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Roberto de Zerbi has had time and money over the summer to start creating a new-look Tottenham. So how are they shaping up?
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Australia skittle Bangladesh for 64 but batters fail again
Australia respond to last week's shock defeat by bowling Bangladesh out for 64 on a remarkable first day of the second Test in Mackay.

Serrano draws 3.4m views on TikTok for 50th win
Amanda Serrano is made to work for her 50th career win against Lucrecia Manzur., which draws over three million views on TikTok.

Messi fined for slapping opponent in MLS game
Lionel Messi is fined by Major League Soccer after slapping Philadelphia Union's Quinn during Inter Miami's draw on Wednesday.

Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium
Online sleuths detected the error after Sydney Marathon unveiled the double-sided medal.

The ex-Blackburn winger facing Mourinho and Real Madrid
Tyrhys Dolan, who played for Blackburn Rovers for five years before joining Espanyol last summer, says he is ready to take on one of the biggest tests of his career against Real Madrid on Saturday.

'If I can make it out, you can too,' says Dyer before UFC fight
Shanelle Dyer is using her UFC platform to show young people they can "make it out too" after growing up in a neighbourhood affected by knife crime in west London.

Not 'poor enough': Do people use London's pay-it-forward schemes?
The schemes are in place to help people who are struggling with the cost of living.

Cyborg title not at stake as opponent misses weight
Cris Cyborg's PFL featherweight world title will not be at stake in Tampa on Saturday after opponent Ketlen Vieira failed to make the weight.

Search for survivors after 16 killed by Russian double-tap strike on Ukraine mall
Nine people are still missing after the attack which left 130 injured, including a number of children.
Sports

Australia skittle Bangladesh for 64 but batters fail again
Australia respond to last week's shock defeat by bowling Bangladesh out for 64 on a remarkable first day of the second Test in Mackay.

Serrano draws 3.4m views on TikTok for 50th win
Amanda Serrano is made to work for her 50th career win against Lucrecia Manzur., which draws over three million views on TikTok.

Messi fined for slapping opponent in MLS game
Lionel Messi is fined by Major League Soccer after slapping Philadelphia Union's Quinn during Inter Miami's draw on Wednesday.
Business

Not 'poor enough': Do people use London's pay-it-forward schemes?
The schemes are in place to help people who are struggling with the cost of living.

'We have more work to do', says Canada negotiator as US trade deadline looms
Negotiations to finalise a deal between the US and Canada are going down to the wire ahead of a Friday night deadline.

Watch: How does the US national debt affect consumers around the world?
The debt has more than doubled in a decade to reach a milestone $40tn (£29.4tn), Treasury figures show.
World

Search for survivors after 16 killed by Russian double-tap strike on Ukraine mall
Nine people are still missing after the attack which left 130 injured, including a number of children.

Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
A new 50% levy on $20bn of Canadian imports comes into force after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks.

Lindsay Clancy suffering 'command hallucination' when she killed children, court hears
The defence brought their final witness - a forensic psychiatrist - to the stand to testify about the effects of postpartum psychosis.
Technology
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.
Science

How this 1960s ex-council house is managing to stay cool without air con
The Passivhaus standard is growing in popularity as UK homeowners adapt to hotter summer temperatures.

Dog warning as suspected palm oil washes up on beach
Palm oil can be toxic to dogs who may be attracted to its smell.

Should school holidays change to cope with extreme heat?
Could changing the school holidays give pupils and teachers a break in largely unconditioned buildings?
Culture

Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m
The seven claimants, who include Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, have to pay the Daily Mail publisher an initial £9.54m in the next seven days after losing a privacy case.

Sir Anthony Hopkins often 'returns' to Wales on Google Maps
The Hollywood star who was born in Port Talbot says his thoughts bring him back to Wales every day.

Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library
The former PM and seven of his ministers have added to the collection, which began in 1931.