39 m. ago Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama – live

The president declared Huntsville, Alabama, would ‘forever be known from this point forward as Rocket City’ in his first public appearance in several daysDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

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41 m. ago Donald Trump makes huge public announcement after speech delayed

News of the president's public announcement today sparked widespread speculation, particularly following concerns about his health.

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43 m. ago Great British Bake Off viewers warn of Ofcom complaints just minutes into series

Great British Bake Off viewers warned Ofcom could be called just minutes into the brand new Channel 4 series as they were stunned by the very unusual opening sketch

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45 m. ago Donald Trump's hands spark more health concerns during bombshell announcement

Donald Trump has prompted fresh health fears in his latest public appearance at the Oval Office - as he addressed the public in a major announcement regarding the Space Command HQ

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54 m. ago Hotel manager discriminated against female colleague by saying she should know how to clean, tribunal rules

Zied Lajimi, a Travelodge hotel manager, was fired after a tribunal found his comment to a female member of staff that she should know how to clean discriminatory.

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95 m. ago Trump orders end union protections for 450,000 federal workers in ‘largest union busting in American history’

Legal battles take aim at the president’s executive orders ripping up collective bargaining agreements for federal workers

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2 h. ago He traveled to 118 countries before turning 20. Here’s how he did it and where he visited

Arjun Malaviya set off from his home in California on his 17th birthday with the aim of ‘seeing the world alone, before turning 20’. He spoke to US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill about his epic odyssey, revealing the country where he rode a scooter on an airport runway, where has the best food... and the places that disappointed

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on Zack Polanski’s rise: he wants to replace Labour, not work with it | Editorial

A mass politics of anti-austerity, identity and climate is emerging from the left’s margins. Keir Starmer cannot afford to ignore itZack Polanski’s landslide election as leader of the Green party marks a turning point for Britain’s fractured left. Young, rhetorically fluent and unafraid to cloak climate arguments in those about class, Mr Polanski is nothing if not ambitious. He sees his party not as a parliamentary pressure group but as a replacement for Labour itself.His ascent might have seemed fanciful last July when Labour had just won a thumping majority. Yet Labour languishes in the polls. Sir Keir Starmer’s personal ratings have collapsed. On the extreme right Reform UK now boasts 237,000 members, 870 councillors, and 10 councils under its control. The Greens have more MPs than ever before. And the uneasy leadership team of Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana is preparing to launch a new party to Labour’s left. This is no longer political noise at the margins. This is about t...

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth | Editorial

Gaps in access to dentists mirror other health inequalities. And ‘golden hellos’ won’t solve the problem on their ownDisadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing that a fifth of all five-year-olds in England have experienced tooth decay persuaded ministers to make improved oral health part of the early years and reception class curriculum. But the prevalence of decay is not evenly spread across the country. And research showing how much worse the situation is for children in deprived areas is in line with other findings about widening health inequalities.New analysis from the Local Government Association highlights the differing availability of dental care across council areas – a situation sometimes described as a dental divide. It found no specific correlation between the numbers of NHS dentists and young children with tooth decay. But it adds to a body of...

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2 h. ago Why trans art matters more than ever: ‘It reflects how people live and love’

After the controversy over Amy Sherald’s portrait of a trans Statue of Liberty, trans artists speak about why their work speaks to an important momentPart of the magic of portraiture is how it renders so much of the human experience accessible to us, things we might never see otherwise. This has been very much on Black artist Amy Sherald’s mind. When I spoke to her in advance of the debut of her exhibition American Sublime, she told me that Black representation was foundational to her practice: “I developed this idea that, when I look at art history, for the most part I don’t see portraits of people that look like me. So it started there.”That exhibition’s curator, Sarah Roberts, also spoke about Sherald’s passion for representing the LGBTQ+ community: “Amy has thought a lot about her role as an artist and the need for representation, and she has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ rights. This work is thinking about who gets depicted as being American.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Hundreds of economists sign open letter backing embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook after Trump attacks

Notable and experienced economists warn elected officials that attacks on the Fed ‘undermine’ public confidence

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3 h. ago Staff at major restaurant chain to get extra annual leave if they go on holiday in one specific location

The move aims to 'directly inspire innovation' in staff

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4 h. ago Boffins need boffins as they warn Brits we're in midst of boffins teacher shortage

A boffins teacher shortage crisis will rob the world of the next Stephen Hawking if we don't grab hold of the problem and create more boffins, say boffins

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4 h. ago Wrexham's £30m summer spree breaks records – but Ryan Reynolds still faces three headaches

Wrexham have spent more than £30m on new signings this summer as they aim to establish themselves in the Championship, but there are still some issues that need to be addressed

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4 h. ago EPA should not have been blocked from terminating green bank funds, appeals court says

A divided appeals court says a federal judge was wrong to block the Trump administration from freezing billions of dollars meant for a “green bank” aimed at financing climate-friendly projects

Economics

4 h. ago Portobello review – Marco Bellocchio’s glorious saga of TV stars, mafia prisoners and lace doilies

Venice film festivalIn the first two episodes of a six-part series, the stardom of 80s primetime host Enzo Tortora is cleverly crosscut with the scramble of a mob secretary who implicates him – and his parrot – in drug traffickingMarco Bellocchio, the tireless warhorse of Italian cinema, kicks up a swirling dust cloud of corruption with this fabulous, stranger-than-fiction account of an 80s TV star convicted of conspiring with the Camorra. Shot for the streaming service HBO Max, it is the director’s second historical miniseries after 2022’s Exterior Night, about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, and features the same lead player in Fabrizio Gifuni, an actor who has surely cornered the market in playing glossy public figures whose lives are about to take a hellish turn. Bellocchio’s dramas typically inhabit this kind of shonky, venal moral universe. The ground is liable to drop away pretty much at any moment.Gifuni stars as Enzo Tortora, a primetime TV presenter in the twinkling Terry Wog...

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4 h. ago A new Hero is coming to EA FC 26 Ultimate Team, and you can vote for who it will be

For the first time ever, EA Sports is letting the public decide one of the new Heroes for EA FC 26 Ultimate Team.

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5 h. ago Man accused of marrying three women at the same time – and police warn there could be more victims

A North Carolina man is accused of marrying three women at the same time for financial and personal gain

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5 h. ago Telling a woman she should know how to clean is discriminatory, tribunal rules

The employment judge said the remark by a former Travelodge hotel manager is offensive due to the association with ‘historic and outdated attitudes’ that women have a domestic role

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5 h. ago Michael Nicholson and Celtic board to break silence in rare public address after summer transfer shambles

The Hoops hierarchy are due to communicate with shareholders later this month

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