Day: July 5, 2026

Shot by a robber, I was bleeding out on the way to hospital – and terrified the doctors would leave me to dieShot by a robber, I was bleeding out on the way to hospital – and terrified the doctors would leave me to die

Jesús Piñero grew up with the sound of gunfire, but thought he would be safe on the bus taking him to his home in Caracas. Then a mugger came for his phone … As he rushed up the stairs from the Palo Verde metro station and jumped into the camioneta ...

On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa BayoumiOn America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi

In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speech If Donald Trump’s address on 3 July from Mount Rushmore will be remembered at all, it will be because that was the day of competing speeches, and competing visions, ...

An inflatable cushion and compression socks: nine travel upgrades we rely on to survive long flightsAn inflatable cushion and compression socks: nine travel upgrades we rely on to survive long flights

Essentials for comfort, sleep and entertainment worth packing so your long-haul flight flies by Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Airline seats feel more ...

Iran seeks to tighten control over strait of Hormuz alongside Khamenei funeralIran seeks to tighten control over strait of Hormuz alongside Khamenei funeral

IRGC warnings force ships to turn back as Tehran uses passages from Qur’an to send messages to Gulf delegations The diplomatic and military contest for control of the strait of Hormuz has intensified alongside the dramatic scenes of mourning for the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with some ...

‘He hadn’t been trying to scare us. He’d been trying to kill us’: how stalker neighbours turned our dream home into a nightmare‘He hadn’t been trying to scare us. He’d been trying to kill us’: how stalker neighbours turned our dream home into a nightmare

We were busy doing up a dilapidated Welsh farmhouse when a young couple bought the land next door. They seemed odd yet basically harmless – but their increasingly troubling behaviour soon escalated into a full-blown campaign of terror Richard: Bryn stood under a dripping hedge, waving like we were long-lost ...

Sleuthing sheep, Young Sherlock and a new Poirot: how amateur detectives took over our screensSleuthing sheep, Young Sherlock and a new Poirot: how amateur detectives took over our screens

From the Sherlock Holmes spin-offs to The Sheep Detectives, DIY sleuths are on the case all over TV and cinema. But where did the trope of the outsider who outsmarts the professionals come from – and how do these depictions compare to reality? On Television you don’t have to be ...

The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys | David SmithThe strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys | David Smith

Would we get a 21st-century Gettysburg address? Or YMCA, gripes about his legal woes and boasting about Iran? The astronomer Carl Sagan once described Earth as a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. “Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, ...