The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia [13d]
• San Francisco-area estate sells for $70m in sign of AI-fueled wealth explosion [13d]
• Premier League 2026-27 preview No 7: Coventry [13d]
• Kvaratskhelia and Madjo show that beautiful game can wash away Infantino’s stain | Nick Ames [13d]
• US army helicopter crashes in Texas, killing two people and sparking wildfire [13d]
• Karoline Leavitt: six key takeaways from 20 months as Trump’s press secretary [13d]
• Atlético Madrid agree £34.1m deal for Tottenham’s Cristian Romero [13d]
• It must have been love, but it’s over now: sex toy placed in trash bin triggers DC bomb squad [13d]
• Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary, Trump says [13d]
• Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes [13d]
• Hudson-Smith dazzle home fans as he surges to golden European 400m hat-trick [13d]
• Désiré Doué does the business as PSG edge Aston Villa to lift Super Cup [13d]
• The Spy Next Door review – a wild story … once the endless string of men have stopped talking [13d]
• The doctor who helps put prisoners to death – Stateside with Kai and Carter [13d]
• Wisconsin Democrats chose a middle path – will it lead to victory in November? [13d]
• Jack Draper: ‘When you reach rock bottom like that you can come back up again’ [13d]
• Xavi Hernández appointed head coach of the Netherlands on four-year contract [13d]
• Triple-double king Russell Westbrook calls time on 18-year NBA career [13d]
• Solar eclipse 2026 across Europe: in pictures [13d]
• Nick Reiner indicted for murders of parents Rob and Michele Reiner [13d]
• EJ Swift wins the 2026 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction [13d]
• Cruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europe [13d]
• Former Mexican governor charged in case of 43 students who vanished in 2014 [13d]
• Broadcasters to be barred from Eurovision song contest if state involved in ‘armed conflict’ [13d]
• Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report [13d]
• European Super Cup: Paris Saint-Germain v Aston Villa – live [13d]
• Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling [13d]
• Judge awards $252,480 to musician who canceled Kennedy Center performance [13d]
• Perez Hilton’s mother files for temporary custody of his three children [13d]
• The Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine running | Editorial [13d]
• Donald Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts [13d]
• Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter did not endanger others, defense attorneys say [13d]
• European Athletics Championships: day three from Birmingham – live [13d]
• Honk if your barn is burning: pet goose alerts sleeping Texas family to blaze [13d]
• Unexpected hearing scheduled for Luigi Mangione sparks plea deal speculation [13d]
• Zhu Rongji obituary [13d]
• The Wrong Girls review – Kristen Stewart fumbles through forgettable stoner comedy [13d]
• USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports [13d]
• Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole star [13d]
• AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is? [13d]
• Emiko Davies’ Japanese curry rice (kare raisu) – recipe [13d]
• My Brilliant Career review – Netflix’s take on this Australian classic is sassy and steamy – but a tad syrupy [13d]
• ‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child [13d]
• Don’t Say Good Luck review – high-school musical weepie puts Sunny Sandler in the spotlight [13d]
• Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action [13d]
• What’s a wedding without a dirtbike doughnut? Hark1karan’s best photograph [13d]
• ‘Be adults’: Joe Root gets rid of England Test team’s midnight curfew [13d]
• John Mitchell says coaching England will be ‘whole and meaningful’ after becoming UK citizen [13d]
• Lionel Messi has ‘quite a few doubts’ about football future after death of his father [13d]
• In Venice, it’s not politics as usual as film-makers aim to recapture our attention [13d]
• ‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected [13d]
• Why we’re going back to the games of our youth [13d]
• Kansas father kills his four children and their mother before shooting himself [13d]
• Europe solar eclipse live: millions flock to viewing spots in Spain, UK and Iceland [13d]
• Tell us your experience of female ‘looksmaxxing’ [13d]
• Powerful storms in US midwest leave three dead and 800,000 without power [13d]
• ‘Today’s Brazilians have no idea what it feels like to lose democracy’: Joyce Moreno on her battles to become a Latin musical great [13d]
• Etna, fishing boats at dawn and Berlin Wall art: photos of the day – Wednesday [13d]
• Trump ally loses, mixed results for progressives: takeaways from primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond [13d]
• Panama canal fees soar due to Iran war and El Niño as ship ‘pays $4m to jump queue’ [13d]
• Cambridge agrees to hold independent inquiry into Jason Arday appointment [13d]
• Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder? [13d]
• In Ohio, Haitians’ American dream shatters as ICE prepares to deport them [13d]
• How to use up parmesan rind to make pesto – recipe | Waste not [13d]
• Double murderer and rapist Simon Levy handed whole-life tariff [13d]
• Fever’s White says critics can ‘go to hell’ over handling of Sophie Cunningham controversy [13d]
• ‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean [13d]
• Premier League 2026-27 preview No 6: Chelsea [13d]
• Halting the march of the armyworm: fungus discovery offers hope to African farmers [13d]
• ‘It is just smelling football’: Tielemans says adjusting to life at United has come naturally [13d]
• Germany approves lifting curbs on spy agencies in security ‘revolution’ [13d]
• At least 15 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe [13d]
• Manchester City target Enzo Fernández but Chelsea’s £120m price tag may be too high [13d]
• Heard about the ‘luteal uglies’? Women know more about our hormones than ever – and that’s beautiful | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett [13d]
• Trump’s secret flight switch indicates severity of assassination threat by Iran [13d]
• AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage? [13d]
• Drone footage shows rare bird’s-eye view of stingrays off New York coast [13d]
• ‘Bold and ethical’: doctors on AOC’s egg-freezing journey - and Maga’s criticisms of it [13d]
• I was enjoying growing vegetables. Then the climate crisis raised its ugly head | Bim Adewunmi [13d]
• If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders [13d]
• Steal This Story, Please! review – Amy Goodman, stalwart of the American left, shows her teeth [13d]
• Trump plays down Air Force One plane switch as criticism grows over ‘decoy’ passengers – US politics live [13d]
• David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong to win Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor [13d]
• Saudi Pro League tries to move on from era of ageing megastar but big names still loom [13d]
• Sali Hughes on beauty: a shortcut to glass skin? Try these one-step moisturisers [13d]
• ‘Feminists need to push back’: how did the women’s movement become so divided – and how can it reunite? [13d]
• Mutants assemble: what does the future hold for the X-Men? [13d]
• Carcass Clad: stifling tank combat promises tension, terror and surprising laughs [13d]
• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls review – an anime-style rumble that’s rooting for you [13d]
• Football transfer rumours: Folarin Balogun to Tottenham? Gabriel Jesus to Napoli? [13d]
• UK heatwave live: Met Office issues extreme heat warning as government convenes emergency Cobra meeting [13d]
• Millions of US tax dollars sent to rightwing European thinktanks. Did any Trump supporters vote for that? | Arwa Mahdawi [13d]
• Chum review – daft shark attack movie with wedding guests running gamut of toothy undersea beast [13d]
• Bondi shooting hero Ahmed al-Ahmed has assault charges dropped [13d]
• Nigel Farage and Count Binface: a visual guide to their electoral careers [13d]
• Oil prices climb as Iran talks hit new impasse; Tui hit by high fuel costs – business live [13d]
• ‘Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us’: what’s it like to be a child chaperone on a film set? [13d]
• Which footballer has played for the most clubs in their career? | The Knowledge [13d]
• Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent – and the consequences are deadly [13d]
• Nigel Farage looks trapped and rattled - now the nationalist tide can be turned | Rafael Behr [13d]