Hull City v Middlesbrough: Championship playoff final – live

⚽️ Wembley showdown kicks off at 3.30pm BST
⚽️ Match preview | Scottish Cup final live | Email Scott

Pre-match postbag: Courtroom Chat edition. “I worry about Hull stating before the final that they will take legal action if they lose. Firstly, because it might take away from their motivation and determination if they think they could still go up even if they’re defeated. Second, because I don’t think Hull have a case” – Daniel King

“Hull announcing they will take legal action if they don’t go up today is confirmation that this whole sorry mess is just going to roll on. Surely the best way out of the situation is for the appropriate authorities to announce tonight that both teams are promoted and four go down from the Premier League. That should keep everyone happy” – John Davis

England v New Zealand: second women’s T20 cricket international – live

England chasing target of 171 to win at Canterbury
Capsey steers England to opening win | Email Tanya

Gaze has a hasty heave and loses her middle stump to a cracking ball that nudges in.

1st over: New Zealand 4-1 (Plimmer 0) Bell, blond hair in an immaculate bun, hoop earrings in each ear, starts with a perky away swinger. Four dots to start then Gaze pulls a short ball whippily to the rope. But that’s her lot.

Celtic v Dunfermline: Scottish Cup final – live

⚽️ 3pm BST kick-off; Celtic can secure domestic double
⚽️ Follow Championship playoff final live | Email Barry

Referee: Steven McLean

Referee’s assistants: Frank Connor and Scott Anderson

VAR: Matthew MacDermid

Assistant VAR: Gary Hilland

F1 Canadian GP: sprint race – live updates

️ Sprint race at 5pm BST, qualifying 9pm BST
️ Mercedes aim to build on dominance | Email Philip

It is safe to say the Canadian Grand Prix weekend is not working out the way it was supposed to for plenty of the participants – as Robbie Burns almost wrote, the best-laid plans of marmots and men in Montreal often go awry.

First, there have been more red flags than on Hannibal Lecter’s dating profile. In free practice, Liam Lawson lost power steering and parked up by a chicane – picking up a €30,000 part-suspended fine for Racing Bulls as the FIA ruled they had failed to ensure his clutch disengagement system button was working. Then it was Alex Albon, whose Williams was involved in a collision with one of the aforementioned marmots, following in the messy tyre tracks of Lewis Hamilton last year. Finally, Esteban Ocon spun his Haas into a wall and needed a new nose. Neither Lawson nor Albon made it to the start line for sprint qualifying.

Certainly, should Mercedes have made the same advances that their rivals did in Miami, they will retain the whip hand – and with it the intensity of the title fight between their drivers, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, will surely ratchet up.

The 19-year-old Antonelli, in only his second season in F1, has been enormously impressive, having won the last three races in a row to lead the world championship by 20 points from his far more experienced teammate. Russell, the pre‑season favourite, who could manage only fourth in Miami, unsurprisingly had to bat away inquiries in Canada as to whether he was starting to feel the pressure.

“It’s been a turbulent start but the truth is Miami felt like the first tough race of the season,” he said. “It’s still so early days and I know how to deal with it. It’s not the first time in my career that I’ve had a bad race or two but in this sport it does change so quickly: one week you have a tough race and the next week you come back and everything goes back to normal.”

White House pauses removal of detainees to the DRC as Ebola outbreak widens

But Trump administration will not return detainees deported to third countries in disease-struck region

The Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to reporting by Politico, but experts say the move won’t help prevent the spread of the disease.

At least one woman is now in limbo after officials moved her to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and now say they won’t bring her back because of the Ebola travel ban – despite a judge’s order for her return.

Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by author Michael Wolff against Melania Trump

Wolff’s suit aimed to head off billion-dollar legal action brought by first lady over statements linking her to Epstein

Melania Trump has won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by author Michael Wolff designed to head off a billion-dollar defamation action brought by the first lady over statements he made in the media.

The US district judge Mary Kay Vyskocil said that Wolff’s claim against Trump under anti-Slapp statutes, which are designed to allow defendants to quickly dismiss meritless, intimidating lawsuits, was “preemptive” and presented in a “somewhat contorted posture”.

Trump's justice department scrubs its website of news releases about January 6 defendants

Department of Justice acknowledges the removal of news releases about criminal cases related to 2021 Capitol attack

The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the 6 January 2021 Capitol attack, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda”.

The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the US Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

Woman allegedly opens fire outside Raleigh courthouse, hospitalizes 2 lawyers

A woman is accused of opening fire outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, and shooting two lawyers, police said.

From high BMI to the ‘GLP-1 look’: how weight-loss jabs are changing the face of beauty

Experts say exponential growth in the use of drugs such as Wegovy is shifting our perception of what is attractive

Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait ever painted and millions of people flock to the Louvre to admire her enigmatic smile every year.

As well as being beautiful, Mona Lisa was, according to some experts, also seriously overweight. Now they are asking how that leaves our notions of artistic beauty in an era of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, arguing that in future, “GLP-1 face” could become the subject of modern depictions of artistic beauty.

Details emerge on sudden illness that led to Kyle Busch's shocking death

More details are emerging about the sudden illness that led to NASCAR legend Kyle Busch's shocking death at 41.

A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American's hybrid music

On May 31, Yo Sabri make a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, "Tennessee Desi," which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence as Trump considers new strikes on Iran

Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation as director of national intelligence on Friday as the U.S. prepares for a fresh round of military strikes on Iran despite the current ceasefire.

Spirit's collapse, high fuel prices test limits of summer vacation spending

The unofficial start of the summer travel season on Memorial Day weekend will show just how much travelers want to fly and how much they're willing to pay.

How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order

The US president’s reversal on calling for a safety review of new AI models is a green light for tech’s unchecked power

Only hours before Donald Trump was set to sign a long-awaited executive order on Thursday that would have called for a government safety review of new artificial intelligence models before their release, the president abruptly backed out. Despite growing public backlash to the technology and experts warning new models will pose critical security risks, Trump vowed the US government would not slow down the AI race.

During a meeting with reporters on Thursday, Trump cited both American dominance and competition with China and as his reasoning behind the reversal.

Move over matcha lattes: horchata is cold, creamy and coming to a menu near you

The sweet drink is a staple in Spain and Mexico, and it’s being served around the UK as an iced beverage and even in desserts. Here’s how to drink it

Having lived through the “matcha revolution”, I’ve become used to giving unfamiliar drinks a go. From bubble tea to pumpkin-spiced lattes, coffee tonic to ube frappes, I’ll try anything twice and – compared to those beverages – horchata feels like a more palatable prospect. The refreshing yet creamy cold drink from Spain and Mexico is often compared to cereal milk, which has also gained popularity as a flavour in its own right and is increasingly cropping up on menus elsewhere.

Last month, Starbucks announced that, in the US, an iced horchata shaken espresso would be returning to its summer menu (this year joined by a new horchata frappuccino), having outperformed all previous seasonal iced shaken espresso beverages by an impressive 44%. In the UK, where horchata is less commonplace, I started spotting “dirty” versions, with added espresso, on coffee shop menus, alongside “dirty chai”.

French Open agrees to talks with players in row over grand slam prize money

• FFT pledge to make concrete proposals in next month

• Breakthrough follows media boycott at Roland Garros

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has promised to make concrete proposals about increased prize money, player welfare and representation within the next month in talks with leading agents at the French Open.

The discussions took place on Friday, the same day many players, including the world No 1s, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, collectively decided to limit their pre-tournament media briefings to 15 minutes in protest at what they regard as insufficient prize money paid by the four grand slams.

U.S. expects record-setting travel despite high gas prices

Nearly 40 million Americans are expected on the roads for Memorial Day Weekend, AAA estimates, despite the highest gas prices in four years.

Côte d’Ivoire wary of jihadist threat in north 10 years on from major attack

Threat of jihadism continues to lurk along borders with Mali and Burkina Faso

These days, when she is not organising the annual International Day of Reggae celebrations in Côte d’Ivoire, Rose Ebirim picks up litter scattered on the beach in the historic port town of Grand Bassam, 25 miles east of Abidjan. Both activities have become a form of therapy since the time she saw someone die.

“13 March 2016 was a Black Sunday for me,” she said.

This US island is home to flora found nowhere else. Now, a wildfire threatens extinction: ‘watching with trepidation’

Firefighters are racing to douse flames on Santa Rosa Island as experts express concern for survival of its unique habitat

On the south-eastern corner of Santa Rosa Island lies a grove of a few thousand Torrey pine trees, some of them more than 250 years old. The only other place on earth where these gnarled pines exist is in San Diego county, but biologists classify the two groves as different subspecies. So when a rare wildfire broke out on Santa Rosa Island late last week, firefighters raced to keep it from spreading into the grove, where it threatened to consign the island’s Torrey pines to extinction.

So far, they appear to be succeeding – even as the 18,000-acre fire has torched nearly one-third of the island’s surface. But biologists who have studied Santa Rosa Island’s unique ecology are watching anxiously as the fire continues to burn a part of the island that is home to six plants found nowhere else on the planet.

India’s government orders handover of exclusive Delhi Gymkhana Club

Move comes against backdrop of challenge by prime minister, Narendra Modi, to country’s traditional elites

The Indian government has ordered one of the country’s most exclusive private clubs to vacate its premises in two weeks, underscoring the long-running push of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, against entrenched elite institutions.

The ministry of housing and urban affairs directed the Delhi Gymkhana Club to hand over its sprawling site in the heart of New Delhi by 5 June, citing urgent public interest requirements, including defence and security infrastructure.

Former F1 world champion Alain Prost reportedly injured in robbery at Swiss home

• Police investigating an alleged home invasion

• 71-year-old sustained a head injury, says reports

Swiss police are investigating an alleged robbery with reports that the four-times Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion. The Swiss tabloid Blick reported late on Friday that the 71-year-old Frenchman sustained a head injury from intruders who forced his son to open a safe during the incident on Tuesday morning.

“The perpetrators entered the residence while the occupants were present, threatened them, and forced one family member to open a safe before fleeing with the stolen goods,” the public prosecutor’s office said. “Despite the extensive search operation launched, the perpetrators have not yet been apprehended.”

U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted

The U.S. government is responding to the Ebola outbreak in with travel restrictions. American citizens and permanent residents departing affected countries must fly into one of three U.S. airports.

‘It’s just not safe. It’s not OK’: can Married at First Sight ever be risk-free?

Many contestants have a positive experience on the reality show, but others say the format is unsafe

It was about 1am. After a day of relentless filming in which he had met and “married” a stranger, the Married at First Sight UK cameras stopped rolling and Adrian Sanderson was left alone with his new TV partner.

“Honestly, I’ll never ever forget that feeling – it was so difficult,” he says. “When those producers leave you and you’re, like: ‘I’m alone – I don’t get this. How is this about to happen?’ It would be daunting for anyone. You’re exhausted by this time.

Stephen Miller delivers for Trump: 145,000 US kids separated from their parents

A thinktank investigation shows how immigration detention has torn apart families, and experts point to trauma

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s immigration czar and the architect of some of the government’s cruelest policies, doesn’t care what you think about him. He doesn’t care if you call him “Pee-wee German” or “Weird Stephen” or “Voldemort”, or any of the other nicknames he has inspired; his self-esteem is excellent.

“I have a very, very secure, intact ego,” Miller told Fox News’s Jesse Watters this week after being asked how he felt about his wife, Katie Miller, potentially landing a big distribution deal with Paramount for her terrible Maga podcast. “I’ve never had a larger fan following,” Miller continued. “[A]ny man who works for President Trump is a man that is very, very strong and self-assured in his role.”

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist

Opinion: Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant

Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms after the Great Recession. He died this week at the age of 86.

Wembanyama: ‘I need to be more of a team player’ after Spurs fall behind in West finals

• Oklahoma City Thunder 123-108 San Antonio Spurs

• San Antonio trail 2-1 in playoff series

• Gilgeous-Alexander leads OKC with 26 points

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder climbed out of a 15-point hole minutes into the game to beat the host San Antonio Spurs 123-108 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Oklahoma City’s bench outscored San Antonio’s 76-23, including 15 points by Alex Caruso. Victor Wembanyama had 26 points for San Antonio. Devin Vassell added 20 and De’Aaron Fox had 15 in his series debut.

Israeli bombardment reduces buildings to craters in southern Lebanon

People killed in strikes across multiple locations after child and six paramedics die in attacks a day earlier

Israel has carried out overnight strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa valley and the southern province of Tyre, killing at least four people and reducing buildings to craters.

The strikes on southern Lebanon continued on Saturday morning, hitting close to Lebanese army barracks, killing a man on a motorcycle in the town of Nabatieh, and killing and wounding people in the town of Chehabiyeh, where the death toll is not yet known.

‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention

As Canada tightens asylum rules, refugees reuniting with family say they were turned over to ICE and jailed for months after failed border claims

As each day in US detention passes, Markens Appolon can feel the life he had dreamed of slipping away.

The 25-year-old fled Haiti to escape the rampant gang violence that upended his university studies in economics, and planned to join family in Montreal.

‘You can’t control everything’: the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ‘AI face’

Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots’ recommendations

Plastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of “AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like.

Dr Nora Nugent, a cosmetic surgeon from Tunbridge Wells, has seen this first hand. Clients have started coming to her office with photos of themselves beautified by AI and a false expectation that those results are achievable with surgery. She is also the president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and says many colleagues are having similar experiences.

UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace

Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn says firms must offer more flexibility and mental health support

An “anxious generation” of young people is struggling to adapt to the outdated world of work, according to the government’s jobs adviser.

Alan Milburn, a former Labour health secretary, will say this week in a report that businesses must adapt by offering more flexibility and mental health support for young people to stave off an “economic catastrophe.”

UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says

Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goods

Britain needs a “national consensus” about rejoining the European Union, David Miliband has said, in response to revelations that the UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU to the bloc.

The former foreign secretary, who is now president of the International Rescue Committee, said he thought the UK needed a reset of its relations with the EU at “a much higher dosage” than the government was planning.

SpaceX rocket bursts into flames during Indian Ocean landing – video

SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight on Friday. It was an upgraded version of the spacecraft Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites that were released midway through the hour-long flight that stretched halfway around the world. Despite some engine trouble, the spacecraft reached its final destination in the Indian Ocean where it erupted into flames on impact. The fire was not unexpected, according to SpaceX

• SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas

Pope decries ‘unscrupulous’ polluters at deadly, mafia-linked dumping ground

Pontiff visits ‘Land of Fires’ where dumping, burial and burning of waste has caused rise in cancer and other illnesses

Pope Leo has met Italian families whose loved ones have died or have cancer as a result of illegal toxic dumping linked to a multi-billion-euro criminal racket run by the mafia.

Leo’s visit to the Terra dei Fuochi, or Land of Fires, near Naples, came on the eve of the 11th anniversary of Pope Francis’ big ecological encyclical, Laudato Si (Praised Be), and indicates Leo’s commitment to carry on his predecessor’s environmental agenda.

‘If something goes wrong, you can’t simply surface’: Maldives tragedy shines light on dangers of cave diving

Experts warn about the risks of cave diving without proper training, planning and specialised equipment after deaths in Vaavu atoll

The diving tragedy in the Maldives – which claimed the lives of four Italian divers inside an underwater cave, followed by the death of a Maldivian navy diver – has renewed warnings from experts about the risks of cave diving without proper training, planning and specialised equipment.

On Thursday, the Divers Alert Network (DAN), which coordinated the complex search and recovery operation at the Dhekunu Kandu dive site in Vaavu atoll, announced all the divers’ dead bodies had been recovered.

‘Turn off the juice of the rulers!’ Who are the Volcano Group, mystery saboteurs behind a five-day Berlin blackout?

Earlier this year, the city was hit by its longest power cut since the second world war. But were those responsible eco-terrorists, agents of the far-right, or even Russian proxies?

Sebastian Brandt, chief technician of the Immanuel hospital in the leafy, affluent Wannsee district of Berlin, guessed something was wrong as soon as he opened the window of his home and smelled diesel. It was 3 January, a freezing Saturday morning, and luckily the hospital opposite had relatively few patients on this post-holiday weekend. As he looked out, the diesel fumes told him that the emergency generator – a huge, deafening, decades-old machine in the basement – had kicked in. That meant the hospital was no longer getting power from the grid. And that meant Brandt was not going to have a quiet weekend.

Although an emergency generator keeps a hospital running, it has its limitations. Surgical procedures have to be cancelled, and though generators are tested regularly, no one can be certain what will happen when they are kept running for days on end. The generator tank in the Immanuel hospital contained about 3,000 litres of diesel, and Brandt had calculated it would burn about 550 litres a day; when the grid operator informed the hospital that the outage might last until the end of the following week, Brandt was quickly dispatched to fetch more diesel from the nearest petrol station that was still on the grid. Meanwhile, he’d heard that a neighbouring hospice was going to move its patients to the hospital, too.

Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?

With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyed

As Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Donald Trump walked across a lawn featuring cornhole, oversized Connect Four, a ferris wheel and a food tent offering short ribs, mac and cheese and apple pie. Members of Congress and their families had come for the annual White House picnic. But not every member of Congress.

Missing the fun was Thomas Massie, a longtime thorn in the US president’s side. Massie was at home in Kentucky, suffering a primary election defeat that made him the latest victim of Trump’s revenge tour. “We won the Massie thing,” the president told guests at the picnic on Tuesday evening. “He was a bad guy. He deserves to lose.”

UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study

As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests

Cuts to foreign aid budgets by the UK, France and Germany could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade, according to a new report, which warns that Europe is abandoning its role as a pillar of global health and development.

Three separate studies within the report reveal the extent to which the nations have slashed their foreign aid budgets, and illustrate the impact worldwide. UK official development assistance (ODA) spending is projected to fall by 45% between 2020 and 2026, Germany’s by 37% between 2023 and 2026, and France’s by 30% over the same period, according to the research.

This report was a collaboration with European newspapers El Pais and Le Monde

Chile's MAGA-inspired border control

Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown critics say may have little effect.

Summer electric bills sizzle as the cost of cooling climbs

The temperature is climbing, and so are people's utility bills. Rising electricity prices and hotter-than-usual weather could make it especially costly to stay cool this summer.

China mine death toll rises to 90 after gas blast

Xi Jinping urges authorities to ‘spare no effort’ in rescue operation after explosion in northern Shanxi province

At least 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalmine in northern China’s Shanxi province, in the country’s worst mining disaster in 17 years.

The explosion happened on Friday at 7.29pm (12.29 BST) while 247 workers were underground at the Liushenyu coalmine in Qinyuan county, the state media agency Xinhua reported.

The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg

Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some must-read paperbacks, from a campus novel to a history of language

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DRC World Cup squad ordered to isolate before entry to US due to Ebola outbreak

• DRC insist there will be no change to schedule

• Team’s first game is on 17 June against Portugal

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have no plans to change their preparations for the World Cup despite a warning from the United States that the national team must isolate for 21 days before arriving in the country.

Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, told ESPN that US officials had informed Fifa, the DRC team and the government in Kinshasa that the squad was to remain in a bubble in Belgium, where players are training, due to the African country’s deadly Ebola outbreak.

Final frontier for meds? UK startup sends drug-making into space

BioOrbit hopes drug-crystallisation technology will lead to self-injected cancer treatment that could save millions

Onboard a SpaceX flight last week was a remarkable piece of cargo – a hi-tech box destined for the International Space Station to grow ultra-pure protein crystals, with the aim of producing self-injected cancer drugs.

A British startup, BioOrbit, has developed the drug-crystallisation technology at its labs in London and launched Box-E, a compact unit the size of a microwave, on the 15 May rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The show might go on: what happens to late-night TV without Stephen Colbert?

The end of The Late Show, an American institution since 1993, leaves those still surviving within the format wondering what the future looks like

• Share your favorite memories from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

In a way, it’s a shock every time the biggest talkshow hosts assemble into their “Strike Force Five”, the podcast-born group consisting of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. No, the shock isn’t the lack of Greg Gutfeld, the highly viewed Fox News talkshow host who has nonetheless only ever been funny as a punchline unto himself, and was playfully name-checked on the final episode of Colbert’s The Late Show, after the deposed king of late-night was informed the highest-rated host was getting the boot. (“They’re canceling Gutfeld?!” he cried in fake panic.) The real repeated surprise is the realization that there are (or were) five major late-night hosts still standing.

OK, even before Colbert got the axe, it was actually four: Oliver hails from a weekly perch on HBO, which, given similar jobs held by Dennis Miller for nine years and Bill Maher for 24, seems likely to last for at least 200 seasons. But still: four big-name network talkshows? In this economy?! Strike that down to three, now that Colbert’s tenure is officially over, and his David Letterman-founded late-night franchise with it. Though Colbert is the exact wrong one to cull – the group’s best interviewer, strongest comedy bona fides, and highest-rated show to boot! – it’s hard to argue that network TV is in need of the late-night chatshows that used to be such a major status symbol and, presumably, cash cow. Though the shows are notoriously expensive (such that CBS was able to claim that their king of late-night also lost money), they must have once generated substantial revenue, given the amount of jockeying the 11pm-and-beyond slot inspired throughout the 1980s and especially 90s.

An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped | Simon Tisdall

Millions are being dragged into starvation, while people everywhere pay a Trump war tax. But there are plenty of powers who could bring him to heel

With the deadlocked war in Iran about to enter its fourth month, loose comparisons with previous US quagmires in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam are bandied about. When the conflict began, warnings of another “forever war” seemed exaggerated. No longer. As matters stand, the negative international humanitarian, economic and geopolitical fallout from this fiasco looks set to prove more permanently globally damaging than any of those past US-made disasters.

That being the case, an urgent question arises, not least today as reports suggest the US president and his secretary of war are planning to rain more bombs on Iran: who will stop Donald Trump?

Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

Board of Peace focus on Hamas risks return to war in Gaza, critics say

US-backed board has put sole blame for stalled ceasefire on militant group despite Israel not fulfilling its obligations, analysts say

The top diplomat from the Board of Peace has blamed Hamas for the stalled ceasefire, but critics have said the US-backed board’s lack of even-handedness in implementing the truce risks a return to war.

The “high representative for Gaza”, Nickolay Mladenov, told the UN security council on Thursday that Hamas was the “principal obstacle” to the ceasefire’s continued implementation because “it refused to accept verified decommissioning, relinquish coercive control and allow a genuine civilian transition”.

One solution for Maine's struggling fishing industry? Give fillets away for free

Surging food costs and fuel prices are pummeling Maine's struggling groundfishing industry. But a pandemic-era program is helping to keep it afloat as inflation worsens.

15 years since a deadly tornado brought Joplin, Mo. together, kindness carries on

Nearly 100,000 volunteers helped the town rebuild and a spirit of community service continues to this day. Researchers studying human behavior catastrophes can bring out compassion in surprising ways.

‘I laughed out loud dozens of times’: authors choose books to make you fall back in love with reading

From a darkly comic new novel to a gripping 1950s memoir – Katherine Rundell, Malala Yousafzai, Matt Haig and others appearing at Hay festival pick titles to tempt you

Malala Yousafzai
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I have loved going to the theatre ever since I saw my first musical (Matilda in London, when I was 15 years old) – and I love reading about it, too. In Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, a British-Palestinian actor travels to the West Bank to see family and finds herself pulled into a local production of Hamlet. I was moved by the rehearsal scenes: arguments over translations, personal relationships, the question of whether a performance is even possible under Israeli occupation. To me, Hammad proved that theatre is capable of carrying weight that other art forms cannot hold.

North Korean women cap historic journey with Asian Champions League crown

• Naegohyang beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in South Korea final

• Kim Kyong-yong scores only goal in rare trip across border

The first North Korean team to visit the South in eight years crowned their trip by winning the Asian Women’s Champions League, beating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in Saturday’s final.

Naegohyang Women’s FC lifted the trophy thanks to captain Kim Kyong Yong’s goal just before half-time in the South Korean city of Suwon.

Reeves begins push to remain as chancellor under new Labour leadership

Chancellor’s allies urge MPs to back her if Keir Starmer is replaced, saying she is only candidate to safeguard UK’s finances

Rachel Reeves has launched a rearguard action to save her job as chancellor, telling friends she would like to stay in the post even under a new prime minister.

The chancellor’s supporters have been urging MPs to back her if Keir Starmer is replaced later this year, saying she is the only candidate who can safeguard the country’s finances.

Fraudster trying to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s foiled over bogus invoices

Paperwork supplied by Andrew Crowley, 46, found to be made using printing methods 25 years too modern

A fraudster who tried to sell fake ancient statues to Sotheby’s was foiled when his bogus accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern, a court has heard.

Andrew Crowley, 46, asked the auctioneers to value three Cycladic figures and one Anatolian stargazer statuette that he had inherited from his grandfather, Southwark crown court in London was told on Friday.

Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas

The Enhanced Games promise human advancement and world records but critics fear more worrying effects

On the eve of the most controversial sports event of the 21st century so far, one swimmer is explaining how it felt to take banned drugs for the first time. “I was anxious, to be honest,” says Andriy Govorov, the 50m butterfly world record-holder. “Because there’s no way back.”

The 34-year-old Ukrainian points to his backside. That is where the first needle carrying performance-enhancing drugs went into his body. Then to his stomach. That one hurt less. “I don’t like needles being stuck in me,” Govorov says. “When I was younger, I would pass out when I had blood tests.”

I was on Love Island. After the MAFS scandal, I know what TV companies must do to keep contestants safe | Sharon Gaffka

The Married at First Sight rape allegations have again highlighted the ethics of reality TV. For things to change, better welfare provision is crucial

When I joined the cast of Love Island in 2021, I already semi-knew that reality TV wasn’t “real”. I grew up with parents who constantly reminded me not to believe everything I saw on TV or online. But I was not fully prepared for just how constructed reality TV actually is: producers shape narratives, conflict drives engagement and contestants ultimately become part of a product designed for entertainment, rather than simply living their “reality” in the moment.

After watching the BBC Panorama investigation into Channel 4’s Married at First Sight, I found myself asking a much bigger question: at what point does “good TV” come at the expense of basic human safety?

Coal mine gas explosion in China kills 90 people, state media say

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 90 people. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at the time.

What links Flamingo, Mercury Fountain and Trois Disques? The Saturday quiz

From As Nasty As They Wanna Be to Saltburn and The Full Wax, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What is the most populous city directly on the Mediterranean coast?
2 Which ruler last had a coronation in 1963?
3 What school subject, abbreviated, is plural in Britain but singular in the US?
4 Which married couple have 12 Olympic golds between them?
5 Gatsby, Gowen and Tibbs were which establishment’s long-term residents?
6 Which rodents are known as “nature’s engineers”?
7 Which act’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be was the first album declared legally obscene in the US?
8 What global climate event is ENSO?
What links:
9 Avatar (LA); Dangal (Mumbai); Behind the Scenes (Lagos)?
10 Xi Jinping; Primo Levi; Angela Merkel; Margaret Thatcher?
11 Saltburn; The Full Wax; The Good Earth; taekwondoin turned boxer?
12 Acca; in-play; moneyline; prop; spread?
13 Flamingo; Lobster Trap and Fish Tail; Mercury Fountain; Trois Disques?
14 White Dogwood (11); Golden Bell (12); Azalea (13)?
15 Fates of the Guadalupe storm petrel, Socorro dove and Stephens Island wren?

‘There is no great master plan’: anxiety as UK homes, roads and railways sink into the sea

Increasing coastal erosion has hit communities’ livelihoods and put lifestyles under threat

The remains of the road linking two towns in south Devon lie crumbled on the foreshore in a mess of tarmac, steel and concrete.

The dramatic coastal road, known as the Slapton Line, has an environmentally protected freshwater lake on one side and the sea on the other, and links the towns of Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. But this year, winter storms demolished a section of the A road between Torcross and Slapton, which is at the frontline of rising sea levels and coastal erosion, fulfilling a destiny that was predicted more than 30 years ago, but that has not been prepared for.

A Kristen Stewart heist movie gave me a thirst for adventure - I found it as an engineer on a remote oil rig

The 2004 film Catch That Kid gave me my love of cars. But when my Formula One career stalled, I took on a dangerous job in the middle of the Indian Ocean

Throughout my early teen years, my family followed a regular Friday routine that, today, feels distinctly ancient. Every week after dinner, my mother, brother and I would dawdle for 20 minutes down quiet suburban streets to the entertainment haven that was thevideo rental store. If we had been well behaved, the ultimate treat: free rein to rent a film of our choice.

My mum rarely vetoed our selection, so we watched a wild range; but it was an unassuming family comedy starring child actors Kristen Stewart and High School Musical’s Corbin Bleu that would change my life for ever.

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Starship is now one step closer to the moon.

Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for crispy one-pan spaghetti with gochujang and mozzarella |. Meera Sodha recipes

A funky fusion dish with crisped up pasta edges, like spaghetti all’assassina, but with a Korean backbeat

Today’s recipe is based on the famous spaghetti all’assassina, a dish native to Bari in Puglia. The pasta is cooked directly in the pan risottata, or risotto-style, and tomato stock is poured in a little at a time until the spaghetti is bruciata, or burnt and crisp. I won’t call the dish by its original name because that contains dried chilli and tomatoes, whereas my version features two of my favourite ingredients: gochujang, the Korean sweet and hot chilli paste, and my beloved sun-dried tomato paste. The result is killer, even if the name is not.

Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal

Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’

In exploring the physics and geometry of the universe, Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned pioneer of black hole theory, writing the bestselling book A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 13m copies, and inspiring people to “look up at the stars and not down at your feet”.

But, during Hawking’s student years and as he approached adulthood, his father was deeply concerned about how his son would turn out. Frank Hawking lamented that “he hangs round the house with little initiative and does not study much”, according to previously unknown diaries that he had written partly in code.

This is how to defeat Vladimir Putin | Timothy Garton Ash

The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten Nato and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted

No dictator lasts for ever. One day Vladimir Putin will be gone. Recent reports suggest growing weakness in the Russian economy, discontent in society and a waning of confidence inside his regime – but it would be foolish to conclude the end is near. Only death or Russia can depose Putin, and nobody knows when or how that will happen. What democracies in Europe and beyond can do is hone a strategy to defeat his external ambitions. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of eight elements of such a strategy.

Have a clear purpose. Putin aims to subjugate Ukraine, restore as much as possible of the Russian empire, destroy the credibility of Nato, undermine the European Union and re-establish a Russian sphere of influence over eastern Europe. To prevent him achieving these goals is to defeat him.

Boards of Canada: Inferno review – after 13 years away, their prodigal return is a big disappointment

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The Scottish electronic duo remain hugely influential – but their new album’s interrogation of religion is dubious, and the drum programming is worse still

This is the first album in 13 years from Boards of Canada, and from the opening notes – an analogue synth rising and falling like a sound effect in a forgotten 1960s radio play – you’re thrust back into one of the most instantly recognisable worlds in electronic music.

From 1995 debut EP Twoism onward, across four LPs and four more EPs, the Scottish duo – brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin – used the heavy gait of classic hip-hop beats to trudge through spectral ambient vistas, like spacemen sent through a time portal while still being tethered to the present. By grabbing samples from old public television and other vintage sources, they looked back at the utopian promise of the mid-20th century, while teasing out the latent kitsch and creepiness of these sounds.

The pothole puzzle: the bumpy ride to fixing Britain’s broken roads

Councils fix a pothole every 17 seconds – but getting on top of the repair backlog would cost £18.6bn. Why is it so hard to solve a problem that drives the nation crazy?

Marsh Street in the historic centre of Bristol is a modest little stretch of road with an office block at one end, a Thai restaurant at the other, and an almighty mess in between.

Along its length of 200 metres or so, the tarmac surface of the road is pockmarked with many dozens of cracks, patches, divots and holes. In some spots where the surface has worn away, three or more layers of road structure are exposed beneath. What is a bouncy enough ride in a bus or car is even more of an assault course for cyclists, a number of whom weave carefully down its length as they cut through the city centre.

Can hybrid village stores answer rural Germany’s ‘cry for help’ and fend off far right?

Retail innovation, where people can shop alone after staff have gone, is helping vital community hubs survive

Once upon a time, every German village had its own Tante Emma laden (Aunt Emma shop), a family-run hub of community life where local people bought their groceries at affordable prices and shot the breeze with their neighbours.

But in recent years the loose network of small businesses throughout Europe’s biggest economy has come under huge pressure from staffing shortages, competition from supermarket chains and rising inflation, which the Iran war has again sent surging.

French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

The conservative tycoon’s grip on media and cinema is unhealthy. An EU fund could protect democracy in perpetuity

The shadow of Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” loomed over the storied steps of this year’s Cannes film festival. Echoing the mid-20th-century blacklist, which shut out about 300 suspected communists from Hollywood, the French media group Canal+ announced an effective ban on twice that many French cinema professionals, including actors such as Juliette Binoche and film directors such as Jean-Pascal Zadi and Arthur Harari. Their crime? An open letter denouncing the growing influence on French media and cinema of conservative tycoon Vincent Bolloré, Canal+’s main shareholder.

The Canal+ chief executive, Maxime Saada, justified punishing the signatories on the basis that their claim was an “injustice” against the staff of Canal+ – who were, he said, committed to the organisation’s independence.

‘Are they your real teeth?’ How TV’s best – and most gloriously blunt – chatshow ripped up the rulebook

As Rylan Clark takes the final hot seat on The Assembly, the makers tell all about this revolutionary show. Where else would a politician be driven to tears? Or Stephen Fry be asked about his sexual proclivities?

As TV presenter Rylan Clark trepidatiously arrives for his appearance on The Assembly, he’s heard wondering aloud: “Shit, what are they gonna ask me?” We soon find out. The opening questions fired at him by these unique interviewers are “Are they your real teeth?” and “Did you ever consider having a real suntan?” So much for small talk.

The ensuing half-hour takes in probing inquiries about his infidelity, divorce and resulting breakdown. The 28-strong neurodivergent panel ask Rylan whether he loved his absent father, when he came out as gay and how he copes when one of his famous friends gets cancelled (his tearful reply appears to allude to Radio 2 colleague Scott Mills). “You bastards,” Rylan sniffs. “You made me cry.”

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

US green card applicants will now have to return to home countries to apply, DHS says

Change criticized by advocates marks the latest significant move by the Trump administration on immigration policy

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the state department, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups, policy analysts and immigration attorneys.

USCIS announced the move in a policy memo, which directed officers to consider relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether extraordinary relief is warranted.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.