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French Open 2022: Raducanu beaten, Zverev and Djokovic in action on day four – live!

by Daniel Harris on May 25, 2022 at 3:32 pm

Updates from the latest action at Roland Garros
Report: Raducanu beaten in three sets by Sasnovich
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Auger-Aliassime bagels – or beigels – Ugo Carabelli 6-0; Isner takes the first set off Barrere 6-4; Azarenka leads Petkovic 5-1; and Raducanu consolidates her break, through deuce again, for 4-2. I keep saying it, but her ability to squeak through the tight ones is a joke.

Two terrific backhands from Raducanu, the second a clean winner that breaks the sideline, earns her break point, and after two more thunderous backhands, she uncorks a forehand winner! She is so good when it gets tight! Sasnovich 2-3 Raducanu

Texas school shooting: all victims were in the same classroom, official says – latest updates

by Lauren Aratani (now) and Martin Belam (earlier) on May 25, 2022 at 3:27 pm

Shooter described as ‘complete evil person’ as further details of massacre emerge

As the US begins to reflect on the events of yesterday as it begins to wake up, several politicians have made calls to action or asked pressing questions. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for the Democratic party presidential nominations in 2020, said:

We grieve for the 21 who were killed in Texas today. But grieving is not enough—we could have, and must now, take commonsense actions to prevent these tragedies, like establishing single points of entry into schools, armed guards, trained staff, mental health services & more.

Collapsed ‘stablecoin’ terra to be rebooted in attempt to recover losses

by Alex Hern UK technology editor on May 25, 2022 at 3:25 pm

Collapse this month prompted widespread crash of cryptocurrency sector

Terra, the “algorithmic stablecoin” project whose collapse this month prompted a widespread crash of the entire cryptocurrency sector, is being rebooted as “terra 2.0” in a last-ditch attempt to recover investor losses.

However, the new cryptocurrency, which will be launched on Friday morning, will no longer involve any effort to peg its value to the US dollar, in an attempt to avoid the “death spiral” that destroyed the original iteration. The plans were approved by a vote of terra investors, with 65% voting in favour.

Partygate live: Boris Johnson says no plans to resign despite being ‘appalled’ by Sue Gray report

by Andrew Sparrow on May 25, 2022 at 3:24 pm

Prime minister feels it is his ‘job to get on with my job’ despite report detailing major leadership failures at No 10

This is from Nikki da Costa, a former director of legislative affairs at No 10, speaking up on civil servants whose reputations, she fears, will be tainted by the Sue Gray report.

Tom Harwood from GB News is now also saying the report has arrived in Downing Street. It is 37 pages long, he says.

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia says Italian peace plan a ‘fantasy’; Zelenskiy accuses west of lacking unity – live

by Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Martin Belam , Oliver Holmes and Calla Wahlquist (earlier) on May 25, 2022 at 3:21 pm

Russian spokesperson says no chance Russia will accept western plan; Zelenskiy tells Davos Ukraine would have ‘huge advantage’ if west was united