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Howard Webb says accidental handball law ‘a nonsense’ and calls for reform

Webb wants to stop ‘ridiculous situations’ Says VAR officials in United v City had ‘tunnel vision’ Howard Webb has described the law around accidental handball as “a bit of a nonsense” and called for its reform to stop referees being drawn into “ridiculous situations”. The chief refereeing officer for English football made his remarks on Tuesday, when he also fronted up over the error that allowed Manchester City to win Sunday’s Manchester derby. Webb said he was “really disappointed” with the video assistant referee call that failed to spot Enzo Fernández interfering with play from an offside position before Erling Haaland scored the only goal . Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Paul MacInnes15 Sept

Sophie Cunningham says she spoke to Adam Silver about next WNBA commissioner

Cathy Engelbert is leaving her post at end of year NBA commissioner often speaks to players about issues Sign up for the free WNBA 30 weekly newsletter Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has discussed the soon-to-be vacant WNBA commissioner’s job with Adam Silver after the NBA commissioner reached out to her. “I have talked to Adam Silver a couple times, and I think he’s a great guy,” Cunningham said on Monday. “He was very knowledgeable and full of wisdom and so getting to talk to him and hear his perspective of how he approaches the NBA is huge, who he’s kind of looking for. I think if you want to know the real answers, you go to him. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Associated Press15 Sept

As the politicians play catchup the tech bros agree: we may only have a decade left | John Crace

AI probably thinks a world that can elect Trump as president is so messed up it deserves to be put out of its misery We can all sleep easy. In a post on his Truth Social account, Donald Trump has declared that fears over artificial intelligence were all a hoax dreamed up by conspiracy theorists. Obviously that includes the top bods at Anthropic and its competitors, who all called for a coordinated global slowdown while the industry works out how to mitigate the risks. Still, good to know the tech bros are just fantasists and space cadets at heart. All that was needed to keep humanity safe and well, The Donald insisted, was a president with a very high IQ. Someone very like him. The only man alive who could out-think the combined power of the world’s supercomputers. He could tell them where to draw the line and they would reprogram themselves to back off. Inside every AI network is a default off switch that kneels before the US president. Trump can rewire the world with the power of his mind. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•John Crace15 Sept

Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality

Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestiality US politics live – latest updates FBI director Kash Patel defended his agency’s decision to roll back restrictions on agent applicants who have previously engaged in bestiality, arguing the FBI “did not want to punish victims of bestiality” by automatically disqualifying them. The unusual topic of bestiality emerged during a Senate judiciary committee oversight hearing on Tuesday after Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican John Kennedy questioned Patel’s decision to remove barriers that previously prevented applicants who engaged in prostitution and bestiality from being qualified for a job at the FBI. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Ariana Baio15 Sept

Nick Reiner will not face death penalty if convicted of killing parents, LA district attorney says

Reiner is accused of fatally stabbing his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner in their home in December 2025 Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty if convicted of the killings of his parents Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles county district attorney’s office announced. Nathan Hochman, the Los Angeles DA, said on Tuesday that his office will not pursue the death penalty in the case. He told reporters gathered outside a Los Angeles courthouse ahead of a pre-trial hearing that the prosecutors had considered the wishes of Reiner family members and mitigating factors in making their decision. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Dani Anguiano15 Sept

‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors

Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treason Film industry heavyweights across the globe have expressed solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of documentary NAZA, who have been threatened with having their citizenship revoked by Israel’s culture minister, who accused them of “treason against the state”. NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym euphemistically used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. It includes interviews with 24 Israeli military or intelligence soldiers and officers who outlined the AI-powered targeting systems used to bombard Gaza, resulting in the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Catherine Shoard in London and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem15 Sept

Bristol becomes first UK city to ban fast-fashion adverts

Greens-run council will also curb ads for SUVs, airlines, cruises and fossil fuels on sites it owns, in city known for radical political scene Bristol has become the first British city to impose a ban on advertising fast fashion, in new restrictions that will also curb SUV and airline ads. The ban is part of moves by the West Country city, known for its radical political scene , to impose sweeping bans on advertising for polluting industries. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Damien Gayle Environment correspondent15 Sept

US lawmakers spar over bill giving Trump more power to sanction Russia

Proponents say sanctions would help Ukraine, but some Democrats say Trump shouldn’t have more tariff authority US politics live – latest updates A bill co-authored by Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator who died earlier this year, that would give Donald Trump broad authority to tariff Russia and its trading partners will be put forward for a vote this week in a high-stakes legislative battle that could provide new sanctioning authority to the US president at a crucial moment in Russia’s war against Ukraine . The bill is facing considerable pushback not only from Ukraine-sceptic Republicans , however, but also from prominent Democrats who say that the bill will give undue tariff power to the US president that could then be abused and turned against US allies. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Andrew Roth and Chris Stein in Washington15 Sept

‘Every magazine cover needs to seduce’: designers pick their favourites

From a timeless portrait of Lana Del Rey to an alternative guide to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, experts unpick what makes an enduring, shocking, or alluring print cover ‘We need to rethink what a successful magazine looks like,” says Steve Watson, founder of the subscription magazine club Stack. “It doesn’t make sense to compare the magazines of today to those of the 1960s when many people still didn’t have colour televisions. Print magazines are no longer the best way of reaching lots of people quickly and cheaply but they are still really great at engaging deeply with readers, providing an opportunity to slow down and absorb information. They provide us with an alternative way of seeing the world.” Watson, along with a group of editors, publishers, designers, historians and academics, will be discussing the varying roles and functions that magazines have played over the years during a one-day event at the forthcoming London design festival . In contrast to the doom and gloom we often hear about the print industry, he remains upbeat about the humble mag’s future. “The truth is there are brilliant new magazines launching all the time,” he says. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Daniel Dylan Wray15 Sept

New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert announces she is ‘living with cancer’

Musician clarified her own health status after concerns were raised by interview with husband and bandmate Stephen Morris earlier this month Gillian Gilbert, keyboardist with New Order, has announced she is again having treatment for cancer. The 65-year-old musician announced the news on Instagram, as a response to an interview her husband and New Order bandmate, drummer Stephen Morris, gave to Rolling Stone earlier this month. Morris had said: “I’ve got a bit of a health problem at the minute, which precludes leaving the country for any length of time … it’s pretty serious.” Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Ben Beaumont-Thomas15 Sept

‘Like Syd Barrett’: AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of Pink Floyd star and James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight AI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new research has found. Autonomous AI agents are rapidly creating novel dialects allowing them to converse in an often barely comprehensible language, which risks making it harder for humans to monitor their behaviour. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Robert Booth UK technology editor15 Sept

Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blaze Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild apes. In the past few days, the fires have burned within 200 metres of Rangkong research station, a satellite of Cabang Panti research station, which lies about four miles north in Gunung Palung national park. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Gloria Dickie15 Sept

Matthew Rhys’s alma mater pays tribute to ‘loyal pupil’ and Welsh language devotee

Actor, who made history at the Emmys, thanked the ‘great and the good people of Wales’ for nurturing his talent When Matthew Rhys made history as the first actor ever to win two best lead Emmy awards in one night, he paid tribute to his roots. “To the great and good people of Wales, who were as much a nurturer as anyone else,” said the proud Welshman now living in New York, “We are a small but mighty nation”. “Diolch yn fawr iawn,” he added, meaning “thank you very much” in Welsh. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Caroline Davies15 Sept

The sinister influence of crypto billionaires on our politics | Letters

Readers respond to the news that Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from Ben Delo Cryptocurrency is often sold as decentralised and democratic, yet its real behaviour resembles gravity: wealth is pulled inexorably into a few vast centres while draining from everyone else ( Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo, 12 September ). Early adopters, insiders and whales acquire huge holdings at negligible cost. Their size then shapes the market, drawing in ordinary investors whose money ultimately fuels those already at the top. Because crypto generates no cash flow and produces little real economic output, it becomes structurally zero‑sum. One person’s gain is another’s loss, and the system relies on a continual inflow of participants whose contributions sustain the fortunes of a minority. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Guardian Staff15 Sept

Social media is promoting harmful attitudes towards sun exposure | Letter

An awareness campaign isn’t enough. The UK should ban commercial sunbeds, writes Dr Amy Perkins Rising melanoma rates demand more than another awareness campaign ( Editorial, 7 August ). As a consultant dermatologist with a special interest in the health impacts of social media, I see how digital platforms are normalising harmful attitudes towards sun exposure, while the sunbed industry thrives. Social media algorithms reward content that provokes strong reactions. Extreme tanning routines, dramatic before-and-after images and misleading health claims can therefore travel further than balanced medical advice. I have previously raised the alarm about irresponsible sunbed advertising, including claims that sunbeds offer a net health benefit. Such promotion is indefensible: UV radiation from sunbeds is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Guardian Staff15 Sept

Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assault

Dan Thomas, a former Tory councillor, was elected to Senedd as leader of the opposition in May The leader of Reform UK in Wales is standing down after he was arrested and bailed on suspicion of assault. Dan Thomas, a former Tory councillor, was announced as Reform UK’s Welsh leader by Nigel Farage in February. He was elected to the Senedd as leader of the opposition in May’s election. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Ben Quinn and Bethan McKernan15 Sept

Top golfers to get no favours for PGA Tour return after LIV bankruptcy

PGA commissioner: ‘The Tour is built on meritocracy’ Rahm and Hatton likely to start back on DP World Tour The head of the PGA Tour has insisted there will be no favours offered to golfers looking to return to the platform following LIV’s bankruptcy filing last week. The increasing likelihood is players such as Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Tyrrell Hatton will have to play their way back on to the PGA Tour through performances in Europe in 2027 in what would represent a boost to the DP World Tour. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Ewan Murray at Wentworth15 Sept

Thousands of sea turtles reach Mexico in yearly migration threatened by climate crisis – video

More than 330,000 sea turtles arrived in southern Mexico in a mass nesting phenomenon known as an ‘arribada’. The sixth arribada of the season, which began in March, brought thousands of turtles to the beach in less than 48 hours to lay their eggs, according to officials at La Escobilla beach sanctuary in Oaxaca, Mexico. The olive ridley turtle plays a fundamental role in marine and coastal ecosystems by contributing nutrients to beach-dune systems and regulating populations of jellyfish and sponges, according to Mexico's federal attorney for environmental protection, but the climate crisis is now threatening their survival Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian15 Sept