1 hour ago Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’

Billionaire ticks all the boxes on the antisemitic score card as Trump attacks Democratic contributors before midtermsPam Bondi, the US attorney general, said “everything is on the table” and left it there. But Donald Trump threw discretion to the wind and was far more specific about his choice of enemy to go after.“If you look at Soros, he’s at the top of everything,” the US president said. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Dramatic moment cars are swept away as deadly floods hit Bulgaria

Footage shows dozens of cars being swept away in Elenite, as floods devastate south-east Bulgaria.

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2 h. ago Mason Mount: Man Utd blocking media noise rather than getting caught up in it

Mount said the team were “100 per cent behind the gaffer”.

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2 h. ago Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan

States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theaterTrump is all about political theatre, or circus, and it often seems that even in resisting him, as decent citizens must do, we become part of the circus too. We are like the extras who splutter while he thrills the base by violating some heretofore inviolate human norm. So the show goes on. But why not put on our own show, our own form of political theatre, that leaves Trump out – or at least has a different focus?We could consider the kind of political theatre that Americans created from 1768 to 1776 to resist Britain’s growing crackdown. Instead of employing their creaky legislative bodies, they opted for new forms of resistance, non-importation committees, even a first continental congress with no apparent legitimacy or precedent.Thomas Geoghegan is a lawyer and author of Which Side Are You On? (1991) and The History of Democracy Has Yet to be Writte...

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2 h. ago ‘Baltimore has the worst PR of any city in America’: a culture critic on his hometown, race, police and art

Lawrence Burney’s new book, No Sense in Wishing, comes at a time when the US is facing a crackdown on cities, art, culture and educationLawrence Burney’s latest, No Sense in Wishing, is a book in which the famous phenom and dark horse share equal weight on the page. It’s also a love letter to Baltimore – to its artists, its crabs and its streets – and a Bildungsroman that finds its heroes in Lupe Fiasco and Frederick Douglass alike.Burney, a Baltimore native, culture critic, and essayist, guides us through a memoir about the art, whether films or paintings or song lyrics, that have informed his personal and professional trajectory. He writes about growing up amongst artists with Black family traditions rooted in the Chesapeake, his journey through fatherhood at 19, and then to New York, where he helped spearhead Vice’s coverage of lesser known rap and hip-hop artists otherwise left out of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How two blonde suburban moms gave Democrats an answer to the rightwing media ecosystem

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan’s podcast I’ve Had It has risen up the charts and created a community with ‘a brand of fuck-you politics’When Donald Trump scheduled a press conference after a weekend in which rumors about his health swirled, two women in red-state Oklahoma launched a livestream for their more than 1 million followers on YouTube to speculate about the condition of “Cankles McTacoTits”, shortened to Canks “for expediency and spite”.It was fitting for the profanity-laced, straight talking liberal podcast I’ve Had It that quipped, after interviewing Barack Obama, that the former president has “big dick energy”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Meghan's own catwalk moment: Duchess of Sussex 'struts' as she leaves Balenciaga show in Paris

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, appeared to have her very own model moment as she left the Balenciaga show in Paris on Saturday evening.

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3 h. ago Belgian media make same Man Utd point after Senne Lammens' debut

Senne Lammens made his Manchester United debut in the 2-0 win over Sunderland and the Belgian goalkeeper was praised by the media in his home country

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3 h. ago 'Man smeared unknown substance on me but it was more sinister than I imagined'

Social media creator Ami Alex, 27, from Blackburn, often calls out bad behaviour on her channel, but there was one incident that left her feeling seriously uncomfortable after it happened

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3 h. ago I was 31, burned out, and single. Would a string of dates with French men bring back my joie de vivre?

I was working 80-hour weeks and having no luck on the New York singles scene. A move to Europe opened my mind – and helped me find love in the most unexpected place“Tu es où?” I texted, peeking out the balcony to see if he was near. I checked my lipstick in the mirror over the mantelpiece. Then fretted whether my kindergarten-level French was off-putting.“I’m coming,” he texted. And before I could wonder about inviting a strange man to my home for a first date in a foreign country, Thomas knocked. Soon after we exchanged la bise and he took off his layers of winter gear, I realised he was even more attractive than his Tinder photos, with messy blond hair and a glimpse of ultra-defined abs. While fetching wine as insouciantly as I could, inside my head I was screaming: “The plan is working!” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Everything you need to know about Lewis Hamilton's dog Roscoe as tributes pour in

Lewis Hamilton's beloved bulldog Roscoe, who sadly passed away last weekend, had become something of a celebrity in his own right with a huge following on social media

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4 h. ago Footage captures 'moment arsonist sets mosque on fire' as police probe hate crime

The front entrance to the mosque in Peaceheaven in East Sussex - six miles east along the coast from Brighton - was damaged along with a vehicle parked outside.

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4 h. ago Victoria Beckham ‘surprised’ by positive response to viral moment in husband David’s Netflix show

‘I didn’t love me in that documentary,’ admits former Spice Girl

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4 h. ago Chilling CCTV captures moment man is kidnapped in Welsh retail park

Connor Price was kidnapped and brutally attacked by three men in a Welsh retail park

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4 h. ago Belgian media make Liverpool point after Senne Lammens' Man United debut

Senne Lammens made his first Manchester United appearance on Saturday, keeping a clean sheet as Ruben Amorim's team got the better of Sunderland in the Premier League

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4 h. ago Davina McCall breaks down in tears as she reveals the moment she decided she must have brain surgery on her tumour while out on a run

Davina McCall broke down in tears as she revealed that it was a song by a Canadian singer she heard which convinced her to make the tough decision to have brain surgery.

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4 h. ago Lionel Richie jokingly ‘heals’ Kelly Clarkson via ‘grief exorcism’ after candid conversation on loss

This is the moment that Lionel Richie “heals” Kelly Clarkson with a “grief exorcism” following a candid conversation on loss.

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4 h. ago Are Tooth Tattoos the next 2025 trend? New fashion look sees engraved dental caps fitted to teeth for just £200

Hospitals in China are reportedly advertising offers for 'teeth tattoos' which has taken social media by storm, where young people can get dental caps engraved and fitted onto their teeth

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4 h. ago Are Tooth Tattoos the next 2025 trend? Fashion look sees engraved dental caps fitted for £200

Hospitals in China are reportedly advertising offers for 'teeth tattoos' which has taken social media by storm, where young people can get dental caps engraved and fitted onto their teeth

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4 h. ago ‘No one’s been willing to take a risk’: are Palestinian films still struggling to get seen?

As a genocide continues, the road to audiences has been smoother for Israeli films while Palestinians must get inventiveThis March, two documentaries on the aftermath of the 7 October 2023 attacks reached theaters within days of each other. One, called October 8, focused on the “emergence of antisemitism on college campuses, on social media and on the streets” after Hamas forces killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, most of them civilians. The film, executive-produced by Debra Messing, was widely released by Briarcliff Entertainment, a maverick distribution studio that has also handled Trump biopic The Apprentice and Jamal Khashoggi documentary The Dissident; Messing promoted the film on mainstream programs such as MSNBC’s Morning Joe. It ultimately grossed more than $1.3m domestically, a high total for a political documentary.The other film, The Encampments, faced a tougher road. A documentary on campus protests against Israel’s retaliatory destruction of Gaza, focusing...

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