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Day 2 Highlights from Royal Lytham. Who’s on course to take Miyu Yamashita’s title?

Experts told BBC Verify Google's new feature which let people generate fake satellite images could be misused.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is in the eye of a storm after his attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. If he goes, who comes in?

A new Colorado River plan requires water cuts for three states. Deeper cuts are still possible.  The Washington PostU.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin  The New York TimesColorado River Water Plan Postpones Reckoning With a Drier Future  Bloomberg.comFeds release long-awaited new plan for Lake Powell, Lake Mead  KSL.comFederal Colorado River plan is released. Arizona will have to take water cuts  KJZZ

What happens with the Bucs and Baker Mayfield in 2027?  NBC SportsMayfield felt 'disrespected' and 'undervalued' by Buccaneers' offers  ESPN'Disrespected' Baker Mayfield voices displeasure over lack of new Bucs contract: 'Very disappointing'  NFL.comBaker being Baker means the Bucs are now at odds with their star QB  Tampa Bay TimesBaker Mayfield feels ‘disrespected’ in contract limbo  fox8.com

Spain says migrants are returning from Ceuta after 57 die in border rush  ReutersWhat Caused the Surge in Ceuta?  The New York TimesWhy Did Thousands of Migrants Enter a Tiny Spanish Exclave in Africa?  wsj.comCeuta: Spain says most migrants have returned to Morocco  DW.comMigrants overrun a Spanish outpost, stirring European outrage  The Washington Post

UEFA and Concacaf's rejection of FIFA's plan to sell a 20% stake in the World Cup's commercial operations highlights uneasiness with private equity in sports.

Amazon, Alphabet and Tesla all reported negative cash flow in the latest quarter, while Meta's cash generation plummeted by 91%.

Stocks resumed their rally on Friday.

Hamas says it will only disarm after Israel meets previous ceasefire commitments, despite President Trump's announcement of a breakthrough U.S.-brokered agreement.

Sony and Marvel's "Spider-Man: Brave New Day" is expected to haul in around $270 million domestically over its debut weekend.

Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former OpenAI researcher-turned-hedge fund manager, saw a dramatic decline this week in his AI-focused fund, Situational Awareness.

The Iran war is spreading across the Middle East and hitting energy infrastructure on multiple fronts.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. hasn't agreed to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot missile systems.

About 48,000 of the up to 60,000 people who came into Ceuta from Morocco returned within a day. Still, the sudden influx created a crisis for Spain’s pro-immigration government. Nearly three dozen died.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was set to arrive in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in Africa, amid an escalating crisis for his pro-immigration government.

Speculation has focused on lax Moroccan policing, attractive Spanish immigration policies and misinformation from human traffickers. In reality, experts said, it’s too early to know.

The peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries has been a frequent site of mass migrant crossings and political tensions.

Several migrants said they had been motivated by social media messages claiming that the Spanish border was open, though the origin of those messages remained unclear.

The new 15-point plan, released by the Board of Peace and announced by Trump, calls in part for Israel to end its attacks and Hamas to give up its weapons.

Rescuers were searching for missing bodies from the accident in one of the country’s mining hubs, where methane gas explosions and mine collapses are frequent.

The National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, has asked all students who passed a demanding entrance exam to take a new test after experts found half of all applicants may have cheated, including with A.I.

The bodies of the first Omani woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and of an American climber were recovered. An influential British-Nepali mountaineer was missing.

Several migrants who crossed into Ceuta attributed their arrival to lax Moroccan border protocols. But Europe’s anti-immigrant politicians blamed Spain’s migrant-friendly policies.

Warsaw asserts missile recently made, illustrating Russia's nightly barrage against Ukraine is draining arsenal.

Israel has not yet agreed to plan for Hamas to surrender weapons in exchange for full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Deal for Hamas to disarm in stages in return for Israeli withdrawal has been announced, but implementation will be key.

Trump said Israel strongly supports an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas

Harris says she is ‘fully, sincerely focused on midterms’ as she speaks to conference in Nashville, TennesseeSign up for the US Breaking News emailWhen asked by a reporter at Camp David about negotiations with Iran, Trump said the US would be “hitting them very hard”.“We just want to win,” he said. “We’re doing very well, trying to be nice, as nice as you can be in a situation like that, but, you know, they’re being decimated. They have no Navy. They have no air force, they have no anti-aircraft. They don’t have any capability. They have some, but very little.” Continue reading...

The agreement is a ‘great breakthrough’, the president says in response to media questionsTrump claims agreement for ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas in Gaza but support uncertainSaudi Arabia prepares sea and possible land offensive against HouthisAl Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud has reported the mood in Gaza this morning following news of Hamas’s potential disarmament.Palestinians have heard repeated statements about their fate in the three years since the current war began between Israel and Hamas, so last night’s announcement by Donald Trump wasn’t met with any particular joy or celebration. “There is scepticism and cautiousness among Palestinians,” Mahoud writes from Gaza City in the north of the Strip. Continue reading...

Ben Cohen says his ice-cream company has been silenced by corporate ownership – and a boycott of Magnum brands could force a saleBen & Jerry’s ice-cream in the tub is still great, but the brand’s newest chocolate-covered ice-cream bar on a stick?“It ain’t the same,” Ben Cohen, the company co-founder, told the Guardian. Sure, the chocolate coating is still thick enough, but the ice cream itself is “kinda fluffy”, Cohen said – an insult in the ice-cream world that suggests extra air was added to cut costs. Continue reading...

Speculation has focused on lax Moroccan policing, attractive Spanish immigration policies and misinformation from human traffickers. In reality, experts said, it’s too early to know.

South Korea’s KOSPI index has swung wildly because of both the enthusiasm and anxiety related to investing in the global artificial intelligence boom.

It was the latest sign that the president was doubling down on his fight for aspects of a deal that brings him vast benefits, even though they have jeopardized the confirmation of his pick for attorney general.

Adam O’Neal inherited a mandate from the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

The new 15-point plan, released by the Board of Peace and announced by Trump, calls in part for Israel to end its attacks and Hamas to give up its weapons.

Staring at ourselves on screens, on video and on social media is taking us to a dark place.

Todd Blanche’s approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.

The proposed rule, announced Friday, aims to strengthen certification standards for safe train operations

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez calls the breach an ‘attack on Spain’s territorial integrity’

The crash near San Diego's Miramar Air Base has been classified as a ‘Class A mishap’

Trump’s bizarre mimicking of missile defense strikes came during a historic televised cabinet meeting held at Camp David

The formal announcement is expected on Monday, coinciding with the program's permanent implementation

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and Israel's withdrawal from the area

Trump has a history of downplaying U.S. intelligence community conclusions when it benefits him politically

Heat domes have already led to dozens of deaths this month. Forecasters say another is on the way

Spain sent troops to deal with the crisis as Morocco deployed water cannon trucks at the crossing-gates

Defense Secretary’s comments come after a Navy demo jet buzzed a Florida beach, sending chairs and umbrellas tumbling

‘For us, it felt like a bait and switch,’ says Ira Matt of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, which holds a seat on the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Widely circulated video showed thousands of Moroccans storming into a Spanish outpost in North Africa. The White House condemned Spain as weak on immigration.