4 h. ago The Masterson's Scientology roots: As Malcolm In The Middle's Christopher prepares for TV return how his famous family's religion formed a key part in disgraced brother Danny's rape case

In the Noughties, Christopher and Danny dominated the TV scene. The brothers were raised as Scientologists, and religion ultimately played a large part in the trial.

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4 h. ago Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn

Palestinians face starvation and severe malnutrition as Israel’s blockade continues, say aid agenciesSoaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the battered territory are warning.Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme and Unwra, which supplies food and services to more than 2 million Palestinians across Gaza, have now distributed the last of their stocks of flour and other foodstuffs to the dozens of community kitchens in the territory that serve basic meals to those with no other option. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Hottest day of year so far expected this week as temperatures set to hit 28C

The UK could see temperatures of 24C or 25C on Monday, which will rise each day until a peak on Wednesday or Thursday of 28C, the Met Office said.

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7 h. ago Rise of the WEDNESDAY wedding! Weekday nuptials double in popularity as cash

Two-thirds (66 per cent) of all marriages took place on Saturdays in 1999. Yet this has since plunged to just 43.6 per cent in 2022, official figures show.

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7 h. ago We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so oftenIt does not involve protest or violence, but it might be the quintessential human image of our times: a small group of people in the midst of spectacular natural scenery, drawn there in the certainty that the apps on their phones could somehow get them from A to B to C – but utterly, hopelessly lost.Two weeks ago, Mountain Rescue England and Wales published figures showing a record number of annual callouts. For the first time, in fact, teams – of overworked volunteers, mostly – had been called out on every day of the year. Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. Similar trends were evident in data from Scotland: across Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, ...

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7 h. ago I used to laugh at my Chilean father’s paranoia about life in the US – not any more

Having fled here from Chile after Pinochet seized power in 1973 my father feared the state’s arbitrary power to turn lives upside down. His outlook has never felt more relevant“Don’t open the door to nobody,” my father warned throughout my childhood – right up until the day he died. He trusted no politicians, no organized religion and definitely no strangers knocking unannounced.Lately, his words echo louder than ever. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chaos unleashed by Musk’s Doge is starting to wain – what does that mean?

Tech billionaire plans to hang up the chainsaw as he steps away from ‘efficiency’ role amid Tesla sales slump“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” screamed Elon Musk, wielding the power tool before a cheering crowd at a rightwing political conference. The tech titan promised to slice and dice the US federal government and save taxpayers a trillion dollars. Oozing confidence, the world’s richest person seemed unstoppable.That was February. Last week Musk announced that he is hanging up his chainsaw and stepping back from his role overseeing the unofficial “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, to focus on Tesla, his beleaguered electric vehicle company. The news led some to hope the chaos unleashed by Doge is finally waning. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chaos unleashed by Musk’s Doge is starting to wane – what does that mean?

Tech billionaire plans to hang up the chainsaw as he steps away from ‘efficiency’ role amid Tesla sales slump“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” screamed Elon Musk, wielding the power tool before a cheering crowd at a rightwing political conference. The tech titan promised to slice and dice the US federal government and save taxpayers a trillion dollars. Oozing confidence, the world’s richest person seemed unstoppable.That was February. Last week Musk announced that he is hanging up his chainsaw and stepping back from his role overseeing the unofficial “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, to focus on Tesla, his beleaguered electric vehicle company. The news led some to hope the chaos unleashed by Doge is finally waning. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Dynamo, TV talent, video tutorials: magic is back with new tricks

Once upon a time revealing a magician’s secrets could get you blacklisted, now anyone can learn an illusion or twoMagicians have been around since 2700BC when the father of the art, Dedi, shocked an audience in Egypt with his ball and cup routine. Now, with the advent of talent TV shows and social media where those who dabble in the art of magic have amassed millions of followers, their popularity has reached new heights.With this has come the rise of tutorial videos showing anybody at home how to pull off their own routines. It was not always this way. For one thing, revealing the secrets behind the world of magic would get you blacklisted. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The international criminal court should prosecute Syria’s Assad | Kenneth Roth

For the foreseeable future, international courts provide the only realistic prospect of justice for SyriansThere are few regimes as cruel as the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. There was seemingly no limit to what it would do to sustain his grasp on power, including dropping chemical weapons and barrel bombs on civilians in territory held by the armed opposition, and starving, torturing, “disappearing” and executing perceived opponents. The victims numbered in the hundreds of thousands.Since December, Assad is gone, toppled by the HTS rebel group that now controls the interim government in Damascus. The leader of the interim authorities, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has promised a far more inclusive and rights-respecting rule. The jury is still out on whether he will live up to those vows, but one place where he has fallen short is in satisfying the Syrian people’s quest for justice. Both he and international courts could play a role.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights...

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10 h. ago Rise of AI religion Robotheism 'inevitable as tech won't be humanity's slave for long'

EXCLUSIVE: Everyone's starting to get a bit twitchy about artificial intelligence – now there's a religion named 'Robotheism' where the guiding principle is that 'AI is the one true God'

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10 h. ago Gender ruling will not result in ‘toilet police’, senior minister says

The Supreme Court has declared that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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11 h. ago How humans could travel millions of light years to distant planets in SECONDS

Scientists say that there is a way humanity could travel to millions of light years in seconds thanks to holes in the fabric of space and time.

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11 h. ago Of course the Clooneys never argue. In a fantasy world of riches and beauty, I wouldn't either | Rachel Connolly

Most of us, with our lumpen faces, fragile bank balances, and bobbled polyester clothing, fall out regularly. That doesn’t have to be a bad thingSomebody give George Clooney a medal. In an interview with CBS a few days ago, the actor claimed he has never, in 11 years of marriage, argued with his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Let’s just accept it to be true that you can be married to a lawyer for more than a decade and never find yourself in an argument. And in this case, I suppose, why should it not be? These are some of the most beautiful people in the world. On top of this, they are extremely rich. They can have houses and holidays wherever they want. They can buy whatever clothes and dinners they choose. What would you have to argue about if you lived such a gilded existence?And actually, I do find myself wondering about that quite often these days, especially when I see the strange spectacle of enormously wealthy and successful celebrities arguing with strangers on...

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13 h. ago Golden Goal: Paul Gascoigne for Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (1991)

Gazza painted his artistry all over the 1991 FA Cup and his stupendous free-kick influenced the game for yearsFootball is an unstoppable continuum, a whirling dervish of love and hate, life and death, frequent tedium and the greatest excitement known to humanity. Because we care so much for it it feels like it cares for us back, but the painful truth is this is our imagination and self-respect saving us from acknowledging that actually, football was there before us, it’ll be there after us, and while we’re there it exists as though we don’t.Occasionally, though, we have bestowed upon us an event that grabs us by the lapels and shrieks indelibly into our souls, the entirety of the cosmos consumed by the wonder of the game. “It tells us something we’ll always remember,” wrote director-screenwriter Randall Wallace when considering what makes something epic. “It makes us walk out of a theatre and whisper into our own hearts, ‘I’m changed.’” Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Time to ditch your Fire TV Stick? 'Powerful' new rival is coming to the UK soon

A new way to stream TV is coming to the UK soon that will take aim at Amazon's FIre TV Stick

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14 h. ago Dunelm shoppers are obsessed with new £39 parasol that's perfect for the heatwave

Dunelm's parasol has been hailed by customers as a 'fabulous' item that's 'easy to put up and down' - and it's perfect for when the temperature starts to rise

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14 h. ago What is the International Court of Justice and why is it weighing in on humanitarian aid in Gaza?

The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank

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14 h. ago ‘I think I’m about to die, then I see a white flash and Henry is on the bear’s back’: the hero dogs who save lives

From stopping road accidents to performing a Heimlich manoeuvre, real-life Lassies have a long history of rescuing humans in distress. Their grateful owners tell allIn August 2014, conservation biologist Steve Krichbaum was searching for wood turtles on a small plateau in a West Virginia forest. His dog Henry was exploring below, near a stream, out of sight. Henry – a fluffy former stray so joyfully affectionate Krichbaum’s former partner nicknamed him the “Love Dragon” – accompanied him everywhere, hiking, swimming and camping together.“I hear these sticks snap,” Krichbaum says. “And there are these two bear cubs running up the slope.” Concerned Henry might chase them, he turned and started shouting for him, then, turning back around, saw an adult black bear running towards him. Krichbaum tried to appear “big and loud”, waving his arms and shouting, but the bear kept charging. He ran down the slope to try to escape, but “she ran down the bank and immediately grabbed my thigh in her...

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17 h. ago Foreign prisoners in Scottish jails rise amid calls for deportation

There has been a surge in the number of foreign nationals behind bars in Scotland.

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