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Muslim judge in India faces death threats after convicting ‘cow vigilantes’

• Muslim judge threatened after jailing 14 men for a lynching.
• Abuse targets her faith, not her legal reasoning.
• She has been granted police protection amid protests.

An Indian judge, Tabassum Khan, has become the target of online abuse and death threats after sentencing 14 men to life imprisonment for the 2022 lynching of a Muslim man accused of cattle smuggling. Khan, the additional district and sessions judge in Madhya Pradesh, delivered her verdict on…

Gaud’s Historic Five Wickets Send India into Commanding Position at Lord’s

• England collapsed to 170 in their first innings, bowled out by Kranti Gaud's historic five-wicket performance
• Smriti Mandhana's unbeaten 69 guided India to 154–1 in their reply by stumps on day two
• India holds a commanding 269-run lead heading into day three at Lord's

The opening Test between India and England at Lord's has decisively shifted in India's favour after England's batting lineup crumbled for just 170 runs, undone by an exceptional bowling performance from Indian seamer Kra

‘Moana’ Creatives on Working Closely to Honor Polynesian Culture and Traditions, and Why Representation Matters in the Live-Action Film

Disney's live-action adaptation of "Moana" has reached cinemas this weekend, a decade after the 2016 animated original, with its cast and creative team emphasising how closely they worked to portray Polynesian culture authentically. Star Dwayne Johnson used the premiere to reflect on growing up without seeing himself represented…

Gaud and Mandhana star as India take control against struggling England

• Kranti Gaud takes five wickets and makes history on debut.
• Smriti Mandhana unbeaten on 69 as India reach 154-1.
• India lead by 269, in full control at Lord's.

India took firm control of the one-off women's Test against England at Lord's on day two, with debutant seamer Kranti Gaud claiming five wickets and making history in the process. By the close, the tourists had built a commanding position that left England struggling to find a way…

England toil as India take control in front of record crowd

• India lead by 269 and are in control at Lord's.
• Kranti Gaud took 5-37, first woman on Lord's honours board.
• Record 15,243 crowd for a women's Test day.

England face a likely defeat in the one-off women's Test against India at Lord's after a difficult second day left them trailing badly. Resuming on 21-1 in reply to India's first innings of 285, England were bowled out for 170, before India reached 154-1 in their second innings…

England too good for India as Buttler hits 131

• England beat India by 56 runs to win the T20 series 4-0.
• Buttler hit a career-best 131; Brook made 95 not out.
• Their 233 stand set an England T20 record.

England completed a commanding 4-0 series victory over India in the fifth and final Twenty20 international at Southampton, winning by 56 runs to climb to the top of the world rankings. The result marks a significant turnaround for English cricket after a 2-1 Test series defeat by New…

‘Six more!’ – Brilliant Brook brings up quickfire half-century

• Harry Brook hit a 19-ball fifty against India at Southampton.
• Five sixes powered his rapid half-century.
• England batted first, heading towards a large total.

England batsman Harry Brook produced an explosive innings in the fifth and final T20 international against India at Southampton, racing to a half-century off just 19 balls. Batting first, his rapid scoring helped propel England towards a substantial total in the concluding match of the series. Brook reached…

‘They lose their captain!’ – Sciver-Brunt goes with England toiling

• England captain Sciver-Brunt out lbw for 44 at Lord's.
• Hosts slumped to 142-6 in their first innings.
• Wicket fell early in the afternoon session against India.

England's captain Nat Sciver-Brunt was dismissed lbw for 44 as the hosts struggled in their first innings against India in the one-off women's Test at Lord's. Her wicket, falling in just the second over after lunch on day two, deepened England's difficulties and left the side under significant…

China braced for second typhoon in a week as Bavi approaches landfall

• Typhoon Bavi nears eastern China, prompting mass evacuations
• Landfall expected near Wenzhou on Sunday, bringing heavy rain
• Second storm in a week after Maysak killed 39

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from parts of eastern China as Typhoon Bavi approaches the coast, the country's second major storm in a week. The typhoon, which spans up to 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point — roughly the width of France — is…