3 hours ago Plymouth's latest Wayne Rooney update divides fans as sensational return hopes dashed

Plymouth Argyle have named Wayne Rooney's replacement as head coach, with former Cercle Brugge manager Miron Muslic taking charge of the Championship strugglers

Politics

14 hours ago TikTok ban: supreme court appears inclined to uphold law that could see app barred in US – live

Justices appear skeptical of TikTok owner’s arguments after Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked court to review caseHow would a TikTok ban in US work?TikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments. Continue reading...

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93 minutes ago Watch live: Rachel Reeves attends economic talks in China as chancellor pledges to make UK ‘better off’

Watch live as Rachel Reeves attends economic talks in China on Saturday (11 January) as the chancellor pledged to make the UK “better off”.

Economics

2 hours ago Full Manchester United squad available to Ruben Amorim vs Arsenal as Marcus Rashford hint given

Marcus Rashford looks set to return to Manchester United's squad against Arsenal, but speculation over his future at the club continues to grow

Sport

2 hours ago Severance: it’s a gorgeously odd return for this surreal drama – if you can work out what’s happening

The clever, idiosyncratic satire of workplace culture returns for a visually stunning second season. But don’t expect its mysterious plot to go easy on viewersIn my early 20s, I worked for a pub that was half drinking establishment, half massive children’s soft play area. While adult intoxication and parties for under-10s sounds like an odd commercial pairing (or does it?), it did mean that the pub’s employees had to work hard, serving pints for the adults and, for the chosen few, dressing up as a giant bear and waving to the kids assembled for little Jack’s seventh birthday party. I bring this up because I still remember a poster on the wall of the bleak staffroom that read “A smile costs nothing”. We were sweating under a synthetic bear’s head while serving soggy chips for minimum wage, so surely I was the one to be the judge of that.Severance is that poster brought to life as prestige TV. The first season was a clever, original and surreal examination of bland yet passive-ag...

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19 hours ago ‘They created a Vegas in 10 years’: photographing the hedonistic gambling mecca of Macau

Photographer Adam Lampton discusses capturing the vice, cash and sheer excess of the special administrative region of China – a place built on contradictions“I am not a huge gambler,” says Adam Lampton. “The first time I went to Macau, fresh out of grad school, I didn’t have any money to spare – it all went on camera film. People take it all very seriously, so I was too intimidated to sit down and be the white guy who didn’t know what the hell he was doing.”As a non-gambler in Macau, the American photographer would have been an oddity – most tourists go there to “play”, hoping Lady Luck glances their way. The former Portuguese colony, now a special administrative region of China, is the world’s gambling mecca. Located on China’s south-east coast, just across the water from Hong Kong, Macau’s gambling revenues often put the US’s “Sin City” in the shade. The Macau government expects its gaming revenues to hit about $27bn in 2024, while declining Nevada looks set to fall below 2023’s r...

Culture

15 hours ago Elon Musk's Twitter is paying Nigel Farage's Reform UK MPs thousands of pounds every month

The party leader, along with ex-Tory Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe all get a share of the ad revenue on their tweets on the social network - prompting questions over whether they should declare an interest when discussing the billionaire in Parliament

Technology

4 hours ago Cristiano Ronaldo ‘wanted’ different transfer which could have scuppered Man United return

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are widely considered to be the two best players of their generation, and ex-Manchester United star Patrice Evra has claimed they could've played together

Politics

16 hours ago TikTok ban: company urges supreme court to scrap law it says would violate free speech of 170m Americans – live

Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review caseTikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments. Continue reading...

Society

8 hours ago Britain's Treasury chief is heading to China to revive suspended economic and financial talks

Britain’s Treasury chief is travelling to China this weekend to discuss economic and financial cooperation between the countries, as the U.K.‘s Labour government seeks to reset frayed ties with Beijing

Economics

17 hours ago Chelsea: Enzo Maresca reveals Wesley Fofana injury latest as defender pushes for early return

Blues centre-back was feared potentially lost for the season, though believes he can be back much sooner than expected

Sport

3 hours ago Mel Gibson's house burns down amid wildfires while he's on podcast blasting California governor

Mel Gibson, who won two Oscars for his work on Braveheart, lost his luxury pad in Malibu, California, during the devastating wildfires raging through parts of the state

Events

21 hours ago ITV Love Island contestant suffers huge setback days before villa return

Curtis Pritchard will return to the Love Island villa for the second edition of All Stars on Monday evening, but the former contestant has been dealt a devastating blow

Culture

18 hours ago To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus

To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire classWhen I feel uncertain, I find it’s helpful to write down things I know to be true. Fossil fuels are causing irreversible planetary overheating. Overheating threatens essentially all life on Earth. Oil and gas executives knew this but they chose to systematically lie and block a climate transition. They continue to make this choice.I choose to focus my energy on the climate crisis because a habitable planet is a prerequisite for everything worth fighting for, and because the prospect of losing a planet feels horrific and sad to me in a primal way that I can’t express with words. I’m also simply in love with the Earth. But planetary overheating is really just the most geophysical symptom of extractive colonial capitalism – “billionairism” – a system designed to pump wealth from the poor to the rich, creating billionaires, the healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, genocide, hierarchies like racism and patriarc...

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9 hours ago Reeves defiant over China trip in face of growing criticism and economic turmoil

Labour chancellor accused of ‘undesirable’ policies and ‘incompatible promises’

Economics

3 hours ago LA fires live updates: Governor Newsom calls for water investigation as death toll climbs to 11 in fierce blazes

The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage and make up a majority of the more than 35,000 acres that have burned in the disaster

Events

4 hours ago Saturday’s briefing: Potter suffers losing start as Moyes set for Everton return

Dementia is also back on football agenda after Dean Windass diagnosis.

Politics

9 hours ago Rachel Reeves jets to China for trade talks as economic woes mount at home

Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to Beijing to bang the drum bang the drum for trade and rebuild ties after years of frosty relations but economic turmoil risked overshadowing the trip

Economics

6 hours ago California fires: 11 killed and 10,000 structures destroyed as blazes continue

Strong winds and low humidity continue as five fires rage across Los Angeles area, with death toll expected to riseLos Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and imagesWeather forecasters in Los Angeles were expecting fast, dry winds to return towards the end of the weekend, threatening to fuel wildfires that have already destroyed 10,000 structures and killed 11 people.Urgent “red flag” alerts – meaning critical fire weather conditions – announced by the US National Weather Service (NWS) said moderate to strong wind and low humidity would continue on Friday morning, as five fires raged across the metropolis. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Footballers with dementia face fresh wait as SNP seek new benefit delay

EXCLUSIVE: Industrial injury benefits are devolved, but SNP Ministers want to allow the DWP to administer the payments beyond 2026.

Politics

13 hours ago The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, a break with its first term policy

The Trump family business has agreed to a voluntary ethics agreement that would ban it from striking direct deals with foreign governments after inauguration, but would give it a free hand to pursue ventures with private foreign companies

Economics

7 hours ago A former Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI

A former Green Beret behind a clandestine invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try and overthrow Nicolás Maduro says in court filings that he had authority from the highest levels of the government for the amphibious raid that ended with several combatants killed and two of his U.S. Special Forces colleagues in prison

Events

7 hours ago Kate Middleton to grant royal warrants for the first time in historic move as she makes gradual return to public duties

Kate, who turned 43 on Thursday, can now bestow the honour on any favoured company whose goods are sold to the royal household.

Politics

16 hours ago Jeremy Kyle returns to ITV as he signs brand new deal with Kate Garraway

Jeremy Kyle is making a return to ITV screens just five years after his morning programme was axed by executives and he'll appear alongside one of the networks biggest names

Economics

8 hours ago California wildfires live updates: Los Angeles death toll rises to 11 as governor orders water investigation

Officials say five people killed in Palisades fire and six in Eaton fire as Gavin Newsom announces investigation into water supplyAfter the fire, the insurance battles: new ordeals to comeFleeing the LA fires alone on a wheelchair: ‘I had to take my chances’Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.477 personnel were assigned to the fire. Continue reading...

Events

11 hours ago David Moyes agrees to sensational Everton return after 12 years away from Goodison Park

The Scottish manager is back for a second stint on Merseyside 12 years after leaving the club for Manchester United

Politics

17 hours ago 'Property firm upped service charge for elderly cancer patient by nearly £1,000 in 2 years'

This is the claim of Swansea MP Torsten Bell who was one of a number of politicians who called the MD of FirstPort to Parliament to answer questions over the company's 'shoddy behaviour'

Economics

9 hours ago UK snow: Weather maps show exact time next barrage of snow to hit UK amid

Weather maps issued by forecasters indicate when snow is expected to return to large swathes of the UK, as the cold snap is believed to continue throughout January

Events

11 hours ago US to return $52.8 million in seized assets linked to Nigeria's former oil minister

The United States will return $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates

Politics

18 hours ago Lanarkshire councils will share more than £1.5 billion in funding over next year

Under the Local Government Settlement, North Lanarkshire Council will receive £869.7 million with £805.8 million allocated to South Lanarkshire.

Economics

9 hours ago California wildfires live updates: firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes as governor orders water inquiry

Gavin Newsom announces investigation into wildfire water supply as Joe Biden likens destruction to ‘war scene’After the fire, the insurance battles: new ordeals to comeFleeing the LA fires alone on a wheelchair: ‘I had to take my chances’Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.477 personnel were assigned to the fire. Continue reading...

Events

11 hours ago Everton social media spills into meltdown as David Moyes return all but confirmed

David Moyes has agreed to become the new Everton manager and will be in the dugout for Wednesday's game against Aston Villa after the sacking of Sean Dyche

Politics

18 hours ago How Rachel Reeves' debt 'nightmare' has chilling echoes of 1976 when Britain was the 'sick man of Europe' with an economy in crisis that forced it to go 'cap in hand' for £2.3bn bailout

Such is the extent of Britain's current economic troubles, Chancellor Rachel Reeves ' plight has been compared to that of her 1970s predecessor Denis Healey.

Economics

10 hours ago American Airlines’ use of ‘ESG activist’ BlackRock failed workers, US judge says

Case over pension scheme management highlights rising risks of legal challenges over environmentally-focused policies

Events

12 hours ago David Moyes agrees to become Everton's new manager and seal sensational return

David Moyes, who has been out of work since leaving West Ham at the end of last season, will become Everton manager for the second time - replacing Sean Dyche who was sacked on Thursday

Politics

21 hours ago Alleged shoplifter begs for freedom 'offering sexual acts and cash' in alarming new trend

Law enforcement in Texas turned down the woman's allegedly lewd offer of 'sexual acts and cash' in return for her freedom before she was hauled off to meet justice

Economics

10 hours ago Puerto Rico's chief for natural resources shelves investigation targeting governor's in

Puerto Rico’s new natural resources secretary has shelved an investigation into allegations of illegal construction in a protected area on the island’s southwest coast

Events

12 hours ago ECB urges cricket’s leaders to take action over ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan

England face Afghanistan in Champions TrophyICC called on to ‘intervene and show global leadership’The England and Wales Cricket Board has called on cricket’s governing body to show leadership by taking coordinated action to stop “the gender apartheid facing the 14 million women in Afghanistan”.In a letter to the International Cricket Council on Friday, the ECB’s chief executive, Richard Gould, also urged it “to find a solution that provides hope that the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan can be restored”. Continue reading...

Politics

21 hours ago Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to tackle touts after Oasis fans saw prices soar

The Government has announced the measures as part of a 'Plan for Change' to clamp down on touts, who are estimated to cost music fans an extra £145m a year

Economics

11 hours ago LA fires live updates: Death toll is expected to grow as officials pledge to be ready for return of Santa Ana winds

Death toll continues to climb from the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires that forced evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 residents

Events

13 hours ago Charlie Brooks breaks silence on EastEnders return ahead of 40th anniversary

EastEnders' Janine Butcher star Charlie Brooks has opened up about her potential return to Walford as the BBC soap prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year

Politics

26 hours ago Rachel Reeves heads to China as pressure mounts as market turmoil derails government’s economic strategy

The Chancellor has been criticised for continuing with a planned visit to China amid rising yields on government bonds

Economics

12 hours ago UK suicide rate rises to highest level since 1999 and is now leading cause of death for young people

The suicide rate in the UK has risen to its highest level in over 25 years, new government data has revealed. 

Events

14 hours ago David Moyes agrees sensational Everton return 12 years after leaving for Manchester United

DOMINIC KING: David Moyes has been charged with ushering in a new era at Bramley Moore Dock as he agreed to an emotional return as Everton manager under new owners The Friedkin Group.

Politics

28 hours ago Whitehall braced for spending cuts after UK hit by bond market turmoil

Rising gilt yields mean government departments may face further squeeze

Economics

12 hours ago Vince McMahon reacts to investigation verdict and WWE fans are saying the same thing

The former WWE CEO has said he is 'thrilled' to put the investigation by the Securities and Exchange Committee behind him but WWE fans don't want him to return to the company he co-founded

Events

14 hours ago 2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisis is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.Last year was the hottest in global temperature records stretching back to 1850, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa announced, with the worldwide average 1.46C (2.6F) warmer than the era prior to humans burning huge volumes of planet-heating fossil fuels. Continue reading...

Politics

31 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: The economy's reeling from the disastrous Budget. Taxes or cuts are coming... and the big financial players I've talked to now all say it could spell the end of Labour

In the run-up to the General Election , Rachel Reeves boasted repeatedly of her qualifications for being Chancellor, even liberally embellishing her CV to bolster her credentials.

Economics

13 hours ago Dancing On Ice's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean make shock announcement over future

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have announced a huge change to the Dancing on Ice format ahead of the 2025 series as they prepare to return to the ITV show's judging panel

Events

14 hours ago The Guardian view on Magnus Carlsen’s power play: checking chess’s ruling body in style | Editorial

The latest controversy reveals deeper tensions about who will shape the sport’s future: its greatest players or the governing authoritiesA persuasive case can be made that Magnus Carlsen is the greatest chess player of all time. The 34-year‑old Norwegian is no longer world champion – bored with classic (long-form) chess, he chose not to defend his title in 2023 – but his name resonates with the public more than ever. This is not due to his expertise in the Sicilian Defence but because chess’s world governing body, Fide, recently barred him from playing in a tournament for wearing jeans. “Jeansgate” illustrates that while the public may care little for the niceties of chess openings, they are captivated by the eccentricities of the chess world.The fabulous (often chess-inspired) costumes in Netflix’s drama hit The Queen’s Gambit made style magazines swoon. But in real life, chess and fashion rarely intersect, though the great Cuban world champion of the 1920s, José Raúl Capablanca, w...

Politics

33 hours ago Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to clamp down on touts

The measures would aim to prevent organised touts reselling a large number of tickets at vastly inflated prices, the Government said.

Economics

13 hours ago Love Island's Kaz had no choice but to return as she makes bombshell admission

Love Island star Kaz Crossley is hoping she'll find love this time around as she enters the All Stars villa on Monday and she's revealed exactly why she signed up to the show

Events

14 hours ago Rachel Reeves presses the flesh with China's communist leaders while Britain's economy 'faces 1970s

The Chancellor posed with Chinese finance minister Lan Fo'an in Beijing as she began her controversial trip to the Asian giant.

Politics

13 hours ago Brooklyn real estate magnate pleads guilty to conspiring to funnel illegal donations to NYC mayor

A Brooklyn real estate magnate has pleaded guilty to a charge alleging that he worked with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Events

14 hours ago Aberavon seek to ‘provide hope’ in Port Talbot as they make Challenge Cup return

The club are back in the competition for the first time in over two decades.

Politics

14 hours ago Most grooming gang offences carried out by white men, police chiefs say

Elon Musk has used his platform X to wage an online campaign against the government over the issue of grooming gangs.

Events

15 hours ago Everton hopeful of swift David Moyes appointment after productive talks

Former manager set to return to Goodison ParkOwners hope Moyes can steer team away from relegationEverton are hopeful of appointing David Moyes as Sean Dyche’s replacement after a day of productive talks with the club’s former manager.Moyes met representatives from The Friedkin Group (TFG), Everton’s new owner, on Friday to discuss a return to the club he managed between 2002 and 2013. Negotiations are understood to have advanced well and there is confidence a deal could be concluded within the next 24 hours. The length of contract is being discussed but the expectation is that it will cover the remainder of this season and Everton’s first year at their new Bramley-Moore dock stadium in 2025-26. Continue reading...

Politics

14 hours ago Paris Hilton makes emotional return to Malibu home reduced to ashes in Los Angeles fire

Paris Hilton documented her emotional return to her Malibu home that was reduced to ashes and rubble this week in the fast-moving California wildfires.

Events

15 hours ago Devin Haney: ‘I want to prove to myself that Ryan Garcia took nothing out of me’

Interview: The WBC champion spoke to The Independent during a rare trip to London, as he plots his return to the ring after last year’s messy saga with Garcia

Politics

15 hours ago TikTok ban: government tells supreme court Chinese government could ‘weaponize’ app at any time – live updates

Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review caseHow would a TikTok ban in US work?TikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments. Continue reading...

Events

16 hours ago Everton's Sean Dyche statement was disrespectful and brutal reality could await new owners

Everton's new Friedkin owners have made the decision to cut Sean Dyche adrift with David Moyes looking the favourite for a Goodison Park return but more difficulty is in store

Politics

16 hours ago Moment furious resident challenges governor of California over wildfires response

Angry local offers to ‘fill up the hydrants myself’ in plea to Governor for help

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