95 m. ago A ‘strange dance’: media mogul Saad Mohseni on making TV under the Taliban

Once dubbed the ‘Afghan Rupert Murdoch’, Mohseni’s media business was founded after the fall of the Taliban and is now navigating their returnSaad Mohseni wants more female faces on his Afghan TV channel. He hopes he might get a deal with the Taliban for him to air a historical drama – in which all the women have been through the menopause.“If a woman menstruates, [the showing of an uncovered female face] is haram [forbidden], right?” Mohseni said. “But as soon as they go through, you know, menopause, then you can have them uncovered. It’s ridiculous, it’s so offensive. So now we try to negotiate with [the Taliban] to do a soap opera that’s going to have these women over the age of 50. We have to try.” Continue reading...

Culture

95 m. ago London Gatwick is UK’s worst airport for flight delays, figures show

CAA data shows flights departed more than 23 minutes late last year, with Birmingham and Manchester second and third-worstLondon Gatwick is the UK’s worst airport for flight delays, official figures showed, with air traffic control issues blamed for continuing disruption.In 2024, flights departed on average more than 23 minutes late from Britain’s second-biggest airport, according to data from the Civil Aviation Authority. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Scots women behind definition of woman challenge flooded with hate mail and threats

Campaign group For Women Scotland has been inundated with death threats and online abuse since the Supreme Court ruling last Wednesday.

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2 h. ago Scots must act now to protect our democracy and shared values from the rise of the far right

Writing in his new regular column for the Daily Record, First Minister John Swinney says it's time for political parties and civic groups to reaffirm to the public that more unites us than divides us.

Politics

3 h. ago El Salvador offers to swap Venezuelan US deportees for political prisoners

Trump administration has been accused of abusing rights of migrants sent to foreign prison without trial

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4 h. ago British families warned over 5 essential documents needed to take children abroad

With millions of Brits flocking to EU hotspots like Spain, Italy and Greece this Easter - a legal expert has warned that certain parents will need to bring five essential documents

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4 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Hegseth reportedly had Yemen Signal chat with wife, brother

Defence secretary reportedly sent the group flight schedules for strikes on Houthis; draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department – key US politics stories from 20 AprilDefence secretary Pete Hegseth is in the spotlight for a communications blunder in which he reportedly created his own Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, in which he shared confidential details of a US strike on Yemen this March.The chat on Signal, a commercially available app not authorized as a means to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information, allegedly included more than a dozen people. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth embroiled in ANOTHER astonishing war plan group chat leak

Pete Hegseth has again been accused of sharing details of a US foreign military attack in a Signal group chat, this time including his wife, brother and personal lawyer.

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4 h. ago Department for Work and Pensions launches probe after civil servant 'exposes herself on porn livestream while taking calls working from home'

In one clip she can even be seen flashing at her online followers as she finishes up an alleged call with a customer about pensions entitlements, The Sun reported.

Society

6 h. ago Hegseth had another Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared the same details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders

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6 h. ago Gatwick is worst airport for flight delays for second year in a row

Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule in 2024.

Transport

6 h. ago Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat – report

US defense secretary texted strike information to his family in group chat he created, sources tell the New York TimesBefore the US launched military strikes on Yemen in March, Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, sent detailed information about the planned attacks to a private Signal group chat that he created himself, which included his wife, his brother and about a dozen other people, the New York Times reported on Sunday.The Guardian has independently confirmed the existence of Hegseth’s own private group chat. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Coronation Street bosses 'take new action to drum up funds' following rumours ITV soap is suffering from cash crisis

Soaring TV production costs and a collapse in advertising revenue are said to have put the future of the long-running soap in jeopardy and sparked a number of budget cuts.

Economics

10 h. ago MPs call on government to 'protect safety' of 'brave' women who won Supreme Court gender battle after 'appalling attacks'

MPs and campaigners have called out the 'death threats' and 'misogynistic abuse' of women who won Supreme Court legal battle

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12 h. ago Meghan Markle embroiled in 'copycat row' after Netflix project is quietly dropped

Meghan Markle was working on an animated show with Netflix through Archewell Productions, but the project was later axed by the streaming platform and it's now been reported that there were legal concerns over the series

Politics

12 h. ago Police appeal for information after statues daubed with graffiti during trans rights rally

No arrests have been made, but officers are investigating

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13 h. ago Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens constitutional rights of everyone’US senator Chris Van Hollen, who travelled to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Ábrego García, the man at the center of a wrongful deportation dispute, said on Sunday that his trip was to support Ábrego García’s right to due process because if that was denied then everyone’s constitutional rights were threatened in the US.The White House has claimed Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang though he has not been charged with any gang related crimes and the supreme court has ordered his return to the US be facilitated. Continue reading...

Politics

13 h. ago What Kevin De Bruyne did in corridor at Everton speaks volumes about Man City exit

Kevin De Bruyne has been linked with a move to the MLS this summer after announcing he will leave Manchester City - but he's made it clear he's not happy at the prospect of moving

Politics

13 h. ago Bruno Fernandes move underlines what Ruben Amorim thinks of Man Utd right now

MAN UTD 0-1 WOLVES: A much-changed Manchester United XI slumped to their 15th Premier League defeat of the 2024-25 season, with eight of those coming at Old Trafford

Politics

13 h. ago Israeli military admits ‘operational misunderstanding’ after troops killed 15 Gaza medics

‘Poor night visibility’ was also blamed for the deaths of the aid workers following an investigation by Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

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