A network of organised disinformation sows doubt, kills policy reform and keep us at odds as we debate Trump-mania

Historians will long scratch their heads that a Republican candidate who – despite an inability to string a coherent sentence together, being grossly underqualified and rife with extramarital affairs – would go on to not only win election but become one of the most popular presidents in US history.

The first candidate to grasp how to use “new media” in a presidential campaign effectively and who – rather than getting to work in Washington after the election, as expected, immediately took off on vacation to play golf.

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These days it sits awkwardly above a Subway on a busy Melbourne street, but head inside and find a truly spectacular space that has survived a century

It sits in the centre of Melbourne, arguably on its most prominent street, and yet the Capitol theatre feels like the most overlooked building in the state. The beloved but strangely occluded Chicago-Gothic cinema, designed by married American architects Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin, turns 100 years old this week. It seems the perfect time for a reappraisal of this 20th century architectural wonder – its truly spectacular interior remaining stubbornly tucked behind a utilitarian facade.

The Capitol was commissioned by a conglomerate of businessmen who had already developed Luna Park and had worked with the Griffins (famous for designing Canberra) on the neighbouring Palais de Danse in St Kilda. The first of the large “picture palaces” – single-screen cinemas designed to take advantage of the booming interest in movies – the Capitol was notable at the time for its multi-use configuration of cinema and office space, as well as its idiosyncratic ceiling in the auditorium consisting of geometric panels augmented by thousands of coloured lights.

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Three injured as victim named as Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, who had been threatened by top crime syndicate

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has been killed and three people injured in an apparent gangland assassination at São Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos.

The victims were caught in a hail of bullets when a gunman with a rifle opened fire from inside a black car parked outside the airport’s terminal 2, which is mainly used for domestic flights.

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The manager takes his team to Stamford Bridge on Sunday in search of another big result against London rivals

For Mikel Arteta, it was an up-close-and-personal illustration of the task ahead, a defeat in his first home game that was entirely in line with why Arsenal were where they were – in the bottom half of the Premier League table, confidence wafer-thin.

Chelsea were the visitors to the Emirates Stadium in December 2019 and they profited when the Arsenal goalkeeper, Bernd Leno, dropped a clanger in the 83rd minute, allowing Jorginho to equalise. Cue the collapse, Tammy Abraham scoring the inevitable late winner .

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• Winger in Lee Carsley’s squad for Nations League
• Injured Grealish will not play for City at Brighton

Pep Guardiola believes England made no contact with Manchester City’s medical department prior to interim head coach, Lee Carsley, calling Jack Grealish up, with City’s manager stating the forward is not fit for Saturday’s trip to Brighton.

Grealish last featured for the champions as a 73rd-minute replacement in their 2-1 win at Wolves on 20 October. Yet Carsley has selected him for the squad that faces the Greece on Thursday and Republic of Ireland next Sunday.

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Nasa ‘still piecing things together’ two weeks after return from ISS but crew members cite medical privacy

Three Nasa astronauts who were taken to a Florida hospital after returning to Earth from the International Space Station two weeks ago told reporters on Friday that they were all in good health following the medical ordeal – and that the agency was “still piecing things together” about what happened.

Michael Barrett, pilot of the crew that splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on 25 October after seven months in orbit, gave few further details at a press conference in Houston, citing medical privacy laws that he said prevented him from discussing the episode in detail.

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• Gators coach accused of harassing female UF students
• Accusations reported by student newspaper on Friday

Multiple women have accused Todd Golden, the men’s basketball coach at Florida, of sexually harassing female students, the school’s student newspaper reported Friday.

The Alligator, citing Title IX documents filed on 27 September, said he has been accused of potential violations of the school’s Gender Equity Policy. They include acts of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and the stalking of Florida students over the past year.

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• Autumn Nations Series: Ireland 13-23 New Zealand
• Ireland beaten at home for first time since Feb 2021

By kick-off here at a packed Lansdowne Road a steady flow of traffic had done a drive-by of the All Blacks social media post from earlier in the day. It featured footage of the final two minutes from the game 11 years ago between these teams, on this pitch, where New Zealand raised themselves from the dead: another harrowing event for the home team and their supporters; another flag planted on New Zealand’s hill of invincibility.

The final two minutes here told a different story: no need to overhaul a deficit; no need to nail touchline conversion; no need to sweat any bullets. With 11 minutes left they were two scores clear against a side trying hard but achieving very little.

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Jonathan J Batt, assigned in Crystal City, Virginia, accused of three charges with 76 specifications of sexual abuse

A US army major has been accused of raping or otherwise sexually assaulting at least 20 victims during a span of three years, according to the military branch’s office of special trial counsel.

On Thursday, the office of special trial counsel confirmed to the Army Times that it had accused Jonathan J Batt – a major assigned to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center in Crystal City, Virginia – of three charges involving 76 specifications of sexual abuse.

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