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Bayeux Tapestry lands in UK, Baltic hybrid-threat force, GOP convention turmoil
The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on display in Britain for the first time, unveiled by King Charles and President Macron, while Germany proposes a Baltic rapid-response force against Russian threats and the Republican Dallas convention descends into disarray amid fake-website claims; also: OpenAI’s wiki mishap, Newcastl…
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Trump envoys meet Putin before Kyiv peace mission
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff spent over three hours in closed-door talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday, as part of the Trump administration’s renewed push to end the four-year war in Ukraine. Putin called the conflict a “complicated situation” but praised Trump for persisting with efforts towards a settlement, and both he…
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Britain braces as Trump pushes Ukraine peace and Burnham sets left-wing course
Envoys land in Moscow amid Russian strikes on Kyiv airports, Trump strips wolves of protected status, and a Mail columnist warns Burnham’s Commons speech risks a market reckoning; plus Exmoor’s grooming beavers, Swansea v Wrexham, and 9/11’s missing-poster photos revisited.
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Watch: ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ’s BLUE MEDUSA Performs Live For First Time
BLUE MEDUSA, the new band fronted by former ARCH ENEMY and THE AGONIST singer Alissa White-Gluz, played its first ever live show on Friday 4 September as a surprise headliner at the Corrupted Blood Club Show in Berlin. The event, organised by Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe, had sold out within a day back in November without…
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European football: Nwaneri forces late own goal to cap dramatic Dortmund comeback
Arsenal loanee Ethan Nwaneri had a dramatic impact on his early Borussia Dortmund career, forcing a deflected late own goal to seal a 3-2 comeback win at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Dortmund trailed 2-0 after an hour before scoring three times in the final half-hour, with Nwaneri’s deflected shot four minutes from time proving decisive;…
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Reform UK finance row deepens as subsidence claims surge amid heatwave summer
Two senior Reform UK officials suspended over an undercover finance probe as insurers report a subsidence surge; plus Nvidia chip diplomacy, Antonelli’s F1 title bid, Katie Taylor’s Croke Park farewell and Colin from Accounts’ final series.
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Catastrophic dangers await Burnham’s push for English devolution | Phillip Inman
Phillip Inman argues that Andy Burnham’s push for English devolution, alongside Angela Rayner’s parallel overhaul of local government, is heading into a messy and slow process fraught with risk. He warns that Whitehall’s reluctance to cede money and power will produce piecemeal deals, such as one for Cornwall lacking a promised mayor, while Rayner’s reorganisation…
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Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Rush Hour’ in Russia Is Officially Apple TV’s Newest Blockbuster
Apple TV has a new number-one film, with an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh overtaking Brad Pitt’s F1 at the top of the streamer’s global viewership chart. The film, described as a Cold War-set “Rush Hour in Russia”, has received strong reviews and looks set to dominate Apple TV’s rankings for several…
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Junta calls in Russian troops to crush Niger mutiny as Williams sisters bow out at US Open
Also tonight: a Venice documentary exposes Putin’s war on press freedom, a Florida woman avoids charges after a fatal Walmart car-park shooting, the Muppets mark fifty UK years, and two children hurt in a bouncy-castle accident in Australia.