37 m. ago Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn

Experts see move as Trump’s latest attempt to shift power of the purse away from Congress and into executive branchBy ordering that US military personnel receive paychecks even though the government is shut down, Donald Trump is seeing to the needs of a politically untouchable constituency that has been caught up in the congressional logjam over federal spending.But experts who spoke to the Guardian warn that he is doing so in a way that is almost certainly illegal and, if left unchecked, bodes ill for Congress’s constitutional authority to control government spending. Some fear it could set the stage for the president to unilaterally fund other contentious decisions in the future, such as the deployment of the military on US soil. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Julia Robinson soars for try of the year contender as Jillaroos shut out Samoa

Australia crush Fetu Samoa 60-0 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane27-year-old becomes women’s team’s most prolific try-scorerJulia Robinson has become the most prolific try-scorer in Jillaroos history with a superwoman effort in a 60-0 drubbing of Samoa.The 27-year-old winger notched her 20th Test try with a stunning dive to catch a Jesse Southwell bomb, flying 5m through the air to catch the ball and score in the Pacific Cup clash at Suncorp Stadium. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago We visited Denmark’s Lego House – it was wild weekend which left my kids with jaw

A WEEKEND in the home of Lego? Be there and be square, says Lifestyle Editor Catherine Bennion-Pedley. As the jail bars slam shut and the Lego robber dramatically bows his head, the credits roll on my six-year-old daughter’s first-ever stop-motion movie. It may not win an Oscar anytime soon, but there will surely be a...

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11 h. ago British Airways pause Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview

British Airways has paused its sponsorship of the Louis Theroux podcast after an interview with Bob Vylan's frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster, who led the controversial chant at Glastonbury

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12 h. ago British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview

Airline says singer’s defiant interview breached its policy on politically sensitive or controversial subjectsBritish Airways has halted its sponsorship of Louis Theroux’s podcast over an interview with the frontman of Bob Vylan.The airline has withdrawn its adverts from the journalist’s podcast after he interviewed Bobby Vylan – whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago If Hearts are to be considered genuine title contenders then massive Tynecastle clash with injury

MIRACLES can happen in football — just ask Leicester City or the new Swedish champions Mjallby. Scottish football’s underdog stories have been limited to the domestic cups for the last four decades. The notion that any team outwith the Old Firm could possibly win the top flight has been laughed at since the mid 1980s....

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13 h. ago F1 Mexico GP live: Qualifying updates with Norris against Verstappen in fight for pole

Follow live F1 updates from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as the title contenders battle for top spot

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13 h. ago Nato member’s main airport shuts again after Belarusian balloons disrupt airspace

Flights to and from Vilnius Airport in Lithuania were suspended on Saturday night

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13 h. ago Nato member state shuts down capital airport and border crossings over helium balloon intrusions

Traffic at Vilnius Airport was suspended until 2 am local time while the Belarus border will remain shut until the same time, Lithuanian officials said.

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14 h. ago Soaring cases of soldiers accused of flashing and perving on colleagues

EXCLUSIVE: Investigations increased by 300% in 12 months, with pervs targeting mainly female members of the armed forces, military wives and civilian women

Sport

20 h. ago Flight chaos as runway problems force major UK airport to shut down overnight

Hundreds of flights were grounded for hours and thousands of passengers impacted after the incident left planes unable to take off or land at the well-known UK airport

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23 h. ago Lavish 'Bollywood' wedding venue in Grade II mansion banned from holding ceremonies after blaring music and 'cannon fire' fireworks trigger PTSD of veteran neighbours

Hillingdon House, a grand white estate in suburban Uxbridge, west London has been ordered to shut after a six-year battle with neighbours over the constant noise and disruption.

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26 h. ago AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say

Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdownWhen HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence supercomputer in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, works out that the astronauts onboard a mission to Jupiter are planning to shut it down, it plots to kill them in an attempt to survive.Now, in a somewhat less deadly case (so far) of life imitating art, an AI safety research company has said that AI models may be developing their own “survival drive”. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Chaos as ‘lifeline’ bridge in tiny Scots village shut for two years

AN MSP has told of the “chaos” caused by a tiny village’s lifeline bridge being shut for two years. Locals in Aboyne have faced a 40-minute detour since the River Dee crossing was closed to traffic in November 2023. Tory Alexander Burnett revealed firefighters are among those affected — with Aberdeenshire Council saying the earliest...

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30 h. ago France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell

From the raid on the Louvre to the spectacle of Sarkozy in jail, it is tempting to think France is on a downward spiral. But history tells the tale of its resilienceIn the classic dinner-party scene in the film Notting Hill, Tim McInnerney’s character promises a brownie to “the saddest act here”. In response, the guests (including the glamorous movie star played by Julia Roberts) try to outdo each other with tales of their painful suffering and pathetic failures.In our gloomy autumn of 2025, western democracies could play quite a convincing version of this game. There is the depressed United Kingdom, where Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have fallen to record lows and Reform leads in the polls. There is the deeply broken United States, where a supine opposition seems incapable of preventing Donald Trump from chopping away one guardrail after another of our constitutional order. There is Spain, where this summer a Socialist party scandal threatened to topple the fragile minority gove...

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31 h. ago Scottish Labour figures believe Keir Starmer will quit if SNP wins Holyrood election

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been urged to be bolder while another insider urged party MPs north of the border to "shut the f**k up".

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32 h. ago Sales of fitness equipment soar by 15.1% on previous year, figures show

Fitness platform Zwift said it had seen a 65% surge in active users in October compared with August.

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36 h. ago Lithuania shuts airports and Belarus border after weather balloon incursion

Vilnius and Kaunas airports closed down after balloons drift into country’s airspace for third time this monthLithuania closed its two biggest airports on Friday and shut crossings on its border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into its territory, the third such occurrence in the Baltic state this month.European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and other air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen, Munich and the Baltic region. Continue reading...

Society

39 h. ago Parker is playing with fire as he awaits shot at Usyk... will he get burnt by Wardley?

Joseph Parker has fought the best heavyweight contenders in recent years... Sam Brookes explores whether that approach could come back to bite him this weekend against Fabio Wardley

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39 h. ago Jacques Villeneuve slams ‘very soft’ McLaren racing rules with Norris and Piastri

The two F1 title contenders now have a ‘clean slate’ to race after two recent incidents

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