4 h. ago Red Arrows make history with sustainable fuels London flypast

Red Arrows make history with sustainable fuels London flypast  Royal Air Force

Culture

4 h. ago Wayne Rooney sparks massive debate after picking players he was better than

Wayne Rooney will go down as one of the greatest players in Premier League history after firing in 253 goals in 559 appearances for Manchester United and winning every trophy available to him

Sport

5 h. ago Red Arrows make history with sustainable fuel flypast for King’s birthday

Jets from the world-famous display team were powered by a blend of sustainable aviation fuel, and used vegetable oil to produce their vapour trails.

Culture

5 h. ago Ice arrests of migrants with no criminal history surging under Trump

Guardian analysis sharply contradicts president’s claim that officials are targeting ‘criminals’ for deportation from USThe federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency has exponentially increased the arrest and detention of immigrants without any criminal history since the second Trump administration took office, a data analysis by the Guardian shows.The information sharply contradicts Donald Trump’s claims the authorities are targeting “criminals” for deportation as part of his aggressive anti-immigration agenda. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Markram steers South Africa to historic World Test Championship final triumph

Final, D4: SA, 138 & 282-5, bt Aus, 212 & 207, by five wktsVerreynne sees Proteas home against AustraliaFirst trophy since 1998 banishes ‘chokers’ barbAs the South African balcony erupted in ecstasy, and the green shirts in the crowd sent a roar ringing around St John’s Wood, Temba Bavuma simply sat there with his head in his hands. Relief? Disbelief? Whatever it was, it was the culmination of a journey from the township of Langa to the new pinnacle of Test cricket at Lord’s. South Africa, World Test Championship winners under his calm leadership, had made history.There were a couple of stutters along the way, moments when South African backsides started to twitch like a rabbit’s nose and memories of all those self-inflicted heartaches at International Cricket Council events came flooding back. But in the end, guided by a masterful 136 from Aiden Markram - catharsis after last year’s loss in the T20 World Cup final under his captaincy - they squeezed out the remaining 69 run...

Sport

5 h. ago Love Island's Georgia Harrison 'beyond honoured' as she makes history with MBE award

Love Island's Georgia Harrison took to social media to thank her followers after being awarded an MBE by King Charles as she was named in the King's Birthday Honours List

Events

6 h. ago Meet the footballer who was sold by his club after having sex with Playboy model in the middle of the pitch: International star's ex

This is the story of a how a fun-loving former international star was said to have 'fulfilled his dream' by having sex in the middle of the pitch with his ex-wife, who was a former Playboy model.

Society

6 h. ago History's most scandalous royal romps – from threesomes to secret marriages

Princess Margaret apparently had the hots for John Travolta, as the Daily Star revealed recently. The Grease star gasped “she hit on me!” after meeting the late royal, according to top Hollywood exec Barry Diller.

Politics

8 h. ago KGB defector turned to Britain only after US rejected him several times, book reveals

Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operationsOne of the most consequential Russian defectors in history was turned away several times by the US before he was eventually accepted by Britain and exfiltrated with his family from Russia, according to revelations in a new book.Vasili Mitrokhin, a KGB archivist who spent years copying top-secret documents on some of the most sensitive Soviet spies and operations, was brought out of Russia in 1992 by MI6. His archive of copied documents was exfiltrated separately. But London got hold of his trove only after Mitrokhin gave up trying to get the US to take him seriously. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham fails to acknowledge his dad David's knighthood while Romeo shares a tribute as family feud rumbles on

While Romeo shared a tribute to congratulate the former footballer, aspiring chef Brooklyn uploaded a photo of some pretzels to his Instagram Story.

Events

9 h. ago Trump’s military parade taps an ancient tradition of power: from Mesopotamia to Maga

Critics see echoes of authoritarianism, a break from the US’s usual restraint on military displayTo Donald Trump, the inspiration is the pomp and pageantry of Bastille Day, France’s annual celebration of the 1789 revolution.For his critics, it is redolent of the authoritarian militarism proudly projected by autocracies like Russia, China and North Korea. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago The village with amazing beaches on the UK's 'best island' two hours from Greater Manchester

Steeped in history it has pretty cottages, gorgeous beaches and a craft cider bar with mountain views

Politics

12 h. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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12 h. ago Trump is deeply obsessed with US history – but he has learned all the wrong lessons from it | David Reynolds

His ostentatious birthday parade is his latest reimagining of America’s past. He’d do well to remember that pride must be rooted in honestyDavid Reynolds is the author of Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the leaders who shaped himToday the US army will parade in style along the National Mall in Washington DC to celebrate its 250th anniversary. This also just happens to be the 79th birthday of President Donald J Trump. As commander-in-chief, he will take the salute from a viewing platform on Constitution Avenue.But this is not a mere vanity project, as some critics have claimed. History really matters to the US’s 47th president. One of Trump’s last acts before reluctantly leaving the White House in January 2021 was to publish a report by his “1776 Commission”, created to “restore understanding of the greatness of the American Founding”. Deliberately, the commissioners included few university historians because universities were described as often being “hotbeds of anti-Americanism...

Politics

12 h. ago ‘This becomes a form of torture itself’: a story from detention told to Refugee Tales

Winning your case in detention in the Fast Track system was close to impossible

Events

13 h. ago US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimes

The military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history

Events

13 h. ago The home of one of the largest catalogs of Black history turns 100 in New York

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country

Politics

16 h. ago Doctor Family Was Moving To London On Doomed Flight. Father Shares His Story

Doctor Family Was Moving To London On Doomed Flight. Father Shares His Story  NDTV

Society

17 h. ago Killing Heidi are back, 25 years on: ‘Growing up in rock’n’roll gives you a shitload of grit’

After a ‘quiet little break’ of 20 years, the band is back to celebrate their 2000 debut Reflector – then the fastest-selling Australian album in history• Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2022, Ella and Jesse Hooper, siblings and bandmates in Australian rock band Killing Heidi, lost both of their parents in the space of two weeks. Their father, Jeremy, died first after a shock cancer diagnosis and a quick decline; a fortnight later, their mother, Helen, passed away after a long struggle with breast cancer.The grieving siblings took the weekend off, then went straight back out on to the road. Continue reading...

Events

19 h. ago King's Birthday Honours: Scotland's recipients, from tartan to sausage rolls, history to hills

A huge variety of Scots have been named in this summer’s King’s Birthday Honours.

Politics