Jon Rahm insists he has nothing to prove heading into the final round of the PGA Championship, having charged up a bunched leaderboard to boost his major hopes at Aronimink Golf Club.
The government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct an "initial strategic assessment" into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s.
Xabi Alonso was Chelsea's number one target to become their new manager and he has now agreed to take over on a four-year contract.
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 6-3 to book a place in the Snooker 900 Global Championship final against Luca Brecel.
Rights office says the violence could hinder 'exercise of political rights' ahead of May vote to replace Gustavo Petro.
Right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro faces new scrutiny over a film funding scandal, which could affect the race.
Elina Svitolina signalled her French Open ambitions by battling past Coco Gauff 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 in the Italian Open final to lift her first clay-court title of the season ahead of R...
A screen grab of Félicien Kabuga at a hearing in The Hague in 2022 where he is faced charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Military police in Bolivia arrested demonstrators, and used tear gas to disrupt road blockades after 11 days of protests
Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Slovenia and Netherlands all withdrew in protest against Israel's participation amid Gaza war.
Highlights of the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Hearts.
Rory McIlroy shot a four-under-par third round 66 to fire himself to the top of the leader board at the PGA Championship.
The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Ireland head coach Scott Bemand says his side "are desperate to get on the pitch and show people what they can do" during Sunday's final Six Nations match against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium [14:...
Both sides target each other despite a pause in fighting mediated in March.
Hearts say their players and staff have reported "serious physical and verbal abuse" following the "shameful", "unacceptable" and "disgraceful" pitch invasion at Celtic Park after the home side's 3...
Tens of thousands marched through central London on Saturday at a far-right rally led by activist Tommy Robinson
AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.
If opposition leader Kulbergs were to form a government, the cabinet lineup would need to be approved by parliament.
England missed out on a series victory over New Zealand as the tourists won a rain-affected third ODI in Cardiff by 17 runs via DLS to level the series at 1-1.
Canelo Alvarez will return to boxing a year after his stunning defeat to Terence Crawford and fight Christian Mbilli for the WBC 168lb world title on September 12.
Devastating railway accident in Bangkok kills at least eight people. And an investigation is underway.
The FA Cup tends to produce fairytale stories and Antoine Semenyo's sensational winning goal in this season's final provided the latest in chapter in the storied history of the world's oldest cup c...
New Zealand beat England by 17-runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-affected third One-Day International to draw the series.
ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.
Jose Manuel Albares speaks to Redi Tlhabi about Spain’s commitment to international law and relations with the US.
Africa CDC concerned that outbreak of Bundibugyo strain could spread rapidly due to intense population movement.
New Zealand beat England by 17 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to level the three-match series in Cardiff.
Leinster warm up for next week's Champions Cup final with an emphatic 10-try win over Ospreys to seal second place in the United Rugby Championship table and a potential home semi-final.
Turnout down at second Unite the Kingdom march featuring Islamophobic and ethnonationalist hate speech and flyersThe far-right activist Tommy Robinson told tens of thousands of supporters to prepar...
Thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba
Internal Fatah leadership elections take place amid questions of who will eventually succeed the 90-year-old leader.
Cannes film festival: This tremendously alarming drama from Rodrigo Sorogoyen is an meditation on male auteurs entirely without sentimentalityJavier Bardem gives his scariest performance since No C...
Pressure mounts on Starmer's government, as Labour rivals including recently resigned Wes Streeting circle.
The former health secretary says there must be a 'proper contest' while Burnham says Labour needs to be 'saved from where it's been'.
Emma Raducanu could be in line to face Madison Keys in a blockbuster second-round clash as he prepares for her first clay tournament of 2026 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
The governor of Louisiana canceled the U.S. House primaries after tens of thousands of votes had already been cast. On Election Day, we hear from voters trying to make sense of the last-minute chan...
Fresh from his summit in Beijing, the US president warned against a formal declaration of independence by the island.
Heavy ship traffic and rising regional tensions over one of the world’s most critical energy routes.
The funeral of a commander from the Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2024. The group is backed by Iran, and its fighters have killed American soldiers and kidnapped people i...
Chelsea accelerate their efforts to appoint Xabi Alonso as the club's next permanent head coach.
Celtic chased Hearts for eight months, 32 games, 2,880 on-field minutes and 48 hours. In the season's dying embers, they caught them.
Succession of pointless AI-generated snippets does nothing for film about the artist’s final interview, which took place on the day of his murderComing just after his superb feature The Christopher...
Premier League chasing Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in tense FA Cup final at Wembley to follow up League Cup win.
Tina Peters, a Republican former county clerk, is serving a nine-year sentence for tampering with election equipment.
Nigeria and the US say 'key' ISIL leader was killed in joint military operation in Borno state.
Iranian leaders and TV have ramped up pressure on the US with a stream of messaging to domestic and foreign audiences.
Iranian leaders and TV have ramped up pressure on the US with a stream of messaging to domestic and foreign audiences.
Israeli forces killed a 34-year-old man in Jenin Camp, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Highlights of the Women's Super League match between Chelsea and Manchester United.
Ulster's Nick Timoney says that his side will "make sure nothing is left unturned" in preparing for their Challenge Cup final against Montpellier.
Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.
Ex-health secretary, who is expected to launch leadership bid soon, condemns ‘heavy-handed’ approachWes Streeting has launched a scathing attack on what he described as Keir Starmer’s “heavy-handed...
Celtic have been crowned Scottish Premiership champions after beating Hearts 3-1 in a dramatic final-day title decider.
Sam Kerr becomes Chelsea's joint all-time top goalscorer alongside Fran Kirby, as her 116th club goal on her final appearance gives Sonia Bompastor's side a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Stamfo...
Matt Bush says he will continue to rise to the challenges he faces in Para-taekwondo after winning European gold for Great Britain two months after the birth of his second child.
Incredible scenes as VAR confirms Daizen Maeda was not offside and Celtic lead against Hearts in the dying moments.
British capital sees heightened security as right wing rally takes place at the same time as Nakba Day march.
Great Britain's opening game of the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship ends in defeat as they are beaten 5-2 by Austria in Group A.
Arne Engles draws Celtic level almost immediately after his side were awarded another penalty for handball.
Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi shone for Manchester City in a tense 1-0 FA Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley.
Mexico’s teachers are threatening to disrupt next month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup if their demands for higher pay.
Staff Sergeant Mohamed Mahdhee died while diving in the search and rescue operation, the Maldives government tells the BBC.
Police will deploy 4,000 officers across two marches and FA Cup final
The centers are diverting much-needed resources from regular people. Local resistance has the industry playing defenseBack in 2016, Marco Gutiérrez, the Mexican-born founder of Latinos for Trump, i...
Once Upon a Time in Harlem, completed by relatives of William Greaves after his death, showcased at CannesIn 1969, the pioneering documentarian William Greaves wrote of his fury over the racially d...
With Punta Marina residents loving or loathing the incomers, ‘peacock rangers’ have been appointed to defuse tensionsFederico Bruni was sitting on a bench, eating a piadina romagnola (flatbread san...
Death of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in an air strike piles greater pressure on fragile ceasefire
Cannes film festival: Marine Atlan’s debut film follows a group of French high-school kids and their long-suffering teacher on a visit to Pompeii and NaplesHere is cinematographer turned director M...
The Photo London 2026 Student Award has been given to Akanksya Dahal of Ravensbourne University London from a shortlist of four artists nominated by tutors at UK universities. The three other nomin...
Kansas City overcame major odds to become one of 11 venues in the United States for the biggest World Cup ever.
Despite Lebanon and Israel extending the ceasefire deal for another 45 days, Israel continues to bomb Lebanon.
Plus: Instructure’s Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply chain attack, and more.
This illegal mine near Caucasia, Colombia, sells gold into the Royal Canadian Mint’s supply chain.
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.
Cannes film festival: Travolta directs and narrates this 60-minute adaptation of his own short story about a boy who dreams of being a pilotJohn Travolta’s directorial debut turns out to be a rathe...
An armed Israeli settler blindfolded and detained a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.
“I’ve got one hand on the keyboard, one hand down below,” an artist who role-plays with their chatbot tells WIRED. But some asexual advocates aren’t thrilled about the association.
Astronomers have revealed the sharpest image ever captured of a filament in the cosmic web — the enormous hidden structure connecting galaxies across the Universe. The glowing strand stretches 3 mi...
Martin Paterson will be chopping trees and listing to country music as he begins preparations for Notts County's League Two play-off final at Wembley.
Police will be monitoring both Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march and also the annual ‘Nakba day’ pro-Palestine marchThe Metropolitan police is preparing for what it described as potentiall...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London met with members of the police on Friday in London to discuss operational planning ahead of this weekend’s protests.
An analysis of oil export data offers clues about which nations have benefited from higher prices, and which have lost a lot of revenue.
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer.
While there are still days the Thames is so dirty even dogs avoid it, steps are being taken to restore public waterwaysSome people think we are odd for swimming in the Thames. “Isn’t it cold?” they...
‘Polyclass’ of 6 million people consider themselves to belong to more than one social category, researchers sayMore than a third of Britons say they have changed social class, with upper-middle and...
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-writer Jack Epps discuss how the smash hit action drama came to be, from Tom Cruise vomiting on himself to ruling the box officeIt would be one of the most importa...
The contest is enduring the biggest boycott it has ever seen, but 2026 is far from its first year of controversyA song contest intended to promote European harmony and cultural exchange morphs into...
Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min will captain South Korea at his fourth World Cup this summer.
A major analysis of brain scans found that people with anxiety disorders have noticeably lower levels of choline, a nutrient crucial for healthy brain function. The strongest evidence appeared in t...
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump. Now he's running for reelection in a race that will test Trump's hold on the GOP.
Cannes film festival: The actor’s role in Jorge Thielen Armand’s Venezuela-set surrealist thriller explores deep-rooted tensions of ownership and colonialismIn Death Has No Master, Asia Argento sta...
Iran says Trump signalled openness to talks as deadlock remains over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have found herself at a differ...
We look at the tangible takeaways from President Trump's visit to Beijing, as well as what to expect in the next crop of primaries, and the status of the war on Iran.
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has defended Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation.
A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic “a...
Stephon Castle stars as the San Antonio Spurs seal their spot in the Western Conference finals with a convincing win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Reform UK councillor Karl Johnson is set to become the new leader of Wakefield Council following a dramatic shift in power last week. Here's what some of the locals think.
The US president says the joint operation eliminated "the most active terrorist in the world", Abu-Bilal al-Minuki.
The US Justice Department has arrested and charged an Iraqi national and senior commander of an Iran-backed armed group
San Antonio beat Timberwolves to book Western Conference Finals spot, while Detroit down Cleveland to level series.
Apple’s superbly twisty thriller about a beautiful camboy blackmailing a divorced mum is like the new No Country for Old Men – with added Nick from New GirlI was drawn to this week’s show for the w...
A late-night viewing of the Cabaret star’s appearance with Kermit and co set me on the path to the West End. I even have a tattoo of her on my thigh!Bronzed, with winged tips and doused in Le Male,...
As Keir Starmer endures a slow ousting as PM, former Labour leader Corbyn recalls his own expulsion and looks at the runners and riders“Yeah, I do feel [sorry for him],” said Jeremy Corbyn, with on...
Chelsea have endured a difficult campaign after the departure of two managers and protests among the fanbase - so what would an FA Cup win do for their season?
As continent faces tough headwinds, leaders are bearing brunt of delivering bad news to frustrated electorates“People hate you,” the adviser informed his leader. A think-piece in a daily newspaper...
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Jilly Cooper’s over-the-top TV industry romp returns, and Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel make a bracing artistic double act. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-ra...
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators who voted to impeach President Trump. Now he's running for reelection in a race that will test Trump's hold on the GOP.
Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo's Ituri province with 246 suspected cases.
Cranbrook, Kent: The swarm has gathered in a plum tree, looking for a new home. And I have just the placeThere comes this moment in May when I’m still anticipating the fresh green of spring, but lo...
In war, politics and other fields, it is ever harder to win
Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world
We must reinvent the governance of multilateral institutions
Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people togetherFor the past two years, amid intensifying controversy over Israel’s participation in Eurovi...
Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dyingThe climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the W...
At least seven Palestinians were killed when Israeli air strikes hit a residential building and a vehicle in Gaza City.
Gina Carano dances in front of an unmoved Ronda Rousey as the pair face off for the final time before their featherweight bout in Los Angeles on Saturday.
A mysterious underwater fault near Ecuador has been producing nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every five to six years, baffling scientists for decades. Researchers now believe the fault co...
Charges could come as soon as next week in a case reportedly focused on Cuba's downing of two planes in 1996.
Groupings and tee times for the third round of the 108th PGA Championship, held at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Rory McIlroy fired himself back in contention at the PGA Championship with a three-under-par second round as he chased down Alex Smalley and Maverick McNealy.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy drags himself back into contention as Aronimink continues to punish the world's best golfers at the US PGA Championship.
Lebanon's Ministry of Health said Israeli attacks have killed 2,951 people since March 2, with at least 8,988 wounded.