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Transfer roundup: Coventry to make Yirenkyi new record signing, Crystal Palace to swoop for Gozo Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’ Zelenskyy calls for more air defences as Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 17 Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and the strange new era of amateur cricket streams Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy Continuity, chaos and Rodman: how Washington Spirit are thriving in NWSL ‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days Nolan Wells went to an island with friends and never came home. His death has renewed debate over race and justice in Mississippi Sterling Point review – this teen drama from Gossip Girl’s creators is brilliant escapist TV RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – as it happened US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’ Arsenal agree £75m fee with Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães as clubs reach compromise Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech Mexico’s top university orders 58,000 students to resit entrance exam after suspected cheating Sali Hughes on beauty: the best undereye concealers for over-35s ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley Burnham not considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein

football 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Transfer roundup: Coventry to make Yirenkyi new record signing, Crystal Palace to swoop for Gozo

silverguide.site – Coventry are closing on a £23m deal with Nordsjaelland for the Ghana midfielder, while Crystal Palace are after the USA prospect Zavier Gozo and holding firm on Adam Wharton amid interest from Chelsea…

global-development 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

silverguide.site – Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes…

world 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Zelenskyy calls for more air defences as Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 17

silverguide.site – Ukraine shoots down most drones but no ballistic missiles in overnight attack that mainly targeted civilian facilities…

sport 🕒 05 Aug 2026

The Spin | Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and strange new era of amateur cricket streams

silverguide.site – Livestreaming services such as FrogBox give grassroots players their big moments for posterity, but Saltburn saga shows how digital age brings tricky double edge…

commentisfree 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi

silverguide.site – Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun…

football 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Continuity, chaos and Rodman: how Washington Spirit are thriving in NWSL

silverguide.site – International talent and one of US’s most marketable players to fore as league approaches business end…

us-news 🕒 05 Aug 2026

‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed

silverguide.site – Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation…

us-news 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days

silverguide.site – Toast the cat escaped his namesake fate when blaze ripped through building and displaced more than 40 families…

us-news 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Nolan Wells went to an island with friends and never came home. His death has renewed debate over race and justice in Mississippi

silverguide.site – Uncertainty around the investigation into the death of the 18-year-old, whose body was found after a 4 July boat trip with friends, has led some to question whether justice will be meted out equally…

tv-and-radio 🕒 05 Aug 2026

Sterling Point review – this teen drama from Gossip Girl’s creators is brilliant escapist TV

silverguide.site – Set on an idyllic Canadian island, this coming-of-age series is juicy stuff. It swaps the darkness of recent YA TV for warmth, humour and a surprisingly compelling mystery…

commentisfree 🕒 05 Aug 2026

RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi

silverguide.site – Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi…