3 h. ago Scottish Oasis fans say goodbye to Rock 'n' Roll stars after epic Murrayfield gigs

Oasis have finished their three-gig run in Edinburgh's Murrayfield in what some might say were "biblical" and "truly magical" shows.

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3 h. ago Liam Gallagher attacks Edinburgh Council chiefs during Oasis final Murrayfield gig

Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher has branded Edinburgh Council chiefs as "ugly" during the band's final Murrayfield show.

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3 h. ago Airman arrested in fatal shooting that led Global Strike Command to pause using Sig Sauer's M18s

An airman has been arrested in a shooting death last month at a Wyoming Air Force base

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9 h. ago On Gaza’s killing fields, journalism faces its darkest hour – but that won’t stop us reporting | Asef Hamidi

Israel’s actions are an assault not only on individual reporters but on the entire global public’s right to know the truthAsef Hamidi is the director of news, Al Jazeera ChannelAs the world witnesses the horrors unfolding in Gaza, a related tragedy continues with chilling regularity: the systematic targeting and killing of journalists. Just as the Gaza journalistic community thought matters could not get any worse, Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal occupying forces carried out yet another cold-blooded murder on Sunday, this time of the Al Jazeera journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along with videographers Ibrahim Thaher, Mohammed Nofal and their colleagues. They were sheltering in a media tent near al-Shifa hospital, and were killed by a direct strike.The Israeli war machine, accelerating its stated goal of occupying Gaza, showed no restraint in targeting journalists, in violation of international conventions. So far in this war it has killed 238 of us. The war on Gaza has b...

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9 h. ago Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza, killing 89 Palestinians in 24 hours

At least 15 people queueing for food among the deaths, and five people reported to have died from starvationIsrael has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago How to watch new Shannon Matthews documentary 17 years on from fake kidnap scandal

The kidnapping of Shannon Matthews rocked the UK in 2008, and now a new documentary following the fake abduction plot will arrive on one of the world's biggest streaming services

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13 h. ago Jury considering verdicts in trial of priest accused of sexual assaults

Christopher Brain was leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service between 1986 and 1995.

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13 h. ago Sour power: how to use tamarind pods, pulp and paste | Kitchen aide

Blocks last longer, are more versatile and come ripe and ready, but pastes and concentrates are easier to handle – as long as you bear in mind that Thai and Indian tamarind pastes are not at all the sameCan you please explain tamarind? Pods, pulp, paste, concentrate I can’t keep up with them all. David, via emailHow does Chaya Maya, development chef at Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, love tamarind? Let her count the ways: “It’s delicious, plus you can use it in sweet and savoury dishes, or to make lemonade, which we do in Mauritius; it has that sour sharpness that makes your mouth tingle. Actually, we need a tamarind movement.” Also in favour of the pucker fruit is Melissa Thompson, author of Motherland, namely for its “lovely consistency” and ability to “coat things nicely” while adding “depth”.As David says, tamarind comes in various forms, but let’s start at the very beginning with those peanut-shaped pods, which Thompson likes to snack on – just crack open the shell and eat the flesh. ...

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13 h. ago ‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene

In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seenIn the violet hush of a late-night doom scroll, I stumbled across her: a woman clad in lacquered leather and glinting chains, legs laced in harnesses. She stood mid-growl, clutching the mic as if to throttle it, her silhouette framed by a red LED screen that read “Rock Nights” along with the name of the artist: Clayrocksu.Beneath the stage at Pop Landmark in Lagos, Nigeria, a sparse crowd of silver-studded misfits was filmed thrashing around in a trance. The performance provoked a small moral panic in the comments: cries of “demonic” and fears that Clayrocksu was “slipping into darkness”. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Microplastics detected in Geneva during global plastics negotiations

Air sampling in the Swiss city this week detected plastic fibres and fragments in both indoor and outdoor locations, including cafés, public transport and shops

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14 h. ago How a Tai Chi club turned movement into a Macmillan Coffee Morning

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15 h. ago Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down

Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place

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15 h. ago Sziget 2025 review – Post Malone is a lively, unserious showman, while Chappell Roan is at the top of her game

Watching the 30-year-old ping between country rock, pop-rap, and balladic R&B ought to be whiplash-inducing, but there’s a strange unity to his set

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16 h. ago The enduring appeal of Moomins as cartoon celebrates its 80th birthday

Set in the whimsical Moominvalley, the series has been translated into more than 60 languages, sparking a global phenomenon

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16 h. ago 90s rocker looks unrecognisable with a full head of grey hair

Now with a full head of grey hair, this frontman looks a far cry from the 90s shaggy, mullet-style look for which he was known - but do you know who it is?

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16 h. ago The loneliest continent: epidemic of social isolation hits Africans as western culture spreads

A World Health Organization study challenges traditional views of African society. Some blame technology, others urbanisation and living costs, but what is the solution?Loneliness has been a constant feature of Macyleen’s life since she was nine years old and her mother died in their home town in Zimbabwe. She was sent to live with her father, but he worked away from home a lot. His new wife resented his other children and was emotionally abusive.Macyleen lived with three half-siblings, but they were much older. “We were there to survive and just get to the next day. I knew I was alone,” she recalls. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Mystery deepens over largest Martian rock ever found on Earth

The meteorite, which sold for US$5 million, is now the subject of an investigation

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18 h. ago Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in GenevaWhen a Liberian-flagged container ship, the MSC Elsa 3, capsized and sank 13 miles off the coast of Kerala, in India, on 25 May, a state-wide disaster was quickly declared. A long oil slick from the 184-metre vessel, which was carrying hazardous cargo, was partially tackled by aircraft-borne dispersants, while a salvage operation sealed tanks to prevent leaks.But almost three months later, a more insidious and persistent environmental catastrophe is continuing along the ecologically fragile coast of the Arabian Sea. Among the 643 containers onboard were 71,500 sacks of tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles. By July, only 7,920 were reportedly recovered. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Georgina Hayden’s recipe for grilled peach, gorgonzola and thyme tartine

Griddled, tiger-striped peaches with thyme and chilli on top of oozy gorgonzola and rocket? You’ll never think of ‘cheese on toast’ in the same way again Essentially a fancy name for “things on toast”, a tartine is a topless sandwich that can be piled high with delicious things with no threat of being squished together. I love the simplicity and elegance of this recipe: it is the perfect balance of sweet and sour, spicy and salty, and it feels special at the same time. Griddle and marinate the peaches ahead of time, if you like, and feel free to switch them for nectarines, apricots or whatever you have to hand that looks good for griddling. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Gaza latest: Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza despite global outcry over slain Al Jazeera journalists

Mourners gather in large numbers for funerals of six slain journalists as UN calls killings a grave breach of international law

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21 h. ago Officials are still investigating the cause of a Pennsylvania steel plant explosion that killed 2

Officials are still working to determine the cause of an explosion that rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh, leaving two dead and 10 injured

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21 h. ago Global stocks rally as Washington and Beijing signal trade talks

Japanese and Australian equities hit record highs after Donald Trump signs executive order to continue talks for 90 days

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21 h. ago Migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta as officials say enclave ‘overwhelmed’

Seven children reach shore as dozens of people intercepted on risky route, which authorities say is now used more oftenAbout 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta early on Saturday morning, as the territory’s authorities warned that its overwhelmed reception system was close to collapse.Recent weeks have seen a rise in the number of people trying to reach Ceuta, with more than 50 children swimming across from Morocco on 26 July alone. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Two killed and 10 injured after multiple explosions rock Pittsburgh area steel plant

Locals were told to close windows and doors following the explosion

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22 h. ago Oasis mega fan gets golden ticket from man who travelled from Malaysia

Dave Glynn feared that his golden ticket to see the iconic Manchester rockers was “too good to be true”, after he was promised tickets online by a complete stranger ‘Half the World Away.’

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25 h. ago Arkansas authorities say additional employees disciplined at prison where ex

Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped earlier this summer

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26 h. ago What’s that in the sky?! ‘Streak of fire’ expected over Eastern seaboard Tuesday morning

A NASA rocket launch is expected to be seen in several Eastern states on Tuesday morning

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26 h. ago EastEnders star Colin Salmon says 'no easy way out' for George Knight and Kojo Asare after drugs twist

The brothers' relationship is set to be rocked by a drugs scandal

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29 h. ago One person killed, 10 injured and another missing after multiple explosions rock Pittsburgh area steel plant

Locals were told to close windows and doors following the explosion

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30 h. ago One dead and dozens injured after multiple explosions rock Pittsburgh area steel plant

Locals were told to close windows and doors following the explosion

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30 h. ago Biochar from human waste could solve global fertiliser shortages, study finds

Excrement contains nutrients needed for crop growth and a new source of them could cut farming’s huge CO2 outputCharcoal made from human waste could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use, a study has found.Biochar is a form of charcoal made from organic matter treated at high heat, which is often used on farming soil as a fertiliser. The process also removes carbon from the atmosphere, making it a useful carbon sink. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars has sold for over $5 million at a New York auction, setting a world record

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31 h. ago Beauty queen, 35, was abducted, hog tied and weighed down with rocks before suffering nightmarish death

Acquene Arradaza, 35, was snatched by three armed men while shopping at a grocery store on July 31. The alleged abduction was reported by relatives on the same day.

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32 h. ago One dead and ‘dozens’ hurt after explosion rocks Pittsburgh area steel plant

Multiple people were injured in an explosion at the U.S. Clairton Coke Works plant just outside of Pittsburgh.

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34 h. ago ‘Invisibility is the new radical position’: artist Rose Nolan on avoiding social media and slowing us down

The text-based artist reflects on her ‘sex, drugs and rock’n’roll’ past and her ‘very analogue’ present – living and working in Melbourne’s most Instagrammed houseGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe Melbourne-based artist Rose Nolan has worked exclusively in a palette of red and white since the 1990s, a decision she describes as “liberating”. When she stopped thinking about colour, Nolan suddenly found she had more headspace for her practice which, over 40 years, has spanned a remarkable range of mediums, from colossal public artworks to small architectural models, wall paintings, banners and flags, and self-published books and pamphlets.You might have traipsed across her terrazzo-emblazoned floor work All Alongside of Each Other on the concourse of Sydney’s Central station. Or gazed upwards at the towering words Enough-Now/Even/More-so on the exterior of Melbourne’s Munro Community Hub near Queen Victoria Market.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, p...

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34 h. ago Country music star Spencer Hatcher's mother Holly is stabbed to death in horrific home invasion

Holly Hatcher, 62, was murdered just before midnight on August 3 when Kevin Moses Walker broke into her residence in Rockingham County.

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34 h. ago My Chemical Romance announce UK dates for The Black Parade anniversary tour

Posting on social media, the US group announced two shows at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 10 and 11 next year.

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35 h. ago Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025

The festival’s best joke award may have been binned this year, but the one-liners keep coming. Here are our favourites• 10 of the funniest jokes from the 2024 fringeOlaf Falafel: We named our children War and Peace – it’s a long story.Andrew Doherty: At my lowest, I was kicked out of the museum for being inappropriate with Michelangelo’s David. I’d hit rock bottom. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago We expected dominance but Peak China may finally have arrived | George Magnus

The technological and strategic brilliance of its world-class companies are being swamped by macroeconomic troublesProclamations about the inevitability of China’s dominance of the global economic system, or the so-called Chinese century, are much less validated by contemporary Trumpian angst than what should be the Communist party’s appeal to its intrinsic values and virtues.Common concerns about coercive politics and human rights aside, some notions of China as an unstoppableeconomic, technological and military behemoth sit alongside others focused more on an increasingly sclerotic, over- centralised political economy, that depends on wasteful economic stimulus, and features poor governance and institutions. The fusion of these notions suggests that we may already have reached “peak China”. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Prime Video announces thrilling James Bond series with Succession star

The Prime Video series 007: Road To A Million is back for a second season and it will see eight pairs of ordinary people sent on a global adventure

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37 h. ago Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office

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37 h. ago Global outrage mounts as funeral held for five journalists killed by Israel

Last post from Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, decries failure to stop ‘massacre’Middle East crisis – live updatesHundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world.Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and the camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Suited and booted: ski jumpers disqualified as kit chaos returns to sport

Summer event in France marred by row over suitsKristoffer Eriksen Sundal among those disqualifiedSki jumping faces more controversy with six months to go until the Winter Olympics after the first high-level competition of the new season was marred by numerous athletes being disqualified over ill-fitting suits. The governing body says it’s “perfectly normal”.The ski jumping world was rocked in March by the discovery of illegally altered suits on the Norwegian team at the world championships. The International Ski Federation investigated officials and athletes over those changes which could help the wearer soar through the air for longer with the suit’s larger surface area. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Grant Forrest opens up on 'surreal' Donald Trump phone call and his 'rock' during struggle

Scot says return to winning ways in Nexo Championship was reminder about how ‘crazy golf is’

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38 h. ago Candida auris: Killer fungus warning as 'global threat' already detected in UK

Candidozyma auris has been detected in more than 40 countries across the globe with between 30 per cent and 60 per cent of cases in patients turning out to be fatal

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39 h. ago Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza 'targeted by Israeli military smear campaign'

The IDF has claimed the Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent was secretly working with Hamas and responsible for a rocket attack against Israel

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40 h. ago My Chemical Romance set to play Wembley Stadium after UK tour tease

The US emo rock group haven’t performed in the UK since their 2022 reunion tour

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40 h. ago From dentist to artist: Sudanese exile turns to photography as an outlet for trauma

Hashim Nasr’s striking images are winning awards and gaining attention across the globe‘For me, red is always a representation of blood and losing people, so I tend to use this red fabric to represent our trauma.” The Sudanese photographer Hashim Nasr is talking about how the war in his homeland has influenced his work.Before the start of the conflict in 2023, the figures in his photographs were often covered in flowers or holding heart shapes, challenging stereotypes of masculinity. Now, flowing red fabric representing trauma, loss and bloodshed is a frequent motif. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar

The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Donald Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world healthProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghYou’d be hard-pressed to find many public health experts who have positive things to say about Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Alongside his numerous policy failures, one Cornell University study found that he was the biggest source of Covid-19 misinformation. But if there’s one redeeming feature to Trump’s pandemic record, it has to be his leadership on Operation Warp Speed – a massive, government-funded initiative that played a pivotal role in fast-tracking Covid-19 vaccines.“Operation Warp Speed stands as one of the most remarkable scientific and humanitarian achievements of the past half-century,” the former US surgeon general Jerome Adams said. It directed billions of dollars into vaccine development and manufactur...

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41 h. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 and global stock markets rise and latest EV grant car models confirmed

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Monday

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41 h. ago Nicole Scherzinger sets pulses racing as she takes on Nicki Minaj pose challenge in a skimpy white bikini while balancing on a rock and sipping on a martini

The former Pussycat Doll, 47, was seen balancing on a rock somewhere at sea while sipping on a martini in a video shared on Instagram on Sunday.

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42 h. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 and global stock markets set to rise and latest EV grant models confirmed

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Monday

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43 h. ago Powerful earthquake hits Turkey leaving least one person dead and many injured

At least one person has been killed after a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks rocked Turkey on Sunday night, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has confirmed.

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44 h. ago Japan rocked by bullying scandal after team withdraws from high school baseball tournament

Koryo high pulled out of the popular competition after an outcry over reports that some of its members had bullied a junior playerOne of Japan’s most popular sports tournaments is reeling after the sudden withdrawal of a team whose teenage players have been accused of abusing a younger teammate.Koryo high school, which had been representing Hiroshima prefecture in the summer high school baseball championships, announced on Sunday it would no longer take part. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head

After speaking out about the suppression of Hong Kong’s protests, Chloe Cheung was targeted by Beijing, followed on the street and abused online. Yet she remains defiantIt was Christmas Eve 2024 and 19-year-old Chloe Cheung was lying in bed at home in Leeds when she found out the Chinese authorities had put a bounty on her head. As she scrolled through Instagram looking at festive songs, a stream of messages from old school friends started coming into her phone. Look at the news, they told her.Media outlets across east Asia were reporting that Cheung, who had just finished her A-levels, had been declared a threat to national security by officials in Hong Kong. There was an offer of HK$1m (£94,000) to anyone who could assist in her arrest or capture. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago ‘We are on the frontline’: the ambitious plan to save an Alpine village from a climate catastrophe

A huge lake formed by a melting glacier above Pralognan-la-Vanoise could inundate the village – but a project is under way to stop itThe villagers of Pralognan-la-Vanoise in the French Alps know well the perils posed by the mountains that encircle them.Avalanches, rockfalls, mudslides, sudden crevices and torrents of water are within the living memory of most villagers, and every day the climate emergency throws up new dangers. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Turkey earthquake: At least one dead and 29 injured after 6.1 magnitude quake

At least one person has sadly died after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake as well as several aftershocks rocked Turkey on Sunday evening, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed

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46 h. ago Turkey rocked by deadly 6.1 earthquake as homes collapse and terrified locals flee rubble

One person has died following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Instanbul was followed by seven aftershocks, each measuring a magnitude of 3.0, on Sunday

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48 h. ago Environment groups are too white and middle class, says green boss

Asad Rehman (pictured), who became the first person of colour to lead Friends of the Earth this week, said more needed to be done as he pledged to develop a diverse movement.

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49 h. ago DR MAX PEMBERTON: Meghan's deathly silence on Harry's woes says so much about their relationship. This is not what a successful marriage looks like...

Harry had already stepped back in March. He is said to be devastated. What's puzzling is that Meghan has remained silent. No public words of support. Maybe behind closed doors she's been his rock.

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51 h. ago Trump’s Peace Prize envy is just the latest round in his obsession with one

Trump turns to peacemaking in his latest effort to grasp Obama’s global acclaim. He’s not yet found any success, writes John Bowden

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54 h. ago Chips and crisps 'at risk' due to looming potato shortage as 'crisis deepens'

Experts said climate change is putting Britain's favourite spud-based snacks at risk and warn global potato yields could plummet by as much as 16% by 2035 due to weather changes

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55 h. ago David Gray won't make Hibs 'excuses' as he warns stars they brought Kilmarnock collapse on themselves

The Leith outfit were cruising inside half an hour thanks to Rocky Bushiri and Elie Youan before being pegged back to share the points

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60 h. ago ‘A lot of money to be made’: Paris hit with spate of €1m handbag heists

Police say ease of re-selling, twinned with growing demand, has encouraged gangs to target luxury leather goodsA series of million-euro robberies of luxury handbags from boutiques and brand headquarters in Paris has shown that high-value leather goods are now a bigger target for organised criminals than jewels or cash, as French police pursue sophisticated gangs targeting designer bags.Paris has been the scene of several high-profile robberies of handbags over the past year, fuelled by the growing global demand for designer leather goods, which are increasingly being displayed by influencers on social media. As designer handbags sell for record prices at auction – with the late singer Jane Birkin’s Hermès bag fetching €8.6m (£7.4m) this summer – prices are rising in boutiques and secondhand bags are gaining value as collectors’ items. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D

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62 h. ago Daughter of INXS rock legend Kirk Pengilly hits back at nepo baby label: 'I didn't want to be in my dad's shadow'

She's the famous daughter of famed INXS rock legend Kirk Pengilly.

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63 h. ago Ibiza Final Boss gets public message from Bonnie Blue as he 'can't be slayed'

Jack Kaye, 26, shot to global internet fame when a video of him busting a move on an Ibiza dance floor with his distinctive bob haircut and dress sense went viral

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63 h. ago Iconic noughties star, 47, rocks ruffled hotpants and quirky boots at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall

Nelly Furtado was all smiles as she put on a confident, leggy display at Boardmasters Festival on Saturday. The I'm Like a Bird hitmaker, 47, looked incredible in a pair of ruffled khaki hotpants.

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64 h. ago ‘This is big blissful entertainment’: global film critics on the one movie that defines their country

What single film best represents a nation? Here, 12 writers choose the one work they believe most captures their home’s culture and cinema – from a bold cricket musical to a nine-hour documentary, gritty crime dramas to frothy tales of revengeIt is often said that there are two religions in India: cinema and cricket. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India blends the two with such panache that, upon its release, movie theatres became stadiums, with audiences cheering and dancing in their seats when the underdogs (a ragtag team of Indian villagers) defeat their masters (a far superior British team led by a tyrannical racist captain who wants to inflict a ruinous land tax on them). Continue reading...

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64 h. ago TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor

TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company’s global push to replace moderators with AITikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company’s trust and safety team. The social media behemoth said it is planning to dismantle its entire Berlin moderation team, which removes harmful content from the platform, and outsource the work to artificial intelligence and contract workers. This means the dismissal of 150 employees.The trade union that represents the TikTok workers, ver.di, has been pushing to negotiate with TikTok over the past few weeks. Kalle Kunkel, a ver.di spokesperson for the Berlin-Brandenburg region, said the union sent a list of demands to TikTok regarding severance for the affected employees and an extension of the layoff notice period to one year. So far, he said, TikTok has refused to come to the table. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago A taste of Swedish island life – but on the mainland, near Stockholm

Stockholm’s 30,000-strong archipelago is rightly famous, but the sandy beaches and cabins just down the coast are more accessible and full of local flavourI moved to Stockholm from London for work a decade ago. As a newcomer with a passion for nature, I remember being eager to soak up the region’s archipelago of 30,000 islands and rocky outposts. But I was overwhelmed by complex public ferry timetables to dozens of places ending in the letter “ö” (the Swedish word for island) and uninterested in pricey cruise boats packed with tour groups.Then a former flatmate recommended Nynäshamn, which is on the mainland but embodies much of the nature and spirit of Stockholm’s archipelago. It’s home to a tasteful waterfront of colourfully painted bars and restaurants and a harbour packed with boats every summer, from simple dinghies to luxury yachts. Beyond, you can look across a clean, calm stretch of Baltic Sea, towards the island of Bedarön, flanked by pine trees and a smattering of dark red...

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68 h. ago Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot

Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grievingRod Stewart had a few surprise guests at a recent concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. His old friend Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath who died last month, was apparently beamed in from some kind of rock heaven, where he was reunited with other departed stars including Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Bob Marley.The AI-generated images divided Stewart’s fans. Some denounced them as disrespectful and distasteful; others found the tribute beautiful. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold warNuclear weapons – their lethal menace, dark history and future spread – are back in the headlines again and, as usual, the news is worrying, bordering on desperate. Russia’s decision last week to formally abandon the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty banning medium- and short-range nuclear missiles completes the demolition of a key pillar of global arms control. It will accelerate an already frantic nuclear arms race in Europe and Asia at a moment when US and Russian leaders are taunting each other like schoolboys.Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, has repeatedly threatened the west with nuclear weapons during his war in Ukraine. Last November, Russian forces fired their new Oreshnik hypersonic, nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile at Dnipro. It travels “like a meteorite” at 10 times the speed of sound and can reach...

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68 h. ago Rocky Bushiri reveals Hibs half time surprise in Belgrade as Keiron Bowie earns Romelu Lukaku comparison

The big defender was at the heart of a pivotal 30 first half seconds as the Hibees left the Serbian ca[ital with a 2-0 Conference League lead

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68 h. ago Cuddles, cuppas and chemistry: Albanese and Luxon downplay divisions in times of global turmoil

The prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were very public in their personal regard for each other, perhaps a response to the uncertainty that lies all aroundThe Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, made multiple references to the freezing Queenstown climate during their annual meet-up but the mood was far from frosty.As the evening light dipped behind the jagged peaks surrounding a billionaire’s bunker-like facility where the leaders held their bilateral talks at the weekend, Luxon quipped that the outdoor press conference was the coldest he had ever done and it was time for a cup of hot chocolate. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Welsh castle has an incredible ‘floating’ footbridge and epic sea views you cannot beat

This well-preserved medieval fortress sits atop a rocky crag overlooking the dunes and sea.

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3 d. ago Nelly Furtado, 47, rocks ruffled hotpants and quirky boots at Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall

Nelly Furtado was all smiles as she put on a confident, leggy display at Boardmasters Festival on Saturday. The I'm Like a Bird hitmaker, 47, looked incredible in a pair of ruffled khaki hotpants.

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3 d. ago Strictly rocked by fresh scandal amid 'drug probe' after staffer claims they were offered cocaine by show star during wild alcohol fuelled afterparty

In the latest turn of events a member of the crew, who reportedly worked on show for a decade until 2023, has broken their silence on Strictly's wild behind the scenes parties.

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3 d. ago Who's winning the race for global domination? Experts explain how three 'super

The US President deftly paved the way for this diplomatic showdown last week when he removed a key stumbling block to such a meeting: the presence of Volodymyr Zelensky.

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3 d. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt in 'toxic feud' with boss as show 'in crisis'

BBC Breakfast has been rocked in recent months and it's reported that hosts Naga and Charlie are now 'under review'.

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3 d. ago 'Rock stars went in but the feel of the place was that it was a home for everyone'

The bolthole for the stars is the Apsley Cottage pub behind the Apollo Theatre in Ardwick. Its walls are covered with pictures of the bands who have gone there after performing at the venue.

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3 d. ago Israel faces growing global condemnation over military expansion in Gaza

International condemnation is growing over Israel’s decision for a military takeover of Gaza City

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3 d. ago Freddo chocolate creator's daughter say he would be 'rolling in his grave'

Leonie Lewis's father Harry Melbourne first came up with the idea of the edible amphibian as a teenager while working for an Australian confectionary company MacRobertson's.

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3 d. ago ‘I live for a chance to leave Iraq’: how I survived torture and slavery at the hands of Islamic State

A decade on from being freed, a Yazidi woman tells how she endured being abducted by militants when she was aged nineMy childhood living in a village in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul was rich in happiness despite the lack of resources. I was fond of my school and friends and enjoyed a warm family life filled with laughter. That all vanished when Islamic State forces invaded our area.When we heard of their approach [IS took control of large areas of northern Iraq and its second biggest city, Mosul, in 2014], we tried to escape but were surrounded by five IS vehicles. The men were separated and they took my father and one of my cousins and shot them in front of us. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Joe Biden is complicit in Gaza’s starvation. Blood is on his hands | Mohamad Bazzi

At several points during his presidency, Biden could have stopped starvation from spreading in Gaza. He didn’t do thatIn March 2024, the global authority on food security warned that Palestinians were experiencing “catastrophic levels of hunger”, and famine was imminent in northern Gaza as Israel continued its siege of the territory. That report was one of the most direct warnings from the UN and international relief groups, which had been raising alarms about the potential for widespread starvation in Gaza since December 2023.Joe Biden was in the White House at the time, and his administration not only failed to heed those repeated warnings, but it worked to undermine UN agencies and humanitarian groups that tried to focus attention on Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Today, Donald Trump and his administration are deeply complicit in the human-made famine unfolding in Gaza, but it’s important to remember that US complicity predates Trump – and it’s another sta...

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3 d. ago Gaza latest: Defiant Israel says global criticism will not ‘weaken resolve’ to occupy whole of Gaza City

Israel’s security cabinet has approved Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take full military control of Gaza City

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3 d. ago From convincing ABBA to release another album to performing for Vladimir Putin: the untold story of how tribute act BJÖRN AGAIN became a £50 million global business

Thirty-six years, 5,800 shows, £50 million in the bank. Maddy Fletcher meets the man behind BJÖRN AGAIN, the tribute act that became a global brand

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3 d. ago Early Beatles photos by Paul McCartney to go on show in London

Portraits taken in early 60s reveal intimate moments before band’s fame became all-consumingA collection of photographs taken by Paul McCartney when the Beatles were on the brink of global stardom are to be shown in an exhibition that sheds light on intimate moments as the group first experienced fame.Paul McCartney: Rearview Mirror, which opens at the Gagosian gallery in London on 28 August, features more than 30 shots taken by the singer-songwriter during late 1963 after the release of the Beatles’ first album, and early 1964 as they travelled to the US. Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago The Hives: 'We've always said we're the best band in the world'

Still the undisputed kings of live shows, The Hives have a brand of witty rock’n’roll carnage that’s as contagious as ever.

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3 d. ago Kate Middleton's strict advice from key royal that she follows to this day

When the Princess of Wales married into the royal family in 2011, a veteran royal shared some invaluable advice with her about the global attention was about to receive

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4 d. ago Police 'sat on information' that could have stopped dog walker, 80, from being beaten to death by racist teenage thugs, daughter says

Bhim Kohli, 80, was walking his dog Rocky in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, just yards from his home when he was attacked on September 1 last year.

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4 d. ago Couple having sex in car accidentally rock it off cliff to their deaths

Adriana Ribeiro, 42, and her boyfriend Marcone Cardoso, 26, had parked up by a cliff edge in Brazil after going to a party but their moment of intimacy ended in tragedy

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4 d. ago U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Unite: ONR Global's London Tech Bridge Fuels Transatlantic Leap In Naval Readiness

U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Unite: ONR Global's London Tech Bridge Fuels Transatlantic Leap In Naval Readiness  DVIDS

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4 d. ago Em Arlott holds her nerve as Trent Rockets come up short in The Hundred

Birmingham Phoenix earned an 11-run win at Edgbaston

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4 d. ago These high school students say Northeastern’s London summer school changed everything

These high school students say Northeastern’s London summer school changed everything  Northeastern Global News

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4 d. ago The cancer patient who inspired French movement to block reintroduction of pesticide

Fleur Breteau tells of how case was merely a symptom of a wider problem contaminating food and water systemsOn the day French MPs gave themselves a round of applause for approving legislation to reintroduce a banned pesticide last month, a figure rose from the public gallery to shout: “You are supporters of cancer and we will make it known.”Fleur Breteau made it known. Her outburst and appearance – she lost her hair during chemotherapy for breast cancer – boosted a petition against the “Duplomb law” to well over 2m signatures. Continue reading...

Science

4 d. ago The world’s in flames. But these are the ways I’ve found hope this summer amid the gloom | Jonathan Freedland

Tentatively, I want to make a moral case for escapism – for allowing oneself a break from world eventsIf you’ve locked your phone in a drawer, hidden the newspaper down the sofa or unplugged the radio, I wouldn’t blame you. Just glimpsing or half-hearing the headlines can be enough to plunge you into a sinkhole of gloom.If it’s not the Trump administration ending $500m worth of funding for the very vaccine programmes that helped rescue billions from the menace of Covid – as part of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s determined effort to rollback mass immunisation, one of the greatest gifts science has given humankind – it’s the ongoing agony of Gaza, only set to increase after Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a global outcry over his use of starvation as a weapon not by moving to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the strip, as so desperately needed, but rather to escalate the war yet further, his security cabinet agreeing early Friday morning to take over Gaza City.Jonathan Freedland is ...

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4 d. ago Rock star Yungblud opens new music venue and clothing store in London

Rock star Yungblud opens new music venue and clothing store in London  My London

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4 d. ago Add to playlist: Panic Shack’s gleeful anarchy and this week’s best new tracks

The upstarts from Cardiff’s underground are a fizzy, riffy, irreverently hilarious bundle of buzzsaw guitars, vim and vinegarFrom Cardiff, WalesRecommended if you like Lambrini Girls, Amyl and the Sniffers, Kleenex/Lilliput Up next Playing Beautiful Days festival, Fairmile, Devon, 14 August and touring the UK in OctoberAcross seven years, cheekily raucous quartet Panic Shack have gone from the Cardiff underground to the fringes of the mainstream. After forming as a raised middle finger to snooty blokey indie bands “fiddling with their pedals with a face like a slapped arse”, their self-titled debut crashed into the Top 40 last month and topped the UK rock and metal albums chart. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Global epidemic alarm as China virus spreads to new country in record

The virus spreading in China that has prompted Covid-era quarantines and restrictions is spreading, reaching a new country this week as cases surpass 10,000.

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