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Trump renaming fiasco fuels jokes as Maher takes Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain prize
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The Guardian · World

Trump renaming fiasco fuels jokes as Maher takes Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain prize

Punchlines on president’s thwarted bid to have building named after him come thick and fast at Washington DC galaOutside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a giant tarpaulin remained in place to conceal Donald Trump’s humiliation.Guests entering the national arts complex on Sunday ni...

David Smith in Washington DC
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British American Tobacco to slash 9,000 jobs as it turns to AI
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The Guardian · World

British American Tobacco to slash 9,000 jobs as it turns to AI

Dunhill maker to cut about a fifth of workforce, aiming to reduce costs and become more ‘technology enabled’Business live – latest updatesBritish American Tobacco (BAT) will cut about a fifth of its 47,000-strong workforce this year, as the cigarette-maker looks for ways to push down costs and becom...

Lauren Almeida
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White working-class children failed by England’s school system, inquiry finds
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The Guardian · World

White working-class children failed by England’s school system, inquiry finds

Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicUK politics live – latest updatesThe education system is “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”, an independent inquiry has concluded.The Independent Inquiry in...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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London cafe in legal battle with restaurant chain over ‘Eat Drink Work’ slogan
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The Guardian · World

London cafe in legal battle with restaurant chain over ‘Eat Drink Work’ slogan

Subsidiary of FTSE 250 company says Coffee Studio’s phrase too similar to its ‘Eat Drink Meet’ trademarkWhen Tahir Mehmet, the owner of an independent coffee shop, tried to register “three simple words”, Eat Drink Work, as its slogan, he had little idea it would pitch him into a legal battle with on...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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BT and Verizon to create joint global business in $625m deal
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The Guardian · World

BT and Verizon to create joint global business in $625m deal

UK telecoms group’s 50/50 venture ends more than 18-month search for a buyer of its international operationsBusiness live – latest updatesBT and the US mobile company Verizon are to combine their international businesses, ending the British telecom group’s more than 18-month search for a buyer.Veriz...

Lauren Almeida
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New campaign urges public to reduce water use as UK emerges from heatwave
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The Guardian · World

New campaign urges public to reduce water use as UK emerges from heatwave

Exclusive: £75m publicity drive will ask people to treat water as precious resource and cut daily use by 28 litresThe biggest ever campaign to encourage the public to reduce their water use will launch this week, as the UK emerges from record temperatures attributed to the climate crisis.The £75m pu...

Sandra Laville
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