41 m. ago Trump’s Navy chief is calling for giant lasers to be included on new battleships

US has not commissioned a battleship in more than eight decades

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2 h. ago Thief fails to bring home bacon as delivery driver foils meat heist

A thief failed to bring home the bacon after he attempted to steal £120 worth of meat from Smithfield Market in London, but was stopped by a delivery driver.

Society

3 h. ago Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances

As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?Davos live – latest updatesDonald Trump has told the Davos economic forum “without us, most countries would not even work”, but for the first time in decades, many western leaders have come to the opposite conclusion: they will function better without the US.Individually and collectively, they have decided “to live in truth” – the phrase used by the Czech dissident Vaclav Havel and referenced by the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, in his widely praised speech at Davos on Tuesday. They will no longer pretend the US is a reliable ally, or even that the old western alliance exists. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Calls for bus route axed more than half a decade ago to return

Discussions are being had

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3 h. ago Coolest shower curtains to bring a splash of decadence to your bathroom

Rub a dub dub, time to dress the tub

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4 h. ago Return to Silent Hill review – video game horror series births another middling movie

Director Christopher Gans returns to the haunted town franchise but can’t seem to figure out what to do with itThere’s an admirable loyalty, maybe even poetry, in a film-maker returning to an unpromising, barely-there movie series 20 years after his first crack became a minor hit. The horror film Silent Hill, based on a video game of the same name, has garnered a cult following in the decades since its 2006 release, but it’s not exactly a genre classic nor beloved franchise, with a single little-seen 2012 sequel to its name – until now. Return to Silent Hill brings back the first film’s director Christopher Gans for a new story set in the same ash-strewn ghost town, this one based on the Silent Hill 2 video game. Characters in these movies tend to wander into a place that is obviously haunted or cursed, refusing to leave even after it becomes clear that they should, and only decide to escape after it’s too late. Maybe Gans can relate.Or maybe he’s the only man for the job because no...

Culture

4 h. ago What will cause the weather 'battleground' set to bring heavy snow to Scotland?

The Met Office predicts snow on higher ground in Scotland and northern England as temperatures fall in coming days

Events

4 h. ago Trump team accused of lowering the value of a human life from millions to ‘zero’ dollars: report

For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefit costs associated with reducing air pollution by setting limits on two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants. That is no longer the case

Politics

4 h. ago ‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnishedIn August 1972, the front page of the New York Times arts section published a story titled, Time to Break the Silence on Paul Robeson? The legendary bass-baritone spent the first half of the 20th century as one of the greatest talents the US had ever produced, and its second, both in life and in death as an outcast, the greatest casualty of the second Red Scare period to which today’s current attacks on liberal and progressive politics draw comparison.This week marks 50 years since Robeson’s death and the silence remains. His erasure from the lineage over the decades shows that what Robeson’s political opponents did not take from him, the years have most certainly. Robeson’s decoupling from the story of African American culture has been so complete that in the half-century since his death, even generations of Black Americans have never heard of him...

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4 h. ago Cuba: an exhausted society on the brink of a humanitarian crisis

In this week’s newsletter: how mass exodus is bringing Cuba closer to collapse, Iran protests, and the new motorway dividing MumbaiIn a world where geopolitical flashpoints push global media to focus on a narrow group of countries, turning vast regions into virtual news deserts, Cuba is a remarkable exception. For decades, it was scrutinised intensively; now it has slipped into obscurity as an undercovered Caribbean island.Rather than adopting the ideological biases that shaped 20th-century debates about Cuba under Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, I recently sought to show the Guardian’s global audience the challenging circumstances faced by the Cuban people, which were evident when I visited Havana. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Prue Leith's heartbreaking 'I haven't got much longer' admission before quitting Bake Off

Dame Prue Leith has announced she will be stepping down as a judge on Great British Bake Off after almost a decade

Events

5 h. ago Trump team accused of putting ‘zero value on human life’ after ending report on healthcare costs from air pollution

For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefit costs associated with reducing air pollution by setting limits on two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, until now

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5 h. ago Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith quits show after nine years and reveals reason for exit

The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, who replaced Mary Berry as a judge in 2017, has announced she is stepping down from the Channel 4 hit after almost a decade,

Politics

5 h. ago Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated, Pew surveys find

Surveys by the Pew Research Center find the Catholic population in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade

Politics

5 h. ago Here’s how to fix America’s immigration system. Trump’s path is not the solution | Kenneth Roth

A grand bargain on immigration could address problems with both the old approach and Trump’s new approachImmigration is one of the most divisive issues facing the United States, as it is in many countries. An ICE agent’s killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is only the latest outrage that has brought the issue to the fore.Facing a 30 January deadline to renew funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which houses ICE, Democrats are now insisting on limits on ICE, at risk of another shutdown. It may be a pipe dream, but it is worth asking whether now might finally be a time to forge the long-elusive bipartisan agreement on immigration.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch (1993-2022), is a visiting professor at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs. His book, Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments, is published by Knopf and Allen Lane Continue reading...

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5 h. ago A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood review – getting through the day

Alex Jennings’s performance hums with buried rage in Christopher Isherwood’s landmark exploration of griefAt the start of A Single Man, George Falconer wakes up at home in the morning and drags himself despondently to the bathroom. There he stares at himself in the mirror, observing not so much a face as “the expression of a predicament a dull harassed stare, a coarsened nose, a mouth dragged down by the corners into a grimace as if at the sourness of its own toxins, cheeks sagging from their anchors of muscle”.Set in 1962, Christopher Isherwood’s landmark novel follows a day in the life of a 58-year-old British expat and college professor living in California. George is silently trying to come to terms with the death of his partner, Jim, after a car accident. We accompany him from his morning ablutions – during which he reflects on the judgment of his homophobic neighbour Mrs Strunk – and his drive to work, to a teaching session, a gym workout and a drink with his friend Charley. T...

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6 h. ago Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast

Meteorologists warn that a stretched polar vortex could bring severe winter weather to much of the United States

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6 h. ago Celeb Traitors’ Cat Burns wears a tight top for first time in decades to show off results of breast reduction

CAT Burns has shown off her figure in a tight top for the first time in decades after having a breast reduction. The Celebrity Traitors star took the plunge and had the operation last week, after years of struggling with her larger chest. And in a new TikTok video, the 25-year-old singer delightedly donned a...

Events

6 h. ago Inquests into the deaths of babies murdered by Lucy Letby to open next month

Cheshire Coroner's Court said inquests into the deaths of Letby's victims would be opened on February 4 - in some cases more than a decade after the infants died.

Events

6 h. ago Major change at 1,300 outlets at supermarkets over 'old mobile phones'

The service allows people to bring unwanted smartphones branches and payment is issued within minutes.

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