32 m. ago Spike Lee is one of our greatest living directors – so why does no one care about his new film?

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ is a punchy thriller with one of the world’s biggest actors, Denzel Washington, as its lead. Lee hasn’t lost his touch, writes Xan Brooks, but the world is forcing him out to the margins again

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32 m. ago There hasn’t been a Song of the Summer for 2025 – does that matter?

This year – for the first time in a while – a ubiquitous Summer Banger has failed to materialise. Ellie Muir looks into why there’s no defining sound for our dog days in 2025, and whether it says anything about the cultural mood right now

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91 m. ago I used to run the Foreign Office. This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting

With so much at stake for Europe, the most important thing is to choose a lead speaker. I’d go with Starmer or RutteSimon McDonald was permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, 2015-2020, and is now a crossbench peerLast week’s extraordinary summit meeting in Alaska is being followed today by an even more extraordinary international conference in Washington. None of the participants knew they were going to take part two days ago. In recent decades, diplomacy has been increasingly conducted in ad hoc contact groups – but the group of seven countries (the US, Ukraine, the UK, Germany, Finland, Italy and France) and two international organisations (Nato and the EU) has never met in this way before.Officials will be preparing in the usual way, assembling briefing packs and writing talking points, aiming to please their bosses and, hopefully, allowing them to make the most effective intervention. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Judge to weigh detainees' legal rights at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades

A federal judge is considering whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades

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2 h. ago Desperate Housewives actor was ‘oblivious’ about apparent feuding among co

The ABC hit show ran for eight seasons

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5 h. ago Trump’s critics say Putin ‘flattered’ Trump at the Alaska summit. Europe’s leaders aim to do the same

Trump’s meeting with Putin rolled back key red lines that Zelensky says Ukraine won’t cross. But Europe could be relying on Trump to flip-flop once again, writes John Bowden

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6 h. ago Starmer and European allies travel to Washington with Zelensky for crunch talks

The PM and other European leaders will aim to prevent Ukraine from having to concede to Russian land grabs.

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6 h. ago Pierce Brosnan says Richard Osman was ‘too scared’ to visit Thursday Murder Club set

‘He was a bit nervous,’ said the James Bond star

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6 h. ago EasyJet launches cabin crew recruitment drive targeting young people

Almost nine in 10 said they had never considered a career working for an airline.

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7 h. ago Rachel Reeves to take aim at environmental protections in bid to speed up infrastructure projects, say reports

The Treasury is reportedly looking at major reforms, making it more difficult for wildlife concerns to hold up developments

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7 h. ago Manchester water LIVE: Residents' horror as tap water suddenly turns BROWN with 'sediment'

People in parts of Greater Manchester have been shocked to find the water from their taps turning a light brown this evening with pictures shared on social media

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7 h. ago Manchester water RECAP: Residents' horror as tap water suddenly turns BROWN with 'sediment'

People in parts of Greater Manchester have been shocked to find the water from their taps turning a light brown yesterday evening with pictures shared on social media

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7 h. ago Noel Gallagher's brutal dig at Royal Family at Oasis gig as crowd boo

Oasis star Noel Gallagher was left in shock when he was met with boos from the audience during the band's final gig at Dublin's Croke Park in Ireland this weekend.

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7 h. ago Water suddenly turns brown in Greater Manchester borough as residents left confused

"Oh sh**... I used the water in my baby’s bottles"

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9 h. ago British Airways killer Robert Brown to be quizzed in jail as he makes fresh freedom bid

Robert Brown is due to go before a Parole Board panel for a two-day hearing as he bids to be freed - more than 15 years after he killed his estranged wife Joanna Simpson

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9 h. ago Former X Factor stars tie knot in Scottish ceremony nine years after appearing on show

The couple, who first appeared on The X Factor in 2014, had an intimate wedding ceremony near Glasgow in a special nod to their Scots roots on the big day.

Culture

9 h. ago Truth behind viral 'world's worst psychic' Sylvia Browne from 90s talk show and her wildly wrong predictions

She was massively popular, with a years-long waiting list for phone consultations and fans willing to pay thousands of dollars to go on a cruise with her.

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9 h. ago Victoria and David Beckham face further heartache over Brooklyn's family vow

Brooklyn Beckham gave an emotional speech at his wedding vow ceremony in which he lavished praise on his wife Nicola Peltz's family, according to claims.

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10 h. ago Scottish Government failing West Lothian stroke survivors according to leading charity

Figures released by Public Heath Scotland this week as part of their Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme revealed the country is falling unacceptably short of its own target of 80% of stroke patients receiving an inpatient bundle which aims to ensure the best chance of survival and recovery.

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11 h. ago UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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