Buttigieg targeted by fake report to child protective services

Michigan State Police said law enforcement and Child Protective Services confirmed a report against Pete Buttigieg was unsubstantiated and false.

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New Zealand, meanwhile, will be kicking themselves for not taking more from their ultimate 3-1 loss against Egypt. An excellent headed goal to Finn Surman in the 15th minute epitomised the All Whites’ dominant first-half display, staying compact and disciplined in defence and charging forward with direct long balls and overlaps in attack.

But Egypt, led by their talismanic captain Mohamed Salah, came roaring back in the second half, coming from behind to score three unanswered goals and rocket to the top of the group as a result.

“It’s frustrating,” Bazeley said after the Egypt match. “We played so well in the first half. We scored ‌a great goal, created lots ‌of chances, felt like we were dominating possession a lot of the time in the first half, and ‌we were comfortable. We weren’t really getting hurt.

“We talked well at half-time, looked at some things we can do a little bit better, we went out second half and we just weren’t able to recreate the tempo and quality that we showed in the first half.”

Their record at major tournaments now reads two wins from their past nine matches, one from their past six, against Romania at Euro 2024. They have had a total of 38 shots in their opening two games in the US without scoring themselves, their sole goal coming courtesy of the Egypt defender Mohamed Hany. They missed the energy of Jérémy Doku, who was absent through illness, while Romelu Lukaku, making his first start for club or country for more than 12 months, huffed and puffed in attack.

Sometimes when you have to win, sometimes that’s the best situation. Obviously we had wished to start better. But, just like cyclists, we have to keep pedalling on and on and show we deserve to move on to the round of 32.

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So that means Cape Verde are through to face Argentina in the round of 32, in what is shaping as a kind bracket for the defending champions.

Tiny Cape Verde are into the round of 32!

Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps

Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, according to the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (Glamos).

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday, marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.

Uruguay slump to shock early World Cup exit after Baena strike sends Spain through

Uruguay are out of the World Cup again and it’s no one’s fault but their own. “3 million dreams,” the banner said high in the stand in Guadalajara; instead it was a recurring nightmare. Divided and dysfunctional, led by a man who barely even says buenos dias to his players, and unable to get beyond a draw against Saudi Arabia or Cape Verde, they needed something big against Spain. But they could only manage two shots on target all night, neither of which came before the 80th minute or carried even the slightest threat.

Spain meanwhile had just one, and that didn’t carry much of a threat either. But a dreadful mistake from Fernando Muslera allowed Alex Baena’s shot to slip into the net just before half-time break. Uruguay fought but didn’t play much football and so they fell. For the second World Cup in a row they failed to get out of their group; and if four years ago that could be explained by the teams in their group – South Korea, Ghana and Portugal – and they had only been eliminated on goals scored, this time the opponents only made it worse, demanding a far deeper analysis.

Cape Verde continue fairytale World Cup debut after Saudi Arabia draw books last-32 spot

For a few days at least, the Blue Sharks can scent Argentinian blood. What a scene they presented at the end after drawing for a third time and improbably, magnificently, qualifying from Group H as runners-up. Their players and head coach, Bubista, huddled round a mobile phone to watch the closing stages of Uruguay’s defeat to Spain. They erupted en masse upon learning the outcome and can look ahead to a last-32 meeting with Lionel Messi and company in Miami. Messi’s meeting with this World Cup’s new cult hero, the goalkeeper Vozinha, could be one for the ages.

It would have been a travesty if Saudi Arabia, who made minimal impact despite requiring a win to progress, had snuck home here. What an insipid display this was from Giorgios Donis’s side, the gargantuan investment in their local league clearly yet to reap benefits at international level. The only surprise was that they were not picked off by one of Cape Verde’s numerous second-half counters. Anyone watching this tournament is pumped with advertisements for Fifa’s worldwide partner Aramco, the majority Saudi state-owned oil company, but their national team appear to need powering by alternative energy.

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England through to last 32 of the World Cup after Uruguay exit against Spain

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England’s place in the last 32 of the World Cup has been confirmed after results in Group H ensured Thomas Tuchel’s side would, at worst, qualify as one of the best third-placed teams.

Uruguay’s defeat to Spain, coupled with Cape Verde’s draw with Saudi Arabia, left Marcelo Bielsa’s side in third and with an inferior record to England. With third-placed South Korea, Senegal and Scotland already unable to match England’s points tally, that was enough to confirm progression for Tuchel’s team.

Ukraine war briefing: Russian-occupied Crimea declares ‘emergency’ as Zelenskyy’s forces step up attacks

Ukrainian president says Crimea at centre of Kyiv’s ‘policy of ensuring justice’ against Moscow. What we know on day 1,584

Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea have declared an “emergency situation” in a bid to ease the fallout from increasing Ukrainian aerial attacks on the peninsula. Friday’s announcement came amid fuel shortages and power cuts triggered by the Ukrainian attacks on logistics chains and oil facilities across Crimea, the rest of Russian-occupied Ukraine and southern Russia. Kyiv calls its stepped up air attacks fair retribution for Russia’s near-daily barrages on Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying on social media: “We are doing everything to force Russia to end the war and restore justice. And it is Crimea that is at the centre of this policy of ensuring justice.”

The Russia-installed governor of Sevastopol said emergency ⁠crews had worked to ease power cuts but told residents of Crimea’s largest city to use appliances sparingly to ⁠avoid power overloads and shortages. Crimea authorities have already suspended fuel sales to private motorists, and Sevastopol introduced restrictions on operating ⁠hours for public transport, shops, cafes and street lights. The restrictions come as Russian air defences shot down 660 Ukrainian drones overnight, including over Moscow and Crimea, its defence ministry said on Friday – one of the highest figures since the start of the war. “Today, Ukraine is depriving Russia of this launchpad and drawing a line under its attempts to normalise war,” Zelenskyy said.

Two countries on Nato’s eastern flank have warned that Russia is preparing a possible “provocation” in the Baltic states or Poland in an effort to test the cohesion of the western military alliance, reports Dan Sabbagh. Western sources also fear there could be danger on the horizon because the Kremlin is coming under pressure from Ukraine’s campaign of long-range attacks on targets near Moscow and St Petersburg.

A Russian drone ⁠strike on ⁠Friday ​killed two passengers aboard a minibus in Ukraine’s south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region and ⁠one person in the border Sumy region, regional officials said. Dnipropetrovsk’s regional ⁠governor said on two people ‌died and 12 were injured, including two ‌children, in the strike in Nikopol, while Sumy’s regional governor said a drone strike there killed a man in a village outside ⁠the main regional centre, also called Sumy.

An oil tanker suspected of being part of ⁠Russia’s “shadow fleet” was taken to waters near Marseille on Friday, a ⁠day after it ⁠was ​seized by France’s navy near Sicily, local authorities said. The vessel, the Deliver, ⁠is one of nine ships that have been seized across Europe since the ⁠start of 2026, all thought to have been ​used by Russia ‌to evade ‌western sanctions on its oil trade. The Russian embassy in ​France called the seizure “piracy”.

Ukraine plans to build domestic computing capacity for artificial intelligence with Kyivstar, the company said on Friday. Kyivstar said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the economy ministry at the ⁠Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, while parent VEON would provide financial backing for a first phase ​that Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov said could ‌need at least 3-5 ‌megawatts of capacity and tens of millions of dollars. “The biggest consumer of Ukrainian AI ‌right now is the military,” Komarov told Reuters. “You cannot run military computing somewhere outside. It is a matter of national security.”

Ukraine and Russia swapped 160 captured soldiers on Friday, Moscow and Kyiv said, the latest prisoner of war exchange in war. Zelenskyy said the Ukrainians had all been held captive since 2022 and posted pictures on social media of the men wrapped in Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flags, smiling and embracing each other. After the release Russian ⁠human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said she and her Ukrainian counterpart ⁠Dmytro Lubinets had agreed to ⁠jointly visit prisoners ​of ‌war and ‌had exchanged lists ‌of soldiers being held by both countries, Russia’s state RIA news agency ‌reported.

Former Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov, once seen as a possible successor to President Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 73. Ivanov ⁠was a key member ⁠of the group known as ​the “siloviki”, or strongmen, who, like Putin, had risen through the ranks of the Soviet KGB security service and wielded huge influence after Putin took power at the turn of the millennium. The Kremlin said in a statement on Friday that Putin “expressed his deepest condolences” to Ivanov’s family and friends. Ivanov helped shape Russia’s post-Soviet security state and later framed Nato’s expansion as a strategic concern for Russia.

Utah declares emergency, limits fireworks as crews battle largest U.S. wildfire

Utah is restricting fireworks as the largest wildfire in the nation grows, fueled by dry conditions and gusting winds.

Exonerated man's widow calls settlement in yogurt shop murders "blood money"

The city of Austin agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement to be split among four men — including to the widow and daughter of Maurice Pierce — who were wrongfully accused of murdering four teenage girls in a Texas yogurt shop.

Polygamous sect leader guilty of abuse after girls found in trailer on highway

Self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman already serving 50-year prison sentence over child sexual abuse

A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was convicted Friday on state child abuse charges after girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona.

Someone alerted authorities about the trailer in 2022 after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors. Police stopped Samuel Bateman’s vehicle as he was driving through Flagstaff and found three girls inside, who were ages 11 to 14 at the time. The trailer was enclosed with a makeshift toilet, a sofa and camping chairs.

Pete Buttigieg and his kids subject to CPS, police investigation after false report

Buttigieg, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, shared his family's experience when police and Child Protective Services came to his home investigating an anonymous tip that was false.

Breaking it down: how to limit the environmental impact of your body after death

From cardboard coffins and natural burials to water-based cremation, Australians are increasingly open to alternative farewells – but the key is to plan

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It may seem small among the decisions people have to make as they face the end of their life, but what happens to their bodies can make a significant difference to the final cost inflicted on the environment.

In many Western countries, cremation is the most common method of deathcare – chosen by about three-quarters of Australians – but it’s arguably the most environmentally damaging.

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Nurse who went above and beyond gets special send-off: "You're an angel"

Wynola Wayne received a special retirement send-off after 58 years as a nurse. One former patient, Marco Houpe, said, "If it wasn't for her then, I wouldn't be here today."

Nurse who went above and beyond gets heartfelt send-off: "You're an angel"

Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with the story of a beloved nurse who got no ordinary retirement send-off after 58 years on the job.

Video shows Boeing 777 making very low pass over Texas airfield

Data from FlightRadar24 showed the plane was no more than 25 feet above the ground during the low pass as it approached the Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center airport.

Runaway giraffe Gracie found roaming Texas Hill Country after 2-week search

After spending two weeks on the loose, a giraffe named Gracie was spotted Friday just miles from the Texas ranch she escaped in the Texas Hill Country. Mark Strassmann has more.

U.S. loses to Turkey in 2026 World Cup, moves to knockout round

The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team suffered its first loss of the 2026 World Cup Thursday night, but will still advance to the knockout round to face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. Nicole Valdes has more.

U.S. strikes Iran after Trump says Tehran committed "foolish violation" of ceasefire

The U.S. struck back at Iran Friday after an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said U.S. aircraft hit Iran's missile and drone storage locations. Nikole Killion reports.

Red flag wildfire warnings issued across 8 Western states

Red flag wildfire warnings were posted Friday in eight states from the Pacific Northwest to the Desert Southwest, with gusts of dry air creating blowtorch-like conditions. Carter Evans reports.

FAA investigating low flyover of Boeing 777 at Texas airport

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a low flyover of a Boeing 777 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center airport in Texas after a video of the incident went viral. Jason Allen reports.

U.S. strikes Iran after Trump accuses Tehran of ceasefire violation in Strait of Hormuz

The attack comes as the United States and Iran are supposed to be engaging in a 60-period of no hostilities as they hold talks to end their war.

Trump attacks Democrats as ‘godless communists’ in test of midterms message

President seizes on wins by Mamdani-backed candidates to warn darkly of threat to ‘traditional American way of life’

Donald Trump has previewed a Republican strategy for the midterm elections, seizing on a progressive sweep in New York to portray Democrats as “godless communists” who pose an existential threat to the nation.

The US president, who was a child during the “red scare”, seized on wins by democratic socialists backed by the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, to stoke fears that the Democratic party has embraced extremism that could lead to the violent persecution of Christians.

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket

The number of people who signed up for a health plan and then didn't pay their premium fell much more sharply than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.

Michigan parents charged with murder in death of seven-year-old son weighing 250lbs

Authorities say couple failed to take young boy to doctor and did not provide safe environment at home

A Michigan couple has been charged with murder after authorities say their son died weighing more than 250lbs (113kg) despite being just seven years old.

The investigation into the case’s circumstances began on 4 November 2025 after a 911 call reported a young boy in medical distress at a home in Flint township, Michigan. The child, identified as Casper O’Brien, died after being taken to a hospital.

Venezuela quake death toll reaches 920 as interim president vows to save ‘as many as possible’

Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving as anger grows at official response and limited resources

• Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to fight to save “as many people as possible” as the official death toll from the country’s worst earthquake in more than a century almost doubled, but frustration was growing at the perceived sluggishness of the government’s response.

Rodríguez’s brother, Jorge, the president of the national assembly, said on Friday that the official number of dead had risen to 920. Delcy Rodríguez had earlier said that almost 3,000 people were injured. Speaking during a tour of La Guaira, the most devastated region, she said foreign search and rescue groups were starting to arrive.

Appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein's California rape conviction

A California appeals court has upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction.

6/26: CBS Evening News

Desperate searches are underway for earthquake survivors in Venezuela; a large jet makes a frighteningly low flyover.

Oracle stock has worst week since 2001 dot-com bust as AI financing concerns escalate

Oracle's surging spending, negative free cash flow and $130 billion debt pile are weighing on the stock.

US says it struck Iran targets after attack on cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz

Strikes against military facilities were in response to drone attack a day earlier on a cargo vessel

The US has struck Iran in a tit-for-tat response to a drone strike on a cargo ship, as the ceasefire between the US and Iran that reopened the strait of Hormuz undergoes its greatest test yet.

The US strikes targeted multiple missile and drone facilities in Iran near the strait of Hormuz and on Qeshm Island on Friday in what appeared to be a limited strike meant to respond to Iran’s attack on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship without escalating the conflict.

China's Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back

Zhipu's GLM 5.2 shows the AI fight is shifting to who delivers the most intelligence per dollar, making open source suddenly a real contender.

Prosecutor in Charlie Kirk shooting case held in contempt by judge

Judge rebukes Christopher Ballard for talking to media but declines defense’s request to take death penalty off table

A Utah judge held a prosecutor in contempt on Friday for speaking to the media about the murder case against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, but did not grant the defense attorney’s request to bar the death penalty as punishment in the case.

Defense attorneys for Tyler James Robinson, the Utah man who allegedly shot Kirk, a conservative political activist, last September, argued in a March court filing that deputy Utah county attorney Christopher Ballard had violated a pre-trial media gag order.

A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding'

During Supreme Court opinions Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in an asylum case, appeared to rebut Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the dissent. The move was highly unusual — and on Friday there was a coda.

Polymarket launches probe after report alleges deceptive marketing

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that the prediction market paid content creators to produce videos of fake trades purporting to show big financial gains.

Dembélé hat-trick fires France past Norway to seal top spot in World Cup group

Does anyone at the World Cup have the defensive strength to deny this hyper-mobile, supremely varied French attack? Not, it turns out, a second-string Norway, who were torn apart in the first half in Boston, as Ousmane Dembélé scored a beautifully precise 25-minute hat-trick en route to a 4-1 win. France now top Group I and will play their last-32 tie in New Jersey on Tuesday. Norway will play Côte d’Ivoire in Texas.

This was a fun, freewheeling game, with the feel of a tournament formality, big third-place playoff energy. But it wasn’t quite that. Certainly nothing that happened here in the absence of the rested Erling Haaland will help nourish Norway’s late-stage tournament hopes, which are real but tentative, and which can only have been damaged by the sight of France’s attack using the corners of Egil Selvik’s goal for shooting practice in a jarringly open, defensively chaotic first half.

Micron sinks 6%, wrapping a wild week of trading that saw big swings

Micron Technology's shares tumbled on Friday amid a global sell-off in chip stocks.

6/26: The Takeout with Major Garrett

Leon Black testifies before a House panel on the Epstein files; U.S. conducts retaliatory strikes against Iran.

It's not just Cape Verde: African soccer is having a World Cup moment

The soccer greats — Brazil, England, Spain — have been giving uneven performances out on the pitch during this World Cup. Meanwhile, teams from Africa have been relentless.

Minnesota fraud suspect arrested in Somalia after 4 years on the run, officials say

Abdikerm Eidleh, accused of playing a key role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, was arrested in Somalia after more than four years, federal officials said.

Taylor Swift’s girlhood era is ending. Where does she go next? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

Over the past two decades, Taylor Swift has changed the music industry, and how we think about girlhood. From songs like Fifteen about first love and heartbreak to introspective tracks like Mirrorball from Folklore, Swift has chronicled the emotional lives of young women in a way few artists have. Her music says that the experiences of girlhood deserve to be immortalized. But as fans celebrate her upcoming marriage and the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Carter Sherman and the Guardian's deputy music editor, Laura Snapes, ask: is she leaving that stage of her life behind, and if so, what's in store for her next era?

• 20 ways Taylor Swift remade pop culture in her image (2026)

• Taylor Swift: ‘I was literally about to break’ (2019)

Update on 26 June 2026: This video says Taylor Swift's jet has burned hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel since March. It's actually reported to be tens of thousands of gallons.

Gavin Newsom calls for national billionaires tax: 'It's time for an economic reset'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports imposing "a true minimum tax on billionaires" and closing "tax-free lifestyle loan" loopholes for the rich.

Trump says Iran violated ceasefire: 'You'll find out' if there will be consequences

The International Maritime Organization earlier paused efforts to evacuate ships and seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo vessel was struck.

She posted about ICE. Five months later, DHS agents told her to take her post down

In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.

Gadget prices have fallen for decades. Then AI happened.

The race to build AI data centers is leading to a global shortage of memory chips, driving up the cost of personal electronics.

Texas makes Bible passages required reading for millions of public school students

Critics say mandating Bible reading for over 5m students breaches constitutional separation of church and state

The Texas education board has approved a broad new statewide reading list that, for the first time, will make passages from the Bible required reading for more than 5 million public school students.

Under the new initiative, Bible stories will become mandatory reading for millions of public school students in addition to a more standard collection of books, renewing debate over growing efforts in the US to increase the role of religion in classrooms.

Texas board approves adding Bible stories to required reading for public school students

The reading list will take effect starting in 2030.

Judge orders DOJ to either unredact more Epstein files or explain why it can't

A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can't do so.

This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 28)

Jane Pauley hosts a special program celebrating our nation's semiquincentennial, "These United States - America at 250."

Convicted rapist who faked death and fled U.S. has died

Nicholas Rossi​, 38, was serving at least 10 years in prison in Utah following his convictions in 2025 in two sexual assault cases.

Former Indiana governor explains how his nonprofit will help workers impacted by AI boom

RAISE US, a nonprofit group, launched a new fund to help ease the transition for workers impacted by AI. Former Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a co-chair of RAISE US, joins to discuss.

The week around the world in 20 pictures

The earthquake in Venezuela, a brutal heatwave in Europe, the resignation of Keir Starmer and the World Cup – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Warning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing

US rapist who fled to Scotland after appearing to fake own death dies in hospital

Nicholas Rossi died due to complications from a medical condition while serving jail sentence in Utah

Nicholas Rossi, the American rapist who absconded to Scotland after appearing to fake his own death in an attempt to evade justice, has died in hospital in the US.

The 38-year-old had been serving a jail sentence in Utah after being found guilty of raping two women in 2008 following two separate trials in 2024.

Nicholls’ drop defines the day as Duckett cashes in on luck to deliver for England | Andy Bull

On an unforgiving Trent Bridge pitch where the runs flow like melted butter, every mistake in the field is measured in centuries

The stands around Trent Bridge were looking pretty thin by the time England’s opening batters made it out to the middle. Not that there were any spare tickets going, the first three days of the game are sold out, only plenty of the people who had bought them had beaten a retreat to the shady parts round the back of the ground. It was a pitiless day for cricket, and the back alleys were packed with people who had been defeated by the heat. They were stooped over the railings of the stairways, slouched along the walls of the indoor school and slumped in the shadow of the Radcliffe Road Stand.

There’s no shelter out in the middle. This is a hard Test, played for high stakes on an unforgiving wicket and under intense scrutiny. Some matches are defined by the deeds people achieve in them, others by the mistakes they make during them. And on a pitch like this, where the runs flow like melted butter, everyone watching is glaringly aware of every last little mistake made on the field. The errors are being measured in centuries.

UN calls for ‘prompt investigations’ of deaths in US immigration custody

High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to account

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Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, on Friday raised the alarm internationally about deaths in US government immigration custody and called for “prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations”.

Türk’s call came as the Trump administration faced investigations by watchdogs at its own Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into deaths and use of force against people detained in its expanding immigration detention system across the country.

Leon Black refuses to answer questions on NDAs at Jeffrey Epstein hearing, Rep. Comer says

"I knew Jekyll. I didn't know Hyde," Leon Black says about Jeffrey Epstein in his prepared statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Oleksandr Usyk vacates heavyweight title belts but insists he is not retiring

• Ukrainian will give up three world heavyweight titles

• ‘I’m not leaving the sport … I still have my last dance’

The world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has announced he will relinquish his title belts. The Ukrainian currently holds the WBC, WBA and IBF versions.

The unbeaten 39-year-old insists he is not retiring but says the “well-considered” decision will “open new opportunities”.

Rubio says Israel, Lebanon reach framework agreement aimed at 'lasting peace and security'

Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire. But that is contingent on the paramilitary group Hezbollah agreeing to halt hostilities.

US man who claims to have world’s smallest penis launches fundraiser for enlargement surgery

Michael Phillips, who says he has a 0.38in member, wrote that he needed procedure to improve his ability to urinate

The North Carolina man who has made the apparently undisputed claim of having the world’s smallest penis is seeking the public’s support for enlargement surgery.

Michael Phillips said online on Thursday that he needed the procedure to improve his ability to urinate, which is difficult for him given that he is reportedly 0.38in (0.97cm) long when fully erect. Otherwise, he said he must continue to wear diapers for adults with incontinence every day.

U.S. pledges generous earthquake relief to Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised: "We have a whole-of-government response. It'll be big; it'll be fast; and it'll be effective."

Trump eases pressure on Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh as inflation tops 4%

President Donald Trump's economic advisors are giving Warsh space, as the new Fed chairman, on interest rates as the president repeats calls to cut.

Now we know how much tax King Charles pays, and it is very little

The monarch’s declaration does not tell us much, except that his bill is lower than for people with much smaller fortunes

The veil of secrecy that surrounds the royal finances was nudged aside a little on Thursday to allow the release of a new piece of information. We learned for the first time how much the king’s annual tax bill comes to.

This was not a full tax return. It was a two-sentence declaration, stating his tax payable amounted to £12.9m in 2024-25, and a slightly smaller sum the year before. His total tax payable since accession comes to £30m.

The Guardian view on royal tax secrecy: it survives King Charles’s latest disclosure | Editorial

The monarch says how much he pays the Treasury but did not reveal the wealth behind it. Britain still lacks proper scrutiny of royal cash

King Charles has become Britain’s first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the past two years. This is not a victory for transparency but a win for those who wish to keep the curtain drawn firmly over the royal finances.

What is presented as a radical move is in fact more obfuscation. The monarch says he has paid millions in tax, but has not disclosed the income, gains or deductions behind the bill. The royals are funded by taking a cut of crown estate profits – public money that would otherwise go to the Treasury. That amount is decided by three royal trustees: the prime minister, the chancellor and the keeper of the privy purse.

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State functions, offices and tourists: plans for revamped Buckingham Palace

Despite £369m upgrade, King Charles will never live in palace but aides stress it will remain ‘buzzing hive’ of activity

Not all modern British monarchs have viewed the prospect of moving into Buckingham Palace with unalloyed joy. So in announcing he will never live there, after the completion of its £369m upgrade next year, King Charles has at least grasped that nettle.

Queen Victoria was initially dismayed by the damp, dingy and disorganised building that greeted her and her husband, Prince Albert, in 1837. It was Albert who refashioned it into “Monarchy HQ”. After his death in 1861, Victoria retreated mainly to Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo the icon: a thin line between canonisation and commercialisation | Editorial

The Mexican artist’s legacy is far greater than the kitsch. She is a much-loved symbol of rebellion and resilience

Even before it opened this week, Tate Modern’s Frida: The Making of an Icon was a smash hit. With more than 50,000 advance tickets, it is the highest pre‑selling show in Tate history, beating David Hockney in 2017. This is “the Fridamania” that the exhibition sets out to explore, charting Frida Kahlo’s rise from little-known Mexican artist to global phenomenon. During her lifetime, Kahlo was overshadowed by her painter husband, Diego Rivera. Last year, the sale of one of her self-portraits broke the record for the most expensive work by a female artist.

It is not just her art that makes millions. There are more than 100,000 objects bearing her face to buy online. From candles to sanitary towels to a Barbie doll (whiter and with a toned-down monobrow), the cult of Kahlo is big business. Coincidentally, the controversial doll also appears at the Design Museum’s Barbie: The Exhibition – tracing the evolution of Mattel’s iconic toy – which reopened this month in Glasgow.

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Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east

Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress

The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four toddlers and more than 55 drownings, as the brutally hot conditions sweeping Europe were forecast to shift east, choking 150 million people under 35C (95F) temperatures.

Scientists said the heatwave was the most severe and widespread ever, leaving nearly half of the region’s 850 largest cities grappling with unprecedented heat stress. They said the extreme temperatures had been made possible by the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning.

Warsh reaches within the Fed for latest advisory appointments

Warsh has added two more key advisors as he seeks to remake how the central bank approaches the economy and monetary policy.

Judge in Charlie Kirk murder case finds prosecutor in contempt

The defense team for Tyler Robinson asked that the death penalty be taken off the table following public comments by prosecutors.

Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads

It was hardly a perfect film, but I keep thinking of Don’t Look Up. In its depiction of a world that stubbornly refuses to heed the warnings of an imminent planetary disaster, it was perhaps too on the nose. But these days, reality itself is too on the nose.

This week served up ample evidence, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Britain, like much of Europe, the all-consuming concern has been intense, intolerable heat, with temperature records shattered and swathes of the country under the highest state of alert. For the first time, red warnings were issued in the UK for three consecutive days. Schools have closed; nights have become sleepless, with the mercury rising to meet the technical definition of “tropical”. There are wildfires in Derbyshire. All this in a temperate country in June.

Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist

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Wimbledon offers Novak Djokovic his last realistic shot at a 25th grand slam

Shorter points help the 39-year-old at SW19, where Jannik Sinner hopes to show French Open upset was a blip

For the 21st time in his long and fruitful career, Novak Djokovic arrived at the All England Club on Monday and began his preparations for another Wimbledon in earnest. The 39-year-old worked his way through his tentative first steps on the grass courts of Aorangi Park, movement exercises complementing his sparring on court. He found his rhythm against local hitting partners and tussled with other champions. His training sessions included a catchup with his old friend Marin Cilic and then he broke in the grass on No 1 Court with the world No 1, Jannik Sinner, iron sharpening iron.

The ultimate goal is the same as it has been for some time: Djokovic, the seventh seed, returns to Wimbledon again seeking to become the oldest grand slam singles champion in history by winning an unprecedented 25th grand slam title. At 39 years old, his chances of achieving this goal naturally lessen with each tournament, but he has repeatedly shown that, if fortune favours him for two weeks, he is more than capable of taking advantage.

John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining classified information

Bolton agreed to pay a $2.25 million fine, pleading guilty to one count of retaining classified national security information.

World Cup fans are missing games after their resale tickets fall through

The ordeal has left fans forced to either miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or scramble to find new tickets, often costing more and for worse seats.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari on the march with Austria key to title hopes

Victory in Barcelona shows Scuderia are improving and they are looking at another engine advance after the summer break

Beneath the sweltering sunshine that bathes the Styrian mountains surrounding the Red Bull Ring there is at least a breeze of anticipatory air for the Austrian Grand Prix. After the opening to a Formula One season defined by Mercedes dominance, that Ferrari may now be applying their own heat is welcome, more so given it is Lewis Hamilton firing it up.

Hamilton’s victory at the last round in Barcelona, his first for Ferrari and the Scuderia’s first since 2024, was greeted by driver and team with understandable exultation; the seven-time champion has gone from his worst season last year to a potential championship contender.

Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence

Various issues – including a rodent infestation and mould – have left the historic, sprawling Ottawa estate empty

10 Downing Street has two things: mice and a chief mouser. For more than a decade, an officially recognized feline has kept rodent infestation in the British prime minister’s residence to a minimum.

Over a similar period, the official residence of Canada’s prime minister has seen an unchecked explosion of rodents.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says he expects a rate hike this year

Kashkari said he sees a hike likely this year as the economy continues to feel the hit from spiking inflation.

Too cool for school? Why some men keep wearing jeans – even in a heatwave

As Andy Burnham stuck to his ‘cool dad’ look while the UK sweltered, many in the Paris fashion pack did the same

For many, dressing for an extreme heatwave means wearing as little as possible. But for some men, not even record-breaking temperatures can dissuade them from pulling on their favourite pair of jeans.

This week as temperatures in the UK rose sharply on the back of the climate crisis, Andy Burnham stuck to his tried and tested “cool dad” combination of dark jeans with a dark blue (not black as he pointed out to Kemi Badenoch) T-shirt as he made his way to London to be sworn in as MP for Makerfield.

Ex-Trump advisor John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining national defense information

John Bolton is one of several foes of President Donald Trump who has been indicted since Trump regained the White House.

Palestinians grieve for a father-to-be shot by Israeli troops the day his son was born

Nayef Samaro, 25, was killed in an Israeli military raid on Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as he prepared to meet his wife at the hospital for the birth of their first child.

Newsom proposes federal billionaire tax and AI "public equity" fund

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom eyes a 2028 presidential bid, he's calling for a national tax on billionaires and a public stake in AI, though he opposes a state ballot measure to tax billionaires.

Red Lobster's Ultimate Endless Shrimp promotion described as a 'car crash' for the company, lawsuit says

"Thai Union doubled down on a campaign to squeeze out every drop of value that it could," creditors said

Elliot Anderson’s journey from Bristol Rovers loanee to most expensive British player

England midfielder’s remarkable rise started off in League Two and his £116m move to Manchester City is confirmation of his relentless progress

At Bristol Rovers the players would fight to be on Elliot Anderson’s team in training five-a-sides because they knew they would be victorious. Even as a teenager, the midfielder was a cut above his more experienced peers, becoming an integral part of the club’s promotion to League One, the first step on his journey to becoming the most expensive British player after Manchester City agreed to pay £116m for his services.

The Rovers loan was not the start of a rapid rise for Anderson, who returned to his boyhood club, Newcastle, to find the squad stacked with talented midfielders and struggled to cement a place. In the end, his main contribution at St James’ Park was helping the club avoid financial penalties, his homegrown status helping when he left for Nottingham Forest in 2024 in a deal that in effect valued him at £15m. It is at the City Ground where he has established himself as one of the country’s best midfielders, causing pain to Geordies.

Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments, as Russia strikes Ukraine

Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, and Russia attacked various regions of Ukraine, as their war grinds on.

Plane crashes into Beijing's tallest building; damage reported

The cause of the damage could not be independently verified, and authorities did not immediately issue a statement on the incident.

Compost tomatoes and community are teaching me valuable lessons in the face of an uncertain future | Kelley Swain

As datacentres dry and fry the planet and society rapidly turns unsustainable, focusing on the small things we can change might get us through

Thanks to the Hobart gardening legend Hannah Moloney sharing a video about the green tomatoes in her greenhouse, I went outside in the glorious winter solstice sunshine today, down in the Huon Valley, and rummaged around in the crazily overgrown tomato plant that has been taking over my neglected compost heap. I came away with a basket full of unripe cherry tomatoes. This will be an experiment: leaving them in the sun to ripen, if they will. I wouldn’t dare to say “I grew tomatoes”. These plants grew themselves: more than one friend has said that volunteer tomatoes, those self-seeded, are the most determined (or obstinate).

It puts me in mind of how adamant I was when hiring a professional builder to not say it was me doing the building – more accurately, I would say I was having a tiny house built. These are subtle and incredibly important nuances to language, which of course imply ownership and ability. I cannot grow tomatoes, and it would be awfully strange if I could. Perhaps I can put more effort into intentionally creating the conditions in which tomatoes would like to grow, but based on last year’s experiments, that is currently in question. The only tomato plants to bear fruit under my gaze in the southern hemisphere are self-seeded, and my gaze wasn’t really upon them until Hannah’s cheerful greenhouse clip made me think about going to check out the plants growing in superabundance out of the compost.

Anna Funder: ‘I clearly didn’t know what I was doing … but always knew I was going to write’

The writer and newly installed University of Sydney professor on the lure of Berlin, authors versus AI, and writing ‘from a place of admiration’

Anna Funder is mere days into her new role at the University of Sydney when we meet there on an overcast Friday afternoon; she waves vaguely in the direction of her new office and says she hasn’t yet unpacked. So, with her encouragement, I gamely agree to play tour guide around my alma mater and continue to until, about halfway through the interview, she starts telling me about the architecture – at which point it becomes clear how her easy and self-effacing manner can function as a smokescreen for the sharpness of her mind.

As we set off past the beds of majestic fig trees and the manicured lawns surrounding the university’s sandstone quadrangle, passing backpacked students and fresh graduates posing for photos, I ask the newly installed professor of practice in creative writing what her own experience of studying creative writing was like. She looks stricken: “We’re starting with a confession.

How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom

The former Today show host promised he’d ‘unleash the beast’ on his podcast. It has taken less than six months for the beast to overtake the polished star

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In 25 years as the face of Channel Nine, Karl Stefanovic made international news twice. Once when he was crowned “hero of 2014” for wearing the same suit for a year to highlight sexism, and this week when he was dumped from his $2.8m contract for embracing far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

The journey between the two extremes is what the Australian television industry is grappling with as the jovial, popular host of the middle-of-the-road breakfast show took a sharp turn to the right and blew up his $2.8m network television career.

Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK

With country music festival attendances soaring and US artists selling out tours, are British and Irish audiences ready for “the full Southern experience”?

“There’s a certain magic with country music in the UK right now,” says Anna-Sophie Mertens, smiling in hi-vis from the build at State Fayre, the UK’s newest festival for country fans. It is located in Chelmsford but styled like the American South – think clapboard, rusted metal and water points disguised as retro gas stations – and this weekend, the gates will open to 50,000 country devotees.

Country is the UK’s fastest-growing genre, according to data from the Country Music Association (CMA), and has been for three years in a row. Until 2023, UK tastes leaned towards legacy acts, but now modern megastars such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Cowboy Carter-era Beyoncé have taken the wheel, reflecting a changing of the guard.

Adapting to the heat: four ideas from European cities

From checking on older neighbours to greening spaces, some cities are stepping up efforts to keep people safe

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Extreme heat has seared Europe this week, with the UK smashing its top heat record for June for three days in a row, and France sweltering through its hottest day and night on record.

As fossil fuel pollution bakes the planet, making heatwaves hotter and longer, some places are adapting better than others. What have European cities done to stay safe when it gets too hot?

Judge throws out Andrew Tate’s legal claim to be told names of accusers

CPS says decision to withhold names is due to fears Tate and his brother could identify alleged victims online

Andrew and Tristan Tate’s legal claim to be told the names of their female accusers has been thrown out by a high court judge who ruled that prosecutors had acted reasonably in treating the brothers as “notorious”.

Mr Justice Chamberlain on Friday rejected an attempt to compel the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to inform the Tates of the identities of the women whose allegations have formed the basis for charges against the men of rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.

OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request

Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos

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OpenAI is staggering the release of its latest AI model after a request from the US government, in a move echoing the launch of Anthropic’s Mythos product.

The company behind ChatGPT signalled its dissatisfaction with the move, saying that doing so keeps the best AI tools from “users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them”.

Think your parent is neurodivergent? Here’s what you need to know

Up to 97% of autistic people over 60 are undiagnosed. Experts offer up advice for family members on how to support this ‘neglected generation’

There has been a huge shift in awareness around neurodiversity recently, with improved provision for children in schools and increased middle-age diagnosis and detection in women. Still, one group has remained underserved when it comes to support; adults over 60. A recent study estimated that 89-97% of autistic people over 60 are undiagnosed, leading experts in the field, such as Dr Louise Rutter (who last year co-authored a report on the subject for the British Psychological Society) to brand them a “neglected generation”.

It’s an issue facing adult children who might be caring for older parents and recognising traits of autism and ADHD. You may be wondering where to find support – or whether that’s the best course of action (the experts say it is). Here’s a guide.

‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs

RJ Scaringe says firms focused on selling fossil fuel engines risk being ‘woefully behind’ on technology by end of decade

Carmakers that focus on selling fossil fuel engines are at risk of being “woefully behind” on technology by the end of the decade, according to the boss of Rivian, an Amazon-backed US electric carmaker.

RJ Scaringe, Rivian’s founder and chief executive, said the car industry has reached a “fork in the road” in the choice between short-term profits and the heavy investments, particularly in software, that will be required to survive.

U.S. team suffers first 2026 World Cup loss, heads to knockout round

The U.S. men's team had already clinched its spot in the Round of 32, the knockout round, with its 2-0 win over Australia on Friday.

O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Will X-Men’s Jean Grey be in the fourth Marvel Spidey film? What about Spider-Girl? Which Hulk will we see? Who is the real villain? And is Marvel fuelling the internet’s frenzied rumour machine on purpose?

It’s hard to pinpoint when Marvel trailers stopped being mere hype and started teeing up their own conspiracy theories, but it was probably around the time that early footage from Spider-Man: No Way Home appeared to show the Lizard getting thumped by thin air – and the internet correctly pointed out the recently deleted digital ghost of Andrew Garfield. Since then we’ve had Patrick Stewart’s voice hinting at a Professor X cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Wakanda Forever revealing a new Black Panther suit while declining to mention that Shuri was inside it.

Now it’s happening again with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. With the fourth Marvel Spidey film out next month, the internet is abuzz with predictions. “This movie is a real mystery,” Tom Holland told Esquire. “And for a large portion of the film even Spider-Man is a little bit at odds and lost and is like, ‘What is going on?’ We’re just trying to find ways to make this movie feel like a detective movie.”

Ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black says Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more than $60 million

Sports quiz of the week: heat, animals, money and a big week at the World Cup

Have you followed the news in football, cricket, tennis, rugby, golf, athletics and cycling?

Kent van driver praised for giving lift to armed officer chasing suspect

Bodycam footage captures moment motorist pulls over to help police officer and calls: ‘Get in the back’

A van driver in Kent has been praised after giving a lift to an armed police officer who was chasing a suspect.

Bodycam footage from the officer captured the moment the motorist pulled over to help the police on 16 June and called out: “Get in the back. Get in the back.”

Murderer of Henry Nowak shown in new footage lying about facing racist attack

Police bodycam footage also shows Vickrum Digwa claiming student was wounded from punch or falling over

The murderer of Henry Nowak, the student whose death sparked riots in Southampton, is seen lying to police officers about being racially attacked in newly released bodyworn camera footage.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years this month for stabbing the 18-year-old five times in December last year.

Alpine heat and jubilant Japan fans: photos of the day – Friday

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

‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common good

Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world

Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can articulate why, and work out in public how to get there. They don’t just spout slogans about economic growth – because growth is meaningless unless we know what it is for. They understand that there is no trade-off between solving social problems and boosting the economy, and aim to do both, while avoiding rigid fiscal rules that defeat their own purpose by strangling public investment.

If this sounds like a critique of what went wrong with Keir Starmer’s government, it is also a lot more. Mariana Mazzucato, a professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London, is a world-renowned economist, adviser to governments, chair of international commissions, prolific author, and PhD supervisor to at least one poet. She was the thinker who inspired Starmer to fashion his political project around five key “missions”, now largely forgotten in the mire of scandals, U-turns and infighting that beset his premiership.