2 h. ago AP reporters go behind the story in discussing coverage of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs case

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged in federal court with sex trafficking and racketeering and has pleaded not guilty

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2 h. ago Penny Lancaster receives mass support after big announcement following Sir Rod's health woes

Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster has made a huge announcement in the midst of her husband's ongoing health battle which has seen him cancel eight of his recent shows.

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3 h. ago Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff

State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 SeptemberThe Trump administration will eliminate all USAID (United States Agency for International Development) overseas positions worldwide by 30 September in a dramatic restructuring of remaining US foreign aid operations.In a Tuesday state department cable obtained by the Guardian, secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered the abolishment of the agency’s entire international workforce, transferring control of foreign assistance programs directly to the state department. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Austria school shooting: Everything we know so far about attack which killed nine and injured 12

Gunman opened fire in school in Graz in one of country’s worst ever mass shootings

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3 h. ago Los Angeles protests follow weeks of intensifying immigration enforcement

The Pentagon’s deployment of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles to help the National Guard respond to immigration protests follows weeks of rapid developments in President Donald Trump’s signature domestic priority for mass deportations

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3 h. ago Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills 10 at former school

Chancellor says nation’s deadliest postwar mass shooting is a ‘dark day in the history of our country’Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.A tenth victim who had been in a critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Tracy Beaker actress pays tribute to character that made her famous in unique way

Actress Dani Harmer rose to fame in the early 2000s in the starring role of 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' and now, two decades later, she has a permanent reminder of what made her a star

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4 h. ago Michigan State settles with 3 survivors of 2023 mass shooting for $30M

Lawyers say Michigan State University has reached settlements worth about $30 million with three students who survived a mass shooting at the school in 2023

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6 h. ago Aaron Ramsey's shock transfer questioned on live TV as Cardiff City fans point finger

Aaron Ramsey's future remains in limbo following claims he has agreed a move to Mexican side Pumas

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7 h. ago I thought I'd bought an adorable miniature cockapoo puppy but got a horrendous shock months later

Charlotte Fallowfield appeared on the ITV show to chat to hosts Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48, about the story of how she got her hands on her sweet pooch Waffle.

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8 h. ago Ten dead after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 28 people seriously wounded

Ten people have been killed and dozens more injured after a pupil opened fire on an Austrian school, in what has been described as one of the worst mass killings in the country's history. 

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8 h. ago Tracy Beaker star visits tattoo parlour and gets design that fits her perfectly

A tattoo artist was delighted when Dani Harmer - star of 2000s children's TV series The Story of Tracy Beaker - arrived at her studio with a very specific request

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8 h. ago Martin Lewis helped me reclaim £14,500 in council tax before a sting in the tail

One of the consumer champion's fans shared a story on how he successfully challenged his council tax payment, only for there to be a sting in the tail

Economics

9 h. ago Juliet & Romeo review – Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs cameo in syrupy Shakespeare musical

With bare-faced cheek, this bardless take replaces all the original language with olden-days-effect prose – adding singing, dancing and a pointlessly starry castDirector and former stage actor Timothy Scott Bogart is best known for having made Spinning Gold, a biopic of his father Neil Bogart, the New York music producer and founder of the 70s disco-era label Casablanca Records. Now he has confected a syrupy new musical take on Romeo and Juliet, with music by his brother Evan Kidd Bogart (who won a Grammy for his work on Beyoncé’s single Halo).Bogart retells the basic story but with Shakespeare’s language all removed and replaced with olden-days-effect prose: a kind of bardless Baz Luhrmann. Ultimately – with what I do have to admit is some amiable cheek – Bogart contrives to do for this play what Nahum Tate did for King Lear. It’s really pretty bland, and with each turn in the plot you have to ask what the point of it actually is. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago GP reveals how to treat a lingering cough — and when you should seek help

A cough is considered chronic when it lasts longer than eight weeks in adults, or four weeks in children

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10 h. ago 11 killed in school shooting with 28 injured and some 'shot in head' as hospitals crammed

Gunshots were heard in the school at 10am before a suspect was shot and eventually found dead in a toilet as the event is being described as the worst mass shooting in Austria's history

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11 h. ago Truth about Kate Middleton's £10,000 keepsake honouring her love story with Prince William

The Prince and Princess of Wales recently celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary.

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12 h. ago In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas

The migration advisory committee is due to release a review of the UK’s minimum income requirement for family visas – currently set at £29,000. Many British families are in a state of enforced separation. Family visas represent just 5% of total UK visa applications, yet are a key focus of a migration crackdown. Working with Reunite Families, photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy thresholdThree weeks ago, Keir Starmer said the UK was at risk of becoming an “island of strangers”. But for countless British citizens across the country, that isolation is already a lived reality by design of immigration rules that force them to choose between their homeland and family.The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at £18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to £38,700 before backtracking afte...

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12 h. ago Platense who? Club World Cup is another step on the road to a global super league | Jonathan Wilson

Fifa’s huge prize money risks making a handful of clubs almost infinitely wealthier than their domestic rivalsLast Sunday, in the northern Argentinian city of Santiago del Estero, Platense beat Huracán 1-0 to win Argentina’s Apertura, the decisive goal a beautiful dipping effort struck at the top of the bounce by Guido Mainero. It was the first title in the club’s 120‑year history and provoked scenes of extraordinary emotion.Platense are one of Argentina’s quirkier clubs. They are nicknamed the Squid because their original ground was built on a marsh and the story grew that they played better in wet conditions when, as the journalist Antonio Palacio Zino put it, “the boys moved like squid in their ink”. The boggy conditions are also supposedly why they wear brown after an early director thought it would help to hide mud stains; the real reason is probably that their first members agreed to wear the colours of a jockey who won a particular race. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Kate Middleton's £10,000 keepsake honouring her love story with Prince William

The Prince and Princess of Wales recently celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary.

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