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Guimarães and Saka fire Arsenal to win at Sunderland after Raya spot-kick save
Arsenal maintained their perfect start to the season with a 2-0 win away at Sunderland, though the scoreline flattered a side that Mikel Arteta admitted faced its toughest test of the campaign so far. David Raya’s crucial second-half penalty save from Enzo Le Fée proved the turning point, with Bruno Guimarães scoring against his former…
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Afghan small boat migrant, 18, who travelled 200 miles to stab shop worker faces life behind bars
An 18-year-old Afghan man who arrived in Britain as a small-boat migrant has pleaded guilty to murdering a shop worker in London, in an attack prosecutors said was planned rather than spontaneous. Suliaman Tajzai travelled nearly 200 miles from his home in Leeds to lie in wait outside Farmanullah Sherzad’s home near Westminster Abbey, chasing…
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WHSmith accused of ‘price gouging’ as airport shops charge tourists £2.69 for Polos
WHSmith has been accused of “obscene price gouging” after an investigation found its airport stores charging tourists more than double the price of basic goods compared with other shops in the same terminals. The findings, uncovered by The Mail on Sunday, come amid growing concern over the cost of shopping at airports, with consumer experts…
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Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize
May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, making her the eighth female director to take the top prize, while the special jury prize went to NAZA, a Guardian-produced documentary examining Israel’s AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza. The ceremony also honoured Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love with the runner-up…
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Director of new British Raj drama says UK owes India trillions ‘for 200 years of enslavement’
Nikkhil Advani, the director of Amazon Prime’s new drama The Revolutionaries, has called for the UK to pay India trillions of pounds in reparations for “200 years of enslavement” under British colonial rule. The eight-part series dramatises Indian “freedom fighters” and has proved controversial for its graphic depictions of British brutality, including scenes intended to…
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LG denies accusations of smart TVs continuously recording its users
LG has publicly denied claims from a widely circulated report that its smart TVs continuously record users’ conversations, saying the accusations stem from “misconceptions” about how the devices actually work. The response follows a 135-minute investigation by Gamers Nexus, conducted with Level1 Techs and independent cybersecurity researchers, which alleged that LG TVs could capture audio…
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Museum removes Egyptian mummy from display after 200 years ‘to respect her wishes’
Manchester Museum has taken the mummified remains of a 2,700-year-old woman named Asru off public display after more than 200 years, saying the move reflects her presumed wishes and evolving attitudes towards displaying human remains. Curators consulted Egyptian colleagues, members of the Egyptian diaspora and museum visitors before concluding that removal “aligns most closely with…
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European football: Dortmund win again but Freiburg top after Gladbach rout
Borussia Dortmund maintained their perfect start to the Bundesliga season with a 3-0 home win over promoted Paderborn, thanks to Fábio Silva and a double from substitute Felix Nmecha, marking Dortmund’s best opening to a campaign in 11 years. Freiburg, however, moved top of the table after thrashing a 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-0, while Augsburg’s…
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Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the pace of AI development to slow down, unveiling a three-step plan to “pace the frontier” and giving external evaluators such as METR broader access to Anthropic’s models to check compliance with safety practices. The move signals a notable shift in tone from an industry leader, suggesting growing…
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Trump forced to pay ANOTHER six-figure sum to repair troubled Reflecting Pool… as total cost skyrockets to more than $15 million
The Trump administration has agreed to pay a further $682,000 to fix problems with the Lincoln Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, pushing the total cost of the beleaguered project past $15 million. The saga has proved embarrassing for the White House after a repainting job commissioned by Trump left the pool peeling and turning green…