84 m. ago Scott Bemand does not expect lasting damage from Ireland’s loss to New Zealand

The Black Ferns secured top spot in Pool C by ruthlessly running in six unanswered tries in a 40-0 drubbing Brighton.

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3 h. ago Imperfect New Zealand shut out Ireland to show champion qualities at Women’s World Cup

New Zealand 40-0 Ireland: The Black Ferns were not at their best but Braxton Sorensen-McGee’s hat trick and a ferocious defensive performance denied Ireland any hope of a World Cup upset

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4 h. ago Mahmood to host Five Eyes border talks in first major job as Home Secretary

The meeting between US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and UK counterparts will take place in London this week.

Society

4 h. ago The kindness of strangers: a nurse saw me crying and asked if I wanted a hug

I had cancer and I was alone in hospital when it all suddenly hit me. I have never needed a hug more in my lifeRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesIn 2024, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with leukaemia. I was 34. I had no symptoms (none!) and it came at the worst possible time, although there is never a good time.I am a musician and was one week away from flying to New Zealand to be in a show. I was extremely excited about the show and, to be organised, I thought I’d get a blood test to check my iron levels before I left the country for five weeks. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Rylan Clark defended by Ronan Keating after fierce backlash over immigrant comments

Rylan Clark sparked over 500 Ofcom complaints after his passionate on-air rant about immigration on This Morning,but appears to be putting the backlash behind him

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6 h. ago Total of 890 arrests made at central London Palestine Action protest

An estimated 1,500 took part in the protest in Parliament Square, Westminster, on Saturday.

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6 h. ago The UK's biggest ever mass arrest: Met Police announce today they arrested 857 people at demonstration in support of Palestine Action

Scotland Yard condemned the 'intolerable' abuse its officers suffered during the rally in Parliament Square, in Westminster, yesterday attended by an estimated 1,500 people.

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6 h. ago Israel says a Houthi drone from Yemen has hit near its southern airport, halting flights

A drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group has hit Israel's southern airport, closing airspace and halting flights, according to the Israeli military

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6 h. ago Police arrest almost 900 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action

Police say they arrested almost 900 protesters outside Parliament in London for defying a ban on the group Palestine Action, which the government has labeled a terrorist organization

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6 h. ago Palestine Action protest sees nearly 900 people arrested by Met Police

890 people were arrested at a pro-Palestine Action protest at Parliament Square - officers were seen clashing with demonstrators as they picked up people to arrest them, including elderly & disabled people

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6 h. ago Almost 900 arrested at Palestine Action protest in Parliament Square as hundreds defied ban, police say

A total of of 890 people were arrested - mostly for showing support for the proscribed terror group - and 519 people were taken into custody

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7 h. ago Met Police arrest nearly 900 Palestine Action supporters in London protest

Some 890 protesters at a Palestine Action rally have been arrested in Parliament Square, central London, the vast majority of whom have been cuffed for Terrorism Act Offences

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7 h. ago Nearly 900 people arrested at Westminster protest in support of banned group Palestine Action

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that 890 arrests were made during the demonstration in Parliament Square on Saturday

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7 h. ago The Voice of Hind Rajab should have won Venice’s top prize. But the result wasn’t a cop

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfairThere are standing ovations and there are jury decisions.Jim Jarmusch’s droll, quirky, very charming film Father Mother Sister Brother got a mere six minutes for its standing ovation at Venice – though one day we’re going to have to introduce some Olympic-style standardisation to these timings. But it got the top prize, the Golden Lion, from Alexander Payne’s jury. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago The Voice of Hind Rajab was better than the film which won Venice. But that result wasn’t a cop

Many felt Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza docufiction was robbed when Jim Jarmusch’s latest took the top prize. Yet accusations of moral cowardice on the part of the jury are naive and unfairThere are standing ovations and there are jury decisions.Jim Jarmusch’s droll, quirky, very charming film Father Mother Sister Brother got a mere six minutes for its standing ovation at Venice – though one day we’re going to have to introduce some Olympic-style standardisation to these timings. But it got the top prize, the Golden Lion, from Alexander Payne’s jury. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago This is what happened after New Zealand banned phones in schools

The goal for the move was to cut distractions, but not everyone was on board

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11 h. ago Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going ‘up a gear’ – UK politics live

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey also said Shabana Mahmood will be “just as tough as Cooper” on Palestine Action, the campaign group opposing Israel’s assault on Gaza that the government controversially proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July, making membership of or support of the group a criminal offence.More than 425 people were arrested in London yesterday at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.I think you’ll start to see Keir Starmer insist that dealing with the small boats, solving the immigration illegal immigration crisis, is part of the jobs the whole of government, not just the Home Office.So with the Home Office, I have been putting military planners into their Border Command and into their planning for the future, and we are looking at the potential use of military and non military use sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come ac...

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12 h. ago Vaccine sceptic doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine

Health secretary Wes Streeting criticised the party for allowing Dr Assem Malhotra to speak

Science

12 h. ago The French government is on the brink – and Le Pen is the only winner | Paul Taylor

Saddled with a financial crisis and unpopular reforms, the prime minister, François Bayrou, seems doomed. Will he take Macron with him?François Bayrou may have thought it was a smart pre-emptive move to call a parliamentary vote of confidence in his minority government ahead of a planned national protest day on 10 September and the start of a fraught parliamentary budget season.Determined not to meet the same fate as his predecessor who was toppled by parliament last December, the French prime minister appears to have chosen political hara-kiri instead. His near-certain ejection by a hung parliament on Monday (8 September) is set to turn a smouldering political deadlock into a blazing crise de régime. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer has ‘legal duty to stop Gaza genocide’, says Greta Thunberg

Exclusive: Activist spoke while onboard aid flotilla aiming to deliver food, baby formula and medical supplies to territoryKeir Starmer must obey his “legal duty to act to prevent a genocide”, Greta Thunberg has told the Guardian while travelling aboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.The Swedish activist said there was a “huge absence of those whose legal responsibility it is to step up” under international law, and called out the UK prime minister before a potential meeting this week with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. Continue reading...

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