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The bond market is signaling trouble ahead. This is why you should pay attention
Many people don’t pay attention to bond markets, but they should — especially now. This is why they matter and why the drop in bond prices is signaling investor concerns about the U.S. economy.
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Barcelona face striker dilemma – could they cope without one?
Barcelona have overhauled much of their squad this summer but head into the new La Liga season without a recognised centre-forward, leaving manager Hansi Flick to consider alternatives before the transfer window closes. Robert Lewandowski departed for Chicago Fire and Ferran Torres joined Paris St-Germain, stripping the club of its senior striking options, while their…
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PETER HITCHENS: When you visit your local town centre, smell marijuana all around you, and witness endless antisocial behaviour, do you believe the claims that crime is falling? Me neither. And I’m about to tell you the sad truth about these ‘figures’
Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens challenges official claims that crime in Britain is falling, disputing a BBC Radio 4 series presented by Mark Easton that argues the public’s perception of rising crime is mistaken. Hitchens argues that everyday experience — visible drug use, antisocial behaviour and disorder in town centres — contradicts these reassurances, and…
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The six years that shook the monarchy: From Oprah to Spare and recollections that varied, how Harry and Meghan’s time in California will go down in royal history
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly moving back to the UK, six years after stepping down as senior royals and relocating to the United States. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are understood to be returning for an “extended period”, with their children Archie and Lilibet set to enrol in a British school, though…
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Illegal dumping could land culprits with £5,000 fines in new Government crackdown on waste
“These toxic dumps have blighted communities for too long”
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Facial recognition at football grounds, Trump-Cohen sit-down, and Root steadies England’s post-Stokes era
Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary, Craig Naylor, has urged ministers and policing leaders to consider live facial recognition and drones as tools against football-related disorder. His intervention followed incidents including disorder around Celtic and Rangers fixtures, but Police Scotland does not currently use live facial recognition. The proposal would place Scotland within a wider UK…
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Trump announces ‘the most crushing economic operation ever taken’ against any country that does business with Iran
Donald Trump has announced what he described as “the most crushing economic operation ever taken” against any country that continues to do business with Iran, signalling a major escalation in Washington’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran. The declaration underscores the US administration’s determination to isolate Iran economically, with the threat extending beyond Iran itself to…
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Women’s Super League finances: club-by-club breakdown and verdict
Detailed financial accounts for 2024-25, the most recent season available, reveal a widening gap between the Women’s Super League’s wealthiest clubs and the rest of the division. Arsenal and Chelsea are the only clubs with wage bills exceeding £10m, and their combined revenue now surpasses that of the rest of the league put together, underlining…
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Relax, everyone: Elon Musk has a mantra to make the climate crisis go away | Emma Brockes
In this comment piece, Guardian columnist Emma Brockes mocks Elon Musk’s enthusiasm for the “Kardashev scale”, a 1964 concept devised by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev to rank civilisations by their ability to harness energy. Musk has cited it as justification for moving energy production and datacentres “off-planet” via space infrastructure, which Brockes frames as the…
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AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice
An AI coding assistant recommended that a software engineer install a malicious package disguised as a legitimate library, but the developer’s company caught it in time thanks to a policy requiring manual verification of any AI-suggested software. The incident, disclosed by Sergiy Fitsak, managing director of consultancy Softjourn, highlights a growing supply-chain risk known as…