77 m. ago Dozens injured with four in critical condition as two buses carrying tourists including Brit cruise passengers collide in Barcelona

One bus was parked and picking up passengers on Avinguda Diagonal, one of Barcelona's widest and most significant avenues, when the other smashed into it from behind.

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2 h. ago Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM

Programs meant to help autistic students study science have been caught in the Trump administration’s war on DEI, Eric Garcia reports

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2 h. ago Donald Trump says US 'will not put up with Zelensky’s actions for much longer'

US President criticised Mr Zelensky for saying the end of the war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’

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2 h. ago States look to bolster consumer protection as Trump promises tariffs and trade war

Officials warn that the closing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will have dire effects on vulnerable consumers including veterans and the elderly

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2 h. ago Hamilton town centre transformation and Chatelherault bridge funded in South Lanarkshire budget

The projects among the first to be supported through the authority's new £55 million Building Back fund

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2 h. ago And the loser is politics: why was this year’s Oscars so reluctant?

Taking place in the middle of a chaotic time for the US and the world at large, this year’s ceremony was light on statements and devoid of the Trump word entirelyTwenty-two years ago, the last time Adrien Brody won the Academy award for best actor, film-maker Michael Moore accepted his own Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, a documentary about America’s obsession with guns, by offering a preview of sorts of his next feature, Fahrenheit 9/11. He decried then president George W Bush as “fictitious” (alluding to his fishy, supreme court-assisted election win a year and a half earlier) and excoriated the Bush administration for sending the United States to war with Iraq – just three days earlier, in fact – for “fictitious reasons”. It was received with a mixture of applause and boos, probably the most memorable moment of the night, give or take Brody planting a kiss on Halle Berry.Two years later, when Fahrenheit 9/11 might have been similarly honored (and almost certainly would have been...

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3 h. ago Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas – reports

Israel may cut off electricity to try to secure more hostage releases, as both sides prepare for war to restartThe Israeli government is reportedly planning to ratchet up its blockade on Gaza as part of what it has called a “hell plan” to pressure Hamas into further hostage releases without a troop withdrawal from the Palestinian territory.With the six-week-old ceasefire in limbo, and no sign of movement towards a second phase that was due to start last weekend, both sides were taking contingency steps to return to a war footing. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Experimental Chalet Val d'Isère: This chic new ski hotel is a foodie haven

With two of the best restaurants and the coolest cocktail bar in town, there’s really no need to leave this Val d'Isère mountain bolthole (except to ski, of course)

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3 h. ago ‘The price was huge’: Hezbollah reeling as Lebanese ponder sacrifices of its war

The fighting with Israel has weakened the group and brought heavy losses to residents in its southern heartland Crowds of people gathered last week in the ruined town square of Aitaroun, south Lebanon, to attend the mass burial of 95 people, one of the largest funerals held in Lebanon since the start of the Hezbollah-Israel war.Hundreds of people waving Hezbollah flags watched as rows of coffins were brought in by four lorries, the vehicles’ procession lined with flattened buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardment months earlier. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Best new books to read, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Anne Tyler

Discover debut novelists and immersive page-turners from acclaimed authors

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3 h. ago Demi Moore drowns Oscars sorrows with two massive bowls of french fries

The actor ended her evening at the Oscars with her three daughters — and a lot of fries

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4 h. ago Nigel Farage ridiculed by MPs over Donald Trump question to Keir Starmer

To cheers from MPs, Keir Starmer told Nigel Farage 'Russia is the aggressor, Zelensky is a war leader whose country has been invaded and we should all be supporting him and not fawning over Putin'

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4 h. ago Trump claims Zelensky ‘doesn’t want peace’ after Ukrainian leader says end of war ‘far away’

The American president has moved to align his Ukraine policy more with Russia than with the rest of the democratic world

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4 h. ago Trump claims Zelenskyy ‘doesn’t want there to be peace’ in latest sign of worsening US

US president says ‘America will not put up with it for much longer’ after Ukrainian president says end of war with Russia ‘still very, very far away’Donald Trump will lay out his priorities tomorrow evening in a prime-time speech to Congress, his first since returning to the White House.He’s doing some expectation setting this morning, posting on Truth Social:TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG. I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS! Continue reading...

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4 h. ago BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works

Companies will never solve the climate emergency alone. The impetus for change needs to come from government It would be very easy to be sharply critical of BP, given its sudden volte-face on its environmental commitments. Under pressure from a shareholder, Elliott Management, it has abandoned the green ambitions it announced in 2020 and pivoted squarely back to an overwhelming focus on oil and gas.While easy, it would arguably be unhelpful, and perhaps even misguided. Because viewed in the round, this isn’t really about BP: it’s about capitalism at large, and its inability to respond to the climate crisis in the manner we need.Brett Christophers is a professor in the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden’s Uppsala University and author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the PlanetDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters se...

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4 h. ago Britain will play leading role in securing peace in Europe but must have strong US backing, says Starmer

The PM said Russia was ‘a menace in our waters and our skies’

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4 h. ago Hamas refuses fresh ceasefire extension with Israel as fears of all

Fears grow for another all-out war in Gaza as ceasefire talks hit stalemate and both sides brace for a new explosion of violence in the Middle East. Horrific stabbing in Haifa

Events

4 h. ago Jack Vettriano: ‘His paintings are like a double cheeseburger in a greasy wrapper’

The Scot painted singing butlers, ‘broads’ in bras and tough guys in suits, in works critics found lurid, chintzy, devoid of irony and often sexist. But they were also hugely popular – showing the power of ‘I get it’ artJack Vettriano: a life in picturesIn 1992, Jack Vettriano’s painting The Singing Butler was rejected by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Anyone who has seen some of the dross picked for display in the RA’s annual open submission collision of amateur artists and big stars in recent decades will be thinking: “Ouch, must’ve been a real dud.” But The Singing Butler not only wasn’t a dud, it went on to become one of the most ubiquitous and – whisper it – iconic British paintings since the second world war.And that tells you a lot about the Scottish artist, who has died at the age of 73. The art establishment has always despised him, but the rest of the world – if you can accept some awkward, problematic conception of “ordinary people” – absolutely lapped up his art. H...

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5 h. ago What is a ‘coalition of the willing’? Key takeaways from Starmer and Macron’s Ukraine peace talks

European leaders reaffirmed their support for Zelensky after tense Trump meeting

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5 h. ago Weapon company stocks soar after Starmer says Europe faces era

Share prices rose nearly 20 per cent in Britain’s biggest weapons maker, BAE systems, mid European push to support possible Ukraine peace deal

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