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Son Heung-min has recovered from a hamstring injury and replaces Timo Werner on the left wing. Yves Bissouma is preferred to Rodrigo Bentancur in the only other change from the Brighton defeat.

West Ham are unchanged.

An act of resistance in 1920s Sicily was one of the inspirations for Ali Smith’s latest novel. The author describes her chance encounter with the Sacco family and why their story still resonates

Last December. Five days after Christmas. England under a louring sky. Beyond, immediate, invisible, pressing down on every single person on the planet, the current international constellation of authoritarians, beneath them the tens of thousands of the dead.

In a liberal democratic time.

The billionaire answers questions on Mitt Romney and tariffs, and clarifies his remarks on the FTC’s Lina Khan

As the US presidential election looms, the billionaire Mark Cuban has emerged as an energetic campaign surrogate for Kamala Harris. Making the case for business leaders to support the Democrat over Donald Trump, Cuban has drawn on his experience (in tech, investments, healthcare and now sports, as minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team), celebrity (as a lead “shark” for 15 seasons of ABC’s Shark Tank ) and willingness to confront Trump-supporting billionaires, Elon Musk prominent among them .

The road has not been smooth. Last week, Cuban clashed with congressional progressives after criticizing Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, over her tech-sector antitrust work. That issue and others, including Cuban’s thoughts on Trump’s championing of tariffs and the perennial question of whether Cuban harbors presidential ambitions of his own, are addressed below, in emailed answers to 10 questions posed by Guardian writers and editors.

Candidates lob increasingly polarised rhetoric in attempts to gain edge in final three weeks of presidential campaign

With just half a month to go, the US presidential election is deadlocked, as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump jockey for any advantage in ways that illuminate their stark political differences; the Democratic nominee most recently announced a plan to campaign with the Obamas, while the Republican nominee doubles down on threatening his enemies.

In the past week, Trump has gone further than ever in branding his political opponents “ the enemy within ” and talking about deploying the military against them, while Harris herself entered uncharted territory by finally agreeing to label him “ fascist ”.

Toxic emissions, health risks and leaching pollution – better management of landfill sites is a matter of urgency

Last summer, people living around the perimeter of Pilsworth South landfill in Bury, Greater Manchester, couldn’t open their windows because of the elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide in the air. Referred to as “sewer gas”, its rotten-egg stench can be particularly unbearable at night. Even driving past with the windows closed on the M66, as I do regularly to drop my child at a local play centre, I have gagged at the overpowering smell.

Including Pilsworth, there are 15 odorous landfills across the UK. Hafod landfill in Wrexham is the latest to hit the headlines . Another in Northern Ireland was so noxious before its decommissioning that it was subject to a supreme court ruling and now an appeal . Meanwhile, several others have breached their licences through overtipping, odour issues or poor management, forcing them to undertake engineering solutions to rectify the problems. These remedial works can make things worse in the short term, with smells created when rubbish is disturbed.

We pick gorgeous country pads, from Pembrokeshire to the Peak District, that make perfect bases for groups of friends and family get-togethers
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On a farm eight miles from Ludlow, these two beautifully converted and adjoining Victorian redbrick barns sleep nine and four respectively, with room for two more in the new shepherd’s hut. There is a huge open space for living, dining and cooking, with two ovens, two fridges and a big round dining table. A former stable is now a cosy bar with a woodburner, piano and dartboard. The wellness area has a wood-fired sauna, cold plunge bath and outdoor shower. Up to five dogs are welcome – and can run free in the fenced garden and livestock-free field. Ludlow is a foodie hotspot, with a market packed with local food producers on six days a week.
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As well as threats of violence or death, one in 10 said someone had come to their home inappropriately

More than a fifth of councillors have received death threats or threats of violence, a survey has found.

The survey has been released by the Local Government Association (LGA) before its annual conference next week. It is calling for more to be done to improve councillors’ safety.

One in 10 councillors had someone come to their home in a way that they considered intimidating or inappropriate, and 43% had requested to withhold their home address from the public because of safety concerns.

Ten per cent had received a threat of damage to their property, and 5% had experienced damage to property. Eleven per cent said they had considered modifications to their home security but had been unable to make them for financial or personal reasons.

Nineteen per cent of respondents had experienced abuse or intimidation relating to a protected characteristic. Sex was the most commonly cited characteristic for which respondents had suffered abuse or intimidation.

Fifty-seven per cent of respondents reported that their authority’s arrangements for protecting councillors were very or fairly effective.

Former partner of One Direction star spoke out as Payne’s father travelled to Buenos Aires to repatriate his body

Liam Payne’s former partner Cheryl Tweedy has described media coverage of his death “abhorrent”.

It came as the singer’s father, Geoff Payne, travelled to Buenos Aires in Argentina to organise the repatriation of his 31-year-old son’s body. He was seen exiting the CasaSur Palermo hotel, where the singer died after falling from a third-floor balcony on Wednesday.

Airstrikes Israel says are targeting Hezbollah have killed the city’s mayor as well as civil defence workers

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Hussein Jaber, the head of Nabatieh’s civil defence station, picked his way through a mess of shattered concrete and twisted metal piled knee high, surveying what was left of the city’s Ottoman open-air market, built in 1910 and destroyed by Israeli airstrikes last Saturday.

“When we were kids, everyone would come here to buy their things. This market wasn’t just for Nabatieh, but for all the villages around,” said Jaber, 30, gesturing at the ruined promenade, still smoking five days later.