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Afghanistan v Australia: Champions Trophy cricket – live

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Par :Rob Smyth (now) and James Wallace (later)
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  • Updates from the final group match at Gaddafi Stadium
  • Play starts in Lahore at 2pm local/8pm AEDT/9am GMT
  • Any thoughts? Get in touch with Rob on email

On 10 October 2000, South Africa thrashed England by eight wickets in Nairobi, Kenya. Shaun Pollock took 3 for 27, Jacques Kallis stroked an effortless 78. That match was the last quarter-final to be played in the Champions Trophy, but only if you take these things literally.

The group format that has been used in the Champions League since 2000 has produced a handful of de facto quarter-finals, with the latest taking place between Australia and Afghanistan today.

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© Photograph: Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC/Getty Images

Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history

✇The Guardian
Par :Patrick Wintour · Rowena Mason and Peter Walker
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NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defence

Sir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began, even if he manages to halve the current £4.5bn cost of housing asylum seekers.

The extraordinary finding, a complete reversal of Labour manifesto pledges and its historical commitment to helping the world’s poorest, is made by Ian Mitchell, the co-director of the respected London-based thinktank the Centre for Global Development.

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© Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters

Why did leave-in hair conditioners fall out of fashion? They are still fabulous | Sali Hughes on beauty

✇The Guardian
Par :Sali Hughes
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The best ones trap moisture and prevent hair damage – and using them involves minimal effort

A few months ago and on hairdresser’s orders, I went looking for a leave-in conditioner and found they were nearing extinction.

Leave-ins seemed to be everywhere a decade or so ago. I could only assume that, like me, most consumers had forgotten how valuable they are in preventing hair damage in return for the lowest possible effort. As I wonder what to do about my chronically over-bleached ends, I wish I’d come to my senses sooner.

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© Photograph: Kellie French/The Guardian

You be the judge: should my early-rising flatmate keep the noise down while I’m still in bed?

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Par :Georgina Lawton
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Night owl Reggie hates being woken by early bird Kevin as he gets ready for his day. You decide who has cause for alarm

Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror

I hate talking to anyone for the first two hours of my day. I think that should be respected

Reggie is a night owl. I can hear him after midnight sometimes, but I don’t say anything

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© Illustration: Igor Bastidas/The Guardian

Arsenal’s Under-18s source new talent after rise of Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly

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Par :Ed Aarons
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Squad containing 15- and 16-year-olds will have stadium experience in FA Youth Cup tie against Manchester United

‘The players are on the floor in the changing room but youth football is never make or break,” Jack Wilshere reflected. “It’s important that they continue to develop but whether they can make it to the first team will be down to them.”

It has not been two years since Arsenal’s Under-18s were thrashed 5-1 by West Ham at the Emirates in the FA Youth Cup final but the former England midfielder’s prediction has come true. Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly were two of the players who had to be consoled that night by their manager, Wilshere, and both are established as first-team regulars even though they are still eligible to play in the competition that has served as a springboard for so many young stars.

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© Composite: Getty Images

Dark Like Under by Alice Chadwick review – teenage kicks

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Par :Christopher Shrimpton
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This 1980s-set debut novel takes place over 24 hours as the ripple effects of a teacher’s death are explored

Dark Like Under, Alice Chadwick’s ambitious and affecting debut novel, begins and ends at midnight. The 24 hours in between, while at times sunlit and sweltering, hang heavy with the shadow cast by the night before.

That shadow is the death of Mr Ardennes. The story is set in England in the 1980s and it begins with Robin and Jonah, two teenagers at the local grammar school, bumping into Mr Ardennes, a well-liked teacher at the school. It is Sunday night – or Monday morning – and they have slipped away from a party. They meet on the banks of the weir, where he is taking one of his regular late night walks, and exchange pleasantries. He appears distracted. “He looked a bit rough,” observes Jonah. His hands seem oddly heavy in his pockets, “like weights”. At the next morning’s school assembly, his death is announced.

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© Photograph: Peter Lopeman/Alamy

Trump tried to extort Zelenskyy and was impeached – now he may succeed

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Par :David Smith in Washington
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The Ukrainian president is expected at the White House on Friday to sign a multimillion-dollar minerals deal with echoes of a notorious 2019 phone call

Alexander Vindman remembers the phone call – and what he did next. Serving on the national security council (NSC), he went to see his twin brother, who was the council’s senior ethics official, closed the door and told him: “Eugene, if what I’m about to tell you ever becomes public, Donald Trump will be impeached.”

Vindman had set up a call between Trump and Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in July 2019. He heard the US president attempt to leverage US military aid to the country in return for Zelenskyy launching an investigation into Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, over his position at a Ukrainian gas company.

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© Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

Mirroring the far right on immigration backfired for Germany’s political centre | Johannes Hillje

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Par :Johannes Hillje
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Even the Greens hardened their rhetoric and lost votes as a result. The message is clear: the new government must offer hope, not hatred

Germany’s next government will be a coalition of the political centre led by the conservative Friedrich Merz. That may sound like stability. Traditionally, a government made up of the two big centrist parties, the Social Democrats (SPD) and Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU), has been called the grand coalition. But it is no longer grand and offers only an illusion of stability.

The SPD achieved its worst result in a national election since the second world war, with 16.4% of the vote. The CDU scored its second-worst result, with 28.5%. If you include the Greens and the Liberals, the parties that occupy the political ground from centre-left to centre-right won just over 60% of the votes cast.

Johannes Hillje is a Berlin-based political consultant and a fellow at Das Progressive Zentrum, an independent thinktank

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© Photograph: Sören Stache/Reuters

From wildlife in Andalucía to an alternative camino in Galicia: readers’ travel tips on unsung Spain

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Par :Guardian readers
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Our tipsters share their favourite seafood haunts, pristine beaches and under-the-radar cities

The city and the province of Jaén can be overlooked by tourists heading to nearby Granada or Córdoba. That’s a shame, given that they are filled with Renaissance architecture, including a magnificent cathedral, and renowned as one of the homes of olive oil. Thanks to its historic position between Christian Castilla and Muslim Granada, the city is surrounded by castles. I recommend staying at the Parador de Jaén. It sits at the top of the hill of Santa Catalina next to the castle, and the views from its rooms towards the Sierra Morena mountains are unparalleled.
Felix

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© Photograph: JackF/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?

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Par :Mark Sweney
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Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035

Amazon may have captured James Bond, paying billions to get creative control of the super spy, but a clock is now ticking that means 007 – or at least a version of him – could escape into the wider world in a decade’s time.

The character and plots of the original literary works by creator Ian Fleming become open for public use in most countries in 2035, raising the prospect of Bond starring in rival film and TV stories of espionage, comedy or even horror.

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© Photograph: Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar

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