The owner of the Guardian has confirmed it is in talks to sell the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media. Tortoise has approached Guardian Media Group (GMG) with an offer to invest around £25m over the next five years on the “editorial and commercial renewal” of the Observer. Tortoise was launched five […]
Contributed Carol Hunt and her daughters Louise and Hannah were killed in the attack A man has appeared in court charged with the murders of a woman and two of her daughters in a crossbow attack at their home. Carol Hunt, 61; Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were found fatally injured in Bushey, […]
The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, greets supporters during a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sept. 13, just two days before an apparent assassination attempt as he played golf in Florida. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In an interview on the social media platform X, former President […]
Watch: Ros Atkins on…the apparent Trump assassination attempt The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump is a staunch supporter of Ukraine who was rejected by the country’s armed forces and failed to make much of a contribution to the war effort. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who appeared in court on Monday, is […]
Getty Images Making books slimmer and lighter could mean significant CO2 savings A typical paperback book accounts for around 1kg of carbon dioxide, according to sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee. Perhaps that does not sound like much. But in the US alone, where 767 million paperback books were sold in 2023, this is equivalent to the […]
Enjoy the next three years of watching Sidney Crosby play for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Breathe it in. Cherish it. Get a little sentimental, if necessary. Never in your lifetime will you see his kind again. I’m not talking about the hockey, the backhand, the vision, the power, the tenacity — you know, all of the […]
Getty Images An mpox vaccine will be offered to thousands of men who have sex with men and some healthcare workers in the UK to boost protection against a form of the virus at the centre of an outbreak in parts of Africa, the government has said. It has bought more than 150,000 doses and […]
Getty Images Protests erupted on the streets of Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death Women in Iran have told the BBC how their online activity has been spied on by the authorities, leading to arrests, threats and beatings. Iran stepped up surveillance following nationwide women-led anti-establishment protests, after the death in police custody two years ago […]
Twenty-four people have been killed in Haiti after a fuel tanker exploded, according to local authorities. Dozens more people have been left seriously injured – some suffering burns to 80% of their bodies, according to Haitian Prime Minister Garry Coville. The incident happened on Saturday near the commune of Miragoane, about 100km (60 miles) west […]
The Conservative party leadership candidate James Cleverly has declined to rule out accepting future donations from Frank Hester, the businessman who said Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women”. A Guardian investigation revealed in March that Hester had told a meeting he did not hate all black women but seeing Abbott on […]