6 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: In 55 years of covering politics, I've never accused any UK government of routinely telling untruths. But Starmer & Co have taken lying and gaslighting to a deplorable level

How can you tell when politicians are lying? Their lips are moving. It's a hoary old joke but it can still be guaranteed to raise a rueful chuckle among British voters disillusioned with the political process.

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63 h. ago Cleanse, moisturize and protect: how to start a skincare routine

With all the noisy marketing, how do we know what skin actually needs? It’s less than you may thinkTell us: how has your sex life changed after 60?To hear many social media influencers tell it, a proper skincare routine requires dozens of expensive lotions and potions applied in complex, multistep sequences multiple times a day, and an understanding of advanced chemistry that would put Marie Curie to shame.As customers stock up on all the creams, toners, masks and acids the epidermis supposedly requires, companies are cashing in. According to a 2024 report from the business consulting firm McKinsey & Company, global beauty-market sales reached $446bn in 2023. By 2028, sales are expected to reach $590bn.How to start meditatingHow to start weightliftingHow to start budgetingHow to start running Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Humza Yousaf describes Gaza as 'hell on earth' and accuses Israeli Government of trying to 'starve the population'

The former SNP leader accused Israeli leaders of wanting to make Gaza "uninhabitable" by destroying all of its buildings and infastructure.

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2 d. ago South Africa’s Ramaphosa expected to take golf stars to Trump meeting

Ernie Els and Retief Goosen reportedly part of delegation as president seeks to reset ties after white ‘genocide’ claimsThe South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to take the golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen with him to meet Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, as the government attempts to reset relations with the US amid Trump’s accusations that it is fomenting a white “genocide”.Ramaphosa’s appeal to Trump’s love of golf, with the potential inclusion of Els and Goosen reported by South African local media, is part of his efforts to avoid a public dressing down of the kind Trump gave to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in February. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump announces $25bn in funding for Golden Dome missile defense project – US politics live

Funding for Trump’s missile defense shield idea to protect the US from long-range strikes included in tax bill facing opposition from some RepublicansThese are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed.He’s lost the ability to push things through. ...

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3 d. ago Trump appears to have failed to get Republican holdouts behind tax bill – US politics live

Trump reportedly also told House Republicans ‘don’t fuck around with Medicare’; RFK Jr and Marco Rubio grilled by Senate commitees These are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed.He’s lost the ability to push things through. He’s lost that lust...

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3 d. ago Tony Bloom has Hearts title blueprint in place as Andrew McKinlay reveals why Neil Critchley failed

Bloom has made a formal offer of just under £10m to acquire a 29 per cent stake in the Tynecastle club

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3 d. ago RFK Jr pressed on defunded medical research in tense Senate hearing – live

Trump’s health secretary earlier called for other nations to withdraw from the World Health OrganizationThese are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed.He’s lost the ability to push things through. He’s lost that luster he had that at one time ...

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3 d. ago Ron DeSantis’s fall from grace: ‘He’s completely crashed to the ground’

Florida governor stands isolated from Trump and is feuding with Republicans at home – is he drifting to irrelevance?These are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Scots fishermen given '12 years of certainty' thanks to UK Government deal with EU

The SNP, Reform UK and the Conservatives all criticised the deal and accused the UK Government of selling out fishermen.

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4 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: The rush to throw in our lot with Brussels is unfathomable. If this deal is the shape of things to come we are truly doomed..

It's a pretty good deal, alright - for the European Union. What crumbs did we gratefully accept in return?

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7 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Donald Trump's 'bromance diplomacy' in the Middle East has achieved more in a few days than the conventional approach has in decades

Call it diplomacy by bromance. Donald Trump deployed it in the Middle East this week and made more progress in a few days than conventional diplomacy has made in decades.

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1 week ago Sussan Ley leaves possibility open of Coalition abandoning net zero targets but insists ‘there won’t be a climate war’

Liberal party’s first female leader narrowly defeats Angus Taylor with 29 ballot votes to 25, as Ted O’Brien elected deputyAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has left open the possibility the Coalition could abandon net zero emissions targets, but insists she is not interested in restarting Australia’s bitter climate wars.In her first press conference since being elected opposition leader earlier on Tuesday, Ley said all the Coalition’s policies were up for review after this month’s devastating election loss, including plans by the former leader Peter Dutton for the introduction of nuclear energy.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader and leaves possibility open of Coalition abandoning net zero targets

Ley narrowly defeats Angus Taylor to be elected new opposition leader, with Ted O’Brien as deputyAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has left open the possibility the Coalition could abandon net zero emissions targets, but insists she is not interested in restarting Australia’s bitter climate wars.In her first press conference since being elected opposition leader earlier on Tuesday, Ley said all the Coalition’s policies were up for review after this month’s devastating election loss, including plans by the former leader Peter Dutton for the introduction of nuclear energy.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader, narrowly defeating Angus Taylor in ballot

Ley elected 29 votes to 25 votes over the former shadow treasurer, with Ted O’Brien elected deputy leaderAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has become Australia’s first female opposition leader, beating Angus Taylor in the race for the Liberal leadership.Smashed in the 3 May federal election, Liberal MPs met to elect a new leadership team at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, without Peter Dutton, the former leader who lost his seat in the historic drubbing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Attorney General ‘raised no issue’ with services ban with Israeli settlements

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman accused the Government of ‘kicking the can down the road’.

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2 w. ago Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka released after arrest at Ice jail protest

Mayor’s wife accuses government of targeting her husband as video showed him being placed in handcuffs by officialsThe mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday and released after several hours.Baraka was released shortly after 8pm and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: “The reality is this: I didn’t do anything wrong.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago China, Russia, Iran, North Korea... The terrifying threat of the alliance of autocrats now menacing us seems utterly lost on Europe's naive leaders: ANDREW NEIL

There was a gathering of the ghouls in Moscow yesterday as Russia held its own commemoration of the end of the Second World War, bringing to life the image of an alliance of autocrats taking shape.

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2 w. ago Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world warThe former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump admin weighs cutting protections for mental health treatment coverage

The Trump Administration has until May 12 to decide whether it will defend the Biden-era regulations.

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