Blue Origin launchpad damaged in rocket explosion may not be restored until 2028, NASA's Isaacman says

NASA has tapped Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin for several contracts in the agency's Artemis return-to-the-moon program.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni return to court a month after reaching settlement

Lively’s legal team are suing her It Ends with Us co-star for legal fees and damages, reigniting a years-long court battle

Attorneys for US actor Blake Likely were back in front of a New York judge on Monday to demand legal fees and damages from It Ends with Us co-star Justin Baldoni, after a settlement was reached last month in their years-long legal battle.

The 38-year-old actor’s legal team argued that the defamation lawsuit brought against her by Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, was a retaliatory move prohibited by California law.

Trump reportedly mulling retreat from $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Democrats decry president’s ‘most brazen act of self-dealing yet’ and vow to challenge fund in Congress

Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to keep pressing for a $1.8bn fund to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said on Monday, as the justice department paused the program to comply with a court order.

Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund has faced legal setbacks since it was announced two weeks ago. The idea has also faced a mounting political backlash from Republicans concerned by a lack of oversight and the possibility of payouts to participants in the January 6 2021 riot at the US Capitol.

Ukraine war briefing: Ending war before winter ‘correct and realistic’, says senior Kyiv aide

Budanov backs Zelenskyy call to capitalise on Kyiv’s strong position on battlefield; Kyiv under heavy attack into Tuesday morning. What we know on day 1,560

A deal to end the war against Russia by winter is a “realistic” outcome, Kyrylo Budanov said. The celebrated former Ukrainian spymaster, now Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said on Monday: “This is the president’s instruction: to try to end this war as soon as possible … preferably before winter. In my opinion, this is absolutely correct, timely, and realistic.”

Zelenskyy in an interview aired on Sunday called for reviving stalled talks with Russia before the onset of winter to take account of Kyiv’s improved strategic position. A senior Ukrainian commander said last week that Ukraine had a six-month window in which to seize the battlefield initiative and strengthen its hand for peace talks. Budanov said he expected a US delegation to visit Moscow and Kyiv in the near future, without giving details.

Kyiv came under heavy Russian attack early on Tuesday with authorities urging residents to seek shelter. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said a fire broke out in the Podil district on the grounds of a non-residential property, and a nine-storey apartment building was on fire after debris apparently struck the roof. “In the Obolon district, cars are burning after being struck by falling missile debris. There are also fires at two locations in open areas, including one near a kindergarten,” Klitschko posted.

Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported that air defences were at work in Kyiv according to their journalists and witnesses. Zelenskyy on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible massive Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts.

A suspected Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker has been detained by France in the Atlantic, Angelique Chrisafis writes. The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters more than 400 nautical miles (740km) west of Brittany with the help of the UK and other partners, said the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

French authorities said the ship had departed Murmansk in north-west Russia, and was headed for Cameroon under a false Cameroonian flag. It was being escorted to an anchorage for further inspection. Moscow complained of piracy. Macron said everything was conducted “in strict compliance with the law of the sea … It is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years.”

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s military was capable of hitting Russian military logistics “across virtually the entire depth of the temporarily occupied territories … In practice, there are almost no safe roads left for the occupier in the south and east of our country.”

The Russian government intends to increase fuel supplies from Belarus and tighten oversight of exports of gasoline and diesel because of domestic fuel shortages, the RBC news outlet reported on Monday. RBC also reported that a complete ban on gasoline exports for two months, including under some inter-governmental agreements, is under discussion. Fuel sales in Sevastopol in illegally Russia-occupied Crimea would be limited on Tuesday, said Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed de facto governor, amid gasoline rationing caused by Ukrainian attacks. Russia on Monday also banned the export of aviation fuel until the end of November.

Dozens of countries denounced Russia at the UN on Monday after a Russian drone hit a Romanian apartment building, injuring two people. “Such behaviour is unacceptable under international law and must stop,” said the Romanian foreign minister, Oana-Silvia Toiu, in a statement representing 56 UN members, including from the EU and Nato.

South Carolina store owner acquitted of murder in 2023 killing of Black teen

Chikei Rick Chow, 61, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia. He maintained he acted to defend his son.

Dog rescued from island off Australia's coast after being swept off rocks into ocean

Marine Rescue NSW volunteer coaxes distressed dog on to jetski after it paddled to Snapper Island in Batemans Bay

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On Monday, radio operators in Batemans Bay along the New South Wales south coast got a call they hadn’t had before: a dog had been swept off the rocks and was in the ocean in distress.

Rod Ingamells, the unit commander of the local Marine Rescue NSW team, was one of the first to hop in a rescue vessel. But by the time his team reached the area, the dog had swum nearly 800 metres across the bay to nearby Snapper Island.

Playground no more: Thais sick of badly behaved tourists hail stricter visas

Government cites crime and drunken antics of foreigners as it shortens their stays – with ordinary Thais welcoming the crackdown

It’s late afternoon at Bangkok’s Khaosan road, the city’s backpacker strip. Bar staff are calling after passersby, enticing them inside with drinks promotions. The smell of cannabis, widely sold in the city, wafts into the street, where vendors sell anything from fake tattoos, flip-flops and icy fruit shakes.

This street, and its famously noisy nightlife, has attracted visitors from around the world for decades. But increasingly, some in Thailand are growing tired of the country’s party-loving visitors.

6/1: The Takeout with Major Garrett

Trump says Iran talks are continuing, Iran says otherwise; Graham Platner's wife addresses sexting scandal.

Vanilla Ice says he'd perform for anybody, including Putin and Iran

"It's not anything to do with politics. I don't know why they're turning it into politics," Vanilla Ice said of the Freedom 250 concerts planned in Washington, D.C.

Platner's wife told campaign about sexually explicit texts he sent other women

The wife of Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner told his campaign in 2025 about sexual messages he had sent to other women.

Pentagon bars journalists from entering its press office citing re-designation

Revocation of access newest attempt by Trump’s defense department to restrict reporting on military affairs

Journalists may no longer enter the Pentagon’s press office, which has been designated as a classified space amid growing moves to restrict press access to the defense department.

“This is the most transparent war department in history. No amount of spin from the Fake News media will change that,” Jose Valdez, the acting defense department press secretary, said in a social media post. “The Pentagon Press Office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility due to speechwriters from the Office of the Secretary of War sharing the facility.”

Sexting scandal latest controversy for Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner

The likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, Graham Platner, is under fire after he sent sexually explicit text messages to at least half a dozen women after he got married in 2023. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

DOJ says it will stop work on $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund"

The Justice Department said it will stop work on the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund following a district judge's decision temporarily blocking the program.

North Carolina officer fired over video of violent arrest turns himself in

Former Shelby County police officer Karson Hyder has been charged with one count of assault inflicting serious injury after video appeared to show him repeatedly punching a woman.

Wholesalers and restaurant owners say they can't keep eating rising prices

Wholesalers and restaurant-owners explain to Jason Allen how they're trying to absorb rising costs, rather than pass them on to customers.

Fired North Carolina cop arrested after video shows him beating woman

A North Carolina police officer, seen in doorbell video repeatedly punching a woman, has been fired for the conduct and charged with assault. Jericka Duncan reports.

What led to the DOJ stopping work on Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund

President Trump, in a rare retreat, is putting his controversial $1.7+ billion "anti-weaponization" fund on ice. Ed O'Keefe reports.

Marilyn Monroe lookalikes flock to Palm Springs for star’s 100th birthday – in pictures

Fans of the Hollywood icon set a new world record as 1,034 people descended on the California desert town to celebrate what would have been her 100th birthday. It was the largest ever gathering of people dressed as Marilyn Monroe

Trump administration plans to drop DOJ's $1.8B 'lawfare' fund, reports say

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he was launching an effort to kill "slush fund" by forcing Republicans to vote on it.

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline – the UK’s green economy is powering ahead, according to research by the country’s leading business organisation.

The net zero economy, which is worth more than £100bn a year, benefits all of the UK, according to the CBI Economics analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank, despite critics who want to abolish the UK’s net zero targets.

Ecuador World Cup 2026 team guide

Sebastián Beccacece has established a miserly defence and Moisés Caicedo’s ability in midfield could help team take the next step

This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 11 June.

Reform UK support could plateau as it relies on socially conservative views, study finds

Party could struggle to push ratings as strategy increasingly focuses on views held by minority of voters, research finds

Reform UK is becoming increasingly reliant on socially conservative views for political support, and therefore could struggle to push its poll ratings much higher, a large-scale research project led by the leading psephologist John Curtice has found.

A study of Nigel Farage’s party carried out as part of the British Social Attitudes report found that while Reform supporters were disproportionately more likely to be unhappy with politicians and public services, recent recruits had seemingly more robust attitudes in areas such as diversity and welfare.

Mexico City police teargas teachers’ protest 10 days before World Cup

Teachers associated with CNTE union were marching toward Zócalo for salary raises and reversal of pension laws

Riot police fired teargas at teachers who were marching toward Mexico City’s historic Zócalo plaza, just days before the square is expected to host the 2026 World Cup “Fan Fest”. The incident is the second time police have clashed with teachers in the past week, and more conflict is likely as Mexico City prepares to hold the opening game of the Fifa World Cup on 11 June.

“This event will have to be suspended,” Filiberto Frausto, a union leader, told AFP, which witnessed police firing teargas on 1 June. “A cause like ours should be far above – it’s far more important than a little bit of distraction and fun.”

6/1: CBS Evening News

DOJ stopping work on President Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund; fired North Carolina cop arrested after video shows him beating woman.

Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion from stock sales to fund AI buildout

Alphabet said it plans to sell $80 billion in stock, including through a $10 billion investment by Berkshire Hathaway.

Sabalenka powers past Osaka in first women’s night match at French Open since 2023

• World No 1 wins 7-5, 6-3 to reach quarter-finals

• ‘Really important they put match as night session’

Three years after the Roland Garros organisers last declared a women’s match worthy of being called the best of the day in Paris, the total collapse of one half of the men’s draw and a fourth round between two of the three most successful active women’s players not named Williams finally allowed women to return to centre stage.

Finally ushered into the marquee night match on Monday evening, Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka traded nuclear ground strokes in an intense, high-quality slugfest before Sabalenka showed why she remains the best player in the world by elevating her level in the most important moments and marching into the quarter-finals with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 win.

Bus driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 facing more charges

Jing Sheng Dong, a 48-year-old tour bus driver from Staten Island, New York, faces three additional felony counts in connection with the deaths.

Divided appeals court rules transgender military ban is unconstitutional

A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration's policy banning transgender individuals from serving in the military is likely unconstitutional.

Multiple people killed, officer wounded in Oregon shooting

Police were called to the scene of "a domestic disturbance and shooting" in the city of Sandy, outside of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday.

Iran halts talks with U.S. over Israeli actions in Lebanon, Gaza

Trumps says Israel and Hezbollah will stop fighting after Iran stops talks with U.S. over Israeli operations in southern Lebanon, Gaza

United flight makes U-turn over "four-letter word" Bluetooth device

According to air traffic control audio, security came to inspect the aircraft after someone named their Bluetooth device a "certain four-letter word."

McDonald's unveils new global growth strategy to win over diners as competition rises

McDonald's new growth plan comes as inflation and high gas prices mean restaurants are competing for a smaller pool of customers.

Woman from Iran describes fear for loved ones: "Sense of terror"

An Iranian woman who now lives in the U.S. spoke with CBS News as the war with Iran entered its fourth month.

Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen agrees centre-left coalition after months of uncertainty

Social Democratic leader secures third consecutive term as prime minister amid crisis in ties with US over Greenland

Denmark’s Social Democratic leader, Mette Frederiksen, said on Monday she had agreed to form a centre-left coalition government, maintaining her grip on power amid a crisis in ties with Donald Trump over Greenland.

The deal to form a minority cabinet gives Frederiksen a third consecutive term as prime minister, ending months of uncertainty after a March election in which 12 parties won seats in the Danish parliament.

Can you stop AI datacenters? Comedian Charlie Berens thinks so – Stateside with Kai and Carter

Last summer, Wisconsin comedian Charlie Berens started getting messages from people in his state about plans for a major datacenter in their community. When Berens dug in, he was shocked to discover the impact the datacenter would have on local residents. So he responded with comedy. The video he posted online about the datacenter went viral, and Berens has been on the frontlines of the fight against datacenters ever since. Carter Sherman speaks to Berens about how he is using his comedy as a tool for activism

• ‘Nobody’s negotiating for the people here’: comedian Charlie Berens takes on AI datacenters

Justice Department says it will abide by court order pausing its 'anti-weaponization' fund

The Justice Department said it 'strongly disagrees' with the court's ruling that paused a $1.776 fund for victims of government "weaponization," but would still abide by it.

Schumer says Democrats will force Senate votes to block Trump's DOJ 'lawfare' fund

Opposition to the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, which critics call a "slush fund," helped grind Senate floor action to a halt last month.

About 1 in 4 professionals is stuck in a mid-career stall, study finds

Workers who go at least five years without a promotion or meaningful raise can miss out on thousands of dollars in earnings, researchers found.

Trump tells CNBC: 'I don't care' if Iran negotiations are over

President Trump spoke with CNBC's Eamon Javers about the latest with the Iran war in an interview Monday.

Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida

Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs

Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.

As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping into its tech expertise to raise an army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower the number of illness-spreading bugs. Mosquitoes – the world’s deadliest animal – kill more people than any other creature in the world every year by spreading lethal diseases such as dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya and malaria.

Florida sues OpenAI over alleged harms caused by ChatGPT

Florida has become the first state to sue OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman.

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over alleged safety lapses

The lawsuit accuses the company of failing to warn users that ChatGPT could be dangerous and instead marketing it as safe and reliable.

Transgender troops can remain in US military, but enlistment can be blocked, court rules

Split decision deals blow to Trump administration’s anti-diversity agenda, calling the ban ‘arbitrary, and based on animus’

Transgender troops can remain in the US military, but the armed services can continue to block their enlistment, an appeals court ruled on Monday in a split decision with potentially significant consequences for the Trump administration’s anti-diversity agenda.

The divided, majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for Washington DC is expected to be challenged by the government. And the case is ultimately likely to reach the US supreme court.

Lab worker who vanished last year found dead in New Mexico national forest

Melissa Casias was employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory when she went missing last year, her niece said.

What to know about the major student loan changes coming July 1

The changes will affect how much students and their parents can borrow, as well as their repayment options.

Trump says Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to ‘stop all shooting’

Declaration comes after Iran had pulled out of peace talks in protest at Israeli offensive in Lebanon

Donald Trump has said Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to mutual de-escalation and to scale back fighting, seemingly averting an Israeli strike on Beirut and the potential collapse of ceasefire talks with Iran.

The US president said in a social media post that he spoke to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and representatives of Hezbollah and both agreed that “all shooting will stop”.

Anthony Joshua puts ‘emotions to side’ after crash as he prepares for boxing return

• Addresses media for first time since losing friends in car accident

• Former world champion to return to ring in tune-up for Tyson Fury bout

Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the car accident in which two of his closest friends died last December, his primary focus has been on helping their parents. As he prepares to resume his career next month, Joshua said: “I’m just there for their parents. Number one is being a good soldier for them. Gotta look after the boys’ parents.”

Asked if he had felt compelled to bury his pain since he was injured in the accident in Nigeria which took the lives of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, Joshua said: “Everyone’s different. Me, I have to put my emotions to the side because I focus on the parents. My emotions can come at a later stage. I really look at the parents and I understand it must be most difficult for them. So I don’t make it about me, I make it about them. I make it about the mums and the dads of the two boys.”

SpaceX sets aside up to 5% of shares in IPO for certain employees and friends

In an updated IPO prospectus, SpaceX said that up to 5% of stock being offered by the company in the offering will be available in a direct share program.

Anthropic files for IPO, setting up public-market test of AI boom

The filing sets up Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI chatbot, to sell its shares to the public.

AI giant Anthropic prepares to sell stock to the public; files preliminary IPO paperwork

The Anthropic IPO, and those of other AI-related firms like OpenAI, could be among the biggest in U.S. history.

Serena Williams returns to tennis, announcing 'next chapter'

A tennis legend at 44, Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis this month, announcing plans to play in the HSBC Championships in London. Williams, a mother of two, retired nearly four years ago.

Mandelson files reveal a man for whom betrayal is a way of life | John Crace

The Prince of Darkness appears in his element bad-mouthing colleagues and allies behind their back

Peter Mandelson *** Red Dispatch Box *** Please contact *** and ask her to talk to *** about ***. It is ridiculous that *** cannot do *** in time for the ***. In the meantime, please also get *** to vote for me as Oxford Chancellor. It’s the least I deserve. My bank account details are ***. Feel free to send to ***. Probably best to discreetly delete all correspondence on these matters. This message will self-destruct in *** seconds.

Thousands of documents released. Many of them rendered almost meaningless with redactions. Almost poetic the level of chaos that has always followed Mandy wherever he goes. The man who believed he was entitled to get away with almost anything.

Anthropic confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market

Financial stakes of AI race rise as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are slated to go public this year

Anthropic has filed confidentially for an initial public offering on the US stock market, the company announced on Monday. The AI firm makes the Claude chatbot, popular with software engineers and other business clients, and has seen a meteoric rise this year.

The company did not disclose the valuation it will target on the stock market, nor did it make public other terms of the offering. The startup announced on Thursday that it had raised $65bn in funding to value the company at $965bn post-money. Anthropic was valued at $380bn in February.

Myles Garrett is traded from Browns to Rams in blockbuster NFL move

• Two-time Defensive Player of the Year lands in LA

• Swap sends LB Jared Verse, draft picks to Cleveland

The Cleveland Browns traded star edge rusher Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams for linebacker Jared Verse and three draft picks in a blockbuster deal on Monday.

Garrett, 30, is a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and seven-time Pro Bowl selection. Since the Browns selected him with the No 1 pick in the 2017 draft, he has emerged as one of the league’s best defensive players. He has the most sacks (125.5), pressures (413) and tackles for loss (149) of any player in that span. In 2025, he set the single-season sacks record with 23.

The Guardian view on the Mandelson files: the missing vetting document matters most | Editorial

A data dump exposes Labour’s courtier politics. But it still does not explain why the peer was cleared to be US ambassador

The Epstein files fatally damaged Peter Mandelson. Gone was his reputation as Westminster’s great survivor: the politician who could weather any scandal and return to the centre of power. Allegations that he leaked market-sensitive information to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financial crash led to a criminal investigation. The peer was sacked as Britain’s US ambassador. He denies any wrongdoing.

Yet the “humble address” files also damage the government. The hundreds of emails, notes and social media conversations, released on Monday, mostly show an unsurprising version of Lord Mandelson – wheedling, criticising and positioning himself as the man who knows the court. Parliament asked to see why he was allowed into one of the most sensitive jobs in the British state. The government has shown us what he said once he got there. That is not the same thing.

Gunfights, grisly deaths and fentanyl: Euphoria’s finale was a lurid epic of biblical proportions

Sam Levinson’s HBO show went to garish new extremes to show the hollowness of the American Dream

This article contains spoilers

Ahead of the series finale, I didn’t think there was much more that Euphoria could do to shock me. Since season three of the HBO drama picked up its story five years after the group of teens graduated high school, Sam Levinson’s brainchild has made jaw-dropping scenes its raison d’etre. From Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) cosplaying as a dog and making mega bucks on OnlyFans, to Nate (Jacob Elordi) getting his fingers and toes chopped off before being buried alive, and Jules (Hunter Schafer) being mummified in plastic by her sugar daddy, the last eight episodes have demanded our attention in a media landscape where that very thing is valued above all else.

But as I watched the final episode, it once again delivered something unexpected. The 88-minute finale felt like a standalone feature film, with no shortage of biblical references. It even ended with the final words: “May God bless us all.” The sudden pivot into a nostalgic, star-spangled morality is indicative of a confused show that, right up until the last moment, hasn’t been sure what it’s trying to tell us. As a lesson in ethics, it falls flat. Yet looking more deeply, there is something more complicated going on.

UAW union strike threatens General Motors truck production

Nearly 1,000 workers at a Michigan supplier plant that notably makes parts for GM pickup trucks went on strike Monday after not reaching a new contract deal.

Anthropic to offer EU access to its advanced Mythos model

Anthropic is sharing access to its most advanced AI model, Mythos, with the EU after the bloc sought permission over cybersecurity concerns.

Michail Antonio: ‘In football, no one really cares about you as long as you perform’

West Ham’s record Premier League goalscorer on the club’s decline, the benefits of therapy and always being asked about his car crash

“I never thought I needed therapy,” says Michail Antonio during a long conversation about the darker side of football, trauma and where it went wrong for West Ham. “I was always a happy person. But I had so many demons.”

This is not just about the moment that almost cost the 36-year-old his life. Antonio knows how lucky he was to emerge from the wreckage with only a broken leg after crashing his Ferrari while driving home from training in December 2024, but it is one part of the story and there are plenty more chapters to write.

McCullum and Key are lucky to have kept their jobs. Now they have to nail England’s rebuild | Mark Ramprakash

Series against New Zealand will be a litmus test to see if the leadership team’s failed approach has really changed

There’s a quote from Legacy, James Kerr’s book about the All Blacks, that I have always liked: “Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.” As England’s Test side sets about its great post-Ashes reset, I think it is applicable.

Culture is a work in progress and always will be, and the positive that has emerged from their winter in Australia – when, on and off the field, their culture was found wanting – is that they now have an opportunity and an appetite to reset it.

Trump had no plan B for Iran. It shows | Kenneth Roth

The US president’s war of choice has accomplished nothing and cost the world greatly

Donald Trump claims to have mastered the Art of the Deal, but he has just given us a master class in negotiating incompetence. I would love to see an Iranian government that no longer represses its people, menaces its neighbors, or can build a nuclear weapon. Trump has set back all of these efforts. His cabinet of sycophants offered little resistance as he naively bombed first and faced reality later.

Trump is reviewing and tinkering with a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) drafted by American and Iranian diplomats with the aid of Pakistan and Qatar. It would continue the current ceasefire for 60 days while a more permanent peace accord is negotiated. The precise contours of this preliminary agreement are not known, but its gist seems clear – and is a profound embarrassment for Trump. His unprovoked war of choice has accomplished all of nothing. A new approach is urgently needed.

Remote work -- not AI -- has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds

Research from the New York Fed finds that younger college graduates have been sidelined by remote work in recent years, as companies may be reluctant to hire those needing more training and mentoring.

EasyJet is an obvious takeover target, but US approach may not be a flyer | Nils Pratley

Castlelake’s move raises questions over valuation and ownership rules as well as whether Stelios Haji-Ioannou could throw a spanner in the works

• EasyJet says US takeover bid would be ‘highly opportunistic’

A share price gain of only 10% on a possible takeover approach is a meek reaction. If the stock market truly believed that Castlelake, a US investment fund, stood a decent chance of buying easyJet, you would expect the target’s stock to fly significantly higher. Scepticism is the right stance until at least three factors become clearer.

First, would the two sides even be vaguely in the same landing zone on valuation? EasyJet’s description of Castlelake’s timing as “highly opportunistic” was boilerplate rhetoric (all bids are opportunistic to a degree) but in this case it is clearly possible that all European airlines’ prospects could be brighter within a couple of months.

Early portrait denied by Lucian Freud shown for first time after authentication

Artist said Man in a Black Scarf was not his but evidence has emerged to show he painted it when a student in Suffolk

An early portrait by Lucian Freud, which the artist denied was his for years, is to be exhibited for the first time after experts proved it was painted by him.

Man in a Black Scarf was created in 1939 by the British artist when he was still a student at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Hadleigh, Suffolk. The sitter is thought to be John Jameson, a friend of Freud’s and scion of the whiskey family.

Cancer is now a story of the good, the bad and the ugly – but also hope | Devi Sridhar

It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism

Cancer causes nearly one in six deaths worldwide every year, some 10 million all told. That is a stunning number, but it also masks the reality that some cancers are more deadly than others. We have become remarkably good at detecting and treating melanoma and prostate cancer, for example, and today five-year survival rates for those cancers are well over 90% in most rich countries. Others, such as pancreatic cancer, are more difficult. In the UK, just over one in 20 people with pancreatic cancer are still alive five years after diagnosis.

That is why a new drug for pancreatic cancer, called daraxonrasib and announced at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (Asco) annual meeting in Chicago at the weekend, has been met with such jubilation. The drug – taken as a pill once a day – doubled the survival time of those enrolled in a 500-person trial, with fewer side effects compared to traditional chemotherapy. The drug works by shutting down a protein, Kras, that causes cancer cells to grow and divide. One longtime cancer researcher reported that she cried reading the results. With so few effective treatments for this cancer available, the drug is likely to be a real game-changer.

Mandelson criticised Starmer’s lack of ‘verve’ and tendency to buckle under pressure

Criticisms revealed in major release of files relating to Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to US

• Analysis: Mandelson files reveal Labour party is riddled with doubts and infighting

Peter Mandelson exchanged WhatsApp messages with a senior cabinet minister criticising Keir Starmer’s lack of “verve” and tendency to buckle under pressure, suggesting the prime minister should behave in a more “Trumpian” fashion.

The former US ambassador said No 10 was “beleaguered and bereft” and that the public were “crying out for leadership”. In another exchange, he described both the advisers and policy coming out of No 10 as “rubbish in, rubbish out”.

McFadden complaining how Labour MPs wanted to raise taxes to pay for welfare.

Starmer’s chief of staff considered setting up an external No 10 unit to circumvent existing staff.

Mandelson venting his annoyance about Ed Miliband and net zero.

‘Sit back and relax’: Trump insists Iran deal close despite strikes - The Latest

As Israel threatens to bomb Beirut and the US and Iran trade missile strikes, Donald Trump insists it will ‘all work out well in the end’ and urges his critics to ‘sit back and relax’. So are we any closer to a deal? Lucy Hough speaks to diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour.

Berkshire's bet on Taylor Morrison suggests the housing market may have bottomed

Analysts say the deal between Berkshire Hathaway and Taylor Morrison signals that the housing market may have bottomed.

Key hearing for Charlie Kirk murder suspect will be public, judge rules

A Utah judge denied a request from the suspect accused of killing Charlie Kirk to restrict access to parts of his July preliminary hearing.

Tuchel reveals Team GB have been helping England get ready for World Cup heat

• ‘The heat is a challenge but we are prepared already’

• Head coach believes team can go far at tournament

Heat and humidity will be obstacles to overcome but England have full belief in their ability and can go far at the World Cup, Thomas Tuchel has said. The head coach has received help from Team GB, drawing on their Olympic experiences, and other specialists to find solutions for the weather conditions.

Some of Tuchel’s 26-player squad flew from Birmingham to Miami on Monday for a 10-day hot-weather acclimatisation camp. Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze have been given more time to recover after Saturday’s Champions League final and Crystal Palace’s Dean Henderson, who played the Conference League final last week, is also expected to be a later arrival.

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Smart drug that strips cancer cells of ‘invisibility cloak’ can shrink tumours by 30%, trial shows

Experimental tablet produces encouraging results in patients with world’s most common forms of disease

• ‘I was getting ready to say goodbye’: patient’s hope after smart drug success

A smart drug that stops cancer cells “hiding” from treatment can shrink tumours by at least 30% in six of the world’s most common forms of the disease, early trial results show.

While immunotherapy treatments have improved survival rates for many patients, their effectiveness can stall or fail when tumour cells hide and then spread.

PSG now stand alongside some of Europe’s best-ever, but with caveats | Jonathan Wilson

The origin of PSG’s largesse and the effect it’s had on their domestic game can’t be ignored, even as we appreciate the team’s stunning quality

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Since 1990, only one side had ever successfully defended the Champions League – Real Madrid, who won three in a row between 2016 and 2018. Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the final on Saturday elevates them to a new tier of the pantheon. No bad side has ever won the European Cup or Champions League, but only great sides have ever retained it.

Arsenal pushed them much closer than Inter had in losing in the final the previous year, and there is always something slightly unsatisfying about a victory on penalties, but the quality of this PSG cannot be denied. They put six past Bayern in the semi-final – their superiority far greater than the one-goal aggregate margin would suggest. It was a similar story in the quarter-final, in which a 4-0 aggregate victory didn’t really reflect how much better they were than Liverpool. And while Chelsea may think they were slightly unlucky to lose the first leg of their last-16 tie away to PSG 5-2, the 3-0 result in the second leg was a devastating assertion of authority: three goals scored by an almost bored opponent apparently just as they felt like it.

This is an extract from Soccer with Jonathan Wilson, a weekly look from the Guardian US at the game in Europe and beyond. Subscribe for free here. Have a question for Jonathan? Email [email protected], and he’ll answer the best in a future edition.

‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort

Conquering of Beaufort Castle for first time in 26 years brings back memories of occupation of south

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When Hussain Alawieh used to take tourists to Beaufort Castle, they would marvel at the view. The ancient hilltop fort, captured nearly 1,000 years earlier by Crusaders, still offered the same sweeping panoramic views of south Lebanon and the Litani River that empires fought over for a millennia.

On Sunday, the view from the castle was obscured by white phosphorus smoke, the toxic incendiary munition providing a smoke screen for advancing Israeli soldiers. Out of the fog rose an Israeli flag, and the castle, for the first time in 26 years, was once again conquered.

Fraudsters bought Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer funds

For law enforcement investigating fraud cases, the hard part can be following the money to figure out where the tax dollars have gone.

Ex-Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sounds alarm over political interference

Powell says central bank has been facing ‘stress test’ under Trump, as supreme court weighs decision on Fed governor that president tried to fire

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Jerome Powell, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, has warned that a single act of political interference in monetary policy could permanently destroy public trust in the central bank.

As Donald Trump’s administration continues to test the Fed’s longstanding independence, Powell said in a speech on Sunday night that the institution was in the midst of a “stress test”.

My rookie era: In my 40s I attempted my first multi-day hike – and became a walking cliche

Adult beginners are charming when the stakes are low. Learning the piano at 50 is cute – but nobody ever needed to be airlifted out of a piano recital

I was 43, unfit and burnt out at the end of 2025, when my phone pinged from an old friend:

I know this is unlikely but I’m thinking of doing this four-day hike and there are two places available. You stay in huts so there is less gear to carry. Would you like to come?

Curaçao World Cup 2026 team guide

Smallest nation to reach a World Cup will be guided by the oldest coach in Dick Advocaat

This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 11 June.

Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives

Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’

The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election.

That is no insignificant number, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7% to 40.9%.

Trump hits out at ‘chirping’ critics as U.S. and Iran launch fresh wave of strikes

Trump's Truth Social post comes as air strikes between the U.S. and Iran resumed over the weekend.

U.S. and Iran still without deal to end war after Trump says he's not in a 'hurry'

Trump threatened further military action if negotiations break down and the U.S. does not receive the concessions from Iran it desires.

To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood

Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

At this time last year, the idea of a wide-release feature film-maker cutting their teeth on YouTube was, if not unheard of, certainly still a niche origin story. Siblings Michael and Danny Philippou had just released Bring Her Back, the follow-up to their surprise horror hit Talk to Me, to pretty-good reviews and OK box office; clearly they would continue to work, but the slightly diminished returns didn’t predict a YouTube explosion. Nor did the outright lousiness of Shelby Oaks, from longtime YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, when it premiered in theaters later in 2025. Generous horror-festival buzz died down as more people actually laid eyes on the movie; Stuckmann was an obvious enthusiast, and some saw promise in his first effort, but a clumsy found-footage pastiche without much emotional sense didn’t seem like the next big thing, either.

But in 2026, something has shifted. In January, YouTuber Markiplier self-released his adaptation of the video game Iron Lung to theaters, and it outgrossed any number of big-studio titles. Then Curry Barker, whose comedy sketches have been a YouTube fixture, unveiled his feature debut Obsession. The film, made for under a million dollars, has become the box office phenomenon of the summer so far, managing a virtually unheard-of feat when its second and third weekends actually outgrossed its first. Obsession is sharing multiplex space with Backrooms, directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, who previously brought the spooky internet meme to life in a series of YouTube shorts. Despite being set in a series of purgatorial, sparsely furnished, fluorescent-lit “liminal spaces”, it was the top movie at the North American box office this weekend, poised to become the biggest-grossing movie from distributor A24 in a matter of days. Backrooms also opened to bigger numbers than any number of starrier or bigger-brand 2026 titles like Wuthering Heights, Scream 7, The Devil Wears Prada 2 or the last Pixar movie. That makes three YouTube-trained film-makers who have presided over some of this year’s biggest and/or most surprising hits. With them have come countless social media posts about how YouTube, not film school, provides the real training tomorrow’s directors need.

Americans' financial literacy slumps to a 10-year low

A TIAA-Stanford University survey found that fewer people can correctly answer questions involving basic financial concepts. See how you fare.

Trump plan would allow for quick asylum rejections, documents show

The regulation, described in internal documents obtained by CBS News, would be the latest effort by President Trump's White House to tighten access to the U.S. asylum system.

Six people stabbed in London after Arsenal’s victory parade

Met says non-fatal stabbings took place after most of the crowds had dispersed on Sunday evening

Six people were stabbed after Arsenal’s Premier League victory parade in north London on Sunday, police have said.

The Metropolitan police said the stabbings took place in the evening after most of the crowds had dispersed. Twenty-four people were arrested.

‘People get confused, think it’s called Where Did You Go?’ How the Bluetones made Slight Return

‘We didn’t have a washing machine, so I was in the launderette when our manager rang and said: “You’ve gone in at No 2”’

We were still a three-piece: Adam Devlin, my brother Scott and myself. We hadn’t met Eds Chesters yet, so we didn’t have a drummer. We were spending a lot of time writing songs, trying to hone this west coast, mid-60s, Crosby, Stills & Nash sound – even though it was the 90s and we were from Hounslow in London.

Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day – Monday

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

Teen accused of stabbing 3 horses during racing event in Las Vegas

A teen girl has been arrested and charged for allegedly stabbing three horses during a racing event in Las Vegas, police said.

Many artists drop out of Freedom 250 concerts shortly after lineup announced

President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.

Tell us: did you decide to wear a suit rather than a dress to your wedding like Dua Lipa?

Dua Lipa got married this weekend in an outfit that appeared to pay homage to Bianca Jagger’s wedding to Mick Jagger. We’d like to hear whether you made a similar style choice at your wedding?

Dua Lipa got married this weekend in a beautiful outfit that appeared to pay homage to Bianca Jagger’s wedding to Mick Jagger.

The singer wore a Schiaparelli couture white skirt suit paired with a Stephen Jones hat as she tied the knot with actor Callum Turner at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on Sunday. In 1971, Jagger married the Rolling Stones frontman in a Yves Saint Laurent Le Smoking jacket and bias-cut skirt, finishing off the look with a floppy hat and veil.

LA’s storied fashion district in a slump – can the Olympics put it back on its feet?

The neighborhood that makes America’s clothes has been buffeted by ICE raids and post-Covid problems – but leaders say hope is on the horizon

Downtown Los Angeles’s fashion district, the largest apparel manufacturing hub in the United States, is a neighborhood in freefall. While 83% of clothing cut and sewn in the United States is made here, the district has suffered in recent years as visitation and sales have plummeted.

“I went from making $2,000 a day to making now $500, sometimes $700,” said Fernando Carmona, who owns the women’s dress store AP Design by Rocca. He added that rent for his store was $8,250 a month.

‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs

Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable

From blacklists for UK passport holders to being asked to work illegally while on holiday, the plethora of extra costs and red tape thrown up post-Brexit are restricting opportunities for British actors seeking work in the EU.

Mainland Europe has always been a springboard for those in the creative industries, from gaining crucial first credits on a TV, film or theatre production to building a marketable resume and paying the bills while attempting to make it big in the UK or US.

‘Hold your nerve and trust nature’: birds, bats and butterflies rebound at Somerset rewilding farm

Letting nature take over at a former dairy farm has resulted in a surge of species in just three years

Three years of rewilding on a former dairy farm in east Somerset have led to the number of recorded bird species soaring from 67 to 94, butterfly species rising from 11 to 24 and small mammals growing in number.

Heal Somerset, the first site acquired by the charity Heal Rewilding, has produced a state of nature report mirroring a national survey by environmental charities that has tracked the decline in nature.

AI revolution is ‘50x bigger’ than the dot-com boom: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to CNBC

The AI revolution will be 50 times bigger than the dot-com revolution in the 2000s, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC Monday.

Can hackers pull your fingerprints from photos online? Experts explain.

Claims have circulated on social media that fingerprints can be pulled from photos featuring peace signs, but experts say the risk to the average person is low.

Wanderlove: are we really more attractive and alluring on holiday?

More and more people are looking for love when they’re abroad, and consider themselves better placed to do so. But there are potential pitfalls ...

Name: Wanderlove.

Age: Originally coined by the dating app Bumble in 2022 to describe a trend predicted for 2023.

To die with dignity: my young husband’s final wish came with a $65,000 price tag

My husband, Craig, didn’t want to spend his last days in the hospital. His fight with bladder cancer then became a battle to get him hospice care at home

“This isn’t where I want to die,” my husband, Craig, whispered to me.

We were in a shared room on the top floor of NYU Langone hospital in Manhattan, the window obscured by a long privacy curtain. I barely had space to stand next to his hospital bed under the bright fluorescent lights, our thoughts interrupted by the constant beeping of machines.

Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat

A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across Africa

The brick house Sylvia shares in a Western Cape township on the outskirts of Cape Town with her three children gets unbearably hot every summer, causing the youngest to cry and her two older children to struggle to concentrate on their homework. Sylvia is not alone, according to a recent report in the Lancet: “In 2024, people in South Africa were exposed to 13 heatwave days, on average. Of these, 10.5 (80%) would not have been expected to occur without climate change.”

But summer is more bearable for the family now that her asbestos roof has been painted with reflective paint.

Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for chicken souvlaki salad | Quick and easy

This yoghurty-crunchy sharing dish brings classic street food vibes with no need to fire up the barbecue

While souvlaki and other Greek meat grills are staples in our house, their appearance definitely increases in the warmer months. And if I’m going to the effort of lighting the barbecue, I will always cook more meat than I need, so I can enjoy it on subsequent days. As a result, I have a new appreciation for turning this much-loved street food into more of a sharing plate. You can, of course, barbecue the chicken, if that is how your day is going, but this is just as delicious made in a pan, quickly and simply, with all that charred flavour. Throw in a little sunshine and a glass of cold wine, and you’ll find yourself instantly transported to a waterside taverna, paper tablecloth and all.

A cancer vaccine made just for you. mRNA is back and it's fighting melanoma

A study finds that an mRNA vaccine is highly effective at preventing recurrence of this dangerous skin cancer, when used in combination with Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug.