3 h. ago EU abandons bid to force everyone to drive electric vehicles as it scraps 2035 ban on petrol and diesel cars

In a major climbdown, the European Commission confirmed carmakers will no longer be forced to sell only zero-emissions vehicles.

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3 h. ago Illinois law generates $1.5B to save public transit from fiscal calamity

Public transit in the Chicago metropolitan area will get a $1.5 billion infusion to save it from financial disaster under a law that will take effect next summer

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3 h. ago Martin told Gavin he could no longer support him after tenant issue – review

A timeline of events around Jim Gavin’s selection, campaign and withdrawal have been set out in an internal Fianna Fail review.

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4 h. ago Romanian man who stabbed girl, 11, eight times in random Leicester Square attack is detained indefinitely after court hears security guard saved her life

Romanian Ioan Pintaru, 33, grabbed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and stabbed her eight times in face, neck and chest with a large kitchen knife as she left the Lego store last year.

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5 h. ago Benefit's £97 beauty gift set that includes the 'best mascara' is slashed to £31

The Benefit beauty gift set contains five of the brand's bestselling products, including a full-size BADgal Bang mascara and Benetint, and will save shoppers more than £60

Economics

5 h. ago Uber could face billions in penalties across US after ‘deceptive billing and cancellation practices’

In some cases, Uber customers allegedly had to go through more than 30 actions to cancel their subscription

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5 h. ago ‘I tested out the pram that Sophie Habboo, Michelle Keegan and Molly

Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo have been spotted out and about with their baby boy Ziggy, and they've picked a popular pram choice that's a celeb favourite

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5 h. ago Hegseth says Pentagon won’t release unedited video of double

Members of Congress will review the footage but ‘not the general public,’ defense secretary says amid growing scrutiny into attacks

Politics

6 h. ago Government urged to go further than Windsor Framework review recommendations

Unionists have argued the review led by Lord Murphy failed to address ‘fundamental problems’ with the framework.

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6 h. ago Give extra tax breaks to arts donations outside London, says review

Give extra tax breaks to arts donations outside London, says review  Financial Times

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7 h. ago The Housemaid review – Sydney Sweeney takes the job from hell in outrageous suspense thriller

Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar co-star as Sweeney’s secretive bosses in an upstate New York mansion, and director Paul Feig ramps up the sexual tension with evident gustoDirector Paul Feig is known for broad comedy; now he cranks up the schlock-serious dial for an outrageously enjoyable – or at any rate enjoyably outrageous – psycho-suspense thriller in the spirit of 90s erotic noir, adapted by screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine from the 2022 bestseller by Freida McFadden. We are back in the sleazy, glossy world of Curtis Hanson’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle or Joe Eszterhas’s Basic Instinct, but skating quite close, though not too close, to satire.The scene is a bizarrely opulent mansion somewhere in upstate New York, splendidly isolated among a sea of bland suburban housing; it is approached by a drive, once you have got past the electronic gates. And it is down this avenue that Millie (Sydney Sweeney) nervously drives, wearing fake glasses to make herself look more mature, ...

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7 h. ago The Housemaid review – Sydney Sweeney has a camp hit on her hands

Paul Feig nods to ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Vertigo’ in this pulpy adaptation of the Freida McFadden bestseller, which has a secret weapon in the form of a quite brilliant Amanda Seyfried

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8 h. ago Russian bribery case sparks review into foreign financial interference in UK politics

Nathan Gill, who became Reform UK's leader in Wales, was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for taking bribes to spout pro-Russia lines while serving as a UKIP and Brexit Party MEP

Politics

8 h. ago Urgent probe into foreign interference in UK politics after ex

Housing secretary Steve Reed said the conduct of Nathan Gill, who was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking money to make pro-Russian statements, was a ‘stain’ on democracy

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9 h. ago BBC could scrap licence fee, show adverts and put hits like Line of Duty behind a paywall under Labour reform

As the number of households paying for the licence fee dwindle, other commercial revenue options are said to be on the table in plans outlined by the BBC's charter review.

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9 h. ago Home Bargains reduces popular £31 Olay skincare cream to £10 in exclusive deal

Shoppers can save over £21 on the beauty cream that shoppers have raved about online

Economics

9 h. ago Urgent review ordered into foreign interference in UK politics after ex

Housing secretary Steve Reed said the conduct of Nathan Gill, who was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking money to make pro-Russian statements, was a ‘stain’ on democracy

Politics

9 h. ago State pensioners on this income to save at least £190 under major new tax policy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the new policy will affect certain claimants

Economics

9 h. ago Glamorous influencer Aline Cristina Dalmolin, 41, dies in horror Porsche crash

The 41-year-old was a passenger in the Porsche Macan when it smashed into a utility pole at high speed in the early hours of Monday morning.

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10 h. ago Avatar: Fire and Ash review – James Cameron takes 3D cinema to a spectacularly wild dimension

James Cameron, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña are back with a $400-billion epic that will leave your mind blown

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