The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Investors turn on Google owner Alphabet after profit miss, ad slowdown and high spending [9d]
• Scottish Premiership: McInnes booed in Rangers draw at Hearts as Celtic also earn point [9d]
• Tributes pour in for labor leader Dolores Huerta: ‘Fought for farm workers to the very end’ [9d]
• Microsoft posts $92.3bn quarterly revenue after offering buyouts to 60,000 employees [9d]
• I’ve mailed off my vote in the US midterms. It will be a nail-biting watch, but easier from outside Trump’s America | Eleanor Limprecht [9d]
• Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties yet again to secure Carabao Cup progress [9d]
• Non-profit group leaks data of more than 40,000 homeland security workers [9d]
• California weather is ‘well into extreme territory’ with historic high tides [9d]
• Dolores Huerta – a life in pictures [9d]
• Embattled Bari Weiss says she is not ‘focused’ on declining 60 Minutes ratings [9d]
• Alessia Russo makes history with hat-trick as Arsenal cruise to Benfica win [9d]
• Rulli’s heroics earn Manchester City shootout success against Brighton [9d]
• New book makes fiery claims about Jared Kushner’s finances in Trump’s first term [9d]
• EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks [9d]
• ‘Worldwide legacy’: almost $20m raised to protect majestic tract of land in far north Queensland [9d]
• European football: Two late own goals return Inter to top of Serie A but Milan lose at home [9d]
• ‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania [9d]
• Education secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend nearly $43,000 on office furniture [9d]
• Budget 2026: Healey hikes taxes on banks and landlords to fund £100 handouts to 20m households [9d]
• Ernie Johnson, beloved host of Inside the NBA, to step away from show at end of season [9d]
• Burnley turn to former CSKA Moscow manager Fabio Celestini as new head coach [9d]
• The Guardian view on Israel’s elections: Netanyahu lost his mandate. If opponents unite, he’ll lose power too | Editorial [9d]
• Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalition [9d]
• Arsenal v Benfica: Women’s Champions League – live [9d]
• Vladimir Putin hails Elon Musk’s ‘genius’ amid plans for Russian Starlink [9d]
• Liverpool v Chelsea: Carabao Cup fourth round – live [9d]
• ‘It all happened in a split-second’: survivors recount details of Spain’s second deadly train crash in 10 months [9d]
• New study estimates 75% of deceased ex-NFL players had brain disease CTE [9d]
• Howe, Nagelsmann, Pochettino: can anyone end Manchester United’s doom loop? [9d]
• I’ve been watching the 7 Up TV series. And one change in the way we behave really struck me | Adrian Chiles [9d]
• Bone of contention: why dog trainers are at war [9d]
• ‘Like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory’: how did the restaurant end up in a Maga fight over ‘elitism’? [9d]
• Carey and Inglis counterpunch to put Australia on top in South Africa [9d]
• The bottomless depths of Donald Trump’s midterm rally bigotry [9d]
• Three plead guilty in $9m romance fraud scam targeting elderly Americans [9d]
• Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence and has assets seized [9d]
• Tory Brexit was ‘harder’ than promised in EU referendum, says Andy Burnham [9d]
• Healey gives households £100 to help navigate ‘global economic storms’ [9d]
• Guardian and ITN have ‘duty to public and sources’ to publish sexual allegations against well-known figure, court hears [9d]
• Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96 [9d]
• Russell Brand tells trial he had sex obsession but that consent is ‘non-negotiable’ [9d]
• Socialist Hasan Piker is suing conservative counterpart for ‘violent racist’ portrayal [9d]
• Their orchestra is not a sacred object but a tool for struggle – Paris’s musicians join the frontline [9d]
• In Serbia, a new type of democracy is taking hold, and Europe is watching closely [9d]
• Flávio Bolsonaro flies in and John Healey steps out: photos of the day – Wednesday [9d]
• Passengers stranded in Cambodia after cruise halted due to high fuel costs [9d]
• Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live [9d]
• Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from? [9d]
• ‘Les the bare-handed beekeeper asked if he should put them on his face. I said: Sure!’ Holly Lynton’s best photograph [9d]
• Tommy Robinson found guilty of harassing journalists [9d]
• Chiefs reportedly signing kicker Justin Tucker in wake of ban as Butker struggles [9d]
• London Broncos to go without £1.3m RFL funding if they enter Super League next year [9d]
• Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr [9d]
• Racism needs to be understood as a global phenomenon – our humanity depends on it [9d]
• Two years on from our first newsletter … how has the Long Wave evolved? [9d]
• How Trump is trying to disrupt the midterms – video explainer [9d]
• Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess [9d]
• Snail ate your mail? Why gastropods munch paper – and how to stop them [9d]
• How students rocked Serbia’s presidential election – video explainer [9d]
• US teen whose father arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter convicted for weapons training [9d]
• Max Dowman’s Fleetwood fracas leaves him, Arsenal and Arteta red-faced [9d]
• Mark Carney is celebrated abroad – while consolidating power at home | Shiri Pasternak [9d]
• How to turn excess custard into a fruity treat – recipe [9d]
• ‘You have to believe’: Qwan’tez Stiggers, the New York Jets player who went from delivery driver to the NFL [9d]
• Chocolate chilli tortillas, date sugar bars and dipped figs – upgrade your seasonal treats [9d]
• Fernandes tells Carrick he is committed to turning season around in clear-the-air talks [9d]
• Stephen Kovacevich - a pianist who risked oblivion to know what it’s like out on the edge [9d]
• West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’ [9d]
• Dream say WNBA finals concerns went unheeded as teams prepare for 12.30pm Thursday start [9d]
• Will ‘prairie populism’ defeat Republicans in the midterms? | Politics Weekly America [9d]
• Hold the lime! Could eating citrus zest and peel really be bad for your health? [9d]
• Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks [9d]
• ‘I am mother, leader, warrior of the Amazon’: Nemonte Nenquimo on why the west needs to be rescued [9d]
• ‘I knead the audience, like a baker!’ House music legend Peven Everett on life after cancer and vanquishing the ‘Disco Sucks’ movement [9d]
• Diamonds hold on to world No 1 ranking with victory over New Zealand [9d]
• Flávio Bolsonaro bound for US after fleeing Brazilian election defeat [9d]
• ‘Elonville’: Mississippi residents say Musk’s xAI is buying up homes if they don’t sue over noise [9d]
• Coalition talks loom in Israel as Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs set to fall short of majority [9d]
• Airbnb feels like a soulless rip-off – and its hosts are revolting | Arwa Mahdawi [9d]
• Marco Jansen belongs to a great tradition but top all-rounders are hard to find [9d]
• The Devils review – Ken Russell’s 1971 possessed-nuns tale is a frenzied aria of confrontation and hysteria [9d]
• Film buffs love it. Trump and Tom Hanks hosted it. Can TCM survive a Hollywood mega-merger? [9d]
• Russell Brand gives evidence in rape and sexual assault trial – latest updates [9d]
• A bitter night in Israel for all who craved a fresh start. Netanyahu survives – and we are more divided than ever | Dahlia Scheindlin [9d]
• Loves me, loves me not: Trump and allies target Fox News over coverage [9d]
• ‘There is no inevitable dystopia’: Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity [9d]
• Kylian Mbappé’s China crisis shows how sensitive Mao’s legacy remains [9d]
• We are seeing the rise of psychopatriarchy everywhere | V (Formerly Eve Ensler) [9d]
• Ten reported dead after two trains collide in Spain – latest updates [9d]
• Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official [9d]
• Spain train crash: at least 10 feared dead after collision in Toledo province [9d]
• ‘Dear Charlie’: letter revealing move to snare future Rolling Stones drummer up for auction [9d]
• Jay-Z is the perfect Super Bowl shill for a league of billionaires [9d]
• Budget 2026 live: chancellor says scrapping of gas standing charges will save 60% of homes £45 a year [9d]
• In One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak review – what Madame Bovary thought of Flaubert [9d]
• ‘Fear is contagious’: why horror shows are taking over the New York stage [9d]
• Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? by Judi Dench review – whatever you do, don’t call her a ‘national treasure’ [9d]
• Everest: The Other Side review – couple’s climb on the mountain’s toughest face comes with tricky moral questions loom over couple’s lofty ambitions [9d]
• Lise Klaveness: ‘Certainly there are people that can challenge Infantino’ [9d]
• Jimmy Anderson’s stubborn refusal to give up has fuelled his greatest achievements | Emma John [9d]