56 m. ago If illegal logging starts again, Liberia could lose more than its beloved pygmy hippos | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

About 270,000 people died in Liberia’s timber trade-fuelled civil war. I helped to rebuild and protect its forests. Now Europe is threatening to undermine all our hard workIt is sad when a ruthless military dictator funds his government by destroying ecologically important rainforest, logging tropical trees and displacing and robbing the people who live in and depend on the forests for their livelihoods and culture.This happened in my country, Liberia. Continue reading...

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62 m. ago Misinformation floods Indian and Pakistani social media in absence of official updates

Mislabelled videos, recycled images and fake advisories are leaving millions of anxious observers uncertain over what to believe

Events

1 hour ago Ban this foreign filth! Can cinema really threaten national security?

The US president’s plan for Hollywood is full of plot holes. But when it comes to the hidden propaganda baked into movies, he may have a pointAs always with pronouncements by President Trump, once you had peeled away the xenophobia, removed the stew of resentment, ignored the sheer idiocy and asterisked the possible illegality, there was a small kernel of truth to his posting on Truth Social last Sunday. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” he wrote, pointing to the nefarious tax breaks other countries gave film-makers as “a National Security threat” and proposing an 100% tariff on films made oversees. “It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA AGAIN!”How would a 100% tariff on films made oversees work? Just movies shot overseas? What about movies set overseas? And who would pay? How do you impose tariffs on goods without a port of entry? “Commerce is figuring it out,” said a White House official. In fact, ...

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1 hour ago Military briefing: India and Pakistan test red lines of nuclear rivalry

Clashes have been carefully calibrated since they became atomic powers. But the informal rules are fraying

Events

4 h. ago Trump news at a glance: military to immediately remove trans troops and use medical records to oust more

Buoyed by supreme court ruling, Pentagon will remove as many as 1,000 service members. Key US politics stories from Thursday 8 May at a glance“No More Trans @ DoD,” Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, posted after the supreme court allowed the Trump administration’s ousting of transgender troops to go forward. As of Thursday, the orders have been issued to identify and involuntarily force trans people out of service.Department officials have said it is difficult to determine exactly how many transgender service members there are, but medical records will show those who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, show symptoms or are being treated. Those troops would then be forced out. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members

Pentagon will give other trans service members 30 days to self-identify while it enforces recently approved banThe Pentagon is removing the 1,000 members of the military who openly identify as trans, and giving those who have yet to openly-identify as transgender 30 days to remove themselves, according to a new directive issued Thursday.The memo is fueled by Tuesday’s supreme court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on trans military members. The defense department has said it will follow up by going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Martin Lewis MSE £41 warning to 872k people who pay for NHS prescriptions

Money-saving guru Martin Lewis' MSE site has urged Brits to check whether they'll be better off applying for prepayment certificate - instead of paying £9.90 for each individual NHS prescription

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5 h. ago Nicole doesn't look like this anymore! Aussie actress unveils new 'do following stunning Met Gala hairstyle

Nicole Kidman stunned fans with her major hair transformation yet again on Friday as she attended the Country Music Awards with husband Keith Urban.

Politics

6 h. ago The fake fat jab kits cooked up by criminal gangs: How to tell if your weight loss drugs are counterfeit as police launch crackdown on rise in illicit medication

The popularity of weight loss treatments has seen UK demand outstrip supply, giving criminal groups an opportunity to release their own counterfeit versions.

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6 h. ago 'I am not being held hostage' says man before his wife's false teeth pop out

Quran Mccain, 27, and his 64-year-old wife Cheryl went viral after he shared a video on TikTok to slam online haters who claimed he was being 'held hostage' by his older wife

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6 h. ago BBC viewers are all saying the same thing as John Newman takes to the stage during the VE Day 80th Anniversary celebration

The singer, 34, joined a star-studded lineup who took to the stage to pay tribute to the nation's war heroes with a special concert at London's Horseguards Parade.

Politics

6 h. ago UK announces fresh wave of Russia sanctions ahead of military coalition meeting

Officials have said the Government will take action against up to 100 oil tankers that have been carrying cargo in defiance of sanctions.

Events

7 h. ago Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order

The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify

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8 h. ago Triplets who appeared in movie with Hollywood star set for 'world first' transplant

Julien, Eliot and Ryan Gregory, who have appeared in a movie with Keira Knightly and starred on Blind Date, are set to undergo the first ever triplet hair transplant

Culture

8 h. ago Terrifying footage reveals US military's new suicide drone that creates its own kill list

The US military may soon have an army of suicide bombers at their disposal, as an American defense contractor has revealed their newest war-fighting drone.

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8 h. ago Ellen DeGeneres shares rare glimpse of $18 million British farmhouse in hilarious lawn mowing video

The former talk show host moved to the UK in November

Society

8 h. ago Poker Face season two review – Natasha Lyonne’s fun detective show is painfully close to being a classic

Our crime-solving heroine is utterly charming, it’s stuffed with A-list stars and some episodes are just great. If only the cases were a bit more cleverThis tribute to case-of-the week crime dramas is so nearly a brilliant TV show. Starring Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black, Russian Doll) as Charlie Cale, a woman with a foolproof ability to tell truth from falsehood, the series follows in the footsteps of classic story-of-the-week crime dramas; each episode features a tranche of excellent guest stars and a freshly covered-up misdeed for our thoroughly charming citizen-detective to uncover. With her gravelly-chipmunk New York tones – or “voice like a rusty clarinet”, as one character has it – Lyonne ensures Cale is an idiosyncratically charismatic protagonist you can really get behind. She’s cool: her catchphrase is “bullshit” and her aesthetic is 1970s-hued indie sleaze; shades, spray-on jeans, biker boots, shrunken T-shirts, wild, matted hair. She’s chaotically good, too: mis...

Politics

9 h. ago McFly praise fan who 'stole the show' at Swansea gig and tell him 'he's in'

McFly drummer Harry Judd retells the viral moment that saw Port Talbot

Politics

9 h. ago Welsh triplets who starred in film with Keira Knightley set for 'world first' transplant

Julien, Eliot and Ryan Gregory are heading back to Wales for a "world first triplet hair transplant" after first capturing public attention on the day they were born at Witybush Hospital

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10 h. ago Emmerdale pay homage to Tom King as Joe Tate 'left for dead'

Joe Tate's fate mirrored that of Tom King who died after being pushed from a window in 2006

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