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TV tonight: high drama with the largest lion pride in the world
Big Cats 24/79pm, BBC TwoBack to Botswana’s Okavango delta, as gutsy film-makers rejoin the growing Xudum lion pride – in fact, it’s now the largest recorded in the world....
Kristi Noem blames Democrats for shutdown holding up $625m in World Cup funding
Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, replied forcefully on Thursday to concerns about a holdup of federal funding for this summer’s World Cup, confirming that “no funds have...
‘The world is still as bent and corrupt’: Our Friends in the North returns to the stage
It is regarded as one of the greatest British television series ever made, exploring the decline of the Labour party, sleaze, social decay, dodgy developers, injustice and how idealism...
Steve Borthwick turns to 2003 World Cup heroes for Six Nations inspiration
Steve Borthwick has turned to England’s 2003 World Cup winning heroes to arrest his side’s drastic decline after suffering another setback with the scrum-half Alex Mitchell ruled out for...
Four years ago, the world expected Ukraine to be crushed, but it has stood firm. So what now for Putin? | Rajan Menon
Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine entered its fifth year on 24 February, with no end in sight despite Russia’s vast material superiority.Most experts expected Ukraine’s defeat within days. Russia’s...
The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a nostalgia that misreads a changed world | Editorial
When the US supreme court voted 6-3 last Friday to strike down Donald Trump’s tariffs, he was incandescent. Two judges he had elevated – Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney...
Harry Brook’s 50-ball century blazes England past Pakistan into T20 World Cup semi-finals
For all their faults and frailties, their fluffs and fumbles, England are also the first team to secure a place in the World Cup semi-finals, their spot secured by...
England v Pakistan: T20 Cricket World Cup Super 8s – live
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePakistan won the toss and will batSalman Agha thinks it’s a good pitch and conditions in Sri Lanka...
