An investigation has begun into the storage of weapons for Ukraine’s military near a residential area. ...
Burnham’s summer tour is over – now he has to prove himself in ParliamentBurnham’s summer tour is over – now he has to prove himself in Parliament
The imminent return of Parliament will put the new prime minister under real scrutiny, with MPs finally getting a chance to grill him. ...
Football fans pay tribute to crash death officers at Middlesbrough matchFootball fans pay tribute to crash death officers at Middlesbrough match
PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough. ...
Sarah Ferguson expected back in the UK ‘shortly’, source saysSarah Ferguson expected back in the UK ‘shortly’, source says
The former Duchess of York is renting a six-bed house in the Home Counties, reports say. ...
‘Inept, incompetent, craven’: Scott Bessent struggles to clean up the president’s mess‘Inept, incompetent, craven’: Scott Bessent struggles to clean up the president’s mess
There’s little optimism about treasury secretary’s ability to handle Trump’s tariffs, Iran sanctions and colossal US debt History remembers Gen Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe during the second world war, for his role in the D-day invasion of Normandy. Whether Scott Bessent will achieve ...
Thousands of Interstellar Objects May Be Lurking in Our Solar SystemThousands of Interstellar Objects May Be Lurking in Our Solar System
Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that went interstellar, entombed the sky, hit the gas, and renewed the world. First, scientists predict that there are thousands of objects from alien star systems lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system. Then: ancient air is ...
Hilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot raceHilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot race
World Humanoid Robot Games showcased leaps Beijing has made in the tech, but also highlighted limitations as US rivals prepare their own launches With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped ...
‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
The former UK prime minister is still shaping politics (even if he doesn’t want to interfere). He talks about keeping his temper, staying fit – and why he won’t pay £90 for a Scotland football shirt It’s a Monday in August and as England burns in dystopian heat, Gordon Brown ...
Charli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved itCharli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it
Reading Festival There’s not much time to dig into her deep catalogue of future-facing pop, but she satisfies the hardcore “Time itself is a circle,” as the rock’n’roll philosopher Nietzsche once said, accurately foreshadowing Charli xcx’s only UK festival appearance this summer. Like her performance on Glastonbury’s Other Stage last ...
Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls? | Phoebe GreenwoodSunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls? | Phoebe Greenwood
As a war correspondent, I worked with photographers who said the camera was a buffer between them and reality. It is much the same now as we snap and scroll I was sitting on a rooftop in Athens at sunset looking up at Filopappou hill. Athens in August is burning ...