Tate brothers arrested in the US
NewsFeed Video shows the moment controversial influencer brothers Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami, US. The arrests came after UK prosecutors brought 38 new charges related to rape and sex trafficking, bringing the total to 59. Published On 19 Jul 2026 Adblock test (Why?)
Designing cities for a hotter future
Talk to Al Jazeera Sustainability expert and climate advocate Mina Hasman’s vision of designing cities that behave like forests and buildings that act like trees. What if our cities could adapt like nature? Award-winning architect and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Mina Hasman shares her vision of designing cities that behave like forests and buildings that act like trees. The Times 100 climate leader explains why cities must urgently adapt to climate change. She explores a new era of climate-ready design where buildings breathe, communities thrive and urban environments work with nature, not against it. Published On 19 Jul 2026 Adblock test (Why?)
Kimi Antonelli wins Belgian Grand Prix to extend F1 championship lead
Mercedes driver won his sixth GP of 2026 as championship rival and teammate George Russell crashes out on first lap. Kimi Antonelli won the Belgian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead to 45 points over Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on a bleak day for teammate George Russell, his closest title rival heading into the race. Russell had been the 19-year-old Italian’s closest rival before the start at Spa-Francorchamps, but the Briton spun off into the gravel on the opening lap after a collision with Hamilton while trying to make up places lost at lights out. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4Spain vs Argentina: Five key factors that could decide World Cup final list 2 of 4World Cup 2026 final: Closing ceremony and half-time show – what to know list 3 of 4The story behind football stars Messi and Yamal’s viral photo list 4 of 4Why is Argentina’s football team so white? end of list Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was second in the 44-lap race, 1.952 seconds behind after leading, thanks to a pit stop while a virtual safety car was deployed, with Max Verstappen third to give Red Bull their 300th Formula One podium. Hamilton finished fourth, despite serving a five-second penalty for the collision with Russell, but remained under investigation for an unsafe release from a pit stop that could drop him to fifth and further stretch Antonelli’s lead. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli leads Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen at the beginning of the Belgian Grand Prix [Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL via AFP] It was Antonelli’s sixth win in 10 rounds this season, leaving him 50 points clear of Russell. Antonelli was first in qualifying, continuing Mercedes’ clean sweep of pole positions this season. “It’s great to be back on the top step after a few difficult rounds,” said Antonelli, who had drawn a blank in two of the past three rounds. “It was a hard-fought race. We lost first place with the VSC but then we managed to make our way back. “The momentum was always there. It was just about getting the results,” he added. “Today we were a bit lucky with what happened in terms of the championship but you have to take every opportunity because we saw how much it can swing.” McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finished fifth, with Isack Hadjar sixth for Red Bull from last on the grid. Reigning champion Lando Norris was seventh for McLaren after starting 13th due to a 10-place grid drop. Gabriel Bortoleto brought more points for Audi in eighth place, with Arvid Lindblad ninth for Racing Bulls and Argentine Franco Colapinto completing the scoring in 10th place for Renault-owned Alpine. Adblock test (Why?)
FIFA World Cup 2026 sees major increase in goals from outside the box
A trend of teams defending deep has enticed forwards to take shots from outside the penalty area, Jurgen Klinsmann says. The proportion of goals scored from outside the box has doubled at the World Cup in North America from the previous tournament in Qatar, FIFA says. Sixteen percent of the goals scored in this World Cup came from outside the penalty area, versus 8 percent in 2022, FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG) revealed on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3Kylian Mbappe breaks all-time World Cup scoring record with 22nd goal list 2 of 3Saka hat-trick helps England down France to win World Cup Bronze Final list 3 of 3Netanyahu declares support for Argentina ahead of World Cup final end of list Football experts explained the reason behind the increase: a trend of teams defending in a low bloc and pushing the opposition to try their luck from long range. Jurgen Klinsmann, a member of FIFA’s TSG, said the large number of players in and around the box also makes it more difficult for goalkeepers to track the ball from afar. “There’s no space – eight, nine players are in the box or outside the box, so it is definitely a recipe for shots from the outside,” the former US national team manager told reporters. “It’s something fun for us coaches to watch … We saw some beautiful goals that way.” Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of football development, also paid tribute to the quality of the shots being taken. “The balls look fast. Shots – they delivered rockets from outside the box, really. The ball – boom, the quality of the shots was great in this tournament,” he told reporters. Argentina, in particular, have relied on long-range shots while trailing to break down sides sitting deep. The team has scored five goals from outside the box, including the screamer from Enzo Fernandez that brought them back into the match in the 85th minute of the semifinal against England. Julian Alvarez also hit a spectacular curler from 22 yards out against 10-man Switzerland in extra time to help book Argentina’s place in the semifinal. In the third-place match on Saturday, English midfielder Declan Rice found the bottom corner from outside the box in the third minute in what turned out to be one of the wildest encounters of the World Cup, with France losing 6-4. Adblock test (Why?)
Tate brothers arrested in Miami on rape and sex trafficking charges
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on rape and sex trafficking charges NewsFeed Controversial manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami over allegations of rape and sex trafficking brought by UK police. The brothers are already facing 21 charges in a separate case. UK prosecutors are seeking their extradition. Published On 19 Jul 2026 Adblock test (Why?)
Somalia races to save Radio Mogadishu’s fading archive
Mogadishu, Somalia – Thousands of reel-to-reel tapes sit in an air-conditioned room in the archive of Somalia’s public radio, Radio Mogadishu, stacked on steel shelves and lined up like old manuscripts beneath a thick layer of dust. Each reel contains a small fragment of Somalia’s 20th-century history, from news bulletins to speeches, music and voices that were once beamed out across the nation’s airwaves, some dating back to the early 1950s. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3EU targets Somalia with visa curbs as president pushes back on returns list 2 of 3Israel fetes Somaliland’s leader as it seeks to expand Red Sea influence list 3 of 3Somali intelligence helps US arrest alleged leader of Minnesota fraud end of list Abdiqadir Geedi Robleh, an archivist at Radio Mogadishu, threads a reel onto an old tape machine, connects it to a computer, and records the contents of each tape. A tape with a love song by Mohamed Mooge Liban, a prominent singer fills the room, and Robleh is transported, he says, to his youth. He is working with a small team to digitise and methodically order approximately 400,000 hours of broadcasts, officials here say, before the magnetic tape deteriorates beyond recovery, taking with it a crucial record of the country’s past. Abdiqadir Geedi Robleh cues up a tape, ready to hear a recording. [Abdimajid Abdillahi Farah/Al Jazeera] “This is the world’s largest store of Somali language music, culture, dramas and everything else, and at the moment it is locked away from the public in a kind of prison,” Robleh tells Al Jazeera. “We’re working to preserve it but also open it up in future to the public.” Founded in 1951 during the Italian colonial era, Radio Mogadishu would grow into Somalia’s largest and most important public broadcaster. It initially broadcast in Italian and Somali before introducing foreign language services, including everything from Swahili and Oromo to English and Arabic. In its heyday, it was among the most influential and distinctive voices in East African media, reaching audiences as far afield as Tanzania, Ethiopia, and the Middle East with a style of radical pan-African broadcasting reminiscent of Radio Cairo in the Nasser years. With the exception of a brief hiatus in the 1990s, when it fell under the control of a warlord, it has served not only as a key source of news for Somalis and audiences across the region, but also as a vital repository of the country’s collective memory. The effort to preserve its archives has gathered new momentum this year. In early June, Somalia’s information ministry and the UNESCO regional office for Eastern Africa – the UN’s heritage agency – brought archivists from across the country to a workshop in Mogadishu, aimed at eventually registering its contents with UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme, which catalogues archives of important historical value. “Protecting this knowledge isn’t just relevant for Somalia, but it is relevant for everyone,” said Guilherme Canela, a senior UNESCO official who is overseeing the project. Thousands of tapes fill the shelves of Radio Mogadishu’s archive, holding decades of Somali history [Abdimajid Abdillahi Farah/Al Jazeera] An expert assessment carried out in April counted roughly 45,000 tapes and reels, representing an estimated 400,000 hours of material recorded since the station’s founding. More than 85 percent remain playable, but around one in 10 has deteriorated with age, and more than 5 percent has been destroyed or severely damaged, according to UNESCO. Radio Mogadishu’s collection was recognised both for its size and because so much of what it holds exists nowhere else. Some were damaged in an electrical fire in 2018, Robleh says, while others were lost during fighting in 1992, when US forces battled Somali militias in the streets of Mogadishu. During the worst of the civil war, police colonel Abshir Hashi Ali risked his life to prevent the contents of the archives from being looted. When fighting engulfed Mogadishu following the 1990 collapse of the government, he said he ran back “with the aim of conveying to Somalis the wealth that is stored here”. Abdi Jeite, the station’s director, says the digitisation drive began as early as 2012, but has been held back for years by a lack of resources. By his estimate, only approximately 10 percent of the archive has so far been converted. “We’ve got some new tools, and more training for our archivists, but there is still a lot of support needed,” he says. An old reel-to-reel machine used to play and digitise tapes at Radio Mogadishu’s archive in Mogadishu begins spinning [Abdimajid Abdillahi Farah/Al Jazeera] To understand why the archive matters so much, it helps to understand what radio once meant in Somali life. “Radio Mogadishu was arguably the preeminent media institution in post-independence Somalia,” Iman Mohamed, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota and historian of Somalia, tells Al Jazeera. “In a society that prizes orality above the written word, radio was uniquely effective at creating a common public sphere through which ordinary people could feel bonded to one another and to a shared sense of nationhood,” Mohamed adds. Though Somali audiences could also access BBC Somali, Radio Hargeisa, and opposition stations when the government began to deteriorate in the latter part of the 20th century, it was Radio Mogadishu that dominated the “soundscape of urban Somalia”, Mohamed said. That dominance made Radio Mogadishu a national factory of talent. “If you were a musician, poet, playwright or producer, Radio Mogadishu was the platform you wanted to appear on,” Robleh, the archivist, said. “It made Somalia’s stars.” Robleh points to the label on a tape of a love song recorded at Radio Mogadishu in 1974 [Abdimajid Abdillahi Farah/Al Jazeera] Robleh, the archivist, added that many BBC Somali journalists who went on to have distinguished careers first cut their teeth at Radio Mogadishu, which became an important pipeline for Somali-language talent to the BBC. Hassan Dahir, a former journalist at the station, was one of many Somali children who grew up
Kolkata sings for Messi as World Cup fever takes hold
Fans in Kolkata wearing the number 10 jersey of Argentina’s Lionel Messi together with graffiti on the wall celebrate their idol and the World Cup, June 18, 2026 [Bikas Das/AP] Fans in Kolkata wearing the number 10 jersey of Argentina’s Lionel Messi together with graffiti on the wall celebrate their idol and the World Cup, June 18, 2026 [Bikas Das/AP] Published On 18 Jul 2026 At 5.45am on Saturday, July 4, about 300 football fans gathered under a drab grey sky in Amartya Sen Udyan, a small park in Kolkata, West Bengal. They craned their necks towards a big screen showing the World Cup match between the defending champions, Argentina, and plucky underdogs, Cape Verde. Giant loudspeakers gave the scene the feel of a political rally or rock concert. The walls and railings of the enclosure were decked out with blue-and-white flags, plastic footballs and life-size cutouts of the Argentina players. For every cutout of Mac Allister, Martinez or Romero, there was a Messi. This unofficial home of the Kolkata Argentina Football Fan Club, the largest of the many fan clubs in the city devoted to Argentina, reaches a peak of passion for the South Americans — as does the entire city for football — once every four years during the World Cup. Rain had been falling all night, leaving the ground a sodden mess. But the dawn light brought into stark relief the crowd of blue and white believers, gathered not for mass but for Messi. They’d been there since 3:30am, when the match began. Now the game had gone into extra time – something few had expected. It felt like a moment to reflect, not so much on football, as on fans. There was a sense of jeopardy in the air, but also the thrill of an exciting spectacle being prolonged, of solidarity in anxiety and hope. Suddenly, the ball broke to Argentine defender Lisandro Martinez, who lashed a left-footed shot into the roof of the net. The local fans erupted — even as they filmed themselves punching the air, screaming and high-fiving. That self-consciousness, folded into spontaneity, distinguishes the millennial football fan in Kolkata: immersed in reels, podcasts and vlogs, unlike the older generation of scrapbooks, posters and dog-eared sports magazines. Slowly, the one-word chant began to circulate and rise to a crescendo. It was a name echoing everywhere around the world that night. The Bengalis pronounced it in their own way, elongating the first syllable: “MAY-SI! MAY-SI! MAY-SI!” Lionel Messi leaves a trail of defeated Austrian players after scoring a goal [Courtesy of Debjoy Biswas for Al Jazeera] Lionel Messi leaves a trail of defeated Austrian players after scoring a goal [Courtesy of Debjoy Biswas for Al Jazeera] The footballing saint MAY-SI. Messi, who recently turned 39, was playing in a tournament with other great players of a similar age: the Croatian midfield master Luka Modric and the German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, both 40, and most prominently, Messi’s great rival, the 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who for most of his career had matched Messi feat for feat. There were other major talents at the World Cup in the prime of their careers: French forward Kylian Mbappé, Norway’s Erling Haaland and England’s Harry Kane. Also magnificent emerging talents: Spain’s Lamine Yamal, France’s Michael Olise and Morocco’s Ayyoub Bouaddi. But to the footballing hive mind of Kolkata, Messi in 2026 is in a league of his own. At an age when most greats have gone off the boil, he is, for them, better than ever: a Zen master of footballing space and time. Strangely, despite being a candidate for the greatest player of all time, Messi can feel like an underdog against great teams such as France and Spain. Argentina’s team has plenty of stars. But it was Messi who scored all six goals that took them through the group stage. And when his team ran into rough weather – that night against Cape Verde, again the following week in the Round of 16 game against Egypt, against Switzerland in the quarterfinal, and again against England in the semifinal – for those praying he would find a way through – he did. Argentina’s rousing comeback against Egypt was darkened by the perceived injustice of a few borderline calls going against the plucky Egyptians, which has taken some of the sheen off Messi in the Arabic-speaking world. But at the home of the Argentina Football Fan Club, Messi’s magnificent equaliser in the 83rd minute of that match was celebrated wildly. His spontaneous, contagious tears were even more moving. Kolkata fans wanted to savour him until the end of the tournament — especially as it is likely to be Messi’s last World Cup. “It’s one thing to watch Messi play on TV and another to see him from 10 metres away,” said Kolkata native and lifelong Argentina fan Debjoy Biswas. The sports photographer had just returned from Argentina’s group stage matches in North America. “On TV, you see his on-the-ball movement and his goal celebrations, but live, you get to see what he does off the ball too: his anticipation, his awareness of space. It’s the closest I’ve come to footballing heaven.” Biswas shared his favourite Messi picture he took in the United States. It caught him with his back to the camera as he wheeled away towards the delirious crowd after scoring a goal, leaving a trail of defeated Austrian players and splayed limbs in his wake – a beautiful juxtaposition of football and fandom. “At first, my husband saw himself as a great fan of Messi,” said Sapna Patra, wife of tea-shop owner and Kolkata Argentina football buff Shib Sankar Patra. “But since being chosen by the state government to meet Messi when he visited Kolkata last year, he thinks of him as his own brother.” A glazed expression came over her husband’s eyes as she spoke, as he replayed the moment when he — himself a club footballer in his youth — met the messiah. “Messi put
Palestine football fans honour Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan
NewsFeed During a match, fans of Palestinian club Shabab Al-Khaleel raised a banner thanking Egypt coach Hossam Hassan for his support for the Palestinian cause. Hassan raised the Palestinian flag after Egypt’s national team defeated Australia in the World Cup round of 16. Published On 18 Jul 2026 Adblock test (Why?)
World Cup final weekend: France vs England prediction, schedule, news
Only two games remain at the FIFA World Cup, with France and England battling for third place before Sunday’s final. France and England meet in the third-place playoff, while attention is also turning to Argentina against Spain, where Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are set for a generational showdown. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4Messi reflects on pressure and competition ahead of World Cup final list 2 of 4World Cup: Deschamps set for bittersweet end to France job as Zidane waits list 3 of 4From Messi vs Yamal to half-time show: All to know before final list 4 of 4World Cup game for the heartbroken: France, England in third-place playoff end of list Here is what to know: What’s the schedule for the third-place game? France vs England, on Saturday, July 17 (21:00 GMT), Miami Stadium, Miami, Florida. What are the predictions? France and England have met three times at the FIFA World Cup. England won the first two encounters, beating France 2-0 in the 1966 group stage and 3-1 in the 1982 first group phase. France claimed the most recent meeting, defeating England 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. According to the Opta supercomputer, France are favourites to win the third-place playoff. After running 25,000 pre-match simulations, the model gave Les Bleus a 50.7 percent chance of winning in 90 minutes. England were assigned a 25.6 percent chance of victory, while 23.7 percent of the simulations ended in a draw after regulation. What do we know about the final? Spain and Argentina will face off in the final on Sunday, July 19, at New York-New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, with kickoff scheduled for 19:00 GMT. Spain are chasing a second World Cup crown, while defending champions Argentina are looking to secure a fourth title. Their most recent meeting came in a 2018 international friendly in Madrid, where Spain recorded a 6-1 victory. US President Donald Trump is expected to attend the final and present the World Cup trophy to the winners. The winners will also receive something new alongside the trophy and gold medals. For the first time, FIFA will award championship rings, a tradition borrowed from North American sports. Thirty rings will be produced for the winning squad, while another 1,996 collector’s editions will be sold to fans. The rings will then be customised to reflect the identity of the winning team and individually fitted before being presented at a later date. One side will feature the World Cup trophy, while the other will carry details specific to the champions. Organisers are also monitoring air quality after smoke from Canadian wildfires triggered health advisories across parts of the New York metropolitan area. So far, there is no indication Sunday’s final will be affected. What other things are happening? Tuchel’s tactics trigger backlash England’s World Cup semifinal defeat to Argentina has triggered fierce criticism of Thomas Tuchel, with many accusing the German coach of repeating the mistakes that have haunted England for decades. After England squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1, British media questioned Tuchel’s tactical decisions, particularly his defensive substitutions. Headlines described it as the “same old story”, while critics argued the coach “just shrank” in the biggest moment. Former England captain Gary Lineker also questioned whether Tuchel is the right man to lead the team, saying he was hired specifically to deliver a major trophy after years of near misses under Gareth Southgate. Like his predecessor, Tuchel has been accused of becoming too cautious after taking the lead, with many arguing his changes invited pressure and ultimately cost England a place in the World Cup final. From bathtub to World Cup final Nearly two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort thought little of a charity photo shoot showing a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a baby in a plastic tub. Years later, that baby was revealed to be Lamine Yamal, creating one of football’s most remarkable coincidences. The images, taken in 2007 for a charity calendar produced by Sport newspaper and UNICEF, have resurfaced ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final, where Messi’s Argentina will face Yamal’s Spain. In the photos, Messi gently washes the infant, whose family had been randomly selected through a raffle in the Catalan city of Mataro. Monfort, who captured the pictures while working on assignment, said the coincidence still amazes him. “I never believed things were destined to happen, but I’m starting to have my doubts,” he told The Associated Press. The story has become even more extraordinary given what followed. Messi went on to establish himself as one of the greatest players in football history before leaving Barcelona in 2021, while Yamal emerged as the club’s next superstar just two years later. Now, the pair meet on opposite sides in the World Cup final, completing a journey that began with a chance photo shoot nearly 20 years ago. Wildfire smoke disrupts World Cup final preparations Spain’s preparations for the World Cup final have been affected by hazardous air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires, with players training outdoors in northern New Jersey on Thursday under hazy skies. Media were only allowed to watch the opening 15 minutes of the hour-long session, making it unclear how intense the workout was. Meanwhile, Argentina remained at its training base near Atlanta after Wednesday’s semifinal win over England, avoiding the worst of the smoke because of its more southerly location. The smoke, driven south from wildfires in northern Ontario, has prompted air quality warnings across parts of the US Midwest and Northeast. Health officials urged people to stay indoors or wear masks outdoors as pollution levels reached unhealthy to hazardous levels. Medical experts questioned the decision to hold outdoor training in such conditions. Dr Courtney Howard, an emergency physician and Global Climate and Health Alliance official, said elite athletes should avoid exercising outside when wildfire smoke reaches hazardous levels, recommending indoor, air-conditioned facilities instead. Adblock test (Why?)
At least three killed and hundreds displaced by heavy rain in Chile
Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast says that he is travelling to the Biobio region to survey damage from floods. Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026 Torrential rain and fierce winds have lashed central and southern Chile, leaving at least three people dead and displacing hundreds more. President Jose Antonio Kast announced on Friday that he was travelling to the Biobio region, one of the most impacted, to survey the damage and the response from authorities. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “A lot of rain on the road, but it’s passable,” Kast wrote in a social media post, showing himself en route. “Take care.” Further heavy rainfall is expected on Friday in the country’s central zone. SENAPRED, the country’s disaster relief agency, has reported that 466 people remain in shelters, some of whom were evacuated as a preventative measure. Another 158 residents have been isolated by the rising water levels, mostly in the Coquimbo region. Alicia Cebrian, the head of the agency, said that seven people have been injured. SENAPRED announced evacuation orders for the Campamento Ribera del Rio area, near the commune of Talagante, citing rising river levels. The floods have disrupted life across Chile, with schools in some parts of the country suspending classes on Friday. The state-owned mining giant Codelco reported that it had stopped surface operations at the Andina mine due to storms. About 257,000 people remain without power, mostly in the south. Among those killed in the storms was a labourer clearing a road in the southern town of Negrete. Another person fell while cleaning a roof in Temuco, and a third victim suffered a fatal electric shock in the capital Santiago. Advertisement Kast, who campaigned in the 2025 election on a hardline, anti-crime platform, has pledged institutional support for those affected by the flooding. He was inaugurated as president in March, and the floods come less than six months into his term. Adblock test (Why?)