2 h. ago Thousands of Afghans face expulsion from US as Trump removes protections

‘Profound concern’ as administration says Afghanistan safe to return to despite dangers posed by Taliban regimeThousands of Afghans who fled to the US as the Taliban grabbed power again in Afghanistan are in mortal dread of being deported back to danger in the coming weeks amid the Trump administration’s anti-immigration crackdown.Many, including some who assisted US forces in Afghanistan before the botched withdrawal by the military in 2021, are contending with threats to their legal status in the US on several fronts. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince

The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public fundingHow green is this? We pay billions of pounds to cut down ancient forests in the US and Canada, ship the wood across the Atlantic in diesel tankers, then burn it in a Yorkshire-based power station.Welcome to the scandal of Drax, where Britain’s biggest polluter gets to play climate hero. The reality is that billions in public subsidies has enabled Drax to generate electricity by burning 300m trees. Now the government is trying to force through an extension that would grant Drax an estimated £1.8bn in public subsidies on top of the £11bn it has already pocketed, keeping this circus going until at least 2031.Dale Vince is a green energy industrialist and campaigner Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Bookkeeper's killer might never reveal darkest secret after umbrella clue emerges

The loved ones of murdered Suzanne Pilley remain in a state of 'limbo' without a body to lay to rest, while her callous killer, David Gilroy, appears intent on taking the location to his own grave, in what is believed to be a disturbing bid for 'power'

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9 h. ago A Different Kind of Power review: This political memoir is merely a warm embrace

It seems a pity that the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey nabbed the title, Why I Care, for his recent memoir, because it would have been just the thing for Jacinda Ardern’s, which is about this very subject. Instead she makes do with A Different Kind of Power — and how different hers is can be judged from the dedication, to “the criers, worriers and huggers”.

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13 h. ago King Charles has delighted Ascot racegoers for four consecutive days in a display that proves that, at 76, the Monarch has staying power

Despite still undergoing weekly treatment for cancer more than a year after his initial diagnosis, His Majesty braved soaring temperatures to attend the world-famous race meet each day.

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13 h. ago 'We made a change after Covid that's let us quit our jobs to travel the world'

Ryan Losasso and Jade Beaty, 30, are now known as Live The Dash and travel across the world filming their exploits for their TikTok account, which is followed by 505,000 people

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15 h. ago King Charles has delighted Ascot racegoers for four consecutive days in a display that proves that, at 77, the Monarch has staying power

Despite still undergoing weekly treatment for cancer more than a year after his initial diagnosis, His Majesty braved soaring temperatures to attend the world-famous race meet each day.

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15 h. ago Pound's strength means Brits could be in for summer holiday spending boost

The strength of the pound against most other currencies has boosted Brits' spending power when they head abroad this summer, research had found, in some cases by a lot

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19 h. ago Major heatwave water warning for seven areas as Brits urged to act immediately

Affinity Water is one of several water firms warning its customers to cut down on water usage as the recent heatwave places a strain on the UK's reservoir network

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22 h. ago No Friend but the Mountains at Barbican: 'speaks powerfully to the plight of refugees worldwide'

Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week

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23 h. ago BYD’s new EV flash chargers are as fast as petrol pumps – here’s when they’re arriving in the UK

Ultra-fast 1,000kW Flash Chargers set to roll out in the UK from next year, if your car can handle the power

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24 h. ago Ebanie Bridges banned by Instagram over pic as boxer demands answer and fans fume at Meta

Boxing beauty Ebanie Bridges aka the Blonde Bomber has been left fuming after her social media account was banned due to a snap teasing her exclusive content

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26 h. ago White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open

One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021The Trump administration is moving to keep open two Michigan coal plants that emit about 45% of the state’s greenhouse gas pollution, which opponents say is an indication of how the US president plans to wield his controversial national energy emergency executive order.Already, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has ordered the JH Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan to remain open beyond its 31 May closure date, while the administration is expected to prolong the life of the Monroe power plant on Lake Erie, currently scheduled to begin closing in 2028. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Who is Iran’s supreme leader? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rise to power explained during Israel conflict

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crushed internal threats during more than three decades in power as Iran’s supreme leader

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28 h. ago Mötley Crüe recruit Dolly Parton for new version of Home Sweet Home

The rock legends have joined forces with none other than country music icon Dolly on a 40th anniversary version of the power ballad originally released on the 1985 album Theatre of Pain, and again in 1991 for the Decade of Decadence 81-91 compilation album.

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29 h. ago The $10bn LA Lakers sale proves sports have outgrown billionaires

The Lakers’ record sale underscores how owning elite sports franchises is increasingly beyond even the wealthiest individuals, shifting power toward corporate consortiumsThe sale of the Los Angeles Lakers is many things.First of all, it is a record. The glitziest team in basketball is changing hands at a valuation of $10bn, the biggest ever for a sports franchise. Second, it is probably an excellent deal for the buyer, even at that astonishing valuation. And third, the shift in majority ownership from the Buss family to an investment group led by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, is something else: inevitable. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago The $10bn LA Lakers sale proves sports have outgrown even most billionaires

The Lakers’ record sale underscores how owning elite sports franchises is increasingly beyond even the wealthiest individuals, shifting power toward corporate consortiumsThe sale of the Los Angeles Lakers is many things.First of all, it is a record. The glitziest team in basketball is changing hands at a valuation of $10bn, the biggest ever for a sports franchise. Second, it is probably an excellent deal for the buyer, even at that astonishing valuation. And third, the shift in majority ownership from the Buss family to an investment group led by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, is something else: inevitable. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Meghan Markle relaunches her merchandise empire: Duchess teases her fans ahead of release of new products from her As Ever brand today

Meghan Markle teased the launch with an Instagram post on her As Ever account at midnight Pacific Time (8am UK) today, with a photo of her smiling on a garden swing and the caption: 'No more sleeps'.

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31 h. ago Meghan Markle shares a new photo as she launches new products from her As Ever brand today (and promises fans 'sweet things and delicious surprises')

Meghan Markle teased the launch with an Instagram post on her As Ever account at midnight Pacific Time (8am UK) today, with a photo of her smiling on a garden swing and the caption: 'No more sleeps'.

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32 h. ago Grenfell: Uncovered review – heartwrenching account of avoidable tragedy

Bleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s heartwrenching and enraging documentary, digging at the causes and movingly interviewing survivors and their families, whose testimony is all but unbearable. At the very least, the film will remind you that when politicians smugly announce they wish to make a bonfire of regulations, they should be taken, under police escort if necessary, and made to stand at the foot of the tower. As for the housing secretary at the time of the tower’s refurbishment, the abysmally arrogant Eric Pickles, he was made a life peer in 2018.With the very considerable help of the housing-issues journalist Peter Apps, the film shows how the horror was created by a perfect storm of incompetence, mendacity, greed, and (that heartsinking phrase) systemic failure. The local council were keen to spruc...

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