46 m. ago Labour given workers rights warning as shop worker says racist abuse left her 'terrified'

Labour has been urged to stand firm on its planned Employment Rights Bill, as TUC leader Paul Nowak tells Keir Starmer - 'Deliver the change you promised at the election'

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95 m. ago France is the 'sick man of Europe' declares Marine Le Pen in scathing attack on Macron

Marine Le Pen has called for new parliamentary elections to break the deadlock

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6 h. ago Jade: That’s Showbiz Baby! review – former Little Mix star thrives in chaos on an idiosyncratic debut

(Sony)Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole albumLast month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band put together via public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your o...

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6 h. ago Next Irish president should use office to advocate for unification – O’Neill

The Sinn Fein vice president refused to be drawn on whether her own party would be running a candidate in next month’s presidential election.

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7 h. ago Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, takes first step toward running for Congress

Schlossberg has made a name for himself, mostly online, by serving as a political correspondent for Vogue and attacking his relative, Health Secretary RFK Jr.

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9 h. ago Loose Women bosses slapped huge pop star with 'lifetime' ban for one reason

90s pop legend Kavana has revealed that he received a 'lifetime ban' from Loose Women following his disastrous appearance on the lunchtime chat show back in 2007

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10 h. ago EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review – Baz Luhrmann’s electric yet avoidant documentary

Toronto film festival: the bombastic director’s second film about the music legend shows the singer at his most mesmerizing but the picture remains incompleteBaz Luhrmann now has two Elvis movies under his bedazzled belt. The first is his epic biopic starring Austin Butler and now he has unleashed another called EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, remixing archival material with never-before-seen footage from the singer’s residency in Las Vegas. What’s remarkable about them both, apart from the director’s obvious affinity for his subject’s showmanship, is his refusal across so many hours of jiggling and swivelling to meaningfully hold Elvis to account.Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated 2022 film acknowledged Elvis’s cultural appropriation: how his phenomenal success owed so much to the R&B, gospel and rock he grew up around and the racist institutions that put him on a pedestal while holding down the Black artists that birthed and gave that music its soul. The movie also painted Elvis as a ...

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11 h. ago Scott Bemand does not expect lasting damage from Ireland’s loss to New Zealand

The Black Ferns secured top spot in Pool C by ruthlessly running in six unanswered tries in a 40-0 drubbing Brighton.

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12 h. ago Wrestling star tragically dies aged 21 just months after being 'hit by tour bus'

Taishin Nagao had been a prodigy in the wrestling world in Japan but sustained life-threatening injuries after being hit by his tour bus in May — wounds that would kill him

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12 h. ago Governor Wes Moore rules out 2028 presidential run, ending frontrunner speculation

Moore reiterated on ‘Meet the Press’ he has no intention of running for president while pushing Maryland’s policies on the national stage

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15 h. ago Mount Fuji eruption AI warning video terrifies locals and tourists

The terrifying new video shows what would happen if Japan's Mount Fuji had a long-overdue eruption, and teaches people what to do in the event ash falls over Tokyo

Events

15 h. ago Tommy Sheridan warns voting SNP at Holyrood election is a 'Unionist strategy'

Sheridan, the former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, is now a campaigner for Alba.

Events

16 h. ago New Skoda Epiq is a small SUV with the spirit of the Skoda Yeti

All-electric SUV gets funky looks, cool tech, spacious interior, 264-mile range and a price around £26,000

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16 h. ago Could you make millions from the meme stock craze? The ultimate guide to turning a fast profit on viral shares

Melissa Howard first heard of the American games and electronics retailer GameStop from a friend.

Economics

17 h. ago How to make millions from the meme stock craze: With prices surging, the ultimate guide to turning a fast profit on viral shares

Melissa Howard first heard of the American games and electronics retailer GameStop from a friend.

Economics

17 h. ago Volkswagen reveals ID.Cross Concept as part of its new affordable EV push

The new compact SUV picks up the Cross branding as the final piece in the affordable EVs puzzle

Politics

17 h. ago Sobbing Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous election

NHK said Shigeru Ishiba made the decision to avoid a divide within the party, while the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said he was unable to withstand the mounting calls for his resignation.

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19 h. ago LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here’

LGBTQ+ people in the US contemplate heading north as they wrestle with the president’s assault on the communityThe number of LGBTQ+ Americans inquiring about moving to Canada has soared since Donald Trump’s re-election, campaigners have said, as people across the US wrestle with the fallout of rising anti-gay rhetoric, anti-trans executive orders, and the more than 600 bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights.“So much is happening in the US right now and a lot of it is terrifying,” said Latoya Nugent of Rainbow Railroad, a North American charity that helps LGBTQI+ individuals escape violence and persecution in their home countries. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections

Public broadcaster says prime minister has made decision to avoid divide within his Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is to resign less than a year after taking office, throwing the country’s politics into turmoil and setting in motion a potentially messy contest to replace him as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP).The softly spoken centrist has presided over two disastrous elections since being elected to lead the LDP last autumn. In October, the party and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the lower house and met the same fate in upper house elections this July. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Japan’s Shigeru Ishiba resigns as prime minister and says new leadership election should begin immediately

Ishiba has been in power for less than a year, but faced calls to resign from the right-wing faction of his own party after a bruising defeat in July

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