17 m. ago Tour de France 2025 LIVE: Stage 4 result and reaction as Pogacar seals 100th career victory in Rouen

Stage two winner Mathieu van der Poel is the form pick but anyone could be in with a shout of glory in Normandy today

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29 m. ago Marseille airport suspends flights due to wildfire as residents warned to clear the streets – Europe live

Local authorities warned residents to stay inside and leave streets clear as they said the wildfire was moving towards the cityDanish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is now giving a major speech in the European parliament, outlining Denmark’s priorities for the EU as it takes the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.Opening, she warns that “Europe is facing the greatest challenges since the 1940s,” as she lists a growing lists of urgent issues, with Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, migration, the Middle East, trade, and terrorism.“The threats may be many, and they are indeed serious, but I have trust in Europe.Trust that we can move our continent forward, build a more secure Europe, a greener and more competitive Europe, a new Europe of tomorrow with possibilities and welfare for our citizens, but only if we remember what we are capable of, what our societies are built upon, and who we really are as Europeans.” Continue reading...

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30 m. ago Emmanuel Macron to address parliament following meeting with king – UK politics live

The French president has spent time with King Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the first day of his state visit to the UKFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers is not “pleasant” but the right tactic, Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has said. Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker have the story.Boris Johnson, the former Tory PM, has issued this tribute to Norman Tebbit.Norman Tebbit was a hero of modern Conservatism. In the early 1980s he liberated the British workforce from the socialist tyranny of the closed shop. He tamed the union bosses, and in so doing he helped pave the way for this country’s revival in the 1980s and 1990s.At a time when the Labour government is now disastrously reversing those crucial reforms we need to remember what he did and why. In his single most famous phrase he once said that in the 1930s his unemployed father had got on his bike and looked for work. That wasn’t a heartless thing to say - as the Labour Party claimed. It...

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31 m. ago Wimbledon 2025: AI line call system suffers fresh 'malfunction' as Taylor Fritz downs Karen Khachanov

The All England Club’s new automatic line calling system continues its difficult start to life in SW19

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33 m. ago Cameron Norrie v Carlos Alcaraz – Wimbledon live: Last Brit standing bids for quarters as Sabalenka fights back

British hopes rest on Norrie’s shoulders as he takes on the world No 2 and reigning Wimbledon champion

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34 m. ago Wales women's football team bus involved in crash as players left 'shaken'

The Wales women's football team were involved in a road traffic collision in Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon, with the players left shaken ahead of their upcoming Euro 2025 fixture against France

Sport

35 m. ago Georgia Stanway urges England to be 'brave and ruthless' against Netherlands

England need a win in their next match against the Netherlands and Georgia Stanway is raring to make amends at Euro 2025

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46 m. ago ‘I gave Tom Cruise an impromptu organ lesson!’ Anna Lapwood on her classical mashups – and her all

She is the hottest property in classical music, a dazzling musician who can play Bach one minute and mix up Robbie Williams the next. Will her epic ‘explosion of energy’ Prom blow the Albert Hall roof off?At midnight, at least one night a week, Anna Lapwood ascends the stairs to the Royal Albert Hall’s organ loft and climbs on to its bench. Safe in the knowledge that the audience for that evening’s show have all dispersed, she starts playing the venue’s enormous Henry Willis organ, all 10,000 pipes of it. Often, she’s still going at five or six in the morning. “It’s the only downtime you get to practise,” she says.Occasionally, some celebrity from an aftershow party will be lured by her playing. “It’s how I met Benedict Cumberbatch,” she says with a laugh. “And there was the time I gave Tom Cruise an impromptu organ lesson, after that live orchestral screening of Top Gun: Maverick. And Ludovico Einaudi, who came up and improvised something with me. And the band Wet Leg, who had a go...

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47 m. ago Is Possession about a harrowing divorce or a woman with an octopus kink? Why not both?

Sam Neill barely made it out alive. Isabelle Adjani was left ‘bruised, inside out’. It might be puzzling, it might be brilliant, and it will never leave youGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAndrzej Żuławski’s Possession is genuinely unhinged and utterly unforgettable. Żuławski called it “a very true-to-life autobiographical story”, which it is: when he made it in 1981, his own marriage had just collapsed, and as portraits of divorce go, Possession is a pretty spectacular one. But Żuławski also once described Possession as a film about a woman who “fucks with an octopus”, which it is too.A co-production between France and West Germany that was shot in West Berlin by a Polish director, Possession opens as Mark (Sam Neill), a spy, returns home and finds that his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), wants a divorce. She’s having an affair, she reveals, ostensibly with Heinrich (Heinz Bennent) – exactly the kind of lofty weirdo you’d hate your wife to dump you for. Mark reluctantly tur...

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47 m. ago Bayeux tapestry to return to Britain for first time in 900 years

Tapestry to go on display in British Museum next year, with treasures from Sutton Hoo lent to France in exchangeThe Bayeux tapestry will return to the UK for the first time in more than 900 years as part of a landmark loan agreement by Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron.The 70-metre embroidered cloth depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conquerer took the English throne from Harold Godwinson and become the first Norman king of England. Continue reading...

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47 m. ago Walkouts, feuds and broken friendships: when book clubs go bad

While most book clubs go off without an issue, when they do turn sour the fallout can be significant. So why do some go wrong – and what can be done to prevent it?“Friendships of over six years were broken overnight,” Rosa* says of the sudden, dramatic dissolution of her book club in Victoria, Australia some months ago. What started as a chance to share notes on the finer points of dramatic literature had become a real-life drama.The book club had been an important fixture of Rosa’s calendar for several years and, like many others, was hosted on rotation in the homes of different members each month. Although its primary purpose was discussing books, Rosa felt it was equally about socialising, and members were encouraged to dress up in outfits relating to the month’s book, with prizes for the best dressed. Continue reading...

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51 m. ago Wales team bus involved in crash on way to Women’s Euro 2025 stadium

Wales have confirmed that no one was injured in the collision with the majority of players and staff on board

Events

54 m. ago Xander Schauffele aims to flush away swing struggles in Genesis Scottish Open

2022 winner looking for confidence boost ahead of his Open title defence at Royal Portrush

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55 m. ago Flights halted and residents told 'stay home' as fires take hold in France

Locals have been told to stay off the roads as well

Events

55 m. ago Women’s Euro 2025 live: Wales bus crash latest as wounded England vow response against Netherlands

The holders will be out of the Euros after just two games if they lose to the Netherlands and France pick up at least a point against Wales

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62 m. ago Brits are so tech mad they'd give up sex, partners and dad to keep mobile phones

Brits have been proven so tech-mad they would ditch sex and their lovers to hold onto their mobile phones - which also beat mums and dads on a 'must have' league table.

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64 m. ago Fifa opens office in Trump Tower, deepening ties with US president

Announcement follows Infantino appearances with TrumpLocation will be Fifa’s second US officeFifa’s relationship with US president Donald Trump now has a physically tangible marker, with soccer’s world governing body announcing that it has opened an office at Trump Tower in New York City.The announcement of the new office opening came on Monday evening, after Fifa placed the Club World Cup trophy on display in the lobby of the skyscraper on the south-west corner of Central Park in an event attended by several Fifa dignitaries including its president Gianni Infantino, the Brazilian great Ronaldo and Eric Trump, the son of the US president and executive vice-president of the Trump Organization. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Wales team bus crashes at Euro 2025 as emergency services called

The incident occurred on the eve of a huge match against France in Euro 2025. All Wales players are believed to be safe

Events

70 m. ago Why are so many celebrities rushing to Wimbledon 2025 in London?

Why are so many celebrities rushing to Wimbledon 2025 in London?  Times of India

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74 m. ago Wimbledon 2025 order of play: Day 10 schedule including Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek

Djokovic is eyeing a smooth passage into the semi-finals while Sinner takes on American star Ben Shelton

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