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Will influencers and weed smokers bring down US Open? Send your thoughts to Daniel via email Word up and welcome to the US Open 2026 – day nine! We begin on Armstrong with Mirra Andreeva, now a grand slam champion so spieling with house money … except not spieling with house money at all because she’s a killer with the potential to win multiple. She won’t, though, find things easy against Anastas…

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Aftershocks of party’s win in Saxony-Anhalt will ripple across Germany, with two more state elections this month Europe live – latest updates Germany is reeling from the biggest far-right victory in a state election since the Nazi period after voters in Saxony-Anhalt in the former communist east gave the anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party a thumping first-place …

From loafers to lunch boxes to fancy stationery, these picks for kids, teens and grownups will bring that new-term energy, whatever your age • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Shiny shoes. Freshly sharpened pencils. New rucksack . Back-to-school season is here, and even for those of us no longer in full-time education, the energy of this time of year is undeniably one of…

Reports of Soho Farmhouse visit add to speculation Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be settling in the area When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed back in England earlier this summer, six years after they moved to California and quit as working royals, speculation was rife about where they would call home. Now, members of the luxury countryside retreat Soho Farmhouse have said they spotted Me…

This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) narrowly failed to secure an outright majority in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. But nobody should take comfort from that. The party still won by a landslide. Decades of far-right election gains have made them seem normal…

Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rules Business live – latest updates Politics live – latest updates John Healey has said boosting economic growth will be his defining mission as chancellor as he warned Labour had to “be honest” about the need to control public spending at next month’s budget. In his first big speech since t…

Archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations estimated at up to £1.6m An archive of more than 100 hours of Oasis recordings – including concerts, rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher – is to be auctioned for up to £1.6m despite objections from the band. The collection was amassed by the band’s sound engineer Huw Richards, who worked with O…

Inter’s victory over Napoli had the feel of a title race classic, while Juventus and Milan exposed familiar shortcomings despite their summer spending Already as the words were being spoken, Cristian Chivu started to bristle. “ Scontri diretti ” translates to “head-to-head clashes”. The term is commonly deployed in a football context as a shorthand for those high-stakes games between teams who ar…

Two assists and the winner for Deportivo A Coruña leave Gabonese striker with one club record and eyeing another Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was already the best player on the pitch when he ran through to score Deportivo A Coruña’s winner on Saturday night. It was certainly not Ilias Akhomach, the Villarreal substitute whose pass on halfway had inadvertently played Aubameyang through, nor Sergi Car…

A seasonal special featuring both summer vibes and autumn comfort While I dig my head in the sand at September’s arrival and the back-to-school dread, I’m trying to hold on to summer flavours for as long as possible. And this salad does just that: it’s summer and autumn, vibrant and comforting, all at the same time. It can also be served a multitude of ways: still warm, at room temperature with t…

The rage, the wine, the power mums, the PTA horror – the BBC sitcom was a spot on send-up of life at the school gates. A decade on, we remember its most awkward bits If Uncut Gems was about the school run instead of gambling debts, it would look like Motherland. It is now 10 years since the BBC sitcom jangled the already frayed nerves of all parents watching and turned Anna Maxwell Martin into th…

Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire Hitting 20, this festival has grown into a warm, genre-hopping powerhouse where fringe experimental acts are greeted as warmly as the star headliners There is a celebratory feeling in the air at End of the Road festival this year as it turns 20. The piano stage has been turned into a giant birthday cake with candles on top, one man is dressed as a toilet to commemor…

WMO report details extreme weather events causing climatic feedback loop with serious health consequences Big increases in wildfires and heatwaves supercharged by the climate crisis are hindering improvements to air quality around the world, UN experts have said. Regions that had recorded a fall in pollution emitted by cars and industrial sites are facing new threats to air quality because of exp…

The often-derided Loris Karius upstaged Manuel Neuer as Schalke held Bayern to a rare goalless draw in a tale of two goalkeepers in Gelsenkirchen If one goalkeeper was going to dominate the discussion in this game, it actually felt as if it would be the less busy one. Schalke fans do not take kindly to being dumped and even if Manuel Neuer left the club behind 15 years ago – and even if most of t…

Promoted side’s thrilling win may be overturned after they used four substitutions windows while Georgia Stanway show the way for Gunners Kirsty Howat’s 60-second cameo deep into injury time could ruin what was a memorable day for Crystal Palace on their return to the top flight. An impressive 1-0 victory over Everton was celebrated emphatically by Jo Potter and her players but that joy would hav…

Fanfare at Belgrade funeral of man convicted of genocide raises questions for Serbia’s EU membership plan Europe live – latest updates Thousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić , a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero’s return home has raised international alarm. Known as the “Butch…

Campaigners say anti-migrant collective, which gathers together a series of local groups, is home to a host of violent criminals Hundreds of masked and hooded anti-migrant activists descended on an English coastal town and city over the weekend, blocking traffic in and out of the port of Dover, and gathering in Portsmouth after it emerged a boatful of people had been rescued at sea and brought as…

Keeper says Gunners ‘can beat anybody in this league’ Arteta’s side have started title defence with three wins David Raya says Arsenal are playing with greater confidence after the “relief” of winning the Premier League. The champions continued their perfect start to the defence of their crown with the 2-1 home win over Chelsea on Sunday, making it nine points out of nine. It was a powerhouse per…

Volunteer ‘glow-getters’ overseeing reintroduction of endangered beetles at Nosterfield nature reserve The bioluminescent beams of “fairy folk” are shining again from a nature reserve in North Yorkshire for the first time in a century after the successful reintroduction of endangered glowworms. Female glowworms were spotted over multiple weeks at Nosterfield nature reserve this summer following a…