8 h. ago Mysterious 'David Bowie mural' uncovered in 1980s home sparks hunt for unknown artist

The mural discovered by DKB Homes during renovation work was hidden behind old kitchen units and appears to have gone untouched for over 40 years - but who painted it?

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9 h. ago ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantánamo Bay

Exclusive: The chaplain will earn between $28 and $32 an hour and will minister to ‘major Christian denominations,’ as well as ‘Islam, Hinduism, Rastafarian, Judaism, etc,’ according to an ICE solicitation reviewed by The Independent

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9 h. ago Lula threatens 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump levy on Brazil

Brazilian president says ‘if he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%’ after Trump cited trial of Bolsonaro to justify tariffBrazil threatened to hit back against Donald Trump’s plan to introduce 50% tariffs on its exports with its own 50% tariff on US goods, setting the stage for a precipitous trade war.“If he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%,” Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, told local news outlet Record, a day after Trump threatened to impose steep duties on Brazilian goods and accused the country of conducting a “witch-hunt” against its former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing a trial over his attempt to overturn his 2022 election defeat. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil files $20m claim against Trump administration for false imprisonment

Precursor to a lawsuit also claims the Palestinian activist was maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemiteLawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist who was detained by the Trump administration for months, have filed a claim for $20m in damages against the administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.The filing – a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act – names the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Joe Rogan ‘pushed Trump to back off on mass deportations’ at a dinner before slamming him over ICE raids

Podcast host, whose endorsement is credited with helping Trump secure the presidency, reportedly dined with him and UFC boss Dana White on June 30

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13 h. ago AstraZeneca’s stock market exit would be devastating blow, warns ex

The UK is ‘a hostile environment’ for innovative, high-tech growth companies, the Government has been told.

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13 h. ago Four arrested in California and accused of trying to flatten the tires of federal vehicles using homemade spike strips

Activists charged over alleged attempt to impede raid on undocumented migrants in Van Nuys

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14 h. ago Scotland's 'best ice cream shops' ahead of heatwave as Fife gelato spot tops list

When the weather heats up, nothing beats a refreshing treat.

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14 h. ago Heat returns to Wimbledon as Aryna Sabalenka offers water and ice pack to fans at Centre Court

Players and fans felt the impact of high temperatures at Wimbledon when Thursday’s semifinal match between top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova was delayed twice in the first set because of spectators feeling unwell

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16 h. ago Time Team in hunt for Viking boat burial and Pictish graves on Shetland

Excavation team ‘sense the site could be very special’

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18 h. ago Think you know Trump’s new bill? Try this big, beautiful quiz | Lawrence Douglas

The legislation may be the most regressive tax measure in US history – but at least Ice should be happy Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Knightsbridge murder: Police hunt 'watch thief' killer as man knifed outside 5

Pictures from the scene show a tent erected on the road outside the five-star Park Tower Knightsbridge hotel

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20 h. ago Aldi crowns Scotland’s biggest beer lover after nationwide search

Aldi Scotland has crowned the winner of its hunt to find the country’s biggest beer lover, with an East Kilbride local who built his very own pub taking the top prize.

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20 h. ago Huge update in hunt for German backpacker who went missing in remote Western Australia two weeks ago

Carolina Wilga, 26, who has spent two years backpacking around Australia working at mine sites and farms, was seen with a van on CCTV at a service station northeast of Perth, on June 28.

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21 h. ago Sinister twist in the hunt for missing German backpacker, almost two weeks after she vanished without trace in the remote WA outback

Carolina Wilga, 26, who had spent two years backpacking around Australia working at mine sites, was seen on June 28 on CCTV at a service station in Toodyay, northeast of Perth .

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21 h. ago Knightsbridge murder: Police hunt killer after man knifed to death outside 5

Pictures from the scene show a tent erected on the road outside the five-star Park Tower Knightsbridge hotel

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21 h. ago Knightsbridge murder hunt launched as man knifed to death outside 5

Pictures from the scene show a tent erected on the road outside the five-star Park Tower Knightsbridge hotel

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22 h. ago Major hunt for killer who stabbed man, 24, to death outside 5

Major hunt for killer who stabbed man, 24, to death outside 5-star casino in broad daylight - as cops probe 'robbery'  The Sun

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22 h. ago Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s Modigliani as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seem wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist Some very cliched roistering, life-affirming wine-drinking, bourgeois-defying artistic shenanigans here from the veteran screenwriting couple Jerzy and Mary Olson-Kromolowski who have adapted a 1980 stage play, Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre, about the Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi. Johnny Depp directs and perhaps sees his subject as a bohemian badass not unlike Hunter S Thompson, whom he played in Terry Gilliam’s 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – and perhaps not altogether unlike how he sees himself.It is 1916 in Paris and the brutality of war is destroying the belle époque; Riccardo Scamarcio plays Modigliani, a brilliant, sensual but penniless artist facing poverty and casual antisemitism. Having got into a chaotic affray at a pompous posh restaurant – filmed like a deleted scene from Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeer...

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22 h. ago Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s painter as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seem wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist Some very cliched roistering, life-affirming wine-drinking, bourgeois-defying artistic shenanigans here from the veteran screenwriting couple Jerzy and Mary Olson-Kromolowski who have adapted a 1980 stage play, Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre, about the Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi. Johnny Depp directs and perhaps sees his subject as a bohemian badass not unlike Hunter S Thompson, whom he played in Terry Gilliam’s 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – and perhaps not altogether unlike how he sees himself.It is 1916 in Paris and the brutality of war is destroying the belle époque; Riccardo Scamarcio plays Modigliani, a brilliant, sensual but penniless artist facing poverty and casual antisemitism. Having got into a chaotic affray at a pompous posh restaurant – filmed like a deleted scene from Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeer...

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