23 minutes ago Elon Musk blasts Ben Stiller with shock slur after actor said 'woke' Hollywood is killing 'edgier' comedy

The 53-year-old - who was named as co-head of Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) - took to his X platform to take a shot at the 58-year-old actor.

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28 minutes ago Elon Musk mocks Ben Stiller with offensive Tropic Thunder reference over Kamala Harris support

‘Zoolander’ star previously shared his support of Vice President Kamala Harris, saying he was ‘excited about moving forward’

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37 minutes ago Sex change recognised in eyes of law with gender recognition certificate, Scotland tells Supreme Court

Judges at UK’s highest court will rule on whether trans women should be considered female under the 2010 Equality Act in landmark case

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41 minutes ago Hundreds of schools in England to provide free breakfast and childcare in new trial

Applications are now open for 750 state schools with primary aged-pupils to join the "early adopter scheme"

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48 minutes ago Minister urges domestic abuse victims to get support amid ‘epidemic of violence’ against women and girls

Labour’s minister for victims and violence against women and girls tells The Independent she hopes more victims will be protected by restraining order measures being rolled out

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56 minutes ago Alyssa Naeher confident Emma Hayes is at start of bright future with USA

Hayes took charge of the USA during the summer and went on to lead them to Olympic gold in Paris.

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71 minutes ago White House tells Ukraine to lower age of conscription from 25 to 18 to boost the size of its military and stay in the fight with Russia

Russia has lost some 200,000 soldiers to the conflict so far, the WSJ reported this month, while data from UAlosses suggests Ukraine has lost 60,435 since 2022

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96 minutes ago Butchers tell of 'nightmare' as Smithfield market set to close after 900 years

‘It’s going to be a nightmare for some of the butchers in London’ said one trader

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1 hour ago US tells Ukraine to lower conscription age to 18 to stem manpower shortage

Biden administration warns Kyiv is not recruiting enough soldiers to keep pace with Russia’s deployment

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2 hours ago Lucy Letby's father 'threatened guns to my head' because he was upset how she had been treated, hospital boss tells inquiry

Tony Chambers was the £160,000-a-year chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital when the neo-natal nurse murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven more.

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