8 h. ago Robert Downey Jr. takes brutal dig at Kieran Culkin's SAG Awards speech onstage during 2025 Oscars

Kieran has swept the awards show circuit for his role in A Real Pain, a comedy-drama written and directed by his co-star Jesse Eisenberg .

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26 h. ago In this dangerous age, Britain needs to exert soft power as well as the hard stuff | Andrew Rawnsley

Defence spending has to go up, but siphoning money from international aid is a self-defeating follyShortly before he flew to Washington, Sir Keir Starmer turned up in the Commons, put on his sombre voice and declared: “Everything has changed.” One of the more startling transformations has been to Sir Keir himself. The Labour leader came to office thinking, as did most of those who voted for him, that he was going to be a domestically orientated prime minister with primary ambitions to improve living standards, build lots of homes and rejuvenate public services. That’s what “change”, his one-word election slogan, was supposed to be about. When he originally selected his overriding “five missions”, the defence of the realm didn’t make the cut.His central definition today is as a geopolitically focused prime minister who is promising to spend more on guns, missiles and warplanes and less on international aid. More British bullets will be purchased at the expense of succour to the impov...

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34 h. ago BRITs rising star winner Myles Smith is hailed for his brutal takedown of the Government in 'legendary' acceptance speech

Brits Rising Star winner Myles Smith has slammed the Government for treating the music industry like an 'afterthought' in his acceptance speech.

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36 h. ago Brits Rising Star Myles Smith urges Government to ‘protect’ industry foundations

Smith, who rose to prominence on video-sharing app TikTok, performed his songs Nice To Meet You and Stargazing at the awards ceremony on Saturday.

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36 h. ago Myles Smith makes powerful BRITs speech as he takes swipe at government

Singer Myles Smith took aim at the government as he issued a heartfelt plea while accepting the Rising Star award at the BRITs

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37 h. ago Brit Awards 2025: Most daring outfits as celebs take to the red carpet

Chart-topping sensations such as Sabrina Carpenter, viral TikTok star Myles Smith, Sam Fender and Jade Thirlwall are set to take to the stage in London for the event.

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39 h. ago Brits Rising Star winner Myles Smith says recognition feels ‘incredible’

The singer, who spoke ahead of the Brit Awards ceremony, said he thought ‘it’s such a difficult time’ for new artists.

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43 h. ago Myles Smith interview: the Brits Rising Star award winner on his new superstardom

Myles Smith had the biggest song of last year with Stargazing, and with a new album and tour, and a Brits Rising Star award, we caught up with him to ask how sudden success feels

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48 h. ago AI's ultimate BRIT Awards with surprise host, powerhouse duet and 'supergroup'

The BRIT Awards have rolled around again, with an exciting line-up set to take to the stage, while countless stars are expected to strut their stuff on the red carpet

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62 h. ago BRIT Awards nominee Jade Thirwall to make bold statement in first solo awards performance

Jade Thirlwall will be among the performers at the BRITs this year - like Myles Smith and Sabrina Carpenter - as well as being a nominee following the launch of her solo career

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2 d. ago Voices: Starmer had his best day as PM – that doesn’t mean he can trust Trump

Hand-delivering a red-sealed note from King Charles was an undeniable masterstroke of British soft power, says Jon Sopel – but in playing his royal Trump card, Keir Starmer must not believe he has done all he must do to win over the US president for good, says Jon Sopel

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3 d. ago Myles Smith at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire review: a thoughtful performance from a rising star

British pop’s brightest new commercial hope asserts himself as an artist with more depth

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3 d. ago Starmer takes playful jab at Musk in DC reception speech: ‘taking out a chainsaw isn’t my style’

Keir Starmer took a playful dig at Elon Musk while speaking at the UK Embassy in Washington DC on the eve of the Prime Minister’s meeting with US President Donald Trump on 27 February.

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3 d. ago Elderly British couple being held by Taliban 'are pawns' in deepening power struggle between Afghan hardliners

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in the country's Bamyan province on February 1.

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5 d. ago Chile power outage sees UK Foreign Office issue travel advice to British citizens as 'state of exception' declared

Areas across Chile are affected following the power outage

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer warns Britain is entering an 'era of hard power' over foreign aid

EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister announced the Government will meet its manifesto pledge to raise the military budget to 2.5 per cent of GDP two years early.

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5 d. ago Britain may have to quit the ECHR if it continues to act against the national interest, Kemi Badenoch warns

In her first major foreign policy speech, the Tory leader said it was time to take a 'cold, hard look' at many agreements the UK signed up to decades ago.

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7 d. ago Jane Fonda takes subtle swipe at Donald Trump during 2025 SAG Awards speech

The legendary actress pushed through a brief technical hiccup during her speech at the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday

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7 d. ago Kamala Harris takes swipe at Trump and Musk in first speech since leaving office

The speech marked former VP’s first major public appearance since Joe Biden left White House

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7 d. ago Tories suggest benefits should be slashed for those with 'anxiety' in order to boost defence spending

Ex-defence minister James Cartlidge, now shadow defence secretary, said there was a need for Britain to become 'more resilient' and invest greater sums in 'hard power'.

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