Ministers discuss drawing down EU countries’ reserves after Donald Trump threatens to cut off US supplies

Letter: Anna Bird says the decision by some NHS integrated care boards to impose a two-year minimum wait is harmful to young people and their families

Rantzen was one of the most powerful women in British television. From making vegetable innuendos to changing lives and bestowing her own medals on brilliant people – here are her finest small-screen moments

From tropical disasters and doomed sci-fi epics to bribing Orson Welles and fending off a puma, we rate cinema’s most revealing glimpses behind the scenes

This six-decade survey is a riot of biomorphic blobs, candy-coloured galaxies and cosmic spectacle – but the quieter works pack the biggest punch

New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university’s 2024 investigation

The United States is poised to host the first women’s Club World Cup in January 2028, becoming the latest in a series of Fifa tournaments staged in North America

Dispute over contentious Orange Order march will now go to a legal appeal on Monday after talks hosted by Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant end Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree parade dispute have broken up without agreement, with Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant describing the situation as being between a “rock and a hard place”. A legal appeal over the contentious march is now scheduled for Monday, after unsuccessful late-night negotiations at Hillsborough castle with representatives from the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents on the fifth day of the standoff. Continue reading...

The spots, including a recycled campaign ad, are funded by taxpayers and present the president as a hero

No spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family

Every day, trillions of dollars, oil and gas and 99% of the world’s web traffic move through undersea pipelines under no state’s protection. With superpowers and corporations now vying for control, should we be worried about this potential new wild west of geopolitical power?

Ministers need to level with the public about current prison sentences, who needs to be locked up and for how long, says Enver Solomon of Nacro

Race to be named the world’s best female player is the most open in years. But who should claim the prize?

After five years of work, 5,750 panels of toughened glass will help keep hundred of plants safe from Scottish winters – but more work needs to be done In the early autumn sunlight, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s extensive plant collection appears safe in their glass enclosures. But danger lurks from above for the tropical ferns, cycads and rare alpine heathers. Soon the September sunshine will give way to the storms and gales of the Scottish winter, which can bring hundreds of glass panels crashing to the greenhouse floor on the windiest days. Nobody is allowed inside when the wind is above 30mph. Continue reading...

Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’ Airlines will be blocked from charging parents extra to sit with their children on planes, according to government plans. The new rule would require airlines to seat passengers aged under 14 next to their parents or an accompanying adult free of charge. Passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake. Continue reading...

Shoppers and vendors in Aspen surprised by unusual customer as it stretched to sample stall offerings Farmers’ market shoppers might not usually pay much attention to the local resident devouring fresh bread and pastries at one of the stalls with extra gusto – but some certainly did last weekend when they realized it was a hungry bear. Onlookers on Saturday reached for their phones to take photos and videos of the bear in downtown Aspen, Colorado, after it wandered through the stalls and got up on to its hind legs to dig into the baked goods. Continue reading...

Court will review practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to take up a case challenging the Trump administration’s practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings. At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trump’s reinterpretation of a longstanding policy that has led to a huge surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers. Continue reading...

TV’s best entertainment show is back – with an unbelievably star-stuffed lineup. But who will be the faithful and who will head straight for the tower?

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive package of support to help young people into employment Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned. Multiple Whitehall sources said the package of changes under debate was much bigger than previously thought, as Andy Burnham’s government hopes to persuade more people on benefits back into work. Continue reading...

Editorial: Prosecutors will decide who to charge within eight months. But ministers should also re-examine the law

TV’s best entertainment show is back – with an unbelievably star-stuffed lineup. But who will be the faithful and who will head straight for the tower? Before the show begins, it’s probably worth running through this year’s contestants, along with brief descriptions that will inevitably come back to haunt me when I invariably have to interview them at some point in the future. Amol Rajan – Man whose first decision after leaving the BBC was to sign up for the BBC’s biggest show. Bella Ramsey – Actor who professionally spends time around zombies, so will do well here. James Acaster – Comedian and podcaster James Blunt – Self-aware annoyance Jerry Hall – The Joker’s ex-girlfriend Joanne McNally – Comedian and podcaster Joe Lycett – Comedian, and the only person here who follows me on social media, which destroys my journalistic integrity a bit. Continue reading...

Minute-by-minute report: Join Daniel Harris for updates as the WSL champions host Real Madrid at the Joie Stadium

About 900 demonstrations, blockades and related incidents under way outside high schools around the country A fast-growing protest by high-school students over long hours, teacher shortages and decaying facilities has escalated into “urban violence”, the French government has warned, as it said many schools would switch to online classes to protect teachers and pupils. The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, called a crisis cabinet meeting on Thursday and told ministers to cancel travel plans to deal with the demonstrations, which erupted in the Paris region last week but have snowballed across the country. Continue reading...

Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to more than 100 sources with knowledge of the military systems used in the war. The disclosure came in response to an Israel Defense Forces statement seeking to discredit the documentary. Continue reading...

Lions coach calls time on 10-year reign with triple premiers as 65-year-old decides not to return for shot at record-equalling fourth flag

The six-time major winner, who has spoken in the past of his struggles with gambling addiction, has not played in an event since March

Counter-terrorism police arrest 27-year-old in Westminster, while second man questioned under caution Detectives have arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an investigation into a suspected plot near RAF Fairford. Counter-terrorism police said the 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Westminster on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Continue reading...

I don’t flip a table every time this happens – but I actually do mind when it’s the default decision with no discussion

Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, is making her second trip to the space station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he is away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for Nasa after a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s leaking fuel system. Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff. Continue reading...

Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’ * UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has claimed that Andy Burnham has given him “the biggest boost in my career” by reviving the Brexit debate, which the Reform UK leader said had reopened a “huge flank” to his party. The prime minister’s pledges to the Labour conference and admission on Wednesday that rejoining the EU was among options the government would look at had put “put me back into the debate”, he said. Continue reading...

Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low

West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing power David Sullivan is suing the BBC for £150m over multiple claims of sexual misconduct made in a documentary. Lawyers acting for Sullivan, who remains West Ham United’s co-owner, have lodged a high court claim against the corporation over its Panorama investigation “Predator: The Billionaire Football Boss”, which was broadcast in June. Continue reading...

House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for Trump’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’

* Government said to be unhappy at lack of warning * Burnham previously criticised league’s Everton sanction Andy Burnham’s intervention in the Manchester City debate has revived tensions between the Premier League and the prime minister. Government officials are understood to be unhappy they were not given notice that the independent commission’s damning judgment of £900m of financial manipulation and “sham contracts” would be published this week, and Burnham’s response has not gone down well with several Premier League clubs concerned by his relationship with City’s owners. Continue reading...

London schoolgirl’s father taught her to play when she was five, and three years later she beat former British champion

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Rose Tremain, along with the cast and crew of the new film updating her 1950s story to the early 00s, remember the intensity of these relationships and explain why its story has not dated

National team coach Noureddine Ould Ali is staying positive despite a difficult situation at home and tough opponents at the Gulf Cup

Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murder Tennessee’s governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after a botched attempt to put a condemned inmate to death on Wednesday night. Witnesses at the execution chamber in Nashville said Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder, was still awake and snoring loudly about 40 minutes after officials administered two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital. Continue reading...

There is no shortage of sparring between Anderson and Billy Crudup in Edward Albee’s classic, though its comedy has an air of George and Mildred

Report finds complaints of room intrusions at nearly one in 10 hotels, after woman attacked by man given a copy of her key An independent review into Travelodge after a serious sexual assault has found that guests are still at risk, with room intrusions reported at nearly one in 10 of its hotels this summer. The damning findings were published in a 70-page report on Thursday, which was commissioned earlier this year after a man was convicted of a serious sexual assault against a Travelodge guest in Maidenhead in 2022. Creating a new policy to address violence against women and girls. Improving safety policies for staff working alone. Introducing body cameras for all reception staff. Installing consistent CCTV systems across all its hotels. Introducing mystery shoppers to test its key security policy. Continue reading...

Now a $15bn industry, astrology is more mainstream in the US than ever. But its practitioners are still debating: who gets to have authority on the celestial bodies?

One person remains missing after medical helicopter crashed off Catalina Island near Los Angeles, officials say

Indian government issued with warning it would be in contempt of court if it failed to release Jagtar Singh Johal The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been released from a Delhi prison after the Indian high court warned the government it would be found in contempt of court if it continued to attempt to keep him in jail despite an 18 September court order releasing him on bail. Johal has been incarcerated for nine years without any full trial. The court order was issued after Johal’s lawyers issued a writ of habeas corpus alleging he was being detained against the express direction of the court. Continue reading...

Driver of East Midlands train, who died in June crash, received automatic warning after passing red light but train continued to accelerate The train that ran into the back of another in the Bedford rail crash sped up after the driver received a warning that he had passed a red light, rail investigators have reported. The driver of the East Midlands train, who died in the crash in June, acknowledged the automatic warning but did not appear to act after passing a danger signal that was rarely ever red. Continue reading...

Book clubs can be fun, fulfilling and interesting – but many members have seen a meeting or group go down in flames

Seven hundred offenders from dozens of prisons in England and Wales expected to be freed on Thursday * UK politics live – latest updates Prisoners have thanked Andy Burnham as they celebrated walking free from jail early. The first wave of releases began on Thursday, with 700 offenders expected to be freed across England and Wales under the government’s plan to ease prison overcrowding. Continue reading...

Netanyahu says it is too early to tell who was behind the apparent attempt to crash flight after pilot stabbed

Lara Ricote’s tale of a couple who break up after moving in together is weird, hugely funny and uncomfortably true-to-life at times

My dad and grandad were scaffolders. I even did it myself for a short time. It’s brutally hard work – but it’s something the tech bros will never take away, writes Adrian Chiles