41 minutes ago Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?

It all seems like political theatre of the absurd – but the disrupter-in-chief has a habit of making the unthinkable inevitable“Merry Christmas,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Christmas Day with a photo of himself and his wife, Melania. So far, so traditional. But the US president-elect was just getting started.In another post, Trump wished merry Christmas to all “including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama canal”. He poked fun at the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and claimed the US could annex Canada as its 51st state. For good measure, he addressed “the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and, who want the US to be there, and we will!” Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Khloe Kardashian gives update on daughter True's illness that forced them to skip family Christmas party

Khloé Kardashian shared a health update on her daughter True after previously revealing the six-year-old was ill, forcing them to miss the annual Kardashian Christmas Eve party.

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52 minutes ago Deborah James ‘would have been so thrilled’ fund is helping cancer treatment

The fund she set up before her death donated £1 million to the charity of the hospital which treated her before she died in 2022.

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3 hours ago 'I'm a defender Jurgen Klopp used as a striker at Liverpool – then he wrote me off'

Jurgen Klopp's treatment of one Liverpool player left him feeling hard done by after the defender was used as a makeshift striker by the former Reds manager

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7 hours ago From climate denial to gothic movies to ‘treat culture’ what to expect in 2025

The new US president will almost certainly bring unpredictability but several themes will dominate the year ahead. Observer writers offer their guide on what lies ahead in politics, film, fashion, sport and moreThe only thing that can be predicted with absolute certainty about Donald Trump’s second term as US president is that it will be unpredictable. Trump does not really know what he wants to do on a range of issues. He talks a good game, which is how he got re-elected. But he often seems to decide policy on the basis of what the last person he spoke to told him. Is he serious about mobilising the military to carry out mass deportations of “illegal” migrants? Will he use the justice department to hunt down political enemies and media critics? Will he impose sweeping tariffs on foreign imports and trigger a global trade war? Or will he act with greater circumspection, using these threats as bargaining tools? Who knows? He doesn’t yet. Continue reading...

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83 minutes ago Assad's critically ill wife 'barred' from returning to Britain for cancer treatment after passport expired

Asma al-Assad, 49, will be unable to come back to her native London without her official travel documents amid reports she is severely ill with leukemia and has only a '50-50' chance of survival.

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45 minutes ago Katie Price's son Harvey joins her on stage to perform in pantomime show

Katie Price fans were treated to a cameo from her beloved son Harvey during a pantomime gig in Northwich, Cheshire - he beamed as he joined her onstage to dance to a Christmas classic

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28 hours ago Cheesy anchovy straws and chocolate meringue kisses: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for party nibbles

Bite-sized treats that are big on flavour and will see out the year in styleHappy 2025 everyone, and may the New Year bring with it the positive changes we all so yearn for. Personally, I will be embracing change in a big way, because, after seven years, this is my final column for the Guardian’s Feast. From March, I will be writing a new, long-form quarterly column packed with recipes, personal experiences and general observations about the food world, so stay tuned. The Feast community is the most engaged and greedy I know, so thank you! And I hope you welcome the New Year with these party nibbles I have lined up for this weekend. Here’s to new beginnings! Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Dad's desperate plea for Scots heart treatment as toddler daughter to spend New Year in coma

Baby Fatima D'Souli has been waiting for a special surgery on her heart but it isn't available in Scotland.

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4 hours ago 'Brutal cancer diagnosis robbed me of my breasts but now I'm thriving between the sheets'

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Mae's world turned upside down when she discovered a lump in her breast but after gruelling treatment, the escort is better at her job than ever

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20 hours ago Sheffield’s museums show how art comes to life when it is connected to place | Rowan Moore

Institutions in and around the city combine great works with humdrum relics of local life, to fantastic effectI’ve been living partly in Sheffield for the past month or so, which has given me the chance to catch up on some of the great monuments of industry and power in and near the city – the model miners’ village and the fantastical Jacobean castle in Bolsover, the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse with its battleship-length Palladian facade, the buildings of the subtle modernist Peter Womersley in Huddersfield.Also the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield and the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, both of which combine world-class art with humdrum relics of local life. In one, a large John Singer Sargent portrait of three young Yorkshire women shares the premises with the plastic car roof sign of a 1970s driving school. In the other, there is a gallery full of the illuminated tableaux of science and humanity by Joseph Wright of Derby and another room with a collection of stuffed animals,...

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6 hours ago 'Prince William and Kate's children say so much about the year they've had,' says royal expert

After a year marked by health struggles and preventative chemotherapy treatment, a royal expert has said that Kate Middleton and her family have "pulled together as a unit"

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32 hours ago Scots children left waiting more than 1,000 days for specialist mental health treatment

The Lib Dems warned the Scottish Government had "repeatedly raided tens of millions from the mental health budget".

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17 hours ago Outcry over Labour's plans for free weight loss jabs on the NHS as majority of Brits believe people should pay for treatment privately

Health secretary Wes Streeting has backed the prescribing of the drugs to obese patients in the hope it can tackle the nation's bulging waistlines.

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5 hours ago British families warned to 'stay indoors for 48hrs' as virus spreads in homes

There are ways to protect yourself and other family members if someone in your household falls ill with the highly infectious winter vomiting bug - with advice to stay indoors

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22 hours ago Sir Chris Hoy addresses 'unimaginable year' after terminal cancer diagnosis

Sir Chris Hoy has spoken about the year since being diagnosed with terminal cancer and how he is responding to treatment

Science

7 hours ago 'I haven't had sex with my husband in 10 years, so I had an affair over Christmas'

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca*, who has been married for 20 years and hasn't had sex with her husband in a decade, opened up about how she found illicit love with another man

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26 hours ago 'Professional girlfriend' was treated to £5k getaway and got paid another £5k to go

Ruby Jade, 24, a dancer with a side gig as a 'professional girlfriend,' enjoys being compensated for accompanying men on dates admitting one client rarely says 'no' to her

Economics

6 hours ago Get 30% off teeth whitening bundle that 'removes years of stains' in Boxing Day sale

Teeth whitening experts MySweetSmile are treating us to a massive Boxing Day sale, with up to 30% off

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26 hours ago Flu hospitalisations almost double in Scotland as pressure mounts on health boards

The number of people consulting their GP about the illness also reached the highest level recorded in seven years.

Science

8 hours ago People only just realising clever reason fruit and vegetables are sold in nets

There's a reason fruit and vegetables are often sold in nets - and it's all to do with the 'confetti illusion'

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30 hours ago Liz Earle's winter sale slashes prices on skincare and fragrances by up to 40%

Treat yourself to glowing, healthy skin for the New Year, or surprise a loved one with a luxe gift set

Economics

10 hours ago Pills for blood pressure could ease tremors for hundreds of thousands of Parkinson's sufferers, study finds

Standard Parkinson's treatment does not always prevent tremors, which affect up to 90 per cent of those with the disease, affecting activities such as dressing and writing.

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11 hours ago Optical illusion with lines and black boxes has everyone seeing the wrong thing

Your brain is being tricked right now, this optical illusion is playing tricks on your perception – take a closer look and see if you can spot the truth!

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12 hours ago Our son's terrifying illness is so rare only 28 other children have it... now we're on a quest to find a cure

Angus Powell, three, carries a rare mutation in the CRELD1 gene. The disorder it causes has now been named: Jeffries-Lakhani Neurodevelopmental Syndrome, or JELANS.

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11 hours ago Ruben Amorim owes Man Utd fans a proper explanation over brutal Marcus Rashford treatment

The Portuguese manager's tough stance on Marcus Rashford has not outraged supporters but they must be wondering exactly what the striker has done to be frozen out of the squad

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16 hours ago Trailblazing model Dayle Haddon dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

A trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age discrimination has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning

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14 hours ago Motorway junction closed as emergency services called to 'concern for welfare incident'

Police, paramedics all attended the scene near junction 2 of the M66

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16 hours ago Moment WHO boss is dramatically rushed to safety and 'narrowly escapes death' as Israeli strike hits an airport in Yemen

In the footage from the airport in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, Mr Ghebreyesus can be seen relaxing in what appears to be a waiting room before all of a sudden he is rushed to his feet.

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16 hours ago Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging

The latest government data shows that cases of a fast-spreading stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States

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19 hours ago Two people dead and baby injured in 'unimaginable tragedy' days after Christmas

Four others, including a baby, have been taken to hospital for treatment and one woman remains in a critical condition.

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16 hours ago Leicester’s unlikely hero snatches share of spoils against Harlequins in annual festive treat

Harlequins 34-34 Leicester: Dan Cole’s final-minute try continued a streak of three draws between these two sides in the annual ‘Big Game’ at Twickenham

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20 hours ago Court rejects Starbucks’ challenge to US labor board ruling that it illegally fired baristas

Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NRLP finding it illegally fired two workers for trying to unionizeA federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union.The third US circuit court of appeals said the coffee shop giant lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of administrative law judges of the NRLB, the government agency that is set up to enforce labor laws in the US concerning labor practices and collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Gemma Atkinson shares dose of Christmas reality with 'five fights' as she tells Gorka Marquez to 'keep trying'

The Hits Radio host has been seen enjoying the festive season with her fiance Gorka Marquez and their two kids - Mia and Thiago

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20 hours ago Court rejects Starbucks’ challenge to US labor board, ruling it illegally fired baristas

Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionizeA federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union.The third US circuit court of appeals said the coffee shop giant lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of administrative law judges of the NLRB, the government agency that is set up to enforce labor laws in the US concerning labor practices and collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt finally gets A List treatment but its taken 40 years

EXCLUSIVE: The actor has been playing Ian Beale on the soap for almost four decades and bosses are now rewarding his hard work by giving him one of the top dressing rooms

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22 hours ago How I beat overwhelm: Tracking my heart rate left me feeling like a frustrated failure

Biofeedback devices promised a whole new world of mental and physical harmony. They did change my life, but not in the way I’d hopedI love to run, but ask me about my running times or distances and I will have no idea. For me, running is about squeezing exercise into a busy schedule, clearing my head and being in nature. I don’t need to measure it.But unfortunately I am not immune to the oh-so-pleasing dopamine injection of unboxing a new bit of wearable tech, personalising the app for hours and thinking this might just change my life – the new, calmer, fitter, stronger, smarter me dangling tantalisingly within reach. One such scenario occurred after researching the importance of human connection on mental and physical health: less stress, less inflammation, less illness. Human connection, I learned, can stimulate and be facilitated by the vagus nerve – a primitive part of the nervous system. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Gemma Collins suffers Christmas nightmare as she calls ambulance for fiancé Rami

Gemma Collins had only just signed off for Christmas when she was forced to update her followers after fiancé Rami Hawash had to be treated by an ambulance crew

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22 hours ago Russia warns of severe environmental damage from huge Black Sea oil spill

Two tankers were hit by a storm in the Kerch strait near Crimea on 15 December, causing one to sink and another to run agroundRussia has warned of severe environmental damage from a huge oil spill in the Black Sea caused when two tankers were hit by a storm near Crimea, which has declared a state of emergency.One tanker sank and another ran aground on 15 December in the Kerch strait between Russia and the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Gemma Collins calls ambulance for her fiancé Rami Hawash after sudden health scare

The former TOWIE star, 43, took to her Instagram stories on Saturday to reveal that the businessman, 50,  had been taken ill.

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26 hours ago Three women die after eating Christmas cake at family gathering in Brazil

Six of the seven family members present at the gathering fell ill, all of whom had eaten the cake

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21 hours ago Worried you're losing your hair after the menopause? These are the products top experts recommend for older women to restore strength and gloss to their locks

When her thick locks became stringy and lacklustre post-menopause, Marianne Jones decided it was time to consult the experts.

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26 hours ago The battle of Cable Street is entwined in my family’s history – and its message of hope still resonates | Tracy

On that day in 1936, members of my Jewish family stood up to the Blackshirts. Their fight against racism inspired our adaptation of The Merchant of VeniceIn the weeks leading up to the battle of Cable Street, Oswald Mosley, inspired by his friend Hitler, sent his Blackshirt militia into the East End of London to whip up hatred against Jewish people. Jewish buildings were daubed, synagogues smashed and posters calling for patriotism and national pride in the face of the “untrustworthy international Jewish Entity” were nailed on walls and doorways.Then, on Sunday 4 October 1936, the fourth birthday of Mosley’s fascist party, he sent more than 3,000 uniformed Blackshirts in four marching columns through London’s East End and its predominantly Jewish community, promising a “Greater Britain” and blaming all society’s ills on these immigrant Jews. He fully expected to be supported by the working-class population of the area and assumed it would be delighted by his rousing speeches of hate...

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22 hours ago The beauty trends that scream 'no class': Elegance expert reveals the treatments you should never get

Anna Bey, a pro-surgery YouTuber who lives in both London and Geneva, unveiled her top picks for the 'worst beauty mistakes' including eyebrow tattoos and 'too white' veneers.

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30 hours ago Taliban’s shocking treatment of women shows why world must impose apartheid

Given the Taliban has banned women from taking part in sport and even speaking in public, Afghanistan’s cricket team should not be welcome at the International Cricket Council’s Men’s Champions Trophy

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23 hours ago Medics rush to treat Gemma Collins' fiancé Rami Hawash after emergency call

Former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins revealed that her fiancé Rami Hawash was treated last night after an emergency call was made from their Essex home

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32 hours ago IVF 'miracle' journey for traumatised couple who conceived with their final chance at fertility treatment

Stacey Gibson, 36, and her partner Martin, 38, have been on an emotional six-year journey as they experienced the highs and lows of IVF treatment before welcoming twins Albie and Isla.

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24 hours ago ‘We have to change our attitude’: wildlife expert says rhino horn trade must be legalised

Call for illicit market to be taken out of hands of criminals as numbers continue to fall drastically due to poaching International trade in rhino horns should be legalised, a leading wildlife expert has urged.Writing in the research journal Science, Martin Wikelski argues only carefully monitored, legitimate transactions in horns can save the world’s remaining species of rhinoceros. Continue reading...

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36 hours ago Ireland asked Tower of London to return 'illegally smuggled' rare cannons

Ireland asked Tower of London to return 'illegally smuggled' rare cannons  My London

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28 hours ago Transform leftover pigs in blankets into delicious mac and cheese dish after Christmas

If you have any leftovers from Christmas Day you could make this ultimate mac and cheese dish with pigs and blankets for the whole family, and it's sure to go down a treat

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36 hours ago Missing You on Netflix review: a brainless, satisfying New Year's treat from Harlan Coben

This has all the Coben hallmarks: cliffhangers, gore and juicy revelations

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29 hours ago McCarthyism stalked my family. Its paranoia contains a lesson for Trump’s second term | Richard Sennett

Trump’s eerily familiar evocations of the ‘enemy within’ may be harder to shake off than the man who targeted my parentsThe rise of Donald Trump aroused in me an old fear of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Both McCarthy and Trump rose to power as demagogues who fed on the American public’s fear of “enemies within”. My family had cause to fear on the biggest of these counts: my parents were communists from an early age, although they had quit the party in 1939 after Hitler’s pact with Stalin. In the heyday of US power, families such as mine were persecuted for a cause in which they no longer believed. We developed ways to avoid or resist persecution that worked pretty well, and I think these help to illuminate the combat that is to come with Trumpism.Some connections between McCarthy and Trump are straightforward, both having been charismatic performers with a base of willing believers, both exploiting patriotism, both making up “facts” on the spur of the moment. There is a personal bridge ...

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