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'Powerhouse of positivity' The runner whose race ended at 114
The first 20 miles of a marathon are not difficult, Fauja Singh once said. When it came to the last six miles, however, \"I run while talking to God.\"
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Epstein files Has Trump been ensnared in his own web of Maga lies?
'I feel so betrayed and so angry. This is not what I voted for; \"This cemented permanent deep state power\"; \"I'm concerned about being able to trust Donald Trump to keep his word\"; \"What about justice for these young ladies who were trafficked? What about their justice? Don't they deserve justice?\" These were just a few of the calls that besieged conservative radio hosts across the US this week.
8 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Rayner: Labour must step up and make the case for power
Angela Rayner has urged Labour colleagues to \"step up\" and make the case for why the party should be in power as the government attempts to draw a line under a tumultuous first year in office.
4 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Flying the union flag | Have hot British men, Charli XCX and bonkers slang made Britannia cool again?
Three decades on from Cool Britannia, are we in the throes of a \"Brit-culture renaissance\"? British men are once again a romantic ideal, Oasis are back together, \"Britishcore\" was a recent viral social media trend and Jane Austen is getting more reboots than Marvel comic books. \"Cool Britannia is back!\" Tatler declared, as it dedicated its latest cover to the offspring of Britpop stars.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
All the rage Luxury takes of everyday fashions designed to raise hackle
Rounded, cushioned and with a thick strap across the foot, foam sliders have been a familiar sight on the streets this summer.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Teenager killed at care home after 'catalogue of failures'
A \"catalogue of failures\" resulted in the murder of a vulnerable young woman who was strangled in a care home by a fellow resident with a history of sexual violence, a coroner has concluded.
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
I feel more sympathy for 1,500 tarantulas than for a Maga-assailed Trump
Rightwing American conspiracy theories often circle the drain of lurid abuse stories. So it was quite a twist this week to see the chickens of this particular rancid online conspiracy culture come home to roost in the form of Maga faithfuls turning on Trump for what the US president now refers to as the \"Jeffrey Epstein hoax\".
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
I'm better with one nostril' Hampton earns bloodied place in history books
The image of Terry Butcher's bloodstained shirt during an England draw against Sweden in 1989 is immortalised in the country's football history. Now another English player's stoic display against Sweden - this time with a bloodied nose - will be etched into the annals after Hannah Hampton's heroics during the Lionesses' remarkable shootout victory over Sweden in Zurich.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
The mining 'Goliath' Colombian farmers in a battle to save their land
Argiro Tobón, 60, rolls up his sleeves above hands covered in fresh earth. Before him lie the green pastures of Jericó, Colombia, a landscape cultivated by hands like his for generations. \"Look at the beauty of this place,\" says Tobón, fondly known as \"Mister\". \"This is the paradise they want to destroy,\" he says. \"If we have to go to prison, so be it.\"
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Restored' US wetlands poisoned by forever chemicals in effluent
Many of the wetlands in the US are being filled with toxic PFAS, as effluent from wastewater treatment plants tainted with the \"forever chemicals\" is increasingly used to restore swampland and other waters.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Nurseries return to Covid isolation protocols after rise in measles cases
Parents and experts have voiced alarm over rising measles cases, with nurseries bringing in Covid-style isolation protocols to clamp down on outbreaks.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Council has let me live in a soaking flat for a year
I am a 91-year-old leaseholder in a block of flats owned by Wandsworth council. I'm living with saturated walls, dripping water and falling plaster because the council has failed to address a leak which began elsewhere in the block a year ago.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Police Arrest Two After Protest at Asylum Hotel Turns Violent
Two people have been arrested after a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers during which eight officers were assaulted, Essex police have said.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Pollution Most-serious incidents in England up by 60%
The number of serious pollution incidents involving English water companies rose 60% last year compared with the year before that, Environment Agency data shows.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Orgreave beating file potentially destroyed by police
Documents destroyed by police relating to their operations at Orgreave during the miners' strike in 1984 are believed to include a report on a notorious incident in which an officer beat a man over the head with a truncheon.
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Church strike Patriarchs get rare access to visit site
Israel has granted two senior Christian leaders rare access to Gaza after an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory's only Roman Catholic church killed three people.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
People's party of Spain hit by €11m energy firm bribery allegations
Just when Spain's opposition People's party thought it had the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez on the ropes over a series of corruption scandals, it has been hit by a controversy of its own over alleged trafficking of influences by Cristóbal Montoro, the former finance minister.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Five migrants deported from US to Eswatini held in solitary confinement
Five people deported by the US to the southern African country of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, an Eswatini government spokesperson has said.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Gone up in smoke' Charred ruins of famed Haiti hotel a symbol of city on the verge of collapse
The Hotel Oloffson, in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, once welcomed celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Graham Greene.
4 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Malaria returns to Zimbabwe 'with a vengeance', experts warn, after USAID cuts bite
Zimbabwe's efforts to control malaria have been dealt a huge blow as experts say the disease has returned \"with a vengeance\" after cuts in aid from the US.
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Bell Completes the Restoration of a Nagasaki Cathedral After Atomic Bomb
A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece that completes its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second US atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Net zero MPs challenge Reform deputy over vow to drop green energy deals
A group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader's vow to rip up green energy contracts if his party wins power and questioning whether he appreciated the impact this could have on the economy.
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Millions sent by UK charities to Israeli West Bank settlement
Two UK charities have transferred millions of pounds to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank with the endorsement of the charities regulator, the Guardian can reveal.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Broken promises? Politicians battle over the shape of Bridgend's future
It's sad. I think it killed the town,\" said Debbie, sitting in a cafe in Bridgend and recalling the closure of Ford's South Wales engine plant almost five years ago. \"There were lots of men and women working there at the end.\"
5 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Nightmare' Swedish media on 'brutal' Euro quarter-final
Swedish media reacted with incredulity and indignation after the country's women's team lost the Euro 2025 quarter-final to England on penalties.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
BP to sell US windfarms as it turns back on green energy
BP has agreed a deal to sell off its onshore wind business in the US as the oil business turns its back on renewable energy following a failed attempt to go green.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
It Was Racist' Calm Follows Riots That Drove Families Out Of Ballymena
Since Ballymena erupted in three nights of anti-migrant riots last month, tranquility has returned to the County Antrim town. The rioters, after all, got what they wanted.
3 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
'Madness in the stands'
Fans describe tension before Lionesses win on penalties
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Skydiver famed for jumping from space dies in paraglider fall
The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.
2 min |
July 19, 2025
The Guardian
Third Arrest in Glasgow Over Signs Alleged to Back Palestine Action Group
A man has been arrested in Glasgow for holding a paper sign allegedly supportive of the proscribed direct action group Palestine Action, the third arrest of its kind across the city in the past week.
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