30 m. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe closes Old Trafford canteen and tells staff to eat fruit as cuts continue

Manchester United's chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe has continued to cut costs at Old Trafford by shutting down the canteen and limiting the menu at Carrington

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38 m. ago Elon Musk claims US government workers to be put on leave if they fail to return to office – live

Billionaire claims workers will face administrative leave if they ‘ignored President Trump’s executive order’Musk demand for federal workers document what they do brings chaosMusk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestormHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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41 m. ago Rochelle Humes is 'rethinking new' as recycling chic takes over London Fashion Week

Fashion is now all about bringing the old back to life as even stars are turning to recycled chic by returning discarded clothing to new glory - with the trend expected to rule London Fashion Week

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48 m. ago Kenya’s Brimin Kipkorir suspended after testing positive for banned substances

AIU reveals ‘presence/use of EPO, furosemide’ in testsHe previously won marathons in Sydney and FrankfurtThe Kenyan marathon runner Brimin Kipkorir has been suspended provisionally, after he tested positive for prohibited substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Monday.Kipkorir won the Sydney Marathon in 2024 in a course-record time of 2hr 06min 18sec, and the Frankfurt Marathon in 2022 and 2023. Continue reading...

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51 m. ago Manchester United 'to replace hot lunches with fruit' as cuts under Sir Jim Ratcliffe continue

Changes made to meals for staff at Old Trafford and Carrington

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52 m. ago Julianne Moore’s freckles? How Republican bans on ‘woke’ books have reached new level

Trump administration escalates movement forged by US states to censor literature in full-scale DEI crackdownWhen the actor Julianne Moore learned her children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry, a tale of a girl who learns to stop hating her freckles, had been targeted for a potential ban at all schools serving US military families, she took to Instagram, posting that it was a “great shock” to discover the story had been “banned by the Trump Administration”.Moore had seen a memo that circulated last week revealing that tens of thousands of American children studying in about 160 Pentagon schools both in the US and around the world had had all access to library books suspended for a week, while officials conducted a “compliance review” to hunt out any books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”. Continue reading...

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63 m. ago Kyiv summit and London fashion week: Monday’s photos of the day

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Apple announces $500bn in US investments over next four years

Spending ranges from new AI server factory in Texas to film and TV content and may add 20,000 jobsApple said on Monday it would spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.That $500bn in expected spending includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to US filming of television shows and movies for its Apple TV+ service. The company declined to say how much of the figure it was already planning to spend with its US supply base, which includes firms such as Corning that makes glass for iPhones in Kentucky. Continue reading...

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70 m. ago Three dead and one missing after boat sinks in New York City

Two others hospitalized after speed boat capsizes off Breezy Point, Queens, as Coast Guard continues searchThree people died, two others were hospitalized and one was missing after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Ringo Starr's recent performance leaves Beatles fans all saying same thing

Ringo Starr was seen performing at The Opry in Nashville, Tennessee last week as he continues touring his latest album, Look Up, and fans are all saying the same thing about The Beatles' star

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73 m. ago BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this weekBP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.The chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, is poised to tell shareholders that the oil and gas company is scrapping its target to increase renewable generation 20-fold between 2019 and 2030 to 50 gigawatts, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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75 m. ago ‘We’ve lost some parts of nature for ever’: Ukraine war’s impact on environment – photo essay

As well as intense human suffering, three years of war have had a catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees and increasing emissionsSince 2022, the Guardian photographer Alessio Mamo has been tracking the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s full-scale invasion, which began three years ago on Monday, caused millions of Ukrainians to flee. Cities have been flattened, villages occupied and lives destroyed. At least 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and many more injured in Europe’s biggest conflict since the second world war.Aerial view of craters caused by rocket fire in a field in the liberated area between Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Ammunition and missile residues in these craters may become a source of chemical pollution that could reach the groundwater Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Loose Women's Gloria Hunniford asks heartbreaking question as grief takes huge toll

Loose Women panellist Gloria Hunniford has opened up on the devastating losses she has faced in past years, including the heartbreaking death of her daughter Caron

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93 m. ago Germany election: far right surge is ‘last warning’, says Friedrich Merz

Leader of victorious conservative alliance says centrist parties must work together to provide effective leadershipGerman election live – latest updatesThe doubling of support for the far right in Germany’s federal election was “the last warning” to the country’s mainstream parties to provide effective leadership, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s victorious conservative alliance, has said.Speaking on Monday after his CDU/CSU alliance came first with 28.5% of the vote, the man who is on course to become the next German chancellor said centrist parties needed to heed the surge in support for the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Continue reading...

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97 m. ago Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reformCalls to toughen Lords rules as it is revealed one in 10 peers are paid for political adviceWhat is the House of Lords and what do peers do?A Guardian investigation into the House of Lords raises questions over the accountability of parliament’s second chamber, with revelations about how a string of peers are benefiting from commercial interests.One in 10 members have been hired to give political or policy advice, according to their own declarations, and others do paid work for companies that could conflict with their role as legislators. The findings expose weaknesses in the Lords code of conduct and raise questions about whether the rules on lobbying and paid employment should be tightened in line with restrictions signed up to by MPs.Nearly 100 members of the Lords are paid to give political or policy advice by commercial firms.A Labour peer offered access to minist...

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97 m. ago Man United's Antony breaks silence after Real Betis red card with one

Antony's exciting start to life at Real Betis has taken a huge turn after he received a red card

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1 hour ago Rangers put former captain Barry Ferguson in charge until end of season

Philippe Clement was sacked by club on Sunday evening‘We appreciate Barry and his team stepping into the role’Rangers have placed their former captain Barry Ferguson in charge of first-team affairs until the end of the season following Philippe Clement’s sacking.Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by St Mirren proved to be the final straw for Clement, with the club announcing the Belgian’s departure on Sunday night after 16 months at the helm. The surprise loss left second-placed Rangers 13 points behind Old Firm rivals Celtic in the Premiership and came after a damaging Scottish Cup reverse to minnows Queen’s Park on 9 February. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity – live

Most likely next German chancellor warns against rise of far right and says he intends to form new government by EasterGerman election 2025: results in fullGuten Morgen aus Berlin,In November 2019, Freidrich Merz joined a conference of German students at Harvard.From our point of view it can get going very, very quickly. We should hold the first talks this week already, in the coming days.My impression is that there are many people in the SPD who also see that we can and should do something together, and then we will find compromises. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims

Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found evidence that at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChinese fishing fleets are allegedly using North Korean forced labour, a potential breach of international sanctions, with workers allegedly kept at sea for up to a decade, according to a new report by the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).The report, published on Monday, has identified at least 12 Chinese deep-water fishing vessels that employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago 2,000 year old book about Roman emperors enters bestseller charts

The Lives of the Caesars, translated from Latin by The Rest Is History podcast co-host Tom Holland, details everything from ancient policy failures to sex scandalsA gossipy account of the lives of Roman emperors has entered the bestseller charts – 2,000 years after it was written. Sex scandals and foreign policy failures don’t only beleaguer the modern politician, it turns out: in the early second century, the scholar Suetonius chronicled the dramas of the first set of Roman emperors, and now, their indiscretions and eccentricities have been dug up in a new translation which is proving popular in bookshops.The Lives of the Caesars, translated from Latin by The Rest Is History podcast co-host Tom Holland, made the Sunday Times hardback nonfiction chart this week. Publisher Penguin Classics said that the book is the first of their hardback nonfiction classics to appear on the list. Continue reading...

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