46 m. ago Wildly incoherent, utterly flummoxing, blissful: how And Just Like That rewrote the rules of TV

The Sex and the City spinoff – which ends this week – is so bizarre it has barely made sense as a television show. Unless you think of it as an attempt to redefine the whole genre Sex and the City’s divisive spin-off And Just Like That is set to end after three bizarre seasons and a deluge of critical contempt, with bemused fans losing it on Reddit, and articles about how the programme became a hate watch. There has been little heartache in the discourse after the announcement of the show’s demise, the general consensus being: good. But to these people, I say – you’re wrong! But also, I understand. There is always an element of fear in contemplating change, in engaging with the rapid advancement of modernity, and I would like to make the case for And Just Like That being a product of exactly that.It feels analogous to a comment a friend of mine once made during a conversation about the best oven pizzas, when someone posited Dr Oetker pizzas as a contender: “It’s delicious, it’s some...

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94 m. ago Man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault in Utah

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials

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96 m. ago DC man arrested after he’s accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer and calling him a ‘fascist’

‘Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!’ the man is accused of telling the officer

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2 h. ago Maroon 5 former bassist Mickey Madden's wife files for divorce after accusing rocker of abuse and sexting teens

Kate Bowman, the wife of former Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden, has filed for divorce form the musician, weeks after accusing him of abuse and sexting teenagers.

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2 h. ago Parents of woman who died in Texas flooding file lawsuit saying campground had ‘history of dangerous flooding’

The lawsuit accuses the campground of placing ‘guests in a known floodplain with a history of dangerous flooding’

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4 h. ago Man accused of driving into Liverpool parade crowds to appear in court

Merseyside Police said 134 people were injured when Paul Doyle allegedly drove his vehicle into crowds leaving the waterfront after the parade.

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6 h. ago Thought for the Day pundit who accused Robert Jenrick of 'xenophobia' runs refugee resettlement charity and helps them find homes in the UK

Dr Krish Kandiah, who caused so much controversy on yesterday's Today programme, runs a refugee resettlement charity.

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7 h. ago An Uber ride that should’ve taken 23 minutes became a nightmare — and she’s not alone: Incidents every 8 minutes

More than 400,000 Uber trips in the U.S. from 2017 through 2022 resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, documents show

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7 h. ago Russia clamps down on WhatsApp and Telegram over data sharing

Calls via foreign-owned platforms curbed as critics say Kremlin is pushing for greater control over Russia’s internetRussia has announced restrictions on the messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases.Moscow has clashed with foreign tech platforms for several years over content and data storage in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Critics say Russia is trying to expand its control over the country’s internet space. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Jury finds Texas couple guilty of concealing and harboring bakery workers in the US illegally

A jury in South Texas has found two bakery owners accused of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally guilty

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10 h. ago BBC apologises to Jenrick over suggestions he is xenophobic in Radio 4 broadcast

The shadow justice secretary accused the BBC of smearing ‘millions of worried citizens as ‘xenophobic’ for their completely understandable fears’.

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11 h. ago Boosting productivity will be main priority of my autumn budget, Reeves says

Exclusive: Chancellor says ‘investment and reform are our tools’ as she pushes back against mounting tax speculationRachel Reeves: Labour has fixed the foundations – now we must build a stronger economy for a renewed BritainRachel Reeves has promised to use her autumn budget to prioritise fixing Britain’s dismal record on productivity as she sought to downplay mounting tax speculation with a focus on economic growth.Setting out her priorities for the budget for the first time, the chancellor said tackling the efficiency of the economy through higher investment and a fresh assault on planning rules would form the backbone of her tax and spending plans. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Boosting productivity will be main priority of autumn budget, Reeves says

Exclusive: Chancellor focuses on investment and planning rules as she dismisses talk of tax rises as ‘speculation’Rachel Reeves: Labour has fixed the foundations – now we must build a stronger economy for a renewed BritainRachel Reeves has promised to use her autumn budget to prioritise fixing Britain’s dismal record on productivity as she sought to downplay mounting tax speculation with a focus on economic growth.Setting out her priorities for the budget for the first time, the chancellor said tackling the efficiency of the economy through higher investment and a fresh assault on planning rules would form the backbone of her tax and spending plans. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago US sanctions Mexican drug cartel associates accused of scamming elderly Americans

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud

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12 h. ago Cops search for man accused of killing cancer patient’s dog as revenge for a fight between two animals the same day

‘We were sitting on the couch just watching TV, and this guy comes in and pulls him from my couch to the floor’ the dog’s owner said.

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13 h. ago Trump defense official led thinktank that spread lies about Tren de Aragua

Under Joseph Humire, the thinktank tracked alleged crimes by the Venezuelan gang in the US. A non-profit found multiple false entriesA senior official appointed to the defense department led a thinktank that promoted fake news about the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, according to InSight Crime, a non-profit analyzing organized crime.Joseph Humire was appointed this summer to be the head of policy focusing on the western hemisphere within the office of the under secretary of defense for policy. He was previously the executive director of a conservative thinktank focused on global security. Humire’s appointment comes as the Trump administration is ramping up its aggressive strategy against organized crime in Latin America and the Venezuelan government, which it accuses of working with TdA. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Merz’s manoeuvres on world stage fail to quell doubts about his leadership

The German chancellor’s high-wire statesmanship on Ukraine has done little to alleviate his domestic woesEurope live – latest updatesFriedrich Merz hosted the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Wednesday as a weakened leader 100 days into his term, with his attempts to rally western support for Kyiv and wrangle Donald Trump failing to silence his domestic critics.The German chancellor took the initiative for Wednesday’s lightning round of telephone conferences bringing in EU leaders, Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance. Zelenskyy’s surprise arrival in Berlin to sit in on the calls underlined Merz’s starring role in the diplomatic efforts. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago An Uber ride that should’ve taken 23 minutes became a nightmare — and she’s not alone: ‘Attacks every 8 minutes’

More than 400,000 Uber trips in the U.S. from 2017 through 2022 resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, documents show

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13 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers attacked

Abedi has also been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon

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13 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder

Hashem Abedi charged over incident in which four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison in AprilThe Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Continue reading...

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