The Guardian - 03.08.2026.pdf生活与艺术 “不可抗拒！”理查德·E·格兰特极其现代的《奥德赛》 x* 2026 年 8 月 3 日 星期一 £3.50 订阅者 £2.40 起
农民称，由于干旱，英国面临食品短缺 Helena I LOL ton 国家农民联盟（NFU）主席警告称，在英格兰部分地区遭受严酷干旱后，英国可能会面临某些食品的短缺。全国各地的农场在冬季经历了洪水，使得播种极其困难，而现在由于干旱导致灌溉受限，英格兰许多地区无法获得用水。农业团体表示，这是 5 年里的第 3 次干旱，并警告称，这将成为英国农业的“新常态”。农民们表示，小麦的高度仅为正常高度的一半，由于农民正努力抢救尽可能多的作物，英格兰正迎来有史以来最早的收获期。在某些地区，已经有一个多月没有下雨，而自初夏以来，破纪录的热浪袭击了该国，导致土壤干涸。
NFU 主席汤姆·布拉德肖表示，干旱可能导致食品短缺，他已请求首相采取行动。他告诉英国广播公司 Radio 4 频道，应给予农民税收减免，以便在他们的土地上建立蓄水系统。他说：“我们目前依赖的全球其他生产食品和蔬菜的国家，它们的气候也在发生变化。” “感觉确实会出现一些 [食品] 产品的短缺。”
沃里克郡的切斯特顿风车坊及周围被高温灼烧的农田。图片：Jacog KING / PA WIRE
NHS 信托计划削减 330 个心理健康岗位 Denis Car ] NS 公共健康编辑 一家 NHS 心理健康信托计划削减其广泛的服务和数百个岗位，以填补 2500 万英镑 资金缺口。鉴于对 NHS 心理健康支持的需求迅速增加，东伦敦基金会信托（ELFT）的这一举措以及潜在削减的规模被指为“不可理喻”。该计划引发了人们的担忧，认为需要心理治疗的 18 岁以下青少年和成年人将不得不等待更长时间或被迫寻求私人医疗，导致“生活被摧毁”。这将涉及对至少 10 项服务的“重新设计”，例如儿童和青少年心理健康护理、谈话疗法、成瘾支持、针对处于心理健康危机的成年人的帮助以及社区计划（包括针对少数民族和贫困人群的计划）。
Fothergill 病房是该信托 East Ham 护理中心的一个 20 床中级护理病房，现已停止接收新转诊，并计划于 9 月 21 日关闭。ELFT 的削减名单显示，它计划通过冗员和取消岗位的组合方式，在其 6,000 人的员工队伍中裁减 330 人，约占总数的 5%。该信托表示，它寻求削减 2497 万英镑，是因为英格兰国家医疗服务体系（NHS England）要求全国 205 家信托必须实现预算平衡。
Unite 工会的健康事务全国官员理查德·蒙恩表示：“看到任何心理健康服务被削减都是不可理喻且不可接受的。削减心理健康服务将导致公共财政支出呈指数级增长，并导致生活被摧毁。”
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警察在喊道：走！跑向西班牙！ 塞乌塔
几天前，尤瑟夫·埃尔·阿巴斯看到了找回七年前失去的生活的机会。有消息传出，大约 400 人从摩洛哥游向北非海岸邻近的西班牙领地塞乌塔，这段距离约 12 英里。
从西班牙本土前往直布罗陀海峡。对于这位 44 岁、育有四个孩子的摩洛哥父亲来说，这是一个返回西班牙的机会。2019 年他在比尔巴鄂失业，居留许可到期后被遣返回国。埃尔·阿巴斯（El Abbas）乘坐出租车前往塞乌塔南部的特图安市。在途中，他看到了 Facebook 上的帖子和新闻报道，称摩洛哥当局允许人们通过其控制的边境。这意味着，与前一晚跨境的人不同，他可以直接通过陆路旅行，然后在摩洛哥与西班牙领土之间的边境地带游泳 5 分钟即可抵达，从而避开西班牙的边境管制。他抵达特图安时，发现这座城市完全…… 12) Ee， 发现这座城市完全 ‘我的二头肌，拥有’ 遇见马特·达蒙的《奥德赛》特技替身 - 新闻第 3 页
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在《奥德赛》中，奥德修斯面对着食人巨人们——身披盔甲的巨人们。 摄影：LANDMARK MEDIA / ALAMY
“我见过的最强壮的手臂”：马特·达蒙赞扬特技替身德文·道尔顿
奥利维亚·鲍登 报道于多伦多
事实证明，克里斯托弗·诺兰的大片《奥德赛》中一位不为人知的伟大英雄，是一位 35 岁的女性。她担任马特·达蒙的替身，并展现出了这位演员所称的“我见过的最强壮的手臂”。
加拿大籍的德文·道尔顿是这位好莱坞巨星在关键场景中的特技替身。在该场景中，由达蒙饰演的奥德修斯及其部下遭遇了食人巨人们——一群身披盔甲的巨人。为了让达蒙及其剧组在这些“歌利亚”般的巨人面前显得矮小，执行特技的演员需要身材娇小。达蒙身高 5英尺10英寸（1.78 米），而道尔顿身高 4英尺6英寸（1.37 米），她那起伏且肌肉发达的手臂完美地代表了达蒙自己的肱二头肌。
达蒙在播客节目《Happy Sad Confused》中与主持人乔什·霍罗维茨交谈时表示，道尔顿拥有“我见过的最强壮的手臂”。
“知道我的手臂给马特留下了深刻印象，老实说这感觉非常特别，”道尔顿告诉卫报，“他在媒体上的公开称赞完全让我措手不及……我一直很感激他这么做。”
道尔顿说，她从小就知道自己想讲故事，经常构思角色和服装，为家人表演。她从九岁开始尝试专业表演，这逐渐引导她进入了特技表演领域——这是一种讲述故事的不同方式：通过身体，通过她自己的力量。
“我们赞美那些以强大为业的男性……那么为什么女性不能因此而被赞美呢？”她说。
在达蒙为《奥德赛》进行宣传巡演并发表上述评论后（这部改编自荷马史诗般的希腊诗歌的大银幕作品已成为诺兰的一部巨作，也是今年夏季的文化议题），道尔顿说她的电话“简直爆炸了”。她目前正在新西兰拍摄一个项目，完全没料到会获得全球关注。
“显然我的肱二头肌现在有了自己的粉丝团，这绝对不在我的 2026 年预测之中，”她说。
她表示，自己是通过专业经纪人网络和特技协调员获得《奥德赛》中该角色的，而非通过任何公开试镜。
德文·道尔顿通过泰拳、舞蹈和瑜伽来锻炼她的肱二头肌。
“当我得知我拿到了这个角色时，我真的非常兴奋且无比感激。在这种时刻，多年的努力和坚持突然觉得变得有意义了，”她说。
道尔顿飞往苏格兰拍摄，她说这次经历不断提醒她，像《奥德赛》这样的制作需要多少人员的协作。“观众看到的几分钟片段，通常代表了数月的准备工作，”她说。
道尔顿表示，她为这个角色进行了艰苦训练，优化了她常规的锻炼方案，包括泰拳、柔术、舞蹈、瑜伽和力量训练的结合。
“我非常认真地对待这份职责，”她说。
达蒙在播客中提到她，让她觉得艰苦的训练确实得到了回报。道尔顿在片场与他见面后表示，“他完全如人们所希望的那样真诚、善良且慷慨”。
她说，特技表演实际上是一项关于极致排演和准备的练习，而不是从事任何危险或可怕的事情。
“最优秀的特技表演者都非常清楚……”
风险。” 一些观众在网上强烈表示，尤其是特技女演员的身体能力应当获得认可。“我很自豪能代表强有力的女性……我热衷于鼓励更多的人，特别是年轻女性，意识到进入这个行业并不只有一条路径，”她说道。“我希望更多年轻女孩在成长过程中相信，她们永远不必在‘强大’与‘做自己’之间做选择。” 至于接下来的计划，道尔顿表示，她很希望能作为主演在电影或剧集中担纲主角，而且这位主角当然可以亲自完成特技表演。“观众渴望看到新面孔……我想展示我的能力，”她说道。
因出演《黑道家族》而闻名的演员文森特·帕斯托雷逝世，享年 80 岁
美联社 美国演员文森特·帕斯托雷因在《黑道家族》中饰演萨尔瓦多·“大普西”·邦彭谢罗而闻名，现已逝世，享年 80.
自帕斯托雷出演《黑道家族》时期起就担任其经纪人的鲍勃·麦高文告诉美联社，他是周六从另一位客户兼该剧演员文森特·库拉托拉那里得知死讯的。他表示，帕斯托雷在失联几天后被发现死于纽约州长岛的家中。“他是最忠诚的客户，而且经常做慈善，”麦高文说。“他是那种会帮助任何人的人，这在我的行业中很罕见。”
此前曾为帕斯托雷代理超过 30 年的罗伯特·阿特曼说：“维尼是我认识的人中最善良、最慷慨的人之一。他以热情和尊重对待每一个人，从未拒绝过想要照片或签名的粉丝。” 4 帕斯托雷也出演了如《好家伙》和《唤醒》等电影。
长期好友兼合作者迈克尔·因佩里奥利在Instagram上表示，他感觉自己与帕斯托雷认识已经地久天长。“我们一起做了很多工作，走遍了美国各地，还去了意大利和澳大利亚。有很多美好的时光，很多笑声。维尼是一个心肠善良的兄弟，深爱他的家人和朋友。我将永远想念他。”
帕斯托雷从 20 世纪 80 年代起就开始在电影中演出，包括 1990. 年的《好家伙》和《唤醒》。他最著名的角色是在《黑道家族》中出场的 30 集邦彭谢罗，在剧中他饰演托尼·索普拉诺的朋友，后来成了一名线人。
根据 IMDb 的资料，他出生于布朗克斯，在纽约州郊区的罗切斯特长大。他在越南战争期间入伍参加海军，随后就读于佩斯大学。他的女儿蕾妮·帕斯托雷在世。
© 新闻 气候危机 农民称由于干旱，英国部分食品面临短缺 @ 续接第 1 页 与此同时，热浪将持续到本周，英国健康安全局昨晚向英格兰八个地区发布了健康预警。这些琥珀色预警将于今日上午 9 点至周三上午 9 点在东米德兰兹、英格兰东部、东南部和伦敦地区生效。西北部、约克郡和亨伯、西米德兰兹以及西南部地区将在同一期间处于黄色预警状态。
气候崩溃正加剧干旱等极端天气条件。英国气象局报告称，今年夏天英格兰 7 月的降雨量仅为气象平均值的 8%，这很可能被确认为有记录以来最干燥的 7 月。英格兰和威尔士全境约有 23 million 人受到禁用水管的限制。干燥的天气还引发了全国范围内的毁灭性山火，最近一次发生在萨福克郡。
布拉德肖告诉安迪·伯纳姆：“让我们划定底线，确保我们将国内食品生产放在首位，以推动全英国的增长。”农业与园艺发展委员会 (AHDB) 表示，小麦和大麦等谷物受影响尤为严重。AHDB 谷物和油籽总监安东尼·霍普金斯表示：“在英国大部分地区，联合收割机今年的运行时间比往常早，许多农民彻夜工作以避开白天最极端的高温。到目前为止，谷物产量普遍低于 10 年平均水平，部分农场出现了显著下降。”
谷物和油籽高级分析师安东尼·斯佩特补充道：“在现阶段，初步情况表明许多地区的谷物产量令人失望，但随着收获的继续，我们将有更清晰的了解。”
最近的一份报告发现，三分之一的英国农民处于亏损或仅能盈亏平衡的状态。乡村、土地与商业协会主席加文·莱恩表示：“农民们告诉我们，这是多年来最糟糕的一次收获。”
7 月 30 日的干旱情况 长期干燥天气 @ 正常 @ 干旱 —— J 来源：环境署，威尔士自然资源局
“潮湿的冬天紧接着干旱，使得小麦的高度仅为平时的二分之一，有些作物甚至不值得收获。”
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“这是五年来的第 3 次干旱。曾经异常的情况正成为英国农业的一部分，政府必须开始为此制定计划。”
“我们知道，政府对韧性农业系统（从蓄水池到山火防治）的适当投资可以帮助农民应对这些新的极端情况。”
“农民一次又一次地证明了他们能够适应并提供解决方案，但韧性是有极限的。如果我们希望他们继续养活这个国家，他们需要适当的支持。否则，这次收获可能是他们的最后一次。”
英国健康安全局 (UKHSA) 公共健康代理顾问波莉·阿什莫尔表示，炎热天气可能会导致严重的健康后果，特别是对于老年人，因此每个人采取合理的预防措施至关重要。
她说：“我们敦促受影响地区的医疗和社会护理服务机构确保做好准备，并提醒人们关注年长的亲属、邻居以及患有基础疾病的人群，确保他们了解天气预报并遵循必要的建议。”
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正式处于干旱状态，且由于气候危机加剧的极端高温今年夏天继续笼罩英国和欧洲，7月将成为有记录以来最干燥的月份。英格兰环境署和威尔士自然资源局本周发布的公告标志着过去五年中第三次出现此类事件，此前自5月以来发生了 4 次打破记录的热浪，引发了巨大的山火，并导致农民、野生动物和受保护栖息地的水源枯竭。英格兰7月的降雨量仅为长期平均值的 7%，英格兰南部仅为 1%，损坏了公园、保护地和体育场的绿植。干旱还导致河流和湖泊萎缩：雷丁的泰晤士河记录到了有史以来的最低水位。由于冬季记录性的降雨意味着水库仍接近预期水平，水务公司目前预计饮用水供应不会受到威胁，但英格兰和威尔士全境约有 23 million 人处于禁用水管限制之下。可见的影响无法被忽视：威廉·布莱克笔下大片“绿色且宜人的土地”现在已变得棕黄干枯。气象局预测，与 1990 年相比，到 2070, 年，气候危机将使英国夏季气温升高 1. 10. C (1.8F-10.8F)，干燥程度增加高达 60%。
“针对地球变暖影响的适应和缓解措施都迫在眉睫，”牛津大学气候科学家克洛伊·布里米科姆（Chloe Brimicombe）博士表示。“今年夏天是干燥天气的复合叠加，”布里米科姆说，“导致了干旱，而炎热天气和高温则导致了热浪，这些条件同时引发了山火。这是一个强烈的信号，表明我们需要更好的长期规划。气候变化不是未来的问题；它是当下的挑战。”
随着气候危机增强了“鞭打式”的先湿后干天气，英国和欧洲经历了接连的热浪，这种天气先鼓励植被生长，随后将其干枯，为火灾提供了理想的燃料。消防员在7月应对了英格兰和威尔士全境的 393 场山火，使其成为有记录以来最繁忙的月份，给消防员和资源带来了巨大压力。数百人已被疏散，其中包含在干涸的南安普顿公地上的行走者和跑步者；以及 2023, 8月的瑟恩巨像（Cerne Giant），左图，现在，右图 主图：SOLENT NEWS，由于火灾威胁，已有数百人被疏散，而 2025 年（迄今为止记录中最糟糕的山火年份）约为 50 人。苏格兰高地的凯恩戈姆国家公园遭受了记忆中最严重的火灾，而北威尔士里诺吉德山的火灾烟雾在太空中清晰可见。
7月的统计数据尚未公布，但北威尔士消防救援服务局表示，6月记录到 48 场野生草原、林地和作物火灾，比 2025. 年增长了 47%。全国各地的农民被迫提前收获，或者担心一旦缺水将损失作物。位于德文郡巴克法斯特利（Buckfastleigh）的Riverford有机农场在水资源管理和土壤健康方面采取长期方法，提前数年进行规划，但本生长季是过去 40 年中最炎热和最干燥的时期之一。该农场的供应链和技术总监卢克·金（Luke King）表示：“水资源短缺已成为我们的巨大挑战，但更严重的是植物承受的热压力。我们的 [四] 个水库中除了一个以外全部干涸，这在生长季如此之早的情况下是极其罕见的。我们目前的储备已不再充足。”该团队已开始提前收获
为了保护农作物和采摘工，并投入大量时间和资源用于灌溉。金（King）表示：“即使有灌溉，你也无法同时为所有作物浇水，因此在确定作物的优先顺序方面必须做出艰难的决定；而且即使有水，如果温度过高，水也会迅速蒸发。”与此同时，在全国干涸的农田和草地中，失踪的考古遗址被重新发现，包括新石器时代、青铜时代和铁器时代的结构，以及第一次世界大战的演习战壕。在康威（Conwy）的卡尔亨（Caerhun）罗马堡垒发现了罗马时期的建筑，而德比郡（Derbyshire）查茨沃斯庄园（Chatsworth House）一座华丽的17世纪花园的轮廓再次清晰可见，该花园此前曾在 2018 和 2022 年因干旱天气首次显现。在伦敦的公园里——这些是人口密集且排放量高的城市中至关重要的绿色空间——人们仍在尝试享受夏季的阳光。格林威治（Greenwich）的议员阿德尔·海雷（Adel Khaireh）表示（该区包括布莱克希斯（Blackheath）和伍尔威奇（Woolwich）的大型公园和公共地）：“我们特别感谢当地居民，例如‘公园之友’（Friends of Parks）团体网络，他们帮助我们在全区浇灌树木和植物，并以志愿方式支持我们标志性的公园。”
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超加工食品公司“通过起诉各国，阻碍解决肥胖危机的努力” Andrew Gregory 健康编辑
世界卫生组织负责人表示，全球最大的超加工食品公司通过起诉试图推广健康饮食的政府，正在阻碍解决肥胖危机的努力。
世卫组织总干事特德罗斯·阿德汉诺姆·格布雷叶苏斯指责全球食品公司阻碍关键公共卫生措施的实施，并在此过程中给各国造成了数十亿美元的医疗保健和法律成本。
全球有近 1 billion 人患有肥胖症，不健康的饮食是导致心脏病、2 型糖尿病和癌症的主要原因之一。
超加工食品 (UPF) 的消费量正在飙升，目前在包括英国、美国和澳大利亚在内的许多国家，其在平均饮食中所占比例已达一半。
各国政府已开始引入旨在抑制垃圾食品摄入并推广健康饮食的措施。其中包括包装正面警示标签、针对不健康产品的营销和广告限制，以及对垃圾食品征税。
在公开场合，全球最大的 UPF 公司表示支持这些政策，希望帮助消费者做出明智选择，并致力于成为解决方案的一部分。
但《卫报》与学者、非营利新闻编辑室 Lighthouse Reports 以及横跨四大洲的媒体合作伙伴联盟合作开展的一项调查发现，许多这些公司正在起诉政府，以推翻、削弱或推迟这些政策。
调查发现，从 2010 到 2025, 在墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西、美国和英国，针对 UPF 的健康政策共计引发了 235 起诉讼。
“《卫报》和其他媒体针对超加工食品的全球调查结果并不令人意外，但人们对此有着沉重的认同，”特德罗斯说。“当危害和利润与同一产品绑定时，一种熟悉的行业干扰模式就会出现：播种怀疑并阻碍监管。”
在已结案的诉讼中，四分之三由食品公司败诉。但即使是不成功的案件，也将关键公共卫生措施的实施推迟了数年，同时使政府和公共卫生官员陷入复杂且昂贵的诉讼中。
UPF 公司的诉讼表明，其目标不仅限于获胜：还包括减缓法律的推出速度，并摧毁其他国家和监管机构采取类似政策的欲望和能力。
特德罗斯强调，至关重要的是，这些诉讼延长了致命的肥胖危机，给各国造成了数十亿美元的法律和医疗成本。
他说：“报告记录了诉讼如何被用来反对或削弱针对肥胖和不健康饮食的公共卫生措施，累计导致了近 600 年代价高昂的法律战，平均每起案件耗时 2.5 年，且其中大多数以失败告终。”
在首次开展的此类多国分析中，《卫报》和其他媒体机构与罗伯特和埃塞尔·肯尼迪人权中心、悉尼大学、圣保罗大学和卡尔达斯大学的研究人员合作，调查 UPF 行业法律反击的规模。
四分之三的诉讼是由 UPF 公司或贸易组织提交的。
代表它们的团体。在原告身份可被识别的公司起诉案件中，38% 由八家母公司提起：可口可乐 (Coca-Cola)、百事公司 (PepsiCo)、蒙得利兹 (Mondeleéz)、家乐氏 (Kellogg’s)、达能 (Danone)、费列罗 (Ferrero)、Xignux 和 Heartland Food Products Group。
紫色盛行：这种令人平静的颜色成为园丁的新宠 作者：Helena Horton
如果你在这个夏天能发现一座盛开的花园，在那些被晒干和灼伤的草带之外，你可能会看到一种比其他任何颜色都更常见的颜色：紫色，这是本季园艺界的流行色。
根据皇家园艺学会 (RHS) 的说法，薰衣草、鼠尾草和荆之药 (catmint) 等植物正风行一时。该学会针对英国人最希望在花园中看到的颜色进行了广泛研究。在 RHS Wisley 花园山顶的一次实验中，超过 11,000 名访客被要求选择他们偏好的色调。紫色调所占比例最高 (26.67%)。
紫色的流行让花园趋势观察者感到惊讶，这标志着它背离了近期那些不那么剧烈的时尚风格。在过去的几年里，灰色调在家庭和花园设计中一直非常受欢迎。
常驻伦敦的获奖花园设计师 Tom Massey 表示，客户现在想要鲜艳的颜色，尤其是紫色。他说：“我们已经告别了大面积铺设甲板、铺路石和草坪的时代，转向由草甸和自然植物群落启发、更丰富且更自然主义的种植方式。”
Carey 花园设计的共同所有者 Laura Carey 发现，紫色在她客户中也是最受欢迎的颜色。她说：“紫色是我们所有客户普遍的最爱。有这么多紫色的花卉植物可以选择，包括薰衣草、葱属植物 (alliums) 和天竺葵 (geraniums) 等热门品种。”
Massey 补充道：“紫色在花园中一直是非常重要的颜色，因为它能与绿色、银色以及观赏草的黄褐色调完美结合。它还能吸引传粉昆虫，并且往往具有一种令人平静的特质。鼠尾草、荆之药、葱属植物和薰衣草等植物正是因为这些原因而一直如此受欢迎。”
这种颜色的流行可能与它在人类身上唤起的情绪有关。其他研究发现，不同的颜色会引发花园访客不同的情绪，而紫色和蓝色能唤起一种平静和放松的感觉。Massey 说道：“我认为人们总体上对颜色的运用变得更加自信了。”
这些研究结果发表在学术期刊《Acta Psychologica》的一篇名为《花朵力量：最喜爱的花色如何塑造我们的感受》(Flower Power: How favourite flower colours shape how we feel) 的研究报告中。RHS 的福祉研究员 Ashby Sachs 博士表示：“在花园设计中，颜色是一个关键考量因素，但关于它如何与我们的幸福感相互作用，目前知之甚少。不同色调能引发人们预期的情感反应，这在设计学校和医院等空间时非常有用。”
关于剑桥大学明星教授杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的新指控引发关注。他曾被视为学术巨星，但随后对其研究工作的质疑引发了对其背景的审查，并产生了关于种族主义的反向指控。兰雷·巴卡雷（Lanre Bakare）报道称，当学术巨星杰森·阿尔代在今年早些时候英国社会学协会第75周年纪念会议上登台时，他发表了一场名为《生死通缉令：剧本》（Wanted Dead or Alive: the Playbook）的演讲。这位剑桥大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授告诉在场的同行，他所提到的这份“剧本”曾帮助击垮了美国学术界一些最著名的人物。保守派“活动人士”在搜寻黑人学者的作品，寻找任何可以用来攻击他们的把柄：不一致之处、引用错误，或作品中与现有论文相似的段落。一旦发现错误，右翼媒体和
保守派政治家就会加入围攻——向大学施压要求与其断绝关系。克劳丁·盖伊（Claudine Gay）作为首位担任哈佛大学校长职位的黑人女性，在职仅六个月就因剽窃指控而被强制离职。其他人表示，随着自己的作品被拆解分析，他们觉得自己像“待宰的羔羊”。一些学者在被逼离职后选择了自杀。阿尔代解释说，这种“剧本”并不局限于美国。同样的战术正被用来击垮英国一些最知名的高层黑人学者。“那些旨在保护学术诚信、保护我们的福祉和知识产权的工具，正被武器化，”他在4月份告诉听众。他号召同行支持他。“我们不能坐在那里，看着同僚无故受苦。这令人厌恶，是一种耻辱，而且坦率地说，是邪恶的，”他补充道。“这就是我们需要从学术界根除的毒瘤。”部分听众认为这很奇怪。基调演讲通常是学者讨论其工作和探讨突破的地方，而阿尔代却在这里谈论种族主义和骚扰。有些人认为他这么说一定有原因。随后在上周，一场关于阿尔代学术工作的争议爆发了。《电讯报》报道称，分析发现他的博士论文中有 100 多个段落与 6 年前由伦敦布鲁内尔大学学生保拉·兹沃兹迪亚克-迈尔斯（Paula Zwozdiak-Myers）发表的另一篇论文相似。该报道是在内森·科夫纳斯（Nathan Cofnas）发表的一篇 Substack 文章之后出炉的。科夫纳斯是一名学者，此前曾因在博文中暗示在精英体制下，哈佛大学的黑人教授数量将“接近于零”而陷入剑桥大学的一场言论自由争端。英国政治家及
活动人士西蒙·伍利（Simon Woolley）称该博文是“伪装成伪知识分子的令人厌恶的种族主义”。科夫纳斯自称是一名“种族现实主义者”，他在 2024 年被剑桥大学埃曼纽尔学院解雇，并因那篇关于黑人学者的博文接受了纪律调查。调查结论认为，科夫纳斯并不构成“歧视或骚扰”，且他的观点“虽然被许多人视为具有冒犯性，但并未违法，也没有违反旨在维护言论自由的大学条例”。他目前在比利时的根特大学工作。__卫报 周一 2026 年 8 月 3 日 科夫纳斯声称，他将阿尔代的博士论文放入了剽窃检测软件中，结果发现“许多段落在极少修改的情况下被直接搬用，有时甚至保留了原始资料中的编辑错误”。另一位批评阿尔代的人是普利茅斯马琼大学的荣休教授大卫·哈里斯博士（Dr David Harris）。
此前曾向剑桥大学致信，就 Arday 的研究工作提出质疑。Harris 在撰写了一篇关于批判种族理论且被同事认为具有“争议性”的文章后，被剥夺了名誉教授头衔，但该头衔在今年得到了恢复。在 Harris 早前对 Arday 的工作提出质疑后，两篇分别于 2018 和 2020 年发布的论文进行了修正。事实上，对 Arday 批评声音最大的两名批评者在种族问题上持有争议性观点
2026年8月3日星期一 卫报 似乎影响了剑桥大学的回应，后者对 Arday 进行了强有力的辩护。该大学称这些指控是“一场旨在破坏其公信力的卑劣抹黑行动”。一份支持 Arday 的公开信由绿党党魁 Zack Polanski 和著名的黑人研究学者 Kehinde Andrews 签署，信中认为，“一项精心策划且阴森的企图，旨在因为一名才华横溢、年轻的工人阶级学者在身为黑人的同时获得了成功，而将其去合法化”。剑桥大学表示，已将投诉转交给 Arday 完成博士学位的利物浦约翰摩尔大学，后者在审查相关工作后发现他并未抄袭。“我们极其严肃地对待有关学术不端行为的指控，”一名剑桥大学发言人表示，“由开展研究的机构进行调查是大学的程序。这是该行业的标准做法，因为该机构拥有确保调查全面且公正所需的信息。” Arday 告诉卫报，他完全支持针对学术不端行为的“真实关切进行公正的调查程序”。他补充道：“需要澄清的是，由于这些指控，几所机构已经进行了多次彻底调查，并承受了巨大的审查，包括一个学术不端行为评审小组，该小组得出结论认为不存在抄袭或学术不端行为。” 但卫报采访的一些著名的有色人种学者表示，抄袭指控是合理的，且 Arday 涉嫌的行为可能会损害其他研究种族问题的人。Arday 的一些同行表示，这场争论引发的后果可能会给学术界带来冲击，并使英国的种族研究倒退 20 年。一位在种族与教育领域工作数十年且在匿名条件下接受卫报采访的学者表示，针对 Arday 的指控令人担忧。“我认为这就是抄袭，而且很明显，”该学者说。埃塞克斯大学社会学荣休教授 John Preston 表示：“在看到证据后，各项信息相互印证，在我看来，这里有待解释的问题。” 有人认为 Arday 承受了不公正程度的审查。但卫报采访的学者表示，对于处于学术界最负盛名岗位之一的“剑桥大学成员”来说，这是公平的。右翼出版物的报道基调混合了愤怒与“我就知道”的自以为是，其中《电讯报》将 Arday 描述为一名“多样性海报男孩”，而他在网上的指控者均对多样性、公平和包容性政策持有批判观点。对于所有相关人员来说，赌注都很高。对于 Arday 而言，这些指控可能是毁灭性的——抄袭是学术失职中最严重的行为，而这位教授一直坚称自己没有做错任何事。在周五接受《泰晤士报》采访时，他暗示该问题被夸大了。“我对我的错误负责，”他说，“我要求自己负责，其他人也应该要求我负责。我们讨论的是学术界，我并没有杀人。我认为我所经历的残忍对待，以及将我塑造为这种谎言者和幻想家的做法，是完全不可接受的。” 对于剑桥大学来说，关于任命 Arday 的判断力问题已然产生，而这次任命发生在其自身在种族问题上的记录正处于
在“黑人的生命至关重要”（Black Lives Matter）运动后，人们对此类情况进行了审查。剑桥大学此前曾因学生群体和教职员工缺乏多样性而受到批评；在 Arday 被聘用时，该校仅有五名黑人教授。但剽窃指控仅仅是 Arday 故事的一个方面。2023 年 3 月，这位社会学家的入职在全球范围内引发了关注。他不仅是该校历史上最年轻的黑人教授，且他的成长背景让这一成就更显惊人。他的故事将在今年秋天由 Simon & Schuster 出版的一本回忆录中详细叙述。这位来自南伦敦的人在三岁时被诊断出患有自闭症和全球发育迟缓。直到 11 岁他才能够说话，直到 18 岁才学会读写。尽管如此，他仍开创了令人瞩目的学术生涯，主要研究方向为种族与教育，曾在罗汉普顿大学、格拉斯哥大学和达勒姆大学任职。从 17 岁起，Arday 开始通过完成慈善挑战为各种事业筹集资金。这些通常是耐力挑战，始于他在南伦敦 Morden 的 Merton 学院学习体育与发展 BTec 课程期间。他在媒体采访中声称，在 20 年期间为慈善机构筹集了 £5m（有时该数字升至 500 万英镑.5m）。他说，他是通过在 35 天内跑 30 场马拉松来实现这一目标的——他在媒体采访和书中都提到过这一壮举。他还在公开活动中声称在六天内跑了 600 英里。正如网络批评者所指出的，对于一个此前并非名人的人来说，筹集 £5m 慈善资金将是一个惊人的数额。2012 年，Arday 表示希望在 50 岁之前筹集 £250,000。当被问及 £5m 这一数字是否准确时，Arday 向卫报澄清，这笔资金是在“二十年期间通过许多筹款集体的帮助”筹集的。当被要求指认参与这些努力的其他人员时，Arday 表示他签署了保密协议（NDA），无法透露该信息。卫报还询问了 Arday 关于其在六天内跑 600 英里的说法，如果属实，这一成就将使他成为世界上最有天赋的耐力跑者之一。（第一位实现此壮举的女性 Megan Eckert 仅在去年才完成；男子纪录为 650 英里。）他表示，由于之前跑步挑战中“训练造成的累积损耗”，他“必须在其中安排休息日” © 续 8 页
卫报 周一 2026 年 8 月 3 日 @ 接第 7 页 仅仅为了完成”这次 600 英里的挑战，而实际上该挑战是在 12 天的时间里完成的。今年，两所曾授予 Arday 荣誉学位和博士学位的大学修正了其网站内容，南安普顿索伦特大学删除了 600 英里的记载，而安格利亚鲁金大学将“六天”的说法改为 12 天。2012 年，Arday 曾担任奥运会火炬手，并通过电视节目《惊喜，惊喜》（Surprise, Surprise）结识了网球运动员安迪·穆雷。在见面后，穆雷表示 Arday 讲述了一个故事，激励他在与诺瓦克·德约科维奇的决赛中获得金牌。穆雷说：“他是一名癫痫患者，在 35 天内跑了 30 场马拉松。他告诉我，在第 20 天他摔倒了——他发作了，一次癫痫发作——而且腿部出现了发丝状骨折，但他坚持了下来。他要求见我，能与这样的人交谈真的很酷。”当时记者问他为什么坚持跑下去，Arday 说：“当我摔倒时，我不想被迫退还数千英镑。”医生告诉卫报，在腓骨有发丝状骨折的情况下跑九场马拉松将极其痛苦，尽管从技术上讲并非不可能。在他即将出版的回忆录中，Arday 称他通过服用止痛药完成了这段距离，尽管他的右腿肿胀到了正常尺寸的两倍。他此前在 2012 年的一次采访中表示，他在跑程之间使用冰浴来减轻疼痛。
除了对其学术记录和筹款历史的审查外，Arday 声称自己是身体虐待和恐吓活动的受害者。自从他在剑桥大学就职起，就开始收到种族主义电子邮件，程度如此剧烈，以至于他的电子邮件必须经过筛选。但该学者表示，与其他他所面临的事件相比，这些信息显得微不足道。在 2025 年 7 月写给工党政府部长 Jacqui Smith 的一封公开信中（信中概述了 Arday 的经历），他声称自己曾被“用刀威胁，遭到身体袭击和吐唾沫；他及其家人收到强奸和死亡威胁；有人通过大学校园向他邮寄香蕉和子弹；他的家中收到了腐蚀性物质和残肢动物”。在随后接受卫报采访时，Arday 声称他在系大楼里两次被一名蒙面男子拦截，对方威胁如果他不辞职就对他造成伤害，且两次都避开了探测。Arday 说，在第二次事件中，入侵者掏出了一把刀并用它威胁他。卫报获悉，在 Arday 向大学报告第一次入侵后，系里安装了增强型闭路电视（CCTV），并在他的办公室里安装了恐慌报警器。& Jason Arday，现为剑桥大学教授，在 2016 年于利物浦约翰摩尔大学的博士学位授予仪式上的照片。这位教授表示，在第二次冲突期间他按下了恐慌报警器，但没有人响应。这本应触发警报，提醒系里的安保团队，而据称在事件发生时所有安保人员均在场。无论哪次事件，闭路电视都没有拍到该入侵者，系里也没有人报告看到任何可疑人员。Arday 当时没有报告这两次入侵，他告诉卫报，在第二次事件发生后，他继续完成了当天的工作，甚至在不到两小时后为一名学生主持了博士学位论文答辩。他没有告知同事有一名持刀的蒙面男子在系大楼里。Arday 在中确认
在接受《卫报》采访时，他表示公开信中提到的“送到他家人家中的残缺动物”是一个被切断的猪头，被装在一个大的纸箱里送到他位于南伦敦的父母家中。他声称自己截获了包裹并立即将其扔掉，直到几个月后才告知警方。在随后的采访中，他声称警方进行了调查，询问南伦敦的屠宰商是否卖过猪，最终发现有一家在猪头被留在其家人家门外的那个早晨卖出了一头“整猪”。当《卫报》向 Arday 点名的当地屠宰商核实这些细节时，对方表示没有警察来询问过关于猪的事情。当被问及是否确定时，屠宰商说“这种事情我们是会记得的”。当伦敦大都会警察局核实 Arday 提供的关于猪头调查的细节时，《卫报》被告知这些说法“绝对”错误，且并未进行过任何调查。
在剽窃指控发生后，Arday 曾联系大都会警察局，就 Harris 的行为提出骚扰投诉；由于他身在普利茅斯，该案被移交给德文郡和康沃尔郡警方。《卫报》看到的信函证实，该警队拒绝对 Harris 提起诉讼。Arday 没有拍摄子弹、香蕉、腐蚀性物质或猪头的照片。唯一见过这些物品的其他人是他的近亲，他们告诉《卫报》，Arday 向他们展示了子弹和“毒药”。Arday 无法提供当时他与朋友、家人、同事或警方讨论过任何这些物品的消息记录。
剑桥大学的一位发言人表示：“在 Arday 教授向学院表达担忧后，在大学安保部门和警方的建议及持续参与下，我们立即采取了一系列加强安保措施。其中包括安装恐慌警报器、筛选电子邮件、邮件和包裹、升级闭路电视监控以及修订安保协议。”
在英国近现代史上，知名黑人人物遭受恐吓的例子屡见不鲜。包括布伦登·巴特森（Brendon Batson）在内的黑人足球运动员报告称，在 20 世纪 70 年代入选英格兰队后，他们在邮件中收到了子弹。香蕉经常被种族主义者用来侮辱黑人。极右翼组织曾将切断的猪头挂在清真寺的墙上。人们在工作场所遭到攻击和恐吓。恶意通信屡见不鲜。黑人学者经常被有组织团体追杀。但 Arday 所描述的虐待和骚扰程度，将是英国任何一名学者所遭受的最极端情况之一。
当《卫报》询问 Arday 关于其主张的情况时，他坚持自己的说法。“说实话，我以为你们会相信我的，”他说，“我为什么要撒谎？”这样做会危及他的事业。
在 Arday 的回忆录《伟大且不幸之事》（Great and Unfortunate Things）中，他提到了他及其工作所遭受的审视。他写道，人们对于一名黑人教授在如此顶尖的机构任职这一想法感到“愤怒和被冒犯”，且他作为“种族敌意驱动的有针对性活动的对象”，面临着骚扰和迫害。“有些日子，我只能将这种经历描述为创伤性的。人们甚至很难理解或想象这会对一个人造成怎样的打击。”
他写道。但关于他的学术研究及其部分主张的争论，其影响远超个人。普雷斯顿教授表示：“教育社会学整个领域，尤其是其中的种族研究，是非常脆弱的。在这个领域工作和学习的主要是黑人、亚裔和少数群体。” “阿戴教授在教育社会学领域可能处于世界领先地位。对于整个学科而言，他回应这些指控至关重要。”在最近一次宣传回忆录的采访中，阿戴谈到了在加入剑桥大学后受到审视时，感觉自己就像伊卡洛斯。“我一直想成为一个飞向太阳的人，”他说，“但有时我也在想：我是不是飞得太近了？”
“关乎所有人的抱负”：鲍威尔称其希望成为年轻人的“虎妈”
在政府被指责计划通过创建更多职业路径来降低英格兰学校的学术水平后，露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）表示，无论年轻人采取何种教育路径，她都希望成为一名充满抱负的“虎妈”。
这位新任教育大臣表示，中学生应当能够追求学术卓越，同时也能够接受高质量的职业培训，认为暗示学校不能两者兼顾是一个“错误的权衡”。
在接受《卫报》采访时，鲍威尔表示，她对于那些选择技术路径的孩子并没有“较低的抱负”，并认为包括前保守党教育大臣迈克尔·戈夫（Michael Gove）在内的批评者应当意识到，他们之前的方法让太多人掉队了。
上周，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）告诉英格兰各地的学校，应根据当地企业的需求调整课程，旨在使技术和职业技能获得与学术资格同等的重视，并帮助解决年轻人的就业危机。
鲍威尔表示：“我绝对不希望学校降低标准。我的孩子们可能会说我是一个虎妈。你们知道，我是所有孩子的虎妈——希望我们教育系统中的每一个孩子都能追求卓越，发挥出他们的潜能。”
鲍威尔认为，那些反对重点发展职业教育的人将工党的计划框定为在知识与技能之间做选择，这是在进行“错误的权衡”。
“我绝不会允许某些孩子拥有较低的抱负。这关乎所有人的抱负。”
针对她方法的绝大多数批评来自多年掌管该系统的保守党政治家。
“他们必须为创建这样一个系统承担部分责任……这个系统导致现在有超过 100 万年轻人既不在接受教育，也不在接受培训或就业。目前的方法让太多人掉队了。”
她承认校长们担心提供职业路径会给预算带来额外压力，并表示她“非常意识到”学校资金的问题，因为资金在紧缩年份受到了影响。她表示，任何具体的新提案都将获得全额资助。
在许多教师陷入困境且潜在罢工迫在眉睫的情况下，鲍威尔表示她希望与工会建立建设性的关系，且政府已经在进行调整以缓解压力，她补充道：“我想对教师们说的是‘请与我合作’。”
鲍威尔一直面临压力，要求她撤回前任布里杰特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）制定的关于改革特殊教育需求和残疾系统的计划，特别是将教育、健康和护理计划限制在需求最复杂的学生群体中。鲍威尔暗示她将坚持该计划，但同时也承认这一问题给许多家长带来了担忧和焦虑。
“我们可以向他们保证，因为这是为了倾斜系统，让你不必拼死拼活去争取——而是能更早地获得帮助。”
在被问及工党在选举中承诺招募 6,500 名教师（该承诺随后被削弱）时，她暗示政府在较低的目标下表现良好，并且小学人数的剧减反映了学校入学人数的下降。
在被问及私立学校时，鲍威尔采取了较为温和的……
教育大臣露西·鲍威尔在沃特福男生语法学校。露西·鲍威尔在对待私立学校方面采取了比前任教育大臣布里杰特·菲利普森更少对抗性的方式。 摄影：DAVID LEVENE / THE GUARDIAN 《卫报》 2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一
比起她的前任，她采取了不那么对抗的方式，称决定将孩子送到哪里就读应由家长自行决定。“我来到这里不是为了担心私立学校，而是为了担心国立学校，”她说道。鲍威尔否认了关于她因未被伯纳姆任命为副首相而感到不快的所有暗示，并表示双方已达成一致，她将继续以教育大臣的身份在工党的政治方向中发挥核心作用。她补充说，并没有对斯塔默派进行清洗，新内阁代表了党内各方人士，而相比之下，基尔·斯塔默的内阁则过于狭隘。“那是基尔在后期面临的问题之一，”她说，“他的政府并不一定涵盖了所有的传统。”鲍威尔还批评斯塔默政府过于关注改革党的威胁，而忽略了工党自身的国家计划。“大多数人想知道的不是我们如何看待其他政党，而是我们的目标是什么，”她说，“令人耳目一新的是我们现在处于主动地位。只要你处于主动，每一天都是在赢。”
格林威治大学与肯特大学将于下月合并 Neha Gohil
英国首所“超级大学”将于9月启动，由格林威治大学和肯特大学合并而成。这个新的伦敦和东南部大学集团（London and South East University Group，简称 LASEUG）将在伦敦、梅德韦和肯特郡的四个校区拥有超过 50,000 名学生，使其成为英国第三大学的高等教育机构。
该大学将于 7 月正式启动，这正好在计划公布一年后，以及教育部批准后的几个月之后。两所大学仍将作为独立的学术部门运作，并保留各自的名称和身份。学生将在其选择的机构就读、学习并毕业，但两所大学的员工都将由该大学集团聘用。
格林威治大学校长及 LASEUG 新任首席执行官简·哈林顿（Jane Harrington）教授表示：“在过去的一年里，我们为了一个雄心勃勃的时间表而孜孜不倦地工作，开发了一种前所未有的新型大学模式。”
“这意味着我们将经历一个平稳的过渡，拥有一支极其强大的高级执行团队和清晰的方向，从而能够发挥出我们作为英国首所超级大学的潜力。”
两所大学表示，此次合并将成为“供他人效仿的蓝图”。与此同时，英国大学面临的财务压力日益增加，英格兰的高等教育监管机构——学生办公室（Office for Students）警告称，有 24 家英格兰教育机构在截至今年 11 月的 12 个月内面临资不抵债并关闭的风险。该机构表示，45% 的高等教育机构在 2025 / 26. 年度可能面临赤字。
伦敦国王学院（King’s College London）和克兰菲尔德大学（Cranfield University）已宣布计划在 2027. 8月合并。
今年 5 月，下议院教育委员会报告称，高等教育部门正“面临财务危机”，且“大学关闭的可能性十分明确”。报告指出，许多大学已经裁员、出售建筑或土地，并关闭了相关课程。
“（这场危机）的后果不仅对学生和员工而言将非常严重，对当地经济、社区以及英国的全球学术声誉同样如此。”
2026年8月3日，星期一 卫报 / 国内
（左起：Alice Laverty、Amy Ash、Helen Charlton 和 Lou Shackleton 协助清理惠特利湾的海滩。摄影：MARK PINDER / THE GUARDIAN）
“这太可怕了” 志愿者抢在潮汐前清理海岸线的塑料颗粒 Mark Brown 北英格兰特派记者 / “你这里有一个真正关心海岸线的当地社区，” Alice Laverty 在评价那支充满热情、仅凭最基本工具就奔赴英格兰东北部受危机影响海滩的庞大志愿者队伍时说道。“他们每人都拿着簸箕、刷子、水桶和厨房筛子。”
从诺森伯兰郡的 Cambois 到韦赛德的 Seaburn，多达 2,000 名敬业的志愿者一直在吃力地筛沙，以寻找微小的塑料颗粒。这些大小如扁豆的颗粒被称为“nurdles”（塑料颗粒），是在 7 月 19 日南希尔兹的泰恩港发生船只碰撞后，导致 10 亿颗颗粒撒入水中，随后被冲上海滩的。活动人士估计，这些颗粒多达 25 吨。
这次泄漏引发了愤怒和抗议，东北部市长 Kim McGuinness 承诺，将确保船东为她所谓的“污染紧急情况”做出贡献。自碰撞以来，塑料颗粒已被冲到该地区的众多海滩上。有些日子，漂浮的塑料颗粒像汤一样浓稠，明显破坏了景观。而有些日子，人们不得不跪在地上寻找它们——但只要寻找，它们就在那里。
惠特利湾的一家书店老板 Laverty 是第一批响应者之一。“我看到了数以百万计的颗粒在泰恩河中漂流的恐怖照片，于是我在晚上去了海滩，”她说。“当时我是海滩上唯一拿着簸箕和刷子的人，我能看到人们看着我，心想……‘她在干什么？’”
在愤怒的驱动下，并借助 WhatsApp 和社交媒体的帮助，现在有一支组织更严密的志愿者队伍在早晚时分聚集在海滩上协助清理。这是一场与潮汐的赛跑，志愿者们唯一能做的是吃力地筛沙或抖动海藻。人们通过画方格，分区块清理海滩。
“这变得相当令人上瘾，”Laverty 说。“我没法在没捡起塑料颗粒的情况下走过它，而且我认为大多数惠特利湾的居民也一样。”她提到一个朋友告诉她一个希腊神话：阿佛洛狄忒为了惩罚普绪刻，将不同的谷粒、种子和扁豆混在一起，并给她布置了一个在黎明前将它们分离开来的不可能的任务。在故事中，一群富有同情心的蚂蚁前来救援。
“如果能那样就好了，”Laverty 说。议会给出的官方建议是不接触这些颗粒，但 Laverty 表示有更崇高的目标：“没有所谓的‘塑料颗粒仙子’；现在就得清理掉，”她说。“由专业设备和经过培训的人员参与的官方响应需要时间，而对保险和责任的担忧可能会进一步推迟清理行动。”
在惠特利湾海滩，卫报采访了其他决心尽一份力的志愿者。
（用于制造塑料制品的塑料颗粒可能会被鸟类和海洋野生动物误认为食物。摄影：ALISTAIR LEADBETTER）
（在北希尔兹的 Fish Quay Sands 收集塑料颗粒。左图：志愿者们配备了簸箕和刷子；下图：使用筛子清理船只碰撞后的塑料污染。摄影：MARK PINDER / THE GUARDIAN）
来自诺森伯兰郡 Cramlington 的商业学者 Helen Charlton 表示：“这里是我们的家。我是在东北部土生土长的，我为此感到无比自豪。”
地区，我对这里的工业和商业感到无比自豪。“并不是说泰恩河不应该有航运，因为绝对应该有。但两者必须共存。”来自惠特利湾的生活与工作教练卢·沙克尔顿表示，塑料颗粒带来了多种危险。“一切都是相互关联的。钓鱼的人需要鱼群存在且健康。海豹也需要鱼。我听说昨天有一艘船因为塑料颗粒影响发动机而抛锚。现在是暑假，人们会进入海中，孩子们会在此玩耍。‘我有一个五岁的孩子。我不希望他在 10 年后依然能在海滩上发现塑料颗粒。’”用户体验设计师艾米·艾什创建了一款应用程序，以帮助组织和动员志愿者。“我冲浪、游泳，我有两个孩子，”她说，“这些东西出现在海滩上简直令人心碎。我真的不想让这件事被遗忘。”
塑料颗粒（Nurdles）是微小的盘状塑料颗粒，是制造大多数塑料产品的原材料。活动人士表示，动物很容易将其误认为食物，从而导致致命后果。致力于消除塑料和化学污染的环保慈善机构 Fidra 表示，这是一个全球性问题。去年，该机构在 84% 的特殊科学价值地点发现了塑料颗粒。泰恩港、皇家海岸警卫队、环境署、地方议会和承包商都参与了此次泄漏的清理工作。但截至昨天，已有大约 3,000 个志愿服务小时被记录在案，且这支“人民军队”已回收了 285 公斤的塑料颗粒。目前正发出呼吁，允许经过培训的当地团队除了清理海滩外，还能帮助清理河流中的塑料颗粒。
新闻摘要 / 移民
伯纳姆：在塞乌塔危机后，我将不遗余力地打击小船跨境活动
亚历山德拉·托平 (Alexandra Topping) 政治记者
安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 表示，在数万名移民进入西班牙领土后，他将“不遗余力”地打击小船跨境活动，但同时指出，为了应对走私团伙，必须为难民建立“安全通道”。
在访问多佛尔期间，这位首相表示，西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯 (Pedro Sanchez) 告知他，上周进入西班牙北非领土塞乌塔 (Ceuta) 的预计 50,000 人中，约有 98% 已被遣返回摩洛哥 (Morocco)。
伯纳姆补充道：“当然，关于申根区及其与我们的关系，这是一个更广泛的问题。我希望就这些问题与欧盟保持定期对话。”
当被问及是否希望通过强调安全通道的必要性来改变该问题的辩论基调时，他表示，英国必须“解决问题，而不是在问题上玩政治”，并做出能让公众安心的改变。
“公众不喜欢边界看起来不受控制的想法。我们需要恢复这种控制，但同时我们也需要为真正需要帮助的人提供支持，”他说道。“这关乎于改变整个方法，我们正在缓慢但坚定地为处理这一问题的截然不同的方式奠定基础。”
本周三是今年迄今为止英吉利海峡小船跨境活动最繁忙的一天，共有 752 人抵达英国。官方临时数据显示，今年以来共有 14,526 人进入英国。这比去年同期 (25,436) 低 43%，比 2024 年同期 (16,903) 下降 14%。
“正在取得进展，但我们并未掉以轻心，”伯纳姆说。他补充称，自 2025 年初以来，国家打击有组织移民犯罪局的警员人数已从 376 人增加到近 800 人。
内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德 (Shabana Mahmood) 表示，政府打击小船跨境的工作正开始“见成效”。在拟议的移民改革上，她面临来自工党内部的激烈反对，其中包括将获得永久居留权所需的年限从 5 年增加到 10 年。
但在访问位于斯特拉特福德的国家打击有组织移民犯罪局总部时，她表示需要进行改革，“以解决吸引人们登上海峡小船的拉动因素”。她补充道：“我想改变这种算计。我想让他们在最初决定是否登船时改变主意。”
她拒绝了复制西班牙应对塞乌塔跨境活动措施的呼吁——在西班牙的措施中，数万人被遣返回摩洛哥，而无需处理任何寻求庇护申请。她表示，那之所以可行，是因为摩洛哥和西班牙拥有陆地边界并签有协议。而人口走私以及英吉利海峡的共有海域使得这种情况“在许多方面都更为复杂”。
在尝试抵达塞乌塔的过程中，至少有 72 人死亡，部分人溺水，另一些人在尝试攀爬边界围栏时被挤压身亡。桑切斯称此次入境为“对西班牙领土完整性的侵犯”。
此次事件在周四起的 24 小时内发生，使这座拥有 85,000 人的城市陷入瘫痪，引发了马德里的政治危机，并导致一些欧盟国家产生愤怒反应，包括要求暂停西班牙在申根自由通行区的资格。
周六，西班牙警方在其与摩洛哥的边界海域安装了一个 500 米 (1,640 英尺) 的浮动屏障，以防止他人进入。
从跨境移动。欧盟部长们已召集紧急会议，将于明日举行。22 个欧盟国家的领导人要求对抵达塞乌塔的人员采取紧急应对措施，理由是需要防止进一步的失控跨境。
4 安迪·伯纳姆昨日在多佛，他表示建立安全通道对于应对人口贩卖至关重要。
边境混乱：“摩洛哥警察在大喊，‘走，走，走！快跑进西班牙’”，接第 1 页
不堪重负。“年轻人穿梭在街道上，挤满了每一个角落，”他说。当第二辆出租车将埃尔·阿巴斯送到与塞乌塔接壤的城镇夫尼德克时，他意识到往常那些阻止没有欧洲证件的人接近边境的封锁线和检查站已被撤除。
“摩洛哥警察对着我们大喊：‘走，走，走！现在快跑，跑进西班牙，’”他说。“前一天晚上，他们还在殴打人们。但那天早上他们却让我们通过。这一切毫无逻辑。”
尽管人群拥挤，但埃尔·阿巴斯注意到警察只允许摩洛哥人跨境。“所有撒哈拉以南的移民都被强行推回。”他于周三下午 2.45 分抵达边境。到下午 3 点，经过短暂的游泳，他站在了西班牙的土地上。
并非每个人都如此幸运。“在水中的短短 10 分钟里，我看到 4 个人死在摩洛哥海域，尸体在漂浮，”他说。“人们正把他们的尸体拉上来。”
这些人是试图进入西班牙领土而淹死或被挤死的至少 72 人中的一部分。埃尔·阿巴斯是本周约 50,000 名进入塞乌塔的人员之一，西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯将此描述为“对西班牙领土完整性的侵犯”。
» 周五，在塞乌塔，数千人从摩洛哥经海路抵达。
卫报 2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一
2026年8月3日 星期一 卫报 ¥ 移民抵达塞乌塔边境，有的步行，有的通过游泳抵达。照片：MARIO MORAN / INA / ZUMA PRESS WIRE / SHUTTERSTOCK & 西班牙当局将塞乌塔的移民涌入归因于“人口贩运黑手党”。照片：MARCOS MORENO / ANADOLU / GETTY 马德里将最近的涌入归因于“人口贩运黑手党”，这些组织利用了西班牙最高法院的一项裁决。该裁决近期判定，那些在试图进入塞乌塔或梅利利亚（西班牙在北非海岸的另一块领土）时在海中被拦截的人，不能根据特别规则被简易遣返。但也有推测认为，摩洛哥当局可能开放边境是为了表达对桑切斯近期访问阿尔及利亚的不满，而阿尔及利亚支持从摩洛哥占领下解放争议领土西撒哈ラの努力。
摩洛哥驻西班牙大使 Karima Benyaich Millan 表示，其政府对大规模跨境行为并不满意，并补充说希望在塞乌塔的人员能够返回。摩洛哥政府消息人士告诉欧罗巴新闻社，进入塞乌塔的人员激增是因为“犯罪组织”，并坚称摩洛哥与西班牙的合作依然是“典范”。2021, 5月，在西班牙允许一名西撒哈拉独立领导人在西班牙治疗Covid-19从而引发外交僵局期间，摩洛哥放宽了边境管制——允许 10,000 人在两天内进入塞乌塔。El Abbas 表示，他从未停止梦想返回西班牙，他在那里主要在酒店业工作了 14 年。自从 2019, 年被遣返回摩洛哥后，他一直与妻子和四个女儿分开生活，她们仍留在西班牙北部城市比尔巴鄂。他说：“我从未停止想过回来。在摩洛哥，我是活着，但我并没有真正生活。”这次回归是苦乐参半的。
Youssef El Abbas / 一名在塞乌塔的摩洛哥人 当他游到塞乌塔岸上时，一名西班牙国民警卫队（Guardia Civil）警员伸出手将他拉出海面。但这种援助的姿态最终变成了暴力。抵达 3 天后，他所在的群体被一支军队巡逻队包围并遭到殴打。他说：“那只把我拉出水的同一只手，后来打了我。”El Abbas 的故事绝非个例。尽管到周五晚上已有 48,000 多人返回摩洛哥，但仍有数百人睡在公园、公共广场和人行道上。移民似乎几乎不可能离开塞乌塔前往西班牙本土。来自卡萨布兰卡的 17, 岁少年 Said 在听到边境开放时加入了前往塞乌塔的人群。但现在，欢呼已变成了现实，他拥有的仅是一瓶水和一名当地居民给他的一个酸奶盒。Said 和随行的其他青少年说，没有人向他们出售食物或允许他们进入商店，因为他们不会说西班牙语。在大规模涌入 3 天后，塞乌塔正缓慢尝试恢复常态。到周六傍晚，咖啡馆的露台开始再次坐满人。许多留下的入境者正由塞乌塔居民照顾，居民们分发瓶装水、三明治、毯子和衣服。此类团结的举动受到了极右翼政治家和一个新纳粹团体的威胁，他们都热衷于将这场人道主义危机用于自身目的。“他们将利用我们的感情来揽功，说他们捍卫了塞乌塔，”一名人士说道。
当地女性马利卡（Malika）表示：“我们不希望他们在这儿。”塞乌塔议会议员法蒂玛·哈迈德·侯赛因（Fatima Hamed Hossain）担心，这场危机造成的压力加深了城市内部的分歧。她说：“我们所经历的一切都导致了邻里之间的紧张关系。而这正是极右翼势力滋生的温床。”当一批人沿着原路返回边境时，赛义德（Said）在思考未来。他的目标很简单：在保护中心获得一个名额，学习西班牙语，并在年满 18 岁后找一份理发师的工作。他最担心的是最终无法获得合法文件，导致计划在开始之前就崩溃。不过，离开并不在他的计划之内。他说：“我需要的，只是一个机会。”
至少 100 名欧盟公民被告知不再拥有英国居留权 丽莎·奥卡罗尔（Lisa O’Carroll）资深记者
英国内政部已开始剥夺部分欧盟公民在脱欧后的居留权，此举引发了人们对英国是否遵守欧盟脱欧协议的担忧。该部门已告知至少 100 人，他们被授予居留权是由于“错误”操作，而这正值这些人的五年预定定居状态（pre-settled status）即将结束、准备升级为永久定居状态（permanent settled status）之际，其生活因此被打乱。
一名在 NHS 工作并正在英国攻读博士学位的葡萄牙女性表示，在收到内政部的此类信函后，她的生活被彻底颠覆。她是在欧盟定居计划下被授予预定定居状态的，与另外 1.3m 名在英国脱欧前在该国居住不足五年的人情况相似。化名为加布里埃拉（Gabriela）的她表示：“我感到压力巨大。我可能会丢掉工作，甚至可能失去租住现有房屋的权利，因为我必须证明我有权居住在这里。这真的非常令人焦虑。”
内政部目前正在审查那些需要申请将状态升级为完全定居状态的人员案例，包括儿童、非欧洲经济区（EEA）公民以及在 2020 年 12 月 31 日之后抵达的人员。内政部拒绝透露已致信的人数，但 3million 游说团体通过一项信息自由请求得知，仅在 3 月份就有 95 名公民收到联系。
3million 代理首席执行官莫妮克·霍金斯（Monique Hawkins）表示，内政部的追溯性审查给许多人带来了毁灭性的影响。该团体担心，可能还有数十万像加布里埃拉一样的人会收到类似的信函，并担心被驱逐出境。
独立监督管理局（The Independent Monitoring Authority）是为监督脱欧协议中欧盟公民章节实施情况而设立的法定机构，该机构表示，它已“向内政部表达担忧，认为该政策可能与协议不相容”。霍金斯表示，根据协议，只有在“采取此类措施确实成比例”的情况下，才能撤销身份，但“内政部竟然完全避开了这一点”。
内政部表示，其一直执行的一项政策是，不对个案进行常规评论。内政部补充说，如果身份授予有误，且在给予所有机会证明后，个人仍无法证明其身份是“正确授予”的，那么该个人可以申请通过“任何可行的移民途径”留英。
卫报 周一 2026年8月3日
重点关注禁止儿童强奸犯参与提前出狱计划
亚历山德拉·托平 (Alexandra Topping) 政治记者
安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 致力于防止儿童性虐待犯罪者在政府的提前出狱计划下被释放，而关于哪些严重罪犯可以获得豁免的紧急谈判已进入最后关键时刻。部长们表示，他们有 24 小时的时间来评估哪些罪犯可以提前释放以腾出监狱空间，每一次豁免都需要与刑事司法系统崩溃的威胁进行权衡。
伯纳姆暂停了原定于 9 月执行的争议性计划，该计划旨在释放数千名杀手、强奸犯和性犯罪者，以缓解监狱过度拥挤的问题。据《卫报》了解，他渴望在监狱设施有限的余量允许范围内，尽可能多地制定豁免条款。
在听取了受害者代表和支持服务的担忧后，首相的重点是防止儿童强奸犯和其他严重性虐待犯罪者被提前释放。他们警告说，如果不能为虐待受害者建立保障机制，将使他们面临特殊风险。
该计划的审查预计将在接下来的 24 小时内结束，以便监狱服务部门有时间准备，关于豁免的最终决定尚未做出。消息人士告诉《卫报》，部长们敏锐地意识到，如果不采取行动，监狱将失去空间，而豁免部分罪犯可能会导致更多呼吁将其他人继续关押在狱中。
前司法大臣大卫·拉米 (David Lammy) 提出了为释放铺平道路的《量刑法案》，他表示，如果未能实施该法案，到 11 月英格兰和威尔士的监狱可能将不再有容纳能力。
尽管监管人员警告可能会出现潜在的混乱，但提前出狱计划（伴随着大规模扩大对罪犯的电子脚镣监控）仍预计将在今年秋季实施，首批人数约为 700, 人。由于伯纳姆将首次在下议院面对保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克 (Kemi Badenoch)，这很可能给他带来麻烦。
一名政府消息人士表示：“如果我们不采取任何行动，我们将没有空间——这完全不可持续。”
警察安德鲁·哈珀 (PC Andrew Harper) 的家人对他的凶手可能获得释放资格表示愤怒，其母亲德比·阿德拉姆 (Debbie Adlam) 表示，提议将她儿子的两名凶手——杰西·科尔 (Jessie Cole) 和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯 (Albert Bowers) 纳入其中，是对他们家庭的“又一次打击”。
基尔·斯塔默 (Keir Starmer) 政府通过了量刑法律，以缓解迫在眉睫的监狱过度拥挤危机（例如伦敦的 4 Wandsworth 监狱），部长们称该危机可能会导致刑事司法系统停摆。一些人认为刑事司法系统可能会“在自身的重量下崩溃”。
在《量刑法案》下，从 9 月起，一些严重罪犯将在服刑期达到一半时即可获得释放资格，而非之前的三分之二。被判定犯有较轻罪行的人在服刑三分之一（即 3 分之一）后即可获释，而非 40%。法律还限制了短期监禁的使用，将其改为缓刑和社区矫正令。
受害者专员克莱尔·瓦克斯曼 (Claire Waxman) 周三会见了司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯 (Alex Norris)，并告诉《电报报》她对他承认受害者被辜负表示欢迎，并且对他回应其担忧的进展感到“谨慎乐观”。
监狱改革团体以及部分政府官员和政治人物表示，放弃缓解措施将……
过度拥挤可能会导致刑事司法系统“在自身重量下崩溃”。英格兰和威尔士强奸危机中心（Rape Crisis England and Wales）首席执行官希亚拉·伯格曼（Ciara Bergman）表示，各中心一直在支持“大量”受害者度过“得知其强奸者和虐待者即将获释……或在某些情况下已经获释时的痛苦与恐惧”。司法部表示：
“保护公众将始终是我们的首要任务。这就是为什么我们在采取果断行动地解决继承而来的监狱危机，同时投入创纪录的资金来支持受害者。
“但在 14 年间，监狱床位仅增加了 500, 个，我们的监狱距离床位耗尽仅剩几天时间。这将导致法律和秩序的全面崩溃。我们正在采取一切手段来保护公众并削减犯罪——以自维多利亚 era 以来最快的速度扩建监狱床位，启动规模最大的电子脚镣扩展计划以加强社区处罚，并让受害者在罪犯的严格假释条件中拥有发言权。
“我们已暂停原定于 9 月开始的变更，以便进行紧急审查，以确保我们在不耗尽监狱空间的情况下，为受害者制定正确的政策。”
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星期一 3 2026 年 8 月 3 日 卫报
米利班德打算在外交部实现 0% 的什么目标 帕特里克·温图尔 (Patrick Wintour) 外交编辑
令人惊讶的是，考虑到地缘政治的重要性，外交大臣这一职位在英国政坛有时看起来像是一个安慰奖，这或许反映了职责向唐宁街或内阁办公室的转移。但埃德·米利班德 (Ed Miliband) 对这份工作的看法并非如此。他的盟友表示，认为他因失去担任财政大臣的机会而心怀不满的说法，误解了他对未来政策挑战的掌控能力。“埃德有极强的执行力，并且非常享受这份工作，”一位人士说道。“埃德将成为一位由政策驱动的外交大臣。”为此，他正在准备一份关于未来十年与欧盟关系、英国明年担任 G20 主席国以及气候危机的独特议程。
米利班德还决心参与一些关于塑造未来国际秩序的重大辩论——考虑到美国同盟关系的波动性，这些辩论可能会让他进入困难的领域。巴勒斯坦问题可能需要更长时间来处理，部分原因是以色列的选举以及哈马斯解除武装方面突然出现的进展迹象，但他的直觉很明确。2014, 年，作为工党领袖，他敦促其议员投票承认巴勒斯坦为一个国家。米利班德敏锐地意识到，自威廉·海格 (William Hague) 在 2014 年卸任以来，他是第 10 位外交大臣。此外，在奥利·罗宾斯 (Olly Robbins) 被解雇后，米利班德到任时外交部没有常任秘书，且部分工作人员因罗宾斯此前声称将实施的大规模裁员而进行滚动罢工。但米利班德计划与驻外交部的欧盟事务新大臣哈米什·法尔科纳 (Hamish Falconer) 密切合作，深度参与关于英国与欧盟关系的谈判，因为他认为解决这一关系是英国面临的最大问题。他的介入将使外交部在欧洲问题辩论中拥有比基尔·斯塔默 (Keir Starmer) 时期更大的影响力，当时谈判由内阁办公室独家主导。米利班德代表了一个怀疑欧洲的选民群体，并且仍受限于工党竞选宣言的红线，即在本届议会期间不加入单一市场或关税同盟。但这并不妨碍他试图影响安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 关于英国与欧盟关系在 10 或 15 年后应处于何种状态的长期思考。
& 新任外交大臣埃德·米利班德被盟友称具有完成工作的“极强欲望” 照片：LEON NEAL / GETTY IMAGES
一名分析人士表示：“建立与欧洲更紧密的关系是保护我们国家安全和增长经济的关键外交政策优先级。埃德将与 No 10, 1 以及哈米什·法尔科纳步调一致地推动这一目标的实现。他将欧洲视为该议程的核心。”朋友们表示，米利班德希望找到一种方法来复兴病态的 G20，这是一个主要经济多边机构，其影响力自 2008. 年以来一直在稳步下降。在 No 10, 任职的最后日子里，斯塔默任命戈登·布朗 (Gordon Brown) 在 G20 之前担任其全球金融与合作特使，布朗将保留这一角色。曾在布朗首相任内担任外交政策顾问的斯图尔特·伍德 (Stewart Wood) 也被任命为外交部上议院大臣，他将为该职位带来经验和智慧。随着英国计划在 12 月主持推迟的非法金融峰会，随后接管 G20，诸如全球财富税等想法以及海外金融的 siekes earemennen
持有资产都在被推广。但英国海外领土的秘密状态在过去十年中一直是英国号召打击腐败的沉重负担。国际发展部长、前救救儿童基金会执行主任克里斯蒂·麦克尼尔（Kirsty McNeill）被要求应对大幅削减援助资金所带来的影响。她此前曾表示，除非英国设定将援助支出恢复至 GDP 0.7% 的路径，否则英国将无法在援助领域重新获得信誉。援助资金明年将降至 0.3%，而伯纳姆（Burnham）的 £2 巴士票价上限——正是通过抢占援助预算来提供资金的。
至少 G20 为她建立联盟以应对不公正债务和非法资金流提供了一个富有创造性的途径。在 2024 年巴西担任 G20 主席国期间，根据法国经济学家加布里埃尔·祖克曼（Gabriel Zucman）受委任进行的一项研究，一项全球财富税提案被提出。
“公众对这个想法有压倒性的支持，”祖克曼在报告发布会上说，“十年前，没有人相信 130 个国家会支持对跨国公司征收最低税。那时这被认为是乌托邦式的。”报告指出，亿万富翁缴纳的财富税平均仅为 0.3%。在 1987 和 2024, 年之间，顶端 0.0001% 个体的平均财富年均增长 7.1%，使亿万富翁持有的全球财富份额从 3% 增加到 14%。
唐纳德·特朗普的 G20 峰会定于 12 月在迈阿密举行，届时他可能会因为国会中期选举而影响力削弱。由于在乌克兰问题上的地缘政治分歧以及对其价值的质疑，出席 G20 的世界领导人人数在缓慢下降，但到明年，伊朗战争带来的经济后果可能需要经济和政治上的协调。
与此同时，米利班德（Miliband）预计不会在伯纳姆承认工党在加沙问题上需要“做得更好”后迅速采取行动。伯纳姆暗示，针对非法以色列定居点的贸易行动已在他的议程上，但外交部的外交官们对这类禁令的可执行性提出了质疑。目前正在进行一场辩论，即欧洲国家是否应该通过实施新的制裁来帮助在 10 月选举中反对本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）的政党，从而强调这位以色列总理在外交上的孤立，或者他是否会利用国际社会的反对来转化为国内优势。
工党后座议员要求采取更强有力的政策，主张在中东地区对待国际法的严肃程度应与英国在乌克兰问题上一致，这种压力非常剧烈。由国会议员金·约翰逊（Kim Johnson）协调的 80 位议员的信函呼吁伯纳姆对以色列实施全面制裁，并承认联合国调查委员会关于以色列正在实施种族灭绝的调查结果。伯纳姆表示，此类判定应由国际法院做出。
但一个关键的问题将是，米利班德如何在保持其进步主义信誉的同时，与特朗普领导下的美国国务院保持良好关系。对英国过去海外军事干预持怀疑态度的伍德（Wood）强烈反对美国袭击伊朗。但自特朗普当选以来，维持美国对乌克兰的一定程度支持一直被视为英国外交政策的核心优先事项，这需要做出妥协，且通常涉及与共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）的合作——格雷厄姆是乌克兰的坚定支持者，于上月去世。这种情况在短期内不太可能改变。
国家美术馆面临“引发分歧”的员工指控 作者：Dalya Alberge
一名高级策展人声称，国家美术馆的安保人员（其中绝大多数为少数民族背景）正面临令人震惊的隔离现象。这些外包保安被禁止进入该馆高质量的“中心”（hub）——这是一个明亮通风的休息室，仅供该机构主要为白人的员工使用。他们不被允许在那里休息或在该区域就坐。相反，他们被贬到一处“令人窒息”的地下室空间，那里家具破损，啮齿类动物问题频发，且没有自然光和空调。
这位要求匿名的策展人告诉《卫报》：“这在国家美术馆内部几乎成了一个笑话。安保人员被对待得像二等公民。”该内部人士表示，从策展人到营销人员的美术馆员工都使用这个“中心”——该区域是由美术馆展厅之间及下方的此前未充分利用的空间改造而成的，而外包安保人员则被禁止进入。他们说：“那里有一个漂亮的中心区域。所有内部员工（主要是白人）都在那里。这对于美术馆来说具有潜在的分歧性，因为地下室糟糕的设施是由黑人和亚裔安保人员使用的。”
虽然“中心”拥有高额补贴的食堂和专属厨师，但地下室空间被描述为“昏暗、肮脏且阴暗”，其售货亭提供的东西几乎仅限于 KitKat 巧克力，且没有熟食。“那里不是为人类设计的，”该策展人说，“它是用来做储藏室的。”
据报道，国家美术馆告诉他们，限制进入“中心”是为了避免过度拥挤，但安保人员在周末和节假日依然被禁止进入，而此时几乎没有国家美术馆的员工在利用该空间。安保人员由 PCS 工会代表，他们认为自己受到了“绝对的蔑视”，并对地下室空间发出警告：“最危险的是，那里通风不良，且只能通过在管道下低头潜行才能进入。”
据称，安保人员还认为美术馆要求一名人员同时看守多达四个房间，这使馆藏面临风险。一名观察员表示，保安一次只能在一个房间内，很容易分心。近年来的安全事件包括“停止石油”（Just Stop Oil）的活动人士将番茄汤泼在梵高的《向日葵》上，以及攻击委拉斯开兹的《罗克比的维纳斯》。
7 月 1 日，PCS 致信国家美术馆馆长 Gabriele Finaldi，认为强迫一个以黑人和亚裔为主的员工群体进入地下室，“根据 2010 年《平等法案》可能构成歧视”。PCS 仍在等待回复。PCS 文化小组秘书 Nick Marro 告诉《卫报》：“这种双层劳动力制度没有任何借口……我们的成员理应获得平等对待。”
外包安保人员由 CIS Security 公司雇佣，该公司拒绝置评。国家美术馆表示，安保人员无法进入“中心”办公室。由于空间限制，自这些办公室设立以来一直维持这一立场，美术馆在其他地方为安保人员和其他承包商提供了专用设施。他们表示，CIS 最近针对工作场所设施进行了员工调查，目前正在根据收到的反馈实施改进。“美术馆密切监测其地产并努力……”
“画廊方面表示，作为常规设施管理计划的一部分，我们将聘请专业承包商来管理和处理任何害虫控制问题。我们不对安保操作、人员配置水平或部署安排发表评论，因为这些内容处于持续审查之中，公开讨论可能会危及安全。”
卫报 星期一 3 2026年8月3日
儿童杀手曾逃避此前的逮捕令 Neha Gohil
蒂赛德刑事法院听取证词，克利夫兰警方在一名恋童癖者谋杀并性侵其女友两岁女儿的18个月前，未能因其违反禁骚扰令而将其逮捕。
伊莎贝尔·威尔什于2025年9月14日去世，警方将其死因描述为一场“暴力活动”。该幼儿的母亲亚历山德拉·沃克，26, 和沃克的男友哈里森·辛普森，22, 于30 7月在蒂赛德刑事法院被判谋杀罪和虐待儿童罪。
据《星期日泰晤士报》报道，克利夫兰警方承认，警员未能执行蒂赛德治安法院于2024, 3月签发的针对辛普森的逮捕令。辛普森因违反禁骚扰令而未能出庭。据悉，在收到辛普森威胁一名女性的报告后，该禁骚扰令生效。
克利夫兰警方在的一份声明中表示：“我们进行了多次调查并尝试逮捕，以试图定位并将其逮捕，但均未成功。”
（附加报道：PA Media & 伊莎贝尔·威尔什遭哈里森·辛普森性侵）
作家与科学家共同努力挽救乔德雷尔银行天文台 Geneva Abdul
在乔德雷尔银行天文台的无线电望远镜网络资金被削减后，100多位艺术家、作家和科学家呼吁英国政府挽救这座“世界上最清晰的观星之眼”。
New Order乐队、加拿大宇航员克里斯·哈德菲尔德以及桂冠诗人西蒙·阿米蒂奇都在呼吁首相安迪·伯纳姆挽救这座深空天文台。该天文台包含一级列入名录的洛弗尔望远镜，深受研究星系、恒星形成以及太阳系外行星的天文学家推崇。
上周，该天文台的资助方——英国研究与创新局（UKRI）表示，在当前协议于2028年3月结束时，将撤回对e-Merlin网络的资助，该网络是位于乔德雷尔银行的英国国家无线电天文设施。
这封写给伯纳姆以及商业大臣乔纳森·雷诺兹和UKRI负责人的信中写道：“我们认为，为了每年节省仅 280 万英镑m 而将其关闭是愚蠢且短视的。”信中认为，关闭e-Merlin的所在地相当于戳瞎了“世界上最清晰的观星之眼”中的一些。
洛弗尔望远镜在1957年追踪了斯普特尼克号的发射，并且处于一个旨在绘制宇宙前10亿年地图的全球项目中心。科学家们还将这一决定称为英国天文学的沉重打击，除非能找到其他资金，否则位于柴郡的乔德雷尔银行的观测活动将完全停止。
此举威胁到天文台的28个工作岗位，并将影响近3,000名研究人员。此外，数十个设施、仪器和项目的进一步削减计划也已公布，预计将导致约800人失业。
UKRI的年度预算近 £10bn。此次资金下降是科学技术设施委员会（STFC）一项滚动削减方案中的最新举措，该委员会由UKRI出资。由于成本超支、电力和人员成本飙升以及高昂的外汇支出，STFC需要实现大幅削减。
国际合作的费率。信中继续写道：“这座科学灯塔比以往任何时候都更具雄心，目前已经在实施的令人兴奋的计划将确保英国在迅速发展的科学探索和利用领域中保持相关性和领导地位。” 4 位于柴郡乔德尔班克的洛弗尔射电望远镜，在政府削减资金的情况下正面临关闭。它主张，继续为乔德尔班克提供资金将确保其对全球安全做出至关重要的贡献，包括追踪太空碎片、破坏性太阳耀斑、卫星和小行星。该天文台是平方公里阵列天文台（SKAO）的总部所在地，该项目计划通过在南非和西澳大利亚设立姐妹望远镜，绘制宇宙最初十亿年的图谱。信中写道：“我们真的希望 SKAO 的发现是在一个[缺失 / 不完整文本]中宣布的，而且旁边还矗立着世界最大的废弃射电望远镜吗？”“我们请求您立即为其寻找资金，以便它提供的独特且必不可少的服务能够不中断地继续，从而挽救这一重要的国家自豪感和全球科学尊重之源。” STFC 的一名发言人此前表示，该机构已“开展了严格的优先排序程序，旨在将投资集中在能为英国带来最大长期科学能力、影响力和价值的领域”。
Monday 3 August 2026 卫报 / 威尔士文化的国家庆典在 850 年后回归其根源 Bethan McKernan 威尔士特派记者
1176, 威尔士中世纪王子 Rhys ap Gruffydd 勋爵成为了该国历史上最强大的统治者之一。他成功地将诺曼入侵者从他的土地上驱逐出去，与亨利二世国王达成和平，并用石头重建了卡迪根城堡。在繁荣与安全的环境下，他举办了一场盛大的节日锦标赛，邀请吟游诗人与音乐家在他的赞助下演奏并竞技，这是有记录的首次 eisteddfod（埃斯泰沃杜德，大致意为“坐在一起”）——这一传统一直延续至今。
今年的国家 eisteddfod 是对威尔士语言、文化和创造力的庆祝，在其 850 周年诞辰之际，回到了 Rhys 勋爵城堡附近的根源地。eisteddfod 是欧洲最古老且规模最大的巡回文化活动之一，每年在北威尔士和南威尔士之间轮换。
今年的 Eisteddfod y Garreg Las（意为“蓝岩”，得名于附近普雷塞利山用于建造巨石阵内圈的著名青石）包含 1,000 场以上的活动，将一直持续到 8 August，预计将吸引 150,000 名游客。
“eisteddfod 基本上就是‘轮动的格拉斯顿伯里’，所以我不知道为什么它在英国其他地区如此不被关注，”创意总监 Marc Rees 说道，他为今年的活动将 Rhys 勋爵还原为一个 5 米高的傀儡。 “这是一个巨大的音乐、诗歌和舞蹈节，还有一些不可思议的乐队：超级毛茸茸动物乐队（Super Furry Animals）今年将参演。它每年都有不同的特色，而且总是如此令人愉悦。”
Rhys 勋爵的傀儡由卡迪根的 Theatr Byd Bach 剧团在社区的参与下制作，在从圣戴维大教堂的沉睡中被“唤醒”后，他在周六 eisteddfod 开幕前在当地巡游，访问了周边的城镇和村庄。与他同行的是今年的“冠冕”和“椅子”——这是颁给最佳自由诗的传统奖项，因为 Rhys 勋爵当年在他桌旁为第一位获胜者颁发了一把椅子——以及他的忠实猎犬 Teifi。
自从 2024, 年公布今年的地点以来，当地筹款委员会已为举办此次活动筹集了 £400,000，数百名志愿者为本周在 Llantwd 村附近的庆祝活动准备了场地。
Eisteddfod y Garreg Las 执行委员会主席 John Davies 表示：“我希望 Rhys 勋爵本人也会喜欢这次旅程…… 850 年是一个很长的时间，令人惊叹的是 eisteddfod 每年仍在发展和演变，是一个充满活力且现代的节日，能让每个人都有所收获。”
在 Rhys 勋爵时代之后，威尔士的诗人学校在爱德华征服期间被关闭，eisteddfodau 在某种程度上陷入了停滞。
（图注：Rhys 勋爵的 5 米傀儡在从沉睡中唤醒后在卡迪根行走；左侧为在节日演出的民谣摇滚乐队 Darogan。照片：JOANN RANDLES / 卫报）
这一传统在 18 世纪得益于总部位于伦敦的威尔士文学和文化协会而复兴，而现代形式在很大程度上归功于 Gorsedd Cymru（当时是一个由诗人、作家和音乐家组成的秘密社团，深受德鲁伊教和神秘主义的影响）。
Iolo Morganwg 是一位古怪的古物研究者和诗人，也是 Gorsedd 的创始人。他在服用鸦片酊而处于亢奋状态时，构思了许多他声称是现代 eisteddfod 的古代传说和历史——但他那色彩绚丽且富有想象力的创造被证明是非常（成功的）
受欢迎，并延续在如今的盛大庆典之中。“这就像是 eisteddfod（威尔士艺术节）回到了家，”来自滕比的 45 岁娜奥米·奇夫（Naomi Chiff）说道。“我的孩子们都接受威尔士语教育；滕比第一所威尔士语学校在 10 年前就开学了。家门口举办这样的活动向他们证明了，这门语言是充满活力且有趣的。”来自哈弗福德威斯特的威尔曼（Wilyman）一家表示，他们很高兴今年能如此接近节日现场；母亲埃利温（Elliw），48 岁，将参加本周的几项比赛。“我们从 2 月起就开始筹款了，”她说，“看到这一切最终实现真是太好了。”
歌剧评论 哥特能量与血腥：绚丽的瓦格纳复兴剧作《帕西法尔》 拜罗伊特节日剧院 Flora Willson
这里有圣杯，有长矛，有无法愈合的伤口。一场庄严的、维持生命的仪式。一个虚假的乐土，以及一个将救赎所有人的局外人。即便按瓦格纳的标准，《帕西法尔》也是一部具有浓厚象征意义的作品——在拜罗伊特更是如此。这是唯一一部专门为该剧院声学效果而创作的作品，几十年来，瓦格纳的后代禁止在其他地方演出。尽管带有如此沉重的历史包袱，此次对杰·谢布（Jay Scheib）2023 年版本的最新复兴演出，在音乐家们获得热烈掌声的同时，仅引发了零星且不情愿的嘘声。
圣杯变成了一颗巨大的蓝色水晶，并伴有灯光秀。致命女郎昆德里（Kundry）拥有一个数字化身，在大幕拉开时，通过特写镜头诱惑了平日里无可挑剔的古内曼茨（Gurnemanz）。当安福塔斯（Amfortas）的伤口被拆开绷带、戳弄并缓慢缝合时，拍摄仍在继续，令人作呕的画面通过一张横跨整个舞台的屏幕主导了 Act 1。邪恶的巫师克林索尔（Klingsor）像是个穿着粉色天鹅绒的古怪叔叔，正对着偷来的长矛做猥琐动作；他的花之少女们则身处一个装饰绚丽的混凝土地牢，那里散布着前任访客的尸体，躺在血染的床垫上，而帕西法尔则被剥到只剩下一件看起来像青少年睡衣的衣服，上面布满了爱心图案。
暴力无处不在。这里没有“善良”，只有不同程度的“复杂”。结果是荒凉且情感单一的。
在音乐上则更多样。米娜-丽莎·瓦雷拉（Miina-Liisa Varela）饰演的昆德里散发出哥特能量，她的低音令人心惊，旋律充满液态的凶猛——衔接得迷人；而安德烈亚斯·沙格（Andreas Schager）饰演的帕西法尔在没有全力高唱时，倾向于破碎的音符和音节。格奥尔格·策彭费尔德（Georg Zeppenfeld）是一个极具吸引力的古内曼茨，他的男低音-男中音浑厚且柔顺；维塔利·科瓦廖夫（Vitalij Kowaljow）则是一位声音宏亮、气势磅礴的提图雷尔（Titurel，安福塔斯的父亲）。乔丹·沙纳汉（Jordan Shanahan，饰克林索尔）将他的低音当作武器，锐利且流畅。饰演安福塔斯的迈克尔·佛勒（Michael Volle）在咆哮与愤怒，但在 Act 3. 中那些痛苦而富有诗意的爆发中最为动人。
合唱团融合良好，发音清晰。在帕布罗·埃拉斯-卡萨多（Pablo Heras-Casado）的指挥下，管弦乐团的表现不尽一致。瓦格纳和弦动机中的音准和协作不可靠，在如此柔和且通透的声学环境下，最细微的问题都被暴露无遗。然而，在其他方面，细腻的交响织体从精妙的细节无缝过渡到近乎无限的丰富音墙。
截止至 25 August
2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一 卫报 ¥ Rumeysa Usca 表示，Pokémon Go 的吸引力很简单：“我可以逗我的狗玩，娱乐我自己，还能减肥。” 摄影：TERI PENGILLEY / THE GUARDIAN
它之所以保持流行，是因为它“将人们带回一个快乐的地方，无论世界多么糟糕”。大多数宝可梦都“快乐且爱笑”，除了少数几个“脾气暴躁”的例外，这对此很有帮助。“我就是在说你，超梦，”她说。
同样出现在快闪店的是 Rumeysa Usca 和她的博美犬 Boomi。这位 34 岁的工程师从莱明顿（Leamington）赶来。对她来说，Pokémon Go 的吸引力很简单。“我可以逗我的狗玩，娱乐我自己，还能减肥。”
Usca 已经玩这款智能手机游戏四年了，并且是该系列的终身粉丝。她说宝可梦触及了人们对怀旧以及渴望回到简单时光的愿望。“小时候，我们看着它、玩它就非常开心。¥ 一位在肖尔迪奇（Shoreditch）快闪庆祝活动中搜寻宝可梦的‘宝可梦迷’。它唤回了那些美好的情感。”
那些想要获得一个印有 Pokémon Go 品牌标志的免费咖啡杯的人，需要在周围街道的这款游戏中完成一项挑战。参加者中包括 Stacie Smith 和她的儿子 Rupert，他们从埃塞克斯（Essex）的绍森德（Southend）赶来。
“她运气好极了，”Rupert 说道，指的是他母亲在手机上抓到的宝可梦比他抓到的更好。Smith 记得自己成长过程中收集宝可梦卡片的情景，随后她也爱上了这部动画片，该动画片在 1990 年代后期是儿童电视节目的主打内容。
Rupert 更喜欢卡牌游戏部分，但两人通过 Pokémon Go 发现了对该系列的“共同热爱”。Smith 表示，Rupert 患有自闭症，这意味着他“不太喜欢出门”，但这款游戏鼓励他开始更多地尝试走出家门，两人在一起的时间也增加了。她说，这对他的“心理健康非常重要”。在学校里，他通过对宝可梦的热情结交了朋友。
Ralph 对宝可梦的热爱将是持久的。“无论这是你的第一个宝可梦，还是第一千个宝可梦，”她说，“精灵球关闭时的那一声轻响，总能为你带来快乐。”
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未来始于我们：对话 Gordon Brown
基于规则的秩序之所以破碎，与公民生活的侵蚀为何同时发生？为什么全世界数百万人转向民粹主义民族主义政党以寻求解决方案？我们对此又能做些什么？
Gordon Brown 将加入卫报的 Muir 讨论，揭示不稳定性与公民衰退之间错综复杂的联系。他还将分享一个实用且充满希望的路线图，旨在让我们重新团结并更新全球秩序，正如他在新书《未来始于我们》（The Future Starts With Us）中所探讨的那样。
在世界感觉日益不稳定的时刻，这是你向 Brown 提问并了解我们如何共同克服当今全球挑战的机会。
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20 / 卫报 周一 2026年8月3日 / Br - = ie es & 乌克兰精锐无人机部队使用的电脑屏幕显示，克里米亚度假胜地阿卢什塔的一个变电站被直接命中。乌克兰精锐无人机打击部队正将战斗转移到俄罗斯。路克·哈丁（Luke Harding）报道。当太阳在开满高大黄色向日葵的田野上落下时，乌克兰的麻雀正在鸣叫，突然间，一种类似踏板车的轰鸣声打破了夜晚的宁静。声音时而升高，时而降低，再次升高。第414航空旅的乌克兰指挥官雷（Ray）中校在一条长满叶子的水沟中寻找掩护。几秒钟后，一架乌克兰无人机咆哮着冲入紫色的天空。它以45度角向上猛冲，橙色火焰滋滋作响，然后平静地向前飞行。这个飞行物像一架光滑的灰色双翼飞机，带有木制螺旋桨和尾翼。它身后留下了翻滚的黑烟和一股火药味。在弗拉基米尔·普京派遣坦克占领基辅四年半之后，乌克兰的战争已从地面转移到空中，演变成一场无人机之战。这场在战争史上前所未有的竞赛，其特点是技术、创新和快速发展。“我们正在这里创造历史，”雷说。“这就是民主击败极权主义的地方。就像乔治·奥威尔写的那样，但这一次‘老大哥’输了。”无人机在引擎的轰鸣声中消失在地平线上。它的目的地是克里米亚，一个拥有海滩和白色白垩山脉的风景优美的乌克兰半岛，该地在2014年被俄罗斯窃取，随后被军事化。接着，另外两架远程无人机疾速向前飞去。它们飞入暮色中，飞越日益昏暗的草原景观。每架无人机携带50-100公斤（110-220磅）的炸药。任务完成后，乌克兰士兵迅速收拾，熟练地卷起白色电缆。在10分钟内，这些人消失在一条林荫掩映且布满坑洼的小路上。远离前线的地方，其他团队正穿梭在乌克兰各地，按照精确的夜晚时间表释放无人机。坐在电脑屏幕前的操作员将其引导至敌方目标。该型号可飞行超过1,550英里（2,500公里），足以打击欧洲俄罗斯境内以及西伯利亚大部分地区的目标。& 一架远程无人机向被俄罗斯占领的克里米亚发射，基辅将其作为“关灯”行动的一部分在该地进行打击。1,990 乌克兰部分无人机可飞行的英里数，使其能够打击欧洲俄罗斯境内的目标。雷派遣的三架无人机的飞行距离较短。经过四个小时，大约在凌晨1点，第一架无人机抵达了被占领克里米亚南海岸的度假胜地阿卢什塔。它在灰色的公寓楼之间穿梭，撞入一个变电站。火焰喷发，刺破了这座城市的浓黑夜色。7月21日的这些远程打击是乌克兰将其昵称为克里米亚“关灯”行动的一部分：一项旨在将该地区与电力和物流网络断开的行动。同一晚，无人机打击了13个电力节点。其中几个位于俄罗斯控制的扎波罗热省和赫尔松省，克里姆林宫称其已将这些地区并入版图。自2022年以来，俄罗斯每晚对乌克兰城市和城镇发起攻击。它发送伊朗设计的“见证者”（shaheds）以及弹道导弹和高超音速导弹。在唐纳德·特朗普去年重返白宫后，这些蜂群规模进一步扩大。它们混乱地倾泻而下，在精心策划的恐怖行动中杀害公寓内的家庭和其他平民。乌克兰曾是西方援助的接收者，现在则通过发展自己的军事制造基地予以回应。该基地发展迅速，使该国成为全球领先的无人系统生产国。上个月向克里米亚投掷的无人机是由基辅的一家国防技术初创公司制造的。该公司的代表参与了军事行动。雷的营——以其命名
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Kairos，古希腊的机会、运气与瞬间之神——已经对俄罗斯发动了数百次深层打击。目标包括炼油厂、仓库和弹药库。它还袭击了港口、码头，以及用于军队物流的道路和铁路。今年，乌克兰无人机袭击了莫斯科和普京的家。
来自乌克兰第 414 航空旅的指挥官 Ray 中校表示，每当他的无人机升空飞向敌方领土时，他都感到“复仇的快感和正义感”。“我们在这里创造历史，”他说。
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—— 100 年来：圣彼得堡市，令俄罗斯总统难堪，并将战争带到之前一直对此视而不见的普通公民面前。
“我认为普京很害怕，”Ray 说。“他为战争给出的理由之一就是为了防止乌克兰（可能）轰炸莫斯科。现在这件事正作为他行为的直接后果而发生。”Ray 表示，每当他的无人机升空飞向敌方领土时，他都感到“复仇与正义”。“这不是我们发起的战争。我们别无选择，”他说。“我们是在为我们的独立、为我们的人民、为死者的记忆以及我们的未来而战。这是一场奴隶与自由之人的较量。”
乌克兰的无人机行动处于保密状态。一个分析部门负责寻找目标。西方合作伙伴提供部分情报，但大部分是开源的。无人机机组人员在最后时刻才会获得坐标。到目前为止，尽管莫斯科试图识别并炸毁起飞点，但参与发射的人员中尚未有人受伤或死亡。
一名相关人员表示：“你正在全球范围内创造改变，特朗普醒来后会看到结果。但与此同时，这非常孤独。你不能告诉任何人你在做什么，或者吹嘘：‘今天我们轰炸了莫斯科。’只有你的指挥官能理解。”他们补充道：“这是一项重要的工作。你会感到巨大的满足感，觉得自己是精英的一员。”
Kairos 是“马扎尔之鸟”（Magyar’s Birds）的一部分，该旅以其创始人、乌克兰无人系统部队负责人 Robert Brovdi 的呼号命名。上个月，Brovdi 发起了一场旨在摧毁亚速海和黑海油轮及其他船舶的行动。到目前为止，已有 200 多艘被击中。俄罗斯人猝不及防，他们的船只无法逃脱。
自上周起，该旅一直在焚烧俄罗斯的“亚马逊”——Wildberries 的仓库，已摧毁其中至少九个。乌克兰方面称该公司销售军事产品。这些袭击削弱了小型企业，并造成了数十亿卢布的损失。Brovdi 表示：“对社会的社会心理影响比炼油厂更大。”
他补充说，乌克兰的远程无人机已“显著削弱”了俄罗斯的防空力量。“我们已经摧毁了其中的绝大多数。每摧毁一个防空单元，突破口就扩大一分。”他补充道，三天前，亚速海的俄罗斯港口叶伊斯克（Yeysk）的防空单元被夷为平地，使被击毁的系统总数达到 305 个。
俄罗斯巨大的国土面积——曾经的战略优势——现在变成了弱点。Brovdi 表示，惊慌失措的克里姆林宫已将“一定数量”的防空设施从前线转移到莫斯科以提供保护。他希望阻止俄罗斯将克里米亚作为“跳板”。
旨在向乌克兰开火，并将近 1 million 名在普京 2014 年接管后定居在该半岛的俄罗斯居民或“殖民者”驱逐出去。克里米亚目前的燃料极其短缺，以至于俄罗斯军事小组有时无法为无人机加满油并将其发射。那里还频繁发生停电。一名代号为 Schweik 的旅成员预测，粮食短缺很快就会发生。“这次行动是无休止的，”他说，“这将产生连锁反应。我们将继续施压。他们将不得不考虑生存问题，而不是进攻行动。”Schweik 补充道：“这种情况对俄罗斯来说是极其屈辱的。克里米亚具有象征意义。它是普京的第一个战利品，也是世界秩序被打破的地方。”
“他在俄罗斯社会中营造了一种亢奋情绪，这反过来给了他去夺取更多 [乌克兰] 领土的许可。现在全世界都明白俄罗斯实际上很弱。”
并非所有乌克兰无人机都能命中目标。根据 Ray 的说法，大约三分之一的无人机在被占领领土上空被击落。他承认，在俄罗斯上空遭遇的损失要高得多。尽管如此，乌克兰向俄罗斯经济施压的战略似乎正在发挥作用。Brovdi 表示：“必须耗尽其部队和资源，使其无法继续战争。”他承认俄罗斯军队仍在东部顿巴斯地区推进，并在科斯蒂安廷诺夫卡市展开战斗。“到目前为止，他们取得的进展与其付出的代价不成正比，”他说，“按照这个速度，如果他们打算夺取半个乌克兰，难道计划打 100 年吗？”
回到乡村，Ray 的同事“Panama”将最近的一次发射描述为成功。“那是 10 出了 10. 我们这里一直如此，”他说，并补充说他使用目前的这种类似双翼机的型号已经一年半了。“刚开始我们使用外国无人机，有时会出现问题。现在我们没有问题了。”唯一的挑战来自于夏季夜晚充斥在空气中的蚊子。“久而久之，我们与它们成了朋友，”Panama 说，“它们不再干扰我了。它们也是自由乌克兰的居民，可以随心所欲。但如果它们惹恼我们，我们就把它们发射给敌人。它们可以吃俄罗斯人。”
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莫斯科餐厅附近发生炸弹爆炸造成三人死亡
路透社 莫斯科 周六晚上，莫斯科市中心一家餐厅附近发生爆炸，一名女性携带的自制炸弹造成三人死亡，至少 21 人受伤，这引发了社交媒体上的猜测，认为此次袭击可能与乌克兰战争有关。
警方表示，爆炸发生于当地时间晚上 8 点之前（英国时间下午 6 点），地点靠近库德林斯卡亚广场（Kudrinskaya Square）莫斯科七座斯大林时期摩天大楼之一的一家意大利餐厅。据俄罗斯国家通讯社报道，俄罗斯反恐委员会称，一名携带简易爆炸装置的身份不明女性试图进入该餐厅，但被一名安保人员拦下。报道称，该女性、安保人员以及 Balzi Rossi 餐厅的一名顾客在爆炸中丧生。
REN TV 昨天引用消息人士称，两名被送往医院的人随后死亡，使死亡人数增加到五人，但没有官方确认。该频道称有六名
伤势严重。莫斯科市长谢尔盖·索比亚宁表示，相关责任人将受到惩罚。他说道：“昨日莫斯科发生了一起残暴的恐怖袭击。”当局并未公布死伤者姓名或任何嫌疑人。未经证实的社交媒体报告暗示，一名俄罗斯高级军事指挥官是此次袭击的目标，但并未受伤。在发生了一系列被俄方归咎于基辅的暗杀和企图杀害事件后，俄罗斯承诺今年将为高级军方官员提供更好的保护。俄罗斯战争博主在没有提供任何证据的情况下，迅速将此次最新袭击归咎于乌克兰。基辅方面未立即发表评论。《商业评论报》（Kommersant）日刊认为，携带炸弹的女性可能对此并不知情，炸弹是由他人远程触发的。该餐厅的网站显示，该场所周六因私人活动而关闭。
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特朗普称因期待达成“快速”协议而取消对伊朗的袭击
唐纳德·特朗普表示，他取消对伊朗的军事打击，是基于双方将“快速”就其核计划以及全面重新开放霍尔姆兹海峡达成协议。这位美国总统在周六通过其 Truth Social 平台声称，他暂停袭击是为了期待取得突破，并回应了伊朗及该地区其他国家的请求。他写道：“基于这一请求，为了世界的未来利益，同样为了一个成功且繁荣的伊朗的生存，我已同意取消此次攻击，前提是能够快速达成一项协议。”他发帖称，该协议将包括立即且完全重新开放海峡以及“结束伊朗的核威胁”。
这标志着在数月之久的冲突中，他此前发出过要重创伊朗的夸张威胁后，再次采取退让姿态。
然而，突破的希望在周日消失，伊朗梅赫尔通讯社（Mehr news agency）表示，特朗普关于德黑兰请求暂停袭击的说法“不过是一个新谎言”，且伊朗军队正处于“高度警戒状态，准备应对任何可能性”。另一家伊朗通讯社法尔斯（Fars）援引一名接近伊朗谈判代表的消息人士称，只要美国“维持其敌对行动”，海峡将保持关闭。伊朗国防部代理部长马吉德·埃本-雷扎（Majid Ebn-e-Reza）表示，特朗普的退让是“在心理战和计算之战的背景下”发生的。他在 X 上表示，伊朗军队将保持警戒，并补充道：“我们既不会被出其不意，也不会被动应对。”
调解工作仍在继续。据法新社（Agence France-Presse）报道，伊朗议会国家安全委员会发言人哈桑·加什加维（Hassan Ghashghavi）表示，调解人员正试图重启由巴基斯坦在 6 月促成的协议。
据报道，决定停止新一轮袭击是在沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（Mohammed bin Salman）周六致电特朗普之后做出的。特朗普的转变也发生在伊朗威胁称，如果美国发动袭击，将对邻国采取决定性报复之后；与此同时，科威特报告称周六遭到伊朗无人机袭击，两艘船只在霍尔姆兹海峡的阿曼附近遇袭。
一名消息人士告诉美国新闻网站 Axios，沙特王储已“敦促特朗普缓解局势，并克制发起袭击”。美联社（AP）援引其自身消息来源也报道了这次对话。美联社称，沙特方面担心如果美国瞄准伊朗的关键基础设施，德黑兰可能会对该王国和其他海湾国家发起类似的报复性袭击。王储试图从特朗普那里明确他正考虑对伊朗采取哪些新行动。
一名不被授权公开发表评论并要求匿名的白宫官员向美联社证实，特朗普与穆罕默德王子确实进行了交谈，但未提供对话详情。
沙特阿拉伯上周与美国一起打击了伊拉克境内由伊朗支持的民兵所使用的地点，但一直敦促美国和伊朗回到谈判桌前。CBS 新闻报道称，美国和以色列正计划联合袭击，目标可能包括炼油厂和发电厂。德黑兰本周末警告美国不要采取任何“冒险行动”，并表示将采取决定性报复。伊朗外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格奇（Abbas Araghchi）在周六与高级官员分别进行电话交谈时评论称...
土耳其、巴基斯坦和沙特阿拉伯官员在科威特军队称其摧毁了伊朗针对多个关键设施发射的无人机仅数小时后抵达。科威特军队表示，科威特北部的一处政府设施和布比扬岛（Bubiyan Island）的平民财产遭到袭击，造成了财产损失，但没有人员伤亡。阿拉格齐（Araghchi）告诉地区同行，任何来自美国和以色列的袭击或地区国家的参与都将遭到“对等的响应”。周六，与伊朗最高安全机构相关的媒体Nournews报道称，美国对伊朗能源基础设施的袭击将引发对沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国油田以及卡塔尔和以色列气田的打击。这些进展似乎让特朗普陷入了思考，他在周六以典型的夸张语言发帖称，“美国已经准备就绪”，将以
“自第二次世界大战以来未曾见过的军事恐怖、力量和威力”打击伊朗。
附加报道：路透社、法新社和美联社
卫报 2026年8月3日 星期一
特朗普诉讼案中，银行称担心洗钱问题
路透社 第一资本金融公司（Capital One Financial）周五针对一项诉讼作出反击。该诉讼涉及其多年前决定关闭特朗普集团（Trump Organization）银行账户的决定，第一资本表示，此举是在反洗钱专家审查后做出的。
此次披露是银行首次正式将洗钱担忧与唐纳德·特朗普的家族企业联系起来。第一资本试图通过质疑其非法取消银行服务（debanking）——或基于宗教或政治原因拒绝提供服务——特朗普集团的说法，来请求撤销此案。
特朗普集团和第一资本没有立即回应评论请求。
第一资本从未指控特朗普集团洗钱。但周五的提交文件中辩称，“文件和原告自身的指控清楚地表明，第一资本出于反洗钱（‘AML’）原因关闭了原告的账户。”文中补充道：“关闭账户是第一资本AML团队根据银行政策和监管指南，经过数月的分析和仔细审查的结果。”
第一资本在2021年3月通知其计划关闭 300 多个与特朗普相关的银行账户。
特朗普集团和总统之子埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）于2025年3月在佛罗里达州一家联邦法院提起诉讼，指称账户被关闭是因为第一资本的“觉醒”（woke）信念，以及其希望在2071年1月6日美国国会山骚乱后的政治氛围中获利。
第一资本在周五的提交文件中表示，特朗普集团关于政治借口的指控是“误导性的”。
文件中称：“第一资本识别出的交易模式属于联邦银行指南标记的活动类型之一。”
— 福克斯新闻
总统的支持者开始质疑战争逻辑
杰里米·巴尔（Jeremy Barr）报道 在两次总统任期内，唐纳德·特朗普一直依赖于福克斯新闻（Fox News）保守派评论翼的可靠支持。但与美国公众的广泛看法一样，几位传统的支持评论员最近对伊朗战争表示担忧。
该网络最顶尖的人物之一劳拉·英格拉姆（Laura Ingraham）质疑美国是否在伊朗取得了其所声称的战术胜利。
特朗普还面临来自该网络最著名的武装部队评论员之一强尼·琼斯（Johnny Jones）的质疑。琼斯与皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）关系密切，后者是他的前福克斯同事，现任国防部长。
更不用说该网络的军事评论员，例如
退役中将基思·凯洛格（Keith Kellogg）周三在福克斯新闻（Fox）上表示，特朗普需要改变其战略。“我认为，如果我们仅仅依赖轰炸，在完成这项工作方面，我们还远未接近目标，”曾在特朗普第二任政府中短期担任乌克兰特使的凯洛格说道。“轰炸无法完成任务。”上周，英格拉汉（Ingraham）承认了《纽约时报》的一篇报道，该报道称特朗普面临威胁，迫使他使用除“空军一号”之外的替代飞机，并暗示关于美国已摧毁伊朗军队的说法是不准确的。“如果伊朗能够切实地在海外威胁到‘空军一号’，那么显然我们并没有摧毁他们的军事能力，”她说。“他们仍然有能力造成很多伤害。”她在六月份也表达了类似的观点，告诉观众：“我们一直听到说他们的军队被摧毁了。但如果他们被摧毁了，他们怎么能继续攻击我们？”
三月份，英格拉汉呼吁美国调查她所谓的“可怕的无意悲剧”——在一场误击伊朗一所学校的攻击中，导致 175 名平民（大多为儿童）死亡。她还质疑特朗普是否理解这场战争的“复杂性”。“总统从一开始是否得到了关于所有这些风险的全面简报？”她问道。“那么 4 劳拉·英格拉汉质疑美国是否真的在伊朗实现了其声称的战术胜利，他随后是否能够全部吸收并理解其中的复杂性？”从一开始，琼斯（Jones）的节目就试图强调这场冲突的利害关系。“对于任何说‘等一下，告诉我更多信息，告诉我为什么我们要作战，向我解释为什么这是迫在眉睫的’的美国人来说，这样做是很重要且没问题的，”他说。“我认为这并不质疑你对美国政府的忠诚，甚至无论你是否是‘MAGA’或其他什么。这并不质疑特朗普总统在这方面的智慧。”福克斯新闻分析师布里特·休姆（Brit Hume）最近表示：“他承诺让我们远离无止境的战争或不理想的战争，而现在他陷入了一场战争，而且完全不清楚这将如何结束。因此，他在这一点上很脆弱，从政治角度来看，他确实需要尽快结束这一切。”
2026年8月3日 星期一 卫报 窄版 / 世界 逃离 熨斗大厦将为纽约提供避风港 “幕间休息” 针对极富阶层的小雪茄 Adam Gabbatt 纽约 纽约市的熨斗大厦经历过多种身份：曾被视为死亡陷阱，曾因产生足以掀起裙摆的致命风流而成为干扰，且主要作为商业空间。现在，这座深受游客和当地人喜爱的三角形建筑正进入一个新时代：成为一座住宅楼，公寓价格高达 $58.5m (4300 万英镑m)。完工于 1902, 的熨斗大厦曾被嘲讽为愚蠢之举，但这栋美术学院风格的建筑如今已成为纽约最令人赞赏的地标之一。由于从上方看像熨斗而得名“熨斗大厦”，该建筑装饰性的砖墙和赤陶外墙在近七年的时间里一直被脚手架遮挡。
重新构思后的熨斗大厦将于今年晚些时候向极富有的居民开放。大楼内共有 36 套公寓，其中一些公寓占据整个楼层；此外还设有双倍高度的大堂、游泳池和游戏室。尽管有这些共享设施，但真正的吸引力在于公寓本身。它们由一家享誉纽约的设计公司操刀，该公司剥离了内部装饰，露出了熨斗大厦的部分内部“钢骨架”——即在当时处于技术前沿的建筑内部钢框架。《卫报》看到的图像显示了熨斗大厦中一套四卧四卫公寓的情况，在新闻资料中所描述的建筑“船首”（结构最尖的角度）处摆放着一张弧形沙发。照片显示，浴室中大量使用了大理石，厨房中同样慷慨地使用了拉丝钢。
1902 年在百老汇与第五大道交汇的东 23 街建设中的熨斗大厦。左侧及下方为翻新宣传图 / 主图：ff CORBIS / GETTY IMAGES 翻新后的熨斗大厦公寓数量。其价格标签最高可达 $58.5m。
根据地产经纪网站，熨斗大厦中的 14 套公寓已经签署合同。最便宜的一套位于三层，买入价似乎为 $10.95m：买家将获得一套三卧三卫的公寓，配有一个规模不大且采用开放式设计的厨房和“大厅”。此外还有两间衣帽间。然而，旗舰公寓占据了整个顶层。这套五卧五卫的公寓合同价为 $58.5m，户型图显示其配有桑拿房、两间衣帽间、一间餐厅、一间早餐室以及一个 72 英尺长的“大厅”。
“在承接像这样的地标性建筑时总是会有犹豫。但这也成了一种优势。它具有极其特殊的特质，使得所有的辛苦都是值得的，”拥有该建筑的 Brodsky Organization 的管理合伙人 Daniel Brodsky 告诉《金融时报》。Brodsky 表示，亚马逊创始人 Jeff Bezos 曾花费超过 $100m，在熨斗大厦北面三个街区购买了多处房产。“有一群富人希望住在便利的地方；交通方便，拥有全市最好的餐厅，还有公园……这是一个非常舒适的居住地，”Brodsky 说道。熨斗大厦由 Daniel Burnham 设计，他可以说是那个时代最红的建筑师，该建筑最初被称为 Fuller 大厦。但这个名字没有流行起来，而“熨斗”这个称呼被沿用了下来，尽管严谨的人可能会指出，该建筑的平面图实际上是一个不等边三角形，而熨斗通常应该是等腰三角形。
如今它被人们深情地看待，但在竣工之初，它并未获得普遍的好评，当时人们担心这座建筑太狭窄，可能会倒塌。此外，当人们发现其设计不经意间制造了“熨斗风”（Flatiron breeze）——一种由其形状引起强烈的局部风时，人们对这座建筑的好感度也未能提升。根据作者爱丽丝·斯帕伯格·亚历克休（Alice Sparberg Alexiou）的描述，这种风“将完全不认识的陌生人吹进彼此的怀抱，造成了极大的尴尬”；而在一次悲剧事件中，一名叫约翰·麦克塔格特（John McTaggart）的 14 岁送信男孩被吹到第五大道的中心，随后被一辆汽车撞到并最终去世。“长期以来人们都知道，如果你在刮风天走过熨斗大厦，最起码你的裙子会被吹到头顶，露出双腿。当时，某些特定类型的男性群体非常流行在熨斗大厦脚下徘徊，目的就是为了窥视女性的身体，”亚历克休在《熨斗大厦：纽约地标及其催生的无与伦比之城》（The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It）中写道。尽管它在街道层面造成了混乱，但熨斗大厦证明了那些关于它会倒塌的预测是错误的。亚历克休写道：“在首批租户入住后不久的一个早晨，一场 60 英里每小时的暴风雨袭击了这座城市，但你在建筑内感觉不到一丝震动。”换句话说，它坚固耐用，而这次最新的迭代将延续其传奇——即便它已远远超出了大多数纽约人的经济承受能力。
世界 “释放大麻” 肯尼亚拉斯特法里教徒为权利而战 / 卡洛斯·穆雷蒂，内罗毕。在一个光线昏暗的房间里，大约 12 人随着鼓点和铃鼓的律动唱着歌，这里位于内罗毕规模巨大的基贝拉（Kibera）社区。一个多小时以来，他们大声地演唱着充斥着对埃塞俄比亚、Jah、锡安（Zion）、拉斯特法里（Rastafari）和海尔·塞拉西一世（Haile Selassie I）提及的歌曲。这些音乐家是 Nyabinghi 之家的成员，它是拉斯特法里教的主要教派或“府邸”之一。拉斯特法里教是一种宗教和社会运动，在 7 月 15 日法院的一项裁决驳回了将出于精神目的使用大麻去罪化的请愿后，在肯尼亚受到了关注。三天后，以一名传奇东非女性命名的 Nyabinghi 之家（其名字意为“丰盈之母”）举行了每周一次的“groundation”或集会。一面红、黄、绿三色旗以及拉斯特法里教的影响人物，如海尔·塞拉西一世、鲍勃·马利（Bob Marley）和牙买加政治活动家马库斯·加维（Marcus Garvey）的图像装饰着墙壁。随着一些集会者点燃大麻，空气中弥漫着其气味，现场响起了滋滋的噼啪声。其中就有 Ras Orudi，他在受到彼得·托什（Peter Tosh）等牙买加雷鬼艺术家的启发后加入了拉斯特法里教。“拉斯特法里教徒并不是在拒绝这个体制，”这位 38 岁的草药师说。“他们是在试图融入体制的同时捍卫自己的权利。”房间里还有 Ras Ndeto，他的灵感源于结识了一位来自圭亚那的拉斯特法里教徒，后者教会了他“livity”——一种以基于植物的“ital”饮食和蓄 dreadlocks（脏辫）为中心的正直和自然生活实践。这位 56 岁的人表示，法院的决定使该宗教的追随者被边缘化，他们将向更高法院提起上诉。“我们仍然觉得在这个国家我们是一个少数群体，因为甚至我们的文化都被轻视，”身为先知且担任肯尼亚拉斯特法里协会发言人的 Ndeto 说道。“我们在自己的国家里生活得就像恐怖分子一样。” ¥ 拉斯特法里教徒在内罗毕基贝拉社区的海尔·塞拉西基金会祈祷 摄影：EDWIN NDEKE / 卫报 / \ Ras Ndeto，拉斯特法里教徒 / 肯尼亚协会。拉斯特法里教是一种以非洲为中心的宗教，其核心信念是前埃塞俄比亚皇帝海尔·塞拉西一世是弥赛亚，而黑人受到“巴比伦”（Babylon）的压迫——巴比伦是西方资本主义和帝国主义的隐喻。该运动在 30 年代出现在被边缘化的非裔牙买加社区中，当时新教领袖宣布塞拉西的加冕实现了圣经的预言。该宗教是以他加冕前的名字 Ras Tafari Makonnen 命名的。Ras Dimo 是一位经常在基贝拉领导祈祷的祭司，他部分通过阅读探讨黑人与圣经之间关系的书籍而开悟。“得知黑人并非像帝国主义者试图让我们认为的那样是被诅咒的，这给了我启发，”这位 43 岁的人说道。“我们生活在一个许多人被蒙蔽的时代。”与肯尼亚许多其他拉斯特法里教徒一样，Dimo 出生在一个基督教家庭，后来成为了拉斯特法里教徒。他们采用 Ras 这一头衔，在埃塞俄比亚最广泛使用的语言——阿姆哈拉语中意为“头领”或“首领”。卫报 周一 2026 年 8 月 3 日 TT 它是 / 启发我意识到黑人并不是像帝国主义者试图让我们认为的那样被诅咒的 2。肯尼亚拉斯特法里教徒的人口数量不详。2019 年，在一名学生因 dreadlocks 被学校开除而指控歧视后，法院在一次里程碑式的裁决中承认拉斯特法里教为受法律保护的宗教。大麻，作为一种产品...
sativa Cannabis 植株在这一信仰中被视为一种圣礼，拉斯塔法里教徒认为吸食它可以让他们进入一种冥想状态，从而帮助他们与神灵连接。世界不同地区的追随者正在推动将其非刑事化。2023年，安提瓜和巴布达批准允许拉斯塔法里教徒种植大麻并吸食。2021年，肯尼亚拉斯塔法里协会向法院提交请愿书，寻求让拉斯塔法里教徒在出于宗教目的种植、持有和使用该植物时免于被逮捕和起诉，或者要求政府为这一实践建立法律框架。法院以该协会未能证明法律违反了拉斯塔法里教徒的宪法权利等理由驳回了请求。 Ras Masinde 是基贝拉的另一位追随者，他小时候在遇到一名留着脏卷发（dreadlocks）的男子后，对拉斯塔法里产生了好奇。他变得叛逆，拒绝理发，并在 90 年代完成学业后开始蓄脏卷发并阅读关于拉斯塔法里宗教的书籍，随后找到了一个社区。这位 50 岁的人说：“我们拉斯塔法里教徒敦促黑人回归他们的根源和文化。我们 fyah bun [谴责] 殖民主义和帝国主义，并认为每个男人、女人和孩子……在全能者的眼中都是平等的。”他发出了一次号召：“释放草本，释放大麻种子。” —— Ras Dimo，拉斯塔法里祭司
活动人士警告：西非反 LGBTQ+ 法律日益增多 Rachel Savage，约翰内斯堡
在当地政治压力以及全球范围内对 LGBTQ+ 权利的反弹背景下，越来越多西非国家正在实施或加强反 LGBTQ+ 法律。今年 3 月，塞内加尔将同性行为的最高刑期增加至 10 年，并将“推广”同性恋行为定为刑事犯罪。尼日尔在 2 月将“与同性人员发生性关系”定为刑事犯罪，这是该国首次将同性亲密行为定为非法。马里和布基纳法索在过去两年中也首次将同性关系定为刑事犯罪。这三个国家均由军政府统治。
6 月，已经将同性行为定为非法的加纳通过了一项将 LGBTQ+ “活动”定为刑事犯罪的法律。该法案尚未由总统签署生效，它是 2021 年首次提出法案的最新版本。
“我在所有这些现象中看到的是一种政治机会主义，”泛非 ILGA（一个洲际 LGBTQ+ 权利活动组织）的 Anthony Oluoch 表示。他指出，在某些国家，这些新法律或更严苛的法律得到了宗教团体和“家庭价值”运动的支持；而在人口以穆斯林为主的布基纳法索，该法律被框定为通过反对西方来增强其主权。
“在这一切之下，存在着大量的跨国强化，”Oluoch 补充道。一名出于安全原因不能透露姓名的布基纳法索活动人士表示，LGBTQ+ 群体“是维持权力的最容易被推出来的替罪羊”。
活动人士表示，即使在法律实施之前，对该群体的影响就已经是毁灭性的。一名 HIV 工作人员透露，去年 6 月至 11 月期间，有 13 名跨性别女性在未经审判的情况下被拘留，这些女性报告称她们被关押她们的军队单位殴打。
自法律通过以来，已至少出现了两组定罪案例。该 HIV 工作人员表示，警方正在社交媒体上诱捕 LGBTQ+ 人士，并要求他们举报社区其他成员。他在 5 月被一名被捕者指认后逃离了该国。
非洲家庭价值与主权跨议会会议，一个...
许多人认为该论坛影响了非洲大陆的反LGBTQ+法律。据今年宣布，该论坛明年将在布基纳法索举行，随后在埃斯瓦蒂尼举行。前三届会议于 2023 年起在东非的乌干达举行。乌干达在那一年对某些同性性行为实施了死刑。在今年 6 月由加纳议会主办的会议上，起草了《非洲家庭主权与价值观宪章》条约草案。该条约谴责堕胎和儿童性剥削，规定性别仅为男性或女性，并断言父母权利高于儿童权利。在西非各地，LGBTQ+群体正承受着这些新且更严苛法律带来的后果。总部位于巴黎的活动人士玛拉美·卡内（Marame Kane）表示，在塞内加尔，法律还阻碍了针对男男性行为者和跨性别女性（这两个群体的HIV流行率较高）的HIV预防工作，同时也影响了代表LGBTQ+人士的律师。
（注：原文中出现 4 Ibrahim Traoré 疑似为排版错误，此处保持原意译出）布基纳法索临时总统 4 伊布拉希姆·特拉奥雷（Ibrahim Traoré）已将同性关系定为刑事犯罪。
2026年8月3日 星期一 卫报 / 世界
希腊野火危机升级，雅典以西两架直升机相撞
海伦娜·史密斯 雅典 昨日，两架消防直升机在雅典以西相撞，引发了一场搜救行动。与此同时，希腊当局正加强努力，以应对一场向希腊首都郊区蔓延的巨大火灾。
一段视频记录了强风将火焰推向雅典西缘定居点的过程，并导致其中一架洒水飞机坠毁。虽然一架贝尔直升机的机组人员很快获救，但对另一人的搜寻仍在继续。
大火席卷了希腊干燥如柴的土地，从山坡一直烧到海边。总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯警告称，未来的日子将“极其困难”，并强调了近日风速超过 75 英里 / 小时的阵风所带来的威胁。他在社交媒体上写道：“当风力如此强劲时，即使是我们能动用的数十架飞机也无法安全运行。”
周六晚上，在雅典西北 30 英里的热门沿海村庄波多格尔梅诺周围爆发的火灾中，100 栋以上的房屋被摧毁。截至昨日，已有 500 多名消防员和森林突击队被派遣前往遏制火势。
东地中海地区对野火并不陌生，但今年夏天到目前为止相对平静，这让希腊人在惊恐中看着夏季的灾难向西转移。然而，就在西班牙大规模野火的势头终于被遏制，且法国官员称规模是巴黎四倍的特大火灾已开始得到控制之时，希腊各地却爆发了大火，导致从克里特岛到伯罗奔尼撒半岛南部、爱奥尼亚海的凯法โล尼亚岛以及爱琴海各岛屿的大片土地被摧毁，并引发了大规模疏散。
上周有 3 名消防员因伤死亡。极端的风况使灭火工作更加困难。希腊民政部长、退役空军将领埃万盖洛斯·图纳斯表示，消防部门已被“推向极限”。强风造成了“极其困难的条件，导致许多情况下飞机要么无法取水，要么由于极强的湍流无法进行洒水”。
在法国，经过 224,000 人被迫撤离（这可能是法国历史上规模最大的和平时期疏散行动）后，该国最大的野火仍处于受控状态。然而，在 162 平方英里的被毁森林中，仍有活跃的火点在燃烧。数千人仍无法回家，近 3,000 名消防员被部署用于对抗吉伦特特大火以及普罗旺斯地区的第二场大火（后者虽已停止蔓延但仍未被完全控制）。吉伦特省政府昨日表示：“火势目前已固定，但这并不意味着火已熄灭。”该地区仍处于法国最高级别的森林火灾红色预警状态。来自乌克兰、立陶宛和法属波利尼西亚的增援消防员预计将于昨日和今日抵达，以加强行动。
在数百英里之外，近 1,500 名消防员正在与瓦尔省东南部的一场独立火灾作斗争，这场火灾在短短一天多时间内烧毁了约 7 平方英里。当局表示，格罗斯-贝西永山丘的火势于昨日上午趋于稳定，这意味着其周界在夜间没有扩大。但与吉伦特火灾不同，这场火灾尚未被宣布为受控。
（图片说明：雅典以西 25 英里的梅加拉谷的一棵橄榄树在燃烧 / 消防员在爱琴海莱斯沃斯岛的阿吉亚-帕拉斯凯维村附近与野火搏斗 摄影：STELIOS MISINAS / REUTERS）
消防飞机协助地勤人员工作，以确保火焰远离被称为“绿色普罗旺斯”地区的葡萄园、橄榄林和林区山村。约 2,500 人被撤离。总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔尼（Sébastien Lecornu）表示，法国的森林火灾总体上处于控制之中，但警告称情况仍然高度多变。他还宣布，一名隶属于总理办公室的国家协调员将监督火灾受灾地区的重建工作。自今年年初以来，法国境内已有超过 452 平方英里的土地被烧毁。
（美联社提供额外报道）
海权之变：面对俄罗斯威胁，爱尔兰加强国防 詹妮弗·兰金（Jennifer Rankin）报道于科克和布鲁塞尔
长期以来，爱尔海对周围海域关注较少，而这片广阔的海域面积是陆地面积的 10 倍。直到俄罗斯间谍船“燕塔尔”号（Yantar）开始访问爱尔兰水域，警钟才敲响。这艘船表面上是研究船，但被认为能够将间谍设备安装在海底电缆上。在 2024 年于爱尔兰海徘徊期间，该船一直停留在连接爱尔兰和英国的天然气管道上方，并开启了应答机，仿佛在广播其与关键基础设施的临近程度。
近几周，爱尔兰官员还注意到，俄罗斯影子舰队的船只在横跨北大西洋时有所增加，以规避英国和法国水域，因为那里的管控已经加强。俄罗斯在爱尔兰水域或其附近的存在表明，长期以来认为自己受地理保护——处于视线之外且不被关注——的爱尔兰，实际上正处于前线。
而且威胁范围很广。爱尔兰水域十分繁忙：航道密集，分布着天然气管道和跨大西洋互联网电缆。近 75% 的跨大西洋海底电缆经过或靠近爱尔兰的专属经济区，即一个 200 海里的空间，爱尔兰在该空间内拥有自然资源的主权，其面积是陆地质量的七倍。而对于一个更广阔的区域，爱尔兰则拥有较为有限的管辖权。
——当爱尔兰本月接管欧盟轮值主席国时，它传达了一个信息。虽然其标志性的中立地位不容讨论，但爱尔兰在国防上沉睡的日子已经结束。安全被列为爱尔兰主持欧盟理事会六个月期间的优先事项。爱尔兰外交部长海伦·麦肯蒂（Helen McEntee）本月告诉记者，爱尔兰将与其他欧洲国家在“捍卫关键基础设施的共同目标和优先事项上，并确保我们更广泛地关注安全”方面开展合作。
这听起来平淡无奇，但标志着爱尔兰对国防方式的重新评估。2 月，麦肯蒂发布了爱尔兰首个海事战略，旨在结束爱尔兰的“海洋盲区”——即认为安全纯粹关乎陆地的观念。官方目标是确保爱尔兰能够捍卫其海域，包括关键的海底基础设施。
退休的爱尔兰海军军官考伊明·麦克·安弗里（Caoimhin Mac Unfraidh）将该海事战略描述为“一次不错的尝试”，但补充道：“所需要的是……具有新能力的新船只、招募计划以及更多的基地。” 2025 年，爱尔兰政府确认，在 8 艘船组成的舰队中仅有两艘在运行，部分原因是人员短缺危机。
对军队更广泛的忽视在本月凸显，当时弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基拒绝了都柏林提出的向乌克兰发送 27 辆轻型装甲战斗车的提议。“修复这些车辆的成本高于它们能提供的价值，”这位乌克兰（领导人）表示。
总统表示。爱尔兰已承诺在 2026-30 年间投入 €1.7bn (£1.4bn) 的国防资本支出，比前一时期增加 55%。但其在欧盟中仍是国防支出最低的国家。2024 年，爱尔兰的国防支出仅占其国内生产总值的 0.2%，远低于欧盟 1.3% 的平均水平。与此同时，一项最近的民调显示，民众认为生活成本、住房和移民是爱尔兰最重要的问题。外交和安全问题几乎未引起关注：5% 的人提到乌克兰战争，4% 的人提到国防。Ocean Atlantic VA fo) / — 专属经济区 200 km r 200 miles L fa . 北海 来源：TeleGeography 海底电缆地图, marineregions.org
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2026年8月3日 星期一 卫报 奢华翻新 M&S揭晓更新后的地标门店 商业 全球经济“面临气候紧急情况带来的日益增加的风险” Richard Partington 高级经济记者 欧洲中央银行的一位高级政策制定者表示，气候紧急情况和自然崩溃给全球经济带来了急剧增加的风险。欧洲央行执委会成员弗兰克·埃尔德森（Frank Elderson）表示，作为欧元区的最后贷款人，该行正在加强对与“生态系统服务”破坏相关的金融风险的监测，这些服务是指支持人类活动的与自然相关的过程或资产。“这些服务并不稳定，而且正在迅速下降。这就是为什么我们讨论气候和自然危机，”他说道。“因此，了解这种依赖关系，并了解银行的这些风险敞口，我们得出结论，这是相关的。”
在破纪录的高温下，山火横扫法国和西班牙，焚毁了土地、企业和房屋，这场紧急情况除了造成直接的人员伤亡外，还将带来沉重的经济成本。在欧洲当前的破坏发生前，埃尔德森在接受《卫报》采访时表示，显然，与全球变暖相关的自然灾害频率增加，对金融稳定构成了威胁。他表示，在评估生态系统服务崩溃带来的风险方面还需要开展更多工作，因为对自然的依赖比单一极端天气事件的影响更复杂，难以绘制地图。生态系统服务被定义为可以从自然结构或过程中获得的任何利益——例如，水可以用作原材料，通过水电作为能源，或用于运输。它也是对食品生产至关重要的海洋生物的栖息地，以及娱乐服务的基础。
“与自然相关的风险可能造成实质性的经济和金融风险，包括通过其对信用风险、增长、通货膨胀以及——从长期来看——潜在金融不稳定的影响，”埃尔德森说。“我在采访中说过，你知道，如果你破坏自然，你就破坏了我们经济所依赖的核心。这引起了人们的关注。这不是某种花朵力量或拥抱大树的练习。这是核心经济学。这是核心金融稳定，核心价格稳定。”
作为欧洲最大银行的监管机构，欧洲央行已开始评估生态系统服务日益严重的破坏将如何使金融体系面临风险。该央行计划于今年发布分析，研究“生态系统退化路径”如何转化为欧元区银行的信用损失动态。
埃尔德森是一名荷兰律师兼央行行员，2017年，他与时任英格兰银行行长马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）和法国银行行长弗朗索瓦·维勒罗伊·德·加尔豪（Francois Villeroy de Galhau）共同促成了绿色金融系统网络（NGFS）的创建。他曾担任该组织创始主席，该组织由 114 家全球央行和金融监管机构组成，旨在推动气候风险管理的开发。
在唐纳德·特朗普的美国总统任期内，金融服务业的绿色议程面临抵制，因为一些企业在努力维持对化石燃料经济的参与。特朗普去年将美国从NGFS中撤出，导致欧洲在没有世界最大经济体参与的情况下，在气候相关风险方面处于领先地位。然而，埃尔德森表示，银行业仍然坚信
必须解决气候和自然相关的风险。“我认为在欧洲很难找到一家银行会诚实地告诉你，他们认为这不相关，”他说道，“我认为那个时代已经过去了。”
7月太阳能占英国电力供应比例创纪录，达14.4% 吉莉安·安布罗斯 (Jillian Ambrose)，能源记者
由于家庭转向安装屋顶太阳能电池板以降低能源账单，7月份太阳能向英国电网提供的电量超过了以往任何一个月。在英国部分地区记录到的日照时间几乎是往年同期平均值的两倍后，太阳能电站和屋顶电池板提供了该国 14.4% 的电力。
长时间的无云天气助力太阳能打破了此前在5月份创下的 12.4% 的月度纪录。官方数据显示，今年上半年的新太阳能设备安装量高于 2011, 年以来任何一个半年期。
该数据涵盖了大型地面太阳能电站和屋顶电池板，共追踪到 142,536 处太阳能安装点，使 2026 年有望超越去年的太阳能新增装机量纪录。在记录到的新太阳能安装中，绝大部分位于家庭屋顶，占该国太阳能总装机容量的三分之一稍低。
（照片：德比郡，墨尔本的一座教堂屋顶安装了太阳能电池板。今年太阳能设备安装量激增 摄影：ANDREW FOX / ALAMY）
据能源公司称，由于化石燃料导致账单飙升，许多家庭在屋顶安装太阳能电池板，希望通过自行产生低成本电力来削减能源开支。
贸易协会 Solar Energy UK 的首席执行官克里斯·休伊特 (Chris Hewett) 表示：“十五年前太阳能 2 电力在电力组合中只是个注脚。现在它已成为主要参与者，提供本土化、廉价、清洁且可靠的能源。”
根据清洁能源智库 Ember 的数据，在今年夏季气温达到峰值的6月热浪期间，安装了屋顶太阳能电池板的典型英国住宅每天可提供等同于五个多小时的空调电量。
英国的新增太阳能项目包括位于肯特郡克里夫山 (Cleve Hill) 的英国最大在运行项目。这个 373 兆瓦 (MW) 的项目令英国首个太阳能电站——位于康沃尔郡、规模为 1. 4MW 的 Wheal Jane 项目显得微不足道，但它很快将被目前在建的最大规划太阳能电站所超越：位于林肯郡的 800MW Springwell 站点，预计将于 2029. 年开始发电。
能源大臣迈克尔·香克斯 (Michael Shanks) 表示：“我们在英国本土产生的电量越多，家庭和企业在面对全球能源价格冲击时的风险就越低。”
希利警告零售商，他正密切关注“牟利行为” 萨拉·巴特勒 (Sarah Butler)
由于伊朗战争继续影响价格，财政大臣约翰·希利 (John Healey) 表示，政府已准备好防止公众在“加油站或收银台被欺骗”。
虽然在危机期间“没有所谓价格欺诈的显著证据”，但他在周末的一篇专栏文章中告知大型零售商，部长们正“密切关注”任何牟利迹象。
随着中东地区数月之久的冲突引发能源价格冲击，再次点燃生活成本危机，希利面临着艰难的经济平衡挑战。上周，英格兰银行维持利率不变，并警告称伊朗战争的进一步升级可能会导致明年的通货膨胀率超过 4% 下一年。
“这场冲突影响了我们的国家安全，影响了我们在中东的英国基地、人员和盟友，”希利在撰文中写道。
《电讯报》。“但它也威胁到我们的经济安全：影响了数百万英国人的家庭财务状况。我也知道许多英国企业同样因成本增加而承受压力。”“冲突和不确定性增加了通货膨胀，威胁增长，并推高了企业和政府的成本。”关于牟利行为的言论威胁要引发政府与零售商之间新一轮的口角之争。在公众对生活成本持续关注的背景下，今年早些时候披露，时任财政大臣的瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）曾提出对食品价格实施上限的可能性，以限制由中东冲突引起的通货膨胀。这些提议引发了超市高管的强烈反对，马莎百货（Marks & Spencer）首席执行官斯图尔特·马钦（Stuart Machin）称这些计划“完全荒唐”。英国零售协会（BRC）这一贸易团体建议，财政大臣应该关注税收增加（包括雇主国民保险缴款和商业 rates）对通货膨胀的影响。英国零售协会的安德鲁·奥皮（Andrew Opie）表示：“超市在高度竞争的环境中运行，提供西欧最实惠的食品。政府的独立竞争监管机构——竞争与市场管理局（CMA）已经多次发现，是零售商之间的激烈竞争，而非政府行为，才将食品价格维持在尽可能低的水平。”
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伯纳姆：权力下放的交付将十分困难
在通往唐宁街的道路上，安迪·伯纳姆承诺将权力从威斯敏斯特移交给全国的每一个邮政编码区。在他就职的前两周里，这一项目的规模和复杂程度正变得愈发清晰。随着秋季预算日期的确定，为支撑其权力下放计划而填充细节的工作已经开始——首先是他提出的建议，即向英格兰的地区市长分配一部分所得税，以支持当地的经济发展。
英国是发达国家中财政最集权的国家之一。城市中心（Centre for Cities）估计，仅有 5% 的税收留在市长和地方当局手中。其余部分直接上缴白厅并由中央政府分配。相比之下，法国有 14% 的税收留在当地，而日本为 22%。
多年来，英国的权力下放一直是一块混乱的补丁，威斯敏斯特在很大程度上仍把持着主导地位；看看在苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰推动独立运动的政党就知道了。但英格兰的体制是其中最混乱的。在保守党统治期间，数十个专项资金池的创建滋生了一种“乞讨文化”。面对紧缩政策下被削减的数十亿英镑中央政府拨款，这些资金池根本无法与之抗衡。
因此，伯纳姆允许市长保留一部分当地产生的税收，原则上是一个好主意。许多经济学家表示，这一主意（最初由瑞秋·里夫斯在 3 月宣布）将有助于解决英国深刻的地区不平等问题。在实践中，财政研究所（Institute for Fiscal Studies）估计，6% 到 9% 之间的当地所得税收入将足以完全取代市长当局目前收到的“综合结算”资金。
但实施该计划需要时间，且仍有细节需要解决——尤其是如何避免较弱的地方经济进一步落后。伦敦和大曼彻斯特处于领先地位，而西米德兰兹和南约克郡则进展较慢。如果获胜者能够保留不断增加的所得税份额，那么落后者将面临增长疲软的自我实现循环。
对于一位急于求成的首相来说，这些改革也需要很长时间才能见效。所得税计划要到 2028 年才能全面生效。数十个新市长职位的创建仍在过程中——截止日期为该年年底，以便让埃塞克斯、斯托克-昂-特伦特和沃灵顿的人们拥有与伦敦和曼彻斯特市长类似的权力。
伯纳姆：经济学家支持其计划
上个月，经济合作与发展组织（OECD）对权力下放给予了高度认可。但该组织同时也警告说，英国的起点使得这一过程充满挑战。
首当之急将是修复保守党紧缩年限造成的损害。英格兰地方政府已成为 2010 年前状态的影子。大多数地方缺乏能够有效利用新资金和新权力的工作人员和专业知识，而此时许多地方还在为处理垃圾收集或填补路面坑洞等基本事务而苦苦挣扎。
在英格兰各地的市政厅，工作人员数量自 2009 年起从 2.2 million 骤降至约 1.1 million。虽然大曼彻斯特和西米德兰兹已经建立了成熟的分析、政策和执行团队——使其能够更好地利用下放的权力 —— 但 卫报 2026 年 8 月 3 日星期一 报道称，经合组织（OECD）认为许多当局资源短缺，技术能力有限。
Monday 3 August 2026 卫报 / 商业
在一个伦敦繁忙的牛津街（Oxford Street）炎热夏夜，一群时尚博主、模特、记者以及少数金融城分析师聚集在一起，抢先预览马莎百货（Marks & Spencer）地标性万神殿（Pantheon）店的高端翻新面貌。由于这家拥有 88 年历史的店面改造规模如此之大，有些人甚至不得不再次核对地址。此次改造旨在为该零售商 200 多家大型门店的变革提供蓝图。
“我们深知，在现代化门店体验以及现代化在线体验方面，我们面临着一项艰巨的任务，”马莎百货首席执行官斯图尔特·马钦（Stuart Machin）告诉众人。他表示，一批“遗留的老店”此前一直保持盈利，因此“大多数前任领导层只是让它们继续营业”。
但马钦有着更宏大的愿景。他是一位严谨且执着的领导者，热衷于深入研究门店运营和仓库翻新的细节。他曾承认不喜欢“所有关于工作与生活平衡的讨论”。在就任四年后，他渴望在这个拥有 142 年历史的零售集团中留下自己的印记。
在经历了充满挑战的一年——一次网络攻击导致马莎百货的在线交易中断近七周，利润损失超过 3 亿英镑m 之后，马钦在近期的年度股东大会上告诉股东，未来一年将是“我们历史上最重要的年份之一”。他接着说：“接下来的 3 年对于马莎百货至关重要，因为我们正在为增长而投资。”
万神殿店建于18世纪晚期，在20世纪30年代为马莎百货重建之前，曾是一家歌剧院和娱乐场所。随着此次最新翻新完成，该零售商的下一个重大项目是位于牛津街另一端的大理石拱门（Marble Arch）店。马钦表示，该集团最盈利但天花板较低且如迷宫般的门店将于明年被拆除，这一计划引发了人们对潜在环境影响的愤慨。
这座新的 10 层建筑在经过法律挑战并获得社区大臣安杰拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）在 2024. 的批准后才获得了规划许可。它将仅包含两层半的购物空间（目前为 5 层），上方为办公室和健身房，并位于伦敦市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）计划将牛津街改为步行街的东端起点。
重建预计将耗时四年，期间马莎百货将在马路对面租赁一家临时门店。马钦告诉聚集在万神殿店的人们，“希望”在大理石拱门店重建完成时他仍是首席执行官，并补充道：“所以让我们看看效果如何。”
随着马钦在零售业资深主席阿奇·诺曼（Archie Norman）的支持下，试图实现一次真正持久且不局限于少数几个高知名度门店的马莎百货转型，许多购物者和分析师可能都在思考这个问题。此前，几任前任领导者曾推出过华丽但短暂的复兴计划，以应对来自 Primark、H&M、Zara 以及更年轻的在线竞争对手的冲击。在失去势头之后，马莎百货仅在 2008, 短暂地重新获得了 £1bn 的年度税前利润，而该公司首次达到这一里程碑是在 1998. 尽管当时发生了全球金融危机，
在经历了脱欧、冠状病毒疫情和网络攻击之后，这家零售商似乎已占据主动——拥有强劲的食品销售额和与之匹配的时尚口碑。去年，潜在利润下降至 6.71 亿英镑m，Machin 告诉《卫报》，回升到 £1bn 并非目标。“利润随缘即可，”他说，“我们的计划是打造一家增长型企业。”虽然一些股东可能会抱怨股息平淡，但 Machin 表示，长远来看他们会感谢他。他的计划包括投入 7 亿英镑m 用于翻新门店、现代化供应链与配送系统，以及进一步改进产品。该集团雇佣了超过 65,000 人，在关闭了数十家陈旧且位置不佳的门店后，目前拥有 227 家全线门店（涵盖食品、服装、家居用品和美容产品）。未来两年将有更多门店关闭，同时少数新店正在开业。该集团
目标是在英国拥有 200 家全线门店。相比之下，M&S 的食品部门正在扩张，今年将开设 18 家仅售食品的门店，目标是达到 420, 家，而目前直接运营的门店为 335 家。加盟伙伴在英国又经营 466 家，并在海外设有更多门店。一波新食品店的涌现和一些更廉价的杂货或许为 M&S 吸引了更广泛的购物群体，但 Machin 表示，在时尚、家居和美容方面的变革中，该零售商“才刚刚起步”。他说，Pantheon 门店是“我们测试如何让商品系列购物更便捷、更精选且更具启发性的地方”。时尚楼层现在被分隔成明亮的“房间”，用于展示不同品牌和产品类型，侧面配有数字显示屏、绿色瓷砖柱和现代货架。在食品方面，M&S 旨在成为一家“真正的购物清单零售商”，目标是实现销售额翻番。它已经是
英国增长最快的食品零售商，根据 Numerator 旗下的 Worldpanel 最近三个月的统计，销售额增长了 16%。这使其市场份额保持在 4.1% 的历史高位；如果计入通过其在线合作伙伴 Ocado 的销售额，则为 4.6%。在服装方面，Machin 表示 M&S “终于摆脱了呆板”——根据 Worldpanel 的数据，它在风格认知度上从西班牙竞争对手 Zara 手中夺回了第一名的位置，进一步巩固了其在性价比方面的领先地位。M&S 正在夺回市场份额——目前控制了英国时尚（服装和鞋类）市场 10% 以上的份额——并力求进一步扩张。在市场总监 Sharry Cramond 的帮助下，她将此前在食品领域实现的、由社交媒体驱动的时尚兴趣引入其中，该品牌正在制造热潮。行业资深人士认为 M&S 现在“处于稳固状态”。一人表示它已“重新确立了自身及其信誉”，另一人则认为它“更有自信了”。一名曾在公司任职的高管表示：“服装终于找回了魔力。”但另一位前高管则说：“它在女装领域失去了巨大的市场份额，将永远无法恢复。”一名行业内部人士指出，曾拥有庞大帝国的 M&S 在海外依然举步维艰，Machin 表示，翻新国际业务比他预想的要困难，但时尚领域的复兴正在提供帮助。也许 Machin 最大的挑战在于幕后，未来几年在英格兰西南部和中部的大型仓库项目。他说：“期限是现实的。我们不会在一夜之间从 0 跃升到 10。”
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在 40 年历史的绝大部分时间里，伦敦悍马队 (London Broncos) 感觉自己始终处于橄榄球联盟的“炼狱”之中。从更名——富勒姆、伦敦十字军、哈利昆，到现在悍马队——到他们在首都几乎每个角落的游牧式生存，他们始终未能吸引到足够多的人关注。
但今年，该俱乐部发现自己陷入了一种截然不同的进退两难境地。在去年极近破产边缘后，悍马队由澳大利亚名将达伦·洛克耶 (Darren Lockyer) 及其商业伙伴格兰特·韦克塞尔 (Grant Wechsel) 救起。他们的目标很简单：尽可能快速地投入尽可能多的资金，让伦敦不仅能重返超级联赛，而且能在其中具有竞争力。
目前看来，这一计划正在奏效。昨天，悍马队在击败 维德尼斯维京人 (Widnes Vikings) 之后，在冠军联赛中取得了 20 场 20 胜的战绩。除非发生极大的奇迹，否则他们将凭借由前“袋鼠队”前锋里根·坎贝尔-吉拉德 (Reagan Campbell-Gillard) 领衔的星光熠熠的阵容赢得总决赛。
然而，问题就在这里。在大多数体育项目中，第二级别联赛的最佳球队会自动晋级最高级别联赛，但橄榄球联盟则不同。每年 10 月，在 IMG 制定的分级系统中排名最高 的 14 家俱乐部将获得超级联赛的入场券——而这些评级是基于多种指标，而非仅仅依靠赛场表现。这意味着，尽管伦敦队比至少一到两家现有的顶级联赛俱乐部更适合进入超级联赛，但他们还必须等待 3 个月才能揭晓命运。
有人担心他们可能无法获得足够的评级分数来实现这一目标。因此，他们再次陷入了“炼狱”之中。
不过，伦敦队的所有者决心将他们打造成为一支劲旅。韦克塞尔表示：“去年我们接手时只有 3 名员工。现在的员工规模已达到超级联赛标准。但我们处于这种进退两难的状态太久了，一直在等待分级结果。我们的得分会有显著增长，但由于该得分是多年加权计算，我们受到了影响。”
韦克塞尔和洛克耶已经投入了数百万资金。这让人想起 20 世纪 90 年代悍马队处于巅峰期、由理查德·布兰森 (Richard Branson) 资助的时光，但这一次，所有者坚定地表示他们将长期经营。
然而，如果在冠军联赛中再待一个赛季，将会破坏他们的长期愿景。韦克塞尔承认，他们正努力尽快确认自己将被分配到哪个级别联赛。他说：“越早知道，我们能做的事情就越多。如果没有超级联赛的橄榄球赛，很难吸引澳大利亚的大牌球员，但如果我们能进去，就能招到大牌。”
“我们试图在伦敦通过超级充电式地推动橄榄球联盟的发展，同时也推动整体橄榄球运动的进步。我接触过的每一家大俱乐部都认为我们对这项运动有益。我明白有些其他俱乐部可能会将我们视为威胁，我就不点名了。但他们没有在商业上扩大这项运动；而我们认为我们可以做到。”
《卫报》获悉，据接近 NRL 的人士透露，如果他们在未来几周内掌控超级联赛，那么伦敦队将入选，可见其重要性。 “我们试图给橄榄球联盟超级充电”
有报道称，女子环法自行车赛 维贝斯赢得第二赛段，扩大总成绩领先优势 第 39 页 > 亚历克斯·马克斯为伦敦悍马队加油，他们在维德尼斯维京人队主场取得了 20 场 20 胜的战绩 BRUCE ROLLINSON / SHUTTERSTOCK
league in London butalsorugby gs: league full stop’ & Robert Mathias is held up on the line by last-ditch Widnes defence / BRUCE ROLLINSON / SHUTTERSTOCK 首都的地位对于管理机构的全球扩张更广泛的计划至关重要。“我知道他们公开表示过他们想要我们加入，”Wechsel 说道。“听到 Peter [V’Landys，NRL 临时首席执行官] 说他正将注意力转向超级联赛，这令人感到鼓舞。我认为这并不是什么秘密，让伦敦加入超级联赛会让你的比赛变得更强，NRL 知道这一点。但这项运动需要的是一个强大的伦敦队，而不仅仅是伦敦这座城市。”
如果伦敦通过任何准入途径获得绿灯——无论是扩展到 15 支球队、等级评定，还是由 NRL 强迫超级联赛采取行动——那么其计划将是非常宏大的。他们 6 渴望在 2028, 在拉斯维加斯比赛，并表示他们将在伦敦与 NRL 的常规赛进行一场双赛：而且他们希望在克拉文农场球场（Craven Cottage）对阵威根队，以此追忆他们曾在富勒姆时期的日子。
Wechsel 表示，Lockyer 对伦敦队的的所有权及其故事在澳大利亚吸引的关注度比珀斯熊队（Perth Bears）更高，后者将在 2027. 成为 NRL 最新的球队。但尽管他们投入数百万美元旨在让伦敦成为一项橄榄球联盟的力量，仍有一个长期挑战似乎无法通过金钱改变。“在伦敦当地吸引注意力……这正如我们预料的那样困难，”他说道。“但这有点像鸡生蛋还是蛋生鸡的问题。进入超级联赛将带来巨大的改变；我们认为，如果威根队和利兹队来访，伦敦人会立即产生更多兴趣——但最重要的是，如果我们能与他们竞争。我们希望在进入超级联赛的一瞬间就能进入季后赛并争夺奖杯，而我们拥有实现这一目标的资本。”
短期内，伦敦队在追求不败的冠军联赛赛季中还剩下 4 场联赛比赛；本周日，古尔维京人队（Goole Vikings）将访问温布尔登。他们将继续赢得比赛，但他们以及这项运动对伦敦的愿景在秋季之前似乎仍处于停滞状态。
体育 — 营销噱头还是复兴象征？拉文纳球迷掀起“罗纳尔迪尼奥效应”浪潮 这位巴西传奇球星在 46 岁时加盟这家意丙（Serie C）俱乐部，引发了支持者的分歧 —— 但促成这笔非凡交易的商人对此抱有很高期望。
Emanuele Ravenna 报道 在拉文纳的一个炎热夏日午后，这座城市因五世纪的拜占庭马赛克和但丁之墓而闻名，而非足球荣耀。然而，在市中心，人们正密切关注着世界足坛最著名的面孔之一 —— 一个曾与麦当娜和罗纳尔多一同出现在世界杯决赛中场表演的人：罗纳尔多·德·阿西斯·莫雷拉，也就是人们熟知的罗纳尔迪尼奥。拉文纳旨在将足球加入到该市的传统景点之列。
“我们还没见到他，”四名坐在咖啡馆里的拉文纳支持者一边翻阅意大利著名的粉色体育日报《体育 l 报》（La Gazzetta dello Sport），一边带着干巴巴的讽刺说道。
他们显然持怀疑态度，认为这次签约纯粹是一次商业运作，但在内心深处，他们依然梦想着看到这位 2005 年金球奖和 2002 年世界杯冠军身穿球队的黄红相间球衣。
拉文纳球迷弗朗切斯科·赞诺尼（Francesco Zannoni）、法比奥·帕加尼（Fabio Pagani）、乔瓦尼·拉马（Giovanni Lama）和马塞洛·拉马（Marcello Lama）；（下方）俱乐部简陋的布鲁诺·贝内利体育场（Stadio Bruno Benelli） ROBERTO SALOMONE / 卫报
这不过是由于伊格纳齐奥·奇普里亚尼（Ignazio Cipriani）的商业直觉，使得这个艾米利亚-罗马尼亚大区的安静角落陷入旋风的一瞥，充满了超现实感。奇普里亚尼是著名的哈里斯酒吧（Harry’s Bar）背后威尼斯酒店王朝的继承人，他在 2024 年接管了当时处于意大利足球第四级别联赛意丁（Serie D）的俱乐部。他出生于拉文纳，是意大利化工大亨兼水手劳尔·加尔迪尼（Raul Gardini）的孙子，后者曾带领“威尼斯之摩罗”号（Il Moro di Venezia）进入 1992 年美洲杯帆船赛决赛。
在担任主席的第一年，奇普里亚尼监督球队赢得了意丁杯并升入职业联赛意丙。但他说，这仅仅是漫长攀升的第一步：“这不是挑衅。意甲（Serie A）是我从第一天起就宣布的目标，因为我打算实现它。而冠军联赛依然是我们想要一步步走向的终极地平线。”
“我之所以这么说，是因为我喜欢在被逼到墙角的情况下工作：当你没有出路时，你将被迫寻找解决方案而非借口。我更倾向于从一开始就排除所有托辞。”
今年夏天，奇普里亚尼完成了一次出人意料的举动 —— 惊讶到任何阅读标题的人都会以为这只是个玩笑：让 46 岁的罗纳尔迪尼奥回归球员身份。
“我们是通过洛伦佐·托内蒂（Lorenzo Tonetti）和阿里埃多·布赖达（Ariedo Braida）认识的，”奇普里亚尼说，“这两个人在 AC 米兰工作了 20 多年，曾把罗纳尔迪尼奥作为球员管理。邀请他加入是我在买下俱乐部后就开始孕育的一个梦想。感谢洛伦佐和阿里埃多，我们相见并开始交谈，并建立了一段真诚的友谊。基于这段关系，产生了许多关于俱乐部增长的想法。”
“至于每个人都在问的问题，我很高兴能回答：罗纳尔迪尼奥将作为球员穿上拉文纳的球衣，他将尝试 —— 也许在我们的球队打进他职业生涯的最后一个进球！”
与此同时，一个专门的网站已经开始销售印有“R10”标志（这位巴西人的个人品牌）的特别版球衣，且在几小时内便售罄。这是高端全球品牌、小城镇足球以及执行出色的营销噱头之间的一次剧烈碰撞。
“如果三年前有人告诉我罗纳尔迪尼奥要来拉文纳，我会……”
“这不是挑衅。意甲是我从第一天起就宣布的目标，因为我打算实现它。”
“他们肯定直接把他送进精神病房了，”资深支持者法比奥笑着说。“消息传出那天，全球各地的头条新闻都写着‘小罗加盟拉文纳’。这是一次非凡的运作。”拉文纳并非足球巨头。在经历 2001 和 2012, 年的破产冲击后，该俱乐部在低级别联赛中徘徊了数十年，在乙级联赛（Serie B）中度过的七个赛季是其最高光时刻。该地区在历史上是排球的强势区域，当地足球圈早已习惯了微薄的预算和区域性的对抗。“小罗是一个独特的偶像，”奇普里亚尼说道。“他的踢球方式让我们这一代人爱上了这项运动。卫报 2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一。我们希望他今天能让意大利以及全世界的下一代球迷爱上拉文纳足球俱乐部。这不仅仅是为了提高知名度的噱头，更是为了在不同时代的足球之间搭建一座桥梁，并围绕它培养一个真正的全球粉丝群。” 而市长亚历山德罗·巴拉托尼则希望借此提升城市的知名度。
周一 2026年8月3日 卫报 ¥ 伊尼亚齐奥·齐普里亚尼欢迎罗纳尔迪尼奥加入他的新俱乐部 REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP
为了支持这一雄心勃勃的体育和工业项目，俱乐部正与市政府合作翻新布鲁诺·贝内利体育场 (Stadio Bruno Benelli)，将其容量提升至 6,300. 以上。但这位主席的最终梦想是建立一个每周 7 天开放的新型多功能场馆，包含零售空间、音乐会设施，以及一个与该市国际旅游扩张相挂钩的齐普里亚尼酒店 (Hotel Cipriani)。
对于拉文纳市长亚历山德罗·巴拉托尼 (Alessandro Barattoni) 而言，一位世界名人的到来正好契合了推广该市全球形象的更广泛战略。近年来，拉文纳一直在将其国际影响力扩展到传统的海滩旅游和商业港口之外。该市与盎格鲁-撒克逊世界的联系正在加强，近期英国王室的访问以及拜伦勋爵博物馆的开馆便凸显了这一点。
“罗纳尔迪尼奥带来了全新的全球知名度，”巴拉托尼说，“消息传出时，我的电话被前同学发来的信息轰炸了。对于今天的年轻孩子来说，他可能是他们在YouTube上发现的人物，但那种迷人魅力依然存在。”市长面带微笑地补充道，只要时间允许，他将非常荣幸地亲自引导罗纳尔迪尼奥参观这座城市的文化遗产。
不过，巴拉托尼迅速澄清了政府机构的角色：“我们与俱乐部的共同点在于国际化：将拉文纳的形象推向世界。罗纳尔迪尼奥曾担任无数品牌的全球大使。这里有一个总体项目，可以为球队带来极高的曝光度，并让这座城市在标准路线之外展示其举措。甚至在罗纳尔迪尼奥到来之前，俱乐部在吸引年轻一代方面就做得非常好。看台上观众的平均年龄更低，比以往任何时候都更充满活力、参与度更高。一种真正的社区意识正在形成。”
然而，传统支持者心中仍对其过度商业化的形象存有顾虑。在 Curva Mero 看台区，人们对这类营销举措持谨慎态度。“某些派系中存在一定的抵触心理，”法比奥 (Fabio) 承认，“现代足球推崇许多人不认同的价值观：票价上涨，低收入家庭失去了入场机会。因此，曝光度计划和营销噱头有被侧目地看待的风险。”
齐普里亚尼对这些动态有着敏锐的察觉：“如果没有根基，任何全球项目都没有意义，”这位主席说道，“拉文纳不是一个我们从零开始打造的品牌；它是一段在我们之前就已存在且具有认同感的历史。传统不是野心的刹车，而是基石。没有民众的俱乐部毫无价值。”
“我 50 岁了，从学生时代起我就一直来体育场，”另一位球迷乔瓦尼 (Giovanni) 说道，“我正在重新找回过去的那种热情。如果需要像罗纳尔迪尼奥这样的偶像和一名当地企业家才能让我们再次梦想进入意甲 (Serie A)，那就这样吧。重要的是永远不要忘记看台上的人们。”
乘着“罗纳尔迪尼奥效应”的浪潮，季票销售活动刚刚启动，目标销量为 2,800. 张。票价平均上涨了约 12%，不同看台区域有所差异。目前，拉文纳正沉浸在一种令人眩晕且振奋的氛围中。在球场上，俱乐部正在组建一支旨在赢得联赛的球队；在球场外，全城正期待着 8月20 日，届时罗纳尔迪尼奥预计将在附近马里纳迪拉文纳 (Marina di Ravenna) 举行的一场为期 3 天的夏季节日期间亮相，该活动由
标志性的 Cipriani 风格。苏超圣约翰斯通在七球大战中反击获胜
在重返英超（Premiership）后的首场比赛中，圣约翰斯通在一场进球数达七个的惊险比赛中险胜基尔马诺克。上赛季的冠军联赛（Championship）冠军圣约翰斯通通过 Josh Fowler 率先取得领先。基尔马诺克随后通过 Greg Kiltie 的近距离射门扳平比分。下半场进行到 2 分钟时，圣约翰斯通通过 Cheick Diabate 再次领先，但随后基尔马诺克通过 Joe Hugill 再次扳平。随后，Jason Holt 的乌龙球让尼尔·麦肯（Neil McCann）率领的球队以 3-2 领先。然而，主队并未放弃，并通过 Michael Schjonning-Larsen 的乌龙球再次将比分扳平，最终在第 80 分钟通过 Kai Fotheringham 的射门锁定了全部 3 分。—— PA Media
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这位 27 岁的法国前锋已同意了一份有效期至 2031 年的合同。他在 2025 年租借效力于尤文期间打入了 10 个进球。上赛季在租借至热刺期间，他在 30 场英超联赛中打入 1 球，并在欧冠联赛中打入 4 球。—— 路透社
群聊不应该只关于足球。 全场比赛结束（FULL TIME），但并非终点（NOT FULL STOP）。 成为男人不止一种方式。听听运动员们怎么说 @AllOnTheSameSide
体坛巨头不再游走，权力真空之战已然开启。在首个没有弗格森、温格、穆里尼奥、克洛普或瓜迪奥拉这些巨人参与的英超赛季中，机遇正悄然敲门。这里曾经是巨头厮杀的领地。这里曾经是亚历克斯·弗格森爵士与阿塞内·温格据理力争之地，随后若泽·穆里尼奥加入了这场混战。这里曾经是尤尔根·克洛普迫使佩普·瓜迪奥拉重新审视自我，而后者在改变风格后依然获胜的地方。但现在不同了。下个赛季将是自 1992 年英超联赛成立以来，首次没有任何一位五大名帅——弗格森、温格、穆里尼奥、克洛普以及瓜迪奥拉——在任的赛季。我们的这片伟大土地怎么了？英超依然是我们的主场，但英雄们都去哪了？那个以愤怒统治球队的人在哪？那个将西兰花和禁欲视为美德的人在哪？那个把会议室变成赛场的人又在哪？那个“反击压迫大师”，或者那个位置游戏的冷静哲学家又在何方？而现在，他们找来一个能搞出一些有趣压迫模式的人，就称他为常规英雄。那些愿意在博弈中投入全部的人都去哪了？你不必成为像比尔·安德森那样的怀旧主义者，也能看出英超联赛显得有些失色。雷吉斯·勒布里斯在两个夏天前接管了桑德兰，而他现在已经是英超俱乐部中任职时间第四长的教练。尽管他低调的权威在上一季令人印象深刻，但这位内敛的布列塔尼人绝非任何人心目中的主角。此外，即便考虑到埃梅里曾是阿尔特塔在阿森纳的前任这一反转，在任职时间最长的两位教练——米克尔·阿尔特塔与乌奈·埃梅里——的对决看起来像是一场泰坦之战之前，还需要一段时间。托特纳姆热刺在 3 月任命了罗伯托·德泽比，除去升级球队，他的英超执教时间已经超过了 11 位竞争对手。所有长篇剧作都会经历这个过程：主要角色离场，新角色崛起。至少他们比在《龙之屋》中更容易分辨：他们没有相同的发色，也并非全部处于令人困惑的亲属关系之中。尽管如此，新一代教练要变得熟悉仍需时间。怪癖需要被习得，长处与短处需要被理解。结果是，本赛季的冠军归属看起来像在所有记忆中一样难以预测。或许英超已经进入了“阿森纳时代”，阿尔特塔很快将像一只巨大的蟾蜍一样盘踞在英格兰足球之上。但卫冕冠军极其困难，尤其是考虑到结束长期冠军荒后必然带来的情感宣泄。德克兰·赖斯和布卡约·萨卡在世界杯上的状态都不太理想，而威廉·萨利巴则伤了背。如果阿森纳在赛季初起步缓慢，将不足为奇。但谁有能力趁虚而入？前两届联赛冠军都处于新管理层之下。恩佐·马雷斯卡——瓜迪奥拉在曼彻斯特城的继任者——是一位奇特的教练，因为他的战绩要比观看他的球队比赛的体验好得多。尽管他在离开切尔西后，因该队的衰落而声名大噪，但不能忘记莱斯特城当时有多么沮丧。
威廉·萨利巴 & 罗伯托·德泽比（左）和迈克尔·卡里克将目标锁定在前四名。 [图片] 后排从左至右：穆里尼奥、克洛普、弗格森、温格、瓜迪奥拉。前排从左至右：伊劳拉、阿尔特塔、马雷斯卡。GETTY [IMAGES / REUTERS]
现代赛程如此紧凑，以至于疲劳最终可能成为比任何教练都更关键的因素。
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切尔西的球迷们有时会对他的足球风格中谨慎的一面感到不满。阿尔内·斯洛特（Arne Slot）在利物浦证明了，至少在短期内，在某位“巨头”之后接手并繁荣发展是可能的，但要成功替代一个定义了俱乐部个性的人，仍然是一个巨大的挑战。安多尼·伊劳拉（Andoni Iraola）在巴列卡诺（Rayo Vallecano）和伯恩茅斯留下了深刻印象，但事实是，无论一个人之前看起来多么沉稳，都无法预知他将如何适应像利物浦这样受到高度审视的俱乐部。关于他率领的伯恩茅斯容易在比赛末尾丢球的问题，疑虑依然存在。或许更深厚的板凳深度能提供一个直接的解决方案，但同样，这也可能预示着负荷管理方面存在问题——而且参与欧冠联赛将使这个问题变得更加复杂。伊劳拉一直依赖极高强度的身体训练，但
这些训练必须在一定程度上根据欧洲足球的需求进行调整，而伊劳拉在欧洲足球方面的经验较少。同样的问题也可以问到曼联的迈克尔·卡里克（Michael Carrick）身上。他在上赛季的表现足以让曼联实际上不得不任命他，但并没有提供足够的证据来压倒性地证明其能力。目前的引援似乎解决了球队阵容中的正确环节，但关键问题在于他能否应对参加多项赛事的压力。曼联上赛季排名第三，且从未对阵过比赛场数比他们少的球队。现代赛程的压力如此之大，以至于疲劳最终可能成为比任何主教练更关键的因素。如果你是一家超级俱乐部，正如曼联所证明的那样，经历一个糟糕赛季的关键在于，糟糕到让你无法获得任何形式的欧洲赛事资格。
这对切尔西来说是极好的消息。他们不仅拥有哈比·阿隆索（Xabi Alonso）这位欧洲最有前途的年轻主教练之一，而且他有时间地贯彻自己的想法，并且在本赛季几乎每场比赛中，他的球队都会比对手更加精神。埃梅里（Emery）在欧联杯的统治地位矛盾地让他背负了尚未达到最高层级的名声，但如果阿斯顿维拉能找到除了摩根·罗杰斯（Morgan Rogers）将远射轰入死角之外的赢球方式，他将有一个极好的机会来证明自己。德泽尔比（De Zerbi）拥有领袖人物的魅力，考虑到托特纳姆热刺的夏季引援及其缺乏欧洲赛事，他应该在欧冠资格赛的争夺中占据一席之地。那些“巨头”或许已经离去，但这仅仅意味着英超联赛正在进入一个新阶段。现在的关键是争夺下一个“阿尔法”之位的战斗。阿尔特塔（Arteta）或许处于最有利的位置，但竞争者
不计其数。这片土地正等待着它的下一个巨人。
体育 高尔夫女子公开赛
久胁志穗爆冷夺冠，亨塞莱特痛惜运气不佳 皇家利瑟姆与圣安妮球场
在女子公开赛经历了一个如此不平凡的周日后，结果如此呈现也并不令人惊讶。此前是否曾有赛场引导员的脚踝在重大冠军赛的结果中扮演过如此关键的角色？这场比赛在皇家利瑟姆与圣安妮球场上僵持了很久，看起来似乎没有人渴望获胜，直到命运之手落下。久胁志穗获得荣耀，埃斯特·亨塞莱特承受痛苦。但这还不足以概括事情的全部。亨塞莱特在常规赛最后一洞通过一个惊人的 45 英尺远鸟球，强行将比赛拖入了附加赛。在第一次回到 18 号洞时，久胁凭借一次精彩的攻球确保了 4 杆，从而延长了赛程。接下来的发展超出了所有人的认知。久胁凭借一次完美的开球落在球道上。亨塞莱特
的开球偏右，球在陷入困境之前击中了一名志愿者的下腿。球反弹到了一个金雀花丛的底部。亨塞莱特表现得异常出色地将球推进了球道，但明显的优势已在久胁一方。她的 4 杆确保了奖杯。亨塞莱特完全有理由抱怨这种糟糕的运气。在此之前，这是一场在追求重大冠军赛的紧张氛围中，那些渴望赢得第 50 届女子公开赛的选手的脸上写满了焦虑的比赛。久胁的胜利是最不可思议的。或许由于 23 岁她在该领域缺乏经验，反而帮助她在周围的人萎缩时脱颖而出。久胁此前仅参加过一次女子公开赛，在去年的皇家波斯考尔赛中未能通过截分线。利瑟姆呈现了截然不同的剧情，而日本现在实现了女子公开赛的两连冠。
亨塞莱特在最后一洞需要一个 3 杆鸟球才能阻止久胁。她在两杆后距离球洞 45 英尺，胜算渺茫。当亨塞莱特预见到球的去向时，球距离球洞仅 5 英尺，久胁当时肯定担心最坏的情况，但其实无需担忧。亨塞莱特此前就展现了这个重大决赛周日的缩影。这位德国选手在 15 号洞通过一个轻点鸟球追平了久胁的负 5 杆。但在紧接着的开球区，亨塞莱特用 3 号木将球击入了长草中。随后出现了一个 the bogey。似乎任何能够真正看到女子公开赛奖杯的人都会立即被光芒刺瞎。叶罗美在 54 洞后持有 3 杆领先优势。在 4 号洞出现波动之前，她甚至将这一优势扩大了一杆。叶罗美在承认这样失利感到“刺痛”之前，交出了 74 杆的成绩。她距离附加赛标准线（负 5 杆）仅差一杆。在最后一洞的最后一组中，
亨塞莱特和叶罗美有机会迫使久胁进入加时赛。两人都未能击中球道，攻球仅留下微小的鸟球机会。在她的球友震惊全场后不久，叶罗美的尝试击短了。寻求三次参赛三夺冠的柳海蓝打出了 3 杆高于标准的 74 杆。吉诺·蒂蒂库尔？73 杆。内莉·科达以世界第一的风范交出了 68 杆——这是排行榜前 13 名中的最低杆数——使她升至并列第四。查理·赫尔和洛蒂·沃德
排行榜 3 久胁志穗 (日) 66707370 = 埃斯特·亨塞莱特 (德) 73696770 = 叶罗美 (美) 67706974 内莉·科达 (美) 73 68 7368 阿塔雅·蒂蒂库尔 (泰) 64 73 7273 柳海蓝 (韩) 66697474 谭晓纯 (新) 6974 7169 洛蒂·沃德 (英) 69717073 许薇龄 (台) 71746969 武田里绪 (日) 69 737269 查理·赫尔 (英) 69 717172
卫报 2026 年 8 月 3 日 星期一 ’ 久胁时刻
使她成名的久胁志穗（Shiho Kuwaki）在第二次尝试后赢得女子公开赛冠军，此时她沉浸在掌声之中。在利瑟姆（Lytham），英国选手从未真正展现出能够连续第三次夺冠的势头。赫尔（Hull）的72杆使她处于负一杆。而沃德（Woad）在打出73杆期间，她的推杆表现比西伯利亚的冬晨还要冰冷，这意味着两者的总成绩相同。两人都没有履行媒体采访职责，考虑到她们在这里的排名，这种表现并不令人印象深刻。并列第六虽然不算出彩，但绝非灾难。
安娜·诺德奎斯特（Anna Nordqvist）在打出68杆后，承认了担任欧洲索尔海姆杯（Solheim Cup）队长所带来的压力和紧张感。诺德奎斯特将在今天公布她为应对九月在荷兰举行的对阵美国队比赛而选定的四名队长特选队员。关于爱尔兰选手莱奥娜·马奎尔（Leona Maguire）在状态平平的情况下是否能留在欧洲队中，目前仍充满了不确定性。
诺德奎斯特在女子公开赛期间给几位球员打了电话，她承认这影响了自己在利瑟姆的表现。“我认为很难用语言描述这有多艰难，”诺德奎斯特说。“我觉得只要我一离开赛场，就全是关于索尔海姆杯的事情，这很辛苦，因为我真的很想享受这一周。”
“我觉得第一天状态就很不对，但我设法挺过来了。第二天我打得非常好，至于昨天，我其实打得不算太差，但在精神上我已经筋疲力尽了。我认为这（这项工作的规模）比我预期的要沉重得多。也许回顾来看，同时兼顾两者（参赛并担任队长）将是一项艰巨的任务，但我为自己的应对方式感到自豪。”
周一 2026 年 8 月 3 日 卫报 体育 骑行 维贝斯冲线再次赢得环法女子赛分站赛冠军 杰里米·惠特尔 报道 自日内瓦 荷兰冲刺手洛雷娜·维贝斯（Lorena Wiebes）在日内瓦赢得了今年环法女子赛（Tour de France Femmes）的第二场胜利，进一步扩大了她在这次九日赛中的总成绩领先优势。维贝斯在冲刺终点表现得无懈可击，在蒙布朗码头（Quai du Mont-Blanc）湖畔终点前的最后 250 米中，她的爆发速度让竞争对手只能望尘莫及。单独突围的里雅内·马库斯（Riejanne Markus）在进入日内瓦的平路路段领先超过 30 秒，即使在整个大集团追击的情况下，她依然将这一优势维持到了最后 5 公里。但随着公里数递减，大集团逐渐追回，并在最后 500 米超越了马库斯，随后维贝斯进行了不可阻挡的冲刺，再次夺冠。“姑娘们全力以赴地追赶以拦截里雅内，”维贝斯在谈到队友时说道。“能穿着黄衫完赛更加美好。”她目前在总成绩上领先金·勒库尔（Kim Le Court）14 秒，领先 2023 年冠军德米·沃尔勒林（Demi Vollering）16 秒。尽管在女子赛中取得了成功，维贝斯仍计划就 5 月份在环意女赛（women's Giro）中被取消资格一事起诉国际自行车联盟（UCI）。当时她在赢得开幕赛阶段后，其单车被判定重量不足，导致她被剥夺了赛车领跑者的粉色球衣。目前没有任何迹象表明维贝斯或她的 SD Worx Protime 车队打算在法律行动的威胁上退让，他们认为在阵风环境下进行的称重过程存在缺陷。在开赛首日在洛桑赢得分站赛后，维贝斯的车队经理埃尔文·詹森（Erwin Janssen）确保不会重演环意赛的糟糕局面。“我想看看一切是如何运作的，他们具体是怎么操作的，”他在埃格尔（Aigle）第二赛段开始时告诉媒体。“我拍了一些过程视频。现场有一个四人评审团，整个设置相当封闭。称重在帐篷内进行，所以没有风，设备看起来很稳固。四个人中有一个是之前处理环意赛称重的人。我想即便他当时也感到有点紧张。”詹森表示，维贝斯的单车重量在规则范围内，为“稳稳的 7 公斤”。“我能感觉到评审团之间存在某种紧张气氛。我的印象是他们在想：‘希望一切顺利’。所有过程都被记录在案，然后你会得到一份简短的报告，”他说。“如果你同意，就必须签字。”但詹森表示，他及其任何工作人员在环意赛时都没有签署过文件。“我们的律师目前正在与对方交换问题，包括关于程序的问题。我们收到了答复，但太模糊了。未来几个月，这一方面将会有进一步进展。”詹森坚称维贝斯被“不公正地逐出环意赛”，且这位环法领跑者在经济和名誉上都遭受了损失。“赌注极高。洛雷娜原本可以在那里获得三场，甚至四场（分站赛）胜利。我们正在研究是否可以获得赔偿。我们的赞助合同中规定了达成特定结果的经济奖金——由于这次事件，我们失去了这些奖金。”詹森坚持认为这个问题将得到解决，但将通过“法庭诉讼或仲裁”，并补充说“我们预计这将发生”。然而，当被问及该运动管理机构是否准备好面对诉讼时，国际自行车联盟主席大卫·拉帕里安特（David Lappartient）表现得十分强硬。
Wiebes及其团队。他表示：“我们与各支车队的关系非常好，但你不可能与每个人都成为朋友，否则我们就永远无法做出任何决定。有时我们会做出并非获得100%支持的决定，但这就是世界上任何事情的现实。我们与某些车队之间存在一些紧张关系，但即便如此，我们仍保持对话。这并非个人冲突。”人们认为，即便Wiebes的爬坡能力有所提升，使其仍具有一定的获胜机会，但她今天在经过汝拉山前往波利尼的丘陵第三赛段中，不太可能实现三连胜。然而，在赛段仅行驶24公里后便迎来的第一级爬坡点Faucille山口，以及随后的三个分级爬坡点，很可能会让她与第三次获胜失之交臂。卫冕冠军 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 至今表现低调。这位奥运金牌得主目前总排名第九，正等待着周二的个人计时赛以及最后一个周末更具挑战性的爬坡赛段。Ferrand-Prévot表示：“一旦我们知道有计时赛，我们就确保在计时赛车上让我处于更好的位置，并进行了相当多次的空气动力学测试。过去几个月里，我花了很多时间在计时赛车上。因此，我将尝试全力以赴，并将第四赛段的损失降到最低。” 冲刺冲线 JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT / EPA
大卫·拉帕蒂安支持在特定情况下进行夜间药检 UCI负责人支持在比赛中“例外情况”下进行夜间检测 Jeremy Whittle 日内瓦
国际自行车联盟（UCI）主席大卫·拉帕蒂安（David Lappartient）表示，自行车运动中“总会存在怀疑”，并坚称今年的环法自行车赛（男子组）是干净的。拉帕蒂安在埃格尔举行的女子环法自行车赛第二赛段起点发表讲话时，还表示他支持在比赛期间的“例外情况”下进行夜间检测。
五届冠军塔代伊·波加查（Tadej Pogacar）及其对手约纳斯·温格高（Jonas Vingegaard）在今年比赛进行到一半时，分别在凌晨5点和凌晨2点接受了国际检测机构（ITA）的夜间检测。这位自行车管理机构负责人表示：“我们不支持每晚对车手进行检测。常规检测时间不在夜间。然而，如果ITA需要进行某些特定检测，我们支持他们，因为我们知道，通过微量注射促红细胞生成素（EPO），在六七小时后是检测不出来的。因此，让车手知道ITA可能会在深夜到来，这本身就是一种威慑。”
“由于我们的历史，自行车运动中总会存在怀疑。我知道为了对抗兴奋剂采取了哪些措施。夜间检测是这场战斗中的一个工具，但它不是一个每天都要使用的工具。必须在极少数例外情况下使用。这不是针对任何一名车手的怀疑，而是向整个车手集团传达的一个整体信号。”
拉帕蒂安与深陷困境的国际足联（Fifa）主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺一样，也是国际奥委会的一员。他于去年9月在没有竞争对手的情况下，连任第三任UCI主席。他认为，让利益相关者参与进来是体育治理成功改革的关键。拉帕蒂安说：“我不会干涉国际足联的事务，但我可以告诉你，在UCI，透明度至关重要。当我们想要对职业自行车赛进行改革时，我们会首先向车队、车手和组织者进行演示说明。”
“我不会给国际足联提供建议，但我认为这种透明度的工作方式非常重要。”
菲努凯恩赢得竞速赛并创纪录地获得第四枚场地赛金牌 肖恩·英格尔（Sean Ingle） 葛拉斯哥 威尔士自行车运动员艾玛·菲努凯恩（Emma Finucane）在英联邦运动会的最后一天将自己的名字写进了历史之册，但 2026 年葛拉斯哥运动会将因澳大利亚的统治地位而被人们最深地铭记。在运动会之前，澳大利亚游泳选手萨姆·肖特（Sam Short）曾告诉记者：“我太兴奋了——我迫不及待地想去那里把那些英国佬（Pommies）击败。”整个澳大利亚队似乎都收到了这个信号，他们最终以 171 枚奖牌完赛，其中 70 枚为金牌。这使得他们领先英格兰 61 枚，英格兰赢得了 110 枚奖牌，加拿大以 62. 枚奖牌排名第三。
然而，在成为首位在同一届英联邦运动会上赢得四枚场地赛金牌的短距离自行车运动员后，菲努凯恩无疑将成为本届运动会最杰出的运动员之一。这位威尔士自行车运动员在已经赢得的团体短距离赛、个人短距离赛和 1,000m 计时赛金牌的基础上，在竞速赛中凭借一场精彩的胜利再次夺金。
菲努凯恩在 2024, 年巴黎奥运会上作为英国短距离赛队的一员赢得了奥运金牌。她在比赛还剩两圈时冲到最前面，挑战他人超越。但没有人能做到，她最终领先奥运冠军、来自新西兰的埃莱丝·安德鲁斯（Ellesse Andrews）半个车身距离获胜。
“我当时深信他们会反超我的，”菲努凯恩承认道，“说实话，这很难用语言形容。我在半决赛中很可能就被淘汰了。”
体育赛事 $\rightarrow$ 艾玛·菲努凯恩在冲线瞬间赢得竞速赛，成为首位在单届英联邦运动会上赢得四枚金牌的短距离自行车运动员。 TOM JENKINS！卫报
“在巴黎之后，我在情感上经历了一个巨大的学习曲线，”她补充道，“那周真的非常艰难，我所面对的结果很难消化。但在进入这次运动会之前，我已经学会了更好地处理压力并调节自己的情绪。”
菲努凯恩现在计划与姐姐一起度假，然后将重心转移到 10 月在上海举行的场地自行车世界锦标赛上。
“我确实感受到了压力——但整个星期我只是在跑自己的比赛，”她补充道，“团体短距离赛是一个大目标。上一次我们参加这个项目是四年前，我们获得了一枚铜牌。以同样的团队回归并赢得金牌是具有标志性的。与团队一起在领奖台上唱歌的感觉太疯狂了。我只是面对每一场比赛。我走上赛道，倾尽所有。能站在这里拥有四枚金牌，我激动得说不出话来。”
她补充道：“我想我永远无法相信我在这里创造了历史。I can’t believe little me has done this. 十岁的艾玛在内心尖叫着：‘发生了什么？’我希望我能激励国民骑上自行车，走进室内自行车赛场。我不敢相信我发现了这项运动，而这项运动也发现了我也。”
在最后一天的早些时候，利·霍夫曼（Leigh Hoffman）通过赢得男子 1km 计时赛，成为首位在单届运动会上赢得四枚奖牌的澳大利亚自行车运动员，确保他带回了三金一银。
澳大利亚在残疾人草地滚球项目中也取得了更多成功，76 岁的路易丝·霍金斯（Louise Hoskins）成为葛拉斯哥运动会夺金年纪最大的运动员。霍金斯和她的搭档塞蕾娜·邦内尔（Serena Bonnell）以 6-3, 4-4 获胜，令霍金斯欣喜若狂。
“这太不可思议了，我仍然……”
卫报 2026 年 8 月 3 日 星期一 (Ee / 奖牌榜
排名 / 国家 / 地区 / 金牌 / 银牌 / 铜牌 / 总计 :--- 1 / 澳大利亚 / 70 45 / 56 171 / 2 2 / 英格兰 / 29 45 / 36 110 / 3 3 / 加拿大 / 19 20 23 / 62 / 4 4 / 印度 / 13 17 9 / 39 / 5 5 / 苏格兰 / 13 9 / 17 39 / 6 6 / 新西兰 / 10 14 17 / 36 / 7 7 / 尼日利亚 / 10 7 / 7 / 24 8 8 / 牙买加 / 10 4 / 5 19 / 5 9 / 威尔士 / 9 10 12 / 31 / 10 10 / 马来西亚 / 68 3 5 / 16 / 11 11 / 南非 / 7 11 10 / 28 / 12 12 / 北爱尔兰 / 3 4 9 / 16 / 13 13 / 肯尼亚 / 3 4 5 / 14 14 / 塞浦路斯 / 1 5 6 / 15 15 / 毛里求斯 / 121 4 16 16 / 喀麦隆 / 1 2 3 5 17 17 / 泽西岛 / 1 1 / 0 / 2 18 / 萨摩亚 / 1 1 0 19 / 斯里兰卡 / 1 1 0
(注：此处对应数值锚点 1, 2024, 3 1 14 1 5 6 15 121 4 16 1 2 3 5 17 2 1 1 1 1 0 3, 4 4)
“我简直不敢相信，”她说道，“我从未想到在我的这个年纪还能赢得金牌。勇敢地走出去尝试，永不放弃。” 在其他项目方面，牙买加在女子篮网球决赛中以 56-48 输给新西兰，未能再次在英联邦运动会上制造史诗级的爆冷。然而，英格兰在被澳大利亚以 68-50 横扫后失去了铜牌；澳大利亚在周六遭遇牙买加意外一分之差地击败后迅速反弹。“第四名令人痛苦，”队长弗兰·威廉姆斯承认道，“当你刚好在奖牌范围之外时，这是没人真正想要获得的名次。我们今天的表现不够果断，澳大利亚队（Diamonds）值得称赞。” “在最关键的一天，澳大利亚表现得比我们更强。现在很心痛，但这次经历给了我们很多教训。” 至少英格兰在最后一天赢得了 3, 枚金牌。艾玛·里德成功卫冕了女子 78kg 柔道冠军，凯瑟琳·雷德纳尔在女子草地滚球单人决赛中获胜，而马修·罗伯逊则在自行车馆中击败了主场热门选手芬·格雷厄姆，赢得了 C1-C3 3,000m 个人追击赛冠军。
运动会随电视观看习惯改变而演进，但运动员担心关注度不足 @接后页
萨默·麦金托什和奥运会 100 米冠军朱利安·阿尔弗雷德，以及电视曝光率有限且缺乏满场观众。然而，英联邦体育组织首席执行官凯蒂·萨德莱尔表示，她认同巴蒂的积极评估。“这次运动会绝对超出了我的预期，”她说道，“人们在街头议论它。我与运动员们交流过，也与英联邦运动会协会的人员沟通过，每个人在离开时都对所发生的一切感到兴奋。”
组织者表示，此次赛事的预计支出为 1.626 亿英镑m——仅为 2014 年格拉斯哥运动会支出的 5.43 亿英镑m 和 2022 年伯明翰运动会支出的 6.8 亿英镑m 的一小部分。他们指出，格拉斯哥还受益于 470 万英镑m 的升级费用，包括斯科特斯顿体育场的新跑道和更换的草坪，以及托尔克罗斯国际游泳中心的升级。
组织者还公布了电视收视数据，显示澳大利亚有 11.4 million 人通过 Channel 7 观看，加拿大有近 400 万人在 CBC 观看。然而，他们没有透露在英国通过 TNT / HBO Max 现场直播或通过 Five 频道精华节目观看的人数。据报道，开幕式在 Channel 5 上的电视观众人数峰值约为 800,000 人，在 TNT 上另有 50,000 人，远低于 2022 年在 BBC 上观看的 5 million 人。
不过，在 BBC 提出的报价据称仅为 WBD 报价的“一小部分”后，萨德莱尔为选择华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Brothers Discovery）的决定进行了辩护。“长期以来，BBC 在英联邦运动会方面一直是一个极佳的合作伙伴，而且我们正在合作 BBC Radio，所以他们参与其中，”她说道，“但我负责 74 个国家的英联邦运动，从全球观众的角度来看，这是我的责任。”
一些英国运动员担心，由于缺乏 BBC 的报道，他们的夺金表现未能吸引到往届运动会那样的关注度。然而，格拉斯哥 CEO 菲尔·巴蒂表示，运动会正随电视习惯改变而演进。萨德莱尔坚持认为，现在许多人通过流媒体观看而非线性电视。“我们对 WBD 的协议非常满意，”她说道，“人们消费体育运动的方式正在发生变化。我曾坐在看台上与观众一起观看现场比赛，看到他们用四个屏幕观看 HBO Max 的流媒体直播。”
“线性电视仍然非常重要，但我们正在向一个更广泛的维度演进，即人们消费运动会的方式。而且，相比伯明翰的 200 小时，我们以 £4.99 获得了 600 小时的内容，我们对这种合作关系非常满意。”
“我们试图吸引的是一个非常年轻的群体。这些人不看线性电视；他们通过手机和电子设备进行流媒体观看。”
《足球周刊》(Football Weekly) 全球巡演的欧洲站来了（没错，纽约、都柏林和伦敦确实构成了一次全球巡演）。快来加入 Max Rushden、Barry Glendenning 以及特邀嘉宾，观看他们在都柏林和伦敦的舞台演出。凭借《足球周刊》常驻嘉宾的豪华阵容和惊喜客串，期待他们对世界杯的全面剖析，以及大量关于今年夏天在美国期间、尺度大到无法在播客中播出的故事。无论你想在伦敦或都柏林现场加入这场混乱，还是在家里观看，请立即购票。
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“赛道上有一个特定的形象。很多人在那儿闲聊……但那不是我的风格” —— 乔什·克尔（Josh Kerr）谈在主场赢得英联邦运动会冠军的荣耀、他对体育的专注、1500米世界纪录，以及为什么他不希望对手太了解他。
肖恩·英格尔（Sean Ingle） 格拉斯哥
在一个清冷格拉斯哥之夜的深夜，乔什·克尔才展露出他隐藏的人性一面。大多数在看到他夺得英联邦金牌时呐喊到嗓子哑了的观众早已离去。但在领奖台上流下几滴泪水后，克尔花了半个多小时为每一个人拍自拍并签名。这花了不少时间，因为赛道上的“终结者”在赛道外竟然是个话唠。
不过，有时在被请求提供建议时，克尔忍不住展现出一种冷幽默。“我告诉孩子们快去睡觉，还训斥了家长们，”他笑着说。突然，克尔更加沉浸在那个时刻，分享孩子们如何向他展示为他准备的牌子，或者告诉他他们对体育的热爱。他唯一拒绝的要求是对方想要他的Oakley太阳镜，他解释说，那是他上个月打破英里跑世界纪录时戴的。
“我想一直留在那儿直到所有人都回家，”克尔说。“而且说实话，如果你在下午6点喝咖啡，反正整晚都会失眠。”
克尔对此深有体会。当我们第二天早上见面时，他坦言自己只睡了15分钟。但这并没有妨碍他分享关于训练、红光疗法以及为什么1500米世界纪录可能还需要等待的种种见解。
我问，公众能看到多少真实的乔什·克尔？“可能不算太多，”他回答道。“作为运动员，我们会受到很多批评，我对此没意见。但我不想把我的家人卷进来。这就是为什么我很难将生活中的所有信息全部剥离并分享出来。”
虽然克尔会在社交媒体上发布训练视频，但他承认不希望对手太了解他。“在赛道上会出现一个特定的形象，”他解释道。“如果你周六在候赛室，你就会看到每个人的个性都展现了出来。很多田径运动员在聊天、开玩笑，做着他们自己的事。如果这能让他们感到自在，那是好事，但那不是我的风格。”
这位田径界的“铁人”在周六的英里赛开始时同样显得难以捉摸。在距离终点还剩500米时，他被挡在人群中，且处于较后的位置。但随后他展现出了一种强而有力的决心，这种气势即便是在午夜后的索奇霍尔街（Sauchiehall Street）也毫不违和。一次推进，一次激增，随后是一次不可阻挡的冲刺夺冠。
克尔曾经担心过吗？“不，伙计，我跑出了3:42，”他说。“在英里赛中，没有什么能击败我。我拥有极快的速度，而且是在主场观众面前比赛。杰克·怀特曼（Jake Wightman）是唯一的变数。他是一名不可思议的运动员，最后的冲刺能力很强。但我无法想象还有其他什么问题。现在有一些非常出色的1500米选手，蒂莫西·切鲁约特（Timothy Cheruiyot）和卡姆·迈尔斯（Cam Myers）都很出色。但我觉得目前我处于一个不同的层次。”
‘在英里赛中，没有什么能击败我。我在主场观众面前比赛’。
克尔的生活如此禁欲，以至于当他终于在午夜回到酒店时，他的庆祝方式是接受母亲吉尔（Jill）的物理治疗，吃一份私人厨师贾米尔·奥斯汀（Jameel Austin）做的餐点，以及总共两块薯片。
“我们大约一起聊了一个小时，”克尔说。“我的好伙计兼摄像师乔伊·尤登（Joey Youden）为每个人买了炸鱼薯条。我没吃贾米尔做的食物，但我确实吃了一块”
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“几块薯片。”有时你甚至会怀疑，一名特拉普修道士面对克尔（Kerr）这种简朴的生活方式可能都会感到心惊。他与妻子拉里玛（Larimar）以及他们的狗普雷zidente（Presidente）住在新墨西哥州的阿尔伯克基，在那里他处于海拔 1,626 米（5,335 英尺）的高度训练，并且通常在晚上 8.30 就上床睡觉。“我们没做什么特别的事，”他承认道。“我们住在阿尔伯克基的山上。我起床，努力训练，然后睡觉。我在下午 5 点有一个非常严格的截止时间，我妻子大约在下午 5.30 回家。从那时起直到我们睡觉——那是早得离谱的时间——我们只是试着放松身心。” 50 那么除了遛狗，他还喜欢做些什么？“我有点喜欢听有声书和播客，”他说。“我喜欢《For The Love of Rugby》播客和一些关于美国体育的播客。但我们不经常外出。而且那里没什么夜生活。”打破世界纪录是否会让他在回去后获得更高的知名度？
“回家后情况会很有趣，”他说。“但那是阿尔伯克基。他们并不真的超级痴迷于田径。但这样很好。”不过，当被问到职业生涯中最好的一个赛季是如何实现时，克尔的描述更为详尽。这在很大程度上归功于他的团队，由他深得尊敬的教练丹尼·麦基（Danny Mackey）领导，团队成员还包括私人厨师、营养师、理疗师、脊骨正骨师、力量与体能专家、按摩师以及配速员。但克尔还强调了他在 2026 年所做的改变，包括每天下午 2-4 点躺在床上休息以及使用红光疗法。他解释说，他在周四进行的 10 英里跑步——卫报 周一 2026 年 8 月 3 日——此前配速为每英里 6:40，现在已提高到每英里 5:50 至 6 分钟的配速。而他在周日的 17 英里轻松长跑也经过了微调，有时他在最后会进行 3 英里的节奏跑，或者在 3 个不同的时间段分别加入 6 分钟的高强度训练。
“我们知道我的身体在崩溃前能承受的极限，大约是每周 73 英里，”他说。“所以不再增加跑量，而是提升质量。这听起来不像是一个巨大的变化，但我们在其中加入了两次力量训练，这让我在这个赛季中能保持更久的耐力。”“但是，如果你要增加训练和负荷，那么恢复”
女子公开赛：在亨塞莱特不幸击中工作人员腿部后，久胁获胜 因凡蒂诺身陷危机：欧足联成员准备反对其国际足联连任 野兽模式：谁将成为英超下一个阿尔法级主帅？
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尼克·艾姆斯 (Nick Ames) 马特·休斯 (Matt Hughes)
欧洲各国计划通过大规模撤回支持其连任国际足联主席的信函，从而增加对詹尼·因凡蒂诺 (Gianni Infantino) 的压力。在因凡蒂诺由私人资助的、旨在出售世界杯部分权益的计划崩盘后，他的统治陷入严重危机；该计划在欧足联成员协会威胁抵制未来的国际足联赛事后基本上被瓦解。目前气氛依然紧张，欧洲各地普遍渴望确保他能被迅速撤职。
现在，大量国家管理机构正在讨论正式撤回对因凡蒂诺的支持，以促使其尽快辞职，相关公告可能在未来几天内发布。在上周危机爆发前，除了德国、罗马尼亚和挪威，欧足联全部 55 个成员都写信支持因凡蒂诺在明年 3 月的候选资格，这位瑞士人的第四任期被视为既定事实。
有人提议同步撤回支持，但成员协会也可能逐一撤回支持。这样做实际上等同于一次不信任投票，并将增加因凡蒂诺辞职的压力。任何希望撤回信函的国家必须通知国际足联。
与其他联合会国家的讨论仍在继续。尽管他的“国际足联前行企业” (Fifa Forward Enterprise) 提案失败，但亚洲足联 (AFC) 的一些国家在周末公开支持了因凡蒂诺。欧洲足球内部的消息人士质疑，这些协会是否充分意识到因凡蒂诺所面临的异议程度。在金融强国卡塔尔于周六支持因凡蒂诺后，较小的亚洲协会斯里兰卡和科威特在昨天表达了公开支持。
然而，亚洲足联很少集体投票，一些对因凡蒂诺不满的协会可能会向欧洲阵营靠拢。正如《卫报》在 7 月披露的，国际足联 211 个成员中的 200 多个已提供了支持因凡蒂诺的背书信。据了解，尽管当时他的任期似乎没有受到威胁，但国际足联已向那些犹豫不决的成员施加了沉重压力。许多人虽然私下对他担任主席表示担忧，但依然支持他；但在欧洲及其他地区，耐心已经耗尽。
寻找接替因凡蒂诺候选人的工作正在加强。任何被推举参加选举的人都需要在欧洲以外获得相当程度的支持，特别是来自亚洲足联以及北美、中北美和加勒比海足联 (Concacaf) 的支持。迅速围绕一名合适的竞争者集结，可能是说服因凡蒂诺其地位不可维持的关键。
因凡蒂诺似乎决定留任，据信他正在全球范围内游说各个成员协会，以确保保留他们的支持。然而，非洲足联和南美足联 (Conmebol) 都全力支持因凡蒂诺，这使得亚洲和北美成为欧足联成员寻求国际足联新领导层的关键战场。
因凡蒂诺还面临来自国际足联理事会成员的反叛，这些人正试图强行召开临时会员大会 (EGM)，这可能会演变为一次领导权挑战。国际足联
理事会是该世界管理机构的主要决策论坛，由 28 名来自六个协会的代表、八名副主席以及因凡蒂诺组成。根据国际足联规则，由 50% 或 37 名理事会成员中的 19 名提出的动议即可触发特别大会。
“我现在处于一个不同的水平。” 乔什·克尔在夺得主场金牌荣耀后的访谈，独家采访，第 4 页。
汤姆·詹金斯 卫报
“准备好迎接下一个 100 年：2026 年格拉斯哥运动会负责人赞扬赛事改革”
肖恩·英格尔，格拉斯哥
2026 年格拉斯哥英联邦运动会的首席执行官告诉《卫报》，今年的英联邦运动会表现“极其出色”，并表明该赛事有潜力再延续 100 年。
菲尔·巴蒂还表示，这次经过改革的运动会仅包含 10 个运动项目，而非四年前伯明翰赛事的 19 个，这展示了一种模式，使其在 2030 年前往阿姆达瓦德之前在财务上具有可持续性。
“这 11 天真是太惊人了，”巴蒂说，“我对这座城市和英联邦共同协作的方式感到绝对自豪。这些比赛不仅超出了预期，还证明了大型赛事可以灵活调整并进化，以适应未来的需求。”
“我们在格拉斯哥看到的是，你可以举办一场令人难以置信的运动会，它虽然有所不同，但感觉依然像以往一样精彩，并且已经为下一个 100 年做好了准备。而这次运动会一次性证明了英联邦运动会依然具有相关性，英联邦运动会至关重要，且英联邦运动会将长久存在。”
关于这次运动会也存在一些批评，包括缺席球星名单过长——其中包括英国 800 米奥运冠军基莉·霍金斯以及加拿大游泳运动员……
The Guardian - 03.08.2026.pdfLife & Arts ‘Irresistible!’ Richard E Grant's Very Modern Odyssey x* Monday 3 August 2026 £3.50 From £2.40 for subscribers UK facing food shortages due to drought, say farmers Helena I LOL ton Britain could face shortages of cer- tain foods after parts of England faced a punishing drought, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has warned. Farms across the country faced floods over the winter, making plant- ing extremely difficult, and now they do not have access to water in many parts of England as irrigation is being restricted as aresult of the drought. This is the third drought in five years, said farming groups, warning that this was the “new normal” for agriculture in Britain, Farmers have been saying wheat is half its normal height, and England is having its ear- liest ever harvest as farmers battle to salvage what they can of theircrops. Insome areas it has not rained for more than a month, while record- breaking heatwaves have hit the country since early summer, drying out the soil. Tom Bradshaw, the president of the NFU, said the droughts could lead to food shortages and he had asked the prime minister to take action. He told BBC Radio 4 that farmers should be given tax breaks to build water storage systems on their land. “Those other countries around the world that we currently rely on to produce our food and vegetables, their climates are changing as well,” he said. “It does feel like there are going be some shortages o¢ 4} of [food] products.” ae le orate Me, sank & Chesterton Windmill in Warwickshire with farmland around tt seared by the heat ruotocrapu: Jacog KING/PA WIRE NHS trust plans to cut 330 mental health jobs Denis Car ] NS luc pbel Health a i editor An NHS mental health trust plans to cut a wide range of its services and hundreds of jobs to close a £25m hole in its finances. The move by the East London foundation trust (ELFT) and thescale of potential cuts have been called “unfathomable” given the rapidly ris- ing demand for NHS mental health support. The plan has prompted fears that under-18s and adults needing psychological treatment will have to wait longer or be forced to go private, leading “to lives being destroyed”. It will involve the “redesign” of at least 10 services such as child and adolescent mental health care, talk- ing therapies, addiction support, help foradults undergoinga mental health crisis and community programmes, including for ethnic minorities and poor people. Fothergill ward, a 20-bed inter- mediate care ward at the trust’s East Ham care centre, has stopped tak- ing new referrals and is scheduled to close on 21 September, ELFT’s list of where the cuts will hit and how many jobs will be lost shows it plans to shed 330 of its 6,000-strong workforce, about 5% of the total, through a combination of redundancies and the removal of posts. It said it was seeking £24.97m of cuts because NHS England obliged all of the country’s 205 trusts to bal- ance their books, Richard Munn, the national officer for health at the trade union Unite, said: “To see cuts to any mental health service is unfathomable and unacceptable. Cutting mental health services will lead to exponentially greater costs to the public purse and lives being destroyed. 2 Je “Such extensive cuts to “i cen police were shouting: Go! Run to Spain’ Vlozo Ceuta our days ago Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier, News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish territory of Ceuta on the north African coast, about 12 miles across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain. Here was a chance for the 44-year-old Moroccan father of four to return to Spain, from where he had been deported when his residency expired after the loss of his job in Bilbao in 2019, El Abbas took a taxi and headed to the city of Tetouan, south of Ceuta. While en route, he saw Facebook posts and news reports claiming that the Moroccan authorities were allowing people to pass through their side of the border. That meant that, unlike those who had crossed the previous night, he could simply travel overland before swimming for five minutes across the border from Moroccan to Spanish territory to avoid the Spanish border controls. He reached Tétouan to 12) Ee, find the city completely a ‘My biceps , havea Meet Matt Damon's y Odyssey stunt @& double - a News Page 3>
| News ‘Stench of sleaze’ after new claim of Farage deal over leadership Alexandra Topping Political correspondent Reform UK is operating under a “stench of sleaze”, Labour has said, after reports that Nigel Farage struck a secret deal to return as leader of Reform months before the general election. Farage was in discussions about a return to the political frontline from as early as March 2024, despite later claiming he had no intention of returning to politics until June 2024, the Sunday Times reported. In April this year, the Guardian revealed Farage did not disclose a £5m personal gift from the Thailand- based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne that he received in April 2024. He told senior figuresin Reform UK he would need “a million a year” to cover lost earnings ifhe stood for par- liament in the 2024 general election, sources told the Guardian. Under parliamentary rules, newly elected MPs must register any rele- vant financial interests and gifts received in the 12 months before their election. Farage has repeatedly said he was an “influencer” and media person- ality at the time of the gift and was therefore under no obligation to declare the sum. The parliamentary standards watchdog opened a for- mal investigation over the £5m gift in May. Farage is also now subject to another inquiry over allegations of financial support from the crypto > Nigel Farage reportedly negotiated adeal to return as leader of Reform UK in March-April 2024 PHOTOGRAPH: CARLOS JASSO/AFP/GETTY gambler and convicted fraudster George Cottrell, whoisaclose friend. Farage - who is contesting a byelection in Clacton next week, after resigning over the issue - has accused those raising questions about his financial backing of “demonising” him as part of a “coordinated pile- on” to stop Reform UK. The main parties have declined to field candidates against Farage. If he wins in Clacton but parliament imposes sanctions for failing to declare the gifts, he may be removed from the House of Commons and face asecond byelection. According to the Sunday Times, Farage renegotiated a deal - super- vised by Cottrell - to return as the leader of Reform with the party’s then leader, Richard Tice, in March and April 2024, Under the terms of the deal, once Farage became leader Reform would repay or write off more than £1m in outstanding loans it had received from Tice’s company, the Times reported, The deal was reportedly to have been presented by Farage and Cottrell to the party’s treasurer in mid-May, undermining the Reform leader’s claim that he had no intention until June 2024 of returning to politics. Reform sources told the Guardian that Farage had learned of the party’s liabilities and what loans would have to be repaid if he returned as leader, and any plan had been drafted forif, not when, he became leader. They said he decided not toreturn, before reversing that decision. Bridget Phillipson, the chair of the Labour party, said that if the revela- tions were accurate it “blows Nigel Farage’s story apart”. “It would mean Farage was pri- vately negotiating his return to frontline politics while publicly presenting as someone who hadn't decided whether to return,” said Phil- lipson. “Grubby pacts, secret gifts, support from a convicted fraudster, attempted cover-ups and police investigations - it all adds up toa stench of sleaze the publiccan smell from miles away.” NHS trust plans ‘unfathomable’ cut of 330 mental health jobs @ Continued from page 1 services and staff will inevitably lead to people with acute mental health problems, who need care urgently, facing longer waiting times. The con- sequence willin some cases be tragic, life-changing and irreversible.” Unite is preparing to ballot mem- bers at ELFT over potential strike action to protest against the cuts and the fact that its lead official at the trust, Mark Dunne, has lost hisjobas aresult of what Munn called “asham redundancy” that showed the “cold, uncaring nature of this employer”. ELFT provides mental health care in the east London boroughs of Hack- ney, Tower Hamlets and Newham, and in Luton and Bedford. The Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, Apsana Begum, has written to ELFT’s chief executive, Lorraine Sunduza, voicing serious concern about the cuts. She asked if the trust had undertaken a risk assessment, given the likely impact on “public health, public safety and health equalities”. “I simply cannot envisage that cuts of that scale could be implemented without creating a substantial variation in how services are accessed by patients,” she said. She noted that few of the plans had been announced for consultation, “despite the wide- ranging savings apparently intended” and job losses involved. The report of the trust’s finance committee to its most recent board meeting on 23 July did not mention the cuts or £25m savings target, even though they have been planned for weeks, prompting questions about ELFT’s transparency given such large-scale cuts. Dr Tony O’Sullivan, co-chair of the campaign group Keep Our NHS Pub- lic, said: “Given that many patients with mental health needs already face long delays before getting NHS care, cutting services as dramati- cally as ELFT proposes will mean that some of those in dire need of its help will inevitably go private to get the treatment they need. “The contradiction is that while NHS funding for its own trusts is so limited that ELFT has to make £25m of cuts, the Department of Health and NHS England are happy to hand £2.5bn to private firms to expand capacity to treat NHS patients.” ELFT said it had not undertaken an impact assessment because “these are indicative proposals at an early stage,” even thoughits list of cuts was accurate as at 7 May. No cuts would happen “without passing through quality impact assessment”. “We are working closely with our trade unions, colleagues and part- ners to identify the most effective and sustainable way to deliver the efh- ciencies, while protecting the quality and safety of care.” The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 Al Fayed abuse SUIVIVOIS ‘Were victims of trafficking’ Helena Horton At least five victims of the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been confirmed by the Home Office as victims ofhuman trafficking. Agroupofsurvivorsof abuse by the now-dead businessman had called for the Metropolitan police to make trafficking the main focus ofits inves- tigation, arguing that Fayed could not have committed his offences without asteady stream of women being sent to him by associates. The women were victims of inter- national and domestic trafficking, and one survivor told PA they had been recruited to a false role within Harrods. 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Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian | News ¥ Odysseus is confronted by the Laestrygonians, giant armoured cannibals, in The Odyssey PHOTOGRAPH: LANDMARK MEDLA/ALAMY ‘The greatest arms I've ever seen’: Matt Damon praises stunt double Devyn Dalton Olivia Bowden Toronto One of the great unsung heroes of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey, it turns out, isa 35-year-old woman, standing in for Matt Damon and displaying what the actor called “the greatest arms I’ve ever seen”. Canadian Devyn Dalton was the Hollywood star’s stunt double in a pivotal scene where Odysseus, played by Damon, and his men are confronted by the Laestrygonians, giant armoured cannibals. In order to make Damon and his crew appear dwarfed by the group of Goliaths, the actors doing the stunts needed to be small. Damonis 5ft 10in (1.78 metres) tall, while Dalton is 4ft 6in (1.37 metres) and her rippling, muscular arms were perfect to represent Damon’s own biceps. Dalton has “the greatest arms I’ve everseen”, said Damon, while speak- ing to podcaster Josh Horowitz on his show Happy Sad Confused. “Knowing my arms impressed Matt was honestly pretty special,” Dalton told the Guardian. “His shout out in the press completely caught me by surprise ... ’llalways appreci- ate that he did.” Dalton said she had known she wanted to tell stories since she was a child, inventing characters and cos- tumes and putting on shows for her family. She started out acting pro- fessionally at nine years old, which gradually led her into stunt perform- ing - a different way of telling those tales: through the body, through her own strength. “We celebrate men who build A Dalton sported a fake beard to match Matt Damon’s as she stood in as Odysseus in the battle scene above careers around being powerful ... so why shouldn’t women be celebrated for that too?” she said. After Damon made the comments in his press tour for The Odyssey, the big-screen adaptation of Homer’s epic Greek poem that has become a huge hit for Nolan and the cul- tural talking point of the summer, Dalton said her phone “absolutely exploded”. She is currently filming a project in New Zealand and was by nomeans expecting toreceive global attention. “Apparently my biceps have their own fan club right now, which defi- nitely wasn't on my 2026 prediction,” she said. She said she was cast in the rolein The Odyssey through the network of professional representatives and stunt coordinators, rather than any open casting call. ees A Devyn Dalton hones her biceps with Muay Thai, dance and yoga “When Ifound out I booked it, Iwas genuinely so excited and incredibly prateful. It’s one of those moments where years of hard work and per- sistence suddenly feels worthwhile,” she said. Dalton flew to Scotland to film it, and she said it was a continuous reminder of just how many people it takes to put together a production like The Odyssey. “What audiences see fora few minutes often represents months of preparation,” she said. Dalton said she trained hard for the role, refining her regular regime of exercises, a combination of muay thai, jiu-jitsu, dance, yoga and strength-based workouts. “Ttook the responsibility very seri- ously,” she said. Damon’s mention of her on the podcast made her feel the hard training truly paid off. Meeting him on set, Dalton said that “he’s every bit as genuine, kind and generous as you'd hope”. Stunt performing is actually an exercise in being extremely well- rehearsed and prepared, rather than engaging in anything dangerous or scary, she said. “The best stunt per- formers are very aware of risk.” Some audiences have been vocal online that stuntwomen in particular should be recognised for their physi- cal prowess. “I’m proud to represent strong women ... I’m passionate about encouraging more people, espe- cially young women, to realise there isn’t just one path into this industry,” she said. “I hope more young girls prow up believing they never have to choose between being strong and being themselves.” As for what’s next, Dalton said she would love to take the lead in a film or series as a starring actor who, of course, could do her own stunts. “Audiences are hungry for new faces ... ’d love to show what I’m capable of?’ she said. Actor Vincent Pastore, known for Sopranos role, dies aged 80 Associated Press Vincent Pastore, the US actor best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensieroin The Sopranos, has died aged 80. Bob McGowan, who had man- aged Pastore since his time on The Sopranos, told Associated Press that he learned of his death on Saturday from another client and actor on the show, Vincent Curatola. He said Pastore had been found at his home in Long Island, New York, after not being heard from for a few days. “He was the most loyal client and he always gave to charity,” McGowan said. “He was the kind of guy who would help anybody, which is tare in my business.” Robert Attermann, who previously 4 Pastore also appeared in movies such as Goodfellas and Awakenings represented Pastore for more than 30 years, said: “Vinny was one of the kindest, most generous people I have ever known. He treated every- one with warmth and respect, never turning down a fan who wanted a photograph or an autograph.” Michael Imperioli, a longtime friend and collaborator, said on Instagram that it seemed as though he had known Pastore for ever. “We did lots of work together and traveled all over the USA as well as Italy and Australia. Lots of good times. Lots of laughs. “Vinny was a kind-hearted brother who cared deeply about his family and friends. I will miss him always.” Pastore had been acting in films since the 1980s including in Good- fellasand Awakenings, both in 1990. He was best known for his 30-episode runas Bonpensieroin The Sopranos, where he played the friend of Tony Soprano who becomes an informant. He was born in the Bronx and grew up in suburban New Rochelle, New York. He enlisted in the navy during the Vietnam war and later attended Pace University, according to IMDb. He is survived by his daughter, Renee Pastore.
© News Climate crisis Farmers say UK faces shortage of some foods due to drought @ Continued from page 1 Meanwhile the heatwave will continue into this week, and the UK Health Security Agency issued heat- health alerts last night for eight regions of England. These amber alerts will be in place forthe East Midlands, the east of Eng- land, the south-east and London regions from 9am today until 9am on Wednesday. The north-west, York- shire and the Humber, West Midlands and the south-west regions will be undera yellow alert during the same period. Climate breakdown is exacerbat- ing extreme weather conditions such as droughts. This summer the Met Office has reported that England had 8% of its meteorological average rainfall for July and it is likely to be confirmed as the driest July on record. Approximately 23 million people across England and Wales are under ahosepipe ban. The dry weather has also fuelled devastating wildfires across the country, most recently in Suffolk. Bradshaw told Andy Burnham: “Let’s draw a line in the sand and make sure we prioritise domestic food production to deliver growth across the UK.” Cereals such as wheat and barley have been particularly affected, the Agriculture and Horticulture Devel- opment Board (AHDB) said. Anthony Hopkins, the AHDB’s director of cereals and oilseeds, said: “Across much of the UK, combine [harvesters] have been rolling ear- lier than usual this year, with many farmers working through the night to avoid the most extreme daytime temperatures. Cereal yields have gen- erally been below the 10-year average so far, with some farms experiencing significant reductions.” Anthony Speight, senior analyst, cereals and oilseeds, added: “At this stage, the emerging picture points to disappointing cereal yields in many areas, but we'll gain a clearer under- standing as harvest continues.” A recent report found a third of British farmers were making a loss or only breaking even. Gavin Lane, the president of the Country, Land and Business Associ- ation, said: “Farmers are telling us this is the worst harvest in years. A Drought situation on 30 July Prolonged dry weather @ Normal @ Drought - — J Source: Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales sodden winter followed by drought has left wheat at half its usual height and some crops not worth harvesting. “This is the third drought in five years. What was once extraordinary is becoming part of farming in Britain, and government must start planning for it. The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 “We know that proper government investment in resilient farming sys- tems, from reservoirs to wildfire prevention, could help farmers cope with these new extremes. “Farmers have shown again and again that they can adapt and deliver solutions, but resilience has limits. If we want them to keep feeding the country, they need proper support. Otherwise, this harvest could be their last.” Polly Ashmore, acting consultant in public health at the UKHSA, said periods of hot weather could result in serious health outcomes, especially for older adults, and it was therefore important that everyone take sensi- ble precautions. “We are urging health and social care services in affected regions to ensure they are prepared, and reminding people to look out for elderly relatives, neighbours and those with underlying health condi- tions, making sure they are aware of the forecast and following the neces- sary advice,” she said. Journal Leader comment > reen or pleasant July set to be driest month on record Bethan McKernan Half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be the driest month on record, as extreme heat intensified by the climate crisis continues to gripthe UK and Europe this summer. The announcements this week by England’s Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales mark the third such event of the past five years, and come inthe wake of four record- breaking heatwaves since May, which have fuelled huge wildfires and left farmers, wildlife and protected hab- itats running out of water. England had just 7% of the long- term average rainfall for July and southern England just 1%, damag- ing greenery in parks, protected land and sports fields, The dry spell has also led toshrinking riversand lakes: the Thames at Reading has recorded its lowest ever level. Water companies are not currently expecting a threat to drinking water supplies, as record winter rainfall means reservoirs are still close to expected levels, but approximately 23 million people across England and Wales are under a hosepipe ban. The visible impact is impossible to ignore: vast swathes of William Blake’s “green and pleasant land” are now brown and dry. The Met Office predicts the climate crisis will make UK summers 1C-6C (1.8F-10.8F) hotter and up to 60% drier by 2070, compared with 1990. ‘ieee i = “ie ed Both adaptation to and mitigation of the effects of a warming planet are urgently needed, said Dr Chloe Brimicombe, a climate scientistat the University of Oxford. “This summer has been a com- pounding of dry weather,” said Brimicombe, “leading to droughts and hot weather and high temper- atures leading to heatwaves, with these conditions also leading to wild- fires. It is astrong indication that we need better long-term planning. Climate change is not a future prob- lem; it’s a challenge for right now.” As the climate crisis supercharges “whiplash” wet-then-dry weather, the UK and Europe have seen back- to-back heatwaves that encourage vegetation to grow but thendry it out, producing ideal fuel for fires. Firefighters have responded to 393 wildfires across England and Wales in July, making it the busiest month on record and placing significant pressure on crews and resources. Hundreds of people have already 4 Walkers and runners on a parched Southampton Common; and the Cerne Giant in August 2023, left, and now, right MAIN PHOTOGRAPH: SOLENT NEWS been evacuated owing to the threat of fire, compared with approximately 50 in 2025 - the worst year for wild- fires on record so far. Cairngorms national park in the Scottish Highlands has suffered the worst fires in living memory, while smoke from fires in the Rhinogydd mountains in north Wales could be seen from space. Statistics for July are not available yet, but North Wales fire and rescue service said it had recorded 48 wild, grassland, woodland and crop fires in June, up 47% on 2025. Farmers across the country have been forced to harvest early or are worried about losing cropsifthey run out of water. Riverford Organic Farm- ers in Buckfastleigh, Devon, takes a long-term approach to water man- agement and soil health, planning years in advance, but this growing season has been one of the hottest and driest of the last 40 years. Luke King, the farm’s supply chain and technical director, said: “Scarcity of water has become a big challenge forus, but what has compounded this has been the heat stress on plants. All but one of our [four] reservoirs have nowrun dry, whichis something we'd never normally expect so early inthe P- season. What we currently have is no longer sufficient.” The team has begun harvesting earlier in the day to protect crops and pickers, and dedicating lots of time and resources to irrigation. “Even with irrigation, you can’t water everything at once,” said King, “so difficult decisions have to be made about prioritising crops, and even with water, if the temperature is too high, itcan evaporate quickly.” Meanwhile, lost archaeological sites have been rediscovered in dried- out crop and grassland around the country, including neolithic, bronze and iron age structures and practice trenches from the first world war. Roman-era buildings have been uncovered at Caerhun Roman fortin Conwy, while the outline ofan ornate 17th-century garden at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire is visible once again after first being revealed by dry weather in 2018 and 2022. In London’s parks - crucial green spaces in a densely populated and emission-high city - people have still tried to enjoy the summer sunshine. Adel Khaireh, a councillor for Greenwich, which includes a large parkand commons at Blackheath and Woolwich, said: “We're particularly grateful to local people such as the network of Friends of Parks groups who help us water trees and plants across the borough, and support our iconic parks on a voluntary basis.”
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Athens murder Arrest over death of woman found in suitcase Page 9 On the money? Birds or icons: new designs for euro banknotes Page9 * EURO EYPO EBPO National Ultra-processed food firms ‘hindering effort to tackle obesity crisis by suing countries’ Andrew Gregory Health editor The world’s biggest ultra-processed food corporations are hindering efforts to tackle the obesity crisis by suing governments that try to pro- mote healthier diets, the head of the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, accused global food companies of obstruct- ing the adoption of vital public health measures and costing countries bil- lions of dollars in healthcare and legal costs in the process. Almost 1 billion people globally are living with obesity, and unhealthy diets are one of the main drivers of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption is soaring and now makes up half the average diet in many countries, including the UK, the US and Australia. Governments have begun intro- ducing measures designed to curb junk-food intake and promote health- ier diets. These include front-of-pack warning labels, marketing and adver- tising restrictions on unhealthy products, and taxes on junk food. Publicly the world’s biggest UPF companies say they back the poli- cies, want to help consumers make informed choices, and are committed to being part of the solution. But aninvestigation by the Guard- ian, in collaboration with academics, the non-profit newsroom Lighthouse Reports and a coalition of media part- ners across four continents, found many of these same companies were A Consumption of UPFs accounts for half the average diet in the UK taking governments to court to over- turn, weaken or delay the policies. In total, 235 lawsuits were lodged over health policies targeting UPFsin Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the US and the UK from 2010 to 2025, the inves- tigation found. “The findings of the global inves- tigation by the Guardian and other outlets into ultra-processed food come as no surprise, but they are met with grim recognition,” Tedros said. “When harm and profit are tied to the same product, a famil- iar pattern of industry interference emerges: sowing doubt and obstruct- ing regulation.” Of the resolved lawsuits, three- quarters were lost by the food corporations. But even the unsuc- cessful cases delayed the adoption of vital public health measures for years while also tying up government and public health officials in complex and expensive litigation. The litigation by UPF firms sug- gests objectives beyond winning: slowing down the rollout of laws and crushing the desire and ability of other countries and regulators to adopt similar policies. Crucially, Tedros said, the lawsuits have pro- longed the deadly obesity crisis, costing countries billions of dollars in legal and healthcare costs. “The report documents how lit- igation has been used to oppose or weaken public health measures on obesity and unhealthy diets, amount- ing to nearly 600 cumulative years of costly legal battles, an average of 2.5 years per case, most of them unsuc- cessful,” he said. Inthe first multi-country analysis ofits kind, the Guardian and other media outlets worked with research- ers from the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, the University of Sydney, the University of Sao Paulo and the University of Caldas to investigate the scale of the UPF industry’s legal pushback. Three-quarters of the lawsuits were filed by UPF companies or trade groups representing them. Of the lawsuits filed by compa- nies where the plaintiff could be identified, 38% were brought by eight parent corporations: Coca- Cola, PepsiCo, Mondeleéz, Kellogg’s, Danone, Ferrero, Xignux and Heart- land Food Products Group. Purple reign: the calming colour is the gardener's new favourite Helena Horton If you manage to spot a garden in bloom this summer, beyond the strips of bleached and torched grass, there may be one colour yousee more than any other: purple, the horticul- tural hue of the season. Plants suchas lavender, salvia and catmintare in vogue, according tothe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which conducted extensive research into the colours British people most love to see in their gardens. In one experiment at RHS Gar- den Wisley’s Hilltop, more than 11,000 visitors were asked to choose their preferred shades. Purple hues accounted for the most (26.67%). The purple patch has surprised garden trend watchers and marksa departure from recent less dramatic fashions. Grey hues have been very pular in home and garden design over the last few years. Tom Massey, an award-winning garden designer based in London, said clients wanted bright colours, particularly purples. He said: “We've moved away from the era of large expanses of decking, paving and lawn towards richer, more natural- istic planting inspired by meadows and natural plant communities.” A Asmall tortoiseshell butterfly also enjoys the benefits of lavender PHOTOGRAPH: MATT BERRY/BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION Laura Carey, who co-owns Carey garden designs, has found that pur- ple is the most popular colour with her clients, too, She said: “Purple is a favourite across the board with all of our clients. There are so many pur- ple flowering plants to choose from, c ~ Sag PY 4k, including favourites like lavender, alliums and geraniums.” Massey added: “Purple has always been a hugely important colour in gardens because it combines beau- tifully with greens, silvers and the buff tones of ornamental grasses. It also attracts pollinators and tends to have acalming quality. Plants like salvia, nepetas, alliums and lavender remain incredibly popular for exactly those reasons.” - ai Ft | The popularity of the colour may be related to the emotions it evokes in humans. Other research found that different colours can provoke vary- ing emotionsin garden visitors, with purples and blues evoking asense of calm and relaxation. Massey said: “I think people are becoming much more confident with colour generally.” The findings were published in the study Flower Power: How favourite ° “-« flower colours shape how we feel in the journal Acta Psychologica. Dr Ashby Sachs, a wellbeing fellow at the RHS, said: “Colouris akey con- sideration when it comes to garden design, butlittleis known about how it interacts with our sense of well being. That different shades of colour can elicit an anticipated emotional response in people is incredibly use- ful when it comes to designing spaces suchas in schools and hospitals.”
New claims surround a Star Cambridge professor Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism. Lanre Bakare reports hen the superstar academic Jason Arday took the stage at the British Sociological Association’s 75th anniversary conference earlier this year, he delivered a talk called Wanted Dead or Alive: the Playbook. The youngest black professor in the history of the University of Cambridge told an audience of his peers that the playbook in question had helped bring down some of the biggest names in US academia. Conservative “activists” were trawling through the work of black academics, looking for anything to use against them: inconsistencies, citation errors, passages in their work that were similar to existing papers. Once an error was identified, rightwing media outlets and conservative politicians joined the pile-on - heaping pressure on universities to cut ties. Claudine Gay, the first black woman to become president of Harvard, was in the post for only six months before she was forced out over plagiarism allegations. Others said they felt like “sitting ducks” as their work was pulled apart. Some academics have killed themselves after being hounded out of their positions. The playbook was not restricted to the US, Arday explained. The same tactics were being used to bring down some of the UK’s most high-profile black academics. “The instruments that are designed to protect academic integrity, designed to protect our wellbeing and our intellectual property, are weaponised,” he told the audience in April. He called for his peers to defend him. “There ot isn't any room to sit there and watch your fellows suffer for no reason. It’s abhorrent, it’s a disgrace and, quite frankly, evil,” he added. “That’s the cancer that we need to eradicate from academia.” Some of the audience thought it was strange. Keynote speeches are usually places where academics talk about their work and discuss breakthroughs, yet here was Arday talking about racism and harassment. Some felt he must have been saying this fora reason. Then last week a row erupted concerning Arday’s academic work. The Telegraph reported that analysis had found more than 100 passages in his PhD were similar to another thesis by Paula Zwozdiak-Myers, astudent at Brunel University in London, published six years earlier. The report followed a Substack post by Nathan Cofnas, an academic who was previously embroiled in a free speech row at Cambridge after he suggested in a blogpost that, in a meritocracy, there would be “close to zero” black professors at Harvard. The British politician and activist Simon Woolley called the post “abhorrent racism, masquerading as pseudo-intellect”. Cofnas, a self-defined “race realist”, was sacked by Cambridge’s Emmanuel College in 2024 and underwent a disciplinary investigation into the blogpost about black academics, The investigation concluded that Cofnas was not guilty of “discrimination or harassment” and that his views, “while seen by many as offensive, did not breach the law and did not contravene university regulations designed to uphold free speech”. He now works at Ghent University in Belgium. __TheGuardian Monday 3 August 2026 Cofnas claimed he had put Arday’s PhD through plagiarism detection software, which found that “many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source”. Another critic of Arday was Dr David Harris, a professor emeritus at Plymouth Marjon University, who had previously written to Cambridge with claims about Arday’s work. Harris had been stripped of his professor emeritus title after he wrote a post about critical race theory that was deemed “controversial” by colleagues, but it was reinstated this year. After Harris’s earlier queries about Arday’s work, two corrections were made to papers released in 2018 and 2020. The fact that the two most vocal critics of Arday harboured controversial views on race
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian appeared to inform Cambridge’s response, which was a robust defence of Arday. The university called the claims a “vile smear campaign to undermine his credibility”. An open letter in support of Arday, signed by the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, and the prominent black studies academic Kehinde Andrews, argued there was “an orchestrated and grim effort to delegitimise a brilliant, young, working-class academic for the sin of being successful while Black”. Cambridge said it had passed complaints to the university where Arday completed the PhD, Liverpool John Moores, which had reviewed the work and found he had not plagiarised it. “We take allegations of academic misconduct incredibly seriously,” a Cambridge spokesperson said. “It is university procedure that investigations are carried out by the institution at which the research was undertaken. This is standard practice in the sector because that institution has access to the information to ensure a full and fair investigation.” Arday told the Guardian he fully supported “fair investigation processes for genuine concerns” of academic misconduct. He added: “To clarify, there have been multiple thorough investigations across several institutions as aresult of the allegations, and immense scrutiny, including with an academic misconduct panel who concluded that there was no plagiarism or academic misconduct.” But prominent academics of colour whom the Guardian spoke to said the claims of plagiarism were legitimate, and that Arday’s alleged actions risked undermining others who study race. Some of Arday’s peers said the fallout from the row could send shockwaves through academia and set the study of race in Britain back 20 years. One academic, who has worked in the area of race and education for decades and spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity, said the accusations against Arday were worrying. “I think it’s plagiarism and it’s obvious,” they said. John Preston, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Essex, said: “Having seen the evidence, it triangulates and there is, in my judgment, acase to answer here.” Some have argued that Arday has come under unfair levels of scrutiny. But the academics the Guardian spoke to said it was “fair for someone at Cambridge” in one a. f f = aa od = - . i ¥ Jason Arday has faced plagiarism accusations and scrutiny of claims he has made about his achievements PHOTOGRAPH: CHRISTIAN SINIBALDI/GUARDIAN aw = ae of the most prestigious positions in academia. The tone of the coverage from rightwing publications has been a mix of outrage and “I-told- you-so” self-righteousness, with the Telegraph describing Arday as a “diversity poster boy”, and his online accusers all sharing a critical view of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The stakes are high for all concerned. For Arday, the accusations are potentially ruinous - plagiarism is as serious as it gets for academic malpractice and the professor has consistently claimed he has done nothing wrong. In an interview with the Times on Friday he suggested the issue had been blown out of proportion. “Tl am accountable for the mistakes I've made,” he said. “I hold myself accountable and other people should hold me accountable. We're talking about academia here, | didn’t murder somebody. I think the cruelty that I’ve experienced, and the positioning of me as this kind of liar and fantasist, is totally unacceptable.” For Cambridge, there are questions about judgment over Arday’s appointment, which occurred when its own track record on race was being scrutinised in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. Cambridge had been criticised for the lack of diversity in its student body and faculty; when Arday was hired, there were only five black professors at the university. But the accusations of plagiarism are only one element of the Arday story. In March 2023, the sociologist’s arrival at Cambridge made headlines around the world. Not only was he the youngest black professor in the university’s history, but his backstory made that feat all the more impressive. His story is to be detailed ina memoir for Simon & Schuster this autumn. At the age of three, the south Londoner was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay. He was unable to speak until he was 11 and could not read or write until 18. Despite that, he forged an impressive academic career, focusing mostly on race and education, with stints at Roehampton, Glasgow and Durham universities. From 17, Arday began completing charity challenges to raise money for various causes. They were often endurance challenges, which began when he was taking a BTec course in sport and development at Merton College in Morden, south London. He has claimed in media interviews to have raised £5m for charities over a 20-year period (sometimes this figure has risen to £5.5m). He has done this, he says, by running 30 marathons in 35 days - a feat he has spoken about in media interviews and in his book. He also claimed at public events to have run 600 miles in six days. As his critics online have pointed out, £5m raised for charity would be a staggering amount for someone who was not already famous. In 2012, Arday said he hoped to raise £250,000 by the time he was 50. When asked if the £5m figure was accurate, Arday clarified to the Guardian that the money was raised with the help of “many fundraising collectives over a two- decade period”. When asked to identify other people who took part in these efforts, Arday said he had signed NDAs preventing him from disclosing that information. The Guardian also asked Arday about his claim to have run 600 miles in six days, an achievement that would make him one of the world’s most gifted endurance runners. (The first woman to achieve the feat, Megan Eckert, managed it only last year; the men’s record is 650 miles.) He said that because of the “cumulative wear and tear of training” from his previous running challenges he “had to put rest days in between © Continued on page 8
The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 @ Continued from page7 the running days just to finish” the 600-mile challenge, which was actually completed over a 12-day period. This year, two universities that had given Arday honorary degrees and doctorates amended their websites, with Southampton Solent University removing the 600 miles citation, and Anglia Ruskin University changing the six days claim to 12 days. In 2012, Arday was a torchbearer for the Olympic Games and met the tennis player Andy Murray via the TV programme Surprise, Surprise. After the meeting, Murray said Arday had told hima story that inspired him to victory in his gold medal win against Novak Djokovic. “He is an epileptic who ran 30 marathons in 35 days,” said Murray. “He told me that on the 20th day he fell - he had a fit, a seizure - and had a hairline fracture in his leg, but he continued. He had asked to meet me, and that was pretty cool, speaking to someone like that.” When asked by reporters at the time why he carried on, Arday said: “When I fell over, I didn’t want to have to pay back thousands of pounds.” Doctors have told the Guardian that running nine marathons with a hairline fracture in a fibula would be incredibly painful, though technically not impossible. In his forthcoming memoir, Arday says he completed the distance by taking painkillers and despite his right leg swelling to twice its normal size. He previously said ina 2012 interview that he used ice baths to ease the pain between his runs. s well as scrutiny of his academic record and fundraising history, Arday claims to have been the victim of a campaign of physical abuse and intimidation. He began being sent racist emails as soon as he took up his position at Cambridge, becoming so intense that his emails had to be screened. But the messages paled in comparison with the other incidents that the academic said he had faced. In.an open letter to the Labour government minister Jacqui Smith in July 2025, which outlined Arday’s experiences, he claimed to have been “threatened witha knife, physically assaulted and spat on; [had] rape and death threats being made to him and his family; bananas and bullets being posted to him via the university campus; and corrosive substances and mutilated animals sent to his family home”. Ina subsequent interview with the Guardian, Arday claimed to have been confronted at his faculty building on two separate occasions by a masked man threatening to harm him if he did not resign, and evading detection both times. On the second occasion Arday said that the intruder had produced a knife and then threatened him with it. The Guardian understands that after Arday reported the first intrusion to the university, enhanced CCTV was placed in & Jason Arday, now a professor at the University of Cambridge, at his PhD award ceremony in 2016 at Liverpool John Moores University the faculty and a panic alarm was installed in his office. The professor said he hit the panic alarm during the second confrontation, but that no one responded. It should have triggered an alarm alerting the faculty’s security team, all of whom were present at the time of the alleged incident. The intruder was not picked up by CCTV on either occasion and no one in the faculty reported seeing anyone suspicious. Arday did not report either intrusion at the time, telling the Guardian that after the second incident he continued his working day and even conducted a PhD viva for a student less than two hours later. He did not inform colleagues that amasked man witha knife was in the faculty building. Arday confirmed in an interview with the Guardian that the “mutilated animals sent to his family home” mentioned in the open letter was a severed pig’s head, delivered ina large cardboard box to his parents’ home address in south London. He claimed to have intercepted the package and immediately thrown it away, only telling the police several months later. Ina subsequent interview he claimed the police investigated, checking with butchers in south London if they had sold a pig, eventually finding one that had sold a “whole hog” on the morning the head was left outside the family home. When the Guardian checked those details with the local butchers Arday named, they said no police officer had come in to ask them about a pig. When asked if they were sure, the butcher said “that’s the kind of thing we'd remember”. When the details Arday gave about the pig’s head investigation were checked by London’s Metropolitan police, the Guardian was told they were “categorically” incorrect and no investigation had taken place. Arday had contacted the Met to lodge a complaint of harassment against Harris after his plagiarism allegations and, because he was based in Plymouth, the case was handed over to Devon and Cornwall police, Correspondence seen by the Guardian confirmed that the force declined to pursue a case against Harris. Arday took no photographs of the bullet, the banana, the corrosive substance or the pig’s It's impor rtant for the whe ole dis cipline” {ofthe sociology futher saiiresees these c claims’ Prof John Preston University of Essex - haere head. The only other people who saw any of the items were close family members, who told the Guardian Arday had shown them the bullet and the “poison”. Arday could produce no messages from the time in which he discussed any of the items with friends, family, colleagues or the police. A University of Cambridge spokesperson said: “As soonas Prof Arday shared concerns with the faculty a number of enhanced security measures were urgently taken in response, with the advice and continuing engagement of university security and the police. These include the installation of panic alarms, screening of emails, post and packages, upgraded CCTV and revised security protocols.” There are many examples of prominent black figures being intimidated in recent British history. Black footballers, including Brendon Batson, reported being sent a bullet in the post during the 1970s after being selected for England. Bananas were often used by racists to insult black people. Severed pig heads have been attached to the walls of mosques by far-right groups. People have been attacked and intimidated at their place of work. Malicious communication is commonplace. Black academics are frequently hounded by organised groups. But the abuse and harassment Arday has outlined would be some of the most extreme any academic has been subjected to in the UK. When Arday was asked about his claims by the Guardian, he stood by them. “To be honest with you, Ithought you'd just believe me,” he said, “Why would I lie?” He would be jeopardising his career, In Arday’s memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things, he references the scrutiny placed on him and his work. He writes that people have been “outraged and offended” by the idea of a black professor at such an elite institution, and that he has faced harassment and persecution as “the subject of targeted campaigns driven by racial animus”. “There have been days when I can only describe the experience as traumatising. It’s hard for people to even comprehend or imagine the toll this can take on a person,” he writes. But the row over his academic work and some of the claims he has made is far bigger than one person. “The whole area of the sociology of education, and particularly race studies within that, is very fragile,” said Prof Preston. “It is primarily Black, Asian and minoritised people who work and study in those subjects. “Prof Arday probably holds the top position in the world in sociology of education. It’s important for the whole discipline that he addresses these claims.” Inarecent interview to promote the memoir, Arday spoke about feeling like Icarus when he came under scrutiny after joining Cambridge. “I always wanted to be a person who flew close to the sun,” he said. “But sometimes I wonder: did I fly too close?”
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian | News Greek police arrest man over body of Scottish woman found inside suitcase Helena Smith Athens Greek authorities said yesterday they had arrested an Afghan national in connection with the death ofa Scot- tish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned build- ing in central Athens. Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, a charity worker who was described by friends as an “angel full of innocence and goodness”, had arrived in Greece on 26 June and is believed to have died between five and seven days before her body was found on 18 July, according to police. Police sources said the suspect was a26-year-old Afghan citizen who had allegedly confessed to the crime. He had been brought in for question- ing by Greece’s homicide division on Thursday, two days after Ross’s body was publicly identified. A statement released by the police said: “A criminal file has been opened against a 26-year-old foreign national for intentional homicide, robbery and violation of the law [regarding] weapons.” He isexpected to be charged today. Throughout the investigation, Greek authorities had worked closely with the UK’s National Crime Agency and the Police Service of Scotland, according to the statement. Ross, who had strong links with the charity sector in Greece, is the daughter of a prominent lawyer in Edinburgh, where she also lived. She was reported to have friends & Elisabeth-Jane Ross was described as an ‘angel full of innocence’ in the area of Kypseli, where her body was discovered byahomeless manin what had been acar park. Wrapped in cloth, ithad been placed ina suitcase left in a building at the site. Sources told the Guardian the sus- pect’s alleged use of credit cards that belonged to Ross had contributed to police identifying him. “He was caught on camera withdrawing money with the cards from various ATMs,” one said. “The credit cards belonged to Ms Ross. That played a big role in leading us to him.” For days investigators were unable to make headway, citing the lack of fingerprints or DNA on the suitcase. Adding to the mystery was the dis- covery that her phone had been used up until the body was publicly iden- tified last week. Police had described text messages sent to her father and other members of her family as delib- erately misleading. The messages had spoken ofher “need tobealone”. The Briton’s “dispersed move- ments” in the days leading up to her death had made the quest to track her killer even harder. After leaving the home of close friends in Keratsini, close to the port of Piraeus, where she had stayed after flying into Greece, she had gone her own way, renting an apartment inthe district of Exarchia in Athens. “As confirmed, the victim arrived in the country on June 26 and stayed at the home of friends until July 10, from where she de ed to an unknown [address],” the police statement said. Police said they had made the statement after amassing evidence that proved the Afghan had “placed the body in the case and carried it to the abandoned car park” in Kypseli. Analysis of CCTV footage had played a role. “The subsequent preliminary investigation ... using investigative material and digital analysis of video footage proved the involvement of the 26-year-old for- eign national in the incident. [He] was brought in [for questioning] on 30 July and confessed tohis actions;” the statement said. Authorities have fast-tracked toxicological tests to determine the cause of death. On the money: EU decides on history or wildlife for banknote redesign Philip Oltermann European culture editor Is Europe best represented by the bold intellect of Marie Curie, the sprawling imagination of Miguel de Cervantes and the intense musical genius of Ludwig van Beethoven? Or by a bee-eater and a migrating stork swooping across borderless plains and enjoying freedom of movement across European countries? The quest to settle this issue has engaged a surprising number of people across the continent, after more than 6 million voted in a sur- vey within just a week ofits launchto determine whether the newly rede- signed euro banknotes should depict cultural figures or birds. The 10 proposals fora fullredesign - the first since the single currency’s paper money entered circulation in 4 Cultural choices include Maria Callas (€5), Beethoven (€10) and Leonardo da Vinci (€100). Bird designs feature the avocet (€100) and the bee- eater (€20) 2002 - were unveiled by the chair of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, last week. They include five proposals on the culture theme and five on the wildlife theme. Each offers a different graphic interpretation on colours.and motifs for the €5, €10, €20, €50, €100 and €200 notes that were determined by the ECB in advance. Europe’s cultural life is repre- sented on the front of the notes by the American-Greek soprano Maria Callas; the German composer Bee- thoven; the Polish-French scientist Curie; Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote; the Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci; and the Austrian pacifist and women’s liberation leader Bertha von Suttner. 2 © ECB Eb EZB EKPEKTESBEKBBCEEBC BCE The President EURO 0 EYPO EBPO The birds selected for the wildlife- themed notesare the wallcreeper, the kingfisher, the bee-eater, the white stork, the avocet and the northern gannet, over different landscapes typical of the continent. Feedback from the survey on the ECB’s website, which closes on 21 September, will feed into but not solely determine which design the central bank chooses as a winner at the end of 2026. The new notes will not come into circulation until 2030 or 2031. The 10 shortlisted designs, picked from 1,241 applications to an open call in 2025, are all by creatives who donot usually design banknotes, and some look radically different from paper money around the globe. A Dutch book designer, Joost Grootens, has cropped the images of cultural figures tightly around their eyes, while Jan Robert Diinnwelle, a German illustrator, hasrendered the same personalities in the free-flow- ing, sketchy style of a graphic novel. In the French artist Isabelle Daéron’s proposals, the birdsare fly- ing across a vertical layout rather than the more conventional horizontal one, as are those of Ville Tietavainen, a Finnish graphic designer who has depicted the bird’s journeys in sequence, progressively moving from the mountains to the sea. Philippe Geoffroy, the head of sec- tion for new banknotes at the ECB, said: “The feedback from the public has been very clear. They want money that feels European.” In Britain, the Bank of England drew some ire ear- lier this year when it announced that redesigned notes would depict wildlife instead of historical figures. Tosome commentators, the “apolit- ical” animal motifs epitomised the struggle to identify shared cultural rallying points in politically polar- ising times. The new euronotes seem totakea step in the opposite direction. Until now, euro banknotes have deliber- ately depicted “neutral” motifs in order to avoid offending individual member nations. “The main reason behind the redesign is to stay well ahead of coun- terfeiting,” Geoffroy said. “But along the way we want to increase identi- fication with the single currency and make it more graphically mean- ingful. We want to move away from neutrality” The lineup of cultural icons is not only finely balanced to represent dif- ferent corners of the eurozone (albeit with a glaring hole in the Baltics). It also showcases artists and thinkers who cannot be claimed by just one country, either because their work transcended borders or because of their migratory biography.
ail a. a | ‘It’s about ambition for all’: Powell says she wants to bea ‘tiger mum’ for young people .# Pippa Crerar Political editor Lucy Powell has said she wants to be an ambitious “tiger mum” for all young people, whatever their route through education, after the gov- ernment was accused of dumbing down England’s schools with plans to create more vocational routes. The new education secretary said secondary pupils should be able to pursue academic excellence as well as high-quality vocational training, and it was a “false trade-off” to sug- gest schools could not provide both. In an interview with the Guard- ian, Powell said she did not have “lower ambition” for those children following technical routes, and critics including the former Tory educa- tion secretary Michael Gove should recognise that their approach had left too many behind. Andy Burnham told schools across England last week to adapt curricu- lums to the needs of local businesses as part of a drive to make technical and vocational skills as valued as aca- demic qualifications and help tackle the jobs crisis for young people. Powell said: “I absolutely don't want schools to dumb down. My kids might say I’m a tiger mum. You know, I’m a tiger mum for all our kids -every single child that’s in our edu- cation system achieving excellence, achieving what they can do.” Powell said those arguing against afocus on vocational education were making a “false trade-off” by framing Labour’s plans as a choice between knowledge and skills. “What I’m not going to oversee is some kind of lower ambition for some kids. It’s about ambition for everybody.” Most of the criticism of her approach has come from Tory pol- iticians who oversaw the system for years. “They have to take some responsibility for creating ... a sys- tem that has left overa million young people now not in education, train- ing or employment. The current approach has left too many behind.” She acknowledged headteachers were concerned about extra pressure Education secretary Lucy Powell i A Pu Pupils at Watford grammar school for boys. Lucy Powell hess takena less adversarial approach to private schools than her predecessor as education secretary, Bridget Phillipson puotocraru: DAVID LEVENE/THE GUARDIAN The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 on their budgets to provide voca- tional routes, saying she was “very conscious” of school funding, which took a hit during the austerity years. She said any specific new proposals would be fully funded. With many teachers struggling, and potential strikes looming, Pow- ell said she wanted a constructive relationship with the unions, and the government was already making changes to help ease the pressure, adding: “What I'll say to teachers is ‘work with me,” Powell has been under pressure to row back on plans made by her predecessor, Bridget Phillipson, to overhaul the special educational needs and disabilities system, in par- ticular limiting education, healthand care plans to pupils with the most complex needs. Powell signalled that she would stick to the plans, while accepting that the issue was creating worry and anxiety for many parents. “We can reassure them because this is about tilting the system so that you don’t have to fight tooth and nail - that you get much earlier help.” Pressed on Labour’s election pledge to recruit 6,500 teachers, which has since been watered down, she suggested the government was doing well against alower target, and that a sharp drop in primary num- bers reflected fallingrolls inschools. Asked about private schools, Powell took a less adversarial approach than her predecessor, say- ing it was upto parents to make their own decisions about where they sent their children. “I’m not hereto worry about private schools. I’m here to worry about state schools,” she said. Powell batted away suggestions she was unhappy not to have been appointed deputy prime minister by Burnham, saying they had agreed she would continue to play a central role in Labour’s political direction as education secretary. There had been no purge of the Starmerites, she added, saying the new cabinet was representative of people across the party, and that, in contrast, Keir Starmer’s cabinet had been too narrow. “That was one of the issues for Keir towards the end,” she said. “His government wasn’t neces- sarily one of all the traditions.” Powell also criticised Starmer’s government for focusing too much on the Reform threat rather than Labour’s own plan for the country. “What most people wanted to know was not what we thought about other political parties but what were we about,” she said. “What has been refreshing is being on the front foot. Every day you're on the front foot is a day you're winning.” ‘Ss ul) per [ ‘= iniversi 7 EERE VCIE OL ty’ Greenwich and Kent to merge next month Neha Gohil Britain’s first “super-university”, which will merge the universities of Greenwich and Kent, is to launch in September. The new London and South East University Group, tobe knownasthe LASEUG, will have more than 50,000 students on four campuses across London, Medway and Kent, making it the third largest higher education institution in the UK. Theuniversity will officially launch on 7 September, exactly one year after the plans were announced and months after approval was granted by the Department for Education. The universities will still operate as sep- arate academic divisions and retain their individual namesand identities. Students will attend, study and grad- uate from their chosen institution, but staff from both universities will be employed by the university group. The University of Greenwich vice- chancellor and new chief executive of the LASEUG, Prof Jane Harrington, said: “There has been tireless work over the last year working to an ambi- tious timetable and developinganew university model that has never been done before. “It means we are starting witha smooth transition, an extremely strong senior executive team and clear direction so that we can fulfil our potential as the UK’s first super-university.” The universities have said the merger would be a “blueprint for others to follow”. It comes amid increasing financial pressures for UK universities, with the Office for Students - the higher educa- tion regulator in England - warning that 24 English providers are at risk of becoming insolvent and closing in the 12 months to November this year. It said 45% of higher education providers could be facing deficits for 2025/26. King’s College London and Cranfield University have announced plans to merge in August 2027. In May the Commons education committee reported that the higher education sector was “facing a finan- cial crisis” with “aclear possibility of auniversity closing”. Many universi- ties had already made job cuts, sold buildings or land and closed courses, it said. “The consequences [of the crisis] would be severe not only for students and staff but for local econ- omies, communities and the UK’s global academic reputation.”
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian | National & From left, Alice Laverty, Amy Ash, Helen Charlton and Lou Shackleton help clean up the beach in Whitley Bay puotoGRaru: MARK PINDER/THE GUARDIAN ‘It’s devastating’ Volunteers race to clear coastline of plastic pellets Mark Brown North of England correspondent | ou've got a local community that really cares about the coastline,” says Alice Laverty, reflecting on the huge army of volunteers that has taken to crisis-hit beaches in north- east England with passion and only the most basic tools. “They've all got a dustpan, a brush, a bucket, a kitchen sieve.” On beaches from Cambois in Northumberland to Seaburn on Wearside up to 2,000 dedicated volunteers have been painstakingly sifting through sand to find tiny plastic pellets. The lentil-sized pellets called nurdles have washed up on beaches after a ship collision on 19 July at the Port of Tyne, South Shields, led to 1bn of them spilling into the water. Campaigners estimate there were up to 25 tonnes of them. The spill prompted anger and protests, and the north-east mayor, Kim McGuinness, has promised to make sure that shipowners contribute to what she said wasa “pollution emergency”. Since the collision the nurdles have washed up on numerous beaches in the region. Some days, nurdle drifts have been like soup, visibly scarring the landscape. Other days, people have had to get down on their hands and knees to find them - but when they do, they’re there, Laverty, a Whitley Bay bookshop owner, was one of the first to respond. “I saw the horrendous pictures of millions of them floating down the Tyne and I went to the beach in the evening,” she says. “T was literally the only person on the beach with a dustpan and brush and I could see people looking at me going... ‘what is she doing?’” Fuelled by outrage and helped by WhatsApp and social media, there is now a more organised army of volunteers gathering at beaches in the mornings and evenings to help the cleanup. It isa race against the tides, and the only way for volunteers to do itis by painstakingly sifting the sand or shaking seaweed. People have been drawing squares and cleaning the beach section by section. “It becomes quite addictive,” Laverty says. “I can’t walk pasta nurdle without picking it up, and I reckon most Whitley Bay residents will be exactly the same.” She says a friend had told her the Greek myth of Aphrodite punishing Psyche by mixing up different grains, seeds and lentils and setting her the impossible task of separating them by dawn. In the story, asympathetic army of ants comes to the rescue. “Wouldn't that be great,” says Laverty. The official advice from councils is not to handle the pellets, but Laverty says there is a greater cause: “There’s no nurdle fairy; this needs to be cleaned up now,” she says. “An official response with specialist equipment and trained staff takes time, and concerns about insurance and liability could further delay cleanup operations.” At Whitley Bay beach the Guardian talked to other volunteers determined to do their bit. ¥ Nurdles used to make plastic products can be mistaken for food by birds and marine wildlife PHOTOGRAPH: ALISTAIR LEADBETTER by sg A Nurdle collecting at Fish Quay Sands, North Shields, Left, volunteers are armed with dustpans, brushes and, below, sieves to clear up the plastic pollution | after a shipping collision PHOTOGRAPHS: | MARK PINDER/ THE GUARDIAN Helen Charlton, a business academic from Cramlington in Northumberland, says: “This is our home. I’m north-east born and bred and I’m incredibly proud of this region, and I’m incredibly proud of the industry and commerce here. “Tt’s not that we shouldn’t have shipping on the Tyne because we absolutely should. But the two have to coexist.” Lou Shackleton, a life and work coach from Whitley Bay, says the nurdles bring multiple dangers. “Everything is interconnected. The people that are fishing need the fish to be there and healthy. The seals need the fish. I heard a boat broke down yesterday because of nurdles affecting the engine. It’s the summer holidays; there'll be people in the sea, kids playing. “Thave a five-year-old. I don’t want him to be still finding nurdles on the beach in 10 years’ time.” Amy Ash, a user experience designer, has created an app to help organise and mobilise the volunteers. “T surf, swim, I’ve got two kids,” she says. “It is absolutely devastating that these things are on the beach. | really do not want this to be forgotten about.” Nurdles are tiny, disc-shaped plastic pellets that are the raw material to manufacture most plastic products, Animals can easily mistake them for food with deadly consequences, campaigners say. The environmental charity Fidra, which works to end plastic and chemical pollution, says they area global problem. Last year it found plastic nurdles at 84% of sites of special scientific interest. The Port of Tyne, HM Coastguard, the Environment Agency, local councils and contractors are all involved in cleaning up the spill. But yesterday about 3,000 volunteer hours had been logged and 285kg of nurdles had been recovered by the “people’s army”. A call was to go out for trained local teams to be allowed to help clear nurdles from rivers as well as beaches.
ea hT pape tees News Fee a gee . immigration % r= emt Burnham: I'll be relentless on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis Alexandra Topping Political correspondent Andy Burnham has said he will be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered Spanish territory, but said “safe routes” for refugees were necessary to tackle trafficking gangs. Speaking during a visit to Dover, the prime minister said he had been told by his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchez, that approximately 98% of the estimated 50,000 people who entered Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta last week had been returned to Morocco. Burnham added: “Of course, there’s a broader issue about the Schengen area and our relationship with it. I would want to bein regular dialogue with the EU on those issues.” Asked if he wanted to change the tone of the debate on the issue by stressing the need for safe routes, he said the UK had to “deal with the issue rather than play politics with the issue” and make changes that would reassure the public. “The public don’t like the idea that the border looks likeit’s not con- trolled. We need to bring back that control, but also we need to offer support for people who genuinely need it,” he said. “It’s about chang- ing the whole approach, and slowly but surely we are putting in place those building blocks of a very dif- ferent approach to this issue.” Wednesday marked the busiest day for small boat crossings across the Channel so far this year, with 752 people arriving in the UK. Official pro- visional figures suggest 14,526 people have entered the UK so far this year. This is 43% lower than at the same time last year (25,436) and down 14% on the same period in 2024 (16,903). “Progress is being made, but we're not complacent,” Burnham said. He added that since the start of 2025, the number of National Crime Agency officers tackling organised immigration crime had more than doubled from 376 to almost 800. Shabana Mahmood, the home sec- retary, said the government’s work to tackle small boat crossings were beginning to “bear fruit”. She has faced fierce opposition from within the Labour party over proposed immigration reforms, including doubling the time it takes to qualify for indefinite leave toremain from five to 10 years. But, on a visit to the National Crime Agency head- quarters in Stratford, she said reform was needed “to address the pull fac- tors that draw people into boats in the Channel”. She added: “I want to change the calculus. I want them to change their mind about whether they get on the boat in the first place.” She rejected calls to copy Spain’s response to the Ceuta crossings, in which has tens of thousands of people were returned to Morocco without processing any asylum claims. That was possible because Morocco and Spain share a land bor- der and have an agreement in place. People smuggling and shared waters of the Channel made that “trickierin many ways”, she said. At least 72 people died trying to reach Ceuta, with some drowning while others were crushed when attempting toclimbthe border fence. Sanchez called the arrivals “a vio- lation of Spain’s territorial integrity”. It took place over the course of 24 hours from Thursday, overwhelmed the city of 85,000 people, triggered a political crisis for Madrid and led to an angry reaction from some EU countries, including calls for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen free-movement zone. On Saturday, Spanish police installed a 500-metre (1,64 0ft) float- ing barrier off its border with Morocco to prevent others from making their way around the border. . EU ministers have convened emer- gency talks which will take place tomorrow. The leaders of 22 EU coun- tries have demanded an emergency response to the Ceuta arrivals, citing the need to prevent further uncon- trolled crossings. 4 Andy Burnham in Dover yesterday, where he said safe routes were necessary to tackle trafficking PHOTOGRAPH: JACK TAYLOR/AP Border chaos: ‘Moroccan police were shouting, “Go, go, go! Run into Spain” @ Continued from page 1 overwhelmed. “Young men were running through the streets, flooding every corner,” he said. By the time a second taxi took El Abbas to Fnideg, the town bordering Ceuta, he realised that the usual blockades and checkpoints preventing people without European documents from even approaching the frontier had been removed. “The Moroccan police were shouting at us: ‘Go, go, go! Run now, run into Spain,” he said. “The night before, they were beating people. But that morning they were letting us through. Nothing made sense.” Despite the crowds, El Abbas noticed the police were only letting Moroccans cross over. “All the sub-Saharan migrants were being pushed back by force.” He reached the border at 2.45pm on Wednesday. By 3pm, after a short swim, he was standing on Spanish soil. Not everyone was so lucky. “In just 10 minutes in the water, I saw four people floating dead in Moroccan waters,” he said. “People were pulling their bodies out.” They were among at least 72 people who drowned or were crushed trying to reach the Spanish territory. El Abbas is one of the 50,000 or so people to have crossed into Ceuta this week, in what Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, described as “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”. » Authorities in Ceuta on Friday, where thousands of people arrived by sea from Morocco euorocraru: MARIO MORAN/INA/ZUMA/SHUTTERSTOCK The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ¥ Migrants arrive at the Ceuta border, some on foot, others by SWIMMING PHOTOGRAPHS: MARIO MORAN/ INA/ZUMA PRESS WIRE/SHUTTERSTOCK & Spanish authorities attributed the influx of migrants in Ceuta to ‘human-trafficking mafias’ PHOTOGRAPH: MARCOS MORENO/ANADOLU/GETTY Madrid has attributed the latest influx to “human-trafficking mafias” that have taken advantage of a decision by Spain’s supreme court, which recently ruled that those intercepted at sea while trying to enter Ceuta or Melilla - the other Spanish territory on the north African coast - could not be summarily returned under special rules. But there has also been speculation that the Moroccan authorities may have opened the border to signal their displeasure at Sanchez’s recent visit to Algeria, which supports efforts to free the disputed territory of Western Sahara from Moroccan occupation. Morocco’s ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich Millan, said his government was not happy about the mass crossing, adding that it hoped those in Ceuta would return. Moroccan government sources told the Europa Press news agency that the surge of people entering Ceuta was down to “criminal organisations” and insisted that Moroccan cooperation with Spain remained “exemplary”. In May 2021, Morocco loosened border controls - allowing 10,000 people to cross into Ceuta over the course of two days - duringa diplomatic standoff triggered after Spain allowed a Western Sahara independence leader to be treated for Covid-19 in Spain. El Abbas said he had never stopped dreaming of returning to Spain, where he had worked mainly in the hospitality sector for 14 years. Since being deported to Morocco in 2019, he has lived apart from his wife and four daughters, who remain in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao. “I never stopped thinking about coming back,” he said. “In Morocco, I was alive, but I wasn’t really living.” The return has been bittersweet. inthe saw fourp cope Ee Moree can waters’ Youssef El Abbas | y A Moroccan in Ceuta Eb When he swam ashore in Ceuta, a Spanish Guardia Civil officer extended a hand to pull him from the sea. But that gesture of aid eventually gave way to one of violence. Three days after arriving, the group of people he was with were surrounded by a military patrol and beaten. “The same hand that helped me out of the water was the one that later hit me,” he said. El Abbas’s story is hardly unique. Although more than 48,000 people had crossed back into Morocco by Friday night, hundreds are still sleeping in parks, public squares and on pavements. It appears to be almost impossible for migrants to leave Ceuta for mainland Spain. Said, 17, from Casablanca, had joined the Ceuta-bound crowds when he heard the border was open. But now the jubilation had given way to reality and all he had was a bottle of water and a carton of yoghurt a local resident had given him. Said and the other teenagers with him said no one would sell them food or allow them into shops as they did not speak Spanish. Three days after the mass influx, Ceuta is slowly trying to recover asense of normality. By early evening on Saturday, cafe terraces were beginning to fill again. Many of the remaining arrivals are being tended to by Ceuta residents, who hand out bottles of water, sandwiches, blankets and clothes. Such shows of solidarity have been threatened by the arrival of far-right politicians and a neo- Nazi group, all keen to use the humanitarian crisis for their own ends. “They're going to exploit our feelings to claim the credit and say they defended Ceuta,” said Malika, a local woman. “We don’t want them here.” Fatima Hamed Hossain, a member of Ceuta’s assembly, fears that the strain created by the crisis has deepened divisions within the city. “Everything we've lived through has created tensions between neighbours,” she said. “That's exactly what feeds the far right.” Asa caravan of people returned back over the border, Said’s mind was on the future. His goal is simple: to get a place in a protection centre, learn Spanish and, once he turns 18, find work as a barber. What he fears most is ending up without legal documentation and seeing that plan collapse before it has even begun. Leaving is not on his agenda, however. “All l need,” he said, “is achance.” EU citizens At least 100 told they no longer have right to UK residency Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent The UK Home Office has started stripping some EU citizens of their post-Brexit residency rights in a move that has raised concerns about Britain’s compliance with the EU withdrawal agreement. The department has told at least 100 people they were given residency rights “in error”, disrupting their lives just as they came to the end of their five-year pre-settled status and were about to upgrade to permanent settled status. A Portuguese woman working in the NHS and researching a PhD in Britain said her life had been turned upside down after receiving such a letter from the Home Office. She was granted pre-settled sta- tus under the EU settlement scheme, similar to 1.3m others who had been in the country for fewer than five years before the UK left the EU. “| feel so overwhelmed. I can lose my job, I maybe don’t have the right even torent the property that I’m liv- ingin now, because, of course, Ihave to prove my right to live here. It’s just very stressful,” said Gabriela, whose name has been changed. The Home Office is now review- ing cases of those who are required toapply to have their status upgraded to full settled status, including chil- dren, non-EEA citizens and anyone who arrived after 31 December 2020. It declined tosay how many people it had written to, but a freedom of information request by the3million campaign group revealed 95 citizens were contacted in March alone. Monique Hawkins, the acting chief executive of the3million, said the impact of the Home Office’s retrospective review had been dev- astating for many. The group feared there might be hundreds of thou- sands like Gabriela who could be hit by similar letters and fear removal from the country. The Independent Monitoring Authority, the statutory body set up tomonitor the implementation of the EU citizens chapter of the withdrawal agreement, said it had “raised con- cerns with the Home Office that the policy may be incompatible” withthe agreement. Hawkins said under the agreement status “should only be removed if it is genuinely proportionate to doso” but “the Home Office is simply side- stepping that... entirely”. The Home Office said it had a “longstanding” policy not to rou- tinely comment on individual cases. It added that individuals could apply to stay “under any immigra- tion route available to them” if the status had been granted in error and the individual was unable to prove it was “granted correctly” after being given and all opportunities to do so,
The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 es PM focused on barring child rapists from early prison release scheme Alexandra Topping Political correspondent Andy Burnham is focused on pre- venting the release of child sexual abuse perpetrators under the gov- ernment’s early release scheme, as urgent talks on which serious crim- inals could be exempted go down to the wire. Ministers said they had 24 hours to assess which criminals could be released early to free up prison space, with every exemption weighed up against the threat of the criminal jus- tice system’s collapse. Burnham halted the controversial plans to release thousands of kill- ers, rapists and sex offenders from prison in September to ease prison overcrowding. Heis keen to make as many exceptions as the small head- room in the prison estate will allow, the Guardian understands. The prime minister’s focus is on preventing child rapists and other perpetrators of serious sexual abuse from being released early after min- isters heard the concerns of victims’ representatives and support services. They warned that a failure to put in place safeguards for abuse victims would put them at particular risk. Areview of the scheme is expected to conclude within the next 24 hours to give the prison service time to prepare, with a final decision on exemptions still to be made. Ministers were keenly aware that ifnoaction was taken prisons would run outofspace, and exempting some criminals was likely tolead to further calls for others to be kept behind bars, sources told the Guardian. David Lammy, the former justice secretary, who brought forward the Sentencing Act that paved the way for thereleases, has said failing toimple- mentit could leave nocapacity injails in England and Wales by November. The early release scheme - accom- panied by a significant expansion in electronic tagging of offenders - is still expected to take place this autumn, with an initial group of about 700, despite warnings by pro- bation officers of potential chaos. It is likely tocausea headache for Burn- ham as he faces Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, in the House of Commons for the first time. “If we don’t take any action we will runout of room - it’s not sustainable at all,” said a government source. The family of PC Andrew Harper expressed outrage that his killers could be eligible for release, with his mother, Debbie Adlam, saying the proposed inclusion of two ofher son’s killers - Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers - was “another letdown” for their family. Sentencing laws were passed under Keir Starmer’s government to ease a looming prison overcrowding 4 Wandsworth jailin London. Some say the criminal justice system could ‘collapse under itsown weight’ PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW AITCHISON! GETTY IMAGES crisis that ministers said could seize up the criminal justice system, Under the Sentencing Act, from September some serious offenders will be eligible for release halfway through their sentences rather than two-thirds of the way through. Those convicted of less serious crimes can be freed after serving a third of their sentence instead of 40%. The law also restricts the use of short-term prison stays, which will be replaced with probation and com- munity orders. Claire Waxman, the victims’ commissioner, met Alex Norris, the justice secretary, on Wednesday and told the Telegraph she welcomed his acknowledgment that victims had been let down and was “cautiously more hopeful” about progress on answering her concerns. Prison reform groups and some government officials and politicians said abandoning measures to ease overcrowding could lead tothe crim- inal justice system “collapsing under its own weight”. Ciara Bergman, the chief exec- utive of Rape Crisis England and Wales, said centres had been sup- porting “scores” of victims through the “distress and terror of finding out that their rapists and abusers were due tobe released ... orin some cases already had been”. The Ministry of Justice said: “Pro- tecting the public will always be our top priority. That's why weare taking decisive action to fix the prison crisis we inherited while investing record sums to support victims. “But after 14 years where prison places increased by just 500, our pris- ons were days away fromrunning out of places. This would have caused the total breakdown oflaw and order. 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Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian =r | ff > ym | e WAZA) 1] med Il - = ite What Miliband intends to 0% at the Foreign Office Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor xtraordinarily, given the importance of geopolitics, the office of foreign secretary has sometimes appeared a consolation prize in British politics, perhaps reflecting the transfer of responsibility to Downing Street or the Cabinet Office. That is not how Ed Miliband views the job. His allies say suggestions he nurses resentment after he was deprived of the chance to be chancellor misunderstand his grasp of the policy challenges ahead. “Ed has an immense appetite to get things done and is relishing being in this job,” one said. “Ed will bea policy-driven foreign secretary.” To that end, he is preparing a distinct agenda on relations with the EU over the next decade, Britain’s chairing of the G20 next year and the climate crisis. Miliband is also determined to contribute to some of the big debates about shaping the international order of the future - debates that may take him into difficult territory given the volatility of the US alliance. Palestine may take longer to address, partly owing to the Israeli elections and the sudden glimmer of progress over Hamas’s disarmament, but his instincts are clear. In 2014, as Labour leader, he urged his MPs to vote to recognise Palestine as a state. Acutely conscious that he is the 10th foreign secretary since William Hague stood aside in 2014, Miliband also arrives without a Foreign Office permanent secretary after the sacking of Olly Robbins, and with some staff on a rolling strike over the large job cuts that Robbins had said he would impose. But Miliband, working with Hamish Falconer, the new Europe minister based in the Foreign Office, intends to be closely involved in talks on Britain’s relations with the EU, since he regards a solution to that relationship as the biggest question facing the UK. His involvement will give the Foreign Office greater influence in the Europe debate than it had under Keir Starmer, when the Cabinet Office was the sole proprietor of negotiations. Miliband represents a Eurosceptic constituency and remains bound by Labour’s manifesto red lines not to enter the single market or customs union in this parliament. But that does not prevent him from seeking to influence Andy Burnham’s longer term thinking about where the UK’s relationship with the EU should be in 10 or 15 years. & Ed Miliband, the new foreign secretary, is said by allies to have an ‘Immense appetite’ to get things done PHOTOGRAPH: LEON NEAL/GETTY IMAGES “Having a closer relationship with Europe is a key foreign policy priority to protect our national security and grow our economy,” anally said. “Ed will be working in lockstep with No 10 and Hamish Falconer to make this happen. He sees Europe as at the heart of this agenda.” Friends said Miliband wanted to find a way to revive the ailing G20, a largely economic multilateral body that has been steadily declining in influence since 2008. In his final days at No 10, Starmer appointed Gordon Brown to act as his special envoy on global finance and cooperation in advance of the G20, and Brown will retain the role. Stewart Wood, who acted as a foreign policy adviser during the Brown premiership, has also been appointed to the Foreign Office asa minister in the Lords, and will bring experience and intellect to the role. With Britain due to chair the postponed illicit finance summit in December before taking over the G20, ideas such as a global wealth tax and siekes earemennen in overseas financial holdings are all being promoted. But the secrecy of Britain’s overseas territories has for a decade been a millstone in the UK’s call to combat corruption. Kirsty McNeill, the international development minister anda former executive director of Save the Children, has been asked to wrestle with the impact of large aid cuts. She has previously said the UK will not regain credibility on aid unless it sets out a path for returning aid spending to 0.7% of GDP. Aid will fall to 0.3% next year and Burnham’s £2 bus fare cap is a, — oe being funded bya raid on the aid budget. The G20 at least provides acreative way for her to build alliances to tackle unjust debts and illicit financial flows. A global wealth tax was proposed during the Brazilian presidency of the G20 in 2024 after astudy commissioned from the French economist Gabriel Zucman. “There is overwhelming public support for this idea;” Zucman said at the report’s launch. “Ten years ago, nobody believed 130 countries would support a minimum tax on multinationals. It was thought of as utopian.” The report said billionaires were paying an average of 0.3% tax on their wealth. The average wealth of the top 0.0001% of individuals had grown by 7.1% a year on average between 1987 and 2024, increasing the share of global wealth held by billionaires from 3% to 14%. Donald Trump’s G20 summit is due in Miami in December, by which time he could be diminished by the midterm congressional elections. There has been a slow drop-off in world leaders attending the G20, partly owing to geopolitical rifts over Ukraine and questions over its value, but by next year the economic fallout from the Iran war may require economic and political coordination. Miliband is not, meanwhile, expected to act quickly on Burnham’s admission that Labour needed to “do better” on Gaza. Burnham suggested action on trade with illegal Israeli settlements was on his agenda, but Foreign Office diplomats have questioned the enforceability of sucha ban. Adebate is under way as to whether European states would best help the political parties opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu in the October elections by imposing fresh sanctions, underlining the Israeli prime minister’s diplomatic isolation, or whether he would use international disapproval to his domestic advantage. The pressure from the Labour backbenches for a more robust policy that treats international law with the same seriousness in the Middle East as Britain does in Ukraine is intense. A letter from 80 parliamentarians coordinated by the MP Kim Johnson called on Burnham to impose comprehensive sanctions on Israel and recognise the findings of the UN commission of inquiry that Israel is committing genocide. Burnham has said it is for the international courts to make such determinations. But a consequential question will be how Miliband retains his progressive credibility and remains on good terms with the US state department under Trump. Wood, asceptic about past UK foreign military interventions, strongly opposed the US attack on Iran. But the need to retain a modicum of US support for Ukraine has, ever since Trump’s election, been seen as an essential UK foreign policy priority, one that has required compromises and often involved working with the Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who died last month, a vocal supporter of Ukraine. That is unlikely to change in the short term.
National Gallery facing ‘divisive’ Staff claims Dalya Alberge The National Gallery’s security staff, of whom the vast majority are from ethnic minority backgrounds, are facing shocking segregation, a sen- ior curator has claimed. Its outsourced guards are barred from the building's high-quality “hub” - bright and airy recreation rooms that are available to the insti- tution’s mainly white employees. They are not allowed to take their breaks there or sit in that area. Instead, they are relegated to a “sti- fling” basement space with broken furniture, ongoing problems with rodents and no natural light or air-conditioning. The curator, who wished toremain anonymous, told the Guardian: “It’s almost become arunning joke within the National Gallery. Security staff are being treated like second-class citizens.” The insider said that gallery employees, from curators to mar- keting staff, use the “hub”, which was created in previously under- used spaces between and beneath the gallery’s exhibition halls, while out- sourced security staff are prevented from doing so. They said: “There's this beautiful —— — = hub area. You've got all the in-house largely white staff in there. This has got potentially divisive for the gallery in the sense that the poor facilities in a basement area are used by black and Asian security staff.” While the hub has a heavily-sub- sidised canteen and its own chef, the basement space is described as “dingy, dirty and dark” with a kiosk offering little more than a KitKat and no cooked food. “It wasn’t meant for people,” the curator said. “It was meant for storage.” The National Gallery has report- edly told them that restricting the hub access is about avoiding over- crowding, but the security staff are still barred during weekends and holidays when there are virtually no National Gallery employees usingit. Security staff are represented by the PCS union and believe they are being treated with “absolute con- tempt”, warning of the basement space: “Most dangerously, it is — » lil lg teem unventilated and accessible only by ducking under pipes.” Security staff are also said to feel the gallery is putting the collection at risk in expecting an individual to guard as many as four rooms at once. One observer said that guards can only be in one room at a time, and that it is easy to distract them. Secu- rity incidents in recent years have included activists from Just Stop Oil hurling tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and attacking Velazquez’s Rokeby Venus. On 1 July, PCS wrote to Gabriele Finaldi, the National Gallery’s direc- tor, arguing that forcing a largely black and Asian workforce into the basementis “potentially discrimina- tory under the Equality Act 2010”. PCS is still awaiting a reply. Nick Marro, PCS Culture Group secretary, told the Guardian: “There is no excuse for the two-tier work- force... Our members deserve equal treatment.” Outsourced security staff are ¥ A member of security staff and a visitor in the National Gallery PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW ERACKENBURY/ SHUTTERSTOCK employed by CIS Security, which declined to comment. The National Gallery said security staff do not have access to the Hub offices. This has been the position since those offices were established due to wider space constraints, with dedicated facilities provided else- wherein the Gallery for security staff and other contractors. They said CIS had recently con- ducted a staff survey on workplace facilities and is currently imple- menting improvements in response to feedback received. “The Gallery closely monitors its estate and works with specialist contractors to manage and address any pest-control issues as part of its routine facilities management pro- gramme,” the gallery said. “We do not comment on security operations, staffing levels or deploy- ment arrangements, as these are kept under constant review and discuss- ing them publicly could compromise security.” The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 Child murderer had evadeda previous arrest watrant Neha Gohil Cleveland police failed to arrest a paedophile for breaching a non- molestation order 18 months before he murdered and sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s two-year-old daugh- ter, Teesside crown court has heard, Isabelle Welsh died on 14 Septem- ber 2025 after what police described as a “campaign of violence”. The toddler’s mother, Alexandra Walker, 26, and Walker’s boyfriend, Harrison Simpson, 22, were con- victed of murder and child cruelty at Teesside crown court on 30 July. Cleveland police admitted that officers failed to execute a warrant issued by Teesside magistrates court for Simpson's arrest in March 2024, according to the Sunday Times. Simp- son had failed to attend court for breaching a non-molestation order. Itis understood the non-molesta- tion order was in place after reports Simpson had threatened a woman. Cleveland police said in a state- ment: “Multiple inquiries and arrest attempts were carried out to try to locate and arrest him, but these proved unsuccessful.” Additional reporting PA Media & Isabelle Welsh was sexually assaulted by Harrison Simpson Writers and scientists join effort to save Jodrell Bank observatory Geneva Abdul More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK gov- emmentto save the “world’s clearest eyes on thesky”, after funding forthe network of radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Observatory was slashed. The band New Order, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, are among those calling on the prime minister, Andy Burnham, to save the deep space observatory, which includes the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, prized by astronomers who study galaxies, star formation and planets beyond the solar system. Last week the observatory’s funder, UK Research and Innova- tion (UKRI), said it would withdraw funding for the e-Merlin network, the UK’s national radio astronomy facil- ity at Jodrell Bank, when the current agreement ends in March 2028. “We believe that to shut it down to save just £2.8m a year is foolish and shortsighted,” says the letter to Burnham as well as the business sec- retary, Jonathan Reynolds, and the head of UKRI. The letter argues that to close the home of e-Merlin would be to poke out “some of the world’s clearest eyes on the sky”. The Lovell telescope tracked the Sputnik launch in 1957 and isat the centre of a global project tasked with mapping the first billion years of the universe. Scientists have also called the decision a blow to UK astronomy, with observations at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire due to end completely unless other funding is found. The move threatens 28 jobs at the obser- vatory and will affect nearly 3,000 researchers. Further cuts were announced for dozens of facilities, instruments and projects, which are expected to result in about 800 job losses. The UKRI has an annual budget of nearly £10bn. The drop in fund- ing is the latest in a rolling package of cuts from the Science and Tech- nology Facilities Council (STFC), which it funds. The STFC needs to make substantial savings as aresult of cost overruns, soaring electricity and staff costs, and high foreign exchange rates for international collaborations. The letter continues: “This bea- con of science is more ambitious than ever, with exciting plansalready under way that will ensure the UK’s relevance and leadership in the rap- idly evolving domain of science exploration and utilisation.” 4 The Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, which is facing closure amid government funding cuts PHOTOGRAPH: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND/ THE GUARDIAN It argues that continued funding of Jodrell Bank would ensure vital contributions to global safety, includ- ing tracking space debris, destructive solar flares, satellites and asteroids. The observatory hosts the head- quarters of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), a project to map the first billion years of the universe with sister telescopes in South Africa and Western Australia. “Do we really want SKAO discov- eries to be announced from an HO alongside what would be the world’s largest disused radio telescope?” the letter says. “We ask that you find funding for it immediately, so that the unique and essential services it provides can continue without inter- ruption, and so that this important source of national pride and global scientific respect is saved.” Aspokesperson forthe STFC previ- ously said the body had “undertaken a rigorous prioritisation process to focus investment on the areas that will deliver the greatest long-term scientificcapability, impactand value for the UK”.
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ‘Glast On whe eC a | National Celebration of Welsh culture returns to its roots after 850 years Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent y 1176, Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd, a medieval Welsh prince, had become one of the most powerful rulers the country had ever known. He had successfully banished Norman invaders from his lands, made peace with King Henry II and rebuilt Cardigan castle in stone. Prosperous and secure, he threw a grand holiday tournament, inviting bards and musicians to play and compete under his patronage in the first recorded eisteddfod, roughly, a “sitting together” - a tradition that still lives on today. This year’s national eisteddfod, a celebration of Welsh language, culture and creativity, has returned to its roots near Lord Rhys’s castle for its 850th birthday. The eisteddfod is the oldest and one of the largest touring cultural events in Europe, moving between north and south Wales each year. This year’s Eisteddfod y Garreg Las - meaning blue rock, after the celebrated bluestone in the nearby Preseli hills that was used to construct the inner circle of Stonehenge - features more than 1,000 events and activities running until 8 August and is expected to attract 150,000 visitors. “The eisteddfod is Glastonbury on wheels, basically, sol don’t know why it goes so under the radar in the rest of the UK,” said Marc Rees, the creative director who has brought Lord Rhys back to life as a 5-metre puppet for this year’s event. “Tt’s this massive festival of music and poetry and dancing and some incredible bands: the Super Furry Animals are playing this year. It has a different character every year and it’s always so joyful.” Lord Rhys, created with input from the community by Cardigan’s Theatr Byd Bach, has been touring the area after being “awoken” from his deep sleep in St David’s Cathedral, visiting towns and villages around the area before the eisteddfod’s opening on Saturday. Travelling with him have been this year’s crown and chair - the traditional prizes for the best free-verse poem, since Lord Rhys awarded a chair at his table to the first winner - as well as Teifi, his faithful hunting dog. Since this year’s location was announced in 2024, local fundraising committees have raised £400,000 for staging the event, and hundreds of volunteers have prepared the site near the village of Llantwd for this week’s festivities. John Davies, chair of Eisteddfod y Garreg Las’s executive committee, said: “I hope that Lord Rhys himself would have enjoyed the trip ... 850 years isa long time, and it is amazing that the eisteddfod is still developing and evolving every year and is a dynamic and modern festival that offers something for everyone.” After Lord Rhys’s time, bardic schools in Wales were closed during the Edwardian conquest, and eisteddfodau to some extent fell into abeyance. & The 5-metre puppet of Lord Rhys walks around Cardigan after being awoken from his deep sleep; left, the folk-rock band Darogan playing at the festival PHOTOGRAPHS: JOANN RANDLES/ THE GUARDIAN The tradition enjoyed a revival in the 18th century thanks to London-based Welsh literary and cultural societies, and the modern iteration owes much to the Gorsedd Cymru - at the time a secret society of poets, writers and musicians, heavily influenced by druidism and mysticism. Iolo Morganwg, an eccentric antiquarian and poet who founded the Gorsedd, came up with much of what he said was the modern eisteddfod’s ancient lore and history while high on laudanum - but his colourful and imaginative creation proved enormously popular, and lives on in the pageantry today. “Tt’s like the eisteddfod has had a homecoming,” said Naomi Chiff, 45, from Tenby. “My kids are all in Welsh-medium education; the first Welsh school in Tenby opened a decade ago now. Events like this on our doorstep show them that the language is a living, fun thing.” The Wilyman family, visiting from Haverfordwest, said they were delighted to be close to the festival this year; mum Elliw, 48, is taking part in several competitions throughout the week, “We've been fundraising since February,” she said. “It’s so nice to see it all come together.” Opera review Goth energy and gore in lurid Wagner revival Parsifal Bayreuth festival theatre i ee WNW Flora Willson here is the grail, the spear, the wound that will not heal. A solemn, life-sustaining ritual. A false paradise and an outsider who will redeem all. Even by Wagner's standards, Parsifal is a heavily symbolic work - and nowhere more than at Bayreuth. It was the only work composed specifically for this theatre’s acoustic, and for decades, Wagner’s family prevented performances elsewhere. Despite such significant baggage, this latest revival of Jay Scheib’s 2023 production provokes only half- hearted booing amid energetic applause for the musicians. The grail has become a large blue crystal accompanied by a light show. Kundry, the femme fatale, gets an avatar who seduces the usually unimpeachable Gurnemanz as the curtain rises, while filmed in close-up. The filming continues as Amfortas’s wound is unwrapped, poked and slowly sewn up, the nauseating results dominating Act 1 from a stage-wide screen. The evil sorcerer Klingsor isa kind of dodgy uncle in pink velvet, dry-humping the stolen spear; his flower maidens occupy a luridly decorated concrete dungeon where &# A scene from Jay Scheib’s staging of Parsifal, which features violence, gigantic screens and garish colours puoToGRaPH: DIE BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELE the corpses of previous visitors lie on bloody mattresses and Parsifal is stripped down to what look like a tween’s pyjamas, hearts galore. Violence is ubiquitous. There is no “good” here, just shades of “complicated”. The result is bleak and emotionally monochrome. Musically there is more variety. Miina-Liisa Varela’s Kundry exudes goth energy, her low notes chilling, her melodies all liquid ferocity - bewitchingly joined up, whereas Andreas Schager’s Parsifal tends towards fragmentary notes and syllables when he isn’t singing at full pelt. Georg Zeppenfeld is an appealing Gurnemanz, his bass- baritone glowing and supple, and Vitalij Kowaljow a vigorously stentorian Titurel (Amfortas’s father). Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor) uses his bass like a weapon, hard- edged and sleek. As Amfortas, Michael Volle roars and rages but is most compelling in his painfully lyrical outbursts in Act 3. The chorus is well blended, its diction crystalline. Under Pablo Heras-Casado, the orchestrais inconsistent. Intonation and ensemble in Wagner’s chordal motifs are unreliable, the smallest problems laid bare in this softly lucid acoustic. Yet, elsewhere the subtle symphonic fabric reaches seamlessly from exquisitely textured detail to swathes of almost infinite richness. Until 25 August
| National ‘The language is universal’ Ten years on, fans explain Pokémon Go's appeal Sammy Gecsoyler ost Pokemon obsessives count rare, absurdly expensive playing cards or pristine, fully boxed game cartridges that have survived decades in the attic among their most prized possessions. But for Mairead Ralph, her Pokémon- related crown jewel is a bit different. “Technically, it’s my husband,” she says. The pair first locked eyes amid decks of Pokémon playing cards and Pokéballs at a fan event 16 years ago and the rest is history. Ralph was among hundreds of Pokémon fans who flocked to Shoreditch, east London, on Saturday afternoon for a pop-up celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pokémon Go, the hugely successful augmented reality smartphone game that has prompted millions of players to physically venture to all corners of the Earth to catch ‘em all in person. In that spirit, the surrounding area was full of Pokéheads wandering the streets, their heads in their phones, seeking to catch exclusive Pokémon that had been released. Ralph, 42, isan OG Pokémon fan, 4 Stacie Smith, who was fond of the cartoon, and her son Rupert, who enjoys the cards, say they have found a ‘shared love’ of the franchise through Pokémon Go getting into Pokémon Red when the game (and franchise) debuted 30 years ago. “I’ve been in love with it ever since,” she says. Months after Pokémon Red was launched in Japan in February 1996, the now famous playing cards were released, some of which have since soared in value to thousands or even millions of pounds. In February, the world’s only Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator card was sold for a staggering £12m. The franchise, which spans video games, playing cards, TV shows, films and merchandise, has become so big that the Pokemon company, which celebrated its 30th birthday in March, is now the world’s biggest media franchise, with total revenues of $147bn (£109bn), according to Guinness World Records. This is far from the first Pokémon-related event Ralph has attended. She has travelled to Japan, the US and France to mingle with fans, Not necessarily sharing the same language hasn’t beena problem for her. “The | e of Pokémon is universal.” Ralph met her husband at one event. “I was at an event doing Pokémon stuff and he was working ina different area, and then we ran into each other at the local nerdy shop,” she says. She thinks Pokémon has The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 a en «iPhone 17 Pro ale rea To eral aoves ce ie £ aE = sc tr 7 i ) Ap ses to £66.4' i BR a rt 27 dl nd £ oY eee | <4 ¥ AL FOR LIVING Representative | Durationof Monthly Device Credit Total Amount Representative . ‘ Lead Airtime | Airtime | AirtimePlan | Airtime Plan | Total Monthly Price | Total Monthly Price Total Monthly Price Example Agreement | Upfront Cost Payment Amount | Payable for Device Interest Rate APR Device Cash Price | “allowance Plan April2027 | April 2028 During Promo During Promo April 27 | During Promo April 28 ee TPs 36m £30 £31 ee | £146.12 0% 0% 114612 ynimited | ¢3299 | £35.49 £3799 £63.99 £66.49 £68.99 256GB Ultimate £514 saving consists of £46.20 discount applied to Device Plan (total cost of device was £1192.32 now £1146.12) and further £468 saving achieved by £13 per month discount on the Unlimited Ultimate Airtime Plan for 36 months. £30 upfront. Airtime discount applies until you change tariff, leave or upgrade, Subject to availability, Premium delivery available between £5.99 and £9.99. 14-day cooling off and other cancellation rights apply. Ends 5 August 2026, Direct purchases only, Pay the cash price for your device or spread the cost aver 3 to 36 months (excludes dangles) Certain device costs available to be spread over 3 to.48 months. The device cost will be the same whatever you choose. There may be an upfront cost. You can pay off your Device Plan at any time and choose to keep your Airtime Plan, upgrade it, or leave. If you are in the first 24 months of your Device Plan and you cancel your Airtime Plan you will have to pay the remainder of your Device Planin full. After 24 months you can keep your Airtime Plan, upgrade it, or end it without affecting your Device Plan. UK calls/texts to standard UE landlines and mobiles and when roaming in our Europe Zone. Europe Zone data only. Fair usage policy applies. Special and out of bundle numbers chargeable. Fair usage applies. Use tariff allowances when roaming in our Europe Zone. 02 Travel Inclusive includes unlimited minutes and texts and data roaming (with capped data speeds of 2Mbps) in our Inclusive Zone, Non-commercial use only. Traffic management steps will apply. Terms apply, see o2.co.uk/terms Devices subject to availability. 0% APR. Finance subject to status and credit checks. 184. Direct Debit. Credit provided by Telefonica UK Ltd, RG? 6UU Telefénica UK is authorised and regulated by the FCA for consumer credit and insurance. See o2.co.uk/terms
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ¥ Rumeysa Usca says Pokémon Go's appeal is simple: ‘I can entertain my dog, entertain myself and lose weight’ PHOTOGRAPHS: TERI PENGILLEY/THE GUARDIAN remained popular because it “brings people back to a happy place, no matter how bad the world is”. It helps that most Pokémon are “happy and smiley” apart from afew “grumpy” outliers. “I’m looking at you, Mewtwo,” she says. Also at the pop-up was Rumeysa Usca and her pomeranian, Boomi. The 34-year-old engineer travelled from Leamington. For her, the appeal of Pokemon Go is simple. “I can entertain my dog, entertain myself and lose weight.” Usca has been playing the smartphone game for four years and isa lifelong fan of the franchise. She says Pokémon taps into nostalgia and a desire to return to simpler times. “As kids, we were so happy watching and playing ¥ A ‘Pokéhead’ on the hunt at the pop-up celebration in Shoreditch it. It just brings back those good emotions.” Those who wanted a free coffee with a branded Pokémon Go cup needed to complete a challenge on the game along the surrounding streets. Among those taking part was Stacie Smith and her son Rupert, They travelled in from Southend in Essex. “She’s been getting all the luck,” says Rupert, referring to his mum catching better Pokémon than him on her phone. Smith remembers collecting Pokemon cards when she was growing up and she then became fond of the cartoon, which was a staple on children’s TV in the late 1990s. Rupert enjoys the playing cards aspect more, but the pair have found a “shared love” of the franchise through Pokemon Go, Rupert has autism, which means he “doesn’t like leaving the house very much”, says Smith, but the game has encouraged him to start venturing outside more, and the pair spend more time together. This, she says, is “really important for his mental health”. At school, he has made friends through his enthusiasm for Pokémon. Ralph's love of Pokémon will be enduring. “It doesn’t matter if it’s your first Pokémon or your thousandth Pokémon,” she says. “That little click of the Pokéball will always bring you joy.” in-person tickets sold out cdi e.. ; rdian Live The future starts /| with us: Gordon Brown in conversation Why is the fracturing of the rules-based order and the erosion of civic life happening at the same time? Why are millions across the world turning to populist nationalist parties in search of solutions? And what can we all do about it? Gordon Brown will join the Guardian's Muir to uncover the intricate connections Epa oie instability and civic decline. He'll also share a practical and hopeful roadmap to bring us back together and renew the global order, as explored in his new book, The Future Starts With Us. Atamoment when the world feels increasingly unstable, this is your chance to ask Brown your questions and learn how we can all collectively overcome today’s global challenges. Thursday 10 September 7pm-8.30pm Royal Geographical Society London SW72AR “nem (ome) Book your tickets at theguardian.com/gordon-brown-event or scan the QR code
20 | The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 | Br - = ie es & A computer screen used by members of Ukraine’s elite drone force shows a direct hit on an electricity substation in the Crimean resort of Alushta Ukraine's elite drone strike force is taking the fight to Russia Luke Harding Ukraine parrows were chirping as the sun set over a field of tall yellow sunflowers, when a moped-like growl suddenly disturbed the evening calm. The noise rose, dipped, and rose again. Lt Col Ray, a Ukrainian commander with the 414th aviation brigade, took cover in a leafy ditch. Seconds later a Ukrainian drone roared into a mauve sky. It jerked upwards at a45-degree angle, orange flames fizzing, and then motored serenely onwards. The flying object resembled a sleek, grey biplane with a wooden propeller and tail. It left behind clouds of billowing black smoke and a whiff of gunpowder. Four and a half years after Vladimir Putin sent tanks to seize Kyiv, the war in Ukraine has moved from the earth to the sky, turning into a battle of drones. The contest - unprecedented in the history of warfare - features technology, innovation and rapid development. “We are making history here,” Ray said. “This is where democracy beats totalitarianism. It’s like George Orwell, but this time Big Brother loses.” The drone vanished over the horizon, engine thrumming. Its destination was Crimea, a scenic Ukrainian peninsula of beaches and white chalk mountains, stolen by Russia in 2014 and militarised thereafter. Next, two more long-range drones hurtled forward. They soared into the twilight, above a darkening steppe landscape. Each carried 50-100kg (110-220lb) of explosives. Mission over, the Ukrainian soldiers packed briskly, winding up white cables with practised ease. Within 10 minutes the men had disappeared down a tree-lined and potholed track. Far away from the frontline, other crews were crisscrossing Ukraine, releasing drones according to a precise evening schedule. Operators sitting in front of computer screens nudged them towards enemy targets. This model can fly more than 1,550 miles (2,500km), far enough to pummel targets in European Russia and much of Siberia as well. & A long-range drone is launched toward Russian-occupied Crimea, where Kyiv has carried out strikes as part of its ‘switch off’ campaign 1,990 Distance in miles some of Ukraine’s drones can fly, enabling them to hit targets across European Russia The journey made by Ray’s trio of drones was shorter. After four hours, at about 1am, the first reached the resort of Alushta on the southern coast of occupied Crimea. It weaved between grey apartment blocks and crashed into an electricity substation. Flames erupted, pricking the city’s inky blackness. These remote strikes on 21 July were part of what Ukraine has nicknamed the Crimean “switch off”: a campaign to disconnect the region from its power and logistics networks. That same night drones hit 13 electricity nodes. Several were located in the Russian- controlled parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson provinces, which the Kremlin says it has annexed. Since 2022 Russia has carried out nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns. It sends Iranian- designed shaheds as well as ballistic and hypersonic missiles. After Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, these swarms grew. They rain down chaotically, killing families in their apartments and other civiliansina calculated campaign of terror. Once a recipient of western assistance, Ukraine has responded by developing its own military manufacturing base. It has grown rapidly, making the country the world’s leading producer of unmanned systems. The drones hurled last month at Crimea were builtin Kyiv by adefence technology startup. The firm’s representatives take part in military operations. Ray’s battalion - named after
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ~) ch EL, bia td 7 7 New IUIK wEILy Flatiron building enters new era of luxury Page 25 cK eny: Rastafarians fight to decriminalise cannabis Page 26 Kairos, the ancient Greek god of opportunity, luck and the fleeting moment - has carried out hundreds of deep strikes against Russia. Targets have included oil refineries, warehouses and munitions depots, It has also struck ports and harbours, as well as roads and railways used for army logistics. This year Ukrainian drones have struck Moscow and Putin’s home 4iLtCol Ray, acommander with Ukraine’s 414th aviation brigade, said he ‘felt revenge and a sense of Justice’ every time one of his drones ascended _ into the night | sky bound for enemy territory. ‘We are making history here,’ | hesaid PHOTOGRAPHS: ALESS1I0 MAMO/ THE GUARDIAN th —_ jor 100 years: any. city of St Petersburg, embarrassing Russia’s president and bringing the war home to ordinary citizens who have previously ignored it. “I think Putin is afraid,” Ray said. “One of the justifications he gave for his war was to stop Ukraine from [potentially] bombing Moscow. It’s happening now asa direct consequence of his actions.” Ray said he felt “revenge and justice” every time one of his drones ascended into the sky, bound for enemy territory. “We didn’t start this war. We have no choice,” he said. “We are fighting for our independence, for our people, for the memory of those who have died and for our future. This is a contest between slaves and free people.” Secrecy surrounds Ukraine's drone operation. Ananalytics department finds targets. Western partners provide some intelligence but most is open source. Drone crews are given coordinates at the last minute. So far none of those who take part in launches have been injured or killed, despite attempts by Moscow to identify and blow up lift-off points. One person involved said: “You are making change ona global scale, Trump wakes up and sees the results. At the same time it’s very solitary. You can’t tell anybody about what you do or boast: ‘Today we bombed Moscow. Only your commander understands.” They added: “It’s an important job. You feel the biggest satisfaction and a member of an elite.” Kairos is part of Magyar’s Birds, a brigade named after the call sign of its founder, Robert Brovdi, the head of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces. Last month Brovdi launched a campaign to destroy oil tankers and other vessels in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. So far, more than 200 have been hit. The Russians were taken unawares, their boats unable to escape. Since last week the brigade has been burning warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s equivalent of Amazon, obliterating at least nine of them. Ukraine says the company sells military products. The strikes have crippled small businesses and caused billions of roubles in damage. Brovdi said: “The socio- psychological impact on society is greater than that of an oil refinery.” Ukrainian long-range drones had “significantly thinned out” Russia’s ait defences, he added. “We have already destroyed the majority of them. With every air defence unit destroyed, the breach expands.” Three days earlier, air defence units had been flattened in the Russian port of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, he added, bringing the number of systems knocked out to 305. Russia’s enormous size - oncea strategic strength - has turned into a weakness. A panicked Kremlin had moved “a certain number” of air defences from the frontline to protect Moscow, Brovdi said. He wants to stop Russia using Crimea as a “springboard” to fire on Ukraine and to push out the nearly 1 million Russian residents, or “colonisers”, who settled on the peninsula after Putin’s 2014 takeover. Crimea now has so little fuel that Russian military groups are sometimes unable to fill upand launch drones. There are also frequent power cuts. One brigade member, call sign Schweik, predicted food shortages would happen soon. “The operation is endless,” he said. “There will be a cascade effect. We will continue this pressure. They will be thinking about survival instead of assault operations.” Schweik added: “The situation is humiliating for Russia. Crimea is symbolic. It was Putin’s first trophy and the place where the world order was broken. “He created a kind of euphoria in Russia society, which in turn gave him permission to go and take more [Ukrainian] territory. Now everyone in the world understands that Russia is really weak.” Not all Ukrainian drones reach their targets. According to Ray, about a third are brought down over occupied territory. He admitted losses in the skies above Russia were considerably higher. Nevertheless, Ukraine’s strategy - to pile pressure on the Russian economy - appears to be working. Brovdi said: “Troops and resources must be exhausted so that it becomes impossible for them to continue the war.” He acknowledged that Russian troops were still advancing in the eastern Donbas region, with battles in the city of Kostiantynivka. “Their gains to date do not justify the price they’re paying for them,” he said. “At this rate, with their intention to seize half of Ukraine, are they planning to fight for 100 years?” Back in the countryside, Ray’s colleague “Panama” described the latest launch as a success. “It was 10 out of 10. With us it’s always like this,” he said, adding that he had been working with the current biplane-like model for a year and a half. “To begin with we used foreign drones. Sometimes things went wrong. Now we don’t have problems.” The only challenge came from the mosquitoes that fill the air during summer evenings. “Over time we've become friends with them,” Panama said. “They don’t annoy me any more. They are also inhabitants of free Ukraine. They can do whatever they want. But if they irritate us we will launch them at the enemy. They can eat Russians.” Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest by Luke Harding is published on 27 August by Guardian Faber, To support the Guardian, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply d# Police and emergency services at the site of the explosion in Moscow Bomb blast near Moscow restaurant kills three people Tt) es ReuUTers Moscow A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, prompting speculation on social media that the attack may have been linked to the war in Ukraine. The explosion occurred just before 8pm local time (6pm UK time) close toan Italian restaurant in one of Mos- cow’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya Square, police said. Russia’s anti-terrorism committee said an unidentified woman carry- ing an improvised explosive device had tried to get into the restaurant but was stopped by asecurity guard, the state RIA news agency reported. Itsaid the woman, the security guard andacustomerat the Balzi Rossires- taurant were killed in the blast. REN TV cited a source yesterday as saying two people who had been taken to hospital had later died, bringing the death toll to five, but there was no official confirmation. The channel said six people were in a serious condition. Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow’s mayor, said those responsible would be pun- ished. “A brutal terrorist attack was carried out in Moscow yesterday,” he said. The authorities did not name those killed or injured or any sus- pects. Unverified social media reports suggested a senior Russian military commander had been the intended target but had been unharmed. Russia promised better protection for high-ranking military officials this year after a series of assassina- tions and attempted killings, which it blamed on Kyiv. Russian war blog- gers, without citing any evidence, were quick to blame Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not immedi- ately comment. The Kommersant daily suggested the woman carrying the bomb may not have known about it, and that it had been set offremotely by someone else. The restaurant’s website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.
The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 England's Emily Campbell celebrates setting anew Commonwealth Games record and winning goldin the women’s +86kg weightlifting competition A Peter Cusack of England and Tomas Klein of Australia battle it out during the final of the men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball. Australia beat England 19-13 4 Anderson Peters of Grenada, who came fourth in the javelin, Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage took the gold medal
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian KERR LONOINES & England’s Adam Tobin wraps his wrists before competing in the men’s all-around final in artistic gymnastics Posie eX pea Commonwealth Games 2026 Photographs by Tom Jenkins The games drew toaclose in Glasgow yesterday after 11 action-packed days. About 3,000 athletes and para-athletes from 74 nations battled it out to win medals in 10 sports, from bowls toswimming. The next event, held in India in 2030, will mark the competition's centenary. 4 The Scottish runner Josh Kerr celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win gold in the men’s mile final, having shattered the world record for the distance in London only a fortnight earlier A The Welsh gymnast Emily Roper competes on the uneven bars in the women’s all- around final, before going onto finish seventh overall in artistic gymnastics 4 Daniel Plange of Ghana (right) is punched by Willie John McCartan of Northern Ireland who went on to win their boxing +90kg quarter-final
World i uni Tog Litotac WERE Gia ite Trump calls off Iran strikes in expectation of a ‘rapid’ deal we o | agal = re = = eo = = Donald Trump has said he cancelled military strikes against Iran on the basis of “rapidly” reaching a deal on its nuclear programme and the full reopening of the strait of Hormuz. The US president paused the strikes in expectation of a break- through and in response to requests from [ran and other countries in the region, he claimed on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. “Based on this request, I have agreed, forthe future benefit ofthe WORLD and, likewise, the survival ofasuccessful and pros- perous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” he wrote. The deal would include the imme- diate and complete reopening of the strait and “an end to Iran’s nuclear threat”, he posted. It marked the latest climbdown from extravagant threats to pound Iran in the months- long conflict, However, hopes ofa breakthrough faded on Sunday when Iran’s Mehr news agency said Trump’s claim that Tehran had requested a pause “was nothing but a new lie” and that the Iranian armed forces were “on high alertand ready for any eventuality”. Another Iranian news agency, Fars, citing a source close to Iranian negotiators, said as long as the US “maintains its hostile actions” the strait would remain closed. Iran’s acting defence minis- ter, Majid Ebn-e-Reza, said Trump backed down “within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations”. Iran’s forces would remain on alert, he said on X, adding: “We will neither be taken by surprise nor will we be passive.” Mediation efforts are continuing. Hassan Ghashghavi, a spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, said mediators were trying to revive an agreement brokered by Pakistan in June, Agence France-Presse reported. The decision to halt fresh strikes came after the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, called Trump on Saturday, it was reported. Trump’s reversal also followed Ira- nian threats to retaliate decisively against its neighbours in the event of US strikes, while Kuwait reported being hit by Iranian drones on Satur- day and two ships were attacked off Oman in the strait of Hormuz. One source told the US news site Axios that the Saudi crown prince had “urged Trump tode-escalate and refrain from launching the strikes”. Associated Press (AP)alsoreported the conversation, citing its own source. It said the Saudis were con- cerned that if the US targeted Iran's key infrastructure, Tehran could ¥ Trump and his son Eric find time amid the US-Iran conflict to attend agolf tournament earlier this year PHOTOGRAPH: ALEX BRANDON/AP respond with similar attacks on the kingdom and other Gulf countries. The crown prince sought clarity from Trump on what new action he was considering taking against Iran. A White House official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and requested anonymity, confirmed to APthat Trump and Prince Moham- med had spoken but did not offer detail about their conversation. Saudi Arabia joined the US last week in striking sites used by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, but has been urging the US and Iran to return to the negotiating table. CBS News reported that the US and Israel were planning joint strikes, with oil refineries and power plants among possible targets. Tehran warned this weekend against any “adventurous action” by the US and said it would retaliate decisively. Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi’s comments in sep- arate phone calls on Saturday with senior Turkish, Pakistani and Saudi officials came just hours after Kuwait’s army said it destroyed drones launched by Iran against sev- eral vital facilities. A government facility in northern Kuwait and civil- ian property on Bubiyan Island were hit, causing material damage but no casualties, the Kuwaiti army said. Araghchi told regional counter- partsany attacks by the US and Israel or participation by regional countries would be met with a “proportionate response”, Nournews, an outlet affil- iated with Iran’s top security body, said on Saturday that US attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure would prompt strikes on oilfields in Saudi Arabiaand the United Arab Emirates, as well as gasfields in Qatarand Israel. The developments appeared to have given Trump pause for thought, as he posted on Saturday in typically erandiose language that “the USA is locked and loaded” tostrike Iran with “military terror, strength, and power not seen since World War II”. Additional reporting Reuters, Agence France-Presse and Associated Press The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 Bank cites fears over money laundering in Trump lawsuit Reuters Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its decision to close the Trump Organ- ization’s bank accounts years ago, stating that it did so after a review by anti-money-laundering experts. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money- laundering concerns to Donald Trump’s family business. Capital One is seeking to dismiss the case by casting doubt on claims of illegally debanking - or denying services on religious or political grounds - the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization and Cap- ital One did notimmediately respond to requests for comment. Capital One has never accused the Trump Organization of money laun- dering. But Friday’s filing argues that “documents and Plaintiffs’ own alle- gations make clear that Capital One closed Plaintiffs’ accounts for anti- money laundering (‘AML’) reasons”. It adds: “The closures were the result of months of analysis and a careful review by Capital One’s AML team in accordance with bank poli- cies and regulatory guidance.” Capital One gave notice of its plans to close more than 300 Trump- affiliated bank accounts in March 2021, The Trump Organization and the president’s son Eric Trump filed a lawsuit in March 2025 in a Florida federal court, alleging the accounts were closed because of Capital One’s “woke” beliefs and its desire to ben- efit from the political mood after the 6 January 2071 riot at the US Capitol. Capital One said in Friday’s fil- ing that the Trump Organization’s allegations of political pretext were “misguided” . “The transaction patterns iden- tified by Capital One are among the types of activity flagged by federal banking guidance,” the filing said. — Fox News President's backers Start to question logic of war Jeremy Barr hroughout his two presidencies, Donald Trump has leaned on reliable support from the conservative opinion wing of Fox News. But, like a broad swathe of the US public, several traditionally supportive commentators have recently expressed concerns about the Iran war. One of the network’s top personalities, Laura Ingraham, has questioned whether the US has achieved the tactical wins it has claimed in Iran. Trump has also faced scepticism from one of the network’s most prominent commentators on the armed forces, Johnny Jones. Jones is close to Pete Hegseth, his former Fox colleague who is now the defence secretary. That’s not to mention the network’s military commentators, such as retired Lt Gen Keith Kellogg, who said on Fox on Wednesday that Trump needed to change his strategy. “I don’t think we’re close, in that regard of finishing the job, if we are just depending on bombing,” said Kellogg, who had a short-lived stint in Trump’s second administration as his envoy to Ukraine. “Bombing is not going to get the job done.” Last week, Ingraham acknowledged a New York Times report that Trump faced threats that forced him to use an alternative plane to Air Force One and suggested claims that the US had demolished Iran’s military were inaccurate. “If Iran can credibly threaten Air Force One overseas, we didn’t decimate their military capabilities, obviously,” she said. “They're still capable of a lot of harm.” She made a similar point in June, telling viewers: “We keep hearing their military is destroyed. But if they’re destroyed, how are they continuing to hit us?” In March, Ingraham called for the US to investigate and what she called a “horrible unintended tragedy”, the killing of 175 civilians - mostly children - in an errant attack on aschool in Iran. She also questioned whether Trump understood the “complexity” of the war. “Was the president fully briefed about the risks of all of this from the beginning?” she asked. “And was 4 Laura Ingraham has questioned | whether the US has really achieved the tactical wins it © claims inIran he then able to take it all in and understand the complexity of this?” From the beginning, Jones show sought to emphasise the stakes of the conflict. “It’s important and it’s okay for any Americans who are saying: ‘Wait just a minute. Tell me more. Tell me why we are at war. Explain to me why this was imminent,” he said. “I don’t think that questions your patronage to the American government or even if you’re Maga or what have you. It doesn’t question President Trump's wisdom in this.” Brit Hume, a Fox News analyst, said recently: “He promised to keep us out of endless wars or unsatisfactory wars, and now he’s in one, and it’s not at all clear how it’s going to end. So, he’s vulnerable on this point, and in political terms, he does need to get this over with.”
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Narrow | World escape Flatiron to provide New York boltholes “TBetween ™ Acts Little Cigars for the very rich Adam Gabbatt New York ew York City’s Flatiron building has had many lives: as a structure seen as adeathtrap, as a nuisance that created a deadly, petticoat-lifting, wind current and, mainly, as a commercial space. Now the triangular building, a favourite of tourists and locals alike, is entering anew era: as a residential building, where apartments cost up to $58.5m (£43m). Completed in 1902, the Flatiron was once derided asa folly but the beaux-arts building is now one of New York’s most admired landmarks. Named Flatiron owing to its resemblance, from above, to a clothes iron, the building’s ornamental brick and terracotta exterior has been hidden behind scaffolding for the best part of seven years. The reimagined Flatiron will open to very wealthy residents later this year. There are 36 apartments in the building, including some that span entire floors: there’s a double-height lobby too, a pool and a games room, But forall the shared amenities the real allure will be the apartments. They have been styled by a venerated New York design firm, which stripped back the interior, exposing some of the Flatiron’s interior “steel skeleton”, the building’s interior steel frame that was cutting-edge technology at the time. Images seen by the Guardian show one of the four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartments in the Flatiron, which features a curved sofa in what the press materials describe as the building’s “prow” - the sharpest angle of the structure. Photos show that there has beena generous application of marble in the bathroom, and equally liberal use of brushed steel in the kitchen. &é The Flatiron building under construction in 1902 at East 23 Street where Broadway crosses Fifth Avenue. Left and below, promotional images of the refurbishment | MAIN PHOTOGRAPH: ff CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES The number of apartments in the refurbished Flatiron building. They come with price tags of up to $58.5m According to the estate agent’s website, 14 of the apartments in the Flatiron are already in contract. The cheapest, on the third floor, appears to have been bought for $10.95m: the buyer will get a three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment witha not-large open-plan kitchen and “great room”. There are also two dressing rooms. The flagship apartment, however, occupies the entire top floor. In contract for $58.5m, the floorplan of the five-bedroom, five-bathroom apartment depicts a sauna, two dressing rooms, a dining room and a breakfast room, anda 72ft “great room”. “There's always hesitation taking ona landmark building like this. But there’s also an advantage. It has an incredibly special character that makes it worth the pain,” Daniel Brodsky, the managing partner of the Brodsky Organization, which owns the building, told the Financial Times. Brodsky said that Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, had spent more than $100m buying several properties three blocks north of the Flatiron. “There’s a group of wealthy people who want to be ina convenient place; good transportation, the best restaurants in the city, the park... it’s avery easy place to live,” Brodsky said. The Flatiron was designed by Daniel Burnham, arguably the hottest architect of the age, and was initially called the Fuller Building. That failed to take off and Flatiron stuck, although pedants might point out that the floorplan of the building is actually ascalene triangle, whereas a flatiron would typically be an isosceles. seltannd While the Flatiron is fondly regarded now, it wasn’t universally popular on its completion, amid fears that the building was so narrow it could fall over. It also didn’t help people warm to the building when it emerged that the design had inadvertently created a “Flatiron breeze” - a powerful, localised wind caused by its shape. According to the author Alice Sparberg Alexiou, the breeze “blew total strangers into each other’s arms, causing much embarrassment”, and in a tragic incident blew a 14-year- old messenger boy called John McTaggart into middle of Fifth Avenue where he was run over by a car and later died. “It was long common knowledge that if you walked by the Flatiron on a windy day at the very least your skirts were going to end up over your head and your legs exposed. It was now all the rage for groups of men ofa certain character to loiter at the foot of the Flatiron, expressly to catch a glimpse of feminine flesh,” Alexiou wrote in The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It. Despite the chaos it was causing at street level the Flatiron defied predictions that it would topple over. “During a 60-mile-an-hour windstorm that battered the city one morning soon after the first tenants moved in, you couldn’t feel the slightest vibration in the building,” Alexiou wrote. It was built to last, in other words, and this latest iteration will continue its legacy - even ifit is far beyond the pockets of most New Yorkers.
| World ‘Free up the ganja’ Kenya's Rastafarians | hight for their rights Carlos Mureithi Nairobi bout a dozen people chanted along to the pulsing vibrations of drums and a tambourine ina dimly lit room in Nairobi’s sprawling Kibera neighbourhood. For more than an hour they belted out songs suffused with references to Ethiopia, Jah, Zion, Rastafari and Haile Selassie I. The musicians were members of the House of Nyabinghi, one of the main denominations or “mansions” of Rastafari, a religion and social movement that came under the spotlight in Kenya after a court ruling on 15 July dismissed a petition to decriminalise the use of marijuana for spiritual purposes. Three days later, the House of Nyabinghi - named aftera legendary east African woman whose name means “mother of abundance” - met for their weekly “groundation”, or gathering. Ared, yellow and green flag and images of Rastafari’s influences suchas Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley and the Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey embellished the walls. Sizzles and crackles were heard as some of those gathered lit marijuana, its scent filling the air. Among them was Ras Orudi, who came to Rastafari after being inspired by Jamaican reggae artists suchas Peter Tosh. “Rastafarians are not rejecting the system,” said the 38-year-old herbalist. “They are trying to integrate into the system while defending their rights.” Also in the room was Ras Ndeto, whose inspiration was meeting a Rastafarian from Guyana who taught him “livity”, the practice of righteous and natural living centred ona plant-based “ital” diet and the growing of dreadlocks. The 56-year-old said the court’s decision marginalised followers of the religion, who would appeal to ahigher court. “We still feel we are aminority group in this country because even our culture is looked down upon,” said Ndeto, who holds the title of prophet and is the spokesperson for the Rastafari Society of Kenya. “We are living like terrorists in our own country.” ¥ Rastafarians pray at the Haile Selassie Foundation in Nairobi’s Kibera neighbourhood PHOTOGRAPH: EDWIN NDEKE/THE GUARDIAN | \Ras Ndeto, Rastafarian | Association of Kenya An Afrocentric religion, Rastafari is centred on the beliefs that the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I is the messiah, and that Black people are oppressed by Babylon - a metaphor for western capitalism and imperialism. The movement emerged in the 30s within marginalised Afro-Jamaican communities after Protestant leaders declared Selassie’s crowning the fulfilment of a biblical prophecy. The religion is named after his pre-coronation name, Ras Tafari Makonnen. Ras Dimo, a priest who often leads prayers in Kibera, became enlightened partly through reading books examining the connection between Black people and the Bible. “I was inspired to know that Black people are not cursed as imperialists tried to make us think,” the 43-year-old said. “We are living in a time when many are blinded.” Like many other Rastafarians in Kenya, Dimo was bornintoa Christian family and later became Rastafari. They adopt the title Ras, which means “head” or “chief” in Amharic, the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia. The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 TT was | inspired to knowt that Black errr cK people 2 are not cur: sed asi imperia rialists' tried toi mal ke us: think’ The population of Rastafarians in Kenya is unknown, In 2019, acourt recognised Rastafari as a legally protected religion in a landmark ruling after a pupil alleged discrimination when her school expelled her due to her dreadlocks. Marijuana, a product of the Cannabis sativa plant, is asacrament in the faith, and Rastafarians believe consuming it puts them in a meditative state that helps them connect with the divine, Followers in different parts of the world are pushing for its decriminalisation. In 2023, Antigua and Barbuda approved allowing Rastafarians to grow cannabis and smoke marijuana. In 2021, the Rastafari Society of Kenya filed a court petition seeking the exemption of Rastafarians from arrest and prosecution for cultivating, possessing and using the plant for religious purposes, or a requirement that the government create a legal framework for the practice. The court ruled the society had failed to prove that the law violated Rastafarians’ constitutional rights, among other reasons. Ras Masinde, another follower in Kibera, became curious about Rastafari as a child after encountering a man with dreadlocks. He became rebellious, refusing to cut his hair, and after finishing school in the 90s started growing dreadlocks and reading about the Rastafari religion, before finding acommunity. “We Rastafarians urge Black people to go back to their roots and culture.” said the 50-year-old. “We fyah bun [condemn] colonialism and imperialism, and say every man, woman and child ... is equal before the eyes of the almighty.” He issued a rallying call: “Free up the herb. Free up the ganja seed.” Ras Dimo Rastafari priest Anti-LGBTQ+ laws on the rise in west Africa, campaigners warn Rachel Savage Johannesburg A growing number of west Afri- can countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights. In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the “promotion” of homosexuality. Niger criminalised “sexual relations witha person of the same sex” in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country. Mali and Burkina Faso also criminalised same-sex relations for the first timein the last two years. All three are ruled by military juntas. In June, Ghana, which already outlaws gay sex, passed a law crim- inalising LGBTQ+ “activities”. The bill, which hasn't been signed into law by the president, is the latest ver- sion of a bill first introduced in 2021. “What I seein all of them is a polit- ical opportunism,” said Anthony Oluoch of Pan AfricaILGA, acontinen- tal LGBTQ+ rights campaign group. Insome countries, he said, thenew or harsher laws had been backed by religious groups and campaigns for “family values”, while in Burkina Faso, whose population is predom- inantly Muslim, the law was framed as boosting its sovereignty in oppo- sition to the west. “Underneath that all, there’s alot of transnational rein- forcement,” Oluoch added. LGBTQ+ people “are the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power”, said an activist in Burkina Faso, who could not be named for her security. The impact on the community, even before the law was imple- mented, has been devastating, activists said. Thirteen transgender women were detained without trial from June to November last year, an HIV worker said, with the women reporting they had been beaten by a military unit that imprisoned them. Since the law passed, there have been at least two sets of convictions. Police are entrapping LGBTQ+ people on social media and demand- ing they denounce other community members, said the HIV worker, who fled the country in May after he was named by someone who had been arrested. The African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sov- ereignty, a forum that many argue has influenced anti-LGBTQ+ laws on the continent, will be held in Burkina Faso and then Eswatini next year, it was announced this year. The first three 4 Ibrahim Traoré, the interim president of Burkina Faso, which has criminalised same-sex relations conferences were held in Uganda, east Africa, beginning in 2023. Uganda imposed the death penalty for some same-sex sexual acts that year. At this year’s conference, hosted by Ghana’s parliament in June, the draft African Charter on Family Sov- ereignty and Values treaty was drawn up. It condemns abortion and child sexual exploitation, states that gen- der is either male or female, and asserts that parental rights super- sede children’s. Across west Africa, LGBTQ+ people aresuffering the consequences of the new and harsher laws. In Senegal, the law is also hin- dering HIV prevention for men who have sex with men and transgender women, who have higher rates of HIV prevalence, as well as lawyers repre- senting LGBTO+ people, said Marame Kane, an activist based in Paris.
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian | World Helicopters collide hghting blaze west of Athens as wildfire crisis reaches Greece Helena Smith Athens Two firefighting helicopters collided west of Athens yesterday prompting a search and rescue operation, as efforts to fight a massive blaze head- ing towards the outskirts of the Greek capital intensified. Gale-force winds that have pushed flames towards settlements on Ath- ens’ western fringes were caught on video downing one of the water- dumping aircraft. While the crew member of one Bell helicopter was soon rescued, the search for the other was continuing. Blazes ripped through Greece’s tinder-dry landscape, up mountain slopes and down to the sea. Warning of “extremely dificult” days ahead, the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, underlined the threat posed by gusts that in recent days have exceeded 75mph. “When the winds blow with such force, even the dozens of aircraft we have at our disposal cannot operate safely,” he wrote on social media. Over Saturday night more than 100 homes were destroyed in fires that broke out around the popular coastal village of Porto Germeno, 30 miles north-west of Athens. By yesterday more than 500 firefighters and forest commandos had been dispatched to keep the flames at bay. The eastern Mediterranean, no stranger to wildfires, has had a rela- tively calm summer to date, leaving Greeks to watchin horror as the sum- mer scourge has hit farther west. But as the advance of massive wildfires in Spain was finally curbed and officials in France said a megafire four times the size of Paris had begun to be contained, blazes have erupted across Greece, prompting mass evac- uations and devastation of swathes of land from Crete tothe southern Pelo- ponnese, Kephalonia in the Ionian Sea and islands across the Aegean. Last week three firefighters died of wounds. Extreme winds have only made firefighting more difficult. Greece’s civil protection minister, Evangelos Tournas, aretired air force general, said the fire department had been “pushed to its limits”. Gales- force winds had created “extremely difficult conditions resulting in many cases where aircraft either cannot & An olive tree burns in the Megara valley 25 miles west of Athens ¥ Firefighters battle a wildfire near the village of Agia Paraskevi on the Aegean island of Lesbos PHOTOGRAPH: STELIOS MISINAS/REUTERS draw water or cannot carry out drops due to extreme turbulence”. France’s largest wildfireremained contained after 224,000 people were forced to flee in what may have been the largest peacetime evacuation in French history. Yet active pockets still burned across 162 sq miles of devas- tated forest. Thousands remained unable to return home, and nearly 3,000 fire- fighters were deployed against the Gironde megafire and asecond blaze in Provence that had stopped advanc- ing but remained uncontained. “The fire is now fixed, which does not mean the fire is extinguished,” the Gironde prefecture said yesterday. The region remained under France’s highest red forest-fire alert. Additional firefighters from Ukraine, Lithuania and French Pol- ynesia were expected yesterday and today to reinforce the operation. Hundreds of miles away, nearly 1,500 firefighters were battling a separate fire in the south-eastern Var department that tore through roughly 7 sq miles in little more than aday. Authorities said the fire in the Gros Bessillon hills was stabilised yester- day morning, meaning its perimeter had not expanded overnight. But unlike the Gironde fire, it had not yet been declared contained. Firefighting aircraft supported crews working to keep the flames away from villages among the vine- yards, olive groves and wooded hills of the region known as Green Provence, About 2,500 people were evacuated. The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said France’s wildfires were generally under control but cautioned that conditions remained highly changeable. He also announced that anational coordinator attached tothe prime minister’s office would oversee reconstruction in fire-ravaged areas. More than 452 sq miles have burned across France since the begin- ning of the year. Additional reporting Associated Press Sea change Ireland steps up defence in face of Russia threat Jennifer Rankin Cork and Brussels or along time, Ireland paid little attention to its surrounding seas, a vast maritime area 10 times the size of the land. Alarm bells began ringing only whena Russian spy ship, the Yantar, started visiting Irish waters. The vessel, ostensibly a research ship, is believed to be capable of attaching spy equipment to undersea cables. While loitering in the Irish Sea in 2024, the ship remained over a gas pipeline connecting Ireland and the UK and turned on its transponder, as if broadcasting its proximity to critical infrastructure. In recent weeks, Irish officials have also noticed arise in Russian shadow fleet vessels traversing the north Atlantic to circumvent British and French waters, where controls have been stepped up. The Russian presence in or near Irish waters underscores that Ireland, which has long viewed itself as protected by geography - out of sight and out of mind - is really on the frontline. And the threat is broad. Irish waters are busy: dense with shipping lanes, gas pipelines and transatlantic internet cables. Nearly 75% of transatlantic subsea cables pass through or close to Ireland’s exclusive economic zone, the 200-nautical mile space where it has sovereign rights over natural resources, which is seven times greater than the land mass. It has more limited jurisdiction over an even broader area. " — When Ireland took charge of the EU’s rotating presidency this month, it had a message. While its totemic neutrality is not up for debate, the days of Ireland’s slumber on defence are over. Security is listed as a priority of Ireland’s six months chairing the Council of the EU. Ireland would be working with other European nations “on shared objectives and priorities in defending our critical infrastructure, and making sure that we are focused on security more broadly”, Ireland’s foreign minister, Helen McEntee, told reporters this month. That sounds unremarkable, but signals a reassessment of Ireland’s approach to defence. In February, McEntee published Ireland’s first ever maritime strategy, which aims to end Ireland’s “sea blindness” - the sense that security was purely about the land. Officially, it aims to ensure Ireland can defend its maritime domain, including critical undersea infrastructure. The retired Irish naval officer Caoimhin Mac Unfraidh described the maritime strategy as “a good effort”, but added: “What is needed is ... new ships, with new capabilities, recruitment campaigns and several more bases.” In 2025, Ireland’s government confirmed only two ships were in operation out of a fleet of eight, partly because of a staffing crisis. The broader neglect of the military was highlighted this month, when Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned down an offer from Dublin to send 27 light-armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine. “The cost of restoring them is higher than the value they would provide,” the Ukrainian president said. Ireland has pledged €1.7bn (£1.4bn) in defence capital spending for 2026-30, a 55% increase on the previous period. But it remains the lowest defence spender in the EU. In 2024, Ireland spent just 0.2% of its gross domestic product on defence, far behind the 1.3% EU average. Meanwhile, people see the cost of living, housing and immigration as Ireland’s most important issues, according toa recent poll. Foreign and security issues were barely on the radar: 5% cited the war in Ukraine and 4% defence. Ocean Atlantic VA fo) / — Exclusive = economic zone 200 km r 200 miles L fa . North Sea Source: TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map, marineregions.org
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Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Swanky revamp M&S unveils updated landmark store Business Global economy ‘at increasing risk from climate emergency’ Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent Asenior policymaker at the European Central Bank has said the climate emergency and the breakdown of nature poses a dramatically grow- ing risk to the global economy. Frank Elderson, a member of the ECB’s executive board, said the eurozone lender of last resort was stepping up its monitoring of the financial risks linked to the destruc- tion of “ecosystem services”, which are nature-related processes or assets that support human activity. “These services are not stable, but they are in rapid decline. That’s why we talk about the climate and nature crises,” he said. “So knowing that dependency, and knowing those exposures by the banks, we come to the conclusion that this is relevant.” Wildfires have raged across France and Spain amid record-breaking tem- peratures, torching land, businesses and homesinan emergency that will carry a heavy economic cost beside the direct human toll. In an interview with the Guard- ian before the current devastation across Europe, Elderson said it was clear the rising frequency of natu- ral disasters linked to global heating posed a threat to financial stability. He said more work needed to be done to assess the risk from the collapse of ecosystem services, as reliance on nature was More com- plicated to map than the impact ofa single extreme weather event. Ecosystem services are definedas any benefit that can be drawn from a natural structure or process - for example, water can be used as.araw material, an energy source through hydropower, or for transportation. It is alsoa habitat for marine life critical for food production, and a basis for recreational services. “Nature-related risks can pose material economic and financial risks, including through their impacts ‘If you destroy nature, you destroy the core on which our economies depend’ Frank Elderson European Central Bank on credit risk, growth, inflation and - over the long term - potential finan- cial instability,” Elderson said. “Tdid interviews saying, you know, if you destroy nature, you destroy the core on which our economies depend. And that got people’s atten- tion. This isnot some kind ofa flower power, tree-hugging exercise. Thisis core economics. Thisis core financial stability, core price stability.” As the supervisor of Europe’s largest banks, the ECB has begun assessing how the escalating damage to ecosystem services could expose the financial system torisk. The cen- tral bank plans to publish analysis this year investigating how “ecosys- tem degradation pathways” could translate into credit loss dynamics for the eurozone’s banks. A Dutch lawyerand central banker, Elderson was instrumental in the creation of the Network for Green- ing the Financial System (NGFS) in 2017, alongside Mark Carney and Francois Villeroy de Galhau, the then chiefs of the Bank of England and Banque de France. He served as founding chair of the group of 114 global central banks and financial supervisors pushing to develop cli- mate risk management. The green agenda in financial ser- vices has faced pushback under the US presidency of Donald Trump, as some businesses battle to remain engaged in the fossil-fuel economy. Trump pulled the US out of the NGFS last year, leaving Europe to take the lead on climate-related risks without the involvement of the world’s most powerful economy. However, Elderson said the bank- ing industry remained convinced that climate and nature-related risks had to be addressed. “I would think it’s very difficult to finda bankin Europe that will honestly tell you that they think thisis not relevant,” he said. “I think that time has passed.” Solar power hit record 14.4% share of British electricity supply in July Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Solar energy supplied more power to Great Britain’s grid in July thanin any previous month as households turned to rooftop panels to cut their energy bills. Solar farms and rooftop panels provided 14.4% of the country’s electricity aftersome parts of the UK recorded almost twice the average sunshine hours for the time of year. The long spells of cloudless weather helped solar to smash the previous monthly record of 12.4% set in May. There were more new solar power installations in the first half of this year than in any six-month period since 2011, according to official fig- ures. The data, which includes large, ground-mounted solar farms and rooftop panels, tracked 142,536 solar installations, putting 2026 ontrack to top last year’s record solar additions. The lion’s share of the new solar installations recorded were on house- holdrooftops, making up slightly less than a third of the country’s total solar power capacity. A Rooftop solar panels on a church in Melbourne, Derbyshire. Solar power installations have surged this year PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW FOX/ALAMY Households have fitted solar pan- els to their rooftops hoping to cut their energy bills by generating their own low-cost electricity as fossil fuels have caused bills torocket, according to energy companies, Chris Hewett, the chief executive of the trade association Solar Energy UK said: “Fifteen years ago solar aaa 2 energy was a footnote in the elec- tricity mix. Now it is a major player, delivering homegrown, cheap, clean and reliable energy.” A typical UK home with rooftop solar panels powered the equivalent of more than five hours of air-con- ditioning each day during the June heatwave, when temperatures reached a peak for the summer so far, according to Ember, a clean power thinktank. Great Britain’s new solar additions include the largest operating project in the UK at Cleve Hill in Kent . The 373 megawatt (MW) project dwarfs the UK’s first solar farm, the 1.4MW Wheal Jane project in Cornwall but will soon be overtaken by the largest planned solar farm in development: the 80OMW Springwell site in Lin- colnshire, which is expected to begin generating in 2029. Michael Shanks, the energy min- ister, said: “The more power we generate here in Britain, the less exposed families and businesses are to global energy price shocks.” Healey warns retailers he is ‘watching closely’ over profiteering Sarah Butler The chancellor, John Healey, has said the governmentis standing by to pre- vent the public “being taken foraride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices. While there has been “no signif- icant evidence of so-called price gouging” during the crisis, he used a weekend column to tell the big retail- ers that ministers were “watching closely” for any signs of profiteering. Healey faces a dificult economic balancing act as the energy price shock caused by the months-long conflict in the Middle East reignites the cost of living crisis. Last week the Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as it warned a further escalation in the Iran war could drive inflation above 4% next year. “The conflict affects our national security, our UK bases, personnel and allies in the Middle East,” said Hea- ley, writing for the Telegraph. “But it also threatens our economic secu- rity: impacting the family finances of millions of British people. And I know that many British businesses have been put under pressure by increasing costs too, “Conflict and uncertainty increases inflation, threatens growth and pushes up costs for businesses and governments alike.” The comments about profiteering threaten anew war of words between the government and retailers. Amid ongoing public concern about the cost of living, it emerged earlier this year that Rachel Reeves, then the chancellor, had raised the prospect of acap on food prices to limit inflation caused by the Middle East conflict. The proposals prompted a back- lash from supermarket bosses, with Stuart Machin, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer, calling the plans “completely preposterous”. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) trade body suggested the chan- cellor should be looking at the effect of tax increases - including employ- ers’ national insurance contributions and business rates - on inflation. Andrew Opie of the BRC said: “Supermarkets operate in a highly competitive environment deliv- ering the most affordable food in western Europe. The government’s independent competition regulator, the CMA [Competition and Markets Authority], has repeatedly found that flerce competition between retailers, not government action, has kept food prices as low as possible.”
— a _ —— Ar %s : ’ ‘i = f f 4 1 ] | | ie eS a Bee Ls raprta/s i 1 | | Burnham’ devolution will be tricky to deliver n the road to Downing Street, Andy Burnham promised to transfer power from Westminster to every postcode in the country. After his first two weeks in office, the size and complexity of this project are becoming clearer. With a date set for the autumn budget, the work of filling in the detail that will underpin his devolution plans begins - starting with his proposal to hand England’s regional mayors a share of income tax to support local economic development. The UK is among the most fiscally centralised countries in the developed world. The Centre for Cities estimates as little as 5% of tax revenue stays with mayors and local authorities. The rest goes straight to Whitehall and is allocated by central government. By contrast, 14% of tax stays local in France, and 22% in Japan. For years British devolution has been a messy patchwork in which Westminster has largely clung on to its position as ringmaster; just ask the parties pushing for independence in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the system in England is the messiest of the lot. Under the Conservatives, the creation of dozens of ringfenced funding pots fostered a begging- bowl culture, They were also no match for the billions of pounds in central government grant funding that were cut under austerity. Burnham allowing mayors to retain a share of locally generated tax revenues is, therefore, a good idea in principle. Many economists say the idea - first announced by Rachel Reeves in March - would help to tackle Britain's deep regional inequalities. In practice, the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that between 6% and 9% of local income tax revenues would be sufficient to fully replace the “integrated settlements” the mayoral authorities currently receive, But it will take time to introduce the plan and there are wrinkles to iron out - not least how to avoid weaker local economies falling behind. London and Greater Manchester are in pole position. The West Midlands and South Yorkshire are in a slower lane. If the winners get to keep a rising share of income tax, the laggards would risk a self- fulfilling cycle of weak growth. The reforms will also take a long time to bear fruit for a prime minister in a hurry. It will be 2028 before the income tax plan comes into full effect. Dozens of new mayoralties are still in the process of being created - with a deadline of the end of that year to give people in Essex, Stoke-on-Trent and Warrington similar powers to the mayoralties of London and Manchester. Burnham: economis is support his plan J Last month the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development gave devolution a ringing endorsement. But it also warned that the starting point in Britain makes it challenging. First and foremost will be the challenge of repairing the damage caused by the Tory austerity years. English local government is a shadow of its pre-2010 self. Most places lack the staff and expertise to use their new money and powers well, at a time when many are struggling to do the basics such as collecting bins or filling potholes. Across England’s town halls, the workforce has plunged since 2009 from 2.2 million to about 1.1 million. While Greater Manchester and the West Midlands have established sophisticated analytical, policy and delivery teams - enabling them to make better use of the devolved powers The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 - the OECD says many authorities have a shortage of resources and have limited technical expertise. The risk of making bad spending decisions is high. The shenanigans in Tees Valley, Birmingham, and the multibillion-pound debts amassed in Woking, Warrington and Thurrock are a serious red flag. Labour inherited a broken local audit system, evidenced by the fact that only 1% of places published audited accounts for 2022-23 by the original deadline. The loss of the Audit Commission (abolished by the Tories) and the death of local journalism has removed important checks and balances. However, devolution could be transformative for the economy. Local leaders are best placed to understand how to support growth in their area. According to the Centre for Cities, measures to integrate bus, tram and train networks in the six largest English cities outside London would better connect 1.2 million people to their nearest city centre, generating productivity gains worth an estimated £17bn. The OECD finds that countries with higher levels of tax and spending devolution tend to have higher wages. 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Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian viz lk V T&S tld Bk | Business Olry(7aTr CeO VEl Is the swanky Sarah Butler na hot summer’s evening on London’s busy Oxford Street, a crowd of fashion influencers, models, journalists and the odd City analyst gathered fora first look at the upmarket revamp of Marks & Spencer’s landmark Pantheon store. Some may have had to double- check they had the right address, such is the scale of the makeover at the 88-year-old outlet, whichis intended as a blueprint for change across the retailer’s more than 200 large stores, “We know we’ve got a big job modernising the store experience and modernising the online experience as well,” M&S’s chief executive, Stuart Machin, told the crowd. Acollection of “legacy old stores” had remained profitable, he said, so “most previous leadership just kept them open”. But Machin has a bigger vision. He is an exacting, obsessive leader who loves to wade into the detail of store operations and warehouse refurbishments. He once admitted to disliking “all this talk about work-life balance”. Four years into the job, he is keen to leave his mark on the 142-year-old retail group. After a tough year marred by acyber-attack that knocked out M&S’s online trading for almost seven weeks and hit profits by more than £300m, Machin told shareholders at its recent annual meeting that the year ahead was “one of the most important in our history”. He went on to say: “The next three years are critical for M&S as we invest for growth.” The Pantheon, built in the late 18th century, was an opera house and entertainment venue before its reconstruction for M&S in the 1930s. With its latest revamp finished, the next big project for the retailer is its Marble Arch store, at the other end of Oxford Street. Machin said the group’s most profitable but rather low-ceilinged and labyrinthine outlet would be knocked down next year, a plan that has prompted outrage over the potential environmental impact. The new, 10-storey building won planning permission only after a legal challenge and approval by the communities secretary, Angela Rayner, in 2024. It will include just twoand a half floors of shop space jobmode er’ nising iG SR and mo der Lape s the a 5 Stuart Machin M&S chief executive - there are five at present - topped by offices and a gym, and will stand at the eastern tip of the London mayor Sadiq Khan’s planned pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. The rebuild is expected to take four years, during which M&S will lease a temporary store across the road. Machin told those gathered at the Pantheon that “hopefully” he would still be chief executive when the Marble Arch rebuild was completed, adding: “So let’s see how we do.” It is aquestion many shoppers and analysts may well be asking as Machin, backed by his retail veteran chair, Archie Norman, attempt ¥ M&S models at Silverstone, where they put on a fashion show before the Formula One British Grand Prix PHOTOGRAPH: MARK SUTTON/FORMULA 1/GETTY A Therevamped : fordifferent Pantheonstore = brands, with in London, : digital displays where fashion : and modern floors, left,are = shelving brokenupinto = puorocrapn: : MARKS AND SPENCERS bright ‘rooms’ to lead a turnaround of M&S that actually sticks and extends beyond a few high-profile outlets. Several predecessors have come up with flashy, short-lived revival plans to combat competition from Primark, H&M, Zara and younger, online rivals. After losing momentum, M&5 only briefly regained annual pre-tax profits of £1bn in 2008, having first reached that milestone in 1998. Despite a global financial crisis, Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and the cyber-attack, the retailer appears to be on the front foot - with strong food sales and fashion credentials to match. Underlying profits fell to £671m last year, and Machin told the Guardian that climbing back to £1bn was not the aim. “Profit will be what it will be,” he said. “Our plan is for a growth business.” While some shareholders may complain about lacklustre dividends, Machin said they would thank him in the long term. His plan involves £700m of investments in revitalising stores, modernising the supply chain and distribution system, and further improvements in products. The group, which employs more than 65,000 people, has 227 full-line stores - containing food, clothing, homewares and beauty - after closing dozens of old and out-of-place outlets. More will shut over the next two years, anda handful of new outlets are opening. The group aims to have 200 full- line stores in the UK. In contrast, M&S’s food arm is expanding, with 18 food-only stores opening this year as it heads for a target of 420, compared with 335 directly operated outlets now. Franchise partners run a further 466 in Britain and more overseas. A wave of new food stores and some cheaper groceries may have brought a broader range of shopper into M&S, but Machin said the retailer was “just at the starting blocks” with changes in fashion, home and beauty. The Pantheon store is “where we’re testing how we make shopping our ranges easier, more curated and more inspiring”, he said. The fashion floors are now broken up into bright “rooms” for different brands and product types, - flanked by digital displays, green- tiled pillars and modern shelving. On food, M&S is aiming to become a “true shopping-list retailer” as it aims to double sales. It is already the fastest-growing food retailer in Britain, with sales up 16% in the latest three- month tally from Worldpanel by Numerator. This has kept its market share at a record high of 4.1%, or 4.6% if sales via its online partner Ocado are included. On clothing, Machin has said M&5 had “finally dumped the frump” - grasping the No 1 spot on style perception from its Spanish rival Zara to add to its existing top position on value, according to Worldpanel. M&S is regaining market share - now controlling more than 10% of the UK fashion (clothing and footwear) market - and driving for more. With the help of its marketing director, Sharry Cramond, whois bringing the social media-fuelled interest to fashion that she first delivered on food, the brand is creating a buzz. Senior industry insiders believe M&S is now “ina solid place”. One said it had “re-established itself and its credentials”, and another that it had “a lot more self-confidence”. “Clothing has finally got its mojo back,” according to one former senior executive. But another former executive said: “It has lost a massive amount of market share on womenswear which it will never recover.” An industry insider said M&S, which once had a vast empire, was continuing to struggle overseas, Machin said revamping the international business had been harder than he envisaged, but that the fashion revival was helping. Perhaps Machin’s biggest challenge lies behind the scenes, with big warehouse projects in the next few years in south-west England and the Midlands. “Deadlines are realistic. We are not going from zero to 10 overnight,” he said.
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Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Football Ravenna revels in the arrival of Ronaldinho Page 34 > Bagby i “pene have. grandest of °* plans but remains stuckinlimbo && Broncos have conquered allso far this season but on-pitch success may not secure a Super League place Bower Tcar a iaron or almost the entirety of their 40-year existence, London Broncos have felt eternally stuck in rugby league purgatory. From the name changes - Fulham, London Crusaders, Harlequins and now the Broncos - to their nomadic existence across almost every corer of the capital, they have just never managed to capture the attention of enough people. But this year, the club finds itself in a very different kind of limbo, Having gone desperately close to going out of business last year, the Broncos were saved by the Australia great Darren Lockyer and his business partner, Grant Wechsel. Their goal was simple: invest as heavily as possible, as quickly as possible, to get London not just back to Super League, but competing there. It looks to be working. Yesterday, the Broncos made it 20 wins from 20 in the Championship after beating Widnes Vikings. They will, barring a major miracle, go on to win the grand final witha star-studded squad that is led by former Kangaroos prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard. Herein lies the problem, though. Whereas in most sports, the best team in the second division would get promoted to the top flight, rugby league is different. Each October, the highest-ranked 14 clubs in the IMG-devised gradings system get access to Super League - and they are graded on a variety of metrics, not just on-field performance. It means that even though London are a better fit for Super League than at least one or two existing top-flight clubs, they have to wait three more months to discover their fate. There isa Tour de France Femmes Wiebes wins stage two to extend overall lead Page 39 > A Alex Max to uches down for London Broncos as they make it 20 wins from 20 at Widnes Vikings BRUCE ROLLINSON/SHUTTERSTOCK nervous feeling that they may not get enough grading points to doit. So they are, once again, stuck in purgatory. London's owners are determined to make them a force, though. “There were just three members of staff when we took over last year,” Wechsel says. “The staffing levels now are of Super League standard. But we've been in limbo for so long now, waiting on the gradings. Our score will have a significant increase but we’re impacted by it being weighted over anumber of years.” Wechsel and Lockyer have already invested millions. It isa throwback to the days when the Broncos were being bankrolled by Richard Branson in their previous heyday of the 1990s but this time, the ownership are adamant they are here to stay. However, another season in the Championship would derail their long-term vision, and Wechsel admits they are pushing to find out what division they will be playing in as quickly as possible. “The sooner we know, the more we can do,” he says. “It’s hard to get big names from Australia without Super League rugby but if we get it, we'll get big names. Ps We are trying to super-charge rugby league in London but also rugby league full stop. Every big club I speak to sees us as good for the game. I understand some other clubs might see us a threat, without naming them. But they’re not growing the game commercially; we think we can do that.” The Guardian has been told by people close to the NRL that if they take control of Super League in the coming weeks then London will be in, such is the importance ‘We are trying to super-charge rugby league in London butalsorugby gs: league full stop’ & Robert Mathias is held up on the line by last-ditch Widnes defence | BRUCE ROLLINSON/SHUTTERSTOCK of the capital is to the wider plans of the governing body for global expansion. “I know they’ve publicly said they want usin,” Wechsel says. “It was promising hearing Peter [V’Landys, the interim NRL CEO] say he is turning his attention to Super League. I don’t think it’s any ereat secret that having London in Super League makes your game stronger, and the NRL know that. But it’s a strong London the game needs, not just London.” If London do get the green light through any access point - expansion to 15 teams, the gradings or the NRL forcing Super League’s hand - the plans are huge. They i OD ee a ed ae Bott oa 6 wait to play in Las Vegas i in 2028, have said they will do a double- header witha regular season NRL game in London: and they want to play Wigan at Craven Cottage, a throwback to their Fulham days. Wechsel says Lockyer’s ownership of London and their story is capturing more air-time in Australia than the Perth Bears, who will become the newest NRL team in 2027. But for the millions they are investing to make London arugby league force, there is one long-standing challenge money seemingly cannot alter. “Capturing attention on the ground in London... that’s been as tough as we thought it would be,” he says. “But it’s a bit chicken and egg. Being in Super League would make a huge difference; we think people in London would be immediately more interested if Wigan and Leeds were visiting - but most importantly if we were competing with them. We want to be in the playoffs and pushing for trophies the second we're in Super League and we have the capital to doit.” In the immediate term, London have four league games left in pursuit of an unbeaten Championship campaign; Goole Vikings are the visitors to Wimbledon this Sunday. They will continue to tick off the wins but they and the sport’s vision for London are stuck in limbo until the autumn, it seems.
sal ad Sport — Marketing gimmick or symbol of revival? Ravenna fans ride wave of Ronaldinho effect Brazil legend's arrival at the Serie C clubat the age of 46 has divided supporters - but the businessman who arranged the extraordinary deal has high hopes Emanuele Ravenna nascorching summer afternoon in Ravenna, a city far better known for its fifth-century Byzantine mosaics and Dante’s tomb than for footballing glory, eyes are peeled in the historic centre for one of the world game’s most recognisable figures - aman who featured in the World Cup final half-time show with Madonna and Ronaldo: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho. A Ravenna aims to add football to the city’s traditional attractions “We haven't seen him yet,” four Ravenna supporters sitting at a cafe say with dry irony as they flip through La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy’s famous pink sports daily newspaper. They are undeniably sceptical, viewing the signing as a purely commercial operation, yet deep down they still harbour the dream of seeing the 2005 Ballon d’Or and 2002 World Cup W Ravenna fans Francesco Zannoni, Fabio Pagani, Giovanni Lama and Marcello Lama; (below) the club’s modest Stadio Bruno Benelli ROBERTO SALOMONE/THE GUARDLAN T= winner wear their team’s yellow and red shirt. It is asmall, surreal glimpse into the whirlwind that has engulfed this quiet corner of Emilia-Romagna, thanks to the business instincts of Ignazio Cipriani. Heir to the Venetian hospitality dynasty behind the renowned Harry’s Bar, Cipriani took over the club in 2024 when they were in Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football. A native of Ravenna, he is the grandson of Raul Gardini, the Italian chemicals tycoon and sailor who steered Il Moro di Venezia to the 1992 America’s Cup final. In his first year as president, Cipriani oversaw victory in the Serie D Cup and promotion to the professional ranks of Serie C. But that is merely the first stepina long ascent, he says: “It’s nota provocation. Serie A is the goal | declared from day one because [intend to reach it. And the Champions League remains the ultimate horizon we want to walk towards, step by step. “I made this statement because [like working with my back against the wall: when you have no way out, you are forced to find solutions instead of excuses. I prefer to remove every alibi from the beginning.” And this summer Cipriani pulled off a surprise move - so surprising that anyone reading the headlines assumed it was a prank: bringing the 46-year-old Ronaldinho back as a player. “We met through Lorenzo Tonetti and Ariedo Braida,” Cipriani says, “two people who worked for over 20 years at AC Milan and had Ronaldinho as a player. The idea of involving him was a dream I cultivated as soon as I bought the club. Thanks to Lorenzo and Ariedo, we met, started talking, and a genuine friendship grew. From that relationship came many ideas for the club’s growth. “And to the question everyone is asking, lam happy to answer: Ronaldinho will wear the Ravenna shirt as a player, and he will try - maybe scoring the last goal of his career with us!” Meanwhile, a dedicated website has already put a special-edition shirt on sale featuring the “R10” logo - the Brazilian’s personal brand - which sold out within a few hours. It constitutes a striking collision of high-end global branding, small-town football, and brilliantly executed marketing stunt. “If someone had told me three years ago that Ronaldinho was coming to Ravenna, I would ‘It's no provocation. Serie A is the goal I declared from \¥ day one because I intend to reach it’ . have sent them straight to the psychiatric ward,” laughs Fabio, a lifelong supporter. “The night the news broke, international headlines everywhere read ‘Ronaldinho to Ravenna’. It was an extraordinary operation.” Ravenna is no footballing giant. Hit by bankruptcies in 2001 and 2012, the club have spent decades bouncing around the lower tiers, with seven seasons in Serie B the highest point. The area is historically a volleyball stronghold, and the local football scene was accustomed to modest budgets and regional rivalries. “Ronaldinho is a unique icon,” Cipriani says. “His way of playing made my generation fall in love The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 with the game. We want him today to make the next generation of fans, in Italy and around the world, fall in love with Ravenna FC. It’s not just a visibility stunt; it’s about building a bridge between different eras of football and growing a truly global fanbase around it.” & The mayor, Alessandro Barattoni, wants to expand the city’s profile
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ¥ Ronaldinho is welcomed to his new club by Ignazio Cipriani REBECCA BLACKWELL/AP a ——o, i a ae — —— — —s ae — —— — —, — ——_ | \ To support this ambitious sporting and industrial project, the club are working with the municipality to renovate the Stadio Bruno Benelli, increasing its capacity beyond 6,300. But the president’s ultimate dream is a new multi-purpose venue that is open seven days a week, featuring retail spaces, concert facilities, and an integrated Hotel Cipriani linked to the city’s international tourism expansion. For Ravenna’s mayor, Alessandro Barattoni, the arrival of a world-famous figure fits neatly into a broader strategy to promote the city globally. In recent years, Ravenna has been expanding its international reach beyond traditional beach tourism and commercial ports. The city is enjoying renewed ties with the Anglo-Saxon world, highlighted by arecent visit from the British royal family and the opening of the Lord Byron Museum. “Ronaldinho brings a whole new level of global fame,” Barattoni says. “When the news broke, my phone exploded with messages from former schoolmates. For younger kids today, he might be someone to discover on YouTube, but the fascination remains intact.” With asmile, the mayor adds that, schedule permitting, he would be delighted to personally guide Ronaldinho on a tour of the city’s cultural heritage. However, Barattoni is quick to clarify the institution’s role: “Our common ground with the club is internationalisation: bringing Ravenna’s image to the world. Ronaldinho has been a global ambassador for countless brands. There is an overarching project that can bring great visibility to the team and allow the city to showcase its initiatives beyond standard routes. Even before Ronaldinho’s arrival, the club did a fantastic job engaging younger generations. The average age in the stands is lower, more vibrant, and more engaged than ever before. A genuine sense of community is forming.” Yet, fears of a hyper- commercialised image linger among traditional supporters. In the Curva Mero, such marketing moves are approached with caution. “There is a certain reluctance among some factions.” Fabio admits. “Modern football pushes values that many don’t share: rising ticket prices, losing accessibility for lower-income families. As aresult, visibility and marketing stunts risk being viewed sideways.” Cipriani demonstrates an acute awareness of these dynamics: “Without roots, no global project makes sense,” the president says. “Ravenna is not a brand we are building from scratch; it’s a history and an identity that existed before us. Tradition isn’t a brake on ambition: it’s the foundation. Aclub without its people is worth nothing.” “T’m 50 years old and I’ve been coming to the stadium since my school days,” says Giovanni, another fan. “I’m rediscovering the enthusiasm of the past. Ifit takes an icon like Ronaldinho and a local entrepreneur to make us dream of Serie A, then so be it. The important thing is never to forget the people in the stands.” Riding the wave of the “Ronaldinho effect”, the season- ticket campaign has just launched with a target of selling 2,800. Ticket prices have risen by an average of about 12%, with variations across different stadium sections. For now, Ravenna is soaking up adizzying, galvanising atmosphere. On the pitch, the club are assembling a squad to win the league; off it, the city awaits 20 August, when Ronaldinho is expected to appear during a three- day summer festival in the nearby Marina di Ravenna, organised in signature Cipriani style. Scottish Premiership St Johnstone hit back to win seven-goal thriller St Johnstone edged a seven-goal thriller against Kilmarnock on their return to the Premiership. Last season’s Championship winners : took the lead through Josh Fowler. : Kilmarnock equalised witha : Close-range strike from Greg Kiltie. : Two minutes into the second half, St Johnstone were back in front : through Cheick Diabate only to : see Kilmarnock equalise through : Joe Hugill. Jason Holt’s own-goal : then put Neil McCann's side’s 3-2 in front. The hosts kept going, however, and got back level viaa : Michael Schjonning-Larsen own : goal and secured all three points : through Kai Fotheringham’s strike : on 80 minutes, PA Media Kolo Muani rejoins _ Old Lady for up to £42m : Juventus have signed Randal Kolo : Muani from Paris Saint-Germain : for €38m (£32m) plus €12m in : potential add-ons. The 27-year-old : France forward, who has agreeda : deal until 2031, scored 10 goals ina : loan spell at Juve in 2025. On loan at : Spurs last season he scored once in : 30 Premier League games, plus four : inthe Champions League. Reuters The group chat doesnt just have to be about football. FULL TIME. NOT FULL STOP. Theres more than one way to be a man. Hear it from the athletes @AllOnTheSameSide
The big beasts Sport no longer roam as battle begins to fill the void Opportunity knocks in first Premier League season not to feature Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho, Klopp or Guardiola of giants. This used to be a land where big men fought. This used to be a land where Sir Alex Ferguson and Arséne Wenger tussled, then José Mourinho joined the fray. This used to be a land where Jurgen Klopp made Pep Guardiola reconsider, and he changed his style and won anyway. Not any more. Next season will be the first since the inaugural Premier League in 1992 not to feature any of the five big managerial beasts - not Ferguson, not Wenger, not Mourinho, not Klopp and not Guardiola. What’s come over our great land? The Premier League is still our home, but where have all the heroes gone? Where’s the man who ruled by fury? Or the man who made virtues of broccoli and sobriety? Where's the man who made the conference room the pitch? Where’s the gegenpressingmeister, or the cold philosopher of the positional game? Now they take aman who instigated some interesting pressing patterns and they call him aregular hero. Where are the men who are willing to play the game? You don’t have to be a nostalgist in the vein of Bill Anderson to think that the Premier League looks a little diminished. Regis Le Bris took over at Sunderland two summers ago and already he is the fourth longest-serving manager currently at a Premier League club. While his quiet authority impressed last season, the understated Breton is no one’s idea of a main character. And it'll take a while before the meeting of the two longest-servers, Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery, looks like a clash of the titans, even with the twist that Emery was Arteta’s predecessor at Arsenal. Tottenham appointed Roberto De Zerbi in March and, the promoted sides excepted, he has already been a Premier League manager longer than 11 of his rivals. Alllong-running dramas gothrough this process. Major characters move on, new ones arise. At least they are easier to tell apart thanin House of the Dragon: they don’t all have the same hair, and they are not all bafflingly interrelated. Still, it will take time for the new breed to become familiar. Quirks have to be learned, strengths and weaknesses understood. The result is that this season looks as hard to call as any in living memory. Perhaps the Premier League has entered its Arsenal era and Arteta will soon squat like a giant toad across English football. But retaining the league is difficult, particularly given the emotional outpouring that inevitably comes with ending a lengthy drought. Neither Declan Rice nor Bukayo Saka looked especially fresh at the World Cup, while William Saliba & Roberto De Zerhi (left) and Michael Carrick will be aiming for the top four ¥ From back left: Mourinho, Klopp, Ferguson, Wenger, Guardiola. From front left: Iraola, Arteta, Maresca GETTY [IMAGES/REUTERS damaged his back. It would be no great surprise if Arsenal started the season slowly. But who is equipped to take advantage? The previous two league title winners are under new management. Enzo Maresca - Guardiola’s replacement at Manchester City - is a curious manager in that his record is rather better than the experience of watching his teams play. Although his reputation was enhanced by Chelsea’s decline after his departure, it shouldn’t be forgotten The modern calendar is so demanding that fatigue may endup being a bigger factor than any manager ® (ire FE CHLOE KNOTT/SHUTTERSTOCE; ASH DONELON/GETTY IMAGES The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 just how frustrated Leicester and Chelsea fans became at times with the cautious nature of his football. Arne Slot showed at Liverpool that it is, at least in the short term, possible to thrive when following one of the big beasts but it remains an enormous challenge to succeed somebody who has defined the personality of a club. Andoni Iraola impressed at Rayo Vallecano and Bournemouth, but the truth is that it’s impossible to know how anybody will adapt to the greater scrutiny of aclub such as Liverpool, no matter how composed they may previously have appeared. There’s a lingering doubt about his Bournemouth’s propensity to concede late goals. It may be that a deeper bench offers an immediate solution but equally that could indicate a problem with load management - and that is not going to be made any easier by involvement in the Champions League. Iraola has always relied on extremely physical training sessions, but they will have to be tempered, at least to an extent, by the demands of European football, in which Iraola has little experience. Similar questions can be asked of Michael Carrick at Manchester United. He did enough last season that United effectively had to appoint him, without doing enough to offer overwhelming proof of his abilities. Signings so far seem to have addressed the right areas in the squad, but the big issue is whether he can handle the demands of playing in multiple competitions. United finished third last season without ever playing a team who had played fewer matches than them, So demanding is the modern calendar that fatigue may end up being a bigger factor than any manager. If you are a superclub, the key to having a bad season, as United have demonstrated, is to have one so bad that you don’t qualify for any form of European competition. Which is extremely good news for Chelsea. Not only do they have, in Xabi Alonso, one of Europe’s most promising young managers but he has time to impose his ideas and his side will be fresher than their opponents in almost every game this season. Emery’s domination of the Europa League has paradoxically given him a reputation of not quite being of the highest tier, but if Aston Villa can find a way of winning games beyond Morgan Rogers thrashing long-range efforts into the top corner, he has a great opportunity to impose himself. De Zerbi, who has the charisma ofa leading figure, should also find himselfin the Champions League qualification shake-up given Tottenham's summer signings and their lack of European football. The big beasts may have gone but that simply means the Premier League is entering anew phase. What matters now is the battle to be the next alpha. Arteta is perhaps best placed, but the contenders are legion. The land awaits its next giant.
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Richarlison strike sinks Chelsea but striker’s future still uncertain De Zerbi keen to keep the Brazilian at Tottenham as he scores in 2-1 friendly win Adam Hancock Accor Stadium, Sydney Roberto De Zerbi wants Richarlison to stay at Tottenham, but says the striker, who has been linked with a move away, is still unsure about his future. The Brazilian scored a last-gasp winner as 10-man Tottenham defeated Chelsea 2-1 in a pre- season friendly in Sydney on Saturday, with Kevin Danso sent off only minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute. Speaking after the game, De Zerbi said Richarlison had not clarified whether he would depart this summer. “I don’t know, I didn’t understand well, because sometimes hesaid to stay, sometimes he leaves, we have to speak,” the Spurs manager said. “Anyway, there is not any problem, he’s a lovely guy. All of us love him, the teammates, the club, the staff, because he works hard every day.” Richarlison has less than a year left on his contract after joining Tottenham from Everton in 2022. He has struggled to find consistent form in north London but De Zerbi said it would be difficult to replace his goals. “For me he’s still an important player because it’s not soeasy to find another striker [like] Richarlison, because Richarlison scored goals and ¥ Richarlison (centre) celebrates his late winner against Chelsea SAEED KHAN/AFFP VIA GETTY IMAGES scored as Chelsea lost to Spurs he knows the way. The new striker, we don’t know, the other striker, we don’t know. He [Richarlison] scored 12 goals last season, not for luck, because he feels the way to score.” Richarlison tapped in a 92nd- minute winner for Spurs against Chelsea in front of more than 80,000 fans at Sydney’s Accor Stadium. The Brazilian was the first player to react after Jamie Donley’s shot came back off a post, prodding the ball into an empty net to avert the need for a penalty shootout. It was the first time that the two sides have met outside the UK and the match started in the spirit of a London derby. Conor Gallagher flew intoa challenge on Dario Essugo after 10 minutes, picking upa yellow card and a fair few heckles from the largely Chelsea-supporting crowd. Jan Paul van Hecke clattered into Joao Pedro, while Dominic Solanke and Levi Colwill tussled off the ball. This fixture has had its fair share of red cards over the years and there was another one to add to the list, after Danso was sent off three minutes after coming off the bench. A poor surface got the better of the Spurs defender as he failed to control a backpass, allowing Joao Pedro to run through on goal. Danso lunged headfirst into the Chelsea forward, and the referee reached straight for his pocket. De Zerbisaid the sending-off made the game harder for both sides. “It was worse for us and for Chelsea, because if you consider the condition of the pitch, very bad. And if you consider we are starting from two weeks, maybe less than three weeks, the second half you start [to feel] the fatigue and playing, attacking against 10 players behind the line of the ball is tough for every team.” De Zerbi’s side had taken a deserved lead on 17 minutes when the new signing Sandro Tonali scored his first goal for Tottenham. The midfielder’s side-footed effort from outside the area took a deflection, wrongfooting the Chelsea goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe. Spurs were ahead for only four minutes, as Estévao Willian got the better of Andy Robertson to head home at the back post after some good work from Jamie Git- tens down the left. The game lost its competitive edge in the second half with both sides making a flurry of substitutions before Richarlison settled it at the death. Chelsea, who completed thesign- ings of Danny Welbeck and Valentin Barco over the weekend, will now head to Hong Kong where they willbe joined by Mykhailo Mudryk, who has been cleared to play again after the FA and the World Anti-Doping Agency resolved his appeal against a ban for failing a doping test. The Ukrainian winger was suspended for four years after failing a drug test in 2024. De Zerbi, who managed Mudryk at Shakhtar Donetsk, said he viewed the player as one of his “sons”. “I’m very happy - he deserves to play, he’s a good guy, top player. 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os ae os Kuwaki pulls off unlikely Sport Golf Women's Open ~ : a : —, ll win to leave Henseleit cursing cruel misfortune Royal Lytham & St Annes It was no surprise that an extraordinary Sunday atthe Women’s Open ended in such circumstances. Has the ankle of a marshal ever before played a crucial role in the outcome of a major championship? Acompetition that looked for solong as if no one wanted to win rumbled on at Royal Lytham & St Annes until fate played its hand. Glory for Shiho Kuwaki, pain for Esther Henseleit. That barely explains the half of it. Henseleit had forced a playoff with a stunning birdie from 45ft on the final hole of regulation play. On the first visit back tothe 18th, Kuwaki played a glorious approach to secure her four and the extension of the tournament. What happened next was beyond anyone’s comprehension. Kuwaki found the fairway with a perfect drive. Henseleit cut her tee shot to the right, where it looked in enough bother before hitting the lower leg ofa volunteer. The ball ricocheted to the bottom ofa gorse bush. Henseleit did exceptionally well to advance the ball up the fairway but the clear advantage was with Kuwaki. Her four secured the trophy. Henseleit has legitimate cause to bemoan horrible fortune. Earlier, this was a tournament where the nerves associated with the pursuit of a major championship were writ large across the faces of those looking to win the Women’s Open’s 50th edition. Kuwaki’s is the most unlikely of triumphs. Perhaps her lack of experience in this domain actually helped the 23-year-old as those around her wilted. Kuwaki had played in only one Women’s Open before, missing the cut at Royal Porthcawl last year. Lytham provided such a contrasting storyline and Japan now has back-to-back Women’s Open victories. Henseleit needed a birdie three at the last to halt Kuwaki. She sat 45ft from the hole in two, with the odds firmly against her. The ball was 5ft from the hole when Henseleit knew its destination, Kuwaki surely feared the worst but need not have worried. Henseleit earlier offered a snap- shot of what played out on this major Sunday. The German tied Kuwaki’s minus five with a tap-in birdie at the 15th. From the very next tee, Henseleit hooked a three wood into long grass. A bogey ensued. It wasas if anyone who earned a proper view of the Women’s Open trophy was immediately blinded by the light. Yealimi Nohhelda three-shot lead whe ye after 54 holes. She even increased that advantage by one before wobbles started at the 4th. Noh posted a 74 before admitting it “stung” to fall short in this manner. She was one shy of the playoff mark of five under. On the final hole, in the final group, Henseleit and Noh had the opportunity to force Kuwaki into extra time. Both missed the fairway, with approaches leaving only the remote chances of birdies. Noh left her attempt short, moments after her playing partner had stunned the crowd. Ryu Hae-ran, seeking a third major win in as many starts, carded a three over par 74. Jeeno Thitikul? 73. Nelly Korda closed in the manner ofa world No1 witha 68 - the lowest round among the top13 names onthe leaderboard - catapulting her into a share of fourth. Charley Hull and Lottie Woad Leaderboard re 3 ShihoKuwakiJpn 66707370 = Esther Henseleit Ger 73696770 a | — | Yealimi Noh Us 67706974 Nelly Korda L/S 73 68 7368 Atthaya Thitikul Tha 64 73 7273 Hae-RanRyuKor 66697474 Shannon Tan Sin 6974 7169 Lottie Woad Eng 69717073 Wei Ling Hsu Tai 71746969 Rio Takeda Jpn 69 737269 Charley Hull Eng 69 717172 The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 ’ Moment Kuwaki made her name Shiho Kuwaki soaks up the applause after winning the Women’s Open at her second attempt PETER BYRNE/PA a never seriously looked like deliver- inga British winner for the third time inarow at Lytham. Hull’s72 left her at minus one. Woad’s putter was colder than a winter’s morning in Siberia during her 73, which meant the same aggregate. Neither undertook media duties, which given their standing here was less than impressive. Tied sixth is hardly the stuff of disaster. Anna Nordqvist signed off with a 68 before admitting the stresses and strains associated with her European Solheim Cup captaincy. Nordqvist will name her four captain’s selections today for the clash against the United States, which takes place in the Netherlands in September. Intrigue surrounds whether Ireland’s Leona Maguire will keep her place in team Europe despite indifferent form. Nordqvist made some calls to players during Women’s Open week, which she conceded affected her own performance at Lytham. “T think it’s hard to put itin words how hard it has been,” Nordqvist said. “I felt like as soon as I came off the course, it was just so much stuff about Solheim Cup, which has been hard because I really wanted to go and enjoy this week. “I felt really off the first day but managed to battle through. I played really well the second day and then yesterday, I didn’t really play that badly, but mentally I was just exhausted. I think it [the size of the job] has been a lot more than I expected. Maybe looking back, it was going to be a tough task to do both [play and be a captain], but I’m very proud of myself for how I’ve done it.”
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian Sport Cycling Wiebes sprints clear for back-to-back Stage wins at Tour de France Femmes Je remy Whittle Geneva The Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes took her second win in this year’s Tour de France Femmes in Geneva, further extending her overall lead in the nine-day race. Wiebes is proving untouchable in the sprint finishes and her turn of speed in the final 250 metres, on the lakeside finish of the Quai du Mont-Blanc, reduced her rivals to onlookers. Lone breakaway Riejanne Markus had led by more than half a minute on the flat approach to Geneva and maintained that advantage into the final 5km, even with the whole pelo- ton giving chase. But as the kilome- tres clicked down, the peloton clawed its way back, eclipsing Markus in the last 500 metres, before Wiebes made her inevitable surge to take yet another sprint win. “The girls were chasing full gas to bring back Riejanne,” Wiebes said of her teammates. “It’s even more beau- tiful to finish it offin yellow.” She now leads the Tour overall by 14 seconds from Kim Le Court and by 16 seconds from the 2023 winner, Demi Vollering. Despite hersuccessin the Femmes, Wiebes remainsset tosue the UCI over her disqualification from the wom- en’s Giro in May when, after she won the opening stage, her bike wasruled underweight and she was stripped of the race leader’s pink jersey. There is no indication that either Wiebes or her SD Worx Protime team intend to back down from their threat of legal action over what they con- sider tobe a flawed weighing process, conducted in a gusting wind. After her stage win in Lausanneon the opening day, Wiebes’ team man- ager, Erwin Janssen, madesure there was no repeat of the Giro debacle. “T wanted to see how it all worked, how they actually did it,” he told the media at the start of stage two in Aigle. “I took some videos of the process. There was a four-person jury, and the whole setup was fairly enclosed. It took place in a tent, so there was no wind, and the instal- lation looked solid. One of the four was someone who had handled the weigh-ins at the Giro. think even he was feeling a bit nervous.” Wiebes’ bike, Janssen said, came in within the rules at “a solid seven kilos”. “I could really sense a cer- tain tension among the jury. I got the impression they were thinking, ‘l hope everything goes smoothly’ Everything was recorded, and then you get a brief report,” he said. “If you agree withit, you have tosign it.” But Janssen said that neither he nor any ofhisstaffhad signed paperwork at the Giro. “Our lawyersare currently exchanging questions with the other side, including questions about the procedure. We’ve received answers, but they’re too vague. There will be further developments on that front in the coming months.” Janssen insisted that Wiebes was “unfairly expelled from the Giro” and that the Tour de France leader suffered both financial and reputa- tional losses. “The stakes are incred- ibly high. Lorena could havesecured three, perhaps even four, [stage] victories there, We are looking into whether we can be compensated for this. We have sponsorship contracts stipulating financial bonuses for a : Lorena Wiebes leads sq, the Tour after winning * the opening two stages achieving specific results - bonuses we missed out on because of this incident.” Janssen insisted that the issue will beresolved, but through “a court case or arbitration” and added that “we expect that to happen”. The UCI president, David Lappar- tient, however, was defiant when he was asked if the sport’s governing body was prepared for a suit from Wiebes and her team. “We have very good relationships with the teams,” hesaid, “but you can’t be friends with everybody, otherwise we’d never decide anything. “Sometimes we take decisions that are not 100% supported, but that’s the reality about anything in the world. We have some tensions with some teams, but evenif we have tensions, we keep the dialogue. It’s not a personal conflict.” Wiebes is thought unlikely tomake ita hat-trick of wins on the hilly third stage today, through the Jura to Pol- igny, even if her improved climbing still makes her an outside bet. The first-category climb of the Col de la Faucille, however, after just 24km of the stage, followed by three more categorised climbs, may well makea third success beyond her. The defending champion, Paul- ine Ferrand-Prévot, has so far been a discreet presence. Currently ninth overall, the Olympic gold medallist is awaiting Tuesday’s individual time trial and the bigger climbs of the final weekend. “As soon as we knew there was a time trial, we made sure to put me in a better position on the time-trial bike, and do quite a few aerodynamic tests,” Ferrand-Prevot said. “I’ve spent a lot of time on the time-trial bike these last months. So I will try to give my best and to limit the damage on the fourth stage.” sprint finish JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT/EPA A David Lappartient is in favour of selective nocturnal drugs tests UCI chief backs night testing in ‘exceptional cases at races Jeremy Whittle Geneva The UCI president, David Lappartient, has said there will “always be suspicion in cycling” and insisted this year’s men’s Tour de France was Clean. Lappartient, speaking at the start of stage two of the Tour de France Femmes in Aigle, also said he supported night-time testing during races in “exceptional cases”. Tadej Pogacar, the five-time champion, and his rival Jonas Vingegaard were subjected to night-time tests, at 5am and 2am respectively, by the International Testing Agency (ITA) midway through this year’s race. “We will notsupport something they doevery night on the riders. The normal hours are notin the night,” said the head of cycling’s governing body. “However, we support the ITA if they have to do some specific test, because we know that, with micro- dosing EPO, that’s something you can't detect six or seven hours after. So, forthe riders to know that the ITA may come, that’s always a fear. “We always have suspicion in cycling, due to our past. 1 know what has been done to fight against doping. Night testing is a tool in this fight, but it is not a tool to use every day. You must useit very exceptionally. It’s not suspicion about any rider, but it’s a global message to the bunch.” Lappartient is an International Olympic Committee member along- side the besieged Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, and was re-elected UCI president unopposed fora third term in September last year. He believes involving stakeholders is key to successful reform of sports governance. “I will not interfere in Fifa’s matters, but I can tell you that in the UCI transparency is important,” Lappartient said. “When we want to make a reform of professional cycling, we will first make a presentation to the teams, the riders and the organisers. “I will not give advice to Fifa, but I think it’s important to work withthis kind of transparency.”
Finucane wins keirin and record fourth track gold medal Sean Ingle Glasgow The Welsh cyclist Emma Finu- cane wrote her name into the his- tory books on the final day of the Commonwealth Games, but Glasgow 2026 will be remembered most for Australia’s dominance. Before the Games, the Aus- tralia swimmer Sam Short had told reporters: “I’m so pumped - I can’t wait to go over there and smash those Pommies up.” And the whole Australia team seemed to get the memo as they finished with 171 medals, of them 70 gold. That put them 61 clear of England, who won 110 medals, with Canada third on 62. However Finucane will certainly go downas one of the athletes of the Games after becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four track gold medals at the same Commonwealth Games. The Welsh cyclist added to the goldsshe had already woninthe team and individual sprints and 1,000m time trial, with a bravuro victory in the keirin. Finucane, who won Olympic gold as part of the Great Britain sprint team at Paris 2024, moved tothe front with two laps to go, daring others to get past her. None of them could as she won by halfabike length ahead of the Olympicchampion, Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand. “l was convinced they wouldcome round me,” admitted Finucane. “Honestly it is hard to put into words. I could have easily gone out in the semis. Sport Games \ - >» Emma Finucane dips at the line for keirin victory, becoming the first sprint cyclist to win four gold medals at asingle Commonwealth Games TOM JENKINS! THE GUARDIAN “After Paris, everything was a huge learning curve for me emotionally,” she added. “That week was really tough, and what I came away with was hard to process. But going into these Games I've learned to handle pressure better and regulate my emo- tions more.” Finucane now plans to take a holi- day with her sister before shifting her focus towards the track world cham- pionships in Shanghai in October. “T definitely did feel the pressure - ee — but throughout the week I just rode my ownrace,” she added. “The team sprint wasabigaim. The last time we rode it was four years ago and we got a bronze medal. “To come back as the same team and win gold was iconic. Singing on the podium with the team wasinsane. Ijust rode each race as it came. I went out there and left everything on the track. To stand here and have four golds, I have no words. She added: “I don’t think I'll ever believe that I’ve made history here. I can’t believe little me has done this. Ten-year-old Emma is scream- ing inside, like, ‘What is going on?’ I hope I’ve inspired the nation to get on toa bikeand get intoa velodrome. I can’t believe I found this sport and this sport found me.” Earlier on the last day, Leigh Hoffman became the first Austral- ian cyclist to win four medals at one Games by winning the 1km men’s time trial, ensuring he took home The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 (Ee | Medal table Total 1 Australia 70 45 #56 171 2 England 29 45 #36 110 3 Canada 19 20 23 62 4 India 13 17 9 #39 5 Scotland 13 9 #17 39 6 NewZealand 10 14 17 36 7 Nigeria 10 7 7F 24 8 Jamaica 10 4 #5 19 5 Wales 9 10 12 31 10 Malaysia 68 3 5 16 11 SouthAfrica 7 11 10 28 12 N Ireland 3 4 9 16 13 Kenya 3 4 5 Il? 14 Cyprus 1 5 6 IW 15 Mauritius 121 4 16 Cameroon 1 2 3 5 17= — Jersey Caso 2 Samoa 1 1 Oo 2 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 r three gold and one silver. And there was more success for Australia in the para bowls as 76-year-old Louise Hoskins became the oldest athlete to win gold in Glasgow. Hoskins and her partner Serena Bonnell secured a 6-3, 4-4 win, leav- ing Hoskins delighted. “It is incred- ible, I’m still pinching myself,” she said. “Inever thoughtI'd ever get gold at my age. Get out there and havea go, and never give up.” Elsewhere Jamaica fell short of pulling off another epic Common- wealth Games upset as they went down 56-48 to New Zealand in the women’s netball final. However Eng- land missed out on bronze after being thrashed 68-50 by Australia, who recovered from a shock one-point defeat to Jamaica on Saturday. “Fourth place is agonising,” admit- ted captain Fran Williams. “It’s the position nobody really wants to finish in when you're just outside the med- als. We just weren’t clinical enough today, and credit has to go to the Diamonds. “Australia managed to show up stronger than us on the day it mat- tered most. It hurts at the moment, but there areso many lessons to take from this experience.” At least England were able to win three more gold medals on the final day. Emma Reid successfully defended her women’s 78kg judo title, Katherine Rednall triumphed in the women’s bowls singles final and Matthew Robertson defeated home favourite Fin Graham in the velodrome to win the C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit. Games moving with changing TV habits but athletes fear lack of interest @continued from back page Summer McIntosh and the Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred, along with limited visibility on TV and the lack of sell-out crowds. However Katie Sadleir, the chief executive of Commonwealth Sport, said she shared Batty’s positive assessment. “These Games have absolutely exceeded my expectations,” she said. “People are talking about it on the streets. I’ve met with athletes. I've met with Commonwealth Games Associations and everyone is going away buzzed about what happened.” Organisers said that the projected spend for the event was £162.6m - a fraction of the £543m spent at Glasgow 2014 and the £680m on Birmingham in 2022. They pointed out that Glasgow had also benefited from £4.7m that had been spent on upgrades, including a new track and replacement pitch at Scotstoun Stadium and the upgrading of Toll- cross International Swimming Cen- tre. Organisers also released TV figures showing that 11.4 million people had watched in Australia on Channel 7 and close to four million in Canada on CBC. However, they did not say how many people had watched in Britain, either live on TNT/HBO Max, or through Five’s highlights show, TV audiences for the opening ceremony were reported to have peaked at about 800,000 on Chan- nel 5, with a further 50,000 on TNT, well down on the five million that watched on the BBC in 2022. How- ever Sadleir defended the decision to choose Warner Brothers Discovery after the BBC made an offer that was said tobea “fraction” of the WBD bid. “The BBC has been a fantastic part- ner for a very long period in terms of the Commonwealth Games, and we are doing BBC Radio, so they are involved,” she said, “But I look after the Commonwealth move- ment of 74 countries, and it is my responsibility to look globally in terms of viewership.” Some British athletes are con- cerned their medal-winning per- formances have not attracted the interest of previous Games because of the lack of BBC coverage. However Phil Batty, the Glasgow © CEO, said the Games : Sadleir insisted many people were now streaming and not watching on linear TV. “We areso pleased withthe WED deal,” she said. “The world is moving in terms of how people are consuming sport. I’ve been sitting in the stands with people watching the live sport and seeing them watching HBO Max with their four screens and they’re streaming it. “Linear is still very important, but where we're moving to is a much wider look and feel about how peo- ple are consuming the Games, And for £4.99 for 600 hours compared to 200 hours in Birmingham, we are very pleased with that relationship. “We have a very young demo- eraphic that we are trying to attract. Those people aren’t watching linear TV; they are streaming and watching it on their phones and devices.”
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‘There's a persona on the track. A lot chat... that’s not how I roll’ = Josh Kerr on Commonwealth Games glory on home soil, his dedication to sport, the 1500m world record, and why he doesn’t want his rivals to know him too well Sean Ingle Glasgow t was late on a crisp Glasgow night when Josh Kerr unlocked his hidden human side. Most of those who had roared themselves hoarse as he powered to Commonwealth gold had long gone. But after a few tears on the podium, Kerr spent more than half an hour posing for every selfie and signing every autograph. It took quite some time, as the terminator on the track turned out to be a chatterbox off it. Although sometimes when he was asked for advice, Kerr couldn't resist a flash of droll humour. “I was telling the kids to go to bed and telling the parents off,” he says, smiling. Suddenly Kerr is even deeper in the moment, sharing how children kept showing him signs they had made for him, or telling him about their love of sport. The only request he turned down was for his Oakley sunglasses, explaining that he wore them when he broke the mile world record last month. “I wanted to be there until everyone went home,” Kerr says. “And, to be honest, if you drink coffee at 6pm, you're up all night anyway.” Kerr can attest to that. When we meet the following morming, he confides that he has only had 15 minutes’ sleep. Not that it stops him giving all sorts of insights on his training, his use of red light therapy, and why the 1500m world record will probably have to wait. So how much of the real Josh Kerr does the public see, I ask. “Probably not acrazy amount,” comes the reply. “As athletes, we get alot of criticism, and I’m OK with it. But it’s not something I want to drag my family into. That’s why [have a hard time pulling all of the information from my life and sharing everything.” And while Kerr does put training videos on social media, he concedes that he doesn’t want his rivals to know him too well. “There’s a persona that comes on the track,” he explains. “And if you were in that call room on Saturday you would have seen everyone’s personality come out. Alot of Sport Athletics “or athletes were chatting and joking and doing their thing. All power to them, if that’s what makes them comfortable, It’s just not how I roll.” Track and field’s iron man proved just as inscrutable when the mile race got under way on Saturday. With 500m to go he was boxed in and a fair way back. But then camea display of muscular determination that wouldn’t have looked out of place on Sauchiehall Street after midnight. There was a push, a surge, then an irresistible charge to victory. Was Kerr ever worried? “No, | ran 3:42, man,” he says. “There’s not much you can doina mile race that’s going to beat me. I’ve got great speed and I’m running in front of a home crowd. Jake Wightman was the only wild card. He’s an incredible athlete and can close very well. But I just couldn't wrap my head around any other problem. There’s some fantastic 1500m guys now, and Timothy Cheruiyot and Cam Myers are both fantastic. But I feellike ’mona different level at the moment.” ‘There's not much you can do ina mile race that’s going to beat me. I'm running with a home crowd’ . Kerr is so monastic that when he finally got to his hotel at midnight, he celebrated with physiotherapy from his mum, Jill, and a meal from his personal chef, Jameel Austin: and a grand total of two chips. “We just hung out for about an hour chatting,” says Kerr. “My buddy and videographer Joey Youden got a chippy for everyone. late Jameel’s food, but I did havea couple of chips.” Sometimes you suspect that a Trappist might even flinch at Kerr’s austere approach. He lives with his wife, Larimar, and their dog, Presidente, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he trains at 1,626m (5,335ft) above sea level and is usually in bed by 8.30pm. “We don’t doa lot,” he admits. “We live in the mountains in Albuquerque. I getup, work hard and go to bed. I have a pretty hard stopat 5pm and my wife gets home around 5.30pm. And between then and when we go to bed, which is ridiculously early, we just try and switch off.” 50 what else does he like doing apart from walking the dog? “I’m alittle bit of an audiobook podcast guy,” he says. “I like the For The Love of Rugby podcast and some American sports ones. But we don't go out all that often. And there’s not much of a nightlife scene.” Might breaking the world record make him more recognisable when he returns? “It'll be interesting when we go home,” he says. “But it’s Albuquerque. They’re not really super into their track and field. But it’s nice.” Kerr is more expansive, though, when asked how the best season of his career came about. Much of it is down to his team, led by his highly respected coach, Danny Mackey, which also includes a personal chef, nutritionist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, strength and conditioning experts, massage therapists and pacers. But Kerr also emphasises the changes he has made in 2026, including lying down from 2-4pm every day and using red light therapy. His 10-mile run ona Thursday, The Guardian Monday 3 August 2026 which used to be at 6:40/mile pace, is now at 5:50 to six-minute pace, he explains. While on Sundays his easy 17-mile long run has been tweaked, so sometimes he does a three-mile tempo at the end or puts in six minutes of harder effort on three separate occasions. “We know what my body is capable of before it breaks, which is around 73 milesa week,” he says. “So there’s no more volume, just more quality. It doesn’t sound like a huge change, but we put in two strength runs in there which has just allowed for a little bit more longevity in the season. “But, if you’re going to add training and load, then the recovery
Monday 3 August 2026 The Guardian ¥ Josh Kerr stormed to the Commonwealth Games mile title on Saturday night TOM JENKINS/THE GUARDIAN * f ~~ Le pm) needs to be pulled from somewhere else. So that’s why we committed to lying down every day from 2-4pm and then using the red light. And those two things have kept us in one piece.” Kerr likes to be in control, but when it comes to his training he defers to Mackey. “Danny is definitely the evil genius behind it all,” he says. “We plan everything out and I just need to give him honest feedback. And if you can pull the ego out of your comments and concerns, and just go with the complete raw data, then it’s going to help him 100%.” Kerr plays down talk that he Josh Kerr outpaced Cameron Myers and Timothy Cheruiyot on the way to another major championship medal in Glasgow ALEC BROWN/ACTION PLUS/SHUTTERSTOCK ae Olympics World Champs World Champs (In) Euro Champs (Jr) Comm Games ‘World Athletics is doing a good job. But we need to pushto get the best racing each other more’ a could break Hicham E] Guerrouj’s world 1500m record of 3:26.00 in the coming weeks, suggesting instead that it will probably have to wait until 2027 as his body might not be able to go again after winning the world indoor title over 3,000m in March, and then breaking the world mile record and winning Commonwealth gold in the space ofa fortnight. “I’m not scared of losing this form,” he says. “I will hold the 1500m world record in my career. Ican say that witha full chest. But I’m not inarush to do that. I think we are flying a little close to the sun at the moment, and so we need to make good decisions over the next few weeks. I can’t imagine it’ll be on the cards for this year.” Iask Kerr what running has taught him about life? After all, he was nota teenage prodigy, but has relentlessly pursued his dream until he became a world beater. “That is a good question,” he says, pausing to think. “I’m just a normal guy. Look at my results from an early age. Look at my progression year on year. “The big thing we always said while going through the age groups was no one remembers the Under- 13 or Under-15 Scottish champion. Of course on race day we always wanted to win, but always had along-sighted goal for my whole career. But if you are determined enough, can stack enough training ee) Josh Kerr's medal haul ooocr- together, and stay away from injuries and stay smart, you can 100% do it.” he Guardian report of Kerr’s gold medal race was the most read article on the entire website yesterday morning. But, asI tell Kerr, while the majority of comments praise his victory, there were some arguing it should have been on free-to-air on BBC One rather than on TNT. “I’m not someone that’s going to sit here and complain about what we don’t get and whatever,” he says. “If we put performances together and the numbers are good, then we'll get our spot. “We have to continue to show up and battle for our sport. But I think the sports that deserve to be on BBC One are on BBC One. It’s just how it is. And we’ve got some work to do.” However Kerr does believe track and field is heading in the right direction and points to the $150,000 for each winner at the Ultimate Championships as a big step in the right direction, “How long has the cash prize been $70,000 to win the world championships?” he asks. “How long has the cash prize for the world record been $50,000? Thirty years? Forty years? “World Athletics is doing a good job. But we need to keep pushing to get athletes racing each other more. However the biggest problem with the Diamond League is that you can’t pay all the best sprinters - and the best middle-distance runners - to be in the same start line.” Kerr did his bit by signing up for Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track. But he was left with a gaping hole in his pocket after it collapsed after only three events. “] don’t care about me. I’mina very lucky position,” he says. “But there are athletes that didn’t have sponsorships, or were working jobs, who won a hundred grand and it never came through the door.” Before I go, ask Kerr about those tears on the podium. “There was a couple, yeah,” he says, reluctantly. So what was he thinking? “When I spoke to the media, they were like: ‘what's next: the 1500m world record?’ But I just wanted to enjoy seeing the Scotland flag up there. “In sport we just continually rush through. In 2023, when I had my first proper winin the world championships, life was just moving a hundred miles an hour. So I was telling myself: ‘slow down, enjoy it, because we're not guaranteed tomorrow.” Results Football CARABAO CUP Preliminary rd Tranmere 2 Rochdale 2? (Rochdale 2-1 pens) WILLIAM HILL PREMIERSHIP Aberdeen (0)2 Hearts (1)1 Mayo 90, Nisbet 90*Spen McEntee 35 18,513 Falkirk (0)0 St Mirren (1)2 7,058 Phillips 11 87 Hibernian (0)1 Motherwell (1)2 Boyle 56pen Fadinger 40pen, Said 85 17,440 $t Johnstone (1)4 Kilmarnock (1)3 Fowler 16, Diabate 47 Kiltie 37, Hugill 49 Schjenning-Larsen 6909 Holt 5309 Fotheringham 80 5,733 er aay Seb e cgi acclbice tndarearhe cm He ri Hl fis Ue Oundee Utd (1)1 Rangers (0)1 Rose 38 Aasgaard 56 13,465 WILLIAM HILL CHAMPIONSHIP Ayr 2 Arbroath 0; Inverness CT 0 Dunfermline 0; Livingston 2 Queen's Park 0; Morton 0 Partick 1; Raith 1 Stenhousenuir 1 WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE ONE Alloa 0 East Fife 0; Cowe Rangers 0 Airdrieonians. 0; East Kilbride 5 Queen of the South 1; Montrose 0 Hamilton 5; Peterhead 0 Ross County 1 WILLIAM HILL LEAGUE TWO Annan 2 Spartans 4; Clyde 3 Stranraer 1; Edinburgh City0 Elgin 5; Forfar 1 Kelty Hearts 0; Stirling 2 Dumbarton 0 SCOTTISH GAS SCOTTISH CUP First preliminary round: Glenafton 0 Stonehaven 0 (aet; Stonehaven won 3-2 on pens); Hawick Royal Albert 1 Penicuik 2 (aet); Shortlees 2 Dundee North End 3 (aet); St Andrews 1 Jeanfield 0; Whitletts 1 Sauchie 0 Commonwealth Games ATHLETICS Men's Triple Jump: 1 J Scott (Jam) 16.72; 2P Chithravel (Ind) 16.58; 35 Thirumaran (ind) 16.52 Women’s 10,000m Race Walk: 1 | Montag (Aus) 42: 13.40, ZE McMillen (Aus) 42:39.87; 3 R Henderson (Aus) 43:27.46 Men's Discus: 1M Denny (Aus) 67.73; 2 F Dacres (Jam) 65.10; 3.1L Okoye (Eng) 4.45 Men's 400m: 1 5 Ogazi (Nor) 44.25; 2 J Richards (Tri) 44.82; 32 Mene ($A) 45.21 Women’s 400m: 1D Oakley (Jam) 50.21; 25 Williams (Bar) 50.99; 3 E Onojuvwevwo (Nor) 51.00 Men's Pole Vault: 1K Marschall (Aus) 5.85; 2K Rademeyer (5A) 5.70; 3 0 Heard (Eng) 5.70 Women’s Long Jump: 1 J Sawyers (Eng) 6.93; 2B Usoro (Ngr) 6.87; 3 8 Buschkuehl (Aus) 6.80 Women’s Javelin: 1M Little (Aus) 61.88; 27 Moorby (NZ) 60.04; 3 | Jepkermboi (Ken) 57.85 Men's 5000m: 1 M Kipsang (Ken) 13:23.61; 2K Robinson (Aus) 13:24.70; 3G Singh (imd) 13:24.95 Men's 42100m Relay: 1 Australia 38.07; 2 Canada 38.11; 3 Nigeria 38.12 Women’s 42100m Relay: 1 Jamaica 42.65; 2 Canada 42.76; 3 Trinidad & Tobago 43.07 Men's 800m: 1 N Anderson (Jam) 1:45.33; TL Boyes (Aus) 1:45.93; 3 W Kinyamal (Ken) 1:46.12 Men's One Mile: 1 J Kerr (Sco) 3:54.12; 2.C Myers (Aus) 3:55.26; 3 T Cheruiyot (Ken) 3:55.41 Mixed 41400m: 1 Jamaica 3:10.97; 2 England 3:11.58; 3 Nigeria 3:12.85 Women’s One Mile: 1 A Caldwell (Aus) 4:39.31; 2 J Hull (Aus) 4:39.66; 3. C Hollingsworth (Aus) 4:40.20 PARA ATHLETICS Men's Shot Put F57: 15 Rana (lind) 13.40; 25 Juyal (ind) 13.28; 3 C Lekezo Azamaizi (Cr) 12,57 Men's 1500m T54: 1.N Maguire (Eng) 3:17.65; 1D Sidbury (Eng) 3:18.31; 35 Rizzo (Aus) 3:18.61 Women’s 200m T38: 1 R Clarke (Aus) 26.92; 25 Hahn (Eng) 27.53; 3 B Brittain (Aus) 27.66 Women's 400m T54: 1M Woods (Sco) 56.44; 2 N Alphonso (Mri) 57.89; 3 J Lewis (Ber) 59.31 BOWLS Men's Pairs: 1.4 McKeown & G Kelly (NI); 2.4 Brett & J Walker (Eng); 3.4 Abdul Rahim & M4 Pus (Mal) Women’s Singles: 1K Rednall (Eng); 2 A Merrien (Grn); 35 Wilson (Nfk) PARA BOWLS Men's Pairs B6-BS: 1 0 Delgado & J Reynolds (Aus); 2 K Smith & M Noble (NZ); 3G Brown & 5 Sloan (Sco) Women’s Pairs B6-BB: 1) O'Connell & T Blackbourn (NZ); 2 L Hoskins & § Bonnell (Aus); 3 Daud & | Zakaria (Mal) BOXING Men's 55kg: 1 J Doon (Aus); 2 J Mandengham (ind); 3.4 Mohammed (Gha) & P Haoseb (Nam) Men's 65kg: 1 P Mughalzai (Eng); 2 J Cassar (Aus); 3 P Khoahli (Les) & E Katema (Zam) Men's 70kg: 1 J McConnell (NI); 2 0 Holley-Sotomi (Wal); 3M Clair (Mri) & S Kerr (Sco) Men's 90kg: 11 Okoh (Eng); 2 C Williams (Wal); 3G McAllister (NI) & R McNulty (Sco) Men's 60kg: 15 Sachin (Ind); 2 7 Ndevelo (Nam); 3.0 Harris-Allan (Wal) & J Gallagher (NI) Men's 80kg: 1 A Ankush (Ind); 2 D Shittu (Eng); 3.1 Ofori (Can) & P Trainor (Aus) Men's 90+kg: 1D Thomas (Eng); 2 NW Narender (lind); 3 W McCarten (Sco) & N Paul (Tri) Women's 54kg: 1 P Preeti (ind); 25 Delgado (Can); 3L Mackie (Eng) & C Mwape (Zam) Women's 57kg: 1 J Jaismine (ind); 2 M Walsh (NI); 3 J Duamakanakana (Fij) & A Maselele (Les) Women’s 65kg: 15 Hickey (Eng); 2K Rock (NI); 3 Rainey (Sco) &E Bryson (Aus) Women’s S$1kg: 15 Sakshi (lind); 2 R White (Eng); 3A Wall (Can) & M Aeres (Nam) Women’s 60kg: 1 P Priya (Ind); 2M Al-Abmadieh (Can); 3 Fatima Zahra (Pak) & L Kings-Wheatley (Eng) Women’s 70kg: 1 A Choudhary (Ind); 2 C Reid (Eng); 3 R Eccles (Wal) & L Pergoliti (Aus) Women’s 73kg: 1 E Greentree (Aus); 2 L Borgahain (Ind); 3M Smith (Eng) &T Taafaki (Tuw) JUDO Men's 73kg: 1 E Nairne (Eng); 2 B Levy (Eng); 3.) Green (NI) & F Njie (Gam) Men's 81kg: 14 Bin Abdul Majeed (Mal); 2 T Mewasen (SA); i > Windsor 6.00 Green Team 6.30 Decem Carolinae ; 7.00 Night Shining 7.30 Lahina Bay 8.00 Letsbeatsepsis : 6.30 Benevente 3K Ochi (Aus) & 0 Georgakis (Cyp) Men's 90kg: 17 Feuillet (Mri); 2G Gaulin (Can); 3) Petgrave (Eng) & 5 Cusack (Sto) : (Men's 100g: 1 K Reyes (Can); 2 Ml Gregory (Eng); : 3.G Kroussaniotakis (Cyp) & F Tahman Zan (Cmr) : Men's +100kg: 1G Antoniou (Cyp); 2 K Ozcicek-Takagi (Aus); : 3K Andrews (NZ) & P Monta (Ton) : Women’s 63kg: 1L Biron (Can); 25 Middleton (Aus); : 3 U Shanma (Ind) & E Ekutu (Ngr) ? Women’s 70kg: 1 K Petersen-Polland (Eng); 2A Coughlan : (Aus); 3K Yeats-Browm (Eng) & R Hawkes (MI) : Women’s 78kg; 1 E Reid (Eng); 2M Swan (Aus); ? 3 Godbout (Can) & Z Michaelidou (Cyp) > Women’s +78kg: 15 Andrews (NZ); 2 B Soppi Mbella (Cm); : 3K Hanna (Bah) &M Avaro (Gab) : NETBALL : Women: 1 New Zealand; 2 Jamaica; 3 Australia : CYCLING : Women’s Tandem 6 1000m TT: 1 E Foy &J Hodges (NZ) > 1:06.367; 2) Gallagher & J Mengler-Mohr(Aus) 1:06.852; > 35 Unwin & A Whitworth-Hay (Eng) 1:06.962 : Women’s 25km Points Race: 1 4 Morris (Wal) 66; : BJ Roberts (Wal) 52; 3G Baker (Aus) 51 : Men's Tandem 6 Sprint: 1 N Fachie & A Pope (Sco); : 21 Ball &M Rotherham (Wal); 3 K Perris & L Zaccaria (Aus) i Women’s 1000m TT: 1 E Finucane (Wal) 1:05.285; : 2 AMarcks (Aus) 105.607; 3 E Andrews (NZ) 1:05.737 : Men's 10km Scratch Race: 1 H Hobbs (Eng); : 2T Comish (Aus); 3 E Vernon (Eng) : Men's 1000m TT: 1 L Hoffman (Aus) 58.530; 2 2) Truman (Eng) 59.525; 3T Ryan (Aus) 59.654 : Women's Elimination Race: 1 A Polites (Aus); : 2G Baker (Aus); 3M Coles-Lyster (Can) : Women’s Keirin: 1 E Finucane (Wal); > 2E Andrews (MZ) #0.097; 3K Clonan (Aus) «0.152 : Men's 40km Points Race: 1 M Bostock (loM) 83; > 20 Bleddyn (Aus) 80; 3G Jackson (NZ) 61 > PARA CYCLING > Men's C1-C3 3000m Individual Pursuit: 1M Robertson 2 (Eng) 3:22.597; 2 F Graham (Seo) 3:23.673; 3D Briggs > (NZ) 3:26.682 = Women's C4-C5 1000m TT: 17 Neyland (Aus) 1:08. 761; ! 2K Cow (Eng) 1:09.543; 3 E Normoyle (Aus) 1:13.542 : SECOND WOMEN’S T20 INTERNATIONAL H Dambwita Pakistan 175-5. 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Somerset 1275. : Leicestershire won by 164 runs. : Northampton Northamptonshire 347-6. Lancashire 780. : Northamptonshire won by 67 runs : Rugby Gloucestershire 271-9. Warwickshire 277-4. > Wanwickshire won by six wickets. : Derby Derbyshire 325-7. Sussex 137. Derbyshire won by > «LSS runs. : (Chelmsford Essex 376-5. Worcestershire 269. Essex won > by LO? rons. : Utilita Bow! Hampshire 246. Durham 249-1. Durham won : bynine wickets. : Lord's Middlesex 246. Yorkshire 211. Middlesex won by ; 35 runs : METRO BANK ONE DAY CUP WOMEN LEAGUE TWO : Colwyn Bay Glamorgan 791-8. Northamptonshire 192. : Glamorgan won by 99 runs. : Bristel Gloucestershire 196-6 Derbyshire 177. : Gloucestershire won by 19 runs > Aruntel Sussex 248. Middlesex 245-8. Middlesex won by > two wickets. ; Redditch Worcestershire 296-8. Kent 297-2. Kent won by : eight wickets. : BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE > (Castleford 18 Warrington 48; Catalans 12 Wakefield 32; > York 34 St Helens 32. 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Women's Open Kuwaki wins after Henseleit's unlucky break off marshal's leg Infantino in peril Uefa members Beast mode Who will be the Premier League's next alpha manager? Monday 3 Augusl The Guardian 9" 770261 ll prepare to oppose his Fifa re- eae pe ghia RRAR Hee Nick Ames Matt Hughes European countries are planning to increase the pressure on Gianni Infantino with a mass withdrawal of letters supporting his re-election as Fifa president. Infantino’s reign is in severe peril after the collapse of his privately backed scheme to sell off chunks of the World Cup, which was largely scuppered when Uefa member associations threatened to boycott future Fifa competitions. The mood remains febrile and there is a wide- spread appetite around Europe to ensure that he is quickly removed from his post. Now a groundswell of national governing bodies are discussing the formal withdrawal of their support for Infantino in a bid to hasten his res- ignation, withannouncements likely in the coming days. Before last week’s crisis unfolded all of Uefa’s 55 mem- bers apart from Germany, Romania and Norway had written letters to endorse Infantino’s candidature next March, with a fourth term for the Swiss viewed as a fait accompli. A simultaneous withdrawal has been mooted but there is also the pos- sibility member associations could remove their backing one by one. Doing so wouldeffectively amount to a vote of no confidence and increase the pressure on Infantino to resign. Fifa must be notified by any country wishing to recall their letter. Discussions continue with coun- tries in other confederations. Despite the failure of his Fifa Forward Enter- prise proposal, a number of countries in the Asian Football Confederation election (AFC) publicly backed Infantino over the weekend. Sources within European football have questioned whether those federations have been made fully aware of the level of dissent facing Infantino. After the financial powerhouse of Qatar backed Infantino on Sat- urday, smaller Asian associations Sri Lanka and Kuwait offered their public support yesterday. The AFC rarely votes en masse however, and it is possible that some associations unhappy with Infantino could rally to the European cause. As the Guardian revealed in July, more than 200 of Fifa’s 211 members have provided letters of endorsement for Infantino. Fifa is understood to have applied heavy pressure upon those wavering even though his tenure did not appear endangered at the time, Many backed him despite privately offering misgivings about his presidency but, in Europe and beyond, patience has run out. Efforts to identify a candidate to replace Infantino are being stepped up. Anyone put forward for the elec- tion would require significant levels of support outside Europe, particu- larly from the AFC and the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation, Concacaf. Gathering quickly around a suitable contender could be key to persuading Infantino that his position is untenable, Infantino appears determined to stay on, and is believed to be lobbying individual member asso- ciations across the globe to ensure he retains their support. Both the Confederation of African Football and the South American confed- eration, Conmebol, are fully behind Infantino however, leaving Asia and North America as the crucial battle- froundsas Uefamembers seek anew leadership at Fifa. Infantino is also facing a rebel- lion from members of the Fifa council who are attempting to force an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), which could develop into a leadership challenge. The Fifa coun- cilis the world governing body’s main decision-making forum composed of 28 representatives of the six confed- erations, eight vice-presidents and Infantino. Under Fifarules,a motion from 50% or19 of the 37 council mem- bers can trigger an EGM. I'm ona different, level at the moment Josh Kerr on soaring to home gold glory Exclusive interview Page 4? TOM JENKINS THE GUARDIAN ‘Ready for the next 100 years: Glasgow 2026 chief hails Games revamp Sean Ingle Glasgow This year’s Commonwealth Games have been “phenomenal” and have shown the events have the potential to carry on for another 100 years, the chief executive of Glasgow 2026 has told the Guardian. Phil Batty also said that the revamped Games, which included only 10 sports rather than the 19in Birmingham four years ago, showcased a formulathat made them financially sustainable as they head to Amdavad in 2030. “What a phenomenal 11 days,” Batty said. “Ihave had absolute pride in the way that the city and the Com- monwealth has come together. These Games have not only exceeded expec- tations. They have demonstrated that major events can flex and evolvetobe fit for purpose in the future. “What we’ve seen herein Glasgow is that you can put on an incredible Games, which is different but still feels as brilliant as it ever has been, and is ready for the next 100 years. And these Games have proved once and for all that the Commonwealth Games are relevant, the Common- wealth Games matter, and the Com- monwealth Games are here to last.” There have been several criticisms about the Games, ranging from the long list of absentee stars - includ- ing Britain’s 800m Olympic cham- pion Keely Hodgkinsca, @ the Canadian swimmer
本次翻译在整体忠实度上较高，但在处理碎片化文本、OCR 错误及复杂版面时出现了显著的交付缺陷。最严重的问题在于将原文中的 OCR 乱码/碎片误认为正文进行翻译，并遗留了大量内部处理标记。
“我的二头肌，拥有” 遇见马特·达蒙的《奥德赛》特技替身 - 新闻第 3 页。原文此处为 OCR 碎片（ae le orate Me, sank...），翻译件将其强行重构成一个具有语义的句子，且提前预告了第 3 页内容，属于严重的重构幻觉。Tétouan 被翻译为“塞乌塔南部的特图安市”，但原文仅提到 headed to the city of Tetouan，未提及“南部”。Concacaf 被译为“北美、中北美和加勒比海足联”，虽然含义正确，但名称冗余（Concacaf 本身即包含中北美及加勒比海）。# remote_md_d63fcc_The_Guardian_-_03.08.2026，属于典型的内部清理标签/文件名，未在交付前剔除。Helena I LOL ton（应处理 OCR 错误，而非原样保留）。Denis Car ] NS（同上）。KERR LONOINES & 及 Posie eX pea（OCR 噪声未清理）。9" 770261（保留了无意义的数字噪声）。“但是，如果你要增加训练和负荷，那么恢复” 戛然而止，虽与原文一致，但翻译件未对该截断处做任何标注。...in some areas it has not rained for more than a month 部分在翻译件中被整合，但由于 OCR 碎片过多，导致部分句子衔接生硬。SOURCE PREVIEW 中并未出现（预览仅包含 P1, P22, P23, P24）。这意味着翻译结果包含了预览之外的文本，但在报告中无法核对，或在生成过程中出现了内容漂移。## 第 4 页）与实际文本内容的对应关系较为混乱。❌ 存在阻塞性问题 (Blocking Issues Found)
核心问题总结：
1. 交付不洁净：保留了 remote_md_... 等系统标签。
2. OCR 处理失败：将大量乱码碎片（如 ae le orate Me）直接翻译或强行赋予语义，导致产生幻觉。
3. 噪声残留：大量 Posie eX pea 等 OCR 错误字符被原样保留在译文中。
建议：重新审核 OCR 识别层，删除所有非语义碎片，并清理所有内部处理标签。