26 h. ago US Open golf 2025: big names toiling at Oakmont during second round – live

Latest updates from day two’s play at OakmontOfficial live leaderboard | Drop Matt an emailBrooks Koepka finds the par-five 12th in two big bloots, then nearly makes the eagle putt from 26 feet. Not quite, but that’s back-to-back birdies for Brooks, a fine response to that opening bogey. He closes in on the lead at -3. But not such good news for his playing partner Justin Thomas, who three-putts from three feet and chalks up a double bogey. JT shot 76 yesterday, and surviving the cut is already looking like a pipe dream. He’s +9.Jordan Spieth can’t make his par putt on 2. He slips back to +1. Also heading in the wrong direction is his playing partner, the 2021 champion Jon Rahm. The 30-year-old Spaniard is busy rediscovering his major-championship form after some mixed experiences of late, and opened with a fine 69 yesterday. But his first shot this morning found a fairway bunker and led to bogey. He’s level par now, and has just hit another wild tee shot, this time so far left at 3...

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4 d. ago Voices: Is Rachel Reeves a toxic influence in the workplace?

The number of job vacancies has taken a tumble just as the unemployment rate hits a four-year high – which is exactly what happens when you make it more expensive to take people on, says James Moore

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4 d. ago More than 100,000 payrolled jobs lost since "awful April" as higher NI rates kick in

London had the highest unemployment rate of any region at 6.4%

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4 d. ago Floundering Rachel Reeves admits Brits are NOT feeling better off as jobs slump after Labour's tax raid... with fears she will have to up the burden AGAIN after spending crunch

Rachel Reeves acknowledged 'working people' are not seeing 'progress' in their everyday lives as she prepares to deliver a crucial spending review tomorrow.

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4 d. ago What is Sizewell C nuclear plant and why is it controversial?

Environmentalists and campaign groups have argued it will impact local wildlife and is ‘too slow’ to combat climate change

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4 d. ago 10,000 nuclear power jobs joy in "golden age" for sector but unemployment rates hit highest level in four years

From rising unemployment and major nuclear investment, to strong results at FirstGroup and Bellway, and Frasers circling Revolution Beauty – here are today’s top UK business stories.

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4 d. ago Jobless rate rises to its highest level since the pandemic as "awful April" costs kick in

London had the highest unemployment rate of any region at 6.4%

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4 d. ago Unemployment rate surges to highest since 2021 as wage growth eases sharply

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show average regular earnings fell to 5.2 per cent in the three months to April

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4 d. ago Blow for Rachel Reeves as unemployment creeps up and wage growth slows on the eve of Chancellor's spending review

The rate of UK unemployment increased to 4.6 per cent in the three months to April, from 4.5 per cent in the three months to March, the Office for National Statistics said today.

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4 d. ago Scottish Labour Government would end block on new nuclear power projects

Twenty-thousand Scots work in jobs that are dependent on the UK’s nuclear power industry.

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5 d. ago How Carlos Alcaraz broke his own limits – and Jannik Sinner – to win astonishing French Open final

With his back to the wall and down three championship points to the world No 1, Alcaraz’s level hit ‘10 out of 10’ and then exploded off the charts to win the French Open final

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7 d. ago Immigration concerns hit highest level since just before Brexit vote, poll finds

Nearly half the public view immigration as one of the biggest problems in the country, the highest proportion since just before the historic Brexit vote, pollsters at Ipsos found.

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8 d. ago US jobs market slows down as businesses cope with Trump trade war uncertainty

May’s jobs report was dragged down by loss of 22,000 federal workers’ jobs as Doge cut positionsThe US economy added 139,000 jobs in May, a slowdown compared with recent months as American businesses cope with uncertainty around Donald Trump’s continuing trade war.After signs of a strong labor market in April – which was largely seen as resiliency against teetering trade policy from the White House – May saw a drop in new jobs added to the labor market, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2%, unchanged from last month. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The number of folks cooking at home has hit the highest level since the pandemic, Campbell’s says

Campbell’s CEO Mick Beekhuizen said people of all incomes are eating and drinking more from home.

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2 w. ago Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bunkers – enough to shelter every member of the population. But if the worst should happen, would they actually work?At first, Zora Schelbert, the chief operating officer and tour guide at the Sonnenberg nuclear bunker in Lucerne, Switzerland, wasn’t sure whether the requests she was receiving were a joke. It was February 2022, and Russia had just dropped the first bombs over Kyiv. “People were asking me what kind of measures they should take, where they would have to go,” Schelbert said. She quickly realised they had confused the historical society she works for, Unterirdisch Überleben (Surviving Underground), for the local department of civil protection.To the alternating fascination, bewilderment and envy of its European neighbours, Switzerland, population nearly 9 million, has more bunkers per capita than anywhere else in the world – enough to guarantee shelter space to every single resident in the event of a crisis. (Sweden and F...

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2 w. ago France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests

Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledgedFrance’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 1970s.Days before a parliamentary inquiry presents its report on the tests, documents obtained by the investigative outlet Disclose, and seen by Le Monde and the Guardian, suggest the CEA ran a concerted campaign to discredit the revelations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alessia Russo has hit another level – but will it be enough against Barça?

Arsenal’s No 9, who is described as hard-working and humble by her coach, knows she won’t get many chances in the Champions League final on SaturdayArsenal step on to the pitch at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday to face the most almighty challenge in their first Champions League final since 2007. Against a Barcelona side who dominate the ball like no other, opportunities will be limited and for a forward, there are few greater tests, as every fleeting chance matters.Alessia Russo, tasked with leading the line in a stacked Arsenal attack, has the opportunity to make a statement as well as earn a place in history. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago LIVE: Train from Manchester crashes into tractor with passengers injured

Ambulance crews are at the scene in Leominster where the train hit a tractor at a level crossing

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3 w. ago Declan Rice steps up again to hit new level with Arsenal debate over

No doubting what the England star’s best position is after stylish Newcastle winner seals Champions League qualification

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last month We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

We conclude that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, including mass killing, arbitrary detention and torture, meets the legal threshold for the termWe are university professors and human rights advocates who teach and write about Palestine and Israel. We have collectively taught thousands of classes on human rights law, international law and government repression. We have defended death row prisoners in Malawi, documented forced labor in Brazil, helped women seeking gender equality in Burma, chronicled the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination in Western Sahara, and advocated on behalf of families of disappeared immigrants in the United States. As human rights defenders, our job is to expose government abuses of power where we find them. And that includes Israel.It has never been easy for scholars in the United States to publicly criticize Israel. Now, anyone who does so risks professional suicide. The Trump administration deliberately conflates criticism of the gove...

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