What happened
Police arrested several demonstrators at a protest outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool yesterday where about 50 people gathered in support of Palestine Action. Protesters held handwritten placards reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”. Merseyside Police said arrests were made under suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation after the government outlawed the group in July under the Terrorism Act.

Who said what
Defend Our Juries, which organised the action, accused Labour of complicity and said demonstrators were risking arrest for “silently holding cardboard signs”. Supporters applauded as individuals were escorted away, with some carried off by multiple officers.

The group’s ambition is straightforward, “calling for the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group by the UK government to be scrapped”, said Alex Partridge and Ruth Comerford on the BBC. “Labour is struggling to keep Palestine off its conference agenda,” said Rivkah Brown on Novara Media, which is becoming a “major headache”.

What next?
Palestine Action has won the right to challenge the ban, with a High Court review due in November. Until then, support for the group remains a criminal offence.

What happened
Europe retained the Ryder Cup yesterday after withstanding a remarkable American comeback at Bethpage Black in New York. Keegan Bradley’s US team, trailing by seven points heading into the singles, dominated the session and threatened to overturn the deficit. Europe, needing only two and a half points to retain the trophy, saw the gap close quickly as the US won five matches and halved three. Shane Lowry, who had been four down with four holes to play, secured the vital half point needed to guarantee Europe’s hold on the cup.

Who said what
Lowry erupted with joy, leaping, hugging, and roaring in celebration after his decisive birdie putt. Teammate Jon Rahm praised the Americans, saying: “What they almost pulled off was incredible, but luckily we had a big enough lead and the people to get it done.”

This was a “wild battle”, said Lawrence Ostlere in The Independent, with some US fans being “hauled away by police” amid “ugly scenes”.

What next?
Europe will aim to defend the title at Adare Manor in Ireland in 2027, where victory “would see them register their third three-peat since 2006”, said Jack Bantock on CNN.

Rising temperatures may be giving us a sweet tooth. New research shows that there has been an increase in sugar consumption tied to climate change. This poses a risk to public health, as people are drawn to low-nutrient soft drinks in an effort to stay cool.

Climate change may lead to a “substantial increase in added sugar consumption” by 2095, said a study published in the journal Nature. This will happen largely in the form of “higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frozen desserts”.

Researchers analysed the relationship between weather and consumer purchases and found that “sugar consumption rose as temperatures moved between 54 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit (between 12C and 30C)”, said The Associated Press. The consumption diminished at higher temperatures, however, because “appetites began to lessen when it grew warmer than 86 degrees (30C)”.

The findings showed that there was an increase in added sugar consumption of 0.7 grams per person per day for every 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1C) of warming in US households. While the “daily difference from higher temperatures doesn’t amount to even a single candy bar for the average person”, it “adds up over time and has a big effect”.

Rising temperatures “do make a difference on what you eat and drink”, Dr Pan He, a study co-author and senior lecturer in environmental social sciences and sustainability at Cardiff University, told climate site Grist. “We don’t take much of a second thought on what we eat and drink and how that can be responding to climate change, but in fact this research shows it would.”