39 m. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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40 m. ago Swansea City finally complete loan deal for Burnley winger Manuel Benson to complete impressive window

Swansea have completed their final move of the summer window

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51 m. ago UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden

Discussions come as London deepens alliances with Scandinavia in face of Russian threat in the Arctic

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54 m. ago Yoane Wissa's Newcastle move almost collapsed 30 SECONDS before transfer deadline

Yoane Wissa spent all summer trying to get Brentford to green light a transfer to Newcastle - and he succeeded just in the nick of time on Monday's deadline day

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56 m. ago Practicing Planning: Rethinking Resilience and the London Plan with Holcim Foundation

Practicing Planning: Rethinking Resilience and the London Plan with Holcim Foundation  Urban Land Magazine

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65 m. ago Love Island fans just uncovered star's 'hidden gem' film role

Love Island fans have spotted that one of the show's former stars has a role in a 'twisted' horror film.

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77 m. ago Two men die and five others seriously injured in roundabout crash

Essex Police said it was called to reports of a two-vehicle collision at the Rayleigh Spur roundabout, near Wickford, shortly after 4.15am on Monday.

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85 m. ago Trump ends turf war and plans to move Space Command HQ to Alabama from Colorado: report

Location of Space Command has been issue since end of first Trump term

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86 m. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe blocked Manchester United transfer for Premier League star

Manchester United were desperate to sign a striker in the summer transfer window and even considered a move for a former player before splashing the cash on a new-look frontline

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89 m. ago I’m an American living in the UK — these are the worst mistakes tourists make in London

The advice is courtesy of travel blogger Kalyn Franke, who runs the Girl Gone London YouTube channel

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89 m. ago American living in the UK reveals the worst mistakes tourists make in London

American living in the UK reveals the worst mistakes tourists make in London  The Independent

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92 m. ago Jessica Pegula moves to within one match of another US Open final appearance

The American fourth seed eased to a 6-3 6-3 victory over Barbora Krejcikova.

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94 m. ago Franchise that was 'blueprint for possession movies' drops 'scariest' film yet

If you're feeling brave it lands in cinemas in a matter of days

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97 m. ago Tottenham: Xavi Simons reveals how Thomas Frank convinced him of £52m Spurs move

The Dutchman was impressed by his new manager’s view of the game

Economics

1 hour ago Patrick Bamford to Celtic transfer 'enquiry' launched as Kelechi Iheanacho alternative emerges

The striker is a free agent after agreeing to terminate his Elland Road contract but Hoops will need to move fast to meet UEFA deadline

Politics

1 hour ago Exclusive: Tube strike set to deliver £230m blow to London economy was backed by just 57% of RMT members

6,004 union members voted in favour of action set to shut down the London Underground — but 4,196 did not bother to vote

Economics

1 hour ago Call of Duty movie in the works with potential to expand universe across TV and film

Paramount has signed a deal with Microsoft’s video game company Activision

Culture

1 hour ago ‘Forever grateful’: Isak makes belated attempt to rebuild bridges at Newcastle

£125m striker thanks former teammates and staff‘It has been an honour Thank you, Newcastle’Alexander Isak has made a belated attempt to rebuild bridges at Newcastle by thanking his former teammates, St James’ Park staff and the club’s fans for their support during his three years on Tyneside.When Isak joined Liverpool for £125m on Monday evening the Sweden striker departed a squad and a city thoroughly disillusioned by his decision not to train with or play for Eddie Howe’s team for the majority of this summer. Ultimately that tactic succeeded in forcing the move to Anfield he had long craved but, along the way, a player who scored 27 times for Newcastle last season shredded his reputation there. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago A House of Dynamite review – Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Tracy Letts star in this immaculately constructed nightmare procedural that ticks down the minutes from an atomic bomb’s launch to its detonationKathryn Bigelow has reopened the subject that we all tacitly agree not to discuss or imagine, in the movies or anywhere else: the subject of an actual nuclear strike. It’s the subject which tests narrative forms and thinkability levels. Maybe this is why we prefer to see it as something for absurdism and satire – a way of not staring into the sun – to remember Kubrick’s (brilliant) black comedy Dr Strangelove, with no fighting in the war room etc, rather than Lumet’s deadly serious Fail Safe. Bigelow, with screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, broaches one of the most frightening thoughts of all: that a nuclear war could or rather will start with no one knowing who started it or who ended it. I watched this film with translucently white knuckles but also that strange climbing nausea that only this topic can create.Th...

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1 hour ago A House of Dynamite, Venice review – The most entertaining movie about mass destruction since Dr Strangelove

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris and Tracy Letts are among the many recognisable names adding gravitas to this punchy Netflix thriller

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