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Man City star Gianluigi Donnarumma and his pregnant girlfriend ‘hit, bound and threatened with a knife by robbers while sleeping in their Paris flat’
Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his then-pregnant girlfriend, Alessia Elefante, were beaten, bound and threatened with a knife during a violent break-in at their Paris flat in 2023, a French court has heard. The incident occurred while the couple, who have since married and had a child, were asleep at their home on the…
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Lucas Debargue: Gershwin Variations album review – freshness and flair
Lucas Debargue, the French pianist who came fourth at the 2015 Tchaikovsky competition and has since resisted easy categorisation, turns his attention to George Gershwin on a new Sony album. The record pairs his own take on the Piano Concerto in F and the Preludes with Rhapsody in Blue, and adds a set of original…
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MAGA prosecutor leading probe into ‘grand conspiracy’ against Trump suddenly resigns
Joe diGenova, the 81-year-old Trump ally leading a Justice Department investigation into alleged “deep state” conspiracies against the president, has resigned from the role. He told the Associated Press he had indeed quit, calling it an “honour and a privilege” to serve Trump and the department, but declined to explain his reasons. Sources cited by…
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A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder
Adrian Duncan’s fifth novel, A Thought Without Collision, is reviewed as a bold literary exploration of philosophical bafflement, weaving together the story of Catherine, an academically gifted Irish girl who becomes an Oxford professor, and Dr Josef Alois, a Tyrolean émigré academic whose character draws on the life of Ludwig Wittgenstein. The review praises the…
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BredaPhoto Festival – in pictures
This Guardian gallery showcases work from the BredaPhoto Festival, an international photography event held in the Netherlands, gathering personal and documentary projects from photographers around the world. The selection reflects the festival’s focus on themes of identity, memory, conflict and displacement, told through deeply personal and often long-term bodies of work. Featured photographers include Kali…
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Round Up: Everything Announced In The Level-5 Vision 2026 II Showcase
Level-5 held its second Vision 2026 showcase of the year, unveiling several new titles and updates across its portfolio. The event confirmed a remake of the original Professor Layton game, alongside fresh looks at existing projects, though it also brought disappointment for some fans with another delay to detective RPG DECAPOLICE. Professor Layton and The…
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Heartbreak as beloved zebra named Zipper in Rhode Island zoo is killed by ANOTHER animal inside its enclosure
A beloved 27-year-old zebra named Zipper has died after being fatally injured by another animal inside her shared enclosure at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island. Zoo staff said the wound was “presumably inflicted by a habitat mate,” and despite an urgent effort to bring in specialists for emergency surgery, the injury proved too…
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TV tonight: Lenny Henry and Joanne McNally pop into the Lycett Arms
Tonight’s TV listings roundup, from the Guardian’s What to Watch column, highlights Channel 4’s *Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back*-style pop-up pub format, where comedian Joe Lycett reopens his temporary boozer for its weekly hour of “convivial chaos”, joined this time by Lenny Henry as a stand-in bar manager and comic Joanne McNally as a guest…
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Siân Heder Brings Disability-Rights History to Screen in ‘Being Heumann’ TIFF Opener
“Being Heumann”, Siân Heder’s dramatisation of disability-rights activist Judy Heumann, opened the Toronto International Film Festival, marking Heder’s first feature since her Oscar-winning “CODA”. Following that film’s approach of casting deaf actors as deaf characters, Heder again casts actors with disabilities to portray the coalition Heumann led, giving the project both authenticity and topical resonance…
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What to know about Sunday’s election in Sweden, NATO’s newest member
Sweden goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that will decide whether Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson secures a second term or the centre-left, led by former PM Magdalena Andersson, returns to power. A notable feature this time is that the hard-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats could win Cabinet posts for the first time if…