1 hour ago The Kevin Muscat Rangers addition nobody has mentioned but could hold the key to making it work

Whether he'll bring current trusted assistant or honour long standing Neil McCann agreement could be secondary to vital appointment

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2 h. ago US regional bank shares sink on credit worries after fraud disclosures

Western Alliance and Zions Bank disclose exposure to alleged fraud

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro | Editorial

Hawks want regime change. Democrats and others are right to warn against illegal and unauthorised use of forceThe drumbeat is growing louder. Covert operations are supposed to remain just that, but on Wednesday Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved secret CIA actions in Venezuela and suggested that he was considering strikes on its territory. These comments follow the administration’s extrajudicial killings at sea: attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that have left at least 27 dead – a frightening new precedent denounced by UN experts as illegal. The US has already built up forces in the region, with about 6,500 troops now stationed there. “No to war in the Caribbean No to regime change No to coups d’état orchestrated by the CIA,” railed Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, after Mr Trump’s remarks.The US president’s repeated claim that each boat strike saves 25,000 American lives is even more preposterous than it first sounds. The fentanyl that killed 48,000 peopl...

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure | Editorial

This week’s partisan blame game is the wrong response to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case. The failure of governance runs deeperThe China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state. It cannot be in the national interest for a case involving national security to get so close to the courts and then for it to be abandoned in what remain mysterious circumstances. Public confidence, as well as security itself, are inevitably placed at risk. But this genuinely important issue now risks being blanketed by the fog of the party-political battle at Westminster.For the third time this week, MPs spent Thursday trading accusations about whether the Conservatives or Labour are more to blame for the fiasco of last month’s collapsed prosecution. To be fair, the latest exchanges did not descend to the abject “did-didn’t” level that was reached at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Politicians from Sir Keir Starmer...

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3 h. ago Create Victoria Beckham's signature smoky eye with the exact liner she swears by

Victoria Beckham's signature smoky eye look has remained a timeless and chic makeup look since the Spice Girls era, and we know how to create Victoria's go-to look with the exact pencil she uses

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3 h. ago UKHSA issues flu warning after 'early' spike as cases and hospital admissions rise

Health experts warn of a rise in positive tests for flu in the past week, with flu season coming early

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3 h. ago How to get Victoria Beckham's signature smoky eye with exact pencil she uses daily

Victoria Beckham opts for the same signature eye look pretty much every day: the Posh Spice smoky eye, and there's one product she swears by to create the look on a daily basis

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3 h. ago Mysterious 'spy' balloons appearing over several US states spark fears of a covert invasion

Strange white balloons have appeared over multiple US states, stirring fresh fears of surveillance from above.

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3 h. ago Celebrity Traitors finale date revealed as BBC show breaks huge ratings record

Viewers have been gripped by the Traitors' celebrity spin-off as a series of famous faces are taking on the game of lies, deception and backstabbing to huge success

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3 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Want to know why Labour has no hope of stopping the small boats? Meet the windy dullard in charge of border security

Martin Hewitt appeared at a parliamentary committee yesterday.To his CBE and QPM there should perhaps be added the OPD, the Order of Prize Dribblers.

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4 h. ago Homeowner planted a garden of sunflowers on his property in memory of a loved one. The city sued him for it

Chris Bank says the city of St Peters changed its local law specifically to target his sunflower garden

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4 h. ago Flu season has come early, health experts warn as people urged to get jab

Cases of flu are up across all the datasets monitored by the UK Health Security Agency, particularly in children.

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4 h. ago Mysterious 'spy' balloons appearing over several US states spark fears of covert Chinese invasion

Strange white balloons have appeared over multiple US states, stirring fresh fears of surveillance from above.

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4 h. ago ‘We want to use this as a launchpad’: can A24 also conquer the world of theater?

Cultish indie studio behind hits such as Moonlight, Uncut Gems and Materialists has taken over a New York theatre for $10mOn a recent Saturday night in downtown Manhattan, a sold-out crowd at the Cherry Lane Theatre delighted in one of the most bizarre sights in recent New York stage memory: comedian Natalie Palamides, dressed as if in split screen – her left side bedecked in Y2K girl signifiers (butterfly clips, low-rise jeans), her right in bro clothes (cargo pants, flannel) – barreling across the stage and tangling with herself. In her one-woman show Weer, the Los Angeles-based clown plays two halves of a toxic relationship over three late-90s years, flipping between perspectives with the velocity of a spinning top.The show is difficult to describe and perhaps more difficult to market, as well as gloriously unhinged and riotously funny – a bold gambit for a performer, as well as for the new Cherry Lane, the West Village staple recently renovated and reopened by A24. The film dist...

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4 h. ago USC doctoral student accused of being serial rapist and spent years spiking women’s drinks then assaulting them

Sizhe Weng faces a potential life sentence as well as being added to the sex offender register if convicted.

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4 h. ago Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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4 h. ago Greens neck and neck with Labour, new poll shows, as voters turn away from Starmer

Voters are continuing to turn to both Reform UK and the Green Party amid growing discontent with Sir Keir Starmer’s government

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5 h. ago Jan Marsalek’s grandfather spied for the communist bloc, new evidence shows

Hans Marsalek’s grandson is the fugitive Wirecard fraudster who runs spies for Russia in western Europe

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5 h. ago Head of IMF says risks in private credit market keep her awake at night

Kristalina Georgieva urges vigilance over ‘very significant shift of financing’ after collapse of Tricolor and First BrandsThe head of the International Monetary Fund has admitted that worrying about the risks building up in non-bank lending markets keeps her awake at night.Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday urged countries to pay more attention to the private credit market, after the failure of the sub-prime auto lender Tricolor and the car parts supplier First Brands. Continue reading...

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