2 h. ago Trump confirms detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took the Palestinian student protester into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The Au Pair cast in full as Vera and Poirot stars join Channel 5 thriller

Channel 5's The Au Pair follows a bespoke dressmaker named Zoe who hires an au pair named Sandrine - but mysterious accidents start happening shortly after her arrival

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2 h. ago Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller

SXSW film festival: Meghann Fahy lands a killer star vehicle with a fun, seat-edge piece of pulp entertainment, playing a woman tasked with killing her dateI have a special place in my heart for a movie that knows what it is, doesn’t mislead and delivers accordingly in a tight 90 minutes. Drop, as indicated by title and trailer, is a one-room thriller for the digital natives: what would happen if your phone was barraged by mysterious AirDropped memes telling you to kill your date, or your family dies? It’s a simple premise familiar to anyone who has received an unwanted dick pic on the subway, and one that writer/director Christopher Landon drills into with fresh and invigorating precision.And one elevated by two well-cast leads in Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar, who both keep their cards just close enough to their chests. Sklenar, recently in It Ends With Us, once again convincingly plays the nice, understanding guy to a woman who has survived domestic abuse; sweet and self-effac...

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3 h. ago Trump confirms arrest and detention of Palestinian activist: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took Mahmoud Khalil into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago WWE 2K25 review – the ultimate wrestling celebration and the best the franchise has ever been

WWE 2K25's main new mode might be a rushed disappointment, but just about everything else iterates on an already great suite of wrestling modes.

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3 h. ago Nepo baby, 21, who is the son of a former Hollywood power couple goes for stroll in NYC... can you guess who?

While his parents are no longer together, during their marriage they were considered a huge power couple after first meeting on the set of the thriller Cruel Intentions.

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3 h. ago ‘This £25 vanilla fragrance is my new favourite and always gets me compliments’

Gourmand fragrances and vanilla scents are hugely popular at the moment, and I've found a surprising new favourite to add to our list of the best vanilla perfumes

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3 h. ago The Darkness review – retro rockers are still in acrobatically high spirits

Swansea Building Society ArenaFresh from Taylor Swift’s endorsement, Justin Hawkins and his hard-riffing band can still strut and peacock with the best – so it’s a shame about the bad sound mixMidway through the deliriously profane Get Your Hands Off My Woman, Justin Hawkins demands that the crowd claps along. Before you know it, the frontman is standing on his head and joining in by slapping together the heels of his pointy white shoes. There has already been bountiful swearing and ripping guitars, and now there is showing off. All is right in the Darkness’s world.Hawkins has never misplaced his desire to peacock in front of an audience, and yet his acrobatic high spirits do appear to be supercharged at an interesting moment in the group’s long career. Fresh from becoming a side quest for Taylor Swift’s legion of fans due to her admiration of their 2003 hit I Believe in a Thing Called Love – a song dispatched here with undimmed bombast – the Darkness have a new record out shortly t...

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4 h. ago How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?

Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s rightI have one primitive but foolproof tool of political analysis. Trying to balance competing claims in any matter of party discipline – unless it’s a party of which I am a member, in which case, of course, I have already picked a side – I think: “Does it sound as if anyone’s done the kind of vetting even I would know how to do?”Rupert Lowe has been suspended from Reform over claims of bullying and physical intimidation, which he says are without basis. He went on to say, on X, that he was “disappointed, but not surprised” by the allegations, which has a conspiratorial whiff. He has already said the allegations are false, so if he is not surprised to hear them made, it surely indicates that he thinks he is dealing with the kind of people who will expediently exploit any kind of nonsense. C...

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4 h. ago Cate Blanchett pans film industry for gender inequality and insists women are 'still having to fight' for #MeToo progress: 'We're nowhere near equal pay!'

Speaking on Monday, days before the release of spy thriller Black Bag, in which she stars opposite Michael Fassbender, the actress, 55, made her feelings clear on inequalities within Hollywood.

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4 h. ago Stranraer wheelchair curler heading to Paralympics despite World Championship disappointment

Hugh Nibloe and his team secured their place at next year's games in Italy despite exiting the World Championships in Ayrshire at the round-robin stage.

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4 h. ago DOGE is ‘urgently’ looking for wins to show public as they try to clean up PR ‘mess’

‘PR is viewed as a big mess internally right now,’ one source said of DOGE

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4 h. ago Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess

A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too

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4 h. ago Holland review – twisty Nicole Kidman thriller is a disappointing mess

SXSW film festival: Fresh director Mimi Cave delivers an underwhelming follow-up that can’t make the most of its hard-working leading starNicole Kidman is, in general, providing a public service with her seemingly inexhaustible energy. She’s been working consistently with female directors – 19 in the last eight years – while also attempting to rescue the tight domestic thrillers of yore and consistently probing the gap between women’s placid public facades and private turmoil. The quality of Kidman’s performances – and she is almost always delivering something a little weird, a little off and very magnetic – does not indicate the quality of the project, which can range from the provocative (if underwhelming) Babygirl to her personal beach-read cinematic universe of mediocre TV roles.Holland, Kidman’s latest film as a star and producer (under her Blossom Films banner), finds Kidman in a familiar groove: a suburban housewife with secrets and suspicions, beset by paranoia and straining...

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5 h. ago Nicole Kidman to take break from acting after filming six projects in one year

Nicole Kidman has starred in six different acting projects in 2024 alone, and the Oscar winner has now revealed that she will be taking a break from acting after the promotion tour of her upcoming film Holland

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5 h. ago Commons Speaker orders review after Big Ben clock tower security incident

A man spent more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag while perched on the clock tower of Big Ben on Saturday.

Events

6 h. ago Netflix You season 5 official trailer teases Joe Goldberg's 'not done yet' as familiar faces want revenge

You season five is set to be the final series of the Netflix thriller and now the official trailer has been released, teasing a "killer finale" for Joe Goldberg.

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6 h. ago Marco Rubio announces cancellation of most USAid programs – live

Secretary of state says on social media that 83% of the programs at USAid are being cancelledSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Apple iPad Air with M3 Processor review: Does the new tablet live up to the hype?

Apple's latest iPad Air model offers enhanced performance and new features such as an updated Magic Keyboard

Society

6 h. ago DWP PIP update as 'freeze' planned with those with most extreme disabilities set to lose out

Labour is carrying out a major review of the benefits system, as it emerged that the government is reportedly planning to announce a freeze on PIP payments.

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