54 m. ago Trump rails about ‘rampant’ crime and social security fraud without evidence – live updates

Trump also claims his domestic policy bill, which he signed into law last month, enshrines ‘no tax’ on social security for America’s seniorsMelania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has threatened to sue if he does not.Biden, the son of the former president Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that Epstein introduced the first lady to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Hit horror Weapons doesn’t have a deeper meaning but that’s OK | Jesse Hassenger

A frenzied search for answers in the wake of the box office smash has some assuming there’s a weightier allegory but its power is in something simpler and more primalMajor spoilers aheadFor years now, horror fans and critics have grown increasingly and understandably impatient with the tendency of genre films to orient their scares toward a clearly conveyed central metaphor.The real monster in these movies is parenthood, personal trauma or that old horror-movie standby, grief. Writer-director Zach Cregger is no stranger to this line of thinking; his 2022 horror movie Barbarian is very much a spooky-creature-in-the-basement movie for the #MeToo era. Now Cregger has returned with a movie that may well stymie anyone who has been trained by the last decade to search for an easy-to-track allegory within their viscerally depicted fears. His new movie Weapons has received mostly rave reviews and positive audience response. But at least a few critics and fans are pivoting from complaining a...

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2 h. ago King Charles' tribute to VJ Day heroes: Monarch echoes his grandfather George VI in inspirational message 80 years on from end of World War Two

The King will tell the nation tomorrow how the sacrifice of the heroes of VJ Day will never be forgotten. 

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2 h. ago King Charles will address the nation tomorrow morning at 7.30am

In words echoed by his grandfather, King George VI, King Charles has acknowledged the service and sacrifice of those who fought and died in the Second World War.

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2 h. ago MSNBC pundit George Conway compares Trump to ‘Tony Soprano’ over DC crime crackdown

President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., this week

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3 h. ago The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Disney+ review: twists itself in knots

Amanda Knox and Monica Lewinsky have collaborated on this convoluted eight-part miniseries that takes creative swings and misses

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4 h. ago LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games

LA28 to allow corporate names on competition venuesComcast, Honda first naming partners in Games historyMove marks break from Olympics’ clean venue traditionFor the first time in Olympic and Paralympic history, competition venues will carry corporate names, breaking from the longstanding “clean venue” tradition.That policy, also enforced at other mega-events like the Fifa World Cup, requires stadiums and arenas to strip or cover all non-official sponsor branding, including naming rights signage. The aim is to protect the exclusivity of global partners who pay millions for official status. In past events, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium became “Arsenal Stadium” for Uefa matches, and New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will be known as “New York New Jersey Stadium” during the 2026 World Cup. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago EastEnders Maisie Smith provides health update on boyfriend Max George after heart surgery

The pair have been dating since 2022 after initially meeting on Strictly Come Dancing

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4 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star George Clarke is revealed as secret nepo baby with a VERY successful dad

YouTuber George Clark was yesterday announced as the sixth celebrity contestant for Strictly 2025. But his showbiz roots go deeper than his online personality.

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4 h. ago MAGA lawmaker Anna Paulina Luna claims Congress has seen proof of ‘interdimensional beings’

‘Based on the photos that I’ve seen, I’m very confident that there’s things out there that have not been created by mankind,’ Florida congresswoman says

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5 h. ago George Clarke breaks down on air after an emotional Kitchen vs Garden transformation

George Clarke was moved to tears during an episode of Kitchen vs Garden this week when he helped a couple completely transform a home they inherited from a loved one

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5 h. ago Viral TikToker lands major role with Sean Bean after Keira Knightley impressions

One TikTok creator has been busy building up his comedy and acting CV, and has now been cast in a major new historical epic

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5 h. ago Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works produced by company behind Slow Horses

The film about the Irish singer who died in 2023 will be directed by Josephine Decker, with involvement from Slow Horses producers See-SawA biopic of Sinéad O’Connor is in the works, with its backers including the company involved in Nothing Compares, the acclaimed 2022 documentary about the singer.According to Variety, the film will be directed by Josephine Decker, who made a much-liked biopic of horror writer Shirley Jackson, starring Elisabeth Moss, in 2020. The script will be by Stacey Gregg, who has credits on TV series Mary and George, Little Birds and The Letter for the King. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Taylor Swift reveals awkward dilemma when meeting Prince William with Travis Kelce

When Prince William and his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte met the popstar, there was one big dilemma Swift and her famous boyfriend encountered

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6 h. ago Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works II album review – Mallarmé miniatures shine brightly

Barron/Duhamel/OBC Barcelona/Morlot(L’Auditori)Ludovic Morlot creates a shimmering web around soprano Fleur Barron’s lucid vocals in Trois Poèmes, on an album that also showcases Shéhérazade and Don QuichotteThe first disc of Ludovic Morlot’s Ravel survey with the Barcelona orchestra of which he’s been music director since 2022 appeared last year. That included two of Ravel’s best known scores: the suite Le Tombeau de Couperin and the ballet Mother Goose. At the heart of this latest instalment are Ravel’s three orchestral song cycles: the mezzo soprano Fleur Barron sings Shéhérazade, the 1904 settings of poems by Tristan Klingsor, and the 1913 Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, while between them the baritone Alexandre Duhamel is the soloist in the charming product of Ravel’s old age, which was originally intended as a film score, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, from 1933.For all the oriental beauty of Shéhérazade, delivered with suitably seductive warmth by Barron, it is the Mallarmé min...

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6 h. ago Watch live: World Humanoid Robot Games opening ceremony kicks off in China

Watch live as Beijing hosts the opening ceremony for the World 2025 Humanoid Robot Games on Thursday (14 August).

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6 h. ago Several people treated following chemical spill at Guy’s Hospital

The incident happened when chemicals were mixed inside a plant room, creating chlorine gas.

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6 h. ago Donbas: Why Russia is desperate to capture eastern Ukraine’s industrial heartland

Fully giving up Donbas could have ‘catastrophic consequences’, according to experts

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7 h. ago Terrifying moment Boeing 747 wing smashes into runway while landing during typhoon in Taiwan

This is the shocking moment a Boeing 747 freighter's wing struck the runway during landing in Taipei, creating sparks that lit up the tarmac as the plane made contact.

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7 h. ago Fruit purees to add class to homemade summer cocktails | Hannah Crosbie on drinks

A good cocktail takes skill, and one of those skills is preparing the right ingredients There are many reasons I’ve never had a bar cart. For one thing, there’s something sublimely Abigail’s Party about having an area solely dedicated to drinking. Plus a bar cart says: “I have my life together! Friends regularly visit my house and enjoy doing so!” (Both things I’m unable to verify.)My new home, however, comes complete with a drinks trolley, yet I’m scared to touch it. Why? Mainly because I just don’t think I’m capable of producing something I’ll actually like. Besides chucking some cold gin in a coupe and dropping in a poorly cut toenail of lemon, my mixologist skills begin and end at lumping a few liquids in a jug and calling it a “lazy girl cocktail” – although “cocktail” feels a rather grandiose term for creating what is, essentially, a domestic version of a Wetherspoon’s pitcher. Continue reading...

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