1 hour ago Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón says she is 'deeply sorry' for old social media posts

Oscar nominee’s past tweets with controversial views about Muslims, George Floyd, and diversity at the Oscars caused severe backlash

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27 hours ago How Man City and Oasis could help Manchester’s £15bn tourism ambitions

City leaders want Manchester to overtake Edinburgh as a visitor destination within five years

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22 hours ago Sweden's PM admits 'we've lost control' as man who burned Koran is assassinated during live stream

Iraqi refugee, Salwan Momika, 38, repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries.

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2 hours ago Five unanswered questions of Washington DC plane crash horror – runway change and night flying

A number of snags have been raised about why the American Airlines flight and Black Hawk collided – including a last minute runway change for the plane and ambiguous direction from air traffic control.

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14 hours ago Kelsey Parker addresses 'feud' with The Wanted's Max George amid 'no show' claims

Kelsey Parker, the widow of The Wanted star Tom Parker, has spoken out on rumours that she has 'fallen out' with her late husband's bandmate Max George

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3 hours ago Severance season 2 delves into mysterious towns and corporate control in latest episode

A new town name in Severance has left fans perplexed

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22 hours ago Fury as Celtic fans taunt Prince William at Aston Villa Champions League match with chants of 'Lizzie's in a box' and 'if you hate the royal family clap your hands'

Celtic fans bombarded Prince William with anti-royal chants throughout the game in Birmingham, including ones about the Prince's brother, the Duke of Sussex, according to The Telegraph.

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2 hours ago Washington plane crash questions – runway change, strange orders and wrong visual

A number of snags have been raised about why the American Airlines flight and Black Hawk collided – including a last minute runway change for the plane and ambiguous direction from air traffic control.

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16 hours ago Molly Smith shows off her washboard abs in a skimpy pink bikini as she poses for jaw

The former Love Island star, 30, put on a very busty display in the hot pink two-piece and flaunted her envious figure.

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5 hours ago Washington plane crash: Black boxes found after American Airlines jet collision disaster amid air traffic shortage claims

Divers will on Friday aim to salvage the crashed American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter from the Potomac River

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9 hours ago Karla Sofia Gascón apologizes for old tweets, says she is 'deeply sorry to those I have caused pain'

Karla Sofia Gascón, the Oscar-nominated lead of the movie “Emilia Pérez,” is apologizing for her old social media posts that denigrated Islam and that called George Floyd “a drug addict and a hustler.”

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6 hours ago Listen to the terrible 'mistake' that caused DC plane crash, according to air traffic controller

An air traffic control veteran with 23 years' experience said the audio that emerged from the crash shows the operator's tragic mistake.

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10 hours ago Laila Rouass exudes elegance in silky pink gown as she attends charity event at Paris Fashion Week

The British actress, 53, looked radiant as she posed for snaps in the elegant dress, featuring a silky dusty pink skirt while the bust presented tasseled embellishments.

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7 hours ago Crime gangs targeting shops by using vulnerable kids costing hundreds of millions a year

Retailers Against Crime say problem is out of control and urgent education is needed, with stiffer penalties and more police patrols

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15 hours ago Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón faces backlash over offensive tweets

The Oscar-nominated star of Netflix’s musical made racist and Islamophobic remarks in several tweets from 2020Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón is under fire after old tweets uncovered a range of troubling opinions on subjects including Islam and George Floyd.The Spanish actor, who recently became the first ever openly transgender person to receive an acting nomination at the Oscars, has since deleted a number of tweets after users, including writer Sarah Hagi, uncovered them. Variety and the Hollywood Reporter have since reported the news and translated older posts. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Washington plane crash: cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder recovered

Recorders from plane are currently at National Transportation Safety Board labs for analysis, agency saysWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesFirst confirmed victims include figure-skating championsInvestigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder from the plane involved in Wednesday night’s mid-air collision with a US military helicopter that killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft.The recorders are currently at the National Transportation Safety Board labs for analysis, the agency said on Thursday evening, and are expected to shed light on exactly what went wrong. Preliminary reports raised questions over whether understaffing in an air traffic control tower at the Washington DC airport played a role in the United States’ worst aviation disaster in years. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón faces backlash over offensive tweets

The Oscar-nominated star of Netflix’s musical made racist and Islamophobic remarks in several tweets from 2020Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is under fire after old tweets uncovered a range of troubling opinions on subjects including Islam and George Floyd.The Spanish actor, who recently became the first ever openly transgender person to receive an acting nomination at the Oscars, has since deleted a number of tweets after users, including writer Sarah Hagi, uncovered them. Variety and the Hollywood Reporter have since reported the news and translated older posts. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago ‘A wonderful friend’: Tributes paid to Marianne Faithfull after death aged 78

Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger was joined by bandmates Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood who also shared their thoughts.

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17 hours ago Ticketmaster rejects Oasis investigation invitation to give evidence at Parliament

"The Oasis ticket sale incident provoked a wider public conversation about the prices we pay for the goods and services we use"

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12 hours ago Staffing at air traffic control tower ‘not normal’ during Washington plane crash, FAA report reveals

A single air traffic controller was handling an amount work typically assigned to two people when the crash occurred, the report says

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18 hours ago Trump blames plane crash on Obama and Biden calling air traffic control a 'disaster'

The US President also confirmed the tragic outcome for those aboard the American Airlines flight and the helicopter, stating, "Sadly, there are no survivors."

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12 hours ago Why WAS a runway change ordered minutes before the DC crash? Is DEI really to blame? Did air traffic control make a fatal mistake? All the lingering unanswered questions

It was a clear, cold night in Washington DC on January 29, when at 8.47 pm, a bright orange and red flame suddenly erupted in the sky.

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18 hours ago Queen Maxima of the Netherlands steps out in an all pink ensemble as she attends financial health strategy meeting

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looked stylish in pink as she attended a financial strategy meeting at the National Coalition of Financial Health in Wekerom today.

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13 hours ago Washington plane crash: Air traffic control tower 'understaffed' during deadly collision, FAA report finds

Shock report revealed after Donald Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame for tragedy which left 67 dead

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20 hours ago BREAKING Europe flight hell as air traffic control above country goes down indefinitely after glitch

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13 hours ago Sir Mick Jagger pays tribute to ‘beautiful singer’ Marianne Faithfull after her death

He was joined by bandmates Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood who also paid tribute

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20 hours ago Europe flight hell as air traffic control above country goes down indefinitely after glitch

A major European airport has reported issues with their air traffic system and have closed all airspace over the entire country, telling passengers they're not sure when business will resume

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13 hours ago As a human rights lawyer, I fight against discrimination in all its forms. Witnessing the recent anti

In the face of those who refuse to see our humanity, I choose to imagine that we are humane enough to believe in theirsMy grandmother, Holocaust survivor Olga Horak OAM, passed away in August 2024 just days after her 98th birthday. Just one week before, she attended her great-granddaughter’s Jewish day school to share her remarkable story of survival with the Year 6 students. Her parting message was simple: “Never forget. Don’t hate”. Although she could no longer stand up straight, in her decades-long commitment to Holocaust education as a volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum, she was indefatigable until the end.When she died, we lost an empire of knowledge. Just as we do whenever we lose a survivor. Her strength of character, her disarming candour, her twinkly eyes, her testimony and her light have secreted themselves in the hearts of the thousands of people she touched, like little mirrors reflecting flashes of her life. A giant photo mosaic. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Bridget Jones director shares truth about working with Renée Zellweger on emotional end to franchise

The stars of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Leo Woodall, took to the pink carpet for the movie’s London premiere before director Michael Morris took to the stage to welcome the fourth instalment

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13 hours ago Washington plane crash LIVE: Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame as FAA report says air traffic control 'not normal'

US president confirms no survivors as rescuers search Potomac River after American Airlines flight collides with Black Hawk helicopter

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24 hours ago Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why? | Robert Reich

These new initiatives are not about shrinking the size of the federal government. They’re about centralizing control in Trump’s handsChaos on a huge scale.On Wednesday, Trump rescinded an order he had made late on Monday night that froze up to $3tn in federal grants and loans.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Washington plane crash: questions arise over understaffing at control tower

One controller reportedly handled arrivals and departures, and also helicopter traffic – a job usually done by two peopleWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesFirst confirmed victims include figure-skating championsA collision on Wednesday between an American Airlines jet and a US military helicopter near Washington DC killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft and sparked questions over whether understaffing in an air traffic control tower played a role in the United States’ worst aviation disaster in years.As it approached Reagan National airport around 9pm, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a US army Black Hawk helicopter, plunging wreckage of the two aircraft into the icy Potomac River and killing all 64 passengers and crew on the plane, along with three soldiers on the helicopter. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago Aggressive Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of dog most likely to demonstrate aggression

These breeds can still make great pets but will need to be firmly handled so that their natural aggression doesn’t get out of control.

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14 hours ago Washington DC plane crash live: staffing at Reagan airport air traffic control reportedly ‘not normal’ at time of collision

Internal preliminary safety report suggests staffing was lower than it should be for ‘time of day and volume of traffic’, New York Times reportsOfficials say no survivors expected in DC plane crashFirst known victims include figure-skating championsVisual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold?Multiple media including the New York Times, Reuters and CNN are saying the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. No senior army officials were onboard, they reported, citing US defence officials.Multiple sources are now saying that about 60 people were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with the helicopter. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago STEPHEN GLOVER: I don't know if Nigel Farage will be PM but public fury over out of control migration means change is going to come

Every few months the Office for National Statistics or some other reputable organisation produces new evidence of soaring immigration.

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14 hours ago Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs

Civil rights activists have gathered outside Target's Minneapolis headquarters to call for a boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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26 hours ago EU migration minister says more to be done on returns as German far right helps push through radical asylum proposal – Europe live

EU migration commissioner says bloc is working on ‘tighter rules’ following German plan chancellor describes as ‘unforgivable’Uh-oh, Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez is not happy with the German proposals, which include calls for restoring border controls:It is quite important for us to strenghten our external borders, but we think that the internal control must be [allowed only in] exceptional [circumstances]. Free movement inside the EU is for us one of the most important values we have. We have to strenghten our cooperation on [protecting] the external borders ... [but] internal border controls must be the last resort.I think it is not going to be possible. I would like to think so. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Plane crash report suggests air traffic control tower staffing 'not normal' at time

“We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”

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28 hours ago Coin frontman announces disbandment following ‘revelations around my bandmates’

Just weeks ago, the pop-rock group had announced they were going on tour without drummer Ryan Winnen

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15 hours ago Washington plane crash LIVE: Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame as FAA safety report says 'air traffic control understaffed'

US president confirms no survivors as rescuers search Potomac River after American Airlines flight collides with Black Hawk helicopter

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33 hours ago Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant hit pink carpet at London premiere of Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy

Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant hit pink carpet at London premiere of Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy  Evening Standard

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16 hours ago Plane crash: 'Control tower staffing level was not normal' on day of disaster says report

A preliminary safety report found that a single controller was responsible for both managing helicopters in the airport's vicinity and directing arriving and departing planes

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18 hours ago Plane crash: Donald Trump launches bizarre tirade as he labels head of air traffic control 'a disaster'

US president Donald Trump appeared to blame air traffic controllers for the devastating mid-air collision and launched a rant against the FAA's 'diversity push'

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