12 h. ago Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best

Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new albumIt’s an unseasonably warm spring afternoon and sunlight is beaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a north London photo studio. When I arrive, Little Simz is out on the balcony. Wearing chunky sunglasses, a skirt and comfy cardigan, she sits on a chair with her back to the sun, eyes on the horizon, and pulls her legs up, wrapping her arms around her knees in a defensive position that’s verging on foetal.It’s curious body language for an artist at the top of her game. At 31, Simz is looking out at a city she can justifiably claim to have conquered since emerging as a teenage rapper more than a decade ago. But that’s not where she’s at right now. “I genuinely felt like I could disappoint everyone,” Simz says when I ask abo...

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27 h. ago Trump says Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Elon Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump appeared to dismiss a peace overture from his former close political ally Elon Musk on Friday, calling him someone who had “lost his mind” as the extraordinary falling out between the two men looked set to continue.The US president and the richest person in the world – who had been tasked with slashing the federal government – fell out in spectacular fashion on Thursday in a series of escalating social media posts that roiled the political world. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Princes Eugenie reveals the most important lesson she learned from her mother Sarah Ferguson

The daughters of the Duchess of York, Princessess Eugenie, 35, and Beatrice, 36, are known to share a close bond with Sarah and call themselves the 'tripod'.

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5 d. ago Exit polls suggest Polish presidential election too close to call – live

Pro-European Warsaw mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, declares himself winner over Karol Nawrocki despite narrow margin Any moment now Are you ready? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Polish presidential election too close to call as campaigning enters final hours – Europe live

Polls show difference between pro-European Rafał Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki within the margin of errorBoth candidates are out and about from early hours today, as they fight for every single vote they can get.Speaking in Włocławek, Trzaskowski rallied his voters and urged them to “convince all those who are not convinced yet.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago House fire horror: Mother and three children killed as blaze rips through north London home and man arrested

Emergency services were called to Tillett Close in Stonebridge, Brent, at 1.22am on Saturday

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2 w. ago House fire horror: Three children and woman killed as blaze rips through north London home and man arrested

Emergency services were called to Tillett Close in Stonebridge, Brent, at 1.22am on Saturday

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2 w. ago Philippe Coutinho interview stopped after GUNSHOTS heard at training ground

Philippe Coutinho has spent the past year back in his native Brazil, but his current club Vasco da Gama have endured a number of close calls with violent incidents

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2 w. ago Here's a look at recent aircraft tragedies, mishaps and close calls

A private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday morning is the latest aviation crash this year

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2 w. ago Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York's LaGuardia Airport

Federal officials are investigating why two planes got dangerously close on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport earlier this month despite the airport being equipped with an advanced surface radar system that's designed to help prevent such close calls

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2 w. ago Megyn Kelly puts Trump clash behind her to ride the Maga media wave

The former Fox News host once branded ‘nasty’ by Trump is now a cheerleader for him and her podcast is surging in the rightwing media-sphereIt was the night before a US presidential election that Donald Trump had called the most important in history. Who could close the deal at his campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? The answer was Megyn Kelly. Trump “will keep the boys out of girls’ sports where they don’t belong”, the rightwinger podcaster said to rapturous applause. “And you know what else? He will look out for our boys, too. Our forgotten boys and our forgotten men.”Turning around and pointing at Trump supporters wearing hard hats, Kelly eulogised guys “who’ve got the calluses on their hands, who work for a living, the beards and the tats, maybe have a beer after work, and don’t want to be judged by people like Oprah and Beyoncé, who will never have to face the consequences of her [Kamala Harris’s] disastrous economic policies. These guys will. He gets it. President Trum...

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3 w. ago ‘The rules are broken’: Urgent call for UK to fix fashion’s fast future

A new white paper warns the UK is falling behind global efforts to clean up the fashion industry, calling for urgent reforms to curb waste, close tax loopholes and hold brands accountable for what happens to their clothes after sale

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3 w. ago ‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash penned his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death

“I had several close calls throughout my lifetime,” Gary Wolfelt wrote. “I guess that I was just lucky that something didn’t get me long before now.”

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3 w. ago ‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash pens his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death

“I had several close calls throughout my lifetime,” Gary Wolfelt wrote. “I guess that I was just lucky that something didn’t get me long before now.”

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4 w. ago Flights across America thrown into chaos after another terrifying close call at one of US' busiest airports

After another terrifying power outage at New Jersey 's Newark Airport, airlines and federal officials are reportedly planning to slash flights at the busy travel hub.

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