The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year day after Bezos guts Washington Post [76d]
Most statin side-effects not caused by the drugs, study finds [76d]
Bitcoin loses half its value in three months amid crypto crunch [76d]
Arne Slot admits things will be ‘more difficult’ if Liverpool sustain any further injuries [76d]
Bald eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd: is Budweiser’s all-American Super Bowl ad serious? [76d]
Bielle-Biarrey stars as France outplay Ireland to lay down a Six Nations marker [76d]
Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election [76d]
Ex-priest indicted for allegedly raping disabled child while ministering in New Orleans [76d]
Cristiano Ronaldo warned by Saudi Pro League amid transfer spending dispute [76d]
Arizona officials confirm blood found at Nancy Guthrie’s home was hers [76d]
JD Vance’s first Olympic appearance unfolds with more photo-ops than protests [76d]
No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment [76d]
Trump administration issues rule making it easier to fire federal workers – live [76d]
How the Epstein scandal has shaken the British government to its core [76d]
The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact [76d]
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals [76d]
Iran is betting that Trump does not have a plan for regime change [76d]
Bonobos can play make-believe much like children, study suggests [76d]
‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers find [76d]
‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds [76d]
France v Ireland: Six Nations 2026 opener – live [76d]
The Guardian view on Downing Street in crisis: Keir Starmer’s judgment looks fatally flawed | Editorial [76d]
The Guardian view on Saudi Arabia and the UAE: as former allies clash, others are likely to pay | Editorial [76d]
Trump offers revised account of Tulsi Gabbard presence at FBI raid in Georgia [76d]
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney – cartoon [76d]
Rape allegation against ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley was raised in US Epstein investigation [76d]
Cuba open to talks with US, but insists ‘without pressure’ following months of Trump threats [76d]
Frank says Romero ‘dealt with internally’ for latest volley at Spurs owners [76d]
Mamdani takes sardonic view of Polymarket’s ‘free grocery store’ stunt in New York [76d]
Shin Bet chief’s brother charged with ‘assisting enemy’ over cigarette smuggling in Gaza [76d]
Team GB chief predicts ‘most potent’ Winter Games ever with sights set on eight medals [76d]
Feyi-Waboso hands England Six Nations injury scare 48 hours before Wales opener [76d]
Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon [76d]
Restoring the Palace of Westminster could cost ‘eye-watering’ £40bn [76d]
Florida euthanizes 5,000 iguanas after cold snap stuns the invasive reptiles [76d]
Shell will consider fossil fuel investment in Venezuela, says chief executive [76d]
Eight current and former Toronto police arrested in organized crime inquiry [76d]
Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank [76d]
The Mandelson Scandal: has Starmer finally lost control? – Politics Weekly [76d]
Pipe leaks and puck joy: Milan’s winter wasteland comes alive for ice hockey opener [76d]
David Furnish calls alleged phone hacks of him and Elton John ‘an abomination’ [76d]
Rio Tinto and Glencore abandon revived $260bn merger plan [76d]
Volcanic vulvas and hermaphrodite marble: Ovid’s Metamorphoses reshaped at the Rijksmuseum [76d]
Purr-fect casting: is Orangey the most important movie cat ever? [76d]
Is Mandelson scandal the end for Starmer? - The Latest [76d]
‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US [76d]
UK plans to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help [76d]
Gwen John: Strange Beauties review – Wales’s great modern artist stuns us with the glory of solitude [76d]
London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech [76d]
Leicester City in relegation danger after six-point deduction for financial rules breach [76d]
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics [76d]
We can reverse America’s decline | Bernie Sanders [76d]
Italian investigated over claims he paid to shoot people during siege of Sarajevo [76d]
‘One of the most stunning sights in the country’: your picks for UK town of culture [76d]
Mr Rules hits tipping point as Mandelson proves the one mistake that can’t be undone [76d]
Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could give us some clues | Elle Hunt [76d]
Liam Rosenior accuses Arsenal of lack of respect after disruption to Chelsea warm-up [76d]
Travel industry fears summer disruption amid new biometric checks at European borders [76d]
Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine [76d]
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë audiobook review – Aimee Lou Wood reads the romance of the moment [76d]
The Goldberg Variations album review – Yunchan Lim untangles Bach’s complex web of threads [76d]
How cryptocurrency’s second largest coin missed out on the industry’s boom [76d]
‘You should see the cricket ball’ jokes Ben Stokes after being struck in the face [76d]
Nigeria sends troops to villages attacked by jihadist fighters [76d]
Second day of Ukraine-Russia peace talks in UAE end without breakthrough [76d]
Amazon pulls Melania from cinema after owner’s criticism as rumours mount over ‘fake ticket sales’ [76d]
‘Dubai sells itself’: real-estate boom as entrepreneurs and fortune hunters arrive [76d]
After high school, a friend I was very close to drifted away. Should I seek closure from her? | Leading questions [76d]
‘Penis injection’ doping claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada [76d]
Postcard-pretty … and filled with pollution: how Brazil’s fishers are reviving Rio de Janeiro’s famous bay [76d]
‘They were humans’: inquiry into mass Channel drowning hears from families [76d]
Infantino and Coventry backing Russia’s return shows sport’s soft power is in rotten hands | Emma John [76d]
More than 35m unexpected salmon deaths at Scottish farms sparks outcry [76d]
The Cardigans’ Nina Persson: ‘Ozzy said our Black Sabbath cover was the creepiest thing he’d ever heard’ [76d]
Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan [76d]
England’s late 2026 World Cup start gives FA headache over warm-up matches [76d]
‘I’m so co-o-old’: ahead of Wuthering Heights, the 20 best films with dreadful weather – ranked! [76d]
Russian container ship captain jailed for six years over fatal North Sea collision [76d]
Theatre trigger warnings risk ‘mollycoddling’ audiences, says Tony-winning director [76d]
Emerald Fennell hopes Wuthering Heights will ‘provoke a primal response’ [76d]
Craft beer has gone stale: let’s hear it for age-old favourites | Richard Godwin [76d]
Michigan accuses big oil of being ‘cartel’ that fuels climate crisis and high energy costs [76d]
‘We can learn from the old’: how architects are returning to the earth to build homes for the future [76d]
How the failures that caused Grenfell still exist today [76d]
A Winter Olympics training ski crash and a graduation ceremony: photos of the day – Thursday [76d]
Hollywood money fuelled record £2.8bn spend on UK film production last year [76d]
What a four-year-old taught us about the magic of baking a chocolate cake [76d]
Mandy, Indiana: Urgh review | Laura Snapes' album of the week [76d]
Trump’s border-czar takeover does little to calm Minneapolis tensions: ‘The agenda is still the same’ [76d]
Donald Trump is making China great again | Steven Greenhouse [76d]
All the world’s enraged: a new era of ‘resistance theater’ is rising as Trump attacks the arts [76d]