The Brutalist Report

The Guardian

• Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to allow $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas [50d]
• ‘I will die for this cause’: how India’s cockroach meme became the biggest challenge to Modi’s grip on power [50d]
• White House says Trump to give ‘unifying yet vicious’ speech at rescheduled press gala [50d]
• Boris Johnson: Into Ukraine’s Kill Zone review – the self-serving narcissist ruins this documentary [50d]
• Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states [50d]
• Rampant Wigan sweep to derby win as St Helens’ Rowley sacking fails to spark change [50d]
• England gymnast Gabriel Langton suffers nasty fall in Commonwealth Games final [50d]
• Chuck Russell, director of The Mask and The Blob, dies aged 74 [50d]
• Is strength training secretly just diet culture? – Stateside with Kai and Carter [50d]
• Rebel Wilson had a legal win but didn’t come out of The Deb defamation trial unscathed [50d]
• Paramount agrees to pause $110bn Warner Bros merger as case plays out [50d]
• Doctor details condition of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in D4vd hearing [50d]
• CBS analyst Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of DUI in Wisconsin [50d]
• US surpasses 2025’s record number of measles infections as cases climb [50d]
• Karim Khan ousted from role as prosecutor of international criminal court [50d]
• If Trump really cares about forced labor, he should look at the US – rather than slap more tariffs on the world | Eduardo Porter [50d]
• ‘You need to evolve’: Enzo Maresca plots life after Pep at Manchester City [50d]
• The week around the world in 20 pictures [50d]
• Presence of Brendon McCullum affecting England’s hunt for a new Test coach [50d]
• Thousands of lightning strikes trigger fresh wildfires in western Canada [50d]
• LeBron James going to the Philadelphia 76ers is perfectly in character [50d]
• Tyson Fury defeats 46-year-old Mariusz Wach in warm-up for expected Joshua bout [50d]
• Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants [50d]
• Iran’s much improved missile systems pose a real threat to the US [50d]
• US expands Iran attacks as Trump warns Tehran and Houthis over Red Sea strikes [50d]
• The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s first week: polished politics allow an upbeat start | Editorial [50d]
• Pogacar conquers Alpe d’Huez in record climb to win stage 19 and extend Tour de France lead [50d]
• Charli xcx: does the new album live up to Brat? - The Latest [50d]
• Plus-size models and £5 tickets: Sinéad O’Dwyer’s runway show puts inclusivity first [50d]
• Lando Norris hits out at Formula One for putting money ahead of drivers [50d]
• Johnny Depp is playing Scrooge? I am not here for his big Hollywood comeback [50d]
• LeBron James set to sign with Philadelphia 76ers in NBA free agency blockbuster [50d]
• Guyanese authorities confirm death of 72 people in sinking of coastal ferry [50d]
• US cyclosporiasis outbreak expands to nine states as CDC investigates 7,400 cases [50d]
• In The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan worries the end of politeness will destroy civilisation. I fear he’s right | Joseph Earp [50d]
• A global threat for millennia: experts warn Australia’s nuclear submarine legacy will be weapons-usable uranium cache [50d]
• Is AI already beyond our control? What will we tell our kids? | Fiona Katauskas [50d]
• ‘Netflix has to evolve’: can the upstart survive the end of the binge-watch era? [50d]
• A note from Paul Kelly and a box of human hair: seven curios found in Brett Whiteley’s studio – in pictures [50d]
• ‘Every sentence will be put under pressure’: how we make our Long Reads unputdownable [50d]
• Maresca says managing Manchester City ‘a privilege’ but admits challenge of following Guardiola [50d]
• Middle East crisis latest: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region [50d]
• From high heels to ‘Zara death pants’: how fashion falls foul of women’s safety [50d]
• Wedding gift registries are great – but divorce registries would be a lifesaver | Nick Dothée [50d]
• 13 surprising reasons you’re always dog tired – and what to do about it [50d]
• Canadian government urged to block data-sharing deal between Thomson Reuters and US ICE [50d]
• Poland’s main rightwing opposition splits after loyalty pledge ultimatum [50d]
• Prince William? David Cameron? JD Vance? Celebrities brace – and Staines celebrates – ahead of new Ali G film [50d]
• Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun [50d]
• Deep-strike drones and damselflies: photos of the day – Friday [50d]
• When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot | Marina Hyde [50d]
• Woman and man arrested in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb [50d]
• Maga influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit [50d]
• Ukraine’s pivot to warehouse strikes brings war closer to ordinary Russians [50d]
• British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation [50d]
• Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London club confrontation [50d]
• Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it? [50d]
• Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier [50d]
• Cocktail of the week: DakaDaka’s qvevri – recipe | The good mixer [50d]
• ‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst [50d]
• Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse [50d]
• ‘I know what it’s like to be vulnerable’: musician This Is Lorelei AKA Nate Amos on addiction and finding peace [50d]
• ‘You can’t paper over the cracks of history. It will haunt you’: Gugu Mbatha-Raw on her race-horror thriller [50d]