Issy Wong’s five for 33 sets up win with 27 overs to spareVictory seals series with a match still to playEngland sealed victory in their one-day international series against Ireland with a straightforward six-wicket win at Derby on Thursday, after seamer Issy Wong took a career-best five for 33.Wong, once again…

Abductions are resurging and may be spreading to new areas – with young children among the victims. A military response alone won’t workEarly last month, Nigeria’s government announced the largest single-day hostage rescue in its history, with the freeing of 300 people who had been taken in raids in two north…

The lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta casts a shadow on reporters everywhereThe acquittal of Yorgen Fenech, who was on trial in Malta for involvement in the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, is a devastating blow for justice and press freedom. Nine years after her car was blown up, it…

The UN has warned that the El Niño climate phenomenon is ‘supersizing before our eyes’. The event is forecast to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will almost certainly shatter temperature records. After a summer of record-breaking heatwaves and extreme weather due to global heating, El Niño means 2027…

Student protesters among those hacked, Share Foundation says, but government denies spyingAt least 14 people from across Serbian civil society were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year, the digital rights group Share Foundation has said.The wave of spyware infections was discovered in August after Apple…

Scuderia bring upgraded engine to their home raceWinning at Monza would be ‘new territory’ Lewis Hamilton believes a win for Ferrari at the team’s home race in the Italian Grand Prix would be a phenomenal moment in an already storied career for the seven-time champion.The British driver, who would make history…

Venice film festival: Two men, some violence, much freewheeling chat: so far, so standard fare from the Oscar-winning writer-director. But this time the comedy and charm can feel diluted by blood and machismoIt isn’t a Martin McDonagh movie unless you’ve got two morose guys – one old, one not so old – who do…

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Gesualdo Six brought focus and luminous tone to a sequence of early devotional music; Reich’s Tehillim made a mesmeric and ecstatic pairingWhen Steve Reich wrote Tehillim, half his long life ago, it was a very modern contribution to the ancient tradition of psalm singing. In this…