The week around the world in 20 pictures

Semi-final: Bath 26-27 ExeterChiefs meet Northampton at Twickenham on SaturdayFor the first time since the greatest game in Premiership history, the away tea...

The US version of the tournament’s opening ceremony helpfully focused on one of its main themes: aspirational consumerismThe 2026 World Cup: a festival of fo...

A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with his vivid swimming pool paintings and embrace of SoCal light, hedonism and gay...

Lima police dress as mascots in raid on suspectZayu the Jaguar left out of police operationWhile tensions between Canada and the United States have risen in...

In the Downtown Eastside neighborhood nearby BC Place, advocates have noted tactics and displacement that are putting lives at risk.• World Cup newsletter |...

‘I feel like my old self again. It’s a bit of a relief’Lewis Hamilton second ahead of Kimi AntonelliGeorge Russell scorched to pole position for Sunday’s Bar...

Former congresswoman nevertheless said she hoped the fighting event would be ‘great’ and wished president wellMarjorie Taylor Greene has criticized Donald Tr...

Chris Farrell was given benefit for six months despite his repeated requests for payments to stopA former unpaid carer has urged welfare officials to “get th...

More than 100 UK lawmakers urge government to cancel London event, warning it is linked to land ‘stolen from Palestinians’More than 100 UK lawmakers have cal...

A 2% levy on fortunes above £100m – with no exemptions – could begin to reverse decades of rising inequalityAndy Burnham and Wes Streeting have sought to blu...

Czech billionaire to increase his stake from 27% to 43%Kretinsky and Gold ‘deeply concerned’ by revelationsDaniel Kretinsky, the owner of Royal Mail, is set...

‘High-handed and extremely unfair,’ government saysOfficial note of protest sent calling for a reviewGhana’s government has described Canada’s decision to de...