Politics

Walking with the weavers 200 years after the Lancashire uprising

Former mill towns in the West Pennine Moors tell the story of the workers’ rebellion against power looms, the new machines decimating their livelihoods

From YouTube to Trump: six urgent issues for BBC’s new boss, Matt Brittin

Pressing tasks for new director general also include an expiring royal charter, and finding a new top team

White House tries to blame Democrats for airport delays as TSA workers miss out on $1bn in pay

Leavitt, addressing journalists at a White House briefing, turned the heat on Democrats over the ongoing partial closure of the Department of Homeland Security – which has affected airport security staff.

Teenager in Wales handed life sentence after killing his mother with a hammer

Tristan Roberts, who expressed misogynistic views and had fascination with American Psycho, carefully planned attack

Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US

Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, Cape Verde affected

Could the continent’s far right be suffering from a Trumplash?

France’s National Rally missed key targets in local elections ahead of next year’s seismic presidential vote – and the mainstream is doing OK elsewhere, too