Keyword – Food
Trefwoorden – Cocktails, Spirits, Food, Herbs and spices, Summer food and drink, Japanese food and drink
Title – Cocktail of the week: Osteria Angelina’s riso & rosmarino – recipe | Cocktails | The Guardian
Author – Joshua Owens-Baigler
Link – Cocktail of the week: Osteria Angelina’s riso & rosmarino – recipe | Cocktails | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-19T12:00:32.000Z
Category – Lifestyle
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jun/19/cocktail-of-the-week-riso-rosmarino-recipe-osteria-angelina

This is very light, refreshing and goes down a little too easily, which makes it perfect for early summer.

Riso & rosmarino

Serves 1

50ml sake – a light-bodied honjozo will do here 25ml Cynar 25ml Aperol 25ml fresh lemon juice 12½ml simple sugar syrup Soda water , to top 1 thin slice cucumber , to garnish 1 sprig fresh rosemary , to garnish

Measure the first five liquids into a highball filled with ice, top with soda, garnish and serve.

Joshua Owens-Baigler, co-founder, Osteria Angelina , London E1

Keyword – News
Trefwoorden – Pornography, Society, Women, Frida Kahlo, Art and design, Social media, Digital media, Internet, Jamaica
Title – The rise of OnlyFans managers, the footsteps of Frida Kahlo and what you should actually store in the fridge | Pornography | The Guardian
Author – Guardian Staff
Link – The rise of OnlyFans managers, the footsteps of Frida Kahlo and what you should actually store in the fridge | Pornography | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-20T05:00:53.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/20/the-rise-of-onlyfans-managers-the-footsteps-of-frida-kahlo-and-what-you-should-actually-store-in-the-fridge

1. The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’

If you try to leave them they threaten to sue you, or they do sue you, or they threaten to post all your content somewhere else and make money off of you.

As the pornography platform has exploded in popularity, a side industry has emerged: middlemen who encourage young women into the industry, then take a large cut of their earnings. Amelia Gentleman looked in depth at the world of OnlyFans management.

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2. ‘Is it true she bombed her school?’ My thrilling week in the footsteps of Frida Kahlo

The bar she drank at, the bed she recuperated in, the canals she day tripped to, the studio she stormed out of, the easel she painted her final masterpiece at … ahead of a major Tate show, Andrew Gilchrist found Kahlo’s spirit alive in Mexico City.

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3. ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion

We know the internet has radically altered the way we form our opinions and beliefs. Now we’re waking up to another sobering truth: it has wrecked our capacity to form our own preferences. Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Rachel Aroesti met the style rebels fighting back.

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4. Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

Activists argue that a multibillion-dollar all-inclusive tourism business model is “plantation tourism” designed to benefit rich visitors and the elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans. Natricia Duncan and Anthony Lugg spoke to some of them.

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5. The cold, hard truth: what you should actually store in the fridge – from red wine to nuts

Yours may already be a household where domestic disputes have been caused by the presence – or not – of a ketchup bottle in the fridge; where wondering what to do with your eggs is a cause of constant mild anxiety.

Is chocolate better served chilled? Do bananas go mushy? And won’t someone think of the avocados? Emine Saner delivered the final word on the fridge or cupboard conflict.

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6. ‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras

Tobias Jones had met many hardcore, violent fans having spent years reporting on Italy’s football ultras. But the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out. He profiled him for this Guardian Long read.

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Keyword – Environment
Trefwoorden – Energy, Geothermal energy, Wine, Heat pumps, Coal, Food, Environment, North of England, England, UK news, Fossil fuels
Title – From coal to cabernet: the wine seller using a flooded mine to cut heating bills | Energy | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/chris-baraniuk
Link – From coal to cabernet: the wine seller using a flooded mine to cut heating bills | Energy | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-20T09:00:05.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/20/coal-to-cabernet-wine-seller-flooded-mine-cut-heating-bills

S hove them in a fridge, stash them in a cellar – this is how most people store their favourite bottles of wine. But if you have warehouses full of thousands of vintages, you have to think a little differently.

For the last eight winters, Lanchester Wines has used heat from a disused coalmine to maintain ideal storage temperatures at its facilities in the north-east of England , helping to prevent freezing or spoilage.

“For wine, we like it to be 8-10C,” says Veronica Cleary, a director at the company. “For staff, obviously, a bit higher. We do still encourage them to wear fleeces and what have you.”

Few wine companies use geothermal heat to control the temperature of their warehouses; fewer still source that heat from disused, flooded mines. But Lanchester Wines hopes its experience of the pitfalls and wins will make things easier for other companies hoping to take advantage of subterranean warmth. That warmth, once accessed, reduces dependence on fossil fuels and can make a real difference to heating bills.

Thousands of vintage wines are stored at the cluster of warehouses in Gateshead owned by Lanchester Wines. Water in the mine near the warehouses sits at roughly 19C year-round. The company’s system works by pumping some of the mine water out, extracting a portion of its heat, boosting that heat with a heat pump, and distributing it through pipes.

In the UK and Europe, a handful of similar schemes are also making use of the heat in mine water but are relatively rare. Businesses in the UK are often left struggling in the face of permitting complexities and the risks that come with drilling into the ground, according to a report published in February by the US-based research organisation Project InnerSpace.

“To our mind, it was a relatively simple thing to do,” said Cleary, recalling the early years of the Lanchester Wines system. “[But] it didn’t prove that easy at all.”

Some of the boreholes drilled to reach the mine water turned out to be poorly located. And a previous access agreement with the government-run Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) caused many headaches. After nearly two years of renegotiations, however, a new streamlined deal between the two parties is now in place until 2044.

“It’s opened up greater potential,” said Joanne Eynon, principal mine water heat-licensing manager at the MRA. “It gives them a better return, I understand, on their system.”

Lanchester Wines estimates the system has cut heating bills at its Gateshead warehouses by roughly 35%.

The redrafted agreement has also become a template for others who want to access the heat available in mine water around the UK. It was redesigned, in part, to allow for a swifter application process.

“What we wanted to try and do was pioneer a path so others could follow on from our experience,” said Cleary.

It was a welcome development, said Matthew Jackson at Imperial College London, who contributed to the Project InnerSpace report. “There have been a lot of barriers in the way. One of those barriers was the relatively onerous regulatory framework.”

Using mine water for heating presents technical challenges. Drilling into old mines can release toxic gases, so venting these away is important . Plus, minerals present in mine water can cause corrosion or blocking of heating system components.

Nonetheless, the relatively high temperatures of mine water, even as high as 40C at depths of 1km, mean it is sometimes an attractive option compared with other forms of geothermal energy.

“The reward on offer is potentially greater but there’s a little more risk in getting there,” said Fleur Loveridge, professor of geo-energy engineering at the University of Leeds.

There are 23,000 flooded coalmines in the UK: about 25% of UK homes, and many businesses, are located above or near to disused coalmines, meaning there is much more potential for supplying properties with heat from mine water.

The north-east currently leads the way. Great Britain’s largest mine water heat network , a stone’s throw from Lanchester Wines’ warehouses, supplies Gateshead college, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and 350 social homes. There are plans to expand it to 270 private homes, and a conference centre and hotel.

A similar network links homes in the city of Heerlen, the Netherlands, to heat sourced from mine water. Many thousands of dwellings there are due to be added to that scheme in the next two decades.

There is also the town hall in Bad Ems, Germany. A study published in February found the mine water from which it has drawn heat for the past seven years is warmer than most people’s living rooms: 25C. This significant resource is “far from reaching its full potential”, the study authors wrote – many more buildings could access it.

The Lanchester Wines’ system “does show that it works, and it works in UK conditions”, said Loveridge. “It’s great that they’re securing the future of it.”

Keyword – Football
Trefwoorden – Transfer window, Football, Sport
Title – Men’s transfer window summer 2026: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues | Transfer window | The Guardian
Author – Niall McVeigh
Link – Men’s transfer window summer 2026: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues | Transfer window | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-08T09:00:03.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2026/jun/08/mens-transfer-window-summer-2026-all-deals-from-europes-top-five-leagues

Former Juventus goalkeeper, who turns 24 this summer, returns to Romania after 23 appearances in two seasons at the Friulani

Portuguese side make 22-year-old’s loan move permanent after 12 appearances in Primeira Liga last season

Centre-back, 32, drops down two divisions to play for Rhineland rivals and says ‘I want to bring stability to the team’

Former Union SG midfielder leaves Nice after one season to join ‘wonderful club’ where ‘perseverance and team spirit are highly valued’

Mali international left-back, 23, signs five-year deal at Ligue 2 club having previously played in Austria and Switzerland

After loan spells at Salernitana, Pescara and Cesena, 21-year-old left winger farmed out once again

‘The right time to get out and play football’: 21-year-old departs boyhood club to sign three-year deal with League One side

Serbia Under-21 midfielder goes out on loan again after spending first half of last season with Cracovia in Poland

‘A huge honour to become a Spurs player’: Netherlands centre-back cites reunion with Roberto De Zerbi as key factor in move

Versatile 22-year-old forward, who can play through middle or out wide, earns move to Anfield after impressive season with Los Rojillos

German club ‘made it clear that they firmly believe in my potential,’ says Portugal Under-21 international after penning five-year deal

Striker, 21, joins Serbian giants on initial two-year deal two seasons after his last senior appearance for the Rossoneri

Newly promoted side strengthen ahead of season in top flight with signing of right-back the day before his 24th birthday

Defensive midfielder, 22, makes first move to Europe after representing Japan at East Asian Championship last summer

Premier League winner signs four-year contract at Bernabéu and will join upon expiration of his deal at Anfield in July

Keyword – US news
Trefwoorden – Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Napoleon Bonaparte, US news, US politics, World news
Title – Comparison to Hitler, Mao, Stalin? Trump says: ‘Sounds good to me!’ | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/edwardhelmore
Link – Comparison to Hitler, Mao, Stalin? Trump says: ‘Sounds good to me!’ | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-19T17:04:35.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/trump-hitler-mao-stalin

Donald Trump has enthusiastically agreed with a public assessment by a man he met while golfing that the “overwhelming difference” between the current US president and historical figures who incited fear – such as Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao and Hitler – is that Trump is more powerful.

The US president reposted a short text in the early hours of Friday morning, in which the author writes:

“Historically, powerful people were characterised by brutal conquest and the fear that they instilled in the populations that came under their influence. Common names that would come to mind are Alexander the Great, the Caesars, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hunt, Tamburlaine, Napoleon and, more recently, Hitler, Mao, and Stalin.

“The overwhelming difference between each of the above when compared with President Trump is their lack of global reach.”

“Sounds good to me!” Trump wrote, naming the author as “presidential historian Dave King”.

King is not, in fact, a historian, but a Scottish-born businessman now living in South Africa who was previously the chair of the Rangers Football Club, based in Glasgow, which competes in the Scottish Premiership.

Trump seems to have first encountered him when King was caddying for his friend Gary Player, the Hall of Fame golfer, who was participating at an event in his honor.

CNN reported on Friday that Trump first mentioned the document in a March interview with the New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their book Regime Change, an account of the first 14 months of Trump’s second term, which is to be published next week.

When the reporters asked Trump to describe the power he wields and his place in world history, according to CNN, Trump called for aides to bring him a two-page document he had received from someone he described as “a historian”.

Brandishing this document, Haberman and Swan reportedly write, Trump recited “the names of some of history’s most powerful figures, explaining how each fell short of his own power as US president”.

The leaders “maintained power through fear”, Trump reportedly said. “Who would ever do a thing like that? Right?”

CNN said Haberman and Swan eventually identified the “historian” in question as King, who told them he “had first shared his assessment of Trump’s power with Player and later explained it directly to Trump over golf in Florida”.

The book is based on more than 1,000 interviews over a three-year period. A review published by the Times on Friday notes comments Trump made during the same interview when he was asked to reflect on his legal battles and presidential campaigns.

“Essentially I won every fucking time,” Trump reportedly said. “And I’m tired of winning and winning and winning and just getting bad fucking press. It’s about time that you tell the truth. Okay?”

According to the New York Times, the two journalists report that Trump also said he considered making Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, who had been a rival nominee for president, his secretary of defense. “We need plot twists,” Trump reportedly told a “startled ally”.

And the Times added that the president reportedly also said at a high-level Oval Office meeting that “I’m not a big fan of Ukraine … except their women. They keep winning Miss Universe.”

Elsewhere in the book, according to CNN, the authors write that the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, found Trump in the Oval Office “clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel”.

The book also reportedly recounts that Trump chose to make the former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s life miserable instead of firing him, and decided to do so by focusing on the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve building.

“I want to bust his fucking balls, honestly,” Trump said of Powell during a meeting last year. “What about that fucking building? Can we stop it? Can we stop construction. I just want to bust his fucking balls. Fuck him.”

Trump’s pleasure at being compared to dictators follows on years of comments he has made about his admiration for autocrats and strongmen such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

Keyword – Politics
Trefwoorden – Labour party leadership, Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Labour, Makerfield byelection, Politics, UK news
Title – Cabinet loyalists tell Starmer he has the weekend to set out timetable for exit | Labour party leadership | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rowena-mason
Link – Cabinet loyalists tell Starmer he has the weekend to set out timetable for exit | Labour party leadership | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-19T16:52:20.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/keir-starmer-pressure-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-allies-not-fight-leadership-challenge

Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him he faces being forced out of office by his party if he does not set a timetable for his departure by the end of the weekend.

Andy Burnham, who won a compelling majority in the Makerfield byelection overnight, is expected to travel to London on Monday to meet MPs in the expectation of becoming prime minister within weeks. One cabinet minister – who has not previously told the prime minister to go – said his departure was now inevitable.

One MP said they believed there were about 200 Labour MPs prepared, if necessary, to sign Burnham’s nomination papers for a challenge, though his supporters are hoping for a coronation.

Starmer called members of the cabinet on Friday afternoon to set out his determination to fight on. The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, is said by sources to be among those who expressed concerns in a call on Friday.

At least two ministers, Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood, have previously suggested to Starmer that he should set out a timetable for his departure.

Other ministers are expected to press Starmer on whether fighting a leadership contest would be wise. Another cabinet source said: “Everyone thinks it is over and everyone wants it to be a dignified, orderly exit.”

Several cabinet ministers expressed a desire to show loyalty, while adding the caveat that they knew the situation made it very difficult for the prime minister to continue.

But another said: “There comes a point where you ask: what is more important? Is it loyalty or delivering your agenda? There are big agendas at stake here and those who don’t see which way this is going are going to inevitably end up looking like they were the last ones in the bunker.”

Two Labour grandees, David Blunkett and Harriet Harman, have also said there should be a timetable for new leadership.

Senior Labour sources said they believed that if Starmer did not resign over the weekend – or indicate that he would allow a transition to a new leader – then there would be an intervention at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.

“The prime minister cannot pull the same move again where he refuses to talk to his own cabinet about his future,” one senior source said. “He has a choice of allowing his cabinet and ministers to show open support for his rivals or risk the same situation as Boris Johnson, where you have three education secretaries in three days.”

But some of Starmer’s closest allies said he had the most agency, despite Burnham’s momentum, because Burnham was seeking to avoid the internally damaging move of mounting a leadership challenge.

“In the aftermath of the locals, it was Keir who actually held all the cards. Burnham’s people do not want a contest, they want Keir to do what Burnham wants,” one said. “Well, that’s up to Keir if he decides he wants to do that and he actually does not have to do anything they want.”

A pro-Starmer memo circulating among loyalist MPs shows the attack arguments the prime minister and his team would be likely to make in a leadership campaign.

The memo, seen by the Guardian, says: “[Burnham] hasn’t faced any real scrutiny yet. A true contest would expose him to questions that he hasn’t ever before had to answer and likely see his support wane as a result.”

It argues that in polling terms “the trajectory for AB has not been positive”, with his favourability dropping, and “the membership can change their view”.

The existence of a memo drafted by allies of Starmer reveals that his preparations for a contest are under way but also underlines the risks of a wounding civil war within the party with each side trying to expose the other.

MPs who are loyal to the prime minister say they are determined to prevent a Burnham coronation and are prepared to rally round Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, as an alternative.

“I expect Darren to be loyal to the last,” one said. “But if the PM were to stand down, then he’s got the numbers.”

Support for Jones has been gathering among MPs who signed a loyalist letter backing Starmer in May. “There’s a groundswell of colleagues that are looking to Darren Jones,” one said.

“Unlike all other potential candidates, Darren Jones has both the economic and national security experience we would expect from a PM and represents continuity in both those successful areas.

“But he also represents a generational break from most other candidates, has national rather than regional appeal and is a proven media performer.”

A source close to Jones said: “Darren agrees with the prime minister that now is not the time for a leadership election.” The letter is understood not to be coordinated with Jones.

Starmer told reporters at an event in north London: “If there is a contest, just to be clear with you, then, yes, I will run.” He warned that such a contest would “plunge us into chaos” and said Labour needed to “pull together” to contest the byelection to replace Burnham as mayor of Greater Manchester .

Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary who helped lead Burnham’s campaign, called for Starmer to avoid a “brutal and unpleasant” leadership contest and set out a timetable for his exit.

One MP close to the Burnham campaign said the prime minister needed to “get it out of his system” before he reached the “inevitable” conclusion.

A supporter of Wes Streeting , the former health secretary, who has said it is also his intention to challenge Starmer, said it was likely that Streeting and Burnham would “thrash something out”, with the most plausible outcome that Streeting could agree to back Burnham in return for the promise of a major role.

The two men spoke earlier in the week but have not yet had a crunch conversation, while still hoping that Starmer could resign of his own accord.

Streeting has told supporters that a leadership contest should go ahead but it could only be “comradely” if the prime minister did not take part.

Several backers of Streeting said they believed it was inevitable Burnham would become prime minister, given his 9,000 majority in Makerfield, but that he should still be tested in an accelerated contest that should conclude before the Greater Manchester mayoralty byelection.

Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, who had been widely expected to be a leadership contender, will not run in any contest where Burnham challenges Starmer.

Starmer’s operation has a spreadsheet of MPs loyal to his leadership and they believe they still have enough support to match a challenge from Burnham.

One Starmer ally said Burnham’s victory rally showed he did not have “fresh ideas” and all of the policies he announced were already being implemented by the government, from apprenticeships to lower bus fares.

“Obviously, winning 25,000 votes in a byelection is great, but what about the 10m votes we won in an election two years ago, which gave the PM the mandate to govern?” they said.

With a contest looming on the horizon if Starmer does not agree to hand power to Burnham, his team are looking at office space for a leadership campaign, are working on messaging and events in the early days, and have raised more than £100,000 in donations in preparation.

Another Starmer supporter in the government said: “He will fight it and he will win.”

In his victory speech, Burnham said the result “could be a turning point” and that people had “voted for change. They have voted for more power for the north and everywhere forgotten by Westminster.”

Keyword – Sport
Trefwoorden – Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, Australia women’s cricket team, Women’s cricket, Women’s T20 World Cup, Australia sport, Cricket, Sport
Title – Australia v Netherlands: Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 – live | Women's T20 World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/megan-maurice
Link – Australia v Netherlands: Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 – live | Women's T20 World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-20T11:33:07.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/20/australia-v-netherlands-womens-t20-cricket-world-cup-2026-live

3rd over: Netherlands 11-1 (de Leede 5, H. Siegers 4)

Molineux comes into the attack and she immediately strikes Siegers on the pads. The umpire isn’t interested, but the Australians decide to review. She’s safe, but only just – it’s umpire’s call, so Australia retains the review. Molineux keeps the ball on a good length and doesn’t offer many opportunities for runs. She nearly picks up a wicket on the last ball of the over, but the ball doesn’t quite carry to Hamilton.

2nd over: Netherlands 7-1 (de Leede 3, H. Siegers 3)

Garth opens the bowling from the other end and Siegers finds a nice gap for a single to start the over. Next ball the first wicket falls and Voll gets her chance to show her skills behind the stumps. It’s tight bowling from Garth, but eventually de Leede finds a gap and they run well for three.

WICKET! Molkenboer c Voll b Garth 0 (Netherlands 3-1)

Voll is very happy with her first caught behind stat, diving to her right to pick up the edge from Molkenboer.

1st over: Netherlands 2-0 (Molkenboer 0, H. Siegers 1)

Lucy Hamilton takes the new ball for Australia and we have Voll in wicket keeper – very exciting for me, a person who loves people playing out of position in any sport. Voll picks up the first two balls behind the stumps, which the Australians all find delightful. Hamliton then manages to knock the bails off in her run up and gives away a no ball. Siegers then laps the ball into her own helmet and we take a little break for a concussion test. Fortunately, she’s good to to continue.

Australia sets the Netherlands 220 runs for victory

A big innings for Australia, with some quick scoring and a determination to not let the dot balls stack up. Mooney (74) and Gardner (58) did most of the damage for Australia, but Mooney’s back stiffness will be a concern for Australia. They have Tahlia Wilson available as a travelling reserve, but they can only call on her as a permanent replacement, so can’t just give Mooney a rest for a game or two and bring her in. It shows the value of selecting a second keeper as part of the actual squad, rather than as a reserve.

The Netherlands will be buoyed by their ability to take wickets throughout the innings, despite the large score racked up against them. Zwilling finished with 3-52, while de Lange took 2-39.

A short break now and then we’ll be back to see how the Dutch go about this run chase and also find out whether we get a random player wicket keeping for Australia or if Mooney will push through.

20th over: Australia 219-6 (King 1, Sutherland 11)

Heather Siegers bowls her final over for the match and King gets off strike straight away. Sutherland ups the ante with a powerful cut shot for four midway through the over, then turns around and whacks one behind her that can’t find the boundary, but she darts through for two. Some quick running gets Australia a couple of extra runs to close out their innings.

19th over: Australia 209-6 (King 0, Sutherland 2)

Wareham starts the over with a drive for four to bring up the 200 for Australia, but is out next ball. The captain comes to the crease for the first time this tournament and opens her account with a four, then a very well-run three. Zwilling nearly gets Sutherland, but Molkenboer can’t hold the catch, so she takes matters into her own hands and bowls Molienux next ball.

WICKET! Molineux b Zwilling 7 (Australia 209-6)

Molineux tries to go big, but she exposes her stumps and Zwilling hits the top of off.

WICKET! Wareham c S. Siegers b Zwilling 41 (Australia 201-5)

Wareham brings up the 200 for Australia, then swings big after one too many and catches a top edge. Siegers catches it comfortably.

18th over: Australia 197-4 (Wareham 37, Sutherland 1)

Carey is out at the start of the over and brings Sutherland to the crease. She rotates the strike to Wareham, who is absolutely on one an smacks two consecutive fours from the bowling of de Lange. Australia are within touching distance of their 200.

WICKET! Carey c Rijke b de Lange 7 (Australia 185-4)

Carey plays a very innocuous looking shot for an easy catch to Rijke – she’ll be disappointed to miss out on a chance to score some big runs.

17th over: Australia 185-3 (Wareham 26, Carey 7)

The Australian media manager has confirmed that Mooney retired hurt with back stiffness – currently TBC whether she will keep. Which is concerning because the back up keeper in the squad is Litchfield, who is currently out injured. It might mean we get one of my favourite situations in sport – professional athletes playing out of position. Meanwhile Wareham starts this over against van der Woning with three consecutive fours, before rotating the strike to give Carey a chance to face some balls.

16th over: Australia 167-3 (Wareham 13, Carey 2)

Silver Siegers is back for her for her third over and Wareham keeps her strike rate ticking over with a well run two before muscling one for four.

15th over: Australia 158-3 (Wareham 5, Carey 1)

A bit of a confusing start to this over, as Mooney retired during the drinks break, but it seems like the television coverage cut off the part where anyone mentioned that! Gardner is out soon after, so Australia has two new batters at the crease. A misfield gifts Wareham a four to get off the mark.

WICKET! Gardner c Kalis b de Lange 58 (Australia 152-3)

Gardner falls straight after the drinks break, holing out to Kalis while trying to continue to drive the run rate up.

14th over: Australia 152-2 (Mooney 74, Gardner 58)

Gardner is on strike to Zwilling to start the over, looking to bring up her half century. She does it beautifully on the first ball of the over with a front foot drive for four, then follows it up next ball with another one. Mooney gets into the action later in the over with a little flick/scoop combination fro four, followed by a powerful pull for six. Drinks are on the field now.

13th over: Australia 131-2 (Mooney 62, Gardner 49)

Heather Siegers returns and Gardner starts aggressively, but she can’t get past the field. Mooney is content with rotating the strike with the run rate already so high. Gardner finishes the over with a four to bring her within touching distance of her half century.

12th over: Australia 122-2 (Mooney 60, Gardner 42)

van den Raad returns for her second over. She restricts well for the first couple of balls, then Gardner absolutely smokes one to the boundary between long on and midwicket. van den Raad fights back with a dot next ball, tidying up her line and length, but then Gardner gets innovative with a ramp for another boundary.

11th over: Australia 110-2 (Mooney 57, Gardner 33)

Silver Siegers resumes and Gardner immediately finds a single through a defensive shot – the Australians are clearly working on a plan of trying to eliminate as many dot balls as possible. A few balls later she top edges one and nearly loses her wicket, but the keeper completely loses sight of it and it falls safely.

10th over: Australia 102-2 (Mooney 52, Gardner 30)

de Lange continues her spell and nearly forces an error from Mooney first ball, but she manages to chip it just over the fielders to fall safely. Next ball she finds the boundary she’s been looking for through a misfield from Silver Siegers, then she turns it around the corner for another four, which brings up both her 50 and the 100 for Australia.

9th over: Australia 90-2 (Mooney 41, Gardner 29)

Another new bowler for the Netherlands with Overdjik entering the attack and Gardner immediately smashing her for six. Next ball she’s nearly out, but Molkenboer drops the catch. Mooney hasn’t seen much strike since Gardner came in, but she makes up for lost time with some nicely played shots, although she can’t find the boundary.

8th over: Australia 78-2 (Mooney 39, Gardner 19)

Caroline de Lange comes on to bowl now – she was the pick of the bowlers against India. Gardner plays a nice shot back over the bowler’s head, but it’s well-fielded on the boundary to stop the four. They dart through for a few singles and then Gardner finds the boundary she was looking for, with a little inside out shot over extra cover.

7th over: Australia 69-2 (Mooney 38, Gardner 11)

Silver Siegers enters the attack now with her quite unusual looking off spin. Mooney takes her for three twos to start the over, but then Siegers gets under her bat and forces a play and miss, which is a little win for her.

6th over: Australia 61-2 (Mooney 31, Gardner 10)

Perry is gone first ball of the over and the Dutch are delighted with two wickets in the power play. They take an early drinks break, which gives the Australians time to regroup and get back on track with a new batter at the crease. Gardner starts with a dot – there’d almost a mix up with the running, but she’s safely in her crease. She threads the needle between the fielders with a nicely timed cut shot, but it can’t quite find the boundary. Then she gets a full toss that she manages to flick away to the the boundary and follows it up with another to finish the powerplay.

WICKET! Perry c Overdjik b H.Siegers 1 (Australia 51-2)

Wow, this is great cricket from the Netherlands! Siegers trips Perry up with her slow pace and gets her hitting straight down the throat of deep midwicket.

5th over: Australia 51-1 (Mooney 31, Perry 1)

Zwilling returns to the attack and Mooney starts with a speedy two, before turning the strike over to Voll. Voll finds yet another boundary through her powerful pull shot and brings up the 50 for Australia in no time at all. But next ball she’s out and Perry joins Mooney at the crease.

WICKET! Voll c Molkenboer b Zwilling 17 (Australia 50-1)

Just as Voll looks to be ramping up the pace, she catches a bottom edge and sends one straight up the air. Molkenboer settles below and takes a very safe catch.

4th over: Australia 43-0 (Mooney 28, Voll 13)

Yet another new bowler, with Myrthe van den Raad coming around the wicket to Voll and starting with a dot. But next ball Voll picks up the length, rocks back and pulls it to the boundary for four. And the following ball she does pretty much the same thing. The Australians are really putting some pressure on the Dutch bowlers. The bowlers just aren’t hitting their lengths here and are bowling too short, which Mooney and Voll are very much enjoying.

3rd over: Australia 28-0 (Mooney 24, Voll 4)

No spells for the Netherlands here, we’ve got a new bowler in the third over, as Isabel van der Woning enters the attack. She starts with a dot, despite Mooney’s shot sounding delightful off the bat. Next ball Mooney finds the gap for another four – she looks like she is keen to make up for missing out on runs against Bangladesh. Next ball is another four, van der Woning needs to problem solve on the go here. The next ball looks better, but there’s a misfield and it’s yet another four for Mooney. Eventually she tidies up and finishes with two much-needed dots.

2nd over: Australia 16-0 (Mooney 12, Voll 4)

Heather Siegers opens from the other end with what is being described as “right arm medium pace” but it is certainly on the very slowest extreme of what you could call medium, at about 77km/hr. Mooney manages a four from the second ball, but Siegers restricts her to three dots early as well, it’s not a style she is used to facing.

1st over: Australia 11-0 (Mooney 7, Voll 4)

Iris Zwilling takes the new ball for the Netherlands, with Mooney on strike. She starts with a strong pull shot, which goes to a fielder in the deep, but they dash up and back for two. She finds a gap next ball for the first boundary of the match. Zwilling tidies up and manages a couple of dot balls, which the Dutch crowd celebrates with the excitement of a wicket. Voll opens her account with a four from the final ball of the over.

The teams are on the field now for the anthems – not long until the first over!

There’s a significant amount of orange in the crowd today – the Dutch will have some great support as they take on the formidable Australian team.

A couple of changes for Australia, with Ash Gardner recovering from her ankle injury to return to the side, replacing Grace Harris, and Lucy Hamilton coming in for Megan Schutt.

Netherlands XI

1. Heather Siegers

2. Phebe Molkenboer

3. Babette de Leede (c) (wk)

4. Sterre Kalis

5. Robine Rijke

6. Frederique Overdijk

7. Iris Zwilling

8. Myrthe van den Raad

9. Silver Siegers

10. Caroline de Lange

11. Isabel van der Woning

Australia XI

1. Beth Mooney (wk)

2. Georgia Voll

3. Ellyse Perry

4. Ashleigh Gardner

5. Georgia Wareham

6. Nicola Carey

7. Annabel Sutherland

8. Sophie Molineux (c)

9. Kim Garth

10. Alana King

11. Lucy Hamilton

The Netherlands win the toss and elect to field

A predictable decision from the underdogs – bowling first gives them their best opportunity to make a game out of this. Will the decision pay off for them? Let’s find out!

Today’s match is at the Rose Bowl and the weather forecast for Southamption is “light cloud and a gentle breeze”, which sounds just delightful.

If you want to refresh your memory about Australia’s last game while we’re waiting for the toss, you can read this great report from the always excellent Geoff Lemon.

Ellyse Perry will play her 5oth T20 World Cup match tonight, which is quite a milestone! She has played in all 10 T20 World Cups and has only missed two matches in that time – the semi final and final of the 2020 edition in Australia.

Don’t forget that you can let me know your thoughts during the game by sending me an email . I’d love to hear from you, whether it’s about this game, another recent game or some tournament predictions!

Preamble

Hello and welcome to another match of definitely my favourite World Cup going on right now. Today we have Australia taking on a very unfamiliar foe in the Netherlands, who are playing in their debut T20 World Cup. In fact, the two teams have never met in the T20 format before. They have played five matches in the ODI format, of which the last one was in 2000, three years before Australia’s opening batter Georgia Voll was born.

So to say the teams are unfamiliar with each other is quite the understatement. Australia is coming off the back of a nine-wicket demolition of Bangladesh, where they chased down the required total in less than 10 overs. Meanwhile, the Netherlands suffered a 95-run loss to India, though there were some bright spots with Babette de Leede scoring a well-made 28 and Caroline de Lange taking two wickets with her off spin.

I’m looking forward to seeing how all this unfolds – while Australia are the firm favourites, I have seen a fair bit of fight in this Dutch side so far and hopefully we get some of that on show today! So settle in and let’s get into the game.

Keyword – UK news
Trefwoorden – Rail transport, Bedfordshire, UK news, Train crashes, England, Transport
Title – Passenger of Bedford crash says 90% of people on his carriage were injured | Rail transport | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-lavelle
Link – Passenger of Bedford crash says 90% of people on his carriage were injured | Rail transport | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-20T09:45:44.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/20/bedford-train-crash-passenger-carriage-injured-hospital-treatment

A survivor of the Bedford train crash has told how bodies were flung across the carriages, leaving people with broken bones and deep wounds after the rush hour collision on Friday night.

Brett Byatt, a teacher from Bedford, was onboard the East Midlands Railway (EMR) service that rammed into another slower travelling train resulting in a crash which killed the driver, left 89 with injuries and 33 needing urgent hospital treatment.

Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Byatt said the train wasn’t going at full speed and estimated they were only about five minutes into their journey when the collision happened.

“The people in first class ended up with stomach and rib injuries, because they went into the tables they have in first class, and EMR trains, the way that they’re structured with seats, was probably the worst way it could have been structured for a train crash.

“They (the seats) face each other in the three by three and the two by three, and … when people flew into one another, the seats that they were on, like, broke backwards into the people behind them.”

Byatt said he believed that 90% of passengers on his carriage were injured.

“I’d probably say from three to four of us were uninjured in a full carriage; everyone else had either a serious wound that was bleeding profusely, or a situation where they couldn’t stand, or they couldn’t move their neck, and I saw a woman snap her leg.”

Immediately after the collision, Byatt and other passengers began attending to people with first aid until emergency services arrived 10 minutes later. He thought he escaped injury because he was standing near the doors, clutching a stanchion.

Asked how he was feeling in the aftermath of the accident, Byatt said he initially felt shocked but was now “pretty angry”.

“I don’t know at whom, who specifically, but it’s more about the, we’ve got one of the oldest railway networks, and signal failures happen a lot, and now I’m just wondering, why would a train driver lose his life over this?”

Tony Miles, a prominent railway journalist, told Today that the train would have had a black box able to allow investigators to ascertain precisely what happened before the crash.

“The signal system has a data recorder, they will know every switch that was pressed, they’ll know every control that was activated in both of the trains, they will have second-by-second data from the trains as to what was going on, so I suspect that there’s probably people who’ve got a reasonable insight into what happened already, but that doesn’t mean they’ll release it,” said Miles.

Eddie Dempsey, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), said: “We are devastated to learn that a train driver and former RMT rep has tragically died as a result of (Friday’s) crash between Luton and Bedford.

“The thoughts of RMT are with their family, friends, colleagues and the Aslef trade union at this awful time.”

Buckingham Palace said the king was “greatly saddened” to hear about the crash and was being kept regularly updated on developments. “His thoughts and sympathies are with the family of the deceased and with all those injured or affected by such a tragic incident”, a spokesperson said.

Dave Calfe, general secretary of the train drivers’ union Aslef, said: “Our thoughts tonight are with the family and friends of the driver who died in the crash near Bedford and with the passengers who were injured in the accident.

“We want to thank the emergency services who responded so quickly to help those onboard.”

A team of rail accident investigation branch inspectors have been sent to the site to gather evidence.

Network Rail said on Saturday morning: “We’re deeply saddened that a railway colleague has tragically died following the incident near Bedford. Our thoughts are with their family, friends and colleagues, and with everyone affected.

“Our teams are on site working closely with the emergency services and industry partners. We want to thank the emergency services and the wider railway family for their professionalism and swift response.

“In the meantime, we ask passengers to please check before they travel.”

Keyword – Sport
Trefwoorden – Royal Ascot, Horse racing, Ascot, Sport, Horse racing tips
Title – Venetian Sun shines at Royal Ascot as Brighton’s Bloom lands another bargain | Royal Ascot | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gregwood
Link – Venetian Sun shines at Royal Ascot as Brighton’s Bloom lands another bargain | Royal Ascot | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-19T17:10:07.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/19/royal-ascot-horse-racing-commonwealth-cup-venetian-sun

Alexis Mac Allister for £7m. Just £4m for Moisés Caicedo. And £250,000 for Venetian Sun, a Group One winner here on Friday in the Commonwealth Cup. Has anyone ever had an eye for a sporting bargain quite as sharp as Tony Bloom’s?

There were some huge sums changing hands for yearlings at Tattersalls’ Book 1 sale in October 2024. The football super-agent Kia Joorabchian alone signed for £25m-worth of bloodstock, while Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai’s Godolphin operation was close behind with a £23m spend. Bloom, meanwhile, picked up a daughter of the young stallion Starman for just 240,000 guineas (£252,000), and she is now a Group One winner at both two and three with more than £800,000 banked in prize money alone.

“It was a really tough race and not easy at the end,” the Brighton chair said after his horse had held off the late challenge of Spicy Marg, a 50-1 shot, by a head. “But what a horse Venetian Sun is.

In the [1,000] Guineas, she just did not stay the distance, but we did not know until we tried. Karl [Burke, the winner’s trainer] has been confident going into this race and, although we have been confident, [it is so] difficult to win a Group One at Royal Ascot .

“She was tough enough and the great racehorses do win those difficult finishes when it is close. She is a dream horse to have, and we have got lots to look forward to with her. In terms of the ratings, this is the best horse I’ve ever had.”

Bloom’s involvement with racing was initially in the jumping sphere, with horses including Energumene, a brilliant winner of the Champion Chase at Cheltenham in 2022 and 2023.

He has invested more heavily in Flat racing in recent years, using a data-based approach to buying bloodstock similar to the one that has proved so successful in football, first at Brighton and more recently at teams including Hearts, Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise and Serie A side Como, who use Bloom’s analytics model in their recruitment.

“I get well advised on buying the horses,” Bloom said. “Patrick Veitch is our main adviser, and he looks at so many different aspects, and you also need a lot of luck. You can spend a lot of money on a horse and they flop, and cheaper ones can be Group One champions. We’re in the latter category and we’re over the moon.”

As a potential dam of future champions, Venetian Sun would be worth many times her earnings on the racing transfer market when she retires, but she is much more likely to join Bloom’s own band of broodmares.

But Venetian Sun should first have plenty more afternoons at the track, and she was clipped from 5-1 to 7-2 by William Hill for the July Cup – sprinting’s midsummer championship – at Newmarket next month.

“That is more relief than enjoyment,” Burke said. “It was probably unusual the way she did it [in the Sandy Lane Stakes] at Haydock last time. Everybody was talking about how good it was visually, which it was, but I think the [easier] ground had a lot to do with that.

“When Clifford [Lee, the winner’s jockey] rode her last year, even when he was winning Group races on her, he kept saying: ‘She is feeling the ground.’ I think that is probably the reason why she has not been as visually impressive [today], but she is still a Group One winner.”

On a card with three short-priced favourites in the first four races, Venetian Sun’s victory got the punters back on track after Aidan O’Brien’s Sun Goddess, at 10-11, was caught in the final strides by the fast-finishing Libertango, ridden by 20-year-old Billy Loughnane. They were on the front foot once again as another O’Brien-trained runner, Precise, became the fifth winning favourite in seven Group One events this week with victory in the Coronation Stakes.

Ryan Moore sent Precise, the 8-13 favourite, into the lead inside the final quarter and while Saffie Osborne mounted a strong challenge from off the pace with Touleen, the favourite found more in the closing stages to hold her at bay by a length and a half.

“She can do a lot of stuff,” O’Brien said. “She can stay at a mile, she can step up. She gets a little bit lazy, but when you do ask her, she really opens up. I think Ryan will probably say he was there a little bit earlier than he wanted, because he had to move early … he was very wide, he didn’t have any choice.”

The King and Queen, meanwhile, will need to wait until 2027 at least to celebrate a second Royal Ascot winner in their colours after Warrant Holder, their final runner at the meeting, finished a brave second in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes.

William Buick sent John and Thady Gosden’s four-year-old into the lead two furlongs from home, but James McDonald then launched a strong challenge on Opportunity against the far rail and Warrant Holder could find no more.

Japan’s Satono Reve can deliver Ascot dream

Satono Reve was just half a length away from giving Japan its first ever winner at Royal Ascot when second in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 12 months ago, and has a fine chance to go one place better in the feature as the 2026 meeting draws to a close on Saturday.

Noriyuki Hori’s sprinter raced with a smaller group on the stands’ side last year as the winner, Lazzat, made all down the centre. Although Satono Reve was closing the gap throughout the final quarter-mile, the well-ridden Lazzat found enough when it mattered.

The seven-year-old has had near-identical preparation for this year’s race, including a second-place finish behind one of the all-time sprinting greats, Ka Ying Rising, at Sha Tin, Hong Kong in April.

Ryan Moore replaces João Moreira aboard Satono Reve on Saturday, and though Joliestar, one of the biggest names on the Australian sprinting scene, promises to be a stern opponent, she is drawn in single figures, while Moore will be able to point Satono Reve (3.40) directly down the “golden highway” from stall 18 of 19.

Royal Ascot 2.30 Carry The Flag is an obvious favourite having finished second behind Tuesday’s Coventry Stakes winner, Great Barrier Reef, last time, but he is dropping back in trip and Force Noir, an impressive winner at Naas last time, is interesting at around 12-1 to outspeed the market leader from stall 19.

Royal Ascot 3.05 The time of Kalpana’s win in the Aston Park Stakes on her seasonal debut suggests she has matured and improved further over the winter. She will take plenty of beating here on the way to a probable crack at the King George in late July.

Royal Ascot 4.20 The Prettiest Star posted a new career-best when fourth in the 1,000 Guineas last month and this drop in grade and trip should see her return to the winner’s enclosure.

Royal Ascot 5.00 James Owen has swiftly emerged as one of the best dual-purpose trainers in the game. His fast-improving sprinter Far Above Dream is attractively priced at around 18-1 to follow up a comfortable success at Newbury in May off a 4lb higher mark.

Royal Ascot 5.35 Lost Boys and Sahara King were separated by just a head when first and second respectively in the London Gold Cup at Newbury, before both being sold to run for the Wathnan Racing operation. James Doyle, their No 1 rider, is aboard the latter and first-time cheekpieces could eke out sufficient improvement to see him turn the tables.

Royal Ascot 6.10 Willie Mullins is looking for his fourth success in the last six runnings of the Queen Alexandra Stakes, the traditional finale to the meeting. Le Destrier, with William Buick booked to ride, looks the pick of his three runners this year.

Keyword – Music
Trefwoorden – Pop and rock, Music, Culture, R&B
Title – Ibeyi: Offering review – French twin sisters master the balance between mysticism and edge | Pop and rock | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachel-aroesti
Link – Ibeyi: Offering review – French twin sisters master the balance between mysticism and edge | Pop and rock | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-19T08:00:26.000Z
Category – Culture
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/19/ibeyi-offering-review

H aving ceded creative control to numerous collaborators on 2022’s Spell 31 (veteran pop songwriter Eg White; rappers Pa Salieu and Berwyn), Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz return to first principles for their fourth album. Written mainly by the sisters themselves, Offering recentres Ibeyi in their own sonic universe: fusing the influences of their Cuban percussionist father and Parisian upbringing, the twins sing in multiple languages, summoning ancient lore over intricate beats, transcendent harmonies and brooding distortion.

Self-sufficiency crops up as a lyrical theme, too: “One thing is for sure, I’m who I was looking for,” goes the refrain of Baba, which matches incantatory vocals with an irresistibly grimy bassline. (Perhaps the fact this is being released on their own label rather than XL, the taste-making British indie they were previously signed to, is also relevant here.)

That said, it would be a contradiction to suggest Ibeyi are going back to basics: there has never been anything straightforward about their sound. It’s a heady brew that can overwhelm in large quantities, but this finely tuned, melodically strong collection provides the perfect dosage. The duo have mastered their Rosalía-like balance between otherworldly mysticism and grinding edge: on opener Olokun, urgent chanting about an ocean deity walks the line between euphoria and doom, while celestial R&B gets a gratifyingly industrial tinge on Moshpit. Yet it’s the truly heavenly vocal interplay on the spine-tingling Good Life that feels like the Diazes’ most impressive accomplishment: an offering you’d be a fool to refuse.