FOUND: 7 - What They Never Told You

Apple’s belligerently dull Messi doc shows football’s change from sport to content

The new series was billed as a ‘documentary event’. The reality is something more tedious that points to sport’s transformation into a media asset

The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023

First Thing: Gaza aid could enter as soon as Friday, says Biden

Twenty trucks are preparing to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but US president says aid will halt if it is seized by Hamas. Plus, Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia

Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

‘Vaca Muerta was the future’: Argentina goes all in on fracking

It promised wealth and energy self-sufficiency but Vaca Muerta’s vast shale fields have left locals in poverty, harm the environment and stall progress on renewables, critics say

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Mutual praise, buzzwords plus a few walkouts: Xi and Putin meet in Beijing

Vladimir Putin lauded the success of ‘our Chinese friends’ at global forum, while Xi Jinping spoke out against international sanctions and ‘decoupling’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023

Xi Jinping welcomes ‘dear friend’ Vladimir Putin to Beijing

Russian president due to hold in-depth talks with Chinese leader on sidelines of trade forum

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Tuesday briefing: What Poland’s rightwing parties losing control of government means for Europe

In today’s newsletter: In what could be the most consequential election in the country since the fall of communism, Poland may have made a step closer to Europe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

‘People are terrified’: Gaza’s main hospital overflows with the living and the dead

Staff say Dar Al Shifa facility is at breaking point as corpses pile up and thousands of people seek shelter there

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Thomas Bach open to extending IOC presidency and denting Coe’s ambitions

International Olympic Committee rules state that Bach must stand down after 12 years as president in 2025 but he has refused to rule out standing again

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023