26 m. ago Trump and new German chancellor speak and agree on need to resolve trade disputes – live

Two leaders spoke shortly after Friedrich Merz warned US politicians to ‘stay out of’ Germany’s politics, according to German spokespersonThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading...

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27 m. ago Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter headline Primavera Sound's hottest lineup yet

Primavera Sound's 2025 lineup features some of the most recognisable female artists in the world right now, including Brat summer icon Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and FKA Twigs

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30 m. ago Bison gores Florida man at Yellowstone National Park after he got too close to powerful animal

A bison gored a 47-year-old Florida man in Yellowstone National Park on Sunday, marking the park’s first bison attack of 2025

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39 m. ago Chelsea vs Djurgarden LIVE: Conference League result, match stream and latest reaction

Blues remain firm favourites to complete set of European trophies

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39 m. ago Dominic Solanke silences Bodø and books Tottenham’s ticket to Bilbao

Who are you and what have you done with Ange Postecoglou? There was a messy goal from a set piece, a plan with pragmatism at its core and a team able to find beauty in the kind of robust performance that has so often seemed alien to Postecoglou’s entire footballing vision.All the cool came from Tottenham Hotspur in the Arctic Circle. Their touch was sure on the infamous ­plastic pitch at the Aspmyra Stadion and they did not mind turning this Europa League semi-final against Bodø/Glimt into a grind. Serious rather than spectacular, they were never under threat of failing to seal their place in the final against Manchester United. Continue reading...

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41 m. ago Mount’s fine double sweeps Manchester United past Bilbao into all

Mason Mount’s strike that sealed Manchester United’s Europa League final berth was as sublime as Ruben Amorim’s team were slipshod until the substitute took charge.With 72 minutes gone, Leny Yoro prodded the ball to Mount who, with the sweetest touch of his right instep, swivelled, then bent the equaliser past the helpless Julen Agirrezabala. Continue reading...

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51 m. ago Tottenham vs Manchester United: Europa League final prediction, kick

Winner will earn a place in next season’s Champions League final

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84 m. ago King calls for renewed ‘commitment to peace’ in VE Day message

Charles says sacrifice of second world war heroes must not be in vainKing Charles called for a renewal of “global commitments to restoring a just peace where there is war, to diplomacy and to the prevention of conflict”, as the UK marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe day.Westminster Abbey was the focal point for national commemorations with a service of thanksgiving weaving poignant reminders of wartime deprivation and loss with the hopes for the future that historic day had promised. Continue reading...

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91 m. ago James Foley, director of Fifty Shades sequels and Glengarry Glen Ross, dies aged 71

The film-maker, whose credits also included many Madonna music videos, died of brain cancerDirector James Foley, whose credits included Glengarry Glen Ross and the Fifty Shades sequels, has died aged 71.According to the Hollywood Reporter, his death was confirmed by his representative who said he died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week following a years-long struggle with brain cancer”. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago Robert Francis Prevost: the moderate, good humoured first American pope

Colleagues recall a calm and grounded leader capable of moderating between factions, with a strong connection to his predecessorRobert Francis Prevost – who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV – may not be the Latin American Jesuit wildcard that his predecessor, Pope Francis, was, but his election is similarly historic.In the figure of the 69-year-old former head of the Augustinian order, the Roman Catholic church has its very first US leader. Until Thursday evening, the idea of the fisherman’s ring being slipped on to a North American hand was seen as a fairly distant possibility. The Vatican’s long-standing opposition to a US pope stemmed largely from the optics of having a pontiff from both a political superpower and a country with such a hegemonic cultural and secular global influence. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago The desperate search for a father disappeared by Trump to El Salvador: ‘We don’t know anything’

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him sinceThe last time Joregelis Barrios heard from her brother Jerce, the call had lasted just one minute.Immigration officials had moved Jerce from the detention center in southern California where he had been for six months to another one in Texas. He sounded worried, as if he had been crying. He told his sister he might be transferred somewhere else soon. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Solution to get food and aid to Gaza is ‘steps away’, US state department says – live

Gaza is on the brink of catastrophe after two months of a total blockade by Israel, aid workers say, with many families down to one meal a dayThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading...

Society

2 h. ago Forgive and forget? Both sides must be accountable after a family fallout

Prince Harry and King Charles will need to put past grievances to one side if they are to move on from their estrangementFor most families, fallouts and squabbles are a regular occurrence. But what happens when those rifts deepen to an estrangement, such as appears to have beset the royal family and the Beckhams, and how can relationships be rebuilt?According to the following psychologists and psychotherapists, family reconciliation requires both sides taking accountability for their behaviour and not letting past grievances and trauma block efforts to meaningfully re-engage with estranged relatives. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster

Popes who take that name tend to be progressive reformers. If Trump and JD Vance think they have an ally in the Vatican, I think not Catherine Pepinster is a former editor of The TabletWhat’s in a name? When it comes to a pope – everything. The white smoke from the Sistine Chapel earlier this evening told the world that a new pope to succeed Francis had been elected – and for the first time the pontiff is an American.But if Donald Trump and his Catholic convert Veep, JD Vance, are ready to cheer, then they should think again. Cardinal Robert Prevost has chosen the name Leo XIV – and if you’re a papal Leo, you tend to be a reformer at the progressive end of Catholicism. That Prevost has decided to become Leo XIV will make Catholics think immediately of the last Leo – Leo XIII – and his 1891 encyclical or teaching document, Rerum Novarum, which outlined workers’ rights to a fair wage, safe working conditions and the rights of workers to belong to trade unions. If Pope Francis was the ...

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2 h. ago Flattery gets Starmer somewhere as The Donald stays awake to toot tariff deal | John Crace

Sycophancy stops Trump from dozing off as PM and co hail victory – or at least getting what they could getThree days ago, Donald Trump promised an announcement that would be very possibly the greatest announcement in the whole history of announcements. Come Thursday morning, he said the US and the UK had reached a full and comprehensive trade deal.I guess a lot depends on what you mean by the words “greatest announcement” and “full and comprehensive”. As details of the deal began to emerge, it rather looked as if the UK had managed to negotiate a worse deal with the US than we had even two months ago. One that was hardly transformative. Just reversing some of the damage that had been done to the UK by the US starting a global trade war. Tariffs as a protection racket. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Chelsea vs Djurgarden LIVE: Conference League match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Blues hold a 4-1 aggregate lead after comfortable win in Sweden

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3 h. ago Golf cult hero John Daly issues worrying health update after SIXTEENTH surgery

John Daly is set to miss the PGA Championship as he continues his comeback from surgery earlier this year that has hampered his play in 2025

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3 h. ago Robert Francis Prevost becomes first US pope and will be known as Leo XIV – live

Bells ring in St Peter’s Square as cardinals elect successor to Pope FrancisRobert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiffUS celebrates first US pope: ‘Everything dope, including the pope’Historically, some of the conclaves were really drawn out: in 13th century, they needed three years, over 1,000 days, to choose Gregory X.There was also one that ended on the first day, when Julius II in 1503 was elected after just 10 hours. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ben Jennings on Israel’s plans for a new offensive in Gaza – cartoon

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3 h. ago Britain hasn’t agreed a trade deal with the US – it’s ended a hostage negotiation | Gaby Hinsliff

There will be relief for carmakers but not much else to celebrate: Trump’s whims still hang over the UK – and the world – economyHang out the bunting and let the church bells ring. A VE Day trade deal with Donald Trump is done, and in the car plants of the West Midlands as much as in the backrooms of No 10, there will be understandable relief that, for now at least, America’s phoney war on them is over.It’s true that the easing of arbitrary tariffs on cars, steel and aluminium that didn’t even exist until eight weeks ago falls far short of being an actual trade deal, not least because the president could rip it up again tomorrow if he felt like it. But the terms agreed between London and Washington could save thousands of jobs, which isn’t to be sniffed at, even if they’re jobs that need never have been at risk in the first place had Trump not suddenly chosen to threaten them. More surprisingly, Rachel Reeves seems to have managed to hang on to her digital services tax on (mostly US...

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