


Decision on foreign state stakes in UK press could end Telegraph limbo | Telegraph Media Group
The government will allow foreign states to own stakes of up to 15% in British newspapers in a move that could finally end two years of uncertainty over the ownership of the Telegraph titles. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is to announce the limit on Thursday through the introduction of a new statutory…

5 worst games of season, but you’ll still watch
Five NFL games we can’t wait to watch in the 2025 season The NFL schedule for the 2025-2026 season has been released. Here are a few games on our must-watch list. Bad football is like bad pizza, right? Sure, comfort food has various degrees of excellence – or lack thereof – but at the end…

RFK Jr defends downsizing health department as protesters disrupt Senate hearing – as it happened | US news
RFK Jr defends downsizing health department as part of Trump budget plan Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr described the downsizing of his department as necessary cost-cutting measures as he defended his spending plans under Donald Trump’s budget proposal. The plans include an $18bn cut to National Institutes of Health funding and $3.6bn from the…

Fake fitness influencers: the secrets and lies behind the world’s most enviable physiques | Body image
Looking back to 2022, it seems impossible that anyone ever believed that Brian “Liver King” Johnson achieved his physique without pharmaceutical assistance. He looks like a hot water bottle stuffed with bowling balls, an 80s action figure with more veins – an improbably muscular man who put his bodybuilder-shaming physique down to a diet of…

Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank in high winds, says report | Italy
The late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank after it was hit by winds of around 117km/h that drove the vessel past its point of stability and caused downflooding over the starboard rail, according to a preliminary safety report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). The investigators said Bayesian may have been vulnerable…