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Davies and Anscombe lead the way as Wales sail into quarter-finals

Warren Gatland has enjoyed some big wins with Wales over the years but few more satisfying than this.

Horne and Kinghorn remind Ireland to stay wary of Scots

It could certainly be said that Scotland were dealt a bad hand when you consider the Pool B draw combined with its scheduling.

Ciganda keeps cool to help Europe retain cup in riveting finale

The good news is, there is another Solheim Cup in 12 months' time. If events at Marco Simone in Rome, where male players from Europe and the US take centre stage from Friday, are a patch on this then golf fans should prepare for a Ryder Cup for the ages.

Thousands rally in Madrid to oppose possible Catalan amnesty

At least 40,000 people gathered in Madrid yesterday to protest over a possible amnesty for those who took part in a failed push for Catalan independence six years ago, which sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

Outsider pitted against ex-minister in intense Syriza leadership race

The unexpectedly electric quest to elect a new leader of Greece's main opposition party, the leftwing Syriza, intensified as party members voted in a runoff poll last night.

Moscow uses starvation as tactic in Ukraine, say human rights lawyers

Human rights lawyers working with Ukraine's public prosecutor are preparing a war crimes dossier to submit to the international criminal court (ICC) accusing Russia of deliberately causing starvation during the 18-month conflict.

Talks with Serbia have reached a deadlock, says Kosovan PM

EU-brokered talks between Kosovo and Serbia have become so one-sided that they have reached a dead end and a rethink is needed, the Kosovan prime minister has told the Guardian.

FA accused of double standards on betting

FA accused of double standards over betting rules for club owners

My son would still be alive if 'Martha's rule' was in place at NHS hospitals, says father

A 30-year-old man would still be alive had \"Martha's rule\", the right to a second opinion, been in place, his father has said.

Dylan Thomas pub and train line in Railway Children given funding boost

When Iwan Thomas received the news that he had won a £300,000 grant for the Vale of Aeron, a pub in Ceredigion adored by the poet Dylan Thomas when he lived nearby in the 1940s, he was working a shift, but had to hold his tongue.

Surprise for art world as Ivorian painter Aboudia tops 2022 bestseller list

Not everyone will know his name, let alone his paintings, yet Aboudia has emerged as the bestselling artist of 2022, based on the number of artworks sold at auction, to the surprise of market experts.

Gordon Brown Tax oil-rich countries to help poor in climate crisis

Petro-states should pay a small percentage of their soaring oil and gas revenues to help poor countries cope with the climate crisis, the former prime minister Gordon Brown has said.

Miliband vows to stand firm on green policy after PM's U-turn

Labour will \"double down\" on making the case that tackling the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis can only be done in tandem, despite an intensifying Conservative attack on net zero policies, the Guardian has learned.

Lib Dems to focus on ultra-local issues in election campaign

The Liberal Democrats plan to rigidly focus their election campaign on ultra-local efforts in target seats, and worry less about getting a national narrative across, in a decision that has caused disquiet at the party's conference.

Labour goes on hiring spree across Whitehall in preparation for government

Labour is recruiting a growing number of civil servants to bolster its preparations for government, with officials hired from No 10, the Treasury and other departments.

Meerkats compared to see if they pick up on human emotions

They are known for living in packs and being sociable animals. And now researchers are investigating whether meerkats can pick up on human emotions.

Minority Report to lead 'bold' season at Lyric Hammersmith

A female-led adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Minority Report is among a new season of works announced today for London's Lyric Hammersmith theatre which place women at its centre.

Tory donor threatens to pull cash over HS2

Donor threatens to stop funding Tories if HS2 leg scrapped

Met police request support from SAS after officers down firearms

Home secretary orders review of armed policing in face of growing anger

Rumours fly over top News Corp execs' futures as new era begins

As the Murdoch empire wakes up to a new era a coterie of Rupert favourites, from his right-hand man, Robert Thomson, to the UK boss, Rebekah Brooks, will be contemplating what their place might be as his elder son looks to chart his future vision of the sprawling media conglomerate.

Global outrage as secret trial of rights activists starts in China

The trial of two prominent activists detained since 2021 has begun in secret in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, in a case that has attracted widespread attention to Beijing's repression of civil society.

Fears Azerbaijan may seek to push Armenians out of disputed region

Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has expressed hopes that ethnic Armenians can stay in Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears that Azerbaijan, which says it controls the region after a military offensive this week, is seeking to push out tens of thousands of people.

Cultural differences mean migration could 'dissolve EU', says top diplomat

Migration could be \"a dissolving force for the European Union\" because of deep cultural differences between countries and their long-term inability to reach a common policy, Josep Borrell, the EU's most senior diplomat, has said.

BYCHICK Rhinoceros numbers on the rise thanks to conservation efforts

Global rhinoceros numbers have increased to about 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, figures show, with some species rebounding for the first time in a decade.

Back to Earth Package from far, far away may explain origins of life

Tomorrow morning, somewhere above the Utah desert, a parachute will open and a capsule containing about 250g of rubble will float to the ground. As it descends, four helicopters bearing scientists, engineers and military safety personnel will cross the arid landscape to recover it.

Lost wartime bomber to rise again from vast jigsaw of crash debris

The process is fraught with difficulties, painstaking and highly sensitive, but after a half-century wait a labour of love to rebuild a \"missing link\" in the UK's military aviation history is coming to fruition.

Appeal to help buy medal of hunger strike suffragette

A military-style medal awarded to the first suffragette to go on hunger strike in Scotland is up for sale at a London auction house, and Glasgow Women's Library (GWL) has launched a fundraising appeal to bid for the \"humbling and important\" artefact.

Manchester launches first publicly run buses since 1980s

The first buses to be brought back into public control in England since deregulation in the 1980s will set out from depots in Bolton and Wigan tomorrow morning, as Greater Manchester launches its Bee Network, promising better, cheaper transport.

Jellyfish study shows learning isn't all about having a brain

Jellyfish change their behaviour based on past experiences, researchers have revealed in a study that suggests learning could be a fundamental property of the way nerve cells work.

Unknown Truman Capote short story, found in notebook, is published

A previously unknown short story by Truman Capote, discovered written in pencil in a notebook then carefully deciphered and transcribed, has just been published. \"Capote is probably one of the top five short story writers of the 20th century,\" said Andrew F Gulli, editor of the Strand Magazine, who discovered the story.