre skyscraper where visitors to its viewing platform often joke that the city looks better when y…

The appointment of England white-ball teams’ specialist mentor has divided opinion but the man himself says he is loving being back in the dressing room Kevin Pietersen insisted he is a “completely different” person these days as he sat down at Headingley…

Trump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths When it’s 90F on a hot summer day, Esther Minton wears a long-sleeved shirt to work.

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley; The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett; Cold Sunset by William Boyd; The Occidental Book of the Dead by T Geronimo Johnson and The Last Tenant by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Fo…

Every one of the Grammy-nominated Floridian’s songs reveal a different side of him.

Korean art rewinds 2,000 years, Kentridge enters another dimension and Rodinesque ghosts make a bid for art’s most prestigious gong – all in your weekly dispatch Turner prize Kira Freije creates a waste land peopled by Rodinesque ghosts in the machine, Si…

After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands “Gospić is our home,” Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament earlier this month.

As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives.

Boy became separated from a relative in Suffolk and went in the direction of a pond where he was later found dead A three-year-old boy who was found dead in a pond after going missing from a playground had left the play area “through a gap in the fence”,…

Plus, Charles Spencer is surely closer in thought and style to Harry than anyone else in the family, and Dolly Parton’s nephew turns out to be fairly unusual It was a big week at the UN, the Palace and the White House, but for all sentient people of Brita…

Ahead of a greatest hits tour, original members Spider Stacy and James Fearnley will join us to answer your questions When Shane MacGowan died in 2023, you’d be forgiven for wondering whether the Pogues could carry on, given what a singular frontman he was

A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis.

From kale to hostas, there are many vegetable patch options that are hardy, low-maintenance and delicious You’d have to have been living under a rock (which would have been a cool and sensible place to dwell) to not have felt the intensity of the heatwaves

After playing zero minutes at the 2023 World Cup, the attacker embraced a new club, a new mindset and a new position.

The flanker found the game at Crewe & Nantwich and plays for Sale but she was born in Detroit.

Superhero, who was joined by others dressed as comic book characters, retrieved stolen bag after scaling wall A scene from the fictional comic metropolis of Gotham City played out for real in Norwich last weekend when a man dressed as Batman chased a susp…

The Green leader, who is Jewish, made the remarks as part of his campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection Morning, and welcome to our UK politics live blog.

Former footballer appeared in about 12 ad campaigns this summer, pushing brands revenue to $110.5m Business live – latest updates David Beckham has taken a $51m (£39m) dividend from his business empire fuelled by a series of deals with brands for the Fifa…

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Updates from the first of two games in Queensland Kick-off time in Townsville is 8pm AEST Any thoughts?

Four leagues says Fifa governance ‘not fit for purpose’ They criticise ‘expansionism’ and want more input The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A have called for fundamental reform of Fifa, saying the organisation’s governance is “not fit for…

The sprawling Philippine Arena hosts games in a country of fanatical basketball fans.

To escape the stresses and strains of adulting, more people are choosing to rekindle their love for childhood toys, games and pastimes A growing number of adult enthusiasts are rediscovering their love for Lego, helping to fuel a surge in sales that has i…

Dr John Nkengasong, a former WHO adviser who worked with Biden administration on Aids policy, says decolonising curriculums and investment are key to unlocking potential of continent’s graduates African governments need to shake off the legacy of colonial…

Students are too broke or busy having fun to eat well, right?

As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop My generation of writers is dying.

I suspect nearly all of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Capital gains tax: how it works, benefits and pitfalls of another hike TalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threat of administration, closing in on deals to sell its consumer and b…

(Freedom to Spend) Far from her conventional 60s and 70s hits, Tanega joined up with a friend for an endearingly eccentric ‘rap opera’ spanning swampy synths and sardonic showtunes Perhaps you know Norma Tanega for her chirpy 60s folk pop, such as Walkin’…

They were all there for António Guterres and Donald Trump but did anyone else manage to pull a crowd?

The pope will deliver a landmark speech on AI development and discuss Europe’s future As I was chatting about politics, Pope Leo’s plane has just landed in Paris.

⚽ All the latest heading in to the weekend’s action ⚽ De la Fuente wants more from Spain | Mail Sarah Germany drew 1-1 against the Netherlands yesterday but the headline news from the game is Kai Havertz picking up an injury.

(Def Jam) After five EPs in in seven years, the Dallas native with the big voice pours everything into this bonkers cauldron of maximalist R&B and hyperactive pop There is so, so much happening on Jae Stephens’ debut album Audacity.

Spain have won back-to-back major tournaments, but there is still one more to go to draw equal with feted team of 2008-2012 “I’m going to tell you a story,” Luis de la Fuente said.

Bonnet/Dutrieux/Czech Philharmonic/Vasilek (Animal Music) Honegger’s multifaceted 1935 composition about the French saint is brought to life in spine-tingling detail by Lukáš Vasilek, the Czech Philharmonic and actors and musicians Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc…

The Uzbeks, including world championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov, won their first seven matches before a surprise loss to Germany After eight of the 11 rounds in the 400-team Olympiad in Samarkand, the host team Uzbekistan share the lead in the race…

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Plush or pared back, flatteringly lit or full-on disco camp, a TikTokkable loo is now part of the hospitality experience Anthony Bourdain was typically forthright when it came to his expectations for the toilet facilities in a food business.

Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic Once seen, never forgotten – the 1931 Frankenstein is 95 years old, but still one of the

Prediction markets are focusing on extreme weather and the climate crisis.

One year into the role, the Royal Opera’s music director is taking on the challenge of Parsifal, and, next season, the Ring Cycle.

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Medieval experts talk us through the fashion of the near-1,000-year-old embroidered work, and what it says about the characters wearing it Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox?

Catherine Corless’s exposure of almost 800 infant deaths at a home led by nuns prompted Neeson to bring the story to screen Liam Neeson still remembers his shock and shame when he read a New York Times article about the mother and baby institution in Tuam,

Florence Pugh shines as the icy sociopath at the heart of the Steinbeck classic, plus Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an international cocaine dealer in a truly bananas thriller “A girl like that doesn’t just fall out of the sky.”

The pop star emerges as a great unifier in this in-depth yet heartfelt portrait of an Aussie icon ‘There’s an anxiety in declaring oneself a Kylie fan,” wrote the late San Francisco poet Kevin Killian (who nonetheless once published an entire collection d…