52 m. ago How Pope Francis has been spending his days after pneumonia battle

The Vatican has provided new insight into the pope’s convalescence after his five-week hospital stay

Events

1 hour ago Rhinoceros at Almeida Theatre review: will delight you — if you are willing

Yes the house lights remain up and the play is absurd, but the cast has a special alchemy and the practical effects are effective

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3 h. ago Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton

Toby Jones plays the spaniel-eyed schoolmaster setting Harry Lawtey’s needy young pupil on course for haughty international stardomThe career of Richard Burton seemed mythic at the time, and more so in retrospect. In Pedro Almodóvar’s latest movie The Room Next Door, Julianne Moore’s character is even shown reading Erotic Vagrancy, Roger Lewis’s account of Burton’s then-adulterous relationship with Elizabeth Taylor in the early 60s, the title taken from Pope John XXIII’s extraordinary denunciation: “You will finish in an erotic vagrancy, without end or without a safe port.” In fact, the nearest thing Burton ever had to a safe port was his inspirational English teacher Philip Burton in Port Talbot, south Wales, whose own frustrated dreams of the theatre were poured into the bright young miner’s son Richard Jenkins, coaching him in acting and even making him his legal ward and getting him to change his surname to Burton to facilitate the teacher’s sponsorship of his Oxford scholarship...

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11 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: US anger builds on Russia over refusal to accept ceasefire

Senators propose ‘hard-hitting’ secondary sanctions and say ‘Russia is the aggressor’; ‘coalition of the willing’ moves forward. What we know on day 1,134 Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Australia election 2025 live: Dutton’s gas plan has ‘reckless’ lack of detail, resources minister says

Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastForeign minister Penny Wong has told RN Breakfast says Labor is “realistic” on what outcomes the government could achieve on tariffs with the Trump administration.We’ll keep working hard for the best outcome, but I think all of us are realistic. As the prime minister made it clear yesterday, we are not willing to trade away the things that make Australia the best country in the world, like our healthcare system. We don’t want the Americanisation of our healthcare system. We won’t be weakening our biosecurity laws, and we won’t be trading away our PBS.He made a similar submission, and what happened to real wages over the last three years? Real wages have dropped in...

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12 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: US pressure builds on Russia over refusal to accept ceasefire

Senators propose ‘hard-hitting’ secondary sanctions and say ‘Russia is the aggressor’; ‘coalition of the willing’ moves forward. What we know on day 1,134 Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Australia election 2025 live: Dutton hints at cuts to ABC if he finds ‘waste’; Coalition to designate gas a ‘critical mineral’

Coalition senator Susan McDonald told a gas industry conference in Sydney the Coalition government’s plan if elected. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastForeign minister Penny Wong has told RN Breakfast says Labor is “realistic” on what outcomes the government could achieve on tariffs with the Trump administration.We’ll keep working hard for the best outcome, but I think all of us are realistic. As the prime minister made it clear yesterday, we are not willing to trade away the things that make Australia the best country in the world, like our healthcare system. We don’t want the Americanisation of our healthcare system. We won’t be weakening our biosecurity laws, and we won’t be trading away our P...

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37 h. ago Venezuela will have its first female saint after approval from Pope Francis

María Carmen Rendiles is set to become Venezuela’s first female saint

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45 h. ago Mallorca beach is covered in slimy blue mass after bizarre natural event

Locals and holidaymakers alike did not wake up this morning to the typical golden sandy beaches which make the Balearic island such a popular tourism hotspot.

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52 h. ago Trump triggers global financial meltdown: Shares plummet across the world over fears he will slap a 20% tariff on EVERYTHING imported into America and cause worldwide recession

Donald Trump has vowed to hit foes and allies alike with levies on so-called 'Liberation Day', April 2.

Economics

53 h. ago Trump triggers gobal financial meltdown: Shares plummet across the world over fears he will slap a 20% tariff on EVERYTHING imported into America and cause worldwide recession

Donald Trump has vowed to hit foes and allies alike with levies on so-called 'Liberation Day', April 2.

Economics

53 h. ago UK shares fall after Starmer holds Trump talks in frantic last

Donald Trump has vowed to hit foes and allies alike with levies on so-called 'Liberation Day', April 2.

Politics

54 h. ago Rylan Clark says 'I might propose to you' after being stunned on BBC Radio 2

Hosting his weekly BBC Radio 2 show at the weekend, the former X-Factor star humorously told a caller that he would be willing to propose after they had requested to play one of his favourite songs

Politics

3 d. ago Desperate, broke and his meal ticket dad powerless, Hunter Biden is caught in a cozy lunch with a controversial guest...

Hunter Biden is not only desperate for funds, but willing to run to donor Gaurav Srivastava who's being sued for fraud and theft

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3 d. ago Is the cost of Jack Daniel's and Levi's jeans about to go up? Ministers ready to retaliate against US goods if Trump includes UK in his April 2 tariffs frenzy

The US president has vowed to lash out against friend and foe alike on April 2 with a general 20 per cent levy on goods imported into the United States.

Politics

3 d. ago Pope's willingness to show his frailty provides an example to young and old alike

Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital after five weeks battling pneumonia that nearly killed him

Culture

3 d. ago Inside Newcastle's historic Carabao Cup parade: 300,000 Magpies rejoiced in the streets as celebrities and legends alike bowed before their heroes for once in a lifetime scenes, writes CRAIG HOPE

CRAIG HOPE IN NEWCASTLE: It was an ocean of black and white, a force-of-nature convergence on the tributary running the mile between St James' Park and the Town Moor.

Culture

3 d. ago Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflictHamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunday, after a proposal it received two days ago from Egypt and Qatar, Reuters has reported. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago European island named least spoilt by tourists and it has 60 beaches to pick from

Travellers willing to go the extra mile will find this true hidden gem. Sitting in the northern corner of the Aegean Sea, this island has white sand beaches, lush groves and intriguing ancient marbles

Society

3 d. ago Doctor cites the pope's 'surprising improvement' after surviving life

The pope's doctor says Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia

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