85 m. ago Do we ever stop feeling anxious, angry or sad about relationships? Not if my older friends are any guide | Emma Beddington

The generations are more segregated than ever. Yet we have so much in commonI’ve always felt a bit pathetic for not having a proper peer group. In dark moments, it feels like a moral failing and an indictment of my social skills. In kinder moments I recognise it’s also partly a product of being sick and sad at university, then successively too pregnant, too preoccupied with babies and too peripatetic to make or maintain ties. In calmer times, I’ve forged slightly more of a social life, but mostly it’s not made up of my gen X peers, but rather people who are occasionally younger, usually significantly older. Now I’m wondering – am I lucky?This thought was prompted by an Atlantic podcast discussing the demographic moment we’re living in – the usual pyramidal population structure is becoming squarer, with similar numbers of older and younger people – and asking whether we’re making the most of it. The conclusion was we probably aren’t. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Six injured after hypersonic missile from Yemen strikes Israel’s main airport

Dramatic images showed a smoking crater next to a road near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport

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2 h. ago Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years

Lebanese have voted in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah

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2 h. ago Kidnappers in France target cryptocurrency entrepreneurs for ransom

French police have rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom

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2 h. ago Watch: Houthi missile strike causes chaos at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport.

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2 h. ago Mark Williams hopes for win to honour ‘legends’ Ray Reardon and Terry Griffiths

The Welshman is targeting his fourth World Championship.

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3 h. ago Champions Liverpool travel to Chelsea, West Ham v Spurs, and more – live

Writer Q&A, fan views, plus the latest news and previewsToday’s fixtures | Latest tables | And email matchday liveQuoting from Andy Hunter’s piece on Slot’s rotation plans for the rest of the season, this might be an answer Perhaps Chiesa could get his long-awaited opportunity in a central striking role? He made a goalscoring impact in that position when introduced against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final. Liverpool will target a new centre-forward this summer and there is uncertainty over the futures of both Núñez and Jota. Chiesa could also decide to leave after only one season unless he is able to provide effective cover in a second forward position. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers

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3 h. ago Houthi missile strike lands near Israel’s main airport as passengers run in terror

Yemen's Houthis warned airlines that the Israeli airport was ‘no longer safe for air travel’

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3 h. ago Geography has given the US unrivaled security. Trump is destroying it | Gil Barndollar and Rajan Menon

The US’s greatest strategic advantage is its friendly neighbors. But its ties to Canada and Mexico are being underminedThe secret to American power and pre-eminence was best summed up more than a century ago.America, observed Jean Jules Jusserand, France’s ambassador to the United States during the first world war, “is blessed among the nations”. To the north and south were friendly and militarily weak neighbors; “on the east, fish, and the west, fish”. The United States was and is both a continental power and, in strategic terms, an island – with all the security those gifts of geography provide. No world power has ever been as fortunate. This unique physical security is the real American exceptionalism.Gil Barndollar is a non-resident fellow at the Defense Priorities Foundation. Rajan Menon is Spitzer professor emeritus of international relations at the Powell School, City College of New York, and a senior research scholar at the Saltzman Institute at Columbia University. Continue...

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3 h. ago French police investigate spate of cryptocurrency millionaire kidnappings

Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting online influencers and entrepreneursFrench police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom.In the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe, the man, who owned a cryptocurrency marketing company with his son, was freed from a house south of Paris on Saturday night. He had been held for more than two days. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Portugal announces expulsion of 18,000 foreigners ahead of election

A government minister says Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners

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4 h. ago Trump feels tug of political gravity as economy falters and polls plunge

The president started his second term fast and furious with a flurry of activity – much of it legally dubious – but analysts say the honeymoon is over“Not just courageous” but “actually fearless” said Doug Burgum. The “first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country ever,” said Pam Bondi. “Most” of the presidents whose portraits adorn the Oval Office – which include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan – were mere “placeholders” who were not “men of action”, mused JD Vance.Before the TV cameras on Wednesday, top cabinet officials took turns drenching Donald Trump with praise that some critics found evocative of politics in North Korea. Yet beyond the walls of the White House, the mood was shifting. New data showed the economy is shrinking. The national security adviser was about to be ousted. Opinion polls told of a president whose unpopularity is historic. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago British police arrest several Iranian men over alleged plot to attack target in London

British police arrest several Iranian men over alleged plot to attack target in London  Fox News

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5 h. ago Arsenal face nervous Jurrien Timber wait as Mikel Arteta reveals concern for PSG showdown

Timber is set to miss out on a season-defining tie

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5 h. ago Streeting admits Reform could be main opposition by next election – UK politics live

Health secretary tells Sky News that the party are ‘definitely a threat’ following byelection and council resultsLabour targets international students claiming asylumThe Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the local elections but it will have to be a “slow and steady” effort, party leader Kemi Badenoch has said, PA reports.She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I am sorry to all of those councillors who’ve lost their seat”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago UK arrests 8, including 7 Iranians, over suspected terror plots

UK arrests 8, including 7 Iranians, over suspected terror plots  The Times of Israel

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5 h. ago Moment terror cops swarm house and arrest topless man after 'loud bang'

Five men have been arrested after Counter Terrorism Police uncovered a 'suspected plot to target a specific premises'... the suspects currently remain in police custody

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6 h. ago Everything we know so far as three arrested in Greater Manchester over suspected terrorist plot

Police said the raids come after a 'suspected plot to target a specific premises'

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6 h. ago Five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism act plot 'to target single premises'

The Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command lead the probe.

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