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Posted by Chris Stein

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of ‘pocket rescission’; aid groups now have until Friday to respond

The US supreme court on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court’s order that the Trump administration spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money that it is seeking to cancel.

The order from the conservative chief justice, John Roberts, comes amid legal wrangling over Donald Trump’s moves to aggressively downsize US support of global development and emergency response, which has resulted in the dismantling of USAID.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Posted by Alexis Petridis

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/10/ziggy-david-bowie-archive-major-tom-aladdin-sane

From the plans for a Major Tom movie to the Aladdin Sane mask and some wild ‘artworks’ sent by fans, this Bowie treasure trove is now open to the public – and it’s the freakiest show!

In the 1990s, David Bowie started assembling an archive of his own career in earnest. There seems something telling about the timing. It happened on the heels of 1990’s Sound+Vision tour, when Bowie grandly announced he was performing his hits live for the final time – a resolution that lasted all of two years. It also followed the bumpy saga of Tin Machine, the short-lived hard rock band that Bowie insisted he was simply a member of, rather than the star attraction, and whose work has thus far escaped the extensive campaign of posthumous archival Bowie releases. These include more than 25 albums and box sets in the nine years since his death, with another – the 18-piece collection I Can’t Give Everything Away – due this Friday.

Having attempted to escape the weight of his past with decidedly mixed results, Bowie seems to have resolved instead to come to some kind of accommodation with it. “I think you’re absolutely right,” says Madeleine Haddon, lead curator at the V&A in London, which is about to open the David Bowie Centre at its East Storehouse, drawn from his archive. “And that capacity for self-reflection was just tremendous.”

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/10/ziggy-david-bowie-archive-major-tom-aladdin-sane

Posted by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/10/dont-log-non-crime-hate-incidents-says-head-of-police-watchdog

Andy Cooke says the cases take up little time for forces in England and Wales but create intense controversy

Police should no longer record or investigate non-crime hate incidents, the chief inspector of constabulary has said.

Sir Andy Cooke said handling the incidents took up a minuscule amount of time but drew vehement criticism.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/10/dont-log-non-crime-hate-incidents-says-head-of-police-watchdog

Posted by Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/10/junk-food-upf-more-children-obese-than-underweight-unicef

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef

More children around the world are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that warns ultra-processed junk food is overwhelming childhood diets.

There are 188 million teenagers and school-age children with obesity – one in 10 – Unicef said, affecting health and development and bringing a risk of life-threatening diseases.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/10/junk-food-upf-more-children-obese-than-underweight-unicef

Posted by Chris Stein

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of ‘pocket rescission’; aid groups now have until Friday to respond

The US supreme court on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court’s order that the Trump administration spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money that it is seeking to cancel.

The order from the conservative chief justice, John Roberts, comes amid legal wrangling over Donald Trump’s moves to aggressively downsize US support of global development and emergency response, which has resulted in the dismantling of USAID.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Posted by David Hytner at the Rajko Mitic Stadium

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/09/serbia-england-world-cup-2026-qualifier-match-report

It was the night when Thomas Tuchel located the ignition point for his England tenure, when all of the grumbling that had followed him to Belgrade seemed to float away. The head coach needed a result to allow his team to take control of this World Cup qualifying group – and a performance, too, after the flatness of much of what had gone before.

Tuchel got both. From the first whistle his players were a class apart, Serbia left to look dishevelled, their problems everywhere. It is a troubling moment for the country, anti‑government protests gaining in intensity and there were chants here against the ruling party. The head coach, Dragan Stojkovic, is under heavy fire and there was more heat for him. What for him after this?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/09/serbia-england-world-cup-2026-qualifier-match-report

Posted by Chris Stein

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of ‘pocket rescission’; aid groups now have until Friday to respond

The US supreme court on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court’s order that the Trump administration spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money that it is seeking to cancel.

The order from the conservative chief justice, John Roberts, comes amid legal wrangling over Donald Trump’s moves to aggressively downsize US support of global development and emergency response, which has resulted in the dismantling of USAID.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

Posted by David Hytner at the Rajko Mitic Stadium

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/09/serbia-england-world-cup-2026-qualifier-match-report

It was the night when Thomas Tuchel located the ignition point for his England tenure, when all of the grumbling that had followed him to Belgrade seemed to float away. The manager needed a result to allow his team to take control of this World Cup qualifying group and a performance, too, after the flatness of much of what had gone before.

Tuchel got both, his players a class apart from the first whistle, Serbia left to look dishevelled, their problems everywhere. It is a troubling moment for the country, anti-government protests gaining in intensity and there were chants against the ruling party here. The manager, Dragan Stojkovic, is under heavy fire and there was more heat for him. What for him after this?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/09/serbia-england-world-cup-2026-qualifier-match-report

Posted by Tom Phillips in Brasília

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-trial

Three more supreme court justices to cast their votes in coming days, with verdict expected by Thursday

• ‘He’s always on the attack’: the Brazilian judge prosecuting Bolsonaro inspires both love and hate

Jair Bolsonaro led a criminal organisation that sought to plunge Brazil back into dictatorship with a murderous power grab involving special forces assassins and a vast disinformation campaign, the supreme court judge presiding over the former president’s trial has claimed as he voted for Bolsonaro’s conviction.

Alexandre de Moraes was the first supreme court justice of five to announce his decision on Tuesday, as the trial of Bolsonaro and seven alleged co-conspirators – including four senior members of the military and the former head of Brazil’s answer to MI6 – entered its final stretch.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-trial

Posted by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/francois-bayrou-france-block-everything-protests-macron

Sébastien Lecornu, a presidential ally, is tasked with bringing France’s divided parties together to pass a budget

Sébastien Lecornu, a close ally of Emmanuel Macron, has been appointed prime minister, tasked with consulting France’s divided political parties to try to find a consensus on the budget.

The 39-year-old began his political career in the traditional rightwing party of Nicolas Sarkozy before moving to Macron’s centre in 2017 and is seen as fiercely loyal to the president.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/francois-bayrou-france-block-everything-protests-macron