British cycling trio win women’s team sprint gold Clarke and Woods collect canoe slalom medals Keely Hodgkinson punched the air as she confirmed herself as the poster girl of British athletics with a stunning win in the women’s 800m final, as Team GB’s velodrome campaign kicked off with a world-record […]
Guardian interviews back up report by rights group B’Tselem, which says jails should now be labelled ‘torture camps’ Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ Violence, extreme hunger, humiliation and other abuse of Palestinian prisoners has been normalised across Israel’s jail system, according to Guardian interviews with released […]
Neil Basu, former head of UK counter-terrorism, condemned rampaging rioters as ‘bullies and cowards’ The worst of the far-right violence seen in England this weekend should be treated as terrorism, a prominent former police chief has said, amid warnings over a new wave of unrest targeting migration lawyers. Police have […]
Home secretary condemns ‘utterly appalling’ scenes as bottles and chairs thrown outside Holiday Inn Express A far-right-led mob of masked rioters tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers as further violence flared across the country at anti-immigration protests. Some 700 people gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express […]
Poll reveals emergency contraception, free prescription deliveries and extended opening hours among services hit Pharmacies across England are unable to provide critical NHS and public health services owing to the overwhelming financial and operational pressures they are facing, according to research. A poll of pharmacy owners representing more than 2,100 […]
Maduro told troops he is ‘willing to do anything’ to protect his ‘revolution’ amid growing criticism of crackdown on opposition The Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has vowed to “pulverise” the latest challenge to his rule and told troops he is “willing to do anything” to protect his “revolution” amid growing […]
Lyles wins 100m gold while Ukraine taste high jump glory Team GB’s Amber Rutter claims shooting silver The world’s No 1 sprinter Noah Lyles ran the race of his life to win gold in the men’s 100m by beating the fastest man in the world this year by just five […]
Foreign minister’s rare visit to Tehran appears likely to fail given Iranian insistence on making a decisive response Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, has made a rare visit to Iran in a last-ditch effort to persuade it to hold back from attacking Israel in response to the assassination of the […]
Broadcaster removes image and voice from content as Welsh organisations erase disgraced presenter from websites Huw Edwards’s image and voice are being urgently removed from hours of BBC archive footage, starting with family and entertainment content on iPlayer, the Observer has learned. Photographs of the disgraced Welsh television news anchor […]
Julien Alfred makes history in women’s 100m, as Britain takes titles in rowing, dressage, gymnastics and track Julien Alfred made history as St Lucia’s first ever Olympic medallist by beating the US world champion Sha’carri Richardson to take gold in the women’s 100m in Paris, as Team GB clocked up […]