65 m. ago US disappointed and frustrated by lack of progress on Ukraine, Rubio tells Russia’s Lavrov in ‘frank’ exchange – Europe live

US secretary of state has ‘substantive and frank’ conversation with Russian foreign minister over situation in UkraineZelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force.“We’ve done it in record time. No other country has switched from Soviet aircraft to F-16 and Mirages this quickly,” he says.I urge all our partners: increase your investments when Russia increases its attacks. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Textor insists Palace influence ‘not decisive’ as club fear Europa League ban

Club face threat of demotion to Conference LeagueTextor also has majority stake in Ligue 1 side LyonJohn Textor has insisted that he didn’t have a decisive influence at Crystal Palace as the FA Cup winners await Uefa’s decision on whether they can compete in next season’s Europa League.Palace are facing the threat of being demoted to the Conference League by European football’s governing body because the American businessman also owns a majority stake in Ligue 1 side Lyon, who have also qualified for the Europa League. The French club have successfully appealed against relegation to Ligue 2, with Uefa having delayed its ruling on Palace last week pending the outcome of Lyon’s appeal. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Terms like ‘deglobalisation’ have become commonplace, but what we need is true multilateralism. Erecting walls won’t bring us peace and prosperityLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of BrazilThe year 2025 should be a time of celebration, marking eight decades of the United Nations’ existence. But it risks going down in history as the year when the international order built since 1945 collapsed.The cracks had long been visible. Since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the intervention in Libya and the war in Ukraine, some permanent members of the security council have trivialised the illegal use of force. The failure to act vis-a-vis the genocide in Gaza represents a denial of the most basic values of humanity. The inability to overcome differences is fuelling a new escalation of violence in the Middle East, the latest chapter of which includes the attack on Iran.Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of BrazilDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article...

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75 m. ago US applications for jobless benefits fall to 227,000 last week, remain at historically healthy level

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the historically healthy range of the past couple years

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94 m. ago Tyson Fury dismissed Oleksandr Usyk's punch power after two brutal fights

Fury has not been shy about his feelings towards Usyk since losing to the Ukrainian on two separate occasions - and has even given a scathing verdict on his power

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1 hour ago Ukraine arrests Chinese father and son accused of spying on missile programme

Kyiv accuses father and son of trying to give classified documents about its Neptune missile system to Chinese intelligence

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2 h. ago Market volatility recedes as investors brush off Trump’s tariff threats

‘Taco trade’ dominates as stocks, bonds and currencies remain calm

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2 h. ago Outlook down: Desperate users ask 'please help' as millions without access

Issues with the Outlook service have been reported in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, India, Italy, Peru, Spain, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.

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2 h. ago John Textor feared for Crystal Palace’s Europe League hopes on day of FA Cup win

Palace look set to be denied a place in Europe’s second-tier competition under UEFA’s rules governing multi-club ownership.

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3 h. ago Moment top Ukrainian security official is executed in Kyiv street by masked assassin who then fled from the scene

Colonel Ivan Voronych was walking through the Holosiivskyi district of Ukraine's capital city this morning when a man sprang out from behind a car and shot him at point blank range

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3 h. ago Mysterious discovery of missing paddleboarder’s body prompts murder probe in small Maine community

Police urge Union residents to remain vigilant after an autopsy ruled that Sunshine Stewart was murdered

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3 h. ago Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live

Kyiv said Russia launched around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Ukraine overnightZelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force.“We’ve done it in record time. No other country has switched from Soviet aircraft to F-16 and Mirages this quickly,” he says.I urge all our partners: increase your investments when Russia increases its attacks. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Flamingos are stirring up trouble and ravaging rice for risotto in Italy's northeast

Farmers in Italy's northeastern Po Delta region are battling an unusual pest: flamingos

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4 h. ago 'Extreme risk' of wildfire issued for Scotland amid sizzling heatwave

Fire chiefs say the risk will remain in place between Friday and Monday as temperatures are expected to reach as high as 29C.

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4 h. ago The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X

Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her pathIn May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned by Elon Musk. But just weeks after she became CEO, Musk posted an antisemitic tweet that drove away major brands like Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, Lionsgate and Warner Bros Discovery to pause their advertising on the platform. Musk delivered an apology for the tweet later at a conference – which he called the worst post he’s ever done – but it came with a message to advertisers, specifically the Disney CEO Bob Iger: “Go fuck yourselves”. Yaccarino was in the audience of the conference.“I don’t want them to advertise,” he said. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money, go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself,” he sai...

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5 h. ago The Salt Path author breaks silence on ‘devastating’ claims over husband’s illness

Raynor Winn disputes article which cast doubt on her bestseller and condemns ‘heartbreaking’ accusations over Moth’s medical condition

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5 h. ago Ukraine arrests Chinese father and son on suspicion of spying

Pair accused of spying on Neptune missile programme, which is seen as critical to defence against RussiaUkraine says it has arrested a Chinese father and son on suspicion of spying on its Neptune anti-ship missile programme, a key part of Kyiv’s growing domestic arms industry that is critical to its defence against Russian forces.The announcement by Ukraine’s security service (SBU) follows assertions by Kyiv in recent months that Beijing, which has sought to project an image of neutrality, is helping the Kremlin’s war effort. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Rape shame of Putin's troops: Horrific details of 'extreme' sex attacks on Ukrainian women and girls are revealed in court ruling on Russia's 'abhorrent' abuses during invasion

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) yesterday found Russia guilty of committing various atrocities in Ukraine following the outbreak of war in the Donbas region in 2014

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5 h. ago PageGroup sees jobs market remain under pressure amid tariff uncertainty

The recruiter saw gross profit drop 13.1% in the second quarter – down 10.5% with currency movements stripped out.

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5 h. ago Nine Queens review – Fabian Bielinsky’s brilliant grifter classic offers masterclass in double dealing

The late Argentinian director served up this tale of squalid fraud 25 years ago, but its questions about greed, cynicism and the human condition remain evergreenTwenty-five years ago, Argentinian director Fabián Bielinsky gave us this grifter satire classic, a deliciously cynical tale of swindling and double-cross. It is confidence trickery perpetrated on the victim in parallel to narrative trickery perpetrated on the audience, who are invited to assume that however hard the fictional characters on screen are falling, the rug under their own feet is perfectly secure. Four years later, Hollywood paid this excellent film the traditional compliment of a well-meaning but inferior (and now forgotten) remake, pedantically renamed Criminal, starring John C Reilly and Diego Luna.Now restored and rereleased, the original looks sharper than ever: a drama of squalid fraud which is a tale of human greed, but also a specific, prophetic jab at Argentina’s financial shady dealers in a deregulated ...

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