58 m. ago Latest screen role ‘one of the greatest’ in American theatre, says Jessica Lange

Lange spoke to the press alongside co-star Ed Harris ahead of the UK premiere of Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Glasgow Film Festival.

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2 h. ago A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country | Andrey Kurkov

A cold reality hit us in Washington. Zelenskyy was being forced to buy hope of survival by people who have no care for our freedomIt’s warming up in Kyiv. The temperature has risen from -5C to 4C. Sometimes, the sun peeps through breaks in the clouds, but Kyivites are not much cheered by the sunshine. They are not watching for signs of spring as they usually do at this time of year. The atmosphere in the city and in the country as a whole has been one of nervous expectation. This was not an expectation of an end to military action or the signing of a peace treaty with Russia – nothing so specific. Indeed, it was not at all clear what we were waiting for, but it was something connected with Donald Trump and the change in US policy towards Ukraine.Clarity emerged at today’s macabre theatre at the White House: handshakes, a thumbs up and some fist pumps from the US president, before Trump sat side by side with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a minerals-for-war-support deal and to humili...

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2 h. ago Scientists react to ‘stupid’ NOAA firings with more on the way: ‘It’s just utter cluelessness. It’s malevolence’

A former climate scientist called layoffs ‘malevolence’ and ‘utter cluelessness’

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3 h. ago Museums defend BP sponsorship despite backlash against cuts to climate change funding

The British Museum’s relationship with BP was decried as ‘untenable’ and ‘indefensible’

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4 h. ago Delusion of the leftists: Luvvies whose theatre has been overrun by refugees lash out at 'climate

Some 200 men moved in last December when the management gave them free tickets to a 'Refugees Welcome in France ' conference, but their numbers have now swelled to more than 440.

Society

6 h. ago New stove that plugs into a normal wall outlet could be major gain for health and the climate

For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove

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6 h. ago This Morning's Dave Fishwick shares 'secret' Oscars chaos ahead of 2025 ceremony

This Morning star Dave Fishwick reported live from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Friday

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6 h. ago Trump reportedly wants to shrink size and focus of state department; climate agency braces for more cuts – live

President wants radical overhaul of state department, including fewer diplomats and embassies, Politico reports; Noaa expects more cuts after hundreds firedUS aid cuts have forced the UN children’s agency Unicef to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country’s east, a Unicef official said on Friday.“We have been forced to suspend or cut back or drastically reduce many of our programmes and that includes nutrition programmes,” Unicef’s deputy representative in Lebanon, Ettie Higgins, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Beirut, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Who's set for Oscars glory this weekend? Demi Moore and Adrien Brody prepare to battle it out for Best Acting roles as movies Anora and The Brutalist go head

The biggest night in film is just days away, with Hollywood's finest set to descend upon Dolby Theatre on Sunday night for the 97th edition of the Academy Awards.

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8 h. ago First look at Hunger Games stage show due to open at new London theatre

Producers of the stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games have shared a first look at the production, ahead of it opening at London's new Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre in October.

Culture

8 h. ago Mindbending magician announces The Remarkable Ben Hart dates in Scotland

Following sold-out shows around the world, multi award-winning magician Ben Hart returns to the UK with a brand-new mind-bending theatrical experience.

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8 h. ago Youths throw rocks at police in Athens as violence erupts amid train crash rally

Riot officers fire teargas at hundreds of hooded youths as protests across Greece mark anniversary of Tempe disasterPeaceful protests in central Athens have been eclipsed by the eruption of full-scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police, as demonstrations and strikes were held across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a fatal train crash.Thousands of people who had crammed into Syntagma Square for a demonstration later fled, some even seeking refuge in the parliament, as riot police fired rounds of teargas at hundreds of black-clad hooded youths lobbying rocks at them. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP

A new poll finds that most U.S. adults who say severe cold was among the types of extreme weather they experienced in recent years cite climate change as a cause

Society

9 h. ago Who's set for Oscars glory this weekend? As Anora and The Brutalist prepare to battle it out for Best Picture we take look at the movies and stars predicted to bag themselves an accolade

The biggest night in film is just days away, with Hollywood's finest set to descend upon Dolby Theatre on Sunday night for the 97th edition of the Academy Awards.

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9 h. ago Donald Trump branded 'racist climate denier' as opposition grows to US President's Scotland trip

Patrick Harvie said the visit of Trump, a convicted felon, would be met with 'great anger'.

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9 h. ago Moment airstrikes rain down as MailOnline's DAVID AVERRE drives through the ruins of Syrian cities laid to waste by ISIS

In January, I travelled to Syria to visit Kobane and Raqqa, two cities once overrun by ISIS. I also witnessed firsthand the new chapter of violence engulfing this part of the world.

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9 h. ago Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough

UN biodiversity conference in Rome ends with fragile accord but questions remain over whether funding will emergeThe task of halting nature loss by 2030 is slipping out of reach, ministers have warned, as countries from around the world came to a hard-won compromise on nature finance after marathon negotiations in Rome.Delegates at the UN biodiversity conference – known as Cop16 – broke into applause after finally reaching a deal in the Eternal City following a night of tense and painstaking discussions. Cop16 president Susana Muhamad wept as she brought down the gavel on the agreement outlining a roadmap for nature finance. The agreement broke a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Alterations at the National Theatre review: 'a finely tailored play'

This rediscovered gem from the Black Plays Archive comes alive from the very start

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12 h. ago 'It's a spectacle alright': Joseph musical starring Joe McElderry reviewed

"It's indisputably a Wow! show and one you really should see at least once in your life."

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14 h. ago LIVE: Manchester trains cancelled, diverted and delayed with five routes affected

Engineering works have overrun at Edale

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