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Are the Commonwealth Games dying?8:32 The Games return this week but spiralling costs, a slimmed-down programme and the weight of its uncomfortable history all put the future of the event, approaching its centenary year, in doubt, writes Flo Clifford What it’s like running a Tour de France team - and competing with Tadej Pogacar8:32 Tadej Pogacar has essentially sewn up this year’s Tour de France - but what’s it like running one of the teams trying to compete with, and foil, the four-time champion? Flo Clifford speaks to EF Education-EasyPost general manager, and ex-pro cyclist, Jonathan Vaughters to find out Andy Burnham announces new £2 bus fare cap across England8:32 It comes after the new prime minister vowed that his government would give people a ‘sense that help is coming’ in his first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday Dame Sarah Storey: Glasgow 2026 ‘starts a new era for the Commonwealth Games’8:32 Interview: Having hung up her wheels, Britain’s most successful Paralympian is now turning to punditry, and believes that despite a difficult build-up Glasgow will put the Commonwealth Games back on the map Voices: ‘Scientists raised the alarm’: Readers say Britain’s food shortages were man-made long before this drought8:32 Our community say Britain's food shortages are down to years of political and economic choices, not just a lack of rain – from Brexit and land-use policy to the country's reliance on food imports FBI Director Patel returns looted cultural artifacts to Indonesian President Prabowo8:32 Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has received a collection of repatriated cultural artifacts from FBI Director Kash Patel during a meeting in Jakarta Asian shares are mostly higher and Mideast tensions push Brent crude past $968:00 Asian shares are mostly higher, while the intensifying war with Iran pushed Brent crude past $96 a barrel |