Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal. At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice … Read more
Kyprios, the odds-on favourite, added another Group One to Aidan O’Brien’s ever-extending list of top-flight victories at Goodwood on Tuesday with a straightforward success in the Goodwood Cup in a new course-record time, but a race that got away – Saturday’s King George at Ascot – was still the main topic for discussion after O’Brien … Read more
BBC The war in Gaza has made it difficult to evacuate sick and injured civilians Injured and critically ill Palestinians are on their way from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates for treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, in the largest single medical evacuation since the war began following the brutal Hamas attack on … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Biles does the “Chung” vault, a bit easier than some of the tricks in her arsenal. She lands with a little two-foot hop. Maybe didn’t knock it out of the park, but she showed no discomfort upon landing. Share 14.800 for … Read more
The timing could have been better. For much of the last few weeks the Tory party has been dancing on eggshells around Labour. As if in awe of their majority. Still suffering PTSD from 4 July. Bunkering down. Even at their only prime minister’s questions, Rishi Sunak had chosen to ask about Ukraine: a subject … Read more
Rising overheads and stagnating fees have made it increasingly difficult for bands to make a living from touring. Meanwhile, consumers’ habits are changing as they weather a cost of living crisis. Music fans speak about how much they spend on music in an average month and how those habits have changed. ‘Eight CDs and half … Read more
Babies cry. This we know. But some cry dramatically more than others. Many parents have the experience of being told their inconsolable child has “colic”. They assume it’s a real, diagnosable medical condition, when really it is a catch-all term for excessive, unexplained crying, and even though it can dramatically affect the experience of early … Read more
Trade frictions and increasing tension between the US and China won’t affect climate negotiations between the two superpowers if he can help it, the US climate chief has pledged. John Podesta, a senior adviser to Joe Biden on international climate policy, said the relationship between the world’s two biggest emitters and largest economies was critical … Read more
Writing about the assassination of President John F Kennedy for Rolling Stone in 1983, 20 years after the shooting, the novelist Don DeLillo remarked: “Europeans and Middle Easterners are notoriously prone to believe in conspiracies … Americans, for their own good reasons, tend to believe in lone gunmen.” How times change. Since Donald Trump was … Read more
Harris nears VP pick decision as North Carolina governor Roy Cooper bows out Good morning US politics readers. Kamala Harris’s pool of potential running mates is narrowing after two Democratic lawmakers seen as strong contenders in the race, the North Carolina governor, Roy Cooper, and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, ruled themselves out on Monday. … Read more