2026.05.31
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lsandersonCould Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?
The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/donald-trump-iran-excursion-vietnam-war
‘It’s never enough’: young Americans struggle to build financial independence as cost of living spikes
A difficult job market and rising costs are making it harder for young adults to enter adulthood
Rainesford Stauffer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/young-adults-financial-independence-affordability-crisis
Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/daily-pill-daraxonrasib-double-survival-time-pancreatic-pancreas-cancer-clinical-trial
Meteor explodes over Massachusetts, setting off loud booms
Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/31/meteor-explodes-over-massachusetts-setting-off-loud-booms
‘One day I thought, that’s enough’: the people fighting back against pothole-riddled roads
The dire state of roads has provoked pothole vigilantes and become a political flashpoint from Manchester to Manhattan. How did we get here?
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/31/one-day-i-thought-thats-enough-the-people-fighting-back-against-pothole-riddled-roads
The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration?
John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/31/right-solution-falling-birthrates-immigration-reform-maga
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama
A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwback
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review
Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly review – brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past
A British and American film crew descend on the Northern Irish city to film a drama about the Troubles, in a keenly observed and snappily written debut
Joanna Quinn
Guinness v alcohol-free Guinness 0: We held a blind taste test to see if we could spot the fake
As sales of booze-free drinks surge, we tested Guinness and Guinness 0 to see if our tasters could tell them apart
Lauren Gould and Karen Yuan
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/may/30/guinness-v-guinness-0-non-alcoholic-taste-test
The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/donald-trump-iran-excursion-vietnam-war
‘It’s never enough’: young Americans struggle to build financial independence as cost of living spikes
A difficult job market and rising costs are making it harder for young adults to enter adulthood
Rainesford Stauffer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/young-adults-financial-independence-affordability-crisis
Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Andrew Gregory Health editor in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/daily-pill-daraxonrasib-double-survival-time-pancreatic-pancreas-cancer-clinical-trial
Meteor explodes over Massachusetts, setting off loud booms
Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/31/meteor-explodes-over-massachusetts-setting-off-loud-booms
‘One day I thought, that’s enough’: the people fighting back against pothole-riddled roads
The dire state of roads has provoked pothole vigilantes and become a political flashpoint from Manchester to Manhattan. How did we get here?
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/31/one-day-i-thought-thats-enough-the-people-fighting-back-against-pothole-riddled-roads
The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration?
John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/31/right-solution-falling-birthrates-immigration-reform-maga
Miss You, Love You review – Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama
A talky, performance-driven two-hander manages to find specificity and spark in what could have felt like an overly familiar throwback
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/29/miss-you-love-you-movie-review
Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly review – brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past
A British and American film crew descend on the Northern Irish city to film a drama about the Troubles, in a keenly observed and snappily written debut
Joanna Quinn
Guinness v alcohol-free Guinness 0: We held a blind taste test to see if we could spot the fake
As sales of booze-free drinks surge, we tested Guinness and Guinness 0 to see if our tasters could tell them apart
Lauren Gould and Karen Yuan
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/may/30/guinness-v-guinness-0-non-alcoholic-taste-test
