30 m. ago Major Pope Francis health update issued after respiratory crisis in hospital

The Vatican has issued a major update regarding Pope Francis' health has been issued after the Catholic leader suffered a respiratory crisis and spent more than a week in hospital

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36 m. ago ‘Called out their names but did not get an answer’: Rescue underway for trapped tunnel workers in India

Dozens managed to escape as the tunnel in Telangana collapsed, but eight people are feared trapped

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39 m. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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39 m. ago 'I used to hide curvy body but now I flaunt it – they need more models like me'

A plus-size influencer has shared that she believes big industry events such as London Fashion Week should have more diversity, as people need to 'see themselves' when they're growing up

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43 m. ago Exactly where will get severe weather today as Sunday 'worst'

The Met Office has issued alerts with 70mph winds and 90mm rain forecast

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56 m. ago Pope Francis health: Vatican issues morning update after 'critical respiratory crisis'

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for more than a week, rested 'peacefully overnight' although the Vatican update on Sunday morning did not confirm if he was sitting up or eating breakfast as previous days' had done

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66 m. ago Slash heating bills and stop heat 'slipping away' with task that makes a 'noticeable difference'

People are being urged to make some quick checks at home that could help you save over £100 a year

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69 m. ago What can Keir Starmer say at the White House that Donald Trump might listen to? | Andrew Rawnsley

The stakes couldn’t be higher and the risks couldn’t be greater when the prime minister visits Washington this weekFor British prime ministers, with their ideas about the world shaped by the histories of Churchill and Roosevelt, Maggie and Ronnie, and the rest of the folklore about the transatlantic alliance, the prospect of a visit to the White House usually causes tingles of excitement. One of our senior diplomats once offered me an explanation of the allure: “The red carpet is laid out, the national anthems are played, all that stuff is very seductive.” This will be customarily accompanied by ritualistic words about the importance and invincibility of the “special relationship”.Number 10 lobbied hard to get Sir Keir Starmer across the Atlantic early in the second term of Donald Trump and, until recently, Downing Street people were telling themselves that an encounter between the two men needn’t be a disaster and might even turn out to be a success. In the weeks since Trump’s re-e...

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99 m. ago One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – Gaza and the sound of silence

This powerful new book examines the moral contradictions of the west and asks what liberal values mean in the face of such brutal and sustained obliteration of human lifeLike many people, I have followed the unrelenting horror that has unfolded in Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 mainly through the medium of social media. The Instagram reels of citizen journalists on the ground have become for me and countless others the most powerful testimony to the slaughter, destruction and trauma visited on the already beleaguered Palestinian population. Recorded at great risk, they are often heartbreaking and enraging: so many dead infants; so many maimed and traumatised children; so many obliterated families and communities.Some of these witnesses have achieved heroic status among their millions of followers, the likes of Motaz Azaiza, a photojournalist who was evacuated to Qatar after 108 days covering the carnage at close hand; Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeer...

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99 m. ago Cancer expert warns people to 'cut back on these two things’

Two simple switches could help keep preventable cancers at bay

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99 m. ago 'I visited war torn city on Ukraine's frontline – Donald Trump cannot ignore this nation's courage'

The Mirror has heard story after story of tragedy this week on a visit to Zaporizhzhia, a war-torn region partly occupied by Russia – but people here are standing strong.

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99 m. ago Pregnant woman shows how baby bump dramatically changes in size from morning to evening

Jenny Zhou was 13 weeks pregnant when she took to TikTok to share the difference in bump size between morning and night - and people were left baffled

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2 h. ago Why Conservatives must revive Thatcherism in face of threats from Putin and Reform

The UK needs to create a strong economy – a task way beyond the quick-fix charlatans of the policy-less Reform UK party – in order to increase defence spending

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2 h. ago The Australian Dream? There’s a dark side to moving down under

Nearly 50,000 people moved from the UK to Australia on a working holiday visa in 2024. But while many of these sun-seekers enjoy a new life or a long holiday, others are unsettled by the country’s politics and pop culture. Kyle MacNeill speaks to the young Brits left disillusioned

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2 h. ago ‘Was this a big mistake?’: How Vera Drew defied Warner Bros and turned the Batman universe trans

‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

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3 h. ago Police issue update after human remains found on M4 and M48 motorways

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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3 h. ago Thousands of people attend the funeral of late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his death

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital

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3 h. ago Air fryer owners issued warning about 'vital' task that's often forgotten

Air fryers are a popular kitchen gadget but many people don't realise the importance of one simple task when it comes to keeping them in top condition

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3 h. ago Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

An Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon

Society

3 h. ago German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings

Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroadsGerman voters go to the polls today but it is a different world from when the campaign began only a few weeks ago.Nearly 60 million ­people are choosing a government that will have to grapple with the breakdown of the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump and new threats to European security just as the country’s vaunted economic model is hitting the skids. Continue reading...

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