25 h. ago Security services descend on UK’s poshest farm shop as JD Vance visits with family

British armed counterterrorism officers debating who gets the chocolate-flavoured ice cream among unusual sights seen in sleepy Cotswolds village

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5 d. ago ‘Who needs the scorching Med?’ Readers’ tips for cooler European coastal holidays

From the deserted Danish Riviera to the unspoilt beaches of Poland, our readers share their favourite, more chilled European coastlines• Tell us about your favourite rail holiday – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherSpend some time on Rügen, Germany’s largest island, on its Baltic coast. White sandy beaches and darker history await. Visit Lauterbach, by the sea. From there, catch the coastal ferry to the tiny fishing village of Baabe, a near three-mile (5km) walk/cycle through rolling countryside and catch the “Raging Roland” steam train back again. Not far away, you can walk the cliffs that inspired Caspar David Friedrich. For a very different day, visit Prora and its massive beachside concrete apartment blocks, originally planned as a Nazi holiday complex, before becoming a Soviet army barracks, and now a part ruin, part reunification commercial and residential redevelopment.Richard Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Princess Anne to visit Ireland to show country's 'deep and enduring friendship with the UK' as she attends 150th Dublin Horse Show on one

Princess Anne is spending the day in the Irish capital today, in a visit packed with ceremony, celebration, and a dash of equestrian glamour.

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7 d. ago US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’

Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their livesAs two masked men dragged her into an unmarked SUV, Andrea Velez tried to focus on details she might later remember – one man’s red shirt, the car’s leather seats, a black backpack inside.At 9.20am on 24 June in downtown Los Angeles, the 32-year-old was heading into work at a footwear company when the men in gator masks jumped out of their car and started chasing vendors and other people on the street, she recalled. As people fled, Velez froze and held onto her bag. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Some tourists and business travelers may face up to $15,000 bond to enter US

US state department has plans to issue bonds for some tourism and business visas, according to a federal noticeThe US state department has prepared plans to impose bonds as high as $15,000 for some tourism and business visas, according to a draft of a temporary final rule.The bonds would be issued to visitors from countries with significant overstay rates, under a 12-month pilot program. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Love Island couple Meg and Dejon are brutally dumped from the villa just ONE day before final as Maya Jama pays a surprise visit and ex

Maya Jama returned to the Majorca mansion for the dramatic scenes as the last days in the villa got well and truly underway.

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3 w. ago Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges

Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in FloridaMigrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) operated jails in the state since January, chronicled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South from interviews with detainees. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tourist urges people to 'never' visit Italian city that's 'one of Europe's dirtiest'

An Irish tourist who travelled to a popular Italian city on the Amalfi Coast has encouraged others not to make the same journey after he claimed there's a problem plaguing its streets

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3 w. ago Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’

A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedomProsecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the influential Salvadorian reporter remains penned up in a south Georgia detention center, fending off a deportation case, jail house extortionists and despair, people familiar with his situation told the Guardian.Donald Trump’s administration has been extreme in unprecedented ways to undocumented immigrants. But Guevara’s treatment is a special case. Shuttled between five jail cells in Georgia since his arrest while covering the “No Kings Day” protests, the 20-plus-years veteran journalist’s sin was to document the undocumented and the way Trump’s agents have been hunting them down. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lawrence Dallaglio twists knife into Wallabies as Jac Morgan theory emerges

The three-time British & Irish Lions tourist has had his say after Andy Farrell's side claimed victory in the first Test in Brisbane

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3 w. ago North Korea bars foreigners from recently unveiled ‘world class’ beach resort days after Lavrov visit

North Korea halts foreigners’ access to Wonsan-Kalma tourism zone, citing temporary suspension of official tourism

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3 w. ago Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel's church strike

Top church leaders in the Holy Land headed into Gaza Friday for a rare solidarity visit one day after an Israeli shell slammed into the only Catholic church in the territory, killing three people

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3 w. ago North Korea abruptly bars foreigners from recently unveiled ‘world class’ beach resort days after Lavrov visit

North Korea halts foreigners’ access to Wonsan-Kalma tourism zone, citing temporary suspension of official tourism

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3 w. ago 'I'm a world record traveller but there are two islands left on my bucket list'

Lexie, who has 1.5 million followers on Instagram, sat down with the Mirror to share the two islands she is desperate to visit, on the same day Expedia released the 2025 Island Hot List

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3 w. ago What happened when Cole Palmer visited his Caribbean homeland for the first time: Chelsea star takes DANIEL MATTHEWS on mind

Inside the three-day celebration of Cole Palmer's first visit to his ancestral homeland in the Caribbean, as he reveals what Donald Trump said to him after the Club World Cup final.

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3 w. ago Problems piling up for Ruben Amorim as Manchester United struggle to rebuild | Jamie Jackson

The ‘infamous five’ told to train separately, lack of new signings and a restricted budget – United’s manager is stuck in summer of discontentThe on-off Bryan Mbeumo saga and Liam Delap choosing Chelsea are troubling bellwethers of Manchester United’s predicament a month from the start of the season. So, too, is having half an outfield first team in a bomb squad that skulks in for training in the late afternoon when those not in the same club-decreed quasi-shame have left for the day.As time ticks towards Arsenal’s opening Premier League Sunday visit and, beyond, to the window’s close on 1 September, Ruben Amorim can hardly be ecstatic at how the summer is progressing. The head coach has added only Matheus Cunha from Wolves, for the forward’s £62.5m release clause, a sizeable chunk of a transfer budget constricted by a looming debt mountain and the need to sell to buy a No 9 and, possibly, finally prise Mbeumo from Brentford. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Welcome to Nollywood! Sadiq Khan starts tour of Africa with Nigerian arts and culture showcase

London mayor will also visit Ghana and South Africa on five-day trip

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4 w. ago Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportationThomas, a 35-year-old tech worker and father of three from Ireland, came to West Virginia to visit his girlfriend last fall. It was one of many trips he had taken to the US, and he was authorized to travel under a visa waiver program that allows tourists to stay in the country for 90 days.He had planned to return to Ireland in December, but was briefly unable to fly due to a health issue, his medical records show. He was only three days overdue to leave the US when an encounter with police landed him in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Australian journalists confronted by Chinese security guards during Albanese’s Beijing trip

Guards demand camera crews from ABC, SBS, Nine, Seven and Sky News hand over footage despite having permission to filmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSecurity guards tried to stop Australian journalists covering Anthony Albanese’s visit to China from leaving a popular Beijing tourist destination, just hours before the prime minister’s talks with Xi Jinping on Tuesday.Albanese is on a six-day visit to China and is due to meet Xi, the country’s president, and its premier, Li Qiang, in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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