Medal ceremonies at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham were postponed after a man was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Transport was also delayed, causing crowds to build up outside the venue.
Sky News – UK Sky News – UK Medal ceremonies at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham were postponed after a man was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Transport was also delayed, causing crowds to build up outside the venue.
BBC News – UK Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who resigned after plagiarism allegations, was found unresponsive at his home in south London on Friday afternoon, officials said. He was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023. A fundraiser launched in his memory has raised more than £30,000. Politicians including Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan called his death a tragedy.
Sky News – Front Page If the storm makes landfall, it will be Hawaii's first direct hit by a hurricane in 34 years.
NYTimes – US Jinny Lu, a rescued pug originally from South Korea, won the 50th annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California. The competition, which promotes dog adoptions and celebrates imperfections, crowned Jinny Lu as its 2026 winner on Friday.
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy, held a rare meeting with Hamas's political chief in Egypt on Sunday in a push to advance a stalled Gaza ceasefire. He is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next. The meeting comes a week after Israel rejected Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza.
BBC News – World A 55.6-metre statue of the Virgin Mary, believed to be Europe's tallest, was inaugurated in a small Polish village on Saturday. Hundreds attended the ceremony, which included Mass, traditional music and helicopters scattering rose petals. Former anti-communist leader Lech Wałęsa was among those present.
BBC News – World Liechtenstein changed its law to allow women to ascend the throne. The declaration was made on the national day of the central European principality, which has a population of about 44,000. The move places Liechtenstein in the majority among nearby nations with royal families.
NPR – US Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it continued to bring hurricane-force gusts, drenching rain and power outages to the Big Island. One person died and more than 130,000 households lost power, with total rainfall reaching nearly three feet in some areas.
Former MLB All-Star pitcher Tommy John, whose name became attached to the pioneering elbow ligament-replacement surgery that transformed baseball injury recovery, has died at age 83. TMZ.com reported he died at his home in Florida, surrounded by family. The New York Yankees paid tribute to the four-time All-Star.
BBC Sport Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who resigned after plagiarism allegations, was found unresponsive at his home in south London on Friday afternoon, officials said. He was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023. A fundraiser launched in his memory has raised more than £30,000. Politicians including Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan called his death a tragedy.
