A pastor and lawyer shares a personal tribute to Charlie Kirk, reflecting on their friendship and Kirk's lasting impact on conservative politics and young Americans.

Charlie Kirk's assassination highlights how years of leftist rhetoric labeling him a fascist contributed to his death by a shooter with leftist ideology.

• Updates from the evening session on day two in Tokyo

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“I’ve learnt in the past just to stay in the present,” laughs Matt Hudson-Smith in interview with the Beeb – I like that. And he’s right, of course – the past has gone and the future is a promise: the only thing he has, as an athlete, but also we all have, as people, is what’s going on right now.

We’re back watching footage of the 100m heats; goodness me, Julien Alfred looks immense, a classic example of an athlete who wins something when not quite expecting to, then becomes a million times better as a consequence. Consider also: France after the 1998 World Cup.

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© Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

© Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

The past four months have been building toward this moment. And after a record 44-game regular season, the WNBA playoffs are finally here.

Grace and Theo’s long-distance relationship – and mismatched libidos – puts pressure on their sex life, but they are learning to build intimacy

• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously

“We’ve been getting to know each other and building intimacy in bursts of a few weeks at a time

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© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian

After Jessica and I received expert counselling from the hit show Couples Therapy, I became public enemy number one. Here’s what didn’t make it to the screen

“You are the reason women hate men,” a woman commented on one of my Instagram posts. “You don’t deserve Jessica, you schmuck,” another said in a direct message on Facebook. “I hope you’ve gotten the help you need and set your poor wife free,” wrote a third.

I am a novelist who relishes connecting with his audience. That disposition has suffered. The reason: three months ago, the US network Showtime aired the latest season of the documentary series Couples Therapy, on which my wife Jessica and I appeared as one of the pairs.

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© Photograph: Chris Buck/The Guardian

Promoter and artist Man Power brings world-class DJs and dance acts to King Street Social Club in North Shields

You can’t miss the King Street Social Club.

Its exterior is made up of hundreds of coloured tiles and a no-nonsense red sign that make it stand out on the North Shields street it occupies. Inside the club, which is at the centre of the former fishing community around Newcastle upon Tyne, something else is brewing.

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A monster arrested for killing and burning an elderly Queens couple this week was roaming the streets because of a little-known change to the state parole law three years ago, The Post has learned. 

The Post's Dave Blezow returns for Season 32 of the Bettor's Guide to give his Week 2 NFL picks.

A California school aide faces up to five years in prison for admitting she had sex with a teen boy she met at a San Diego-area high school where she was contracted to work as a third-party employee.

Russia's joint strategic exercise with Belarus began on Sept. 12.

Juan Soto has reached some rarefied statistical air in his first season with the Mets. 

He made the move last week and played very well against the Steelers.

Max Fried came out firing for the Yankees, with a bump in velocity that featured a pair of early strikeouts on 99 mph heaters in a 5-3 win over the Red Sox.

At this point of the fantasy baseball season, if you are still in contention for your league title, you probably need more of a pep talk than advice.

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires – a forensic team has finally revealed his fate

Early on 18 March 1976, Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior, a Brazilian pianist who had played alongside some of Latin America’s greatest musicians, disappeared from the streets of Buenos Aires.

For nearly 50 years, his fate has remained a mystery, sparking desperate searches, raising suspicions of government complicity, and inspiring international documentaries. Now the mystery has been solved, with forensic scientists formally identifying Tenório Júnior’s body – and confirming he was a victim of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship.

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Doctors at Nasser medical complex say it won’t be able to cope with large numbers of people fleeing Gaza City

Doctors and medical staff at the largest big hospital still functioning in Gaza say they will be overwhelmed by a wave of new wounded and sick patients if hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee the north of the devastated territory in the face of an intensifying Israeli offensive.

Dr Mohammed Saqr, director of nursing at the Nasser medical complex near Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, said there were not enough staff to cope with even existing demand and that supplies of medicine and fuel were running low.

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© Photograph: Khamis Al-Rifi/Reuters

© Photograph: Khamis Al-Rifi/Reuters

Bosses have been warned to watch out for a new work trend.

Why did the working class switch sides?

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Ukraine is struggling to defend itself against the growing number of attack drones that Moscow has started using in its onslaughts.

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President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.

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President Trump has walked back some significant immigration policies that collide with his economic agenda, angering his far-right allies.

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The Apple TV+ series “Severance” and the HBO Max medical show “The Pitt” are in a tight race for best drama, television’s most coveted prize.

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Economic officials meeting in Madrid will seek to head off a November tariff deadline.

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