50 m. ago Danish intelligence accuse the US of using economic power to ‘assert will’ over allies

The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland which is vital to America’s national security Danish intelligence services have accused the US of using its economic power to “assert its will” and threatening military force against its allies.The comments, made in its annual assessment released this week, mark the first time that the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) has listed the US as a threat to the country. Denmark, the report warns, is “facing more and more serious threats and security policy challenges than in many years”. Continue reading...

Economics

68 m. ago Martin Kemp says he's 'back with girlfriend' after I'm A Celeb 'snub'

The Spandau Ballet star was voted off I'm A Celebrity as the sixth celebrity to leave the jungle, and has now reunited with his full family with a cheeky social media post

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73 m. ago Eastern European grooming gang jailed for a total of four decades for sexually exploiting vulnerable schoolgirls after plying them with cigarettes and alcohol

Codrin Dura, 27, Leonard Paun, 24, Stefan Ciuraru, 23, Bogdan Gugiuman, 44, and Klaudio Aleksiu, 28, were all convicted of committing serious sex offences against a total of six teenage girls.

Events

80 m. ago Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland

The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new realityWhen are we going to get the message? I joked a few months back that, when it comes to Donald Trump, Europe needs to learn from Sex and the City’s Miranda Hobbes and realise that “He’s just not that into you”. After this past week, it’s clear that understates the problem. Trump’s America is not merely indifferent to Europe – it’s positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.The depth of US hostility was revealed most explicitly in the new US national security strategy, or NSS, a 29-page document that serves as a formal statement of the foreign policy of the second Trump administration. There is much there to lament, starting with the sceptical quote marks that appear around the sole reference to “climate change”, but the ...

Politics

1 hour ago ‘A crisis involving Salah is a crisis for the nation’: Egypt backs ‘golden child’

The view from his homeland is that Salah’s character and past form should allow for his outburst, while Jamie Carragher has been scalded for his hot takesMohamed Salah’s stature in Egypt means his every move dominates public discourse. It was therefore entirely predictable that the forward’s comments after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw at Leeds – where he was relegated to the bench for a third consecutive game – he would become the singular, all-consuming topic across his homeland’s sports media.“Egyptian media was always going to stand by Salah,” says the Egyptian journalist and co-founder of the sports website KingFut, Adam Moustafa. “When you look at the content over the last five years or so of Egyptian football, 60-70% has been based around him. He’s a unique status that we’ve never had, for someone abroad to be so successful. He’s the golden child of Egypt.” Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago Tate director Maria Balshaw to step down from role in spring 2026

Her final project will be an exhibition at Tate Modern celebrating the work of Dame Tracey Emin.

Politics

2 h. ago Eamonn Holmes claims 'wokeism' is ruining TV and bosses are 'scared' of hiring controversial presenters

The GB News presenter, 66, made the comment as he appeared on his son Declan's new podcast Founder&Family Collective on Friday.

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2 h. ago Trump raises eyebrows with strange remark about Melania's 'wonderful boy'

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with online commenters when he called his son, Barron Trump, First Lady Melania Trump's 'wonderful boy.'

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3 h. ago First state announces to have cut ties with PBS due to ‘not feasible’ costs

The commission cited annual membership dues of approximately $2.5 million as ‘not feasible’

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3 h. ago RFK Jr is a danger to public health – but local Maha laws could be a bigger threat | Katrina vanden Heuvel

An array of under-the-radar initiatives are taking hold across the US, often tied to immunization, fluoridation and raw milkEven within the freak show that is Donald Trump’s cabinet, the health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a singular knack for dominating the headlines with the most disturbing sort of carnivalesque spectacle.In recent months, he’s amplified harmful misinformation linking Tylenol and autism and dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. And even as that agency debated and ultimately scrapped its hepatitis B vaccination recommendation for many newborns, Kennedy courted further controversy for his alleged involvement in a tabloid-fodder love triangle.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of the Nation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Continue reading...

Society

3 h. ago David Walliams cuts a sombre figure as he's seen for the first time since revealing he'll be spending Christmas apart from son Alfred, 12

The Little Britain star, 54, who was 'cancelled' in 2022 after making offensive comments during a break in Britain's Got Talent auditions, cut a sombre figure.

Politics

4 h. ago Luke Littler reveals he will SNUB BBC Sports Personality of the Year party

Luke Littler revealed he will not be attending the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony next week.

Politics

4 h. ago Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game | Marina Hyde

In World Cup parlance, Qatar was Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s qualifier. Now it’s the big time for Trump’s dictator-curious protegeI used to think Fifa’s recent practice of holding the World Cup in autocracies was because it made it easier for world football’s governing body to do the things it loved: spend untold billions of other people’s money and siphon the profits without having to worry about boring little things like human rights or public opinion. Which, let’s face it, really piss around with your bottom line.But for a while now, that view has seemed ridiculously naive, a bit like assuming Recep Erdoğan followed Vladimir Putin’s election-hollowing gameplan just because hey, he’s an interested guy who likes to read around a lot of subjects. So no: Fifa president Gianni Infantino hasn’t spent recent tournaments cosying up to authoritarians because it made his life easier. He’s done it to learn from the best. And his latest decree this week simply confirms Fifa is now a fu...

Sport

4 h. ago AI is filling the God void for many – but is ChatGPT really something to worship? | Brigid Delaney

Comforting reassurance was once the work of the church. Now it’s increasingly being sought from the machineA few summers ago I attended two funerals in a week.One was for a man who was atheist and had lots of worldly success. The second was for a woman who was Catholic, raised three children and lived a much quieter life.This is a special way of being afraid No trick dispels. Religion used to try, That vast moth-eaten musical brocade Created to pretend we never die Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Jamie Carragher takes fresh swipe at Mo Salah with startling Arne Slot claim

Jamie Carragher tore into Mo Salah for comments made in his bombshell interview and now the Liverpool legend has taken another swipe, as the Anfield standoff continues

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5 h. ago Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse

Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take actionNowadays there seems to be nonstop discussion about AI, with much of the conversation focused on whether there’s a speculative bubble or whether the chipmaker Nvidia is really worth $5tn or whether OpenAI will beat its rivals in developing new generations of artificial intelligence. But the vast majority of Americans – just like the vast majority of Europeans and Asians – couldn’t care less about those things.Their big concern is whether AI is going to cause huge layoffs and create a disastrous job market, especially for younger workers. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, a leading AI company, fed those fears when he said that AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years and increase unemployment in the US to 10% to 20%. In October, Bernie Sanders, the top Democrat on the Senate education and labor committee, i...

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6 h. ago Andrew Tate tells Chase DeMoor he will regret 'hospital' comments

The pair have traded verbal jabs since confirmation of their bout, but Tate was left rather enraged by Chase DeMoor's brutal promise

Science

6 h. ago Rio Ferdinand's 'accessible' comments make World Cup ticket prices look like a sick joke

Supporters groups are outraged by how much it will cost to attend matches next summer with FIFA asking for over £3,000 for the cheapest seat at the final in New Jersey

Politics

6 h. ago EU’s 2035 petrol and diesel car ban will be watered down, says senior MEP

Decision would anger environmental campaigners, who say it would amount to ‘gutting’ of green dealBusiness live – latest updates The EU’s outright ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 is poised to be watered down, a senior European parliament politician has said.The decision, expected to be unveiled by the European Commission on Tuesday in Strasbourg, would be a divisive move, angering environmental campaigners who argue it would amount to the “gutting” of the EU’s flagship green deal. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago 'There have always been so many comments around my weight': Call The Midwife's Helen George reveals how strangers have body

It wouldn't be Christmas without a Call The Midwife special - and after 14 years of ups and downs, both HELEN GEORGE and her character Trixie have emerged stronger.

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