1 hour ago Strictly's Dianne Buswell hits back at cruel comments and says 'I'd be depressed'

Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell has opened up on social media backlash after she has been competing in the dancing competition while pregnant

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2 h. ago TikTok influencers fuelling parallel market for unlicensed weight

Guardian finds a thriving trade on Telegram for retatrutide, which is still in clinical trials and illegal to sellAn online parallel market for an unlicensed weight-loss drug is being fuelled by TikTok fitness influencers and sellers on WhatsApp, a Guardian investigation can reveal.Retatrutide, which is still in clinical trials, is being advertised by social media influencers for its supposed fat-burning effects. Followers are urged to message the accounts privately for supplier links, as well as being provided with discount codes. Continue reading...

Technology

4 h. ago Unease at slow pace of change in Nepal one month on from gen Z protests

Promised crackdown on corruption is not happening fast enough for many who saw government toppled within a day of protestsPrakash Bohora was one of the first of Nepal’s gen Z protesters to feel the sting of a police bullet. Like thousands of other young people, he had taken to the streets of the capital last month to protest against corruption and a draconian ban on social media.He had no idea on that day in Kathmandu that the demonstration would escalate into what is now described as Nepal’s gen Z revolution, which has led to the toppling of the government within a day, the dissolution of parliament and appointment of a new interim prime minister, the anti-corruption hardliner Sushila Karki, by the end of the week. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’A video editor and producer for Chicago’s WGN television station was arrested by masked federal agents on Friday morning during an Ice raid in the city’s North Side, as shown in videos shared widely on social media.Videos show Debbie Brockman being violently forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. A local resident filming the incident asks her name while she is face-down on the street being handcuffed. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’A video editor and producer for Chicago’s WGN television station was arrested by masked federal agents on Friday morning, and later released, during an Ice raid on the city’s North Side, as shown in videos shared widely on social media.Videos show Debbie Brockman being violently forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. A local resident filming the incident asks her name while she is face-down on the street being handcuffed. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Harry and Meghan warn of social media impact on young people’s mental health

The Duke of Sussex warned that the digital world has ‘fundamentally changed how we experience reality’.

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11 h. ago White House announces federal worker layoffs as shutdown nears third week

AFL-CIO vows to take issue to court as AFSCME union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for AmericansUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week.Russell Vought, the director of the White House office of management and budget, wrote on social media that “RIFs have begun”, referring to the government’s reduction-in-force procedure to let employees go. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Nigel Farage says illegal migrant with AK47 face tattoo who threatened to kill him would be 'out on the streets' of Britain today if he had not stepped in to expose him

Afghani national Fayaz Khan, who has an AK47 tattooed on his cheek, made a threat to kill the politician in a 'sinister and menacing' video posted on the social media platform last year.

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13 h. ago Sweden v Switzerland, France v Azerbaijan: World Cup qualifying clockwatch – live

⚽ All the latest from Friday’s World Cup qualifiers⚽ Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Billy with any thoughtsDjed Spence is at it again. The England defender has a history of boasting on social media about “locking up wingers” after good performances and following England’s win, the full-back has done Spurs teammate and Wales winger Brennan Johnson dirty in his latest post. Scroll to the fifth image to see.“YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEVITABLE LETS TAKE A WALK TO THE PENITENTIARY BROTHER”, writes Spence in the caption. Brutal.I actually broke my hand, I don’t even know how I did it, I think I went to grab someone and then I felt a crack,” Burn told Chronicle Live. “It was early in the second half, so I went for the scan and I have seen a specialist. I’ve been told I can play with it. I am ready for Latvia, I am ready for Newcastle and I’d have been ready to play tonight. I will not be missing any time for a broken hand! This is nothing, I have had worse injuries than this. I am ready...

Politics

13 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star says 'I'll miss you' as they share work update

Strictly Come Dancing star Fleur East took to social media this week to pay tribute to one of her colleagues.

Politics

13 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Stefan Dennis pulls out of live show due to illness

BBC's Strictly Come Dancing has taken to social media to announce that Neighbours star Stefan Dennis and his professional dancing partner Dianne Buswell will not be dancing this weekend

Culture

14 h. ago Man who shared Islamic State propaganda on social media is jailed for six years

Abdullah Bellil, 29, shared videos supporting IS and showed others how to join a terror group

Events

14 h. ago Trump's hatchet man says 'substantial' bloodbath now underway in federal workforce

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the 'RIFs have begun,' referring to reduction-in-force plans.

Politics

14 h. ago Man United takeover latest as bidder breaks silence and UAE backers approach investors

Manchester United takeover talk went into overdrive following a social media post from Saudi sports chief Turki Alalshikh

Economics

16 h. ago Shocking moment chimpanzee smokes a cigarette after tourists throw one into zoo enclosure

The footage was filmed at Lanzhou Wildlife Park in north-western China, and posted on social media where it quickly caused outrage among animal lovers.

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16 h. ago Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

Marc Thiessen declared on social media that he’s no longer an ‘outlier’ at the Washington Post, as the paper’s opinion section is wholly ‘conservative’ now

Politics

17 h. ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker' sent police '8 reasons' she was missing girl, trial hears

Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg are on trial accused of stalking the McCann family, with Wandelt, 24, sending messages to Amelie via social media, claiming to be Madeleine

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17 h. ago Loose Women star Charlene White shares heartbreaking tribute after announcing dad has taken his own life

Loene Women star Charlene White has announced the death of her beloved father Denniston, who tragically took his own life two weeks ago, in a heartbreaking social media post.

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17 h. ago Rangers condemn ‘shameful’ attack on Smith statue; fans respond to Tuchel criticism: football – live

⚽ All the latest going into weekend’s internationals⚽ Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Michael with any thoughtsDjed Spence is at it again. The England defender has a history of boasting on social media about “locking up wingers” after good performances and following England’s win, the full-back has done Spurs teammate and Wales winger Brennan Johnson dirty in his latest post. Scroll to the fifth image to see.“YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEVITABLE LETS TAKE A WALK TO THE PENITENTIARY BROTHER”, writes Spence in the caption. Brutal.I actually broke my hand, I don’t even know how I did it, I think I went to grab someone and then I felt a crack,” Burn told Chronicle Live. “It was early in the second half, so I went for the scan and I have seen a specialist. I’ve been told I can play with it. I am ready for Latvia, I am ready for Newcastle and I’d have been ready to play tonight. I will not be missing any time for a broken hand! This is nothing, I have had worse injuries than this. I am re...

Sport

17 h. ago Starbucks customer asks barista to put coffee in autumnal item with wild results

Coffee lover Libby May Fitzpatrick headed to her local Starbucks drive-thru to take part in a viral social media trend, and the end result left her totally delighted

Economics