In this issue

August 02, 2024

Police urged to step up action amid plans for 19 more far-right protests

Police chiefs have been urged to step up patrols outside mosques and asylum seeker accommodation in the face of plans for at least 19 far-right rallies across England in coming days.

3 mins

Ice sheets 10C above normal in Antarctic heatwave

Great swathes of the ice sheets of Antarctica have seen ground temperatures soaring an average of 10C above normal over the past month, in what has been described as a nearrecord heatwave.

3 mins

Russia frees Gershkovich in biggest prisoner swap since cold war

The largest prisoner swap between Russia and the US since the cold war took place yesterday, with 16 people freed from Russian custody including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, several foreign citizens and Russian political prisoners.

4 mins

NHS leaders warn GPs' industrial action risks 'dangerous disruption'

The NHS faces \"alarming\" and \"dangerous\" disruption until Christmas and into 2025, health chiefs have warned after GPs began their first industrial action in 60 years amid a major row over funding.

3 mins

Vegas with a hint of Oktoberfest Adele takes her show to Munich

Earlier this summer, with a little help from AI, Adele slipped into a Bavarian-style dirndl dress, cradled a very tall beer and held a giant soft pretzel aloft.

3 mins

Starmer to create national unit to tackle violent disorder in wake of far-right riots

A \"national capability\" will be established to tackle violent disorder and rioters, Keir Starmer announced yesterday, as he warned social media firms they had a responsibility to clamp down on misinformation.

2 mins

Far right How bots and AI are fuelling resurgence

Less than three hours after the stabbing attack on Monday that led to the death of three children, an Al-generated image was shared on X by an account called Europe Invasion.

3 mins

Imagine that: Geller paid £40,000 for Lennon's round glasses

The spoon-bending magician and mystic Uri Geller has revealed he was the buyer of a pair of John Lennon's round-framed glasses which sold for £40,000.

1 min

The long goodbye Murray ends his career, not in glory, but with adulation

'Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light,\" wrote Dylan Thomas in 1947.

2 mins

Day six, and as one hero departs, a legend gets her sixth Olympic gold

Paris saw the best of Olympic sport as Andy Murray finally bowed out under the lights and US superstar gymnast Simone Biles made history - but a decision to allow a female boxer to fight a rival who failed a gender test left organisers under fire.

4 mins

Badenoch aide's vulgar term against female politician

Kemi Badenoch has brought in a Conservative councillor to help on her leadership bid who referred to a female politician in a vulgar manner in a message to another colleague.

2 mins

No ordinary arrest How reporter's long odyssey in Russian prisons played out

Evan Gershkovich was on a reporting trip deep in the Russian regions when the FSB came for him.

5 mins

'Humongous' Roman fort discovered under overgrown farm field

A previously unknown Roman fort discovered in Pembrokeshire overturns assumptions that the area's indigenous Celtic tribe was on peaceful terms with the Roman invaders.

2 mins

BBC will attempt to claw back pay from disgraced Edwards

The BBC's director-general, Tim Davie, has said the corporation will \"look at all options\" for recovering pay from the disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards.

2 mins

Hezbollah warns of 'new phase' in hostilities with Israel after assassinations

The leader of Hezbollah has said that the Lebanese group's conflict with Israel has entered \"a new phrase\" after the back-to-back assassinations of a senior commander and Hamas's political chief, which risk plunging the Middle East into a regional war.

4 mins

'It's the same old show': Harris dismisses attacks by Trump on her racial identity

Kamala Harris has shrugged off Donald Trump's questioning of her racial identity, saying it was \"the same old show\" and that \"America deserves better\", at a rally in Texas.

2 mins

Entrepreneur Halla Tómasdóttir takes over as Iceland's president

A feminist entrepreneur who started an investment fund with the musician Björk at the height of Iceland's 2008 financial crisis and gave a Ted talk on applying \"feminine values\" to finance became her country's president yesterday.

2 mins

Failed doping test put the brakes on Petrol Head's Galway run

The Galway Hurdle, one of the feature events of this week's Galway Festival, was embroiled in controversy yesterday after Petrol Head, who had been backed from 16-1 to 5-1 clear favourite for the €270,000 (£228,000) handicap, was scratched on the orders of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) due to a failed dope test after a win at Bellewstown last month.

2 mins

Star-studded track and field ready to take centre stage

Hodgkinson and Caudery among those who could become household names with world records at risk

4 mins

Murray is beaten one last time as sun sets on one of the great sporting careers

British great retires after he and Dan Evans lose 6-2, 6-4 in quarter-final to US pair

3 mins

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