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• Indian teqball players Gonsalves and Beg were eliminated from the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya after losing both of their group stage matches. • The Mumbai-based pair lost their opening match against Vietnam and a subsequent game against the Republic of Korea at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Centre. • This early exit follows a strong historical performance by the duo, who won India's first Teqball World Championships medal with a men's doubles bronze in 2024.

• Democrats and activist groups are creating contingency plans to counter potential interference from Donald Trump during the upcoming midterm elections. • White House spokeswoman Lauren Blis dismissed these concerns in a statement, claiming fears are fueled by Democrats who oppose Voter ID and other security measures. • These preparations highlight a growing lack of trust in the stability of the U.S. democratic process during national voting cycles.

Exclusive: Many ‘use community protection as a cover for racist thuggery’, raising concerns about fresh disorderAt least 28 anti-migrant vigilante groups have formed in the UK in the last 18 months, ranging from unauthorised street patrols claiming to protect women and children to groups harassing migrants in France and blocking ports.From Belfast to the south coast of England, the number of active groups has surged since the summer of 2025, according to analysis by the Guardian, amid widespread concerns over fresh disorder after black-clad vigilantes, many of them wearing balaclavas, blocked roads in Portsmouth and Dover last weekend. Continue reading...

Trump administration to seek extra funding from Congress to ‘dismantle’ Los Tiguerones over narcotics traffickingThe US has designated Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones gang, which stormed a television station during a live broadcast in 2024, as a terrorist organisation as the Trump administration expands its campaign against narcotics traffickers it says are destabilising Latin America.US secretary of state Marco Rubio made the announcement in Quito, where he met Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa, one of several rightwing allies of Donald Trump whom Rubio is courting as a security partner during a three-nation tour through Latin America that began on Tuesday. Continue reading...

• Migrant-rights groups in Europe are shifting their strategies away from appeals to solidarity following the crisis in Ceuta. • Organizations are now investing resources into legal challenges against EU rules that criminalize assistance to undocumented migrants and govern returns. • Some groups are forming new alliances, such as a Spanish push for legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants backed by the Catholic Church and a conservative employers’ association.

Pressure follows revelations US military and weapons manufacturers control or have access to more than 100 bases across Australian continentWhy can the US access so many Australian military bases? – podcastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US has “led Australia into wars of aggression” for 50 years, internal party campaign group Labor Against War has argued, urging the government to chart a foreign policy independent “from the American war machine”.The Australian government has defended the growing presence of the US military on the Australian continent, insisting the defence sites “are Australian bases under Australian control”, despite evidence the US military controls more than a dozen bases on Australian territory. Continue reading...

Ryan Bridge, who co-founded Raise the Colours, to appear in court on charges including racially aggravated harassmentThe leader of a group responsible for raising union jack and St George’s flags across England has been charged with 14 offences, including racially aggravated harassment, threatening behaviour and assault.Ryan Bridge, 45, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, co-founded Raise the Colours, which describes itself as a “grassroots movement for unity and patriotism”.Seven counts of using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress;Three counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke, unlawful violence;Two counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress;One count of racially aggravated fear of violence;One count of common assault. Continue reading...