66 m. ago Black Rabbit review – it’s almost impossible to care about Jude Law and Jason Bateman in this TV misery

The two actors play brothers dragged into danger by gangsters, but are too stupid or poorly sketched for you to sympathise with them. It’s a relentlessly cheerless watchHard on the heels of the airless misery of Mark Ruffalo’s new venture, Task, comes Jude Law and Jason Bateman’s Black Rabbit, which has a bit more action but the same relentless, cheerless tone and even less forgiving lighting. One more entry and it’s officially a trend! We’ll all have to schedule recovery viewings of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, like winter vitamin D shots, to make it through unbowed.Law and Bateman are working-class brothers Jake (Law) and Vince (Bateman) Friedkin from Coney Island. They grew up in what we assume from relatively early on was a violent home, dominated by an alcoholic father. They became a Nirvana-lite rock group – Jake the handsome lead, Vince the drummer and creative force – until the latter’s taste for drugs and mayhem put paid to their success. Jake pivoted into management, primarily of m...

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66 m. ago France should have recognised Palestinian statehood years ago. The cynic in me asks: why now? | Rokhaya Diallo

Weakened domestically, Emmanuel Macron wants an international legacy. Yet still, he does nothing to sanction IsraelWhen Emmanuel Macron announced that France intended to recognise Palestinian statehood, he drew a furious rebuke from Israel – and caused a diplomatic storm with the US. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote a letter accusing the French government of failing to “confront the alarming rise of antisemitism” in France, adding the harsh and unequivocal assessment: “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire.”In the same letter, he praised Donald Trump’s action to “protect the civil rights of American Jews”.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Donald Trump designates 'sick and dangerous' Antifa as a 'major' terrorist organization

President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left ANTIFA movement as a terrorist organization.

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3 h. ago Eddie Hearn threatens to sue Chris Eubank Jr over ‘sabotage’ claim before Conor Benn rematch

Eubank Jr makes allegations against Matchroom at press conferenceHearn rejects claims and threatens legal action unless boxer apologisesEddie Hearn has threatened to sue Chris Eubank Jr, after the boxer fired the first shots during a press conference ahead of his rematch with Conor Benn by accusing his opponent’s team of dirty tricks and “sabotage”.Eubank Jr, who won their first bout by unanimous decision in April, claimed an ambulance taking him to hospital afterwards was stopped – and appeared to point the finger at Benn’s promoters, Matchroom Boxing. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Disney’s ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s show over Charlie Kirk comments

Late-night TV host’s remarks about the man accused of killing the conservative activist provoked criticism

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4 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Lucy Powell is favourite to be Starmer's deputy... a woman known as the Egg Breaker who says she's more alpha male than most men

At a swish drinks party hosted by Ed Miliband in his imposing north London townhouse recently, the main topic of conversation was who would succeed Angela Rayner as Labour's deputy leader.

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4 h. ago Venezuela starts days of military and ‘electronic warfare’ drills after US strikes on alleged drug boats

Armed forces say ‘special naval militia’ involved in Caribbean deployment as defence minister cites ‘threatening, vulgar voice’ of WashingtonVenezuela says it has begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month – a move slammed by UN experts as “extrajudicial execution”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

Two North Carolina brothers have testified about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year

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5 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments

ABC says late night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killingWatch what Jimmy Kimmel said about the Charlie Kirk shootingJimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended “indefinitely” after the late night host’s comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced.The network, which is owned by Disney, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Jimmy Kimmel’s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Obama says America is at ‘inflection point’ in first public remarks after Charlie Kirk assassination

The former president appeared to accuse Donald Trump and his allies of stirring political division in remarks made Wednesday, one week on from the fatal incident in Utah

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9 h. ago Coronation Street's Betsy Swain 'in danger' as she realises mum is 'back from the dead'

Coronation Street's Betsy Swain discovered that her mum had 'come back from the dead' in Wednesday night's episode of the world's longest-running television soap

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9 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr faces Eddie Hearn legal battle after ambulance accusation at press conference

Hearn strenuously denied Eubank Jr’s accusation that he delayed the departure of his ambulance from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to a hospital following his victory over Conor Benn in April

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9 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr rant in full as he accuses Eddie Hearn of sabotaging ambulance

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn came together ahead of their rematch in November which is set to settle their bitter feud once and for all

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9 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr accuses Conor Benn of dirty tactics ahead of grudge rematch

Eubank Jr won their first bout by unanimous decision in April and will go again in a second showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on November 15.

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10 h. ago The full implications of Welsh Senedd poll as Eluned Morgan in danger of losing her seat

The Welsh Labour leader's own future as an elected politician has a question mark hanging over it

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10 h. ago Major explosion fears at oil refinery as Ed Miliband sent 'catastrophe' warning

Unite's general secretary has written to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to warn over 'serious risk of a major accident' at the closed Lindsey Oil Refinery

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10 h. ago Statue of Abraham Lincoln stolen from Louisiana plantation turns up cut into pieces at pawn shop

Three people are accused of stealing a rare, solid silver Abraham Lincoln statue from Houmas House in Louisiana and cutting it into pieces to sell at pawn shops

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11 h. ago Irish police find child remains in hunt for boy not marked as missing for four years

Gardaí believe body is that of Daniel Aruebose, whose 2022 disappearance was not noticed by authorities until last monthIrish police investigating the fate of a boy who disappeared four years ago but was only registered by authorities as missing last month have found the remains of a child on Dublin wasteland.Gardaí named the missing boy as Daniel Aruebose, who is thought to have vanished in 2022 aged three, after they discovered the remains on Wednesday in the Donabate area of north Dublin. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Charlie Kirk suspect's disturbing secret kinks: Sickening cache of porn searches revealed... his pedophile friend.. and 'Furry Shades of Gay' game

Accused killer of Charlie Kirk was revealed to have a dark online trail and a secret kink for homoerotic furry games and art.

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11 h. ago Obama says Trump deepened US divide in rush to ‘identify enemy’ after Charlie Kirk shooting

Former president describes a ‘dangerous moment’ in the US, following White House response to shootings of Kirk and Melissa HortmanBarack Obama addressed the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Tuesday the country was “at an inflection point”, but that political violence “is not new” and “has happened at certain periods” in US history.Obama added that despite history, political violence was “anathema to what it means to be a democratic country”.This article was amended on 17 September 2025. A previous version misspelled the name of Melissa Hortman. Continue reading...

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