2 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Nigel Farage becoming PM would be 'very bad' for Britain as she accuses Reform leader of aping Keir Starmer by 'saying anything in order to win power'

The Tory leader accused her Reform UK rival of saying 'whatever he wants in order to get into power' and said he would 'bankrupt' the country if he enters Downing Street .

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58 h. ago From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins

Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know thatFor the Tories to attack Keir Starmer’s first step towards a Brexit reset is monumental hypocrisy. Their Brexit led to £4.7bn being spent on implementing post-EU border arrangements, according to the National Audit Office, including a vastly expensive “take back control” border post at Sevington in Kent. No other country in the world can have erected such ludicrous barriers against its biggest trading partners. All are now wasted. At least the nonsense can stop. Memorial plaques to Boris Johnson should be pinned to their gates and passersby invited to sign a 50-page customs form in his memory.Meanwhile, Starmer should hang his own head in shame. He was Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit henchman back in 2019, when Labour voted down Theresa May’s bid to negotiate a soft Brexit deal that would certainly have gone beyond what was signed this week. It was Starmer wh...

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2 d. ago What is the Chagos Islands deal? Everything you need to know as Sir Keir Starmer signs agreement

Everything you need to know about the Chagos Islands deal

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5 d. ago Reeves says Gulf trade pact is Government’s ‘next deal’ after EU summit

Ms Reeves suggested economic growth would be strengthened through recent trade deals with the United States, the EU and India.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset restores Britain’s place in Europe with pragmatism, not ideology

Editorial: The prime minister has achieved what once seemed impossible: strengthening Britain’s global role without reopening the Brexit divide

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5 d. ago EU reset deal puts Britain back on the world stage, says Keir Starmer

UK prime minister heralds a ‘win-win’ but faces criticism for concessions on fishing rightsKeir Starmer has vowed his EU reset deal will deliver cheaper food and energy for British people, heralding a “win-win” as he sealed the high-stakes agreement with concessions on youth visas and fishing.“Britain is back on the world stage,” the prime minister said after shaking hands on the deal with the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen in London. “It gives us unprecedented access to the EU market, the best of any country all while sticking to the red lines in our manifesto.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fury at Starmer's Brexit 'surrender' as Boris accuses him of being the EU's 'gimp' after big concessions on fishing rights and youth mobility... and how much WILL it cost?

Keir Starmer declared 'Britain is back on the world stage' as he held a joint press conference with a beaming European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in London.

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5 d. ago Starmer accused of selling out Britain with Brexit surrender deal: Furious critics say PM has been 'done up like a kipper' by EU.. and how much WILL it all cost?

Keir Starmer declared 'Britain is back on the world stage' as he held a joint press conference with a beaming European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in London.

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6 d. ago Labour reopens Britain's borders to the EU: Keir Starmer agrees 'youth experience' scheme with Brussels to allow 18 to 35

As part of his post-Brexit 'reset' deal with Brussels, the Prime Minister said his Labour Government would continue talks over relaxing visa rules.

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6 d. ago Pet chimp rips off woman's face and eats her eyes in horror attack

Chimpanzee Travis had lived with Sandra Herold for 14 years - but one day he snapped and attacked her friend Charla Nash in a frenzied and horrifying frenzy that left the world stunned

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6 d. ago Youth mobility, defence and £25bn in trade: Everything we know about the UK

Sir Keir Starmer will try to rebuild Britain’s relationship with the EU, on everything from defence, fishing rights, migration and food standards, while dodging allegations he is betraying Brexit

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7 d. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win next week’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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7 d. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win this year’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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7 d. ago Like a teacher's pet, Starmer is a sucker for rules. Which is why I fear he will doom Britain to a sorry future as an EU satellite, warns ROSS CLARK

Rather tragically, we have Sir Keir Starmer to represent UK interests. You can almost sense the jubilation on the faces of EU negotiators as they eye up our fish and dream up ways to trap Britain.

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7 d. ago Celtic hero takes limelight on trophy day amid Green Brigade tribute

Stoppage time goal was moment fans hoped for

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8 d. ago Celtic trophy day LIVE as Brendan Rodgers and his champions ready for four in a row Parkhead party

It's a huge day on the calendar for Hoops fans as they see their heroes hold aloft the Scottish Premiership trophy

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8 d. ago Celtic trophy day LIVE team news as James Forrest starts his big day on the bench

It's a huge day on the calendar for Hoops fans as they see their heroes hold aloft the Scottish Premiership trophy

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8 d. ago Celtic trophy day LIVE score and goal updates as Parkhead ready to party

It's a huge day on the calendar for Hoops fans as they see their heroes hold aloft the Scottish Premiership trophy

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8 d. ago Celtic trophy day LIVE as stuffy St Mirren keeping the champions at bay

It's a huge day on the calendar for Hoops fans as they see their heroes hold aloft the Scottish Premiership trophy

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9 d. ago James Gunn’s new Superman is more human than alien god – but can he still inspire awe?

Far from 1978’s morally noble colossus, Gunn’s Man of Steel is a flawed being – but perhaps he can allow us to hope for a better worldIn the 1960s, Marvel comics made its name by dragging superheroes down to street level. Peter Parker worried about his homework. The Fantastic Four bickered like flatmates. Even the Hulk, a walking nuclear tantrum, was really just a green and muscular guy having a bad day. Over at DC, though, the heroes remained clean, polished and largely unbothered – moral titans gazing down from above, solving problems without ever really having any of their own.Superman was the prototype of that ideal: an all-powerful alien whose only weakness was a glowing space rock and an unshakable sense of duty. He wasn’t like us – he was better than us. And that was the point. When Margot Kidder’s Lois Lane first meets the man of steel in 1978’s Superman, she is almost impossibly awestruck by the presence of this walking, talking, flying god. Lois’s wide-eyed vulnerability i...

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