The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’ [20d]
• News Corp subscriptions fall in Australia as company takes aim at ‘slimy’ AI slop [20d]
• Fifa insists Gianni Infantino will remain president after crisis meeting [20d]
• Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down [20d]
• Toronto Zoo announces birth of pygmy hippo calf, third for mother Kindia [20d]
• Three key takeaways from Michigan's Democratic Senate primary – video explainer [20d]
• Top Democrats set aside qualms and embrace progressive Abdul El-Sayed [20d]
• ‘Disturbing’: TikTok faces criticism after Perez Hilton livestreams self-harm [20d]
• Trump immigration crackdown ensnares families of US troops [20d]
• Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years [20d]
• Senate confirms Trump pick Erica Schwartz as new CDC director [20d]
• US to shut five consulates as critics fear China could fill diplomatic vacuum [20d]
• ‘Fifa Super League’: Infantino discussed having governing body’s name on European breakaway [20d]
• Real Madrid agree club-record £115m deal for Yan Diomandé and want to keep Vinícius [20d]
• Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says [20d]
• Infantino is getting his karmic kicking, but why did football take so long to rebel against Fifa? | Jonathan Liew [20d]
• Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again [20d]
• Mohamed Salah’s story of success and sacrifice: ‘Chasing a dream I had to reach’ [20d]
• Exiled PM vows to return to Bangladesh despite execution threat [20d]
• AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be? [20d]
• Super League closes in on gamechanging investment from Australia’s NRL [20d]
• The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe [20d]
• Mexican influencer shot dead while streaming live on social media [20d]
• LIV Golf secures ‘lead investor’ until 2030 but future of star names still uncertain [20d]
• The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial [20d]
• Suspect in Washington state wildfire was questioned about blazes last year [20d]
• Tour de France Femmes: Vollering victorious on stage five as Ferrand-Prévot’s defence unravels [20d]
• Argentina’s Albornoz given four-match ban for intimidating referee after England defeat [20d]
• Pakistani authorities ban international media from reporting in most of country [20d]
• Israel strikes southern Lebanon killing one and injuring 11 [20d]
• Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart [20d]
• Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump’s complaints about oil companies – cartoon [20d]
• Former neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Conservative election candidate [20d]
• One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom [20d]
• Football Daily | Mohamed Salah and a potted history of Liverpool legends visiting Trabzon [21d]
• Abdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their future [21d]
• Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station [21d]
• Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest [21d]
• Luis Figo blasts ‘deceitful’ Infantino and says Fifa president must quit to ‘save football’ [21d]
• Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun [21d]
• The events at Ceuta ​show ​how Europe’s ​hard ​right ​now ​set the ​tone​ on immigration [21d]
• Why I'll never be convinced by Meta's ‘pervert’ glasses | Opinion [21d]
• ‘Dream come true’: Eva Olid delighted after being named Manchester United’s new head coach [21d]
• Darth Vader to become a TikTok star as Disney strikes deal on short video [21d]
• Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in defining race for Democrats [21d]
• The ​games industry’s obsession with ​visual fidelity is costing them money and talent [21d]
• ‘Alarming’ surge in bluetongue disease among UK sheep [21d]
• Why waste your time on social media when you could be flicking through picture books? | Joel Snape [21d]
• Woman arrested after four men stabbed in London’s Covent Garden [21d]
• ‘Getting old is no fun’: Game of Thrones author George RR Martin speaks out about depression amid further book delays [21d]
• Two US men charged for allegedly using snakes, a lemur and a monkey for exotic photoshoots [21d]
• Film posters for The Mummy banned from public display in the UK [21d]
• ‘Prisoners killed each other’s kittens. So now they’re forbidden inside’: Vladimir Karamazov’s best photograph [21d]
• Summer heat and a Bangladeshi jute market: photos of the day – Wednesday [21d]
• ‘Parkinson’s Valley’: the herbicide haunting a New York farm town [21d]
• Stephen Libby on fashion: so many men have asked me for clothes advice since The Traitors [21d]
• ‘Punch to the gut’: Indian football thrown into chaos with Jamshedpur withdrawal from ISL | John Duerden [21d]
• ‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’ [21d]
• Former world champion Joseph Parker cleared to box again after failed dope test [21d]
• Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert [21d]
• WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has a hard job. Here's how to make it easier | Jordan Robinson [21d]
• Game, set, Chat: how tennis players use AI to scout opponents and run their lives [21d]
• ‘It confirmed my flaws’: women are paying for face scans that score beauty and suggest excessive procedures [21d]
• How to turn unwanted anchovy tin oil into salsa verde – recipe [21d]
• Middle East crisis live: US and Iran signal hope for Hormuz deal but terms unclear [21d]
• Drone found at German airport after cargo plane collides with object mid-air [21d]
• Former Pakistani minister arrested over alleged child rape in 1990s Manchester [21d]
• ‘Like Backstreet Boys, but less sultry’: how the Jonas Brothers notched up 20 years of pop stardom against the odds [21d]
• Man charged in connection with death of girl on camping trip in Scotland [21d]
• ‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug [21d]
• Tour de France Femmes: stage five, Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais – live [21d]
• As the lights go out, Cuba’s true believers gather to celebrate the revolution [21d]
• Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James [21d]
• Andy Burnham reveals wife’s reaction to third Labour leadership bid [21d]
• Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’ [21d]
• The Spin | Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and strange new era of amateur cricket streams [21d]
• Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi [21d]
• ‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed [21d]
• Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days [21d]
• Continuity, chaos and Rodman: how Washington Spirit are thriving in NWSL [21d]
• RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi [21d]
• Nolan Wells went to an island with friends and never came home. His death has renewed debate over race and justice in Mississippi [21d]
• Sterling Point review – this teen drama from Gossip Girl’s creators is brilliant escapist TV [21d]
• A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion [21d]
• Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors [21d]
• Michigan Senate Democratic primary race remains too close to call as El-Sayed holds narrow lead – US politics live [21d]
• Trump administration has paid back 60% of $165bn in tariff refunds [21d]
• Arsenal agree £75m fee with Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães as clubs reach compromise [21d]
• Mexico’s top university orders 58,000 students to resit entrance exam after suspected cheating [21d]
• Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech [21d]
• Sali Hughes on beauty: the best undereye concealers for over-35s [21d]
• How the ABA changed basketball forever: Dr J, George Gervin and the league that dared to be different [21d]
• ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley [21d]
• Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein [21d]
• OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test [21d]
• Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor [21d]
• What is Fields of Mistria? A magical new obsession for fans of Stardew Valley [21d]
• The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters [21d]
• A Sense of Occasion by Brodie Crellin review – a surprising and darkly funny debut [21d]
• El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year [21d]