Teams must be prepared for challenging travel and a cauldron of heat but will also encounter fantastic fans and a beautiful football culture This World Cup will be incomparable to anything we have seen before. Why? The pure scope of the tournament: 104 matches in three different countries played across ...
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Hello, goodbye: the Beatles’ chaotic, controversial final tour – as never seen beforeHello, goodbye: the Beatles’ chaotic, controversial final tour – as never seen before
Tired, emotional and besieged by fans and enemies alike, by 1966 the Fab Four were ready to quit touring for good. A new collection of images by rock photographer Jim Marshall captures their last gigs The Beatles played their last official concert on 29 August 1966, at Candlestick Park in ...
Trump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder – and ordinary people pay the price | Simon TisdallTrump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder – and ordinary people pay the price | Simon Tisdall
The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved There are visionary statesmen and high-minded negotiators, pragmatic mediators and professional diplomats – and then there are meddling fools. As ...
Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe?Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe?
Legal papers, expert investigations and social media posts tell story of how a 32-year-old Iraqi appeared to run ‘proxy’ campaign On Monday, a slightly dishevelled Iraqi man, shackled and dressed in beige prison overalls, was ushered into a Manhattan courtroom. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, 32, pleaded not guilty to ...
Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu campDrought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu camp
More than 6.5 million Somalis have been pushed to the brink of severe hunger as the climate crisis, fighting and cuts in aid leave a trail of despair For three years, Zeynab Ibrahim watched as her little town shrivelled up and died. The rains never came, the reservoirs were depleted ...
Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with USKuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US
Iran attacks American bases in Gulf states after Washington shoots down drones and strikes Iranian radar sites Bahrain has said Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at it and Kuwait, hours after the US and Iran exchanged strikes over the Gulf, the latest in a series of flare-ups that threatened ...
Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West BankPalestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank and injured one of the child’s parents after opening fire on the family’s car, despite it having complied with an ...
Zohran Mamdani plays the Guardian’s Bracketology to predict World Cup winner – videoZohran Mamdani plays the Guardian’s Bracketology to predict World Cup winner – video
The New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, briefly stepped away from City Hall to tackle the ultimate soccer challenge: predicting the entire World Cup bracket In the Guardian’s exclusive interactive game. From shocking early exits to his definitive pick for the final, see how Mamdani maps out the world’s biggest ...
Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summitAviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortages Nothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata ...
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peaceBlackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting ...