64 m. ago Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

Society

81 m. ago Mississippi Supreme Court map violates Voting Rights Act, judge rules

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of Black voters

Events

1 hour ago Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic review – US comic targets gun culture

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe slick standup’s fringe debut is full of searching questions about the right to keep and bear arms‘I’ve got a gun.” Nice to be pitched, with that opening line, straight into a show declaring itself different from the others. Zainab Johnson’s maiden fringe set – although she’s already a big noise in the US – gives an account of how she came to own a firearm. It’s not an explicitly political show – if a show about gun ownership by a black, Muslim, American female is allowed to be anything but. But Toxically Optimistic does invite engagement with some searching questions about guns, their use, and the safety they supposedly ensure – even if, so poised is Johnson’s delivery, you barely notice it doing so.Hers is that particularly American style of standup that can feel too polished for UK tastes: smiling, slick and a little bit frictionless. If a British comedian tells a dating story, you can bet they’ll be the butt of the joke; when Johnson does, it’s t...

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2 h. ago Venomous fish spotted on Scots beach as experts warn swimmers

The creatures have venomous spines on their dorsal fin that can deliver an extremely painful sting.

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3 h. ago New Harry Potter actor issues 'honest' verdict on franchise while filming series

The new Harry Potter actor, Scottish star Dominic McLaughlin, has given his "honest" opinion on the J.K. Rowling franchise amid filming for the upcoming HBO series

Culture

4 h. ago NHS worker's smile hid sickening desires which made colleagues' 'skin crawl'

Tracy Turner and her husband Stuart Compton pleaded guilty after they schemed to carry out horrific attacks on children, one of whom they said they wanted to 'dispose' of

Sport

5 h. ago Gladiators thrown into chaos as four stars injured while filming new series

Filming for the new series of Gladiators has been thrown into chaos after a number of its stars got injured during filming for the new series, as the programme prepares to return to our screens

Events

5 h. ago Who will win Celtic vs Kairat Almaty? Our writers deliver predictions for Champions League playoff first leg

Celtic have overcome Kazakhstan opposition on three previous occasions in Champions League qualifying

Society

5 h. ago Powell to deliver Jackson Hole address under fire on multiple fronts

Federal Reserve chair is under bombardment from Trump and battling an insurgency within the central bank

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Zelenskyy: Ukraine deserves better than 'better than we feared' | Editorial

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the US president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?The verdict on Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday depends entirely upon the metric used. The great fear was that this might prove a disaster along the lines of the US president’s dressing down of the Ukrainian leader in February – a scenario so plausible that Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and other key European leaders dropped everything to dash to the White House themselves in support.Following his red carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Mr Trump reportedly backed the idea that Ukraine should hand over the Donbas to achieve a peace deal. Even if one were naive enough to think that the Kremlin would see that as an end to conflict, rather than a staging post for a later offensive, it would not be a “land swap” but a land grab that Ukraine – for go...

Politics

5 h. ago Kathryn Bryce excels with bat as Manchester Originals thrash Trent Rockets

Bryce scored 61 from 45 deliveries while captain Beth Mooney landed four boundaries and one six in her 47 runs.

Events

6 h. ago "I didn’t see the point in anything because I was made to feel worthless"

Shamar Guthrie-Ellis pleaded guilty to offences such as coercive control against two victims, and assaulting a female police officer

Politics

6 h. ago Celtic summer signing not ready for Champions League as Brendan Rodgers delivers damning verdict

Celtic take on Kairat Almaty in the first leg of their playoff showdown at Parkhead on Wednesday night but one man’s not ready

Sport

6 h. ago Old workers discover if they're 'victims of age harassment' if young colleagues are loud

A tribunal judge has dismissed a case brought by Catherine Ritchie - an administrator in her 60s - that claimed her "boisterous" young co-staff's behaviour was age harassment

Events

6 h. ago Race to save woman stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak with broken leg and no food

Avid thrill seeker Natalia Nagovitsina has been stuck up Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for about a week after she suffered a significant injury and needed a sleeping bag to be delivered to her

Politics

7 h. ago There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney Blumenthal

The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurdAll the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting in Alaska. Flattering, coddling and petting the big baby appeared to have been in vain. Before the 15 August summit, the Europeans persuaded Trump to impose new sanctions if Putin would not agree to a ceasefire, which would serve as a prerequisite for any negotiations. But Trump willfully tossed policy like a stuffed animal out of the window of “the Beast,” the presidential car as he eagerly invited Putin to join him for a triumphant chariot ride.The Europeans scrambled once again, trying to get the addled Trump back on the page he was on before the summit. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sped to Washington to confer with Trump to try to pick up the pieces. At their last encounter, Trump jibed: “You don’t have any ...

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7 h. ago Dame Prue Leith declares 'finally' after Great British Bake Off news confirmed

The Bake Off judge confirmed she'll be back as the new series airs in just a few weeks

Politics

7 h. ago Asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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7 h. ago Epping council wins High Court fight to evict asylum seekers from hotel as judge grants bombshell injunction

Asylum seekers will be moved from the Bell Hotel within 28 days thanks to the High Court order

Events

7 h. ago His new girlfriend texted she was running late for their date so he threatened to glass her

'It begs the question why any woman would want anything to do with him' said the judge of serial abuser, Ross Milward

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