1 hour ago Lammy to meet Iranian foreign minister as Trump steps back from military action

The Foreign Secretary is set to meet Abbas Araghchi alongside his counterparts from France, Germany and the EU.

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2 h. ago Teen struck by lightning in NYC’s Central Park as severe weather strikes the east coast

New York City, along with Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., were under severe thunderstorm watches Thursday afternoon and evening

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4 h. ago Elderly man drives down Rome’s historic Spanish steps after mistaking monument for a road

This is the moment an elderly man drove his car down Rome’s historic Spanish Steps, later telling police he thought he was on his way to work.

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5 h. ago From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran

Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he hinted at a historic missionIt was in the Beersheba, about a thousand kilometers and 2,500 years from Babylon, that Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Thursday that the time had come for the Jews to repay their ancient debt to Cyrus the Great and bring liberation to Iran.The Israeli prime minister had just made a tour of Beersheba’s Soroka hospital which a few hours earlier had sustained a direct hit from an Iranian ballistic missile on one of its buildings. It was for that reason the scene of an escape which was already being dubbed miraculous by Israel’s leaders. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti

Enormous Roman ‘puzzle’ reveals rare luxury frescoes, ancient graffiti  The Washington Post

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6 h. ago Trump says talks with Iran could happen ‘in the near future’

US president’s comments come a day before British, French and German foreign ministers set to meet Iranian counterpart

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7 h. ago Thawing of relations between Pakistan and US raises eyebrows in India

Trump ends isolation of country once snubbed so badly Imran Khan had to take the subway to the UN general assemblyAfter years in the diplomatic deep freeze, US-Pakistan ties appear to be quickly thawing, with Donald Trump’s effusive welcome for Pakistan’s army chief, Gen Asim Munir, signalling a possible major reset.Once snubbed so badly that Imran Khan, a former prime minister, rode the New York subway to the UN general assembly in 2019 unescorted, Pakistan is now enjoying top-level access in Washington, including a White House lunch for Munir on Wednesday and meetings with top national security officials. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'Horrifying fate' of ancient Egyptian mummy unveiled after thousands of years

An ancient Egyptian mummy has revealed a terrifying strain of bubonic plague that was present thousands of years before the infamous Black Death swept across Europe

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8 h. ago Elon Musk taking New York state to court over hate speech law

Elon Musk is arguing that the new Stop Hiding Hate Act violates First Amendment free speech rights

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9 h. ago ‘What are you trying to incite?’ Billy Porter asks thorny questions with This Bitter Earth

The Cabaret and Pose star is making his UK directorial debut with Harrison David Rivers’ play about love and activism. We join rehearsals with Omari Douglas and Alexander LincolnWhen Billy Porter talks, people listen. They have no choice. The actor, fresh from a stint as Emcee in the London run of Cabaret, and about to reprise the role on Broadway, speaks in a poised, purposeful, regal fashion. Each word is selected with care and weighed in his hand as if it were an avocado in the fruit and veg aisle, the gaps between words so lengthy that it isn’t always clear when he has finished speaking. Seated around the table in the south London studio where Porter is overseeing rehearsals for This Bitter Earth, which marks his UK directorial debut, are the playwright Harrison David Rivers and the actors Omari Douglas (It’s a Sin) and Alexander Lincoln (Emmerdale). Everyone maintains an attentive silence while Porter is speaking, until there can be no doubt that he has completed his thought.“T...

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9 h. ago Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York meet in `The Comet/Poppea' at Lincoln Center

“The Comet/Poppea” has started its five-performance run at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City in New York

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9 h. ago Inside 100 days til Ryder Cup tee off as Keegan Bradley warns Europe his stars will whip up New York

American skipper says his boys won't shy away from cranking up the cauldron

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9 h. ago Inside 100 days to Ryder Cup tee off as Keegan Bradley warns Europe his stars will whip up New York

American skipper says his boys won't shy away from cranking up the cauldron

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9 h. ago Fresh warnings over car meets blighting Alderley Edge as police urge 'think again'

The car meet planned for the affluent suburb is being classed as illegal

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10 h. ago Jourdan Dunn donates blood and calls for more black heritage donors

The 34-year-old model, whose son has sickle cell anaemia, gave blood herself at Brixton Donor Centre in south London.

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10 h. ago Luke Littler doesn't hold back after Dennis Priestley says he 'doesn't deserve' MBE

Darts sensation Luke Littler has responded to Dennis Priestley's claims that he doesn't deserve an MBE, despite 'The Nuke' enjoying a meteoric rise to superstardom at the oche at the tender age of 18

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10 h. ago Supermodel Jourdan Dunn donates blood for sickle cell disease and calls on Black donors

Runway model, Jourdan Dunn, donated blood for World Sickle Cell Day to raise awareness of the importance and need for blood transfusions - the NHS say they need 250 donations per year to meet demands

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10 h. ago Abstract Erotic review – artworks as beguiling as they are compelling

The Courtauld, LondonWith works by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois, this exhibition revisits a 1966 show of pieces delving into the psychosexual and the human bodyPendulous, scuttling, slapstick, sinister and ribald, Abstract Erotic revisits a moment in 1966 when the young American critic and curator Lucy Lippard brought together the work of three women in New York in a larger show of eight artists at the Fischbach Gallery then on Madison Avenue. It was originally titled Eccentric Abstraction, but the eccentrically abstract isn’t nearly as sexy as the erotic – yet somehow neither title quite fits the strange and compelling sculptures and little objects, drawings and reliefs by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois that, even 60 years on, are as alive as ever they were.Eccentric Abstraction was the first exhibition Lippard had ever curated, and was, she said, “an attempt to blur boundaries, in this case between minimalism and something more sensuous and sensual – th...

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11 h. ago Who are the Wimbledon wildcards? Meet the 14 British hopefuls handed SW19 opportunity

A total of 56 home-grown players will compete at Wimbledon this year across both the main draw and qualifying

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11 h. ago How the US men’s national team values diversity, even in the Trump era

With World Cup 2026 on the horizon, the team has been reluctant to weigh in publicly as one of their pillars is politicizedLos Angeles will be in the spotlight during the 2026 World Cup. It’s where the US men’s national team will begin their World Cup campaign, and it’s where they’ll wrap up the group stage. It’s a city in the news lately due to the Trump administration’s deployment of Ice and the national guard, but it’s also a metro area synonymous with diversity. This US men’s national team, more than ever, reflects that diversity.“It’s not that there’s a record or anything of how many minorities have been on the national team before, but I feel like this has been the most diverse generation of national team,” said center back Chris Richards, who is poised to be a leader along the backline for the US next year. Continue reading...

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