'It's a very sad day' - Mexican fans react to loss to England
Mexico's World Cup campaign ended with a 3-2 defeat to England in Mexico City.
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Canada to buy 12 hi-tech German submarines after bidding war
TKMS beats South Korean rival to multibillion-dollar contract that will deepen Canada’s Nato ties Canada has selected a German consortium to build a dozen cutting-edge submarines in one of the country’s largest-ever defence contracts that will further deepen its Nato ties before a crucial summit this week. On Monday the prime minister, Mark Carney, announced the winner of a tightly contested battle for the lucrative government contract to replace their fleet of ageing, secondhand subs, most of which are undergoing maintenance.
Cuban zoo celebrates birth of Bengal tigers amid energy crisis
Arrival of endangered cats, including rare white cub,
Venezuela’s ‘moles’ search through rubble for earthquake survivors – video
Amateur Venezuelan rescue workers, known as topos (moles) have spent recent days burrowing deep into crevices and crannies to locate thousands of people feared trapped after their homes collapsed during powerful earthquakes on 24 June.
‘You need to be brave’: Venezuela’s ‘moles’ search for earthquake victims
Volunteer force flocks to devastated region,
Girl trapped in Venezuela quake ‘survived on ketchup and cheese’
BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela's devastating earthquakes.
Neymar says Brazil career over after Norway defeat
An emotional Neymar says his international career for Brazil is "over" following his side's exit at the 2026 World Cup at the hands of Norway.
How Mexico's World Cup run brought joy after a year of fear
For Mexico's football-loving community, the World Cup has been a triumph, despite their last-16 exit. The joy has spread to Southern California, home to one of the largest Mexican communities outside Mexico.
'I ate ketchup and cheese,' says Venezuelan girl trapped under quake rubble for 32 hours
Fabiana was trapped in the rubble of a 10-storey residential building after two earthquakes rocked Venezuela in June.
How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader? – podcast
Claudia Sheinbaum started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals?By Rachel Nolan.
Ageing Brazil need major surgery - but is Ancelotti the man to do it?
There was nothing unlucky about Brazil's loss to Norway in the last 16 of the World Cup and their exit at this stage is an unmitigated disaster, writes Tim Vickery.
Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s emergency earthquake response as number of bodies expected to soar
Interim president says unrest will not break out despite anger at official response to the 24 June disaster
Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’
‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile,
How the 1986 Mexico World Cup was almost cancelled after a devastating earthquake
Guardian reports after the disaster told of 5,000 deaths, much of the capital being razed,
Mexico’s kidnapping crisis: ‘How can they hold a World Cup?’ - video
As England prepares to take on Mexico in the Fifa World Cup, another battle is playing out just beyond the Azteca Stadium. More than 130,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico as cartel violence surges, leaving thousands of families searching for answers. They say the authorities have failed them, and they are demanding justice. The Guardian follows two families as they confront the police and challenge the government, determined to use football’s biggest tournament to expose Mexico’s disappearance crisis.
Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential election weeks after vote
The daughter of disgraced president Alberto Fujimori is declared winner of tight race nearly a month after voting took place.
Anguished families left to identify Venezuela quake victims at makeshift morgue
The disaster has overwhelmed local services, with bodies put outside or in tents for identification.
New pipeline in Canada to proceed after C$150bn pledged to ease BC and First Nations concerns
Port expansion and protections for whales part of BC and Alberta plan to expand country’s presence overseas
‘I can only describe it as a war zone’: the rescuers navigating Venezuela’s post-quake hellscape
Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble
Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten towns – in pictures
For decades, foreign firms established settlements in the Brazilian Amazon to support extractive activities,
I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began – podcast
My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogatedBy Abraham Jiménez Enoa. Read by Sebastián Capitán ViverosA version of this essay was previously published in the Dial under the title The Sneeze.
Man pulled alive from collapsed Venezuela shopping centre eight days after earthquakes – video
A 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workplace cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre amid huge cheers from international rescue teams. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, a nightshift security guard at the centre, was inside his small security cabin when the first violent tremor struck. The surrounding concrete structure collapsed around him but his cabin shielded him from crushing debris and created a vital pocket of air.
Canadian boy dies of rabies after waking to find bat on his face
Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in ‘exceedingly rare’ case in Canada Doctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth while visiting an Ontario cottage eventually died of rabies, in an “exceedingly rare case” that highlights the need for better public awareness.
Venezuelan man saved from collapsed mall eight days after earthquakes
Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores,
Promised reforms could change Cuba radically
But only if they actually go ahead
The Caribbean has a problem with pesticides
It uses them more intensively than anywhere in the world
Brazilians are going gaga for Chinese brands
They think China has better tech than America
‘I can still hear the children’: Canada’s residential schools survivors welcome chance to reclaim sites
Former Mohawk Institute in Ontario latest to become a museum,
‘It was a massacre’: Haiti gangs carry out mass killings across the country
The Guardian has found evidence of a massacre that left at least 70 civilians dead as the country’s security forces struggle to control even the main roads to the capital
Venezuela quake survivor pulled out alive after eight days on
Emergency workers have been trying to free Hernán Gil, who has been given an intravenous drip, for more than 100 hours.
Venezuelans are furious with the American-backed regime
But the earthquakes could give it an excuse to keep putting off elections
‘Like good Mexicans, we laugh’: the cartoonist drawing humour from Sinaloa’s brutal drug cartels
Ricardo Sánchez Bobadilla has spent two decades casting a satirical eye over the region’s escalating narco wars,
Why the expected fight over the North American trade deal never kicked off
The US has confirmed it will not extend the agreement for another 16 years, but stopped short of more dramatic action.
Can Bolivia’s historic big cat release help change jaguar conservation in the country?
Poaching and wildfires have driven the country’s jaguar population to a critical level, and until now even rescued animals faced life in captivity.
The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later earthquakes struck
They landed on Flight 164 just before the twin quakes. Family members are desperately searching for them.
Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him ‘mother’s warmth’
Kleiber Moran, 2, was rescued on Wednesday, six days after last week's deadly earthquakes.
US blocks long-term renewal of North American trade deal
US blocks 16-year North America trade deal renewal,
Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed
Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewal
Venezuelan police officers arrested over alleged looting after earthquakes
Anger at authorities and government grows as local people,
Canada to join Eurovision song contest from 2027
Country is first to join since Australia in 2015 as event director says it ‘continues to welcome the world’
A boy clowning around on a basketball court in a Colombian cocaine corridor: Mads Nissen’s best photograph
‘I took this in 2017, when Didiller was nine. A few years ago, I returned to the area and asked about him, but couldn’t find him. Someone told me he had been killed’
Two confirmed dead in mass celebrations by Mexico fans after World Cup victory
Third death reported by local media but unconfirmed More than a million people gathered in Mexico City At least two people died during massive celebrations in Mexico City as the national team advanced to the next round at the World Cup, according to the local government. A 19-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man died of asphyxiation, according to the city’s health ministry. Authorities have not confirmed the death of a third person, reported by local media.
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review – two goofballs in search of a gig roll back the years
Channelling Bill and Ted,
Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela’s hardest hit areas
BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Caraballeda, La Guaira, where locals are still desperately searching for family members in the rubble.
Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?
In today’s newsletter: A country already in crisis since the removal of its leader earlier this year by the US,
‘Tonnes of rubble’: 58,000 buildings estimated destroyed in Venezuela earthquakes
Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimates
The Guardian view on Colombia’s election: Trumpism has gone transnational | Editorial
Editorial: A warning from Latin America about US money, platforms,
Six feared dead after ‘bizarre’ sinking of charter boat off Canadian coast
The vessel, thought to have been carrying 10 people,
Grieving relatives still seeking answers as US normalises ‘drug boat’ strikes
Family of St Lucian fisher Ricky Joseph left suspended in raw grief,
El Boletín newsletter: An earthquake shakes Venezuela’s political reset
Our correspondent in Caracas reports on how disaster is testing an already fragile country
Angry citizens accuse Venezuelan government of negligence
People in areas devastated by twin earthquakes say they need more support from the government.
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right
The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballots
Venezuelans newly deported from US missing after hotel collapse
More than 100 people removed on ICE flight were being held in hotel in La Guaira when earthquakes struck
Search for survivors continues at Catia La Mar social housing site
At least 1,700 people are known to have been killed in the disaster but hope remains that others can continue to be found alive.
Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves
In areas devastated by the twin earthquakes, people are using crowbars, pickaxes and their bare hands to try to reach survivors.
Strong aftershock terrifies Venezuelans days after devastating twin quakes
Caracas and La Guaira affected by 4.6-magnitude tremor as death toll passes 1,700 and humanitarian crisis grows
Families of two football stars killed and injured in Venezuela earthquakes
Lucas Trejo of Argentina loses wife and two children while teammate’s partner dies saving their daughter
Weather tracker: North-west US hit by snow ahead of eastern heatwave
Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by end of week
Earthquake survivors shelter in baseball stadium
The survivors are hopeful the authorities will find them some form of temporary accommodation while the country rebuilds - for now they are dependant on donated food and clothing.
Venezuela earthquakes aftershock hits near capital city as ‘miracle’ rescues reported – latest updates
At least 1,450 are known to have died but the number is expected to rise Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira was hardest hit by the twin earthquakes on Wednesday. Here are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires as recovery efforts there continue: All schools in Venezuela will remain closed until at least 6 June due to the extensive damage caused by the earthquakes that struck last week, the country’s education ministry has said.
Mum of newborn rescued from Venezuela rubble tells BBC baby motivated her to survive
The "miracle" rescue of 18-day-old baby Juan David is a symbol of hope in Venezuela after the devastating earthquakes.
Venezuela earthquake: father and son found alive in rubble after four days as death toll nears 1,500
President says ‘we always hold onto hope’ as discovery of earthquake survivors spurs fresh search efforts despite dwindling chances of survival
The aftermath of the earthquakes in Venezuela – in pictures
Thousands of rescuers, relatives and volunteers dig day and night through mounds of concrete to find survivors of the Venezuelan earthquakes. The Venezuelan National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez said at least 1,430 people were killed after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on 24 June. Authorities have restricted access to some disaster zones and deployed the military as relief efforts continue.
How will America respond to Venezuela’s deadly quakes?
The catastrophe could give the regime another excuse to put off elections
Watch: Inside the Venezuela country club now a makeshift hospital
Survivors of Venezuela's devastating earthquakes are being cared for at a makeshift hospital formed on the site of a country club in Caraballeda.
Mortuary in Caracas ‘overwhelmed’ as Venezuela struggles to respond after earthquakes
Volunteers provide counselling and funeral directors donate coffins after loss of at least 1,430 lives
Rescuers save boy and mother with baby days after Venezuela quakes – video
A mother and her nine-month-old baby were pulled alive from a collapsed building in La Guaira, northern Venezuela, on Saturday.
Venezuelan earthquakes test Trump’s new western hemisphere policy after gutting of USAID
Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in January
Panic attacks and fractures - Venezuela hospital treats earthquake victims
The BBC travelled to a Caracas hospital that is treating people from the worst affected areas.
Families calling out to loved ones trapped in rubble by Venezuela quakes
In La Guaira, desperate families keep vigil at buildings where they fear their relatives are trapped, but face an impossible task to move heavy debris.
Venezuela earthquakes: death toll rises again to more than 1,400
Search for survivors continues with nearly 70,000 people reported unaccounted for by their family members
In Caracas, this feels like the hardest moment in Venezuela’s modern history
Rescue teams are working ceaselessly to reach those trapped under rubble. But as hope fades, anger is growing.
The War Room newsletter: Lessons from the Cuban revolution
In our bonus edition, Richard Cockett, a senior editor,
Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence
Various issues – including a rodent infestation and mould – have left the historic,
Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on
Worst incident of its kind in country for more than 125 years leaves many searching for multiple family members – and pleading for international help
Venezuela death toll doubles as interim president vows to save ‘as many people as possible’
Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving but people are angry at official response and limited resources
‘Chock full of incredible animals’: marine expedition uncovers 31 new species in two weeks
Experts worked in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge tech A marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in just two weeks. The researchers believe the speed at which the species were found and identified may be a record, in part because of the cutting-edge technology designed and built by the science and engineering team.
Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration
Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disaster
Aerial footage shows scale of destruction after deadly earthquakes in Venezuela – video
Venezuela's northern coast was devastated after two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck less than 40 seconds apart on Wednesday afternoon.
Venezuela earthquakes: 589 confirmed dead so far as international rescue teams arrive – latest updates
“We hope to rescue as many living people as possible’, says the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez,
Mexico’s new UK ambassador from ‘party of poor’ has 10 houses and £1m of jewellery
Alejandro Gertz Manero’s cars and properties contrast starkly with Morena party’s long association with austerity
Experts say three recent powerful earthquakes are not related
5.6-magnitude California tremor,
Venezuela suffers its worst earthquake in a century
The impoverished country is struggling to cope with the damage from two nearly simultaneous shocks
Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes
US among nations sending help to search for survivors on country’s north coast where dozen of buildings flattened
Desperate search for survivors after deadly earthquakes hit Venezuela – The Latest
Rescue efforts are under way in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes caused buildings to collapse and killed at least 164 people, and there are fears the death toll could rise significantly. A state of emergency has been declared by the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, who said 971 people have been injured and more casualties are expected.
‘Paralysed by fear’: Venezuelans tell of escape and loss after huge earthquakes
People in Caracas and coastal towns describe powerful quakes that collapsed buildings and killed at least 164
US, Cuba and Iran join global rescue effort after Venezuela earthquakes
Latin American and European counties also among those offering solidarity and help for country already facing a humanitarian crisis
Scenes of destruction after deadly earthquakes in Venezuela – visual guide
Rescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coast Hundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a century. Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit 39 seconds apart near the town of Morón.
‘It’s shaking!’: inside Venezuelan airport struck by earthquake – video
Video shows the moment an earthquake rocked Maiquetia airport in Venezuela. Strong earthquakes struck west of Venezuela's capital, Caracas, on Wednesday afternoon, bringing down buildings, trapping people in rubble and prompting scientists to warn of potentially heavy casualties and widespread destruction across the country. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit about 160km (100 miles) west of Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a 7.5 tremor, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Venezuela earthquake is further blow at time of uncertainty
The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.
The dramatic Trumpification of Latin America
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Two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela
Such tightly sequenced quakes are rare
America is using force to drive gangsters from Venezuela’s gold
It won’t be a pushover
Vehicle hits crowd in Cabo San Lucas after Mexico’s World Cup win over Czechia
City hall confirms a car drove through crowd ‘Several people injured’ following incident A vehicle struck multiple people at a gathering in the popular tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas following Mexico’s victory in a World Cup match on Wednesday night, Los Cabos’ city hall said in a statement. “According to preliminary information, the vehicle was surrounded by a group of people and, for reasons to be determined by the competent authority, drove through the crowd, injuring several people,” city hall added.
‘People shouldn’t expect there will be water in their taps every day’: why is St Lucia running out of water?
Despite millions of dollars of investment,
Venezuela: Carascas residents describe panic as earthquakes hit
Buildings were flattened in the capital Caracas, where voices have been heard calling from the rubble.
Blue Heron review – sombre and sophisticated portrait of childhood trauma in 1990s Canada
A Hungarian immigrant family grapple with oppositional defiant disorder in Sophy Romvari’s intimate and unshowy debut feature
The Venezuela earthquakes – in pictures
Two powerful earthquakes, a magnitude 7.5 and a magnitude 7.2, struck within minutes of each other causing buildings to collapse in the capital of Caracas,
Venezuela earthquake: state of emergency declared after twin quakes
Rescue workers and volunteers searched for survivors and helped residents from collapsed buildings after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, in quick succession on Wednesday evening. Many evacuees remained outside, visibly shaken as they looked on at buildings with entire walls torn away, exposing furniture and belongings to the street. 'Everything inside the house broke,' Caracas resident Patricia Parada said. 'All the glasses, everything fell, all the cups, everything'
Venezuela earthquakes: ‘intensive’ search for survivors as death toll rises to 188 – as it happened
Two powerful earthquakes – with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 – sent residents running into the streets as buildings shook and collapsed
Duck off: World Cup hero Merlín barred from Mexico game due to Fifa’s animal ban
World’s sixth-most famous duck falls short of dream Two-year-old must watch Czechia game from distance Merlín the duck’s bid to see his beloved Mexico live has hit a snag after he was barred from El Tri’s match with Czechia on Wednesday. Merlín has become a folk hero in Mexico after becoming a symbol of El Tri’s World Cup campaign on home soil. His fans had launched a campaign for Merlín to attend Wednesday’s match alongside his human family. But his journey was cut short by Fifa regulations.
Venezuela rocked by powerful back-to-back earthquakes
Second quake, at magnitude 7.5, was most powerful to strike the country since 1900, collapsing buildings in capital
Brazilian federal police arrest Spanish citizen at São Paulo airport for racism
Woman detained at airport after allegedly making racist remarks directed at workers unloading baggage,
Colombia’s leftwing candidate concedes election to Trump-endorsed millionaire
Leftist Iván Cepeda conceded to far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella who won by razor-thin margin
‘Bold, truth-telling’: learning from the rich histories of pan-African journalism
Diaspora reporting has long connected struggles across borders. Our new editor asks: what can The Long Wave take from this?
Why off-duty cops in second jobs ‘kill and die more’ in recession-hit Argentina
Growing number of cases involve police working as rideshare drivers while carrying government-issued guns
Canadian police warn of possible copycat attacks after deadly shootout in Montreal
Assailant behind shooting that left three people dead wrote ‘incel’-like manifesto that was posted by a far-right outlet
Former Pinochet agents convicted over 1976 Washington DC carbomb murder
The three who were convicted in the Washington DC killing were agents of Augusto Pinochet’s feared secret police
Mystery of hit on Tren de Aragua leader: is it linked to US mining plans in Venezuela?
Trump boasted of assassinating Héctor Guerrero Flores but details are scarce and experts doubt it will harm drug trade
Whistleblower investigating Ecuadorian president’s family business was murdered, activists say
Monika Silva Koniuszek died from a blow to the head and strangulation, a postmortem found,
What Colombia’s rightward swing says about the country
Claire McQue, a Latin America contributor,
Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation
City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residents
Canadian healthcare staff decry ‘cruel hoax’ after scam email promises paid day off
Unions condemn ‘insensitive’ internal cybersecurity test sent to healthcare workers in Newfoundland and Labrador
‘Institutional threat’: election of far-right leader raises fears for democracy in Colombia
Trump-admiring Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to ‘disembowel’ the left and kill criminals like ‘rats and cockroaches’
'I witnessed Maradona's Hand of God' - a goal still talked about 40 years on
One BBC journalist's first football game had one of the sport's most controversial moments and also one of the most celebrated.
The Trump-loving right wins Colombia’s presidency
Abelardo de la Espriella promises an iron-fist and economic miracles
The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza’s absorbing documentary about an ageing Chilean gold panner is meticulously detailed and doubles as its own act of visual prospecting
Trump-backed political outsider wins Colombia election, initial count shows
Abelardo de la Espriella appears to have narrowly defeated his rival Iván Cepeda, who says the preliminary count is "not yet official or binding".
Far-right millionaire wins Colombia’s razor-tight presidential election
Leftwing opponent alleges vote count irregularities after Trump-endorsed lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella secures narrow majority
Canada’s policies force asylum seekers into US to face deportation, critics say
Advocates say the Safe Third Country Agreement forces immigrants to head to an unsafe country: the United States
Colombia’s runoff election expected to trigger shift in decades-long armed conflict
Frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to return to full-scale military confrontation with armed groups
Meet the record-equalling keeper who helped Curacao make history
Curacao's Eloy Room makes a record-equalling 15 saves to help his tiny island nation to a first World Cup point against Ecuador.
Bolivian president declares state of emergency and deploys military to quell anti-government protests
Bulldozers sent in to clear roadblocks that have stifled the country as farmers and Indigenous groups protest against conservative president
Bolovian president declares state of emergency
The move comes after weeks of anti-government protests that have caused a shortage of basic goods in Bolivia.
Ghost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote
Colombians will choose on Sunday between two men whose lives have been very differently shaped by the militias,
Tourist dies in Dominican Republic luxury resort fire
Nearly 1,700 people were evacuated from the huge blaze at Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach in Bayahibe, a popular resort town on the Caribbean coast.
African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery
The leaders have asked for apologies from the countries that benefited from the slave trade, as well as debt relief and financial compensation.
How the world’s voracious appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador’s mangroves
As demand soars, the country’s mangrove forests and the livelihoods of shellfish gatherers are under threat from encroaching farms and unchecked pollution
Meet Merlin the Duck: Mexico's World Cup 'ambassador'
The BBC’s Will Grant was amongst the crowds swarming to meet Merlin, a pet duck who went viral for waddling around Mexico City in the Mexican team's jersey.
Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations
Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women,
The Gen-Z streamer from Medellín influencing Colombia’s election
Algorithms, not debates,
The Colombian diaspora is overwhelmingly right-wing
But not in Russia
Gang leader shot dead in flower bouquet ambush at airport
The gunmen concealed their weapons behind flowers and stuffed toys while waiting for the victim outside Guayaquil airport.
‘A sacred kind of sound’: inside a solar-powered journey to preserve the music of church organs
Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instruments
Cannabis commercialisation not decriminalisation drives up usage, study finds
Review reveals rise in users and rates of psychosis in countries where cannabis is sold commercially Decriminalising the possession of cannabis or strictly regulating access to the drug do not appear to drive up usage, but when the drug is sold commercially the number of users increases and more mental health problems are seen, a review has found.
Titan sub: design flaws and company groupthink central to catastrophe, report finds
Canadian officials find structural defects in material used for hull and say firm failed to fully test ‘novel’ design
The rise of Claudia Sheinbaum: inside the 19 June edition
Mexico’s trailblazing, technocratic president. Plus: The global cost of the war on Iran Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address Claudia Sheinbaum must be doing something right. With a consistent approval rating of around 70% since becoming Mexico’s president in 2024, the former climate scientist – and protege of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador – is the world’s most popular leftwing leader. She is also the first female leader of one of Latin America’s most macho countries.
Giant World Cup ball blows through streets of San Salvador – video
A giant inflatable ball used as a World Cup promotional display broke free from its structure during heavy rain and strong winds in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, on Sunday.
Protesters to rally against World Cup sponsor Hyundai before Mexico game
Focus on business dealings with mining company Guadalajara rally to highlight fate of ‘disappeared’ Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the Group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining company Ternium.
Bolivia signs $20m deal with US to fight drug trafficking, foreign ministry says
Under its new president, Bolivia is re-establishing severed ties with the US to combat organised crime.
Why farmers see Colombia’s knife-edge election as a battle for the Amazon’s future
Many small-scale landowners now include conservation measures alongside everyday farming.
Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution
Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitution
Brazilian court convicts Jair Bolsonaro’s son of seeking US help for his father
Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro – who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot
Toronto police link dozens of shootings to ‘multilayered’ gun-for-hire network
Young adults and teens are being recruited through apps like Telegram and paid to carry out attacks,
Travel Brazil’s mirror-state to see the country’s future
No one has ever been elected president in Brazil without carrying Minas Gerais
Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad
Mark Carney says Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise office hasn’t been ‘effective’ since its 2019 setup
Argentinian activist who spent 50 years looking for disappeared son dies
Outpouring of public grief for Lidia ‘Taty’ Almeida,
Woman, 21, dies after being thrown from Brazil rope jump bridge without harness
Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment
America’s authoritarians operate with impunity. It’s time to take action | Jan-Werner Müller
If Democrats won’t ensure accountability,
Musician Oliver Tree, 32, killed in helicopter crash in Brazil
Alternative singer and internet personality among six who died when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro
Living in fear of a knock at the door: the Cubans being deported under Trump
The US president has deported far more Cuban nationals during his second term than the entirety of his first
Mother hopes to get justice for murdered daughter in retrial in Dominican Republic
Shirley Firth is hoping those responsible for Lindsay de Feliz’s death in 2019 will finally be convicted
Brazilians paint streets to celebrate World Cup after deadly police raid: ‘Why not transform this place?’
Artist and former footballer Luan Medeiros organised painting to bring joy to square after 122 people were killed in last October’s police operation
Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast
Activists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding ‘free, legal, unfettered,
Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’
Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans
‘It’s going to be extremely hot’: workers imperiled as sweltering World Cup temperatures are forecast
It could top 90F in several cities hosting World Cup games – and workers could pay the price with their health
Vancouver’s World Cup has come with a supercharged policing campaign, residents say
In the Downtown Eastside neighborhood nearby BC Place, advocates have noted tactics and displacement that are putting lives at risk.
Clutch time: Canadian and US World Cup mascots feature in Peruvian drugs raid
Lima police dress as mascots in raid on suspect Zayu the Jaguar left out of police operation While tensions between Canada and the United States have risen in the last few years as Donald Trump has made threats to turn his northern neighbor into a 51st state of America, there has been some mutual cooperation in crime fighting. Earlier this week, Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose – the mascots for the United States and Canada respectively at this year’s World Cup – helped Peruvian police in a drugs raid.
US claims it is not responsible for strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats – so who is?
Three vessels have been attacked in the eastern Pacific in recent months and the crews believe the US was to blame
The costs and challenges facing the 2026 World Cup
The World Cup officially kicked off this week - but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions.
Peru police dress up as World Cup mascots during drug raid
Peruvian police officers disguised themselves as 2026 World Cup mascots to break into the home of a suspected drug dealer - and football fan.
Trump says leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang killed in US strike
President says Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores killed in ‘swift and lethal’ military strike with help from Venezuela
Canada police investigate whether Toronto police death linked to global terror attacks
Constable Marc Pinizzotto,
An ideological tug-of-war: the pressures facing Iran’s World Cup squad in US
Belligerent backdrop to tournament tests Fifa’s ‘football unites the world’ slogan Iran will present a major challenge to Fifa’s “football unites the world” slogan on Monday by becoming the first country in World Cup history to compete on the soil of a host nation with which it is at war.
‘This is what I was born for’: the drought-ridden Colombian town that took on Coca-Cola Femsa – and won
While La Calera faced severe water rationing, local springs were being drained by the drinks giant’s franchise.
Weather tracker: heat, humidity and thunderstorms a danger at World Cup
With matches in 16 cities across the US, Mexico and Canada,
Watch: Fans celebrate Mexico’s win in World Cup opening match
There were wild celebrations in host nation Mexico, as their team kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over South Africa.
Mexico fans share excitement as World Cup kicks off
The BBC spoke to match-goers outside Azteca Stadium, where Mexico began the tournament with a 2-0 victory over South Africa.
Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier,
Sasquatch ‘sightings’ reignite fervour and scepticism about ape-like beast
Latest reports from rural Ontario add to tales going back decades about bipedal creature also known as Bigfoot
Toronto police officer shot while investigating US consulate attack
Officer shot before 6am on Thursday while searching an apartment allegedly linked to March shooting in Toronto
What is El Niño and why could it mean record temperatures?
Global temperatures are expected to rise in the coming months as El Niño begins.
Techno-libertarians are flocking to the Caribbean
Angry locals are trying to shut them down
Cuba hopes for World Cup respite from US sabre-rattling – but prepares for the worst
With some matches being held in nearby Miami,
Brazilian woman, 38, accused of years of ‘elaborate fraud’ by posing as a child
Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira faces fraud charges after allegedly persuading family to take her into their home
A look inside Mexico’s iconic Azteca Stadium before the World Cup kickoff
The BBC's Will Grant got access inside the renovated venue ahead of the first game of the tournament.
Fields of the Gods: Mexico’s football pitches from above – photo essay
In Mexico, football is played wherever space permits.
How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?
She started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals? The president’s dressmaker works at home, down a narrow road in a working-class neighbourhood on the southernmost edge of Mexico City. There is no sign, just the house number marked in chalk on a rusted metal door. In the brightly lit, pink-walled room at the back of her modest house, Olivia Trujillo sits at her sewing machine, piecing together the president’s signature suits and dresses. Trujillo sews everything here, accompanied only by her family,
Hegseth warns Cuba against acquiring weapons in visit to Guantánamo Bay
US defense secretary continues ramp-up of pressure against country including sanctions and devastating oil blockade
‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees,
Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally
‘Not just a singer’: Argentinians queue for miles to mourn biggest rockstar most of world has never heard of
Hundreds of thousands gather to remember Carlos ‘Indio’ Solari, who inspired cross-generational devotion,
The vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: how the former dictator is being erased from Venezuela
Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorified For years, his bewhiskered face stared down from propaganda billboards glorifying the supposedly revolutionary rule of a dictator who styled himself as “the protector of the people”. The spin-doctored adoration was such that factories churned out plastic action figures exalting Nicolás Maduro as an “indestructible” and “iron-fisted” caped crusader nicknamed “Super Moustache”.
What happens when a presidential vote is a dead heat?
Peru, looking for its ninth president in a decade,
Former Air Canada pilot charged after allegedly flying without proper license for 16 years
Geoffrey Wall is alleged to have flown over 900 flights domestically and internationally between 2009 and 2025
Florida shaken by 6.1-magnitude earthquake off coast of Cuba
Earthquake was region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150 years and was also felt in parts of Mexico including Cancún
The Galápagos is a wildlife haven. But is that enough to protect the rare scalloped hammerhead shark?
The species is abundant within the protected archipelago but when they migrate outside the marine reserve to give birth they run the gauntlet of industrial fishing
The criminal cartels cashing in on the World Cup – podcast
Football fans are celebrating the tournament coming to Guadalajara. But with a brutal crime syndicate holding sway there, what are the risks for fans – and the government?
Two US pilots killed after plane bound to pick up former MLB star crashes
Plane on way to pick up Yadier Molina and his family crashed in Dominican Republic,
No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages
Four months into US oil blockade,
The World Cup will test Mexico’s control over its territory
Donald Trump, who says the government is too weak to combat the drug gangs,
Peru’s discontented voters face straight left-right choice in election runoff
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of 1990s leader Alberto,
‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart
Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country
Colombian far-right candidate is latest Trumpian Latin American to ride anti-incumbent wave
Abelardo de la Espriella, promising an iron-fist approach to crime,
Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz,