9 May 2026, 5:46 am
In the 32 years since last hosting the World Cup, football has moved from the margins to the mainstream in the US.
9 May 2026, 5:43 am
Several frontbenchers told the Guardian they agreed the prime minister’s time in office should not go beyond the end of the yearMapped: how Labour lost ground in different directionsPippa Crerar: Starmer under pressure to agree exit planGordon Brown has been appointed as a special envoy on global finance.Number 10 said:The PM has committed to boosting the country’s security and resilience’In this role, Gordon Brown will advise on how global finance cooperation…
9 May 2026, 5:39 am
⚽ News, discussion and buildup before day’s action⚽ Premier League things link | Email us hereAs always, feel free to email in with any thoughts, feelings, predictions, observations and all that jazz. What are your plans for the weekend? Where will you be watching the football? Let me know!How the Premier League table looks as things stand… Continue reading...
9 May 2026, 5:36 am
As ceasefire begins, Zelenskyy says ‘Red Square is less important to us than the lives of Ukrainian prisoners who can be brought home’Saturday is also Europe Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that ultimately laid the groundwork for the European Union as it exists today.On X, Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote that Ukraine – which is seeking EU membership – is celebrating Europe Day “not formally or through sloganeering, but fully aw…
9 May 2026, 5:20 am
Apollo 17 astronauts reported a string of unexplained lights and objects around the Moon during their 7–14 December 1972 mission, according to newly released Pentagon UAP files, while a long-time friend of commander Eugene Cernan now claims the crew received a chilling mental warning from aliens to 'never return.' Related Articles Are UFO Claims Real? Obama and Neil deGrasse Tyson Push Scepticism as Disclosure Movement Gains MomentumDid Donald Trump Know About Sec…
9 May 2026, 5:15 am
A Frontier Airlines flight headed to Los Angeles struck and killed a person who was reportedly walking on a runway during takeoff Friday in Denver.
9 May 2026, 5:14 am
The American empire cannot win the war against Iran at acceptable financial, military, and political costs.
9 May 2026, 5:13 am
Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief prelate of Colombo, is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a temple.
9 May 2026, 5:13 am
A Reform UK spokesman says the party will "welcome scrutiny", following its sweeping election gains.
9 May 2026, 5:13 am
Nearly a month ago Péter Magyar steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán.
9 May 2026, 5:04 am
Updates from the latest round of Championship games Sign up for The Spin newsletter | Mail Tanya or post BTLRaf runs her eye over England’s summer, and a first captaincy gig for Charlie Dean.Ali’s trip to Worcester to see Ben Stokes bowl. Continue reading...
9 May 2026, 5:01 am
The hacker group, ShinyHunters, threatened to leak student data after breaching the educational platform Canvas.
9 May 2026, 5:00 am
The actor on her Dua Lipa faux pas, restless legs syndrome, and a shock realisation at a housewarming partyBorn in Bristol, Tuppence Middleton, 39, trained at ArtsEd in London before appearing in films The Imitation Game and Mank. Her stage roles include The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, and her TV work spans Sense8, War and Peace, The Forsytes and the next series of Slow Horses. Since the age of 11, she has had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…
9 May 2026, 5:00 am
Judges have been fired or taken buyouts, and those remaining say they toe the government lineDavid Koelsch, a former immigration judge based in Maryland, was in Minneapolis visiting his mother and sister the day Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents. He drove to Nicollet Avenue, parked a few blocks away, and walked toward the scene.“I didn’t go there to protest. I didn’t bring a sign. I didn’t bring anything. I just went to stand and bear witness…
9 May 2026, 5:00 am
An erudite account of the foundation of the state and its subsequent moral and political declineIsrael’s attack on Iran is only the most recent example of its degeneration in recent decades, coming on top of its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, genocide in Gaza, invasion of Syria and relentless bombardment of Lebanon. The fact that the US joined in this illegal war confirmed to many in the region what they have…
9 May 2026, 5:00 am
The board of the vocational charity has shown a ‘catastrophic failure of governance’, according to a member of the group’s councilThe trustees of City & Guilds London Institute have been accused of attempting to dodge accountability for a “catastrophic failure of governance” by stalling on the launch of an independent inquiry into the £166m sale of the vocational charity’s training and accreditation business last October.Members of the 148-year-old…
9 May 2026, 5:00 am
Rising tide of censorship is spreading, reshaping what students are permitted to read, learn and thinkMaia Kobabe wrote Gender Queer as a tender attempt to explain non-binary identity and the journey of sexual discovery to immediate family. “I tried to make it as sensitive and thoughtful as possible, especially given that I knew that my mother would read it,” the author says. “I was trying to build bridges, trying to connect with people, trying to be understoo…
9 May 2026, 4:58 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the swearing-in ceremony of Adhikari. Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, Vijay is still grappling with the numbers to claim power. DW has the latest.
9 May 2026, 4:57 am
Erika Kirk has sparked emotional reaction online after sharing an anniversary message dedicated to her late husband, Charlie Kirk. The Instagram post reflects on marriage, faith, and grief, and has circulated across social platforms, drawing attention for its spiritual framing of love and loss. Related Articles Kellie Pickler's Comeback Story: How Kyle Jacobs' Death Changed Her Life Before Her Emotional 'American Idol' ReturnJoe Alwyn Met Gala 2026 Appearance Hijack…
9 May 2026, 4:55 am
Newly released Pentagon footage shows unidentified aerial phenomena captured in different locations over several years, as the US government publishes declassified UFO-related files under a transparency initiative.
9 May 2026, 4:53 am
US President Donald Trump has congratulated John Swinney following the Scottish National Party's fifth consecutive election win. Mr Trump, who proudly boasts about his mother's Scottish roots, said: “Congratulations to John Swinney on winning his Re-Election for First Minister of Scotland.“He is a good man, who worked very hard, along with the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, with respect to Tariff relief for Great Scottish Whiskey — and deserves this Big…
9 May 2026, 4:53 am
In Moscow, a scaled-down Victory Day parade was held under tight security, without military hardware, amid fears of possible Ukrainian drone attacks. The Russian president denounced NATO in his speech.
9 May 2026, 4:43 am
More than 6,000 people crossed the Channel so far this year, 36% below the total for the same time last year…
9 May 2026, 4:37 am
The parade kicked off shortly after 10:00 am Moscow time with a formation of soldiers carrying the Russian flag into the square.
9 May 2026, 4:35 am
Residents living in one of Britain's most thriving communities have told GB News politicians must "believe" in their area to reap success.A report published last year by the Centre for Cities, a London-based think-tank, named Warrington as one of the top-performing towns in the UK for economic growth.Now, GB News has heard from Warringtonians who revealed the area was thriving due to its location in the north of England, its appeal as a trade hub, and its strong sen…
9 May 2026, 4:33 am
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9 May 2026, 4:32 am
Diplomatic efforts continue despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent daysMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month.In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in…
9 May 2026, 4:30 am
One person suffers life-threatening injuries as police work to trace the driver.
9 May 2026, 4:30 am
The UK Home Office wants to talk to suppliers about its plans for two potential procurements for the Strategic Central and Bureau Platform (SCBP), its core biometrics system, worth up to £300 million. The department said the procurements could cover support, development, and ongoing modernization of SCBP after it shifted much of the platform to "more modern and widely adopted technology stacks." It said this could allow a broader range of suppliers to undertake sup…
9 May 2026, 4:27 am
The Russian leader used his annual speech to justify his so-called special military operation in Ukraine.
9 May 2026, 4:20 am
Adaure Dankwa thought that people were watching her and wanted to harm her family…
9 May 2026, 4:13 am
The Spanish government has authorised passengers from the MV Hondius to disembark at the port of Granadilla this weekend following an agreement with the World Health Organisation. The decision has sparked protests from local dock workers in Santa Cruz.
9 May 2026, 4:07 am
Putin invoked the Soviet victory in World War II to rally his army in Ukraine, saying 'our heroes move forward'.
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9 May 2026, 4:03 am
Andana Films has boarded worldwide sales on “Detention” (“La Détention”), Guillaume Massart’s second feature, ahead of its world premiere in the ACID sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival later this month. The French documentary is set inside the country’s prison officer academy, where the film observes trainees as their language, movements and certainties gradually align […]…
9 May 2026, 4:03 am
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9 May 2026, 4:00 am
If you’ve been thinking of getting into self-hosting generative AI, but don’t have a big budget for hardware, you might want to check out [Hardware Haven]’s latest video on an unusually cheap GPU option — but you’ll have to do so quickly, before the market realizes the chance for arbitrage and prices rise accordingly. He’s gotten a hold of a 16 GB NVidia V100 card for only about a hundred bucks, mostly because it’s not easy to plug in, being on an SXM2…
9 May 2026, 4:00 am
From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring upMartin Amis liked to observe that the unusual position he and Kingsley Amis held – father-and-son novelists – was a historical anomaly, a “literary curiosity”. But it was not unique: Alexandre Dumas père and fils, Fanny and Anthony Trollope, and Arthur and Evelyn Waugh had…
9 May 2026, 4:00 am
In record 40C heat on 19 July 2022, 18 homes were lost in village of Wennington – a signal for firefighters to adapt, but UK response remains fragmentedWhen neighbours urged Lynn Sabberton and her partner, Terry, to flee from their home in Wennington one day in 2022, the couple weren’t sure they should bother. A fire was burning in their village, on the eastern edge of London, but Terry thought it was too far away to be a problem. Struggling with a lung disease…
9 May 2026, 3:59 am
Russia commissioned its eighth Project 22800 Karakurt-class missile corvette into the Baltic Fleet on May 8, 2026, in a ceremony at Baltiysk — one day after Ukraine struck a vessel of the same class at a naval base on the Caspian Sea some 2,000 kilometers away. The new ship, named Burya with hull number 257, […]…
9 May 2026, 3:58 am
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9 May 2026, 3:52 am
Russia publicly unveiled a new heavy jet-powered strike drone for the first time during the May 9 Victory Day parade broadcast on national television, revealing a one-way long-range kamikaze system designated Geran-5 that represents a significant step up in size and capability from the Shahed-derived Geran family already striking Ukrainian cities. The Geran-5 appeared on […]…
9 May 2026, 3:42 am
140 passengers and crew on the MV Hondius vessel will be 'completely isolated' and evacuated, say Spanish authorities.
9 May 2026, 3:33 am
The results as they are this morning: England Council Results 131 of 136 councils Reform1,444▲1,442 Labour997▼1,406 Lib Dem834▲151 Con773▼557 Green515▲374 Ind199▲27 Scottish Parliament Results 129 of 129 seats 65 seats for majority ┈┈┈┈ SNP58▼6 Labour17▼4 Reform17▲17 Green15▲6 Con12▼19 Lib Dem10▲6 Welsh Parliament Results 96 of 96 seats 49 seats for majority ┈┈┈┈ Plaid43▲20 Reform34▲34 Labour9▼35……
9 May 2026, 3:33 am
Image classifiers are helping rangers protect Victorian wildlife in a fraction of the time. A new image classifier tool will help Parks Victoria manage native and endangered species affected by natural disasters, including the summer bushfires, with the department making the technology available to everyone.
9 May 2026, 3:28 am
Controversy over Israel's participation and boycotts unprecedented in scale are already weighing on the Eurovision Song Contest before it even kicks off in Vienna.
9 May 2026, 3:21 am
Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill has admitted she intends to work with her expected counterparts in Scotland and Wales to break up the United Kingdom. The Scottish National Party secured yet another win north of the border, while Plaid Cymru is on the cusp of gaining power in Wales for the first time.Throwing her support behind John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth, Ms O'Neill said that it was “the first time ever there could be three pro-independenc…
9 May 2026, 3:18 am
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed various areas of the West Bank, set cars on fire, and attacked Palestinians.
9 May 2026, 3:11 am
Yemeni soldiers earn $38 to $116 monthly, but an unstable currency has eroded the value of their salaries.
9 May 2026, 3:10 am
Spider-Man and Daredevil have teamed up multiple times in the Marvel comics, and fans have been hoping for an MCU crossover for years. Related Articles Did Mark Ruffalo Spoil Another Marvel Movie? Says Spiderman 'Brand New Day' Includes Fight With Venom '1000%'Will Tobey Maguire Be in 'Avengers: Doomsday'? New Leak Suggests Spider-Man ReturnDid Andrew Garfield Just Confirm His Role in 'Avengers: Secret Wars'? Viral Fan Video Ignites MCU Theories'Avengers: Doomsday'…
9 May 2026, 3:07 am
Joe Alwyn's appearance at the Met Gala 2026 triggered widespread online discussion, with attention quickly shifting from his red carpet presence to renewed commentary about his past relationship with Taylor Swift. Related Articles 'I Felt Awkward': Tyla Recounts Meeting Rihanna at Met Gala Amid Snubbing Allegations, A$AP Rocky Dispute RumoursHailey Bieber Met Gala 2026 Look Goes Viral as Fans Debate Her 'Sad' ExpressionBLACKPINK at the Met Gala 2026: Lisa's 'Third A…
9 May 2026, 3:06 am
The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world…
9 May 2026, 3:04 am
Scientists have reported early progress towards a potential male birth control method that can temporarily stop sperm production and later restore fertility, a development fuelling renewed debate over how contraception responsibility is shared between men and women. Related Articles UK Twins Discover They Share Same Mother, Birthday and Womb But Different FathersWho Is Cameron Diaz Husband Benji Madden? Inside Their Marriage as They Welcome Third Baby TogetherCarrol…
9 May 2026, 3:01 am
Concerns over the vitamin K shot given to newborns have intensified, with medical experts warning about rising parental refusal of the routine injection. The debate has also spilled into social media, where reactions comparing cosmetic procedures such as Botox to newborn medical care have fuelled wider discussion over medical misinformation and parental choice. Related Articles Are Joe Keery and Sabrina Carpenter Dating? Rumours Explode After Pair Are Spotted Togeth…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
Footballer has 664 million followers but his boring presence is a reminder of how reel-life destroys what it touchesBuy the backpack airlines hate. Fawn strangely at a child athlete. This TV presenter drank olive oil for a month and absolutely nothing happened. The streets (no actual streets involved) won’t forget (robots can’t forget) Paul Pogba (or equivalent coding).Nineties dance hits. Ruben Amorim loyalists. Argue with fake fans over a fake photo of fake em…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
We used to have the back and forth of actual conversation. Now we have phones filled with our friends’ rambling soliloquies The message I most dread receiving on WhatsApp isn’t “Call me” or “I can’t believe what you did last night”. It’s “I’m just going to vn you, it’ll be easier”. I roll my eyes as I fish my grubby headphones out of my bag to listen to yet another voice note.Voice notes were fun when WhatsApp introduced them in 2013, but wha…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
Wealthy players asking for more money may feel wrong but the big four tournaments are not sharing the revenue fairlyAt some point in the quiet buildup to her opening match at the Italian Open, Aryna Sabalenka decided to attack one of the most contentious subjects in her sport with the same force as her forehand. In her press conference, the subject of the top players’ attempts to attain a greater revenue share from the grand slam tournaments prompted the world No…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
Home T20 World Cup and a historic Lord’s Test loom for Charlotte Edwards but with selection questions mountingHistoric occasions are like buses: you spend ages twiddling your thumbs and then two come along at once. England have waited nine years for another home World Cup, wallowing all the while in memories of their win in 2017, and almost a century for a maiden women’s Test at Lord’s. Now both are being thrust upon them over the space of a single month, from…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
Soldiers from C Squadron, the Household Cavalry Regiment, were presented with medals at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 27 April, marking the conclusion of a six-month deployment to Kosovo on Op ELGIN 17. The British Army say here that the parade was held in spring sunshine at the historic Chelsea site, attended by families, friends, and the Chelsea Pensioners. Medals were presented by HRH The Princess Royal, Colonel of The Blues and Royals, alongside Lieutenant Gener…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
Actor Grace Gummer turns 40 and actor Noah Centineo 30, among the famous birthdays for May 9.
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey citing mistakes he allegedly made in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Cold War spies planted bugs in walls, lamps, and telephones. Now, scientists warn, the cables themselves could listen in. A fiber optic technique used to detect earthquakes can also pick up the faint vibrations of nearby speech, researchers reported this week here at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Freely available artificial intelligence (AI) software turned the fiber optic data into intell…
9 May 2026, 3:00 am
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9 May 2026, 2:59 am
Charlotte Proudman’s comments follow trial of Christopher Trybus, who was acquitted of all charges against wife Tarryn BairdA barrister has suggested that a “dead woman was put on trial” in the case of Christopher Trybus, who was cleared of manslaughter by a jury.Charlotte Proudman’s comments came after Trybus was found not guilty by a jury of eight women and four men, who deliberated for more than 40 hours. He was acquitted of all charges: manslaughter, coe…
9 May 2026, 2:55 am
John Swinney will return as first minister after a fifth Scottish election victory for the SNP.
9 May 2026, 2:54 am
Rory McIlroy says bringing back LIV Golf defectors would be "good business" for the PGA Tour amid doubts over the future of the breakaway series.
9 May 2026, 2:50 am
Public frustration gave the SNP a muted victory, while Labour tied with Reform for second and the Greens claimed a ‘seismic’ resultLong before the final votes were counted in Scotland, veteran Labour politicians said it was a defeat made in Downing Street.When the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, strode into the Glasgow count arena on Friday afternoon flanked by sombre-faced activists, the scene was a mirror image to the same venue in 2024, when his resurgen…
9 May 2026, 2:39 am
Friedrich Merz's government has agreed to introduce a sugar levy on soft drinks as part of its health care reforms. Critics have called it disproportionate interference, but dozens of countries already have such a levy.
9 May 2026, 2:36 am
England prop Maud Muir discusses her childhood cricket days and love for pottery and "boshing" defenders.
9 May 2026, 2:33 am
Maud Muir was a keen cricketer in her youth but decided to choose rugby union instead - a decision which eventually meant she became a World Cup winner in 2025.
9 May 2026, 2:16 am
The players who ply their trade in the wide channels are those whose strengths lie in their speed and ability to score several tries in a campaign. However, nowadays, when the question arises about the best in the world, wingers have to have a bit of everything and still have that marquee flare, which makes them so watchable. Join the RUCK’s WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. In 2026, finishing is still…
9 May 2026, 2:13 am
Abbas Araghchi says the US attacks each time there is a diplomatic solution on the table.
9 May 2026, 2:09 am
Music from Janet Jackson, Heart, Selena, Eric B and Rakim, Tupac Shakur and more has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
9 May 2026, 2:04 am
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading...
9 May 2026, 2:03 am
Between 2002 and 2020, Antarctica lost roughly 149 billion metric tonnes of ice each year, according to NASA.
9 May 2026, 2:02 am
A first tranche of files dating back to 1948 has been released to provide greater transparency regarding unidentified flying objects. Although the archive features unusual sightings reported by astronauts and pilots, it contains no definitive proof of alien life.
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
In this week’s newsletter: As studios chase safer bets and streamers fail to deliver, the humble standalone comedy has been replaced by blockbusters that sprinkle jokes instead of delivering belly laughsThere was a striking moment during this week’s episode of The Rewatchables, the wildly popular film-recap podcast that I reach for when I’ve had my fill of history/football/glum current affairs pods. The episode was revisiting 90s comedy There’s Something Abo…
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults himBenjamin Netanyahu interrupted an uncharacteristically long silence over the Iran conflict this week with a video commentary insisting he had “full coordination” with Donald Trump, with whom he spoke “almost daily”.The insistence that all was rosy in the US-Israeli relationship followed weeks of reports in the domestic press that Israel was no…
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
When my father collapsed suddenly, an episode of the US comedy in which Steve Carell does CPR to the tune of Stayin’ Alive sprung miraculously to mindIt was a boiling hot day last summer, four days after my dad’s 73rd birthday. Mum was plating up dinner and Dad was on the sofa complaining about how stifling it was. I was meant to head to work, for my job as a personal trainer, but decided to take the evening off. It was just as well: as I turned back to Mu…
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
Norway’s energy minister says country has a ‘responsibility’ to address shortfalls caused by wars in Ukraine and Middle EastIn case of any doubt about Norway’s commitment to maintain – and expand – its production of gas and oil offshore, the energy minister, Terje Aasland, has a pithy response: “We will develop, not dismantle, activity on our continental shelf.”This week, to the alarm of environmental campaigners, he announced that three gasfields of…
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
From the breezy dunes of Normandy to the dreamy lagoons of the Algarve, our writers choose their favourite places to eat and drink by the sea Continue reading...
9 May 2026, 2:00 am
As fuel prices soar, millions of Britons could reduce their electricity costs by installing home storageConsumers across the UK are bracing for the war in the Middle East to deliver a sharp rise in home energy bills from this summer.The looming energy cost crisis has prompted a record number of households to investigate green home upgrades to try to keep bills down, including heat pumps, solar panels and electric vehicles. Continue reading...