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Financial Times
US launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran
Second day of attacks put fragile ceasefire under new strain, pushing up oil prices
Financial Times
Iran says 20,000 people left without water after US hits reservoir tanks
Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter
Financial Times
US inflation jumped to 4.2% in May amid Middle East energy shock
Figure marks new three-year high
Financial Times
Oil tankers increase ‘dark’ transits through Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump says US launched ‘secret mission’ to help move crude through the waterway
BBC News
US launches new strikes on Iran after Trump vows to 'hit them hard'
US Central Comand said its latest airstrikes were responding to "unwarranted and continued aggression" from Iran.
BBC News
Essex Police given new information on West Ham co-owner David Sullivan
Police have been contacted with new information about the West Ham co-owner following a BBC Panorama and Times investigation.
BBC News
Fireworks illuminate Barcelona's Sagrada Família during Pope visit
Pope Leo XIV says Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Família is a masterpiece of "stones, colours and light" during his visit to Spain.
BBC News
Mike Ashley's Frasers offers £1.73bn to buy all of Hugo Boss
The retail group already owns just over a quarter of the German fashion brand but wants to buy the rest of it.
BBC News
Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner
The former deputy prime minister says changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be "un-British".
The Economist
Donald Trump’s least bad option in Iran
NYT Europe
FIFA President Tells World Cup Critics to ‘Chill’ About Concerns
With the World Cup facing growing crises, Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, struck a defiant tone on the eve of the...
NYT Europe
Britain Is Weighing a Social Media Ban for Children. How Did It Get Here?
Months after Australia banned social media for everyone under 16, the British government is considering new policies to keep...
The Telegraph
The hunger crisis experts warned of is here – and it’s likely to get worse
UN says its worst fears are materialising as report finds that 45 million additional people now face ‘critical’ levels of food...
The Telegraph
How South Korea cracked its blood pressure crisis – and what other countries can learn
As blood pressure spikes globally, the East Asian nation is leading the way on how to buck the trend
Wales
BBC Wales
Farmer who went from triple bypass to winning Britain's Got Talent urges others to see a GP
Hugh Thomas, 75, says farmers are "not keen" on going to the doctors and some leave it "too late".
BBC Wales
Bride who went ahead with wedding after being left at altar gets engaged
Rather than cancel the £12,000 big day, Kayley went ahead with it, posting videos and photos online.
BBC Wales
Reddit users vote Welsh church in village home to legendary hound 'best place on Earth'
St Mary's Church in Beddgelert was the last place standing in a challenge that started with a world map.
BBC Wales
Ban on overnight parking in national park paused after 'anti-social behaviour got worse'
Eryri National Park Authority has restricted overnight parking at car parks since 1 April.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
Infantino could have stood up for the World Cup - but he said 'chill, relax'
Gianni Infantino faced the media for the first time in three years, but he did little to convince that Fifa has lost its grip...
BBC Sport · Cricket
'In emergency, break glass' - England seek stability in Root
BBC cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt explains why England turned to Joe Root to replace Ben Stokes as interim Test captain.
BBC Sport · Football
US official claims banned referee had links with 'terror organisations'
Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States because of his "association with suspected members of terror...
BBC Sport · Football
Manager McKenna leaves promoted Ipswich
Ipswich Town announce that Kieran McKenna has decided to resign, before the club's Premier League campaign.
The Race · F1
F1's 2027 engine rule compromise revealed
Formula 1 will introduce a two-step regulation change across 2027 and 2028 to reduce the role of electrical power in F1 engines
The Race · F1
How Monaco stays commercially relevant in F1's US boom
Has Monaco been toppled in commercial importance by F1's US race boom? You might be surprised by Darren Cox's answer
The Race · F1
Renault's intervention over sale of Alpine F1 team
Renault intervened to end talks over the sale of co-owner Otro Capital's share in its Formula 1 team because it was not...
The Race · F1
Herta's debut and more: Every F1 practice rookie at Barcelona
Most F1 teams are fielding a rookie during Barcelona Grand Prix practice
Formula 1 Official
How Doohan supports Haas as reserve driver
After a seven-round stint in F1 with Alpine, Jack Doohan is now settling into life with Haas as the team's reserve driver.
Formula 1 Official · F1
Agreement reached on proposed F1 regulatory changes
A package of changes to the F1 Technical, Sporting and Financial Regulations for 2027 and 2028 have been agreed.
ESPN Cricinfo
Mohammad Saleem added to Afghanistan squad for India ODIs
Rashid Khan will link up with the ODI squad directly in Dharamsala, while Mohammad Nabi, with the squad already, is unwell
ESPN Cricinfo
England trump Richa's heroics; Henry injured as WI lose to Australia
Sciver-Brunt, Jones scored fifties for England; Voll scored 77* in Australia's chase of 132
Science
New Scientist
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully...
New Scientist
Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording
Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatened by predators, but footage from Białowieża...
New Scientist
Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’
Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including...
New Scientist
Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history
The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming...
Nature
Giant crustacean of the deep sea steals a trick from bacteria
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01832-x Organisms called bathynomids boast a bacterial gene...
Nature
Newly discovered whale graveyard dates back millions of years
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01864-3 Submarine dives reveal complex deep-sea ecosystems...
Nature
Structural basis for chaperone-guided assembly of RNA-induced silencing complex
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10640-2 Structures of the AGO maturation complex reveal how...
Nature
SIRT7 regulates dosage compensation and safeguards the female X chromosome
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10645-x SIRT7 safeguards X-chromosome integrity and dosage...
Technology
The Verge
Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers....
The Verge
Xbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffs
Microsoft's Xbox division will be hit with significant layoffs next month, according to people familiar with Microsoft's...
The Verge
Apple, Google add support for Thread 1.4
Apple and Google are updating their smart home streaming devices to Thread 1.4. As first spotted by Matter Alpha and 9to5...
The Verge
Kalshi adds required employment verification for some prediction market bets
The CFTC is considering its first regulation for prediction markets, as arrests over "insider trading" on everything from...
Techcrunch
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days...
Techcrunch
Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and...
Techcrunch
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations,...
Techcrunch
Everyone wants a piece of Tesla’s battery business
Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
Wired
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
“Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday.
Wired
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one...
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Byzantine Cheap Talk: Adversarial Resilience and Topology Effects in LLM Coordination Games
Economics
GAGI: A Gini-Adjusted GDP-per-Capita Index for Distribution-Aware Macroeconomic Welfare Monitoring
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