The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Wasted medicine in England could fill 75 swimming pools a year, pharmacy group says [18d]
• Five Great Reads: Perils of high-impact exercise, the journo taking on big tech and birthdayzillas [18d]
• Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy [18d]
• Idaho police release video of In-N-Out Burger mass shooting that killed three [18d]
• Will Lankshear starts off in style to see Middlesborough past Wrexham [18d]
• US police officer accused of killing three people in Mexico arrested at border [18d]
• Who are the Trump allies running Latin America? – Stateside with Kai and Carter [18d]
• US Senate passes Russia sanctions bill championed by Lindsey Graham [18d]
• At least one person dead in California wildfire allegedly sparked by chainsaw [18d]
• Infantino’s World Cup sell-off debacle has rocked football but Fifa’s crisis has deep and rotten roots [18d]
• Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports making waves in European football transfer market [18d]
• Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling [18d]
• Andrew Flintoff makes surprise exit as England Lions head coach after two years [18d]
• Middlesbrough v Wrexham: Carabao Cup first round – live [18d]
• Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts [18d]
• France stopped 10 small boats crossing Channel since spring, officials say [18d]
• Niewiadoma crushes Tour de France Femmes rivals on Mont Ventoux and takes overall lead [18d]
• Businessman was ‘preparing champagne’ to celebrate Caruana Galizia murder, court hears [18d]
• The week around the world in 20 pictures [18d]
• ‘Not braggadocious, not swaggerdocious’: Moses Itauma on why he lets his fists do the talking [18d]
• The Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm | Editorial [18d]
• The Guardian view on Gianni Infantino: in the interests of the game he professes to love, he should go | Editorial [18d]
• A ‘Keminaissance’ for the Tories is wishful thinking – Badenoch’s Reform-lite summer will only end one way | Jonathan Freedland [18d]
• Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday [18d]
• Rebecca Hendin on the ‘vertical drinking’ row – cartoon [18d]
• AI, boy kibble and parasite cleanses: the 11 biggest wellness trends of 2026 [18d]
• Monsters of God review – a messy feud between rival reptile smugglers gets the Tiger King treatment [18d]
• Messy is chic again. But is the world ready for my kind of crumpled grubbiness? | Emma Beddington [18d]
• Kemi Badenoch’s weird week: defence of ex-neo-Nazi raises questions over Tory direction [18d]
• Prince to Madonna, Blur to Beth Orton: William Orbit’s 12 greatest recordings [18d]
• Trump’s attorney general pick Todd Blanche appears to clear last hurdle for confirmation [18d]
• It’s not just Homer: the new generation of poets enjoying epic success [18d]
• Appeals court halts construction of Trump’s $400m White House ballroom [18d]
• When it comes to marriage and divorce, is gen Z the sensible generation? | Van Badham [18d]
• Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? - The Latest [18d]
• Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds [18d]
• Tate brothers’ lawyers urge ⁠US judge to release the two from Miami jail on bail [18d]
• Capybaras caught roaming government building in Brazil – video [18d]
• Simon Levy murders: has anything changed in policing since Sarah Everard’s killing? [18d]
• Manchester City reject Barcelona’s opening £38.5m bid for Rodri as talks continue [18d]
• Swedish gummies, Parisian linens and Moroccan mint tea: what travel experts always bring home from their trips [18d]
• Sam Neill filmed role in Legend of Zelda film adaptation before his death [18d]
• Police and prosecution errors left proven sex offender free to murder two women in London [18d]
• Football Daily | Vinícius Júnior and a fantasy world of transfers in the football lull [18d]
• Israel indicts settler over death of Palestinian activist who worked on No Other Land [18d]
• ‘Not afraid of controversy’: Edinburgh fringe rejects calls to cancel Amanda Knox comedy [18d]
• Georgia Hunter Bell: ‘Getting the tube to work I was like … oh my God, I’ve kind of messed up my life’ [18d]
• Boardroom struggle deepens gloom as West Ham prepare for life on the outside [18d]
• EA Sports FC 27: what does the next instalment of the world’s biggest football game have in store? [18d]
• A balloon fiesta and candyfloss sellers: photos of the day – Friday [18d]
• Scramble to house hundreds camping in Rome heatwave after squat eviction [19d]
• Out of the blue: James Cameron’s surprise departure would be good for Avatar [19d]
• William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69 [19d]
• ‘It’s a Pan-African story’: the artists telling the amazing true tale of Zambia’s mission to reach space [19d]
• ‘It might be one of the most unpopular tunes ever written!’: kids’ TV composers tell all [19d]
• The amateur archivists racing to save US history in national parks against Trump administration censorship [19d]
• Cocktail of the week: Half Cut Market’s peaches & cream – recipe | The good mixer [19d]
• Weather tracker: central and western Europe brace for more sweltering heat [19d]
• Global food prices at three-year high as heatwaves and wars push up crop costs [19d]
• Iran hopes to deal Trump a blow at midterms by keeping him entangled in war [19d]
• Panthers rally past Cardinals behind undrafted rookie QB in NFL preseason opener [19d]
• Black barrister was told ‘it’s not for defendants’ at London court car park [19d]
• Trump unbound: the making of an imperial presidency | Politics Weekly America [19d]
• The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup [19d]
• Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections [19d]
• Grieg Lyric Pieces album review – Feltsman brings a probing flexibility that transforms this music [19d]
• ‘Walking sausage’: the giant stick insect that proves it’s not over till we give up [19d]
• Add to playlist: the anxiety-ridden sugar rush of Tiffany Day and the week’s best new tracks [19d]
• Five years and $122m later, North Sydney Olympic swimming pool has finally reopened. Was it worth the wait? [19d]
• Tottenham and Atlético in talks over Romero with Van de Ven set to sign new deal [19d]
• Boeing 737 Max operators told to check fuselages for cracks [19d]
• With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller [19d]
• ‘This is where I belong’: Katelyn Ohashi’s Olympic comeback is fueled by joy, not redemption [19d]
• Fancy fresh cabbages next spring? Then it’s time to get sowing [19d]
• Tour de France Femmes 2026: Mont Ventoux finish looms on toughest stage – live [19d]
• Donald Trump refuses to say whether Ohio Republican Max Miller should step aside by tomorrow – US politics live [19d]
• Mexico and Argentina line up behind Infantino to deepen football’s civil war [19d]
• Football transfer rumours: Cristian Romero to leave Spurs for … Arsenal? [19d]
• Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets album review – drama, imagination and sonic flair [19d]
• Norway’s Klaveness tells Fifa president Infantino to resign: ‘There is no trust now’ [19d]
• Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips [19d]
• How teen TV is replacing repetition with authenticity: ‘a reprieve from the algorithm’ [19d]
• Trump faces calls for windfall tax on big oil’s profits from Iran war [19d]
• Pony Island 2 Panda Circus: gallop out of hell in this phantasmagorical follow-up to 2016’s indie hit [19d]
• Could the UK ever run out of water? [19d]
• Buried for not being Brueghel: overlooked masterpiece by still-life pioneer discovered in storage area [19d]
• Tell us your favourite true crime TV [19d]
• Flo: Therapy at the Club review – skirting the dancefloor and overly sweating the small stuff [19d]
• I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all? | Simon Jenkins [19d]
• Tory plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing condemned as ‘divisive’ [19d]
• Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh review – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories [19d]
• Thailand school shooting: suspect shot grandparents before killing at least eight people, police say – latest updates [19d]
• Alley Cats review – the genital jokes in Ricky Gervais’s sweary cartoon are just exhausting [19d]
• The Last House review – post-Covid apocalyptic lockdown thriller is a solid night in [19d]
• Chess: Adams loses first British Championship game since 1988 to rising star [19d]
• ‘There is an alternative to capitalism’: after addiction and losing a home to LA wildfires, indie rockers Diiv start again [19d]
• Colombia on the brink: ELN guerrilla group prepares for return to war [19d]
• Sports quiz of the week: big deals, bad luck, nicknames and hidden talents [19d]
• Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence [19d]
• Afcon’s biennial switch cost African governing body deal worth more than $1bn [19d]