45 m. ago Trump calls for ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in escalation of tensions

The Trump administration has placed hundreds of American troops and ships near Venezuela’s coastline

Events

63 m. ago Terence Crawford announces sudden retirement from boxing: ‘Nothing left to prove’

The American retires unbeaten, as the only three-weight undisputed champion of the four-belt era

Politics

2 h. ago Iconic chef plans to revive high street restaurant chain six years after administration

Famous chef Jamie Oliver is still planning to relaunch Jamie's Italian onto the UK's highstreet six years after it went into administration

Politics

3 h. ago This salad and side dish staple could be spiking your sodium

Most Americans already get more than 1,000 milligrams of excess sodium, leaving them at risk for life-threatening cardiac events

Politics

3 h. ago Mikaela Shiffrin extends record with 105th World Cup win in slalom

US skier finished 1.55 seconds ahead of second placeShiffrin has won the opening four slaloms of the seasonMikaela Shiffrin isn’t just winning every slalom of the Olympic season. She’s dominating each race and winning by large margins, too.The American skiing standout claimed a record-extending 105th World Cup victory after several of her top challengers went out during the opening run of a night race Tuesday. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago FAA head vows to maintain safety measures implemented after tragic DC plane crash

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January

Events

5 h. ago David Haye sensationally backs Jake Paul to pull off ‘biggest upset in sporting history’ and BEAT Anthony Joshua

DAVID HAYE has sensationally backed Jake Paul to pull off one of the “biggest upset in sporting history” by beating Anthony Joshua. Paul heads into Friday’s Netflix fight with size, skill and experience against him, leading to safety fears for the incredibly brave or dangerously deluded American.  An unthinkable victory would top 42-1 outsider James...

Sport

5 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s BBC lawsuit: grievance politics with a purpose | Editorial

The US president has repeatedly targeted American media in an attempt to muzzle debate and scrutiny. His attempt to export the bullying must be resistedOn the day that the government launched a high-stakes consultation to consider fresh ways of funding the BBC in the digital era, the corporation could have done without another difficult news event of its own. Donald Trump’s decision to follow through on threats to sue over the content of a Panorama programme broadcast in October 2024 may not have come as a surprise, given Mr Trump’s litigious record in the United States. But it will add to the general air of beleaguerment at the corporation and further embolden its domestic political enemies.A terse BBC statement on Tuesday suggested that there would be no backing down in the face of White House bullying. That is the right response to absurd claims of “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” caused to the US president, and a fantastical request for damages amounting to $10bn. ...

Politics

8 h. ago Olivia Attwood breaks down in tears as she moves out of marital home saying she's 'not ready'

Olivia Attwood declared she was 'not ok' and broke down in tears as she and footballer husband Bradley Dack marked the end of an era, as they moved out of their marital home

Politics

8 h. ago Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U_S_ has sued Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”

Politics

9 h. ago I spent a month trying to smile like Zohran Mamdani – it’s no easy feat | Arwa Mahdawi

While the New York mayor-elect is constantly smiling in the face of his detractors, having a perma-grin didn’t come so easily to meAs a big fan of citizen science, I have spent the past month conducting a very important experiment. While I am not quite as hardcore as the American virologist Jonas Salk, who injected the polio vaccine into himself and his family before large-scale trials, this scientific inquiry has involved some personal pain. You see, I have spent the last month trying to smile like Zohran Mamdani. This is not, as I have discovered, an easy feat.Ever since the incoming mayor of New York became a household name, I’ve been intrigued by his perma-smile. His detractors call him a “jihadist”, and he smiles. He meets Donald Trump, and he smiles. Some Republican lawmakers launch a campaign to investigate his path to citizenship and deport him? He keeps on smiling. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him look angry. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Olivia Attwood breaks down in tears saying she’s ‘not ready to say goodbye'

Former Love Islander Olivia Attwood declared she was 'not ok' and broke down in tears as she marked the end of an emotional era with footballer husband Bradley Dack

Politics

10 h. ago Mum died of 'one in a million' condition linked to mad cow disease so rare it left doctors and family 'floored'

Eleanor Entricott's loved ones have now spoken out about their ordeal

Society

11 h. ago The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. But its lessons live on in The Quiet American

Phillip Noyce’s political drama is a searing critique of American interventionism that feels all too pertinent todayGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAlden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) was a “quiet American”, says Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine) to a French policeman. “A friend,” he adds, as the lifeless corpse of Pyle stares back at him with a wretched expression.This is the scene that opens Phillip Noyce’s Vietnam-set political drama before the film flashes back a few months earlier to 1952 Saigon, where Fowler, an ageing Englishman, lives leisurely as a journalist reporting on the first Indochina war. When Pyle, a young American aid worker advocating for US intervention, falls for Fowler’s 20-year-old Vietnamese lover, Phượng (Đỗ Thị Hải Yến), the jaded reporter’s tranquil existence begins to unravel.Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Welsh viewers are all being driven mad by one thing about Alun Wyn Jones on MasterChef

Fists are clenching and Welsh flags are furiously flying as Celebrity MasterChef's Alun Wyn Jones blazes through the competition

Politics

12 h. ago Ilhan Omar says Trump’s repeated attacks fuel climate of political violence

The US House member says president’s rhetoric about her and Somali Americans could have dangerous consequencesUS congresswoman Ilhan Omar has warned that Donald Trump’s repeated personal attacks and dehumanising rhetoric are fuelling a climate of political violence that could have dangerous consequences.Speaking days after the president called for her to be thrown out of the country, Omar said Trump’s incendiary language reaches “the worst humans possible” and encourages them to act. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones

Since 2008, struggling communities have been told they are in competition with migrants. Only a model that gives them hope will halt the populists How much does Europe’s future resemble its gruesome past? That question was already pressing before Donald Trump retook the White House, and turned support for the European far-right “patriotic” parties into US policy. That is, of course, what his newly published National Security Strategy means, committing the US to “cultivating resistance” in European nations against the supposed “civilisational erasure” represented by immigration.With or without US interference, far-right authoritarianism is now an entirely plausible European future, unless there is drastic change. After all, it is already the US’s present reality. American exceptionalism once held that such an outcome was impossible in the world’s oldest continuous constitutional republic, with its system of separation of powers and no history of despotism. Yet the country is now rule...

Economics

12 h. ago Renowned British scientist Oliver Sacks fabricated details in his bestselling books about psychiatric patients

Case studies were central to the books by the London-born writer, who was credited with bringing humanity to patients with complex neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Science

13 h. ago Olivier Giroud declares Mikel Arteta 'lucky' for four reasons as Arsenal chase title

Arsenal are chasing a first Premier League title since 2004 and their former striker Olivier Giroud has delivered his opinion on the options available to Mikel Arteta up front

Politics

13 h. ago Jamie Oliver’s Christmas recipes: Tasty twists on festive classics

Bored of the bog standard Christmas dinner? Jamie Oliver offers a fresh take on festive classics with inventive dishes like cauliflower cheese lasagne and coffee-spiked sticky toffee pudding

Society