Trump Mobile investigating potential exposure of would-be customers’ personal information

Phone company launched by Donald Trump’s family says names and contact details appear to be affected, but not credit card or banking information

A phone company launched by Donald Trump’s family business is investigating a potential security flaw on its website that appears to have exposed the personal details of an estimated 27,000 people who sought to buy a gold-coloured smartphone.

Trump Mobile said in a statement that it was investigating the issue – “with the assistance of independent cybersecurity professionals” – in which the full names, addresses and phone numbers of people who filled out preorder forms appeared to be exposed.

The forecast heading into Memorial Day weekend

CBS News meteorologist Rob Marciano has the weather forecast as the U.S. heads into Memorial Day weekend.

SpaceX launches Starship test flight on second try

SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket on Friday, a day after the company scrubbed plans before takeoff.

1 person died, 36 injured after blast at New York City shipyard, officials say

One person has died after a blast Friday at a New York City shipyard, officials say. They said 36 people were injured, most of them firefighters and other first responders.

Qatar sends mediators to Tehran in sign talks to reopen strait of Hormuz are reaching climax

Iran has threatened to impose tolls on shipping, while US demands that Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium may be deferred. Is there an end in sight?

Qatar has rushed a team of mediators to Tehran in a sign that talks to open the strait of Hormuz, in return for the lifting of US sanctions and asset freezes, are reaching a climax.

The aim would be to sign a memorandum of understanding on the strait that would lead to 30 days of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme – so deferring discussion of the US demand that Iran hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

California: 40,000 people ordered to evacuate over chemical leak fears

Authorities in Orange county say tank holding methyl methacrylate ‘actively in crisis’ and urge residents to leave

Authorities in Orange county, California have ordered the evacuation of 40,000 people over concerns about a chemical leak that threatened to spill or explode.

The problem arose on Thursday at a facility owned by GKN Aerospace in the town of Garden Grove, where a storage tank holding methyl methacrylate began off-gassing and threatened to fail. The chemical, which is highly flammable, is used to fabricate resins and plastics.

SpaceX launches more powerful Super Heavy-Starship rocket

Perfecting SpaceX's mammoth rocket will be critical to NASA's plans for returning astronauts to the surface of the moon.

40,000 people under evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.

CBS News Radio signing off after nearly 100 years: "An American institution"

After nearly a century on the air, CBS News Radio is signing off, with the final reports airing on Friday, May 22.

How some U.S. schools are teaching kindness classes

Kindness 101 is a program that uses the stories CBS News finds in our "On the Road" series to teach kindness and character. The stories are paired with lesson plans created by a nonprofit at Iowa's Drake University called "Character Counts!"

Hospitality wars: who is recruiting children to firebomb Melbourne bars, nightclubs and restaurants?

More than 50 people have been arrested over alleged attacks on venues since April, but police still don’t know what’s behind the crime wave

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The white Mercedes E300 sedan is stolen, the number plates cloned. Inside are allegedly three teenagers from suburbs in Melbourne’s outer west, and a jerry can.

Police claim they have been recruited by someone they’ve never met to set alight hospitality businesses for no particular reason.

Australia’s largest recorded diphtheria outbreak is spreading through remote Indigenous communities

By the time a national vaccine blitz was announced this week, unlinked cases had already been reported in four states. Why did it take so long for governments to act?

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The first time the Northern Territory GP and public health medical officer Dr John Boffa learned that the highly contagious bacterial infection diphtheria was spreading in his community was in late March – several months after the outbreak first began.

“By the time we became aware of it, it had been grumbling along for some time,” says Boffa, who is chief medical officer with the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation, a community-controlled primary healthcare service in Alice Springs.

Tulsi Gabbard resigning as intel chief, citing husband's cancer diagnosis

Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as the director of national intelligence after her husband was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.

Pentagon releases more UFO files: "Speechless after these observations"

The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, unveiling a second tranche of records under an executive order by President Trump.

Some schools are teaching kindness classes: "Makes me want to be a better person"

Schools teach kids how to read, write and do math. But what about a class on how to be kind? In some places, it is. Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with the story.

Kyle Busch was coughing up blood a day before his death, 911 call reveals

Kyle Busch's cause of death has not been given, though his family said earlier the NASCAR icon had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."

Total cost for a classic barbecue increases by nearly 10%, new report finds ahead of summer

Millions are planning get-togethers with family and friends this weekend, despite high prices. In this week's "Affordability in America," Jo Ling Kent has more.

What's inside the latest UFO file release by the Pentagon?

The Pentagon released a new batch of UFO files on Friday, including more than 50 previously classified videos and documents related to findings dating from the 1940s to about six months ago.

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as intel chief, fourth member of Trump's Cabinet to depart

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned on Friday from President Trump's Cabinet. Weijia Jiang has more on this and the latest on the Iran war.

‘Shoot and forget your troubles’: how archery brought a New Zealand community together

Dave Henshaw is enchanted by archery’s curiously addictive qualities and its ability to attract all-comers, including those turned off by other sports environments

Dave Henshaw can’t quite explain the fascination of archery. That’s despite him coaching archers to Olympic events, helping his club become a diverse and thriving community, and earning a King’s honour for his services to the sport.

“When you pick up a bow and start shooting, there’s just something about it,” the 83-year-old says. “Don’t ask me what it is – I don’t know.”

Lawyers shot outside North Carolina courthouse, police say

In Raleigh, North Carolina, a woman's civil case turned into a criminal one after police said she shot two lawyers outside a courthouse. Both were hospitalized. Skyler Henry reports.

Urgent 911 call describes Kyle Busch's emergency before his death

A 911 caller described the medical emergency Kyle Busch was experiencing while reportedly in a racing simulator in North Carolina on Wednesday. Tom Hanson reports.

Summer travel begins amid high fuel and gas prices

Most people do not think the U.S. economy is good, according to CBS News polling. Yet a record number of people are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, ahead of a summer that is showing no signs of a slowdown. Kris Van Cleave reports.

Trump administration to require most green card applicants to leave U.S. first

The Trump administration on Friday announced a sweeping policy designed to make it harder for immigrants already in the U.S. to get permanent residency.

5/22: CBS Evening News

45 million Americans expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend; new details on the death of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch.

Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal district judge granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss two criminal charges on the grounds his prosecution was vindictive and selective.

U.S. prepares for new military strikes against Iran

At the same time, Tehran is reviewing the latest U.S. proposal for a possible agreement to end the nearly three-month war.

UK pitched single market for goods with EU in pursuit of deeper trade ties

Exclusive: Top British official presented idea in Brussels but sources say it was rebuffed

The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU as the cornerstone of an ambitious attempt to reintegrate British trade back into Europe, the Guardian can reveal.

During recent visits to Brussels, the Cabinet Office’s top official on EU relations, Michael Ellam, presented the idea to deepen the UK’s economic relationship with the bloc.

AI is driving more job cuts and weighing on hiring, economists say

Economists say AI is reshaping the U.S. labor market by suppressing hiring even as overall job losses remain limited.

Premier League news: Liverpool back Slot with move for No 2; Everton need ‘a big summer’

Reijnen chase is sign Reds manager will stay as Moyes admits being despondent over a poor end to season

Kevin Warsh sworn in as Fed chair as Trump faces backlash over economy

Former Wall Street banker takes over amid growing concern over cost of living – and disapproval of Trump’s agenda

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Kevin Warsh has been sworn in as chair of the US Federal Reserve, tasked with steering the world’s largest economy as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure over Americans’ financial wellbeing.

Warsh, hand-picked by Donald Trump, takes charge of the powerful central bank as it comes under extraordinary pressure from the US president to cut interest rates, even as prices climb.

Kevin Warsh sworn in as new Fed chair, replacing Powell

Kevin Warsh has vowed to preserve the Fed's independence over monetary policy, telling lawmakers he will never "predetermine" interest rates at the president's request.

Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw accused the Justice Department of conducting a vindictive prosecution against the Salvadoran man.

Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’

Emerald Fennell says period-realistic scene emphasising Cathy’s lack of razors was shot but did not make final cut

The Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell said it was “unfortunate” that a scene showing Margot Robbie’s hairy armpits did not make the final cut, because women in period adaptations are often shown with clean-shaven underarms.

Robbie’s character, Cathy, had “extremely hairy armpits” in the 2026 adaptation of the novel, but “unfortunately the scene that we see them didn’t make it in there”, said the director.

Trump skipping wedding of son Donald Jr. to Bettina Anderson

Donald Trump Jr. was previously married to Vanessa Trump, with whom he has five children. She disclosed this week that she has breast cancer.

New lawsuits against Trump's DOJ 'lawfare' fund

President Trump droppped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the DOJ creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged "lawfare" victims.

5/22: The Takeout with Major Garrett

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as national intelligence director; President Trump defends "anti-weaponization" fund despite GOP backlash.

Billy Vunipola shines as Montpellier demolish Ulster to claim Challenge Cup

• Montpellier 59-26 Ulster

• Dominant French side run in nine tries

Ulster’s dreams of claiming a first trophy for 20 years were summarily dashed by a strong Montpellier on a steamy night in Bilbao. Led by a revitalised Billy Vunipola the French side possessed too much power for their opponents and were duly rewarded with their third Challenge Cup triumph in 11 seasons.

Vunipola, who last featured for England at the 2023 World Cup, was at the forefront of an increasingly dominant forward effort which steadily wore Ulster down in energy-sapping conditions. The wing Donovan Taofifénua collected two of his side’s nine tries as Montpellier, currently second in the Top 14 table, claimed the latest trophy of this distinctly French-dominated season.

Kevin Warsh sworn in as Fed chair as Trump seeks interest rate cuts

Despite President Donald Trump's demands for lower interest rates, markets are betting the Fed will stay on hold through most, if not all, of 2026.

Barça and OL Lyonnes a clash of styles in Women’s Champions League final

Barcelona’s former coach Jonatan Giráldez can bring insider knowledge to a fourth final between the European giants

You could be forgiven for having a sense of deja vu before a fourth Champions League final between the Spanish champions, Barcelona, and French title-winners, OL Lyonnes, on Saturday evening.

The three-time champions and eight-time champions played each other in the final of Europe’s premier competition three times in six years between 2019 and 2024, with Lyonnes earning a 4-1 win over the Catalan giants in 2019 and a 3-1 win in 2022, before Barcelona delivered a 2-0 defeat of the French side in 2024.

DHS says ICE has 'no relationship' with spyware maker Paragon Solutions

The Department of Homeland Security says ICE has no current contract or relationship with the company, but questions remain about ICE's use of commercial spyware.

Reddit stock drops almost 6% after Meta launches standalone app for online forums

Reddit shares fell after Meta released a standalone app for Facebook Groups called Forum.

US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenure

White House reportedly forced Gabbard to resign after she was sidelined from Iran and Venezuela operations and becomes fourth woman to depart Trump’s cabinet

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Tulsi Gabbard is leaving her post as US director of national intelligence following a tumultuous stint in which she was largely sidelined as Donald Trump launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran.

In a letter to the US president, she said she would resign and leave her post on 30 June. “While we have made significant progress … I recognize there is still important work to be done,” she wrote.

House lawmakers launch insider trading probe into Kalshi and Polymarket

Rep. James Comer is requesting information from Kalshi and Polymarket on how the prediction markets guard against insider trading.

Czech president urges Nato to ‘show its teeth’ over Russia’s provocations

Former general Petr Pavel says Moscow’s testing of alliance’s eastern flank should be met with firm line

The Czech president, Petr Pavel, has urged Nato to “show its teeth” in response to Russia’s repeated testing of the alliance’s resolve on its eastern flank, suggesting a range of options including switching off its internet, cutting off its banks from global financial systems and shooting down jets that violate allied airspace.

Speaking to the Guardian in Prague, Pavel called for “decisive enough, potentially even asymmetric” responses to counter Moscow’s provocative behaviour against the alliance or risk the Kremlin intensifying its actions.

Oversight Chairman Comer launches congressional probe into insider trading on Kalshi, Polymarket

Congress is ramping up pressure on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket over concerns of insider trading.

Ask AI or just Google it? Google makes a big change to a little search box

The search giant is updating its famously minimalist homepage. But what looks like a tiny design change is a very big deal.

Federally protected bird’s nest holds up sale of Ford truck in Kansas

A robin built a nest on a Ford-F-250’s tire and laid its eggs in it; a law prohibits removing it while inhabited by bird brood

A truck sold by a Kansas dealership cannot be taken from the lot by its new owner because a family of robins is living atop one of the vehicle’s tires.

The relatively novel situation has gained widespread attention after the dealership in the Kansas community of Olathe wrote about it on its Facebook page – and it perhaps taught many that active robin nests are protected by federal law from the US.

‘My vibe and energy will be there for ever’: Guardiola turns on charm in City farewell

Manager was in a joyful mood as he met the media for his final pre-match press conference at Manchester City

Pep Guardiola cracked a joke about fielding questions on facing Aston Villa as he entered the room. But after more than 1,100 press conferences in 10 years at Manchester City he knew this one was never going to be normal, requiring him to run through the past decade in half an hour. He has been building up to this for a while, the end nigh for weeks, the energy levels depleted and a break needed, especially from journalists.

Guardiola recently revealed that John Stones experienced great relief after announcing he would be leaving City and the manager was embracing the same feelings. There was plenty of emotion initially, Guardiola admitting his leaving speech to the players earlier in the day was “a disaster”. Finding the right words in these situations was never going to be easy. It does feel at times as if City is the club Guardiola built. “I like to think my vibe and energy will be there for ever,” he said.

Boro and Hull attempt to disregard ‘weird and crazy’ spygate noise in playoff final

Saints’ self-destruction has left Kim Hellberg and Sergej Jakirovic tantalisingly close to fulfilling their dream in Saturday’s Wembley trip

When the television cameras zoomed in for a closeup it became clear Hayden Hackney was crying.

Middlesbrough’s best player had just watched his teammates lose the second leg of the Championship playoff semi-final 2-1 in extra time at Southampton. As he left his seat behind the away dugout and wandered across the pitch, the Redcar-born midfield playmaker looked utterly heartbroken.

The Birthday Party review – grimly compulsive unhappy occasion in deepest France

Cannes film festival: This could be better paced but the crisis which descends on an up-against-it dairy farm is delivered by some very memorable goons

There’s nothing like a home-invasion suspense thriller to provide a change of pace in the Cannes competition, and Léa Mysius’s film – adapted from the French bestseller Histoires de la Nuit by Laurent Mauvignier – isn’t at all bad, although it runs out of narrative steam in the third act and one particular shock-twist appears to unshock and untwist itself. Yet the film certainly delivers some sinister rural strangeness in the France profonde countryside and some gonzo shootouts; plus there is a ripe turn from Benoît Magimel, who with every film seems to morph further into a cross between Gérard Depardieu and Christopher Walken.

In a very remote bucolic village, Thomas (Bastien Bouillon) is a hardworking dairy farmer who took over the family smallholding after his father killed himself. After a whirlwind romance, he married Nora (Hafsia Herzi), a rather glamorous city-slicker of a woman who just showed up in the neighbourhood; they have a daughter, Ida who has recently irritated Nora by posting a wacky video of the three of them doing a goofy “family dance”, which has gone viral. The family gets on very well with an elegant artist who lives alone next door, played by Monica Bellucci on pretty stately form. Thomas has clearly got money worries; we see him on the phone trying to borrow cash from someone who has reluctantly helped him out before, as he needs €300 to pay for Nora’s approaching 40th birthday party. On the day itself, three sinister tough guys show up in the house, played by Magimel, Paul Hamy and Alane Delhaye. We might think we know who they’ve come to see and why – but things are a little more complicated than that.

The week around the world in 20 pictures

The Ebola outbreak, Israeli strikes in Gaza, Putin in Beijing and Arsenal win the Premier League – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Gabbard resigns as national intelligence director citing husband's cancer diagnosis

Gabbard is the latest in a series of Cabinet officials to leave the Trump administration.

Kevin Warsh's real Fed 'regime change' may happen deep inside Wall Street's plumbing

Warsh could guide to a smaller role in day-to-day markets, while also setting clearer rules for how and when it should intervene.

Dominant Mercedes aim to strike a fresh technical blow at Canadian Grand Prix

Upgrades for the grid’s leading team will be unveiled in Montreal, where wet weather could also play a part

Four races into what has been a disjointed opening to the Formula One season, the sport is still in a period of rapid adaptation and adjustment as drivers and teams come to grips with their new cars. While this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix may offer some indication of the form to come and championship ambitions, it is also something of an outlier.

The focus in Montreal will be of twofold interest centred largely on Mercedes. The team have opened the new season with a dominant car that has claimed all four poles and all four wins. Yet with the new regulations offering enormous scope for improvement, a fierce development fight will define 2026. McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari all brought their first major upgrades to the last round in Miami; Mercedes bring their opening salvo of major parts to Quebec.

Community cafe demands apology from Farage for ‘intimidating’ uninvited visit

Reform UK Makerfield team reportedly arrived as cafe run by people with special needs was holding celebration event

The founder of a community group has asked Nigel Farage to apologise after the Reform UK leader and his entourage entered its cafe unannounced in what she said was an “intimidating and overwhelming” manner, and allegedly took photographs and videos without permission.

Farage was campaigning in Makerfield when he and his team stopped at a cafe run by the Hamlet Wigan CIC for a cup of tea and to use the toilets. The cafe supports young adult trainees with additional needs.

‘As world No 1, I have to stand up and fight’: Sabalenka leads players in grand slam protest

• Year-long dispute led to French Open media protest

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Aryna Sabalenka insisted the player push for a greater financial contribution from the grand slams is primarily focused on improving the welfare of lower-ranked players as the world’s elite advanced with their eve-of-tournament protest at Roland Garros.

“I feel like the whole point here, it’s not about me,” Sabalenka said. “It’s about the players who are lower in the ranking, who are suffering. It’s not easy to live in this tennis world with that percentage that we are earning.

PM says Alberta ‘essential’ to Canada as separatists push for independence

Alberta premier calls for referendum on secession after judge ruled initiative to force binding vote invalid

The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has said that Alberta is “essential” to the country’s future, hours after the province’s leader moved the oil-rich region closer toward a referendum on independence.

Separatists in the western province spent months collecting signatures seeking to trigger a binding October vote on seceding from the nation.

What does sex mean to you? I’m a sex educator – here’s why I don’t define it at all

There is no universal definition of sex – and questioning what ‘counts’ can open the door to more fulfilling intimacy

I’m a sex educator. At the beginning of each of my classes, I ask a seemingly simple question: “What is sex?”

Some people might think it’s my job to answer that question. I do give accurate and inclusive information about sexual health, relationships and identity. But I don’t tell you what to do with that information or what value to assign that information.

Pentagon releases second batch of UFO videos and first-hand testimony

Videos in this batch show unidentified aerial phenomena but offer few clues to existence of alien life

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The Pentagon on Friday released a second tranche of videos and documents of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) – or UFOs – answering few questions about the existence of alien life but fueling what has quickly become a ratings winner for the White House.

The first reveal earlier this month of 162 files of previously secret or rarely seen accounts of UAP sightings received more than a billion hits on the government website set up to house them, according to a press release from the war department, the Trump administration’s preferred term for the Department of Defense.

Suspected Ebola cases triple in a week as WHO warns of rapid spread in DRC

Situation described as ‘deeply worrisome’ by officials as aid cuts and community distrust impede responders

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo poses a “very high” risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising its threat assessment upwards.

The outbreak is spreading rapidly, WHO leaders said, with almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, up from 246 cases and 65 deaths when it was first reported a week earlier.

The Dreamed Adventure review – beautiful but opaque Bulgarian tale of digging up the past

Cannes film festival: Valeska Grisebach’s complex drama tracks an archaeologist whose mountain dig is interrupted by an old friend with rather dirtier hands

The digging up of the past – and the hiding of secrets in the present – are the themes of Valeska Grisebach’s complex, subtle, opaque new drama which seems to withhold some of its narrative meaning from the audience, moment-by-moment. It is set, like her previous film Western, in Bulgaria’s remote and beautiful mountainous country, where memories of the Balkan wars (and the communist era before that) are still fresh and where there is money to be made and resources to be exploited for those who are ruthless enough.

As with Western, Grisebach uses nonprofessionals for many very likable supper-and-drinking-and-reminiscing scenes with people gathered round tables shooting the breeze, scenes that don’t need a particular reason to exist, other than their easy, garrulous energy. And as before, Grisebach shows an interesting reluctance to conform to conventional narrative templates – though while this film actually does conform to Chekhov’s ancient rule about what happens to the gun produced in act one (well, act two in this case), the denouement isn’t the usual arthouse flourish of violence. I felt however that in the course of this film, Grisebach was feeling and improvising her way through all this ambient detail towards a meaning that she (and we) didn’t really reach.

Chinese fast-fashion company Shein to buy eco-friendly retailer Everlane

Everlane CEO confirms sale in letter to employees and says it will stay true to ‘sustainability’ commitments

Everlane, the retailer that bucked the fast-fashion industry by promising affordable ethically sourced and sustainable clothing, is being acquired by the king of fast fashion, China’s Shein.

A letter to Everlane employees from CEO Alfred Chang confirming the deal was obtained by the Associated Press on Friday.

Microsoft’s GitHub was positioned to win the AI coding race. Outages got in the way

GitHub's user base has swelled under Microsoft's ownership, but the software repository has fallen behind newer rivals in the world of vibe coding.

Shein buys Everlane, which sold millennials the dream of ethical, affordable luxury

Everlane's finances have faltered in recent years. But will the merger alienate Everlane's existing shoppers — or sway droves of Shein fans to trade up?

Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention

Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to Palestinians

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers have alleged, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.

Israel’s prison service denied the allegations, and Reuters was not able to verify them independently.

Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir | Ben Reiff

He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond

No, you’re not hallucinating: western governments really are condemning Israel, one-by-one, without equivocation. Not because of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, of course, but because of a PR stunt in which Israel’s national security minister filmed himself taunting foreign activists.

On Wednesday morning, Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port where Israel had detained hundreds of participants in an international aid flotilla that was attempting to breach the naval blockade of Gaza. In a video he posted to social media, the minister can be seen mocking the activists as they are forced to kneel in rows with their heads on the ground and hands bound with zip ties. Israel’s national anthem can be heard blasting over loudspeakers, before we see Ben-Gvir waving an Israeli flag and shouting: “Welcome to Israel. We are the landlords here.”

Ben Reiff is deputy editor at +972 magazine, an independent, online publication run by Palestinian and Israeli journalists

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Leinster desperate to tear up Bordeaux’s script in Champions Cup final cauldron

With temperatures in the mid-30s expected, Leo Cullen’s side will need to be at their best to avoid another sad denouement to a French drama

There was a very different feel when Leinster last came to Bilbao for a Champions Cup final. In 2018 it was wet, grey and could have passed for Ballsbridge in March. Not so this time with temperatures in the mid-30s and another baking afternoon in store for their rendezvous with the warm – in every sense – favourites, Bordeaux-Bègles.

When Leinster’s fair-skinned head coach, Leo Cullen, walked out for the captain’s run it was reminiscent of a David Attenborough documentary featuring a lone polar bear on a fast-melting iceberg. There will be no hiding place for heavy tight forwards, a factor exacerbated by the game kicking off in mid-afternoon. Apparently, an evening slot was impossible for French TV because of a clash with – wait for it – the closing ceremony of the Cannes film festival.

Tuchel has picked a good England squad and doesn’t care about the wider shout-verse | Barney Ronay

Every choice or omission stands up to scrutiny, although the FA’s tech team did not do such a good job at the unveiling

Message timed out. Too many requests. Too. Many. Requests. Too many. I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t let you do that. Don’t open the doors. I’m afraid, Dave. Harry Maguire’s mum appears to be extremely upset.

And with those magical words the journey begins. A journey into fantasy, joy and beer thrown in the air, into issues of identity and national character. All of it launched with a far more accurate definition of Englishness than Sir Gareth ever managed. Specifically, the fact that nothing ever bleeding well works around here, plus some very solid evidence for always being wary of people called Jez promising tech‑based solutions for things that don’t really need solutions.

What’s at steak: myths about masculinity and meat eating pose a challenge for the climate crisis

Being a carnivore is often seen as an expression of manhood, but the need has never been greater for men to cut down their intake

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Eating too much of it risks chronic disease, growing it contributes about an eighth of human-made climate pollution, and there is evidence linking it to certain cancers.

But there’s no denying meat – especially red and processed meat – remains a firm fixture on dinner plates. This is especially the case for blokes, posing a masculine challenge to the climate crisis.

‘Maybe the suffering is the point’: what does it take to run 163km up and down a mountain?

Guardian Australia joins ultrarunner Joanne Walker in an excruciating race through the Blue Mountains, where men outnumber women four to one

Somewhere before the finish line the body starts to break down, Joanne Walker says.

“The pain starts in your feet but before long it moves up to your knees and eventually you feel like you just can’t move your legs any more.”

After 30 hours with no sleep, running alone through the cold darkness of the Megalong Valley, the brain can break as well.

“At one point, I did not even know where I was going; I was swerving all over the shop,” she says.

Keeping my dead wife’s books safe for our son helped me let go of guilt | Ben O'Mara

Reading with him, I am reminded of the world of words his mother and I shared. I no longer feel so overwhelmed

As I removed my dead wife’s favourite novels from the bookshelf, a photo of her fell to the ground and a wave of guilt swamped me.

The photo was of my wife with her sister in the 1980s. They were toddlers. My wife’s eyes, wide and bright, and her hair, blond and shaggy, looked just like our four-year-old son. But I felt no joy in seeing her beauty and genes passed on. I felt as though I was suddenly drowning.

‘Venice is beautiful, but inside there is a struggle’: Bangladeshi candidates eye historic breakthrough

Seven Bangladeshi-Italian candidates stand for Venice’s council as community faces far-right hostility – while voters demand an end to overtourism and neglect

Rhitu Miah, one of seven candidates from the Bangladeshi-Italian community standing in Venice’s local election, is used to brushing off racist or sexist comments. But she was taken aback by the virulence of the negative comments online when she announced she would run for the council – potentially making her one of the first people of Bangladeshi origin ever elected in the lagoon city’s administration.

“There were hateful messages – one person told me to get on a camel and go back to my own country,” says Miah, an Italian citizen who moved to Venice with her family at three years old, through her father’s job at the Fincantieri shipyard, a huge importer of labour from Bangladesh. “I tried to let it be and reply with a smile … but it was difficult not to cry. This is also a reason why I’m running [to combat these prejudices].”

‘This is his legacy’: Marco Rubio nears goal of toppling Cuba’s government

US secretary of state’s campaign of ‘maximum pressure’ is culmination of a personal pursuit spanning decades

• Cubans outraged at US charges against Raúl Castro

Marco Rubio’s moment has finally arrived. The outcome of the Trump administration’s efforts to exert “maximum pressure” on Cuba may topple the 67-year-old communist government in Havana and direct the future of the US’s sway over the western hemisphere.

For Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who serves as both secretary of state and national security adviser, the US campaign marks his ascendancy in an administration where he has established himself as a trusted aide to Donald Trump and manoeuvred that position to advance a key goal: Washington’s right to assert its authority across Latin America.

Drive slower, go electric, don't drive at all? The best options for saving gas

The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.55, as America heads into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. What can you do to cut your costs?

Workday jumps 5% as it bumps up margin forecast on AI strength

Workday's CEO says the company is seeing success in artificial intelligence.

Screentime swaps: how to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phone

Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time online

The average UK adult spends around 7.5 hours a day on a screen, whether that’s a phone, laptop, games console or TV. That figure may even be conservative, particularly for those whose jobs require them to be online. As concern around screen time mounts, the instinctive response has been to demonise it. The reality, however, is more nuanced. As the Guardian’s video games editor and author of Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, Keza MacDonald, recently put it: “Not all screen time is created equal.”

Spending an hour learning a language on Duolingo is not the same as flicking through dozens of short-form videos on TikTok. Video-calling a friend is not equivalent to trolling someone on Facebook. The difference lies in how consciously we engage.

What is immunotherapy and how does it treat cancer and other conditions?

From infections and allergies to brain diseases and autoimmune disorders, a wave of trials offers hope

Clinical trials of immunotherapies have rocketed in the past decade as researchers have turned their understanding of the body’s defences into powerful new treatments. Leading the pack are cancer therapies, but researchers have other conditions in their sights, from infections and allergies to brain diseases and autoimmune disorders. Here, we explore how these therapies work.

Relief all round as Bad Bunny brings back regular-length shorts

Does Puerto Rican star’s debut collection for Zara spell the end of short shorts?

Men can breathe a huge sigh of relief this week, thanks to Bad Bunny, whose debut collection for fast fashion company Zara includes a pair of shockingly normal mid-thigh shorts.

While for the last few years, short-shorts have threatened to make every day a leg day, the sight of the Puerto Rican star wearing shorts that come comfortably to within a few inches of the knee will signal a welcome shift for many.

‘He made us laugh and he never flinched’: America says goodbye to The Late Show and Stephen Colbert

Jane Fonda, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Biden are among the names paying tribute to host of cancelled late-night show

Share your favorite memories from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Celebrities, politicians and New Yorkers have paid their respects to Stephen Colbert as The Late Show aired its final episode on Thursday.

The long-running chatshow, which started back in 1993, was cancelled last year by CBS, purportedly because of a financial decision. But many believed it was a result of the network’s increasing closenesss with Donald Trump, whom Colbert regularly criticised.

Jimmie Johnson reacts to Kyle Busch's death: "Lost for words"

Kyle Busch, 41, died suddenly on Thursday after being hospitalized with an illness, according to his team.

Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe

Cannes film festival: Lukas Dhont’s first world war-set gay romance is a heartfelt examination of cowardice and lives lived in secret amid the brutality of battle

The word of the title is not used at any time in this film, but the relevance is clear. On the western front in the first world war, Belgian soldiers get permission to form a theatrical troupe, often in drag, to entertain their comrades when they are behind the lines and raise their morale (not entirely unlike the now despised 70s BBC TV comedy It Ain’t Half Hot Mum). The director is Lukas Dhont who explored gay and transgender issues in movies such as Girl and Close, and this story of a gay affair in the army is heartfelt and well acted, if rather earnestly researched.

The motley “band of rejects”, evidently excused frontline combat duty for various reasons, is led by Francis (Valentin Campagne), a tailor in civilian life who has now ecstatically flowered in the new role the war has given him. He is exuberant, mischievous, imaginative and genuinely committed to his theatrical art. The resulting entertainments look professionally accomplished. (Did these first world war gang shows really have people playing flute and clarinet?) One stolidly handsome, shy soldier called Pierre (Emmanuel Macchia) is fascinated by these theatrical types and by Francis himself; he deliberately stabs his own hand with a bayonet on the field of battle so he can join their group.

U.S., Iran signal peace progress — but remain at odds over enriched uranium, Strait of Hormuz tolls

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said there were "good signs" that an agreement to end the Middle East conflict is in sight.

NASCAR star Kyle Busch dies at 41 after a severe illness, his family says

Kyle Busch's family earlier Thursday announced he had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."

Florida biologist fired over Charlie Kirk post wins $485,000 settlement

Biologist was fired by a state agency for criticizing Charlie Kirk on social media after his shooting death

Florida officials have agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars to a biologist who was fired by a state agency for criticizing conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on social media after his shooting death.

The state’s fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC) fired biologist Brittney Brown in September after she reposted a meme on her personal Instagram account that claimed Kirk wouldn’t care about children being shot in their classrooms. She filed a lawsuit seeking reinstatement, saying she struggled to find other work because the state agency is the regulatory body for her research specialization in bird conservation.

Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists

What does a surge in ocean temperatures, compounded with El Niño, bode for the summer?

An enormous marine heatwave off the US west coast is ringing alarm bells among ocean and atmospheric scientists as new data shows its ecological and environmental effects are intensifying.

The unusual area of warm water has persisted since peaking in size during September 2025 and still stretches thousands of miles from the California coastline – more than halfway across the Pacific – affecting a vast triangle-shaped region of oceanic habitats from Hawaii to British Columbia and southward to Mexico.

‘We will not survive’: jailing of Daria Egereva highlights plight of Russia’s Indigenous people

Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown

The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia’s 11 time zones. Almost simultaneously, agents of the federal security service (FSB) raided the homes and workplaces of 17 Indigenous rights activists.

Officers carried out searches, confiscated laptops and phones, and arrested and interrogated activists about participation in international forums. Most were let go; many have since left the country. Others remain in Russia, but will no longer speak up.

What the AvalonBay, Equity Residential megamerger means for the apartment industry and rents

The deal will create one of the largest real estate companies in the U.S., with more than 180,000 rental apartments. 

Mind the drone gap: war games begin inside secret Nato bunker in London tube station

British army is 80-90% short of drones as military exercise aims to build on European defence strategy

Deep in Charing Cross underground station, in the disused terminus of the Jubilee line, a secret Nato command bunker has this week been discreetly at work. Dozens of mostly British soldiers were engaged in a war game defending Estonia from a Russian invasion in 2030, unbeknownst to commuters and tourists bustling above.

The secret chambers are behind two sets of normally locked, metal double doors. A red glow at the bottom of the escalator beyond is the first sign of troops below; next are mocked up newspaper covers pasted over ageing adverts. A British Nato force has deployed to Estonia they blare, in response to a Russian massing of troops on the border.

Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’

Major US social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.

Those affected include Abdullah Alaoudh, a US-based activist and vocal critic of Saudi human rights violations, and Omar Abdulaziz, a Canada and UK-based activist who worked closely with Jamal Khashoggi before the journalist’s murder by Saudi agents in 2018.

Cocktail of the week: Circle 13’s cherry kalimotxo – recipe | The good mixer

A lower-ABV highball that brings together cherry cola, red wine and Italy’s favourite bitter artichoke aperitif

Our highball menu at Circle 13 champions lower-ABV pours for relaxed evenings of petanque. This one’s a favourite at our park takeovers, as well as a nod to the Basque-inspired pintxo kitchen at our first permanent site in east London.

Marc Sarton Du Jonchay, Circle 13, London E2

‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man

His starring role in Richard Gadd’s brutal toxic masculinity series is a far cry from his days as Billy Elliot. The actor opens up about gruelling shoots, dancing on toilets – and why he can’t ever just chill out

Not many actors are relieved when they have to film an eye-poppingly explicit sex scene, but that was the case with Jamie Bell on Half Man. His role involved chemsex in saunas, dogging in car parks and illicit quickies in library loos. “Honestly, I was so grateful to be shooting that stuff and not fucking 16-page dialogue scenes, where you’re emoting and it’s so intense,” says Bell. “On days when my character had to have sex with random people, I’d think: ‘Thank God!’ Frankly, it came as a welcome reprieve.”

Richard Gadd’s first TV show since the Emmy-gobbling global Netflix hit Baby Reindeer, Half Man chronicles the combustible, codependent relationship between two “brothers from another lover”. Niall (Bell) is bookish, bullied and closeted. Ruben (Gadd) is the swaggeringly violent ex-con son of his mother’s girlfriend. The six-part drama – which reaches its devastating finale next week – traces the inseparable duo’s toxic relationship across three decades.

‘My parents didn’t talk about the past’: how director Caroline Huppert recovered her family’s wartime secrets

Memoir tells how the Jewish and Catholic parents of actor Isabelle and Caroline Huppert fell in love amid the rise of the Nazis. She explains why she wanted her ‘children’s children’ to know the story

Families have a way of appointing their own historians, even if the recruitment process remains obscure. In the late 1990s, Caroline Huppert – the fourth of five siblings, of whom the youngest is actor Isabelle – found herself alone with her father and a tape recorder. Over five days, he opened up about his life before and during the second world war. “I think I had that privileged position with him, because he had a taste for history, too,” she says. “But we didn’t have the same vision. I like the approach of what is called the nouvelle histoire, things like details of daily life in the past. With him, it was more emperors, kings, dates.”

More than 25 years later, their exchanges have led to her memoir, Une Histoire Cachée (A Hidden Story), a work that bundles up quotidian intimacy and big-ticket history in telling the story of how her parents, Raymond and Annick, fell in love. Their relationship so easily might never have happened: he was Jewish, she Catholic, and after they met in 1934 at Paris’s HEC business school, her haute-bourgeois family were opposed to them marrying. A big enough obstacle even before the Nazis invade France, and the young lovers are forced to flee the capital for the Free Zone near Lake Annecy. “I wasn’t aware of any of it in the least,” says the 75-year-old on a phone call from her home in Paris. “My parents weren’t people who talked about the past. They were always absorbed in the present, in action.”

Stellantis CEO sees opportunity in growing partnerships, bringing China-branded vehicles to North America

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said there could be an opportunity to bring Chinese-branded vehicles into Mexico and potentially Canada, but not the U.S.

Digested week: memories of Covid resurface with hantavirus and Ebola news

Plus, John Travolta’s beret, Rachel Reeves reclaims basic civility and Judy Garland comes to east London

Much discussion in my household this week about the possibility of hantavirus or Ebola becoming Covid-like in their spread. As darkening news from central Africa throws the withdrawal of US international aid into terrible relief, so we revisit memories of those early months of 2020 when reports of a strange virus in China slowly crept from final item on the news list to blaring emergency.

Donald Trump Jr.-backed 'Steroid Olympics' are happening on Sunday. Here's what to expect

Olympic medallists are among 42 athletes competing in the controversial competition, but the Enhanced Games has big product plans beyond the event this weekend.

GOP senators delay immigration funding. And, what to expect this hurricane season

Congressional Republicans left for recess without passing Trump's top immigration enforcement package. And, forecasters are predicting fewer storms than average for the 2026 hurricane season.

Spring snow and record-breaking melons: photos of the day – Friday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

The aftermath of Trump-Xi summit: comparing U.S. and China announcements

Analysts say a comparison of the readouts issued by the U.S. and China reveals "minor inconsistencies" on issues such as agriculture, tariffs and rare earths. But, experts argue, those differences are not significant.

The Cuba situation is starting to resemble a pre-conflict playbook

The U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba appears to have entered a new phase.