45 m. ago New York is vapourised in a nuclear strike. The President has six minutes to decide to end the world. This is the horror when he makes the choice

The day of the all-out nuclear war dawns like any other. There is no warning and people are going about their normal lives in capitals across the world.

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69 m. ago ‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystemIt is no laughing matter. The annual dinner for journalists who cover the White House is best known for American presidents trying to be funny and comedians trying to be political. But this year’s edition will feature neither.Instead the event in a downtown Washington hotel on Saturday night will, critics say, resemble something closer to a wake for legacy media still trying to find an effective response to Donald Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics and the rise of the Maga media ecosystem. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago ‘I positioned myself against a wall and waited’: Michel Kharoubi’s best phone picture

The city is a set for an urban opera, the French photographer says of Paris. All it needs is the right passersbyOn the day he took this image, French photographer Michel Kharoubi was on his way to visit his father in a medical retirement home. This was shot in Les Olympiades, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, but Kharoubi notes that the specific location is not important to him.“I don’t practise realistic or documentary street photography, but try to capture iconic urban images,” he says. “I positioned myself against a wall and waited for the right characters to pass by.” Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Elon Musk’s own AI rebels against him with damning ‘red flag for democracy’ warning

EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk's new intelligence software – Grok 3 – has delivered a brutal attack on the Tesla billionaire and has claimed he posses 'unchecked power to shape narratives'

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93 m. ago Snooker World Championship 2025 Saturday Matches: Who is playing today, who's through, prize money, odds

It’s day eight at the Crucible Theatre and the second round matches are now underway.

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1 hour ago Chris Eubank Jr MAKES the weight for grudge showdown with Conor Benn on Saturday night

CHARLOTTE DALY: Both fighters were subject to a strict 170lb cap for the fight-day weigh-in, part of a tightly negotiated agreement following the collapse of their original 2022 bout.

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2 h. ago ‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?

Filming in Los Angeles is at a historic low, with some suggesting the city might go the way of DetroitWhen screenwriter David Scarpa visits the great Hollywood studios these days, he is struck by what is missing. “It used to be you’d walk around those back lots and you’d see many people and they were very busy,” Scarpa muses. “They were like small cities. Now often you’ll walk around and have nobody else there. It feels empty. You definitely feel the absence of life on those lots.”Like the once proud industrial factories of the midwest, the dream factories of southern California are in decline. Last year was the worst for on-location filming in Los Angeles since tracking began 30 years ago apart from pandemic-hit 2020. Of all the TV shows and feature films that North American audiences watch, only one-fifth are now made in California. Continue reading...

Culture

2 h. ago 'My twins beat odds of 700 million to one by being born on this miraculous day

It wasn't expecting twins that was the biggest surprise for mum, Cara, 31, but more the circumstances surrounding their births that stunned her - and the entire family

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2 h. ago Deadly rattlesnake attack left panicked actress, 27, penning 'goodbye messages'

A famous actress was left fearing the worst after she was viciously attacked by a huge rattlesnake, leaving her drafting out goodbye messages for her family and friends

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2 h. ago PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Funeral Top Photos of the Day

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

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2 h. ago Steep rise in shark attacks linked to social media stars doing one thing on the beach

Social media stars have been slammed by shark experts in France, who think they've worked out a link between the amount the predators attack and what influencers are doing

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2 h. ago Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's last social media posts days before death

Virginia Giuffre's final posts on social media have been shared, including a link to a sad song and a final post after an car crash in which she claimed to have been seriously injured

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2 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's tragic final months – horror crash, 'four days to live' and split

Virginia Giuffre's life seemed to go from bad to worse in the months that led up to her untimely death. From family dramas to a bus crash, here is everything you need to know

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2 h. ago Coronation Street lining up 'heartbreaking' scenes as character's time on cobbles ends

Coronation Street will be bidding farewell to a fan favourite very soon on the ITV soap, sparking 'emotional and heartbreaking' scenes ahead as residents must say goodbye

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2 h. ago Shots fired between India and Pakistan border guards for second day running as tensions soar

Iran offers to mediate between two sides amid the fallout of a major terror attack, while Donald Trump dismisses the tensions and says ‘they'll get it figured out one way or the other’

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2 h. ago Residents 'trapped' in Welsh village because tourists make it impossible to leave

Fed-up residents in Anglesey, have vowed to take matters into their own hands if the authorities fail to act on a problem that's been blighting their village for years

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2 h. ago Welsh rugby team forced to play two matches in 24 hours but have perfect response

'Bad luck' saw the team faced with three fixtures in five days, including two just a day apart

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3 h. ago Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively arrive in Wales for big day and luxury hotel stay

Wrexham could be promoted to the Championship today and they have the backing of their full Hollywood contingent

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3 h. ago BRIAN READE: 'Lineker is right, we owe it to our war heroes to stay alert to fascism'

As we approach the 80th anniversary of VE Day, it has never been more important to speak out when we see red flags reminding us of that heinous regime, says Mirror columnist Brian Reade

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3 h. ago Video | Video: Pak Official's Throat Slit Gesture At Pahalgam Attack Protestors In UK

Video | Video: Pak Official's Throat Slit Gesture At Pahalgam Attack Protestors In UK  NDTV

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