The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Melon-gate was a non-issue in Japan. How did it get elevated to a crisis in Australia? | Malcolm Farr [14d]
• Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why? [14d]
• Premier League 2026-27 preview No 5: Brighton [14d]
• Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers [14d]
• Wimbledon hero Arthur Fery back on court at a whole different level [14d]
• Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA threatens legal action over title removal [14d]
• ACLU asks judge to block new Trump order restricting birthright citizenship [14d]
• Romell Glave soars to 100m title as Jeremiah Azu makes it British one-two [14d]
• Emery positive about Aston Villa’s outlook despite summer exits as PSG await [14d]
• Buzzer-beaters and besties: the rivalries and friendships that make the WNBA [14d]
• White House pushes DoJ to revive reflecting pool case against Olympian [14d]
• New York Jets’ Qwan’tez Stiggers in hospital after collapsing during practice [14d]
• Matthias Jaissle urges fans to ‘keep the optimism’ through ‘transition phase’ | Louise Taylor [14d]
• Trump 'secretly switched planes via catering truck' amid Iran threat | Deconstructed – video [14d]
• Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian [14d]
• The Guardian view on wildfires: firefighters can’t handle this crisis alone | Editorial [14d]
• The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial [14d]
• The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer [14d]
• Birmingham 2026: European Athletics Championships day two – live [14d]
• Bumble drops women-first chat rule as dating apps seek engagement boost [14d]
• Florida paddleboarder rescues woman from alligator attack [14d]
• Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football [14d]
• Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side? [14d]
• What effect will Donald Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations have in the US and beyond? [14d]
• University of Michigan to switch to pass/fail grades for first-semester students [14d]
• Salad is supposed to be good for you – so what’s behind all the cases of lettuce poisoning? [14d]
• Record-breaking El Capitan climber dies in Sierra Nevada fall [14d]
• Why the US government is trying to ban this Chinese dancing robot – video explainer [14d]
• Djed Spence nears Tottenham exit with Inter in talks over £25.6m move [14d]
• We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid [14d]
• Trump put a wrecking-ball through the East Wing – and through democratic norms | Francine Prose [14d]
• Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows [14d]
• Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family [14d]
• I thought having a second baby would be easier – but, from food to teeth to poos, I’ve forgotten so much | Bim Adewunmi [14d]
• Can I make my house less dusty? I spent four weeks experimenting to find out [14d]
• Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating [14d]
• Prom dates and terrific tomatoes – readers’ best photographs [14d]
• ‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men [14d]
• Football Daily | Liverpool, Jeff Bezos and mission creep off the field at Anfield [14d]
• Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – latest news [14d]
• Copernicus! Tony Soprano! The inventor of the semicolon! The heroic obsessions of artist Isabel Nolan [14d]
• Colombia earthquake leaves more than 200 dead amid hunt for survivors [14d]
• Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt [14d]
• California’s Big Sur sees evacuation orders as Timber fire grows [14d]
• Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists [14d]
• European Athletics Championships face backlash over ‘crazy prices’ and empty seats [14d]
• ‘Real mummy’s curse’: health warning over growing trade in mummified human remains [14d]
• Feel the burn: why holidays from hell make for blistering fiction [14d]
• Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction [14d]
• Wind turbines, wildfires and extreme weather: photos of the day – Tuesday [14d]
• Driver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in Utah [14d]
• Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution [14d]
• ‘I feel motherly towards them’: the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest [14d]
• How to jazz up a fruit salad | Kitchen aide [14d]
• Transfer roundup: Nottingham Forest seal £34m deal for Sporting’s Diomande [14d]
• Chelsea face Real Sociedad in WCL third qualifying round with riches at stake [14d]
• How to safely watch the solar eclipse [14d]
• Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’ [14d]
• Premier League 2026-27 preview No 4: Brentford [14d]
• The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering. It devastated mom-and-pop businesses instead [14d]
• ‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years [14d]
• Do you have to be hot at work? Eight people on how looks influence their jobs [14d]
• Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick [14d]
• Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties [14d]
• Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse [14d]
• Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes [14d]
• David Squires on … the masochistic life of a Football League fan [14d]
• Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts | Robert B Shpiner [14d]
• Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell [14d]
• Wisconsin considers democratic socialist for governor amid US wave of progressive wins [14d]
• The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan [14d]
• AI ‘will do more to boost fossil fuel production than green energy’ [14d]
• Houseplant hacks: can willow water act as a rooting hormone? [14d]
• ‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives [14d]
• ‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal [14d]
• The last lap at Lloyd Center: how America is losing its mall ice rinks [14d]
• Football transfer rumours: Vardy to West Ham? Madrid move for Zubimendi? [14d]
• Does Sophie Cunningham benefit from white privilege? Of course she does | Etan Thomas [14d]
• Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision [14d]
• Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie [15d]
• Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine used North Korean missiles, claims Zelenskyy – Europe live [15d]
• Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says [15d]
• Reader Q&A: ask our reporters anything about fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis [15d]
• Mourinho review – if he didn’t want to open up, maybe he shouldn’t have starred in a docuseries… [15d]
• As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, India’s relationship with Israel deepens [15d]
• Australia’s prime minister refuses to apologise to Japanese counterpart over melon gaffe [15d]
• Oil prices rise and gold hits two-month high after Trump makes new deal demands on Iran – business live [15d]
• Nvidia links with Wall Street firms for $500bn AI financing deal [15d]
• Kelly Slater, 54, rolls back years with near-perfect surf in monster Tahiti swell [15d]
• ‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio [15d]
• ‘Clark Kent grew up’: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring [15d]
• Consumer confidence at near two-year high as World Cup and UK holidaying lift summer spending [15d]
• A bit on the nose! The world’s longest-running photography exhibition – in pictures [15d]
• In the footsteps of the Victorians on the Isle of Man [15d]
• They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry [15d]
• Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be! [15d]
• Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing [15d]
• Hundreds in London flats left without regular running water since last year [15d]
• José Pizarro’s recipe for peach and moscatel granita [15d]
• Typhoon Dolphin: Beijing braces for one-third of its annual rainfall as storm sweeps China [15d]