42 h. ago Trump’s new travel ban is a gratuitously cruel sequel | Moustafa Bayoumi

The policy is alienating, counterproductive and racist – and it isn’t the flex that Trump thinks it isTrump’s new travel ban: the countries chosen and how it differs from the last oneI’m not much for horror movies, but I have just read that the film Black Phone 2 “will creep into cinemas” in October and that, compared to the original, it’s supposed to be a “more violent, scarier, more graphic” film. I’ll pass on the movie, but that description seems pretty apt to what living under this Trump administration feels like: a gratuitously more violent sequel to a ghoulish original.Consider the Muslim ban. Back in late 2015, candidate Donald Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”. He signed the first version of the Muslim ban on 27 January 2017, and protests erupted at airports across the nation at the revival of a national policy, similar to the Chinese Exclusion Act, that b...

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6 d. ago Love Island's Shaughna Phillips continues to show off her dramatic six

She revealed her dramatic six stone weight loss earlier this year after being told she was clinically obese.

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9 d. ago It’s been a big, beautiful week of bad news for Trump. But don’t expect it to stick | Zoe Williams

Elon Musk is tapping out, and a court has stepped in on tariffs. But the wheels coming off doesn’t mean the bus is stoppingNothing is going according to plan for the Trump administration. The big, beautiful bill, originally vaunted to save the US taxpayer at least $2tn, so far, according to projections, delivers savings in the region of $9.4bn. Elon Musk has exited government, saying he wasn’t in favour of the bill, which could be big, or beautiful, but in this case, not both. Musk’s government contract ran for only 120 days, so it would have been up at the end of this week anyway.Just to try to lasso those words back to an observable reality where they might mean something, the bill isn’t all that big; there are some very vindictive moves around Medicaid entitlement, intended to fund tax cuts elsewhere, that will have seismically bad outcomes for vulnerable individuals without necessarily burning a hole in anyone else’s pocket. Tips and overtime are exempted from tax, but probably ...

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1 week ago Emmerdale's Ryan Hawley reveals he's back 'for good' as Robert Sugden after huge life change

Emmerdale star Ryan Hawley returned as Robert Sugden in a dramatic episode tonight - and has now revealed to The Mirror that he's back "for good" on the soap

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1 week ago FBI declassifies secret document revealing dramatic development in hunt for origins of Trump Russia probe

A newly declassified document from the FBI reveals that Fusion GPS Contractor Nellie Ohr appears to have falsely testified to Congress about her role in the Crossfire Hurricane.

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1 week ago Revealed: Dramatic rescue operation to save British backpacker who was robbed, attacked and left living on the streets of South America 

Hannah Almond, 32, who had travelled to Peru on a yoga retreat to 'find herself', was discovered slumped on the pavement by a Peruvian Good Samaritan who flew to Cusco to search for her.

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1 week ago ‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones

With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the world reveal how they dodge death• ‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s IndiaStephen*, 39, is a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war between the DRC’s army and the military faction known as M23 is one of Africa’s longest conflicts [a potential truce was announced last month]. The escalation of violence has meant Stephen now forgoes bylines and a presence on social media. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moment infamous Titan sub is plunged into darkness at the bottom of the ocean floor in terrifying test dive before it imploded near Titanic shipwreck

Dramatic new video has revealed a troubled test dive of the Titan submersible off the coast of the Bahamas in April 2019, four years before it imploded while diving to the wreck of the Titanic.

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2 w. ago Trump's original 'first buddy' reveals exact moment White House bromance with Elon Musk went up in flames

Donald Trump 's original political guru revealed the exact moment Elon Musk started to fall out with the president.

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2 w. ago Trump questions Biden’s legitimacy as Republicans seek to capitalize on details of his decline in new book

In release of Original Sin, Trump and Republicans see a well-timed distraction, writes John Bowden

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3 w. ago Honey Boo Boo, 19, shares fears over weight loss surgery after Mama June used it to shed 300lbs

Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson revealed how her mother Mama June's dramatic weight loss negatively impacted her self-esteem as an impressionable young girl.

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3 w. ago JoJo Siwa's ex Kath Ebbs reveals expletive row with CBB star following dramatic break

JoJo Siwa's ex Kath Ebbs has opened up about their split from the Celebrity Big Brother star in a new podcast episode, and detailed the expletive row they had at the show's afterparty

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3 w. ago Royal Navy: "Secret weapon" being developed to hunt Russian submarines and protect British waters, report says

A “secret weapon” is being developed which the Royal Navy can use to deal with Russian submarines.

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3 w. ago Meghan Trainor's 'Barbie' makeover: Popstar once famed for body positivity reveals dramatic transformation as fans say she's 'turning into Paris Hilton'

The Massachusetts native recently showed off the results of her dramatic weight loss journey - and tweaked the lyrics of the self-love anthem that first made her a star.

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