14 h. ago Puerto Ricans hope for change as Bad Bunny sings about the island's turmoil and identity

Bad Bunny’s latest album, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” is sparking global conversations about Puerto Rico’s culture and struggles

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23 h. ago Welcome to the Little Chagos Islands! Single London council faces £18m bill as it is forced to house hundreds from the Indian isles on top of its asylum seekers quota

Hillingdon, which is close to Heathrow, has at any time an average of 2,700 asylum seekers housed in hotels surrounding the airport, one of the highest rates in the country.

Economics

24 h. ago Welcome to the Little Chagos Islands! Single London council forced to spend £18million to house hundreds people from the Indian isles on top of their asylum seekers quota

Hillingdon, which is close to Heathrow, has at any time an average of 2,700 asylum seekers housed in hotels surrounding the airport, one of the highest rates in the country.

Economics

25 h. ago Live Aid, as told by those who weren’t there: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

When we tell the story of Live Aid, which happened 40 years ago this weekend, we tend to focus on Bob Geldof and the performers. But the truest sense of the day could be found outside of Wembley: the students who found it cheesy, the communities it galvanised, and the people whose relationship to hope was forever changed. RM Clark meets them

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47 h. ago Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano III: trailblazing rivals’ last dance headlines historic night

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have already shared 20 rounds and two razor-thin decisions. On Friday, they return to Madison Square Garden to settle their rivalry for goodKatie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have thwacked one another with 861 punches across two punishing, brilliant encounters. There’s been not a single knockdown between them, nor an ounce of quit. And not, it seems, a shred of closure either. That will change, or so they hope, on Friday night in New York.For the third and likely final time, two of boxing’s most decorated champions and fate-bound dance partners will meet inside the ropes, returning to Madison Square Garden, the site of their epochal 2022 classic, for what is being billed as the decisive chapter in a rivalry that helped transform women’s boxing. Taylor’s WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles are once again on the line. So is a legacy greater than any belts. Continue reading...

Culture

55 h. ago Love Island is rocked by mass dumping as SIX singletons bid farewell to the villa after explosive Casa Amor recoupling

After a record eight new pairings and a string of splits, it was revealed that all of the single Islanders had been dumped.

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5 d. ago ‘It’s truth, it’s romance, it’s strength’: Why 2025 is the year of the salsa

From US No 1 albums by Bad Bunny to viral DJ sets by Gia Fu, the 1970s Latin party genre is having another moment in the spotlight. Kate Hutchinson speaks to Fu, Nathy Peluso and more about how salsa has bubbled up from the club underground and into the charts

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5 d. ago ‘It’s truth, it’s romance, it’s strength’: Why salsa is back in the spotlight

From US No 1 albums by Bad Bunny to viral DJ sets by Gia Fu, the 1970s Latin party genre is having another moment in the spotlight. Kate Hutchinson speaks to Fu, Nathy Peluso and more about how salsa has bubbled up from the club underground and into the charts

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5 d. ago ‘People want to hear music that’s real’: Why salsa is back in the spotlight

From US No 1 albums by Bad Bunny to viral DJ sets by Gia Fu, the 1970s Latin party genre is having another moment in the spotlight. Kate Hutchinson speaks to Fu, Nathy Peluso and more about how salsa has bubbled up from the club underground and into the charts

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6 d. ago Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson pack on the PDA with some wild dance moves at Glastonbury

The Love Island star, 28, and One Direction singer, 33, were spotted dancing in the crowd at Worthy Farm during Sketpa's set at Worthy Farm.

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7 d. ago Bad Bunny uses recording seemingly mimicking Trump in new music video

‘I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants,’ the voice says

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1 week ago Love Island Bilikis age, job and how long she's been single before entering villa

The Dublin native is hoping to turn heads

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1 week ago Love Island Billykiss age, job and how long she's been single before entering villa

The Dublin native is hoping to turn heads

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2 w. ago Kirsty Coventry takes over as Olympic president and promises to change lives

First woman in the role replaces Thomas Bach‘We are guardians of the Olympic movement’Kirsty Coventry has promised to change lives and inspire hope during an official ceremony to mark her taking over from Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee.The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe, who in March became the first woman and the first African to be elected to the most powerful job in sports politics, also paid tribute to the strong women in her life as she was given the golden key to the IOC by Bach. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Paige Turley and Stevie Jukes are looking forward to bringing all the gossip from the Pride of Scotland red carpet

Love Island star and Saint Phnx singer can't wait to broadcast live from our People's Oscars.

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3 w. ago ‘I’ve never been so obsessed with a band’: readers’ best albums of 2025 so far

Bad Bunny blasting bigotry against Puerto Ricans, Davido’s uplifting vibes and a blast from trip-hop’s past. Here’s what has caught your ear this year• Read the Guardian’s best albums of the year so farConstellations for the Lonely is a fabulous return for Doves: textured, layered and, as ever, occupying a space and sound all their own. From the futuristic reflection of Renegade to the soulful Cold Dreaming to the thought provoking A Drop in the Ocean, and the devastating realisation of loss in Last Year’s Man ... This is a band confronting the past, to channel hope and find redemption by coming through challenges that can only be overcome through genuine friendship. Steven, Wolverhampton Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A climate crisis, a ballot, and a chance at a new life in Australia

World-first agreement that creates a visa in the context of climate change stirs hope among young people in TuvaluOn the sandy shores of Vaiaku, as coconut trees sway gently in the breeze, Tekafa Piliota sits in his small classroom and dreams of becoming a doctor. The 13-year-old, who lives in Tuvalu’s capital Funafuti, knows that would mean leaving his homeland. There aren’t any universities in the small Pacific island nation, which lies between Australia and Hawaii. The country has another problem: it is predicted to be one the first countries to become uninhabitable due to rising seas.“I would like to go to Australia to study. There is higher ground in Australia, and it might be safer during natural disasters,” Piliota says. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Love Island fans say 'this can't be real' and label 'new icon' after villa goes into meltdown

Social media fans were left excited after the Love Island villa broke down in chaos, with a card game revealing several truths about other islanders – with one singleton being branded an 'icon'

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3 w. ago Who will have the 2025 song of the summer? We offer some predictions

What makes a great song of the summer

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3 w. ago JoJo Siwa declares 'I don't need to explain myself' in Chris Hughes admission

The Karma singer is dating the former Love Island contestant - who she met on Celebrity Big Brother in April

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