84 m. ago ‘Hands Off’ protests begin across US to oppose Trump agenda – live

More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Hundreds of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday as part of global demonstrations against Donald Trump’s administration. Crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square with banners that read “No to Maga hate” and “Dump Trump”. The rally is one of hundreds of so-called “hands off” demonstrations around the world – including in cities across the US, Paris and Berlin. The movement has been organised by more than 150 groups, including civil rights groups and trade unions. Among the protesters in London was Clarke Reinstein, 73, from Rhode Island, who told the PA news agency he was “disappointed in my fellow Americans” over the election of Donald Trump. “I’ve been in London for two months and I like being over here because people think a little differently,” he said, adding, “They made a mistake over Brexit – but they didn’t fall over like the Americans have.” A 37-year-old woman ...

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90 m. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk told 'Hands Off!' by thousands of anti

Protesters have taken to the streets of cities across the globe, including London, Brussels, Washington, and Portland, over President Donald Trump and Elon Musk

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1 hour ago Russia's 'chessboard serial killer' who murdered 48 will make chilling bombshell confession

Alexander Pichushkin, one of the world's most notorious serial killers, who murdered 48 people, told the Russian prison service he was set to make a horrifying admission

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1 hour ago NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI order

New York state school officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding

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2 h. ago DAN HODGES: I'm told we're close to a Holy Grail US trade deal. The downside? It's going to require a BIG sacrifice... no wonder MPs tell me: 'Trump's got us by the gonads!'

Keir Starmer's unlikely bromance with the hero of the MAGA movement is bearing fruit, and not ust on the issue of tariffs, writes DAN HODGES.

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2 h. ago Mariah Carey leaves fans in hysterics after embarrassing son with surprise appearance

‘Y’all need to get out now,’ singer’s teenager told her

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3 h. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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3 h. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen breaks down in tears as she bids emotional farewell

Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen broke down in tears as she told her children some bad news

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3 h. ago Pitch Perfect star Adam Devine, 41, was 'told he was dying' a month before his son was born

Pitch Perfect and Isn't It Romantic star Adam Devine has recalled the horrifying moment doctors told him he was dying - but luckily they got it wrong

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4 h. ago 'We said goodbye, I told her I loved her and I never saw her again'

Hollyoaks actress Frankie Jules-Hough and her unborn baby were killed on the M66 as a new campaign has been launched to help save lives

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4 h. ago Former MI6 Chief: Putin lacks rationality unless in a ‘permanent state of antagonism’

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger told The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Vladimir Putin lacks rationality unless in a “permanent state of antagonism,” offering Russia only “security.” This remark comes just months after the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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4 h. ago ‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?

US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguidedWere conservatives right to question Covid lockdowns? Were the liberals who defended them less grounded in science than they believed? And did liberal dismissiveness of the other side come at a cost that Americans will continue to pay for many years?A new book by two political scientists argues yes to all three questions, making the case that the aggressive policies that the US and other countries adopted to fight Covid – including school shutdowns, business closures, mask mandates and social distancing – were in some cases misguided and in many cases deserved more rigorous public debate. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'Guy made cannibal confession to me on our first date – I was so creeped out'

A woman has recalled a disastrous date that started out okay but descended into chaos when the man told her all about his 'creepy' fantasy - and made her run for the hills

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7 h. ago Musk may soon leave the White House, but his bromance with Trump will remain

Rather than an explosive split that many predicted, Musk instead appears set to keep close ties with Trump and retain influence on US politicsAfter months of exerting extraordinary power over the US government and becoming a mascot for Donald Trump’s new administration, the first signs that Elon Musk may shift away from his prominent role in the White House began to appear this week.Both Trump and JD Vance have stated in interviews over the past few days that Musk would eventually leave the administration and the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) that he founded, their most direct statements yet on his tenure. Politico also reported on Wednesday that Trump had told members of his inner circle that the Tesla CEO would be departing in the coming weeks, though Musk called the article “fake news”. Musk is a “special government employee”, a designation that technically carries a 130-day term that, depending on how the administration chooses to log those days, could run out at ...

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7 h. ago ‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief

US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging by a thread” at a time of surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the international charity leader Jan Egeland has said.In a stinging attack on aid cuts and the “nationalistic winds” blowing across Europe and the US, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s head told the Guardian how people were living out in the open, in overcrowded, unsanitary displacement encampments around the city of Goma, where 1.2 million people have had to flee from their homes as the M23 rebels advanced through the DRC’s North and South Kivu provinces. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Man shot by cops 'had built his own gun and dreamt of shoot outs'

David Joyce, 38, reportedly told a neighbour that he believed cameras were following him around and that he became paranoid that the police "are out to get me."

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9 h. ago Milton Keynes police shooting victim David Joyce 'had built his own gun and dreamt of shoot outs'

Shooting victim David Joyce, 38, reportedly told a neighbour that he believed cameras were following him around and that he became paranoid that the police "are out to get me"

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9 h. ago ‘Told her that parents are in London’: Kin of Muskan, Saurabh may move court seeking custody of their 6

‘Told her that parents are in London’: Kin of Muskan, Saurabh may move court seeking custody of their 6-year-old daughter  The Indian Express

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10 h. ago Ian Holloway explains what brought him back to football despite fears for modern game

EXCLUSIVE: Ian Holloway returned from four years away to lift Swindon Town away from League Two relegation concerns and last week penned a new long-term contract - even if much about the game rubs him up the wrong way

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10 h. ago Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to returnAn Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to the UK has been told by the Home Office it is safe for her to return after officials rejected her asylum claim.Mina (not her real name) worked for western government-backed projects and was involved in training and mentoring women across Afghanistan, which left her in grave danger even before the Taliban took over in 2021. Continue reading...

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