17 m. ago Only two more Republicans needed to force vote on Epstein files release, bill co

Bipartisan House group is trying to force vote on legislation despite objections from Donald Trump and Mike JohnsonTrump can’t use Alien Enemies Act, court rulesAs part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the federal justice department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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19 m. ago DC mayor Bowser signs order aligning city with Trump’s military occupation

Order sets rules for federal forces as locals stage noise protests, block indictments and demand home ruleUS politics live – latest updatesWashington DC’s mayor, Muriel Bowser bowed to Donald Trump’s military occupation of the nation’s capital Tuesday, signing an executive order that formalizes cooperation with federal forces even as residents push back against the deployment.The Tuesday order establishes the “Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center” – borrowing from Trump’s own branding – to institutionalize collaboration between city officials and various federal agencies including the FBI. Continue reading...

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22 m. ago Dogs To Share A Bed With 2025: Here are the 11 breeds of adorable dog that make dream bed buddies

You should get a great night’s sleep with these perfect pooches.

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32 m. ago Radiohead announce tour with four London dates as fans 'freak out' over first stage comeback in seven years

The English rock band have not played together onstage since 2018

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33 m. ago A boy contemplates life from a caravan window: Nik Roche’s best photograph

‘This kid went into the caravan and looked out at me. Does he look reflective? Sad? I think he is staring out of the window and seeing the world at his feet’Having designed and built gardens all my life, I bought my first camera when I was 47. Photography gave me an opportunity to have conversations about myself through questioning others. I don’t just take some snaps and then go, I fully immerse myself in the lives of the friends I make. Who am I to speak on anybody’s behalf if I haven’t experienced what they have, myself?I photograph where I live, in south Wales, because I know it better than anywhere else, but in this case I wanted to document a community I lived near but wasn’t part of. The body of work this picture is part of came about as a result of working with people who have been in and out of prison and become trapped in a cycle of incarceration, freedom then back to incarceration. I was wondering what draws them back to the place where they committed all their crimes. Co...

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41 m. ago Cheap, healthy, sustainable and delicious – why mussels are a no

Fans say they’re the perfect food. No wonder they’re having a moment on restaurant menus. But how hard is this shellfish to prepare at home?It might be that they’re cheap. It might be that they’re healthy. But, in all likelihood, it’s “because they are just delicious”, says seafood chef Mitch Tonks. Whatever the reason, mussels are having a moment. Where once moules meant marinière (the classic French dish with white wine and parsley), now you can find them skewered, popcorned, pickled, barbecued, and even breaded and served in a burger bun.Mussels are making waves not just along the coast of Britain but in restaurants and recipes across the land. And they are being greeted with growing excitement, too, because, unlike the majority of food that becomes a fad, creating spikes in demand that cannot help but damage a group of people or their environment, there are no downsides to going mad for mussels. Continue reading...

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49 m. ago Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart | Simon Tisdall

The three-way partnership on show in Beijing is united in opposition to US hegemony and a western-dominated financial systemSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreDonald Trump’s first reaction to the disconcerting spectacle of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un marching side-by-side at a huge military parade in Beijing was, predictably, all about him. This show of solidarity and strength, he complained, was nothing less than an attempt to “conspire” against the United States. Trump likes military parades – his own, that is. Even more, he likes to be on the podium, at the centre of attention. He casts himself as world number one. The images coming out of the Chinese capital this week challenged him on all three counts.This puncturing of Trump’s insecure ego, and the striking feebleness of his response, will greatly grat...

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53 m. ago Northern Lights Scotland 2025: Scots share amazing pictures of second night of stunning Aurora Borealis

Hundreds of people captured the stunning sight which lit up skies across Scotland.

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65 m. ago Emma giving away up to £326 worth of gifts with a mattress including pillows and duvet

Emma was voted as the Most Trusted Mattress in a Box Brand in 2025.

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68 m. ago Best Scottish Autumn Walks 2025: Here are 15 of the most stunning places to visit

Looking to stretch your legs? Out readers have some suggestions.

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77 m. ago ‘Let him come to Moscow,’ Putin says about peace talks with Zelenskyy – Europe live

Russian president questions legitimacy of Ukrainian government as Zelenskyy ramps up diplomatic efforts in Denmark and Polish president prepares to meet Donald TrumpPutin was also asked about the prospect of more EU sanctions against Russia or its allies, including China and India.He said the leaders did not discuss this during their recent conversations.“I think there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. We will see.Otherwise, we will be forced to resolve all our objective objectives through military means.” Continue reading...

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77 m. ago Radiohead announce 2025 UK and European tour – including London O2 residency

Radiohead announce 2025 UK and European tour – including London O2 residency  NME

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80 m. ago Epstein survivor describes abuse as lawmakers push for release of case files – live

Rally comes as bipartisan House group attempt to force vote on legislation to release Epstein files despite objections from Donald Trump and Mike JohnsonTrump can’t use Alien Enemies Act, court rulesAs part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the federal justice department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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80 m. ago ‘We just want to race’: Riders demand tighter security after protesters halt Vuelta

Bilbao stage disruption latest in series of incidentsCPA says ‘unacceptable’ to put race competitors at riskThe Professional Cyclists’ Association (CPA) has demanded better security at the Vuelta a España after protesters disrupted stages in recent days, with one rider crashing when demonstrators ran on to the road.The CPA expressed concern about rider safety after incidents on Tuesday’s stage 10 and Wednesday’s stage 11, as well as last week’s team time trial when protesters holding Palestinian flags stopped the Israel-Premier Tech team. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Radiohead have announced six massive London shows in November 2025

Radiohead have announced six massive London shows in November 2025  Time Out Worldwide

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99 m. ago ‘I watched the bombs fall. I watched the mothers’: how do we grieve the children of Gaza?

Palestine is not a metaphor. And yet – I’ve superimposed every experience of my own mothering these last months on to PalestineThe last time I carried a life, I got to hear her heartbeat exactly three times before it stopped. It was my fifth pregnancy. After the final appointment, the one where the surgeon furrowed her brow as she looked at the ultrasound, I walked down First Avenue. It was winter. It was the year after the pandemic had begun. I was feral with grief. I snapped at strangers, cried in the bodega, etc. I’d spent a year getting pregnant, then unpregnant. I’d wake in the middle of the night and remember: heartbeat, heartbeat. At times, I felt absurd for my grief. I couldn’t ascertain what the metric of a mother was, what goalpost had to be met. Had I met it? Surely grief like this – love like this – had to be more deeply earned?Three years later, I went under anesthesia again for another egg retrieval. At this point, I had a baby, nearly 18 months old. The surgery was on...

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99 m. ago Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of

In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist and gamer on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real lifeThe game I’m most looking forward to right now is Big Walk, the latest title from House House, creators of the brilliant Untitled Goose Game. A cooperative multiplayer adventure where players are let loose to explore an open world, I’m interested to see what emergent gameplay comes out of it. Could Big Walk allow for a kind of community archaeology with friends? I certainly hope so.When games use environmental storytelling in their design – from the positioning of objects to audio recordings or graffiti – they invite players to role play as archaeologists. Game designer Ben Esposito infamously joked back in 2016 that environmental storytelling is the “art of placing skulls near a toilet” – which might have been a jab at the tropes of games like the Fallout series, but his quip demonstrates how archaeological gaming narratives can be. After all, the incongruity ...

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1 hour ago Wishaw man scoops prestigious award for his work as site manager in Hamilton

Stuart Gillespie is celebrating after winning a Pride in the Job 2025 Quality Award from the National House-Building Council (NHBC), recognising his outstanding work at Oakwood View in Hamilton.

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1 hour ago Vitesse Arnhem celebrate after reprieve reinstates them into Dutch league

Experts believed club had 1% chance of survivalTies to Roman Abramovich led to KNVB’s investigationVitesse Arnhem have been dealt a dramatic reprieve after an appeals court ruled against the Royal Dutch Football Association’s (KNVB) decision to revoke their professional licence.Vitesse looked doomed after a civil court in Utrecht judged in favour of the KNVB last month, appearing to confirm the 133-year-old club would be kicked out of the Netherlands’ second division. Many supporters were resigned to at least one season in the cold after no arrangement to continue in amateur football could be reached, but they will now be able to watch their team again after a shock turnaround on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to comedian’s career armageddon

What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for award-winning writerIt was as he was lying on a hospital trolley, after surgery to treat testicular cancer in 2018, that Graham Linehan picked up his phone and first definitively waded into the issue of trans rights.According to his memoir, Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy, and subsequent media interviews, the Irish-born comedian could not remember quite what he wrote in those groggy early tweets but it nailed “my colours to the gender-critical mast”. Continue reading...

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