67 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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8 d. ago Brit gangster killed in Costa del Sol shooting 'warned of £250K bounty weeks before'

Underworld figure Ross Monaghan, 43, was killed by a masked gunman in Costa del Sol last weekend. He reportedly had a bounty placed on his head by bitter rivals

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1 week ago Two Brit gangsters killed in Costa del Sol shooting died next to terrified 'wife'

Scottish gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr were brutally killed in a Costa del Sol resort town this weekend - and a woman said to have been married to one of them reportedly witnessed the attack

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1 week ago Two Brits killed in Costa del Sol shooting named as infamous Scottish gangsters

The horror shooting of two British men at an Irish bar on the Costa del Sol in Spain this weekend is believed to be linked to an ongoing brutal gang war in Scotland

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3 w. ago M&S cyber attack: Everything we know so far and when online orders might return

The supermarket giant M&S this week revealed that the Easter weekend cyber attack is expected to cost the company around £300million

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3 w. ago Ekow Essuman warns that aggressive approach for Josh Taylor ‘might be to his detriment’

Ekow Essuman has warned former undisputed world champion Josh Taylor that searching for an early knockout may prove costly this weekend.

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3 w. ago Michael Che apologizes to Scarlett Johansson on SNL after ‘vulgar’ joke about her body

Che previously likened the actor’s vagina to ‘Costco roast beef’ in a ‘Weekend Update’ segment

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4 w. ago Primark gives Manchester shoppers chance to grab items for free as 'Swap Shop' event returns this weekend

Shoppers can get their hands on a selection of pre-loved items at no financial cost by doing one thing this weekend

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4 w. ago Extreme wildfires Scotland: Firefighters warn against naked flames outdoors 'at all costs' this weekend

With an extreme risk of wildfires in place across Scotland this weekend, firefighters have warned the public to avoid naked flames outdoors ‘at all costs’.

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