44 m. ago Trump’s ‘exciting announcement’ related to the Pentagon, White House says – US politics live

It’s still unclear what the announcement will be, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says it’s related to the department of defenseDonald 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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45 m. ago Newsom takes aim at ‘Karolyin’’ Leavitt with Hunger Games meme as trolling continues

California governor likens White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Effie Trinket in latest social media spoof of Trump administration

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49 m. ago No 10 insists Reeves’ authority not dented by reshuffle after market jitters

Downing Street underscored ministers’ continuing commitment to fiscal rules as government borrowing costs surge

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57 m. ago Lost structures emerge from reservoirs as water levels continue to drop

Yorkshire Water said its reservoirs are now less than a third full after the hottest summer on record.

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62 m. ago Ice cubes in beer: is this popular pub order atrocious – or ingenious?

A new survey has found that more than a quarter of adults under 35 commit the sin of dilution to keep their pint cool. Is this alarming new trend here to stay?Name: Icy beer.Age: Niche for a while, now horribly mainstream. Continue reading...

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86 m. ago Marc Guéhi angry with Crystal Palace’s decision to block move to Liverpool

Oliver Glasner intervened over centre-back’s £35m switchGuéhi considering giving up Palace captaincy in protestMarc Guéhi is extremely unhappy with Crystal Palace’s decision to pull the plug on his £35m transfer to Liverpool, which came after Oliver Glasner stepped in to prevent the move by threatening to resign if he was sold, the Guardian understands.The Palace chairman, Steve Parish, reluctantly accepted Liverpool’s offer for the England defender a few hours before Monday’s deadline despite Glasner having insisted the 25-year-old must not be sold because there was no time to find an adequate replacement. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Depardieu to stand trial over alleged rape and sexual assault of fellow actor

Judge orders case to be heard against French film star after allegations made by Charlotte Arnould about 2018 incidentsThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting the actor Charlotte Arnould at his Paris home in 2018.Depardieu, France’s biggest film star, has been under investigation in the case since 2020. A trial date has not yet been set. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Reeves’ authority not dented by reshuffle, No 10 says in bid to calm markets

Downing Street underscored ministers’ continuing commitment to fiscal rules as government borrowing costs surge.

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1 hour ago Italy looks at hiding state flight paths after jamming of Von Der Leyen plane

EU member states debate how to make leaders’ flights more secure as Russia blamed for GPS lossEurope live – latest updatesItaly is considering keeping state flights secret after the satellite signal of the aircraft carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, was allegedly jammed by Russia, Italian defence ministry sources said.Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, was flying to Bulgaria on Sunday when her charter plane lost satellite navigation aids, delaying its arrival in Plovdiv, and reportedly forcing it to circle an airport for an hour. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Italy considers hiding state flight paths after jamming of von der Leyen plane

EU member states debate how to make leaders’ flights more secure as Russia blamed for GPS lossEurope live – latest updatesItaly is considering keeping state flights secret after the satellite signal of the aircraft carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, was allegedly jammed by Russia, Italian defence ministry sources said.Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, was flying to Bulgaria on Sunday when her charter plane lost satellite navigation aids, delaying its arrival in Plovdiv, and reportedly forcing it to circle an airport for an hour. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Green party’s new leader Zack Polanski rules out any Starmer pact and attacks ‘charlatan’ Farage

Candidate defeats Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns to lead Greens in England and Wales with vision for ‘eco-populism’ movementZack Polanski has won the election to lead the Green party in England and Wales, with an overwhelming mandate for the party to adopt his vision to become a mass membership “eco-populism” movement directly taking on Reform UK.Polanski, who was the party’s deputy leader and is a Green member of the London assembly, defeated Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns by 20,411 to 3,705 votes in a ballot of party members. Ramsay and Chowns, who were standing as a co-leadership team, are two of the Greens’ four MPs. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Floods, an immigration protest and returned colonial relics: photos of the day – Tuesday

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2 h. ago It’s another Labour reboot challenge: how many adults do they need ‘in the room’ before they start telling the truth? | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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2 h. ago Now showing: it’s Keir Starmer’s march of the ‘grownups’ – the disaster movie we’re all being forced to watch | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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2 h. ago Kraft Heinz to split a decade after merger in bid to revive growth

Chicago-based food group says it will split into two publicly traded companies through tax-free spin-offBusiness live – latest updatesKraft Heinz, the US company behind kitchen staples such as Philadelphia cheese and Heinz tomato ketchup, has announced plans to split into two independent businesses a decade after it was created in a mega merger.The Chicago-based packaged food group said it would separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to try to reduce complexity and improve financial performance after years of falling sales. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Pressure rises on Reeves as government borrowing costs hit 27

Chancellor will face more limited fiscal headroom at budget after yield on 30-year bond increases to 5.68%Business live – latest updatesReshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightropeBritain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.714% on Tuesday. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jair Bolsonaro faces justice over alleged attempt to usurp Brazilian democracy

Former president in court along with seven others accused of failed power grab after losing 2022 electionBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his allies, including four senior members of the military, have gone on trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup – the first time in Brazilian history such powerful figures have faced justice for seeking to topple the country’s democracy.Bolsonaro, a paratrooper turned far-right populist who governed from 2019 until 2023, stands accused of masterminding a failed power grab after losing the 2022 election to the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago TV viewing figures for the NWSL are down: is there cause for concern?

Star names have been missing but second half of campaign should bring renewed interest after ratings spike last yearHalfway through the NWSL’s 13th regular season, the league reported TV ratings were trending down. But August has already shown glimmers of recovery and context adds important caveats to that downward slope.As first reported by Sports Business Journal, when the league took a month-long break midway through the year this July, ratings were down by 8% across their multi-platform media partnership. That partnership, which is now in its second year, was signed in November 2023 with CBS, ESPN, ION (Scripps Sports) and Prime Video for a deal worth $240m– a huge increase from their previous one-party partnership with CBS worth $4.5m. In its first year, the league saw a big uptick in viewing numbers as matches proliferated across a variety of outlets, reaching a wider audience. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘Trump’s private army’: inside the push to recruit 10,000 immigration officers

As Ice expands and standards are lowered, advocates and former US officials warn that misconduct may increaseThe last time the US dramatically expanded its force of immigration officers, major problems arose.Some border agents recruited in the 2000s turned out to be cartel members. One kidnapped and raped three women in his custody. Two others were convicted of off-duty murders. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Bill Belichick’s humiliating college football debut brings only schadenfreude or sadness

The greatest head coach in modern NFL history has started anew at UNC. His first game exposed flaws that will be very difficult to fixHalf a century of unprecedented success, six Super Bowl rings as a head coach, the NFL’s greatest defensive mind; all undone by 19-year-olds sprinting past missed tackles. Bill Belichick arrived at North Carolina promising to bend college football to his will, to build the “33rd NFL Program” in Chapel Hill, and prove he still had his fastball. College football laughed.As debut flops go, North Carolina’s 48-14 beatdown at the hands of TCU is as bad as it gets. Belichick’s side didn’t just lose; they were humiliated. UNC looked unprepared, undisciplined and were overmatched against a veteran team. Continue reading...

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