4 h. ago Indonesia protests explained: why did they start and how has the government responded?

Anger at perks for politicians spilled over into wider protests after the death of a 21-year-old delivery driver in JakartaAt least seven people have died, hundreds have been injured and public buildings have been burnt and looted after thousands of people took to the streets in anti-government protests across Indonesia over the past week.The clashes between riot police and rock-throwing protesters that began in the capital and quickly spread beyond Jakarta have been seen as a major test for President Prabowo Subianto, a former general who has been in office for less than a year. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Plunged into darkness while the oceans boil: How Mark Zuckerberg's master plan will 'lead to end of humanity'

Mark Zuckerberg positively beamed as he gazed into the future. Hurtling towards us, he said, is 'a new era of personal empowerment.' But experts are sounding the alarm.

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer makes major asylum hotel vow as plan met with backlash

Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed he wants to shut all asylum hotels down before his existing 2029 deadline, saying he understands public anger amid a wave of protests

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18 h. ago UK households told to boil lemon peels in water during September

Spider season is just around the corner, but there are several ways to deter the eight-legged creatures from entering your home - and it involves using lemons

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20 h. ago Anger as Renfrewshire substation plan 'nodded through' despite 120 objections

Elected representatives said “absolutely nothing” when the application for a four-metre high electricity substation was called at the planning board.

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24 h. ago Scots households urged to boil lemon peels in water from today

Lemons can serve an important purpose around homes throughout September

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27 h. ago Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik

The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. “We will never hear about immigration again,” he said. If you give the people the control over the border they want, the logic went, then Brexit will finally dissolve immigration as an issue that politicians can exploit, and the country can crack on with all the other important stuff that needs doing. And, well, let’s just say that this prediction did not pan out on such a colossal level that no follow-up conversation has been necessary.Because that’s just not how the whole immigration thing works. The goalposts always move. Nothing clarifies that more than Nigel Farage getting everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration – and gue...

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27 h. ago Vote Brexit, stop the boats – the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appeased | Nesrine Malik

The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. “We will never hear about immigration again,” he said. If you give the people the control over the border they want, the logic went, then Brexit will finally dissolve immigration as an issue that politicians can exploit, and the country can crack on with all the other important stuff that needs doing. And, well, let’s just say that this prediction did not pan out on such a colossal level that no follow-up conversation has been necessary.Because that’s just not how the whole immigration thing works. The goalposts always move. Nothing clarifies that more than Nigel Farage getting everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration – and gue...

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33 h. ago Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions

Six people have now died in nationwide protests, forcing Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing allowance worth 10 times the minimum wageIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks and privileges, including a controversial $3,000 housing allowance, in a bid to ease public fury after nationwide protests in which six people have died.Flanked by leaders of eight Indonesian political parties, Prabowo told a televised news conference in the capital, Jakarta, that they had agreed to cut the housing allowance and suspend overseas trips for members of parliament. It was a rare concession in response to mounting public anger. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago US Open star Taylor Townsend reduced to tears after letting EIGHT match points slip in agonizing defeat

MATTHEW LAMBWELL IN NEW YORK: Townsend shot to a strange form of stardom after Jelena Ostapenko said she had 'no class and no education' after their second-round match.

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33 h. ago Child 'may have been affected' by pepper spray and officer punched in face as Canary Wharf anti

Child 'may have been affected' by pepper spray and officer punched in face as Canary Wharf anti-asylum protest boil over  Sky News

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33 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews I Fought The Law on ITV1: Sheridan Smith excels as a mother taking on the British justice system

When Sheridan Smith is on form, there's no one to touch her for raw emotional power. She can project grief and anger so intense, it cracks the screen. And she's at her heart-wrenching best here.

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34 h. ago US Open: Taylor Townsend in tears as Krejcikova saves eight match points to survive

American misses first grand slam singles quarter-finalTownsend had become huge crowd favorite in QueensTaylor Townsend couldn’t covert eight match points in a second set that ended with a 25-minute tiebreaker as she was eliminated from the US Open on Sunday with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-3 loss to Barbora Krejcikova.With the fans firmly behind a player who became a fan favorite during the tournament after her confrontation with Jelena Ostapenko, Townsend was repeatedly a point away from what would have been her first grand slam singles quarter-final. But Krejcikova, a two-time grand slam singles champion, erased a slew of match points in a tiebreaker she once trailed 6-3 before winning 15-13, broke Townsend’s serve twice in the third set and advanced to face another American, No 4 seed Jessica Pegula, on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Barbora Krejcikova saves eight match points on way to win over Taylor Townsend

The American’s headline-making run was ended in cruel fashion at Flushing Meadows.

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35 h. ago Reform accused of 'whipping up anger' over asylum seeker hotels

It comes amid protests outside hotels in the UK

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41 h. ago 'I was addicted to ketamine – it's like someone pouring boiling water into your bladder'

A young woman who might need to have her bladder removed is speaking out about the Gen Z drug of choice that makes users "wet themselves" and "wear a nappy"

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45 h. ago Reform UK accused by Cabinet minister of ‘whipping up anger’ over asylum hotels

But deputy leader Richard Tice said it is ‘ridiculous’ to suggest Reform has encouraged the violent scenes at some protests.

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47 h. ago Farage and Reform ‘whipping up anger’ on migrants, cabinet minister warns

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson claimed Mr Farage has ‘no interest’ in finding solutions to the migrant crisis and small boats

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58 h. ago Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Ostapenko: why does anger keep boiling over at US Open?

Players’ tempers have frequently flared at Flushing Meadows, with end of season tension and boisterous New York crowds offered as explanationsDaniel Altmaier had nothing more to say. Moments after one of the biggest wins of his career, the German unwittingly found himself on the receiving end of Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ire during their handshake at the net. Before Tsitsipas could finish, though, Altmaier had walked away from the net and he refused to engage in the Greek’s attempts to argue with him.Altmaier shrugs at the first mention of the incident: “Even if I would have lost, I would not enter discussions because it’s just like heat of the moment. You need to cool down; let’s see if he reacts to it or he sticks to his opinion while cooling down on an exercise bike in the player gym late at night.” Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Jelena Ostapenko apologises for ‘no education’ comment to Taylor Townsend

The Latvian accused her American opponent of having no education and no class.

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