62 m. ago The final flight to use Southwest’s famous ‘open seating’ policy lifts off on Monday night. The airline has special plans to mark the occasion

The flight will lift off from Honolulu on Monday night and fly overnight to Los Angeles aboard Southwest’s commemorative ‘Herbert D. Kelleher’ aircraft

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70 m. ago Opening statements set in sex trafficking trial of 2 real estate agents and their brother

Prosecutors are set to introduce a New York jury to evidence they say will prove that two sibling real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd and a third brother sexually attacked dozens of women for over a decade

Politics

71 m. ago Fed expected to keep rates unchanged as Chair Powell pivots back to economics

After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result

Economics

71 m. ago ‘Absolutely amazing’ BBC period drama with Oscar worthy acting hailed a must

The BBC period drama starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and has been praised by viewers

Events

72 m. ago California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump

Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issueCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform’s content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the platform blamed a systems failure for the issues.The step comes after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said last week it had finalised a deal to set up a majority US-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avoid a US ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Has the world entered an era of ‘water bankruptcy’? – podcast

Last week, a UN report declared that the world has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ with many human water systems past the point at which they can be restored to former levels. To find out what this could look like, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, who has been reporting on Iran’s severe water crisis. And Mohammad Shamsudduha, professor of water crisis and risk reduction in the department of risk and disaster reduction at University College London, explains how the present situation arose and what can be done to bring water supplies back from the brinkEra of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report saysClimate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up Continue reading...

Politics

72 m. ago ‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around

As a young teenager, Javid and his brother were caught stealing from slot machines, arrested and held in a cell. His future hung in the balance. How did he get from there to the top of UK politics?In 2019, when Sajid Javid was home secretary, he spoke about growing up on “the most dangerous street in Britain” and said how easy it would have been to fall into a life of crime. Fortunately, he said, he managed to avoid trouble. But it turns out that Javid was being a little economical with the truth. He did get into trouble. Serious trouble.Now 56, he has just published his childhood memoir, The Colour of Home. It’s crammed with incident – arranged marriages, savage beatings and boys behaving badly. I think there’s one key moment in your story, I tell him. “What, just one?” he hoots. Javid is not lacking for confidence. Continue reading...

Events

72 m. ago Emmerdale's Jeff Hordley teases 'big love story' for Cain and Moira amid cancer diagnosis

The Cain Dingle actor opens up about his upcoming storyline and the longest scene he's ever filmed

Science

2 h. ago Most Americans supported Trump’s mass deportations during 2024 election. Now, more want to abolish ICE than not.

The poll comes out after the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration agents this month

Politics

2 h. ago Glamorous blonde music teacher's breathtaking confession in court as she ADMITS having sex with boy, 12

Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, appeared in Mandurah Local Court via audio link on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to 15 charges over her sexual relationship with the boy, which lasted about 14 months.

Events

3 h. ago Eerie photos of frozen in time house abandoned for 40 years with all its contents

The boarded-up terraced property in Blaenrhondda, Wales, was discovered with 1970s decor and vintage furniture completely untouched for decades

Culture

3 h. ago Graham Norton reveals he's had to sign 'so many' NDAs ahead of his rumoured attendance at Taylor Swift's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce

The chat show host, 62, made the revelation on the Monday episode of his Wanging On podcast, in response to being asked about the global pop star's nuptials, due to take place this summer.

Politics

3 h. ago 'Simple' pen and paper test could indicate dementia in a loved one

Here's what you need to know about the clock drawing test

Politics

4 h. ago Horrific new details emerge about final moments of Idaho murder victims as court filing reveals they were stabbed more than 150 times in total

A newly-unsealed court filing, seen by the Daily Mail, shows the details of the autopsies carried out on Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

Events

4 h. ago Phones of senior officials in Downing Street 'have been hacked by China for years'

Chinese spies are understood to have targeted the phones of close aides to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak between 2021 and 2024.

Politics

5 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Starmer's no friend of the military. No wonder veterans are flocking to Reform

Better late than never, Donald Trump has recanted his offensive remarks about the contribution of British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Events

5 h. ago IAN WILLIAMS: China's vampire state is about to sink its fangs into Kowtow Keir. Stand by for a humiliating spectacle

Keir Starmer is stepping up 'Operation Kowtow', his reckless bid to cosy up to China- at the worst possible moment for Britain's national security.

Politics

5 h. ago Woman's 'creepy' texts from builder who abandoned kitchen job halfway through

A woman was left stunned after hiring a plasterer to renovate her kitchen, only for him to abandon the job on the third day

Politics

5 h. ago Frank & Louis review – moving drama of dementia and caregiving in prison

Sundance film festival: strong performances from Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan anchor a sensitive film about caregiving as a form of rehabilitationOne of the greatest achievements of a certain kind of Sundance movie is the ability to shine a light on an experience or community we hadn’t previously been aware of. This year’s stoic and sensitive drama Frank & Louis takes us behind bars, a place we’ve been many times before at this festival, but to shadow the taxing work of inmates taking care of those who have dementia, a specifically difficult job in an already difficult place. Petra Volpe, the Swiss writer-director, who last explored a far more known form of caregiving in exhausting nursing drama Late Shift, makes her English language debut with a film inspired by the “Gold Coats” peer support program at the California Men’s Colony state prison.As with her previous film, there’s real rigour to how she zeroes in on the grind of under-appreciated labour, but while Late Shift wa...

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5 h. ago Judge ordered jury NOT be told that Pakistani national who raped a teenage girl in a park was an asylum seeker

Judge Nirmal Shant stopped the public from being told about the rapist's asylum status by gagging the Press from reporting it until the end of his trial, it can now be revealed.

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