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Spain’s PM calls for Israel sports ban as rocket-launcher contract reportedly cancelled
Spain  
Spain’s PM calls for Israel sports ban as rocket-launcher contract reportedly cancelled
Pedro Sánchez speaks after Gaza protesters forced cycle race’s early end, while €700m deal with Israeli defence firm said to be off
Europe  
Display of firepower in Russia-Belarus war games stirs unease across Europe
PNG independence: 50 years on  
‘We dreamed of a better future’: remembering the first moments of Papua New Guinea in 1975
Charlie Kirk  
JD Vance threatens crackdown on ‘far-left’ groups after Charlie Kirk shooting
Report  
Trump to send national guard to Memphis and says Chicago is ‘probably next’
In focus
From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites
Nepal  
From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites
Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south Asia
Trump news at a glance  
JD Vance vows vengeance after Charlie Kirk killing
‘Cricket gave me everything’  
South African sports star brings township children into the game
Features
‘I love you too!’  
My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
Memory  
Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi
The long read
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
The long read  
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race
 

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Opinion
Americans have 400 days to save their democracy
Timothy Garton Ash
Americans have 400 days to save their democracy
This dating show for farmers bombed in the UK, but I can see why in France it’s a runaway hit
Anne-Laure Pineau
Sport
World Athletics Championships  
Duplantis hits new heights with ‘Claw’ and 14th world record
Duplantis hits new heights with ‘Claw’ and 14th world record
Football  
Romero ‘so angry’ in past but sees brighter Spurs future under Frank
Women's Rugby World Cup  
Berthoumieu banned for biting Wafer in blow to France before England clash
Climate crisis
Environment  
‘Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
‘Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
Thailand  
‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom
Podcast
On the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters – podcast
Today in Focus  
On the ground with Tommy Robinson’s new supporters – podcast
Who showed up for the biggest far-right rally in British history? Ben Quinn reports
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