6 m. ago MICHAEL GOVE: It is an iron law of history that when Jews feel unsafe, the candle of freedom is going out. Do we want it to be extinguished in our time? Let us pray, and fight, to ensure it is not

A month ago, I joined a march through London to draw attention to the rise of anti-Semitism. To all of us, the terrorist attack on Heaton Park synagogue will have been shocking.

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44 m. ago Smirking at Tower Bridge, the Chilean burglar whose gang tore open Christmas gifts as they terrorised the Home Counties... and the border loophole that means there's so many others like them

Having met up with two fellow Chileans, Yeico Guzman Fernandez started touring the suburbs looking for flats and houses to break into.

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3 h. ago ‘We’re building the best team’: Thomas Tuchel explains England camp selection after surprise omissions

The manager raised eyebrows by not recalling some of England’s biggest individual stars, instead keeping faith with the squad that impressed against Serbia last month

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4 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all hostages after Trump's 'all hell would break loose' threat

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4 h. ago Oasis' Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs shares prostate cancer diagnosis

The Oasis guitarist is taking a break from touring due to the illness.

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4 h. ago Oasis' Liam and Noel Gallagher break silence after bandmate Bonehead's cancer diagnosis

Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher have broken their silence after their bandmate Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs announced he is receiving treatment for prostate cancer

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5 h. ago Closed for the weekend — Senate vote fails to break bitter partisan deadlock on government shutdown: Live updates

Trump threatens mass layoffs as Republicans and Democrats appear nowhere close on a deal

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5 h. ago Oasis guitarist taking break from tour as he reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

The Britpop band recently finished the UK leg of their reunion tour.

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6 h. ago Oasis legend Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs is diagnosed with prostate cancer and says he will take a break from the band's worldwide reunion tour

The legendary guitarist, 60, shared the devastating news with fans in a post on X this evening.

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6 h. ago Thomas Tuchel drops Bukayo Saka bombshell and admits fear of dressing room backlash

Thomas Tuchel sent shockwaves through the England camp on Friday, leaving out superstar Jude Bellingham to deliver on a promise he made after the win in Serbia

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6 h. ago Arsenal: Bukayo Saka could have been left out of latest England squad, Thomas Tuchel reveals

The Three Lions head coach had hoped to keep Noni Madueke in the camp at his Arsenal team-mate’s expense

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6 h. ago Moment teen girl gang ambush pensioner, 75, before beating him to death in attack filmed on mobile phone

Fredi Rivero, 75, died in hospital after he was punched to the ground by three teenage girls, who lunched an unprovoked attack which they film on a mobile phone. The girls were jailed today.

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7 h. ago US government shutdown: White House halts $2.1bn of Chicago transport funding; ‘I don’t have anything to negotiate’, says Mike Johnson – live

Trump aide Russ Vought said hold would affect work to extend and modernize city’s transit lines amid little hope Senate can agree a way out of shutdownUS government shutdown day three: Republicans and Democrats make little progress on dealTrump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projectsAs the world waits for Hamas’s response to Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, the US president has issued a new deadline for the militant group of 6pm ET on Sunday.Trump, who on Monday gave Hamas “three or four days” to respond to his ultimatum, said they were being given “one last chance”. He wrote on his Truth Social platform this morning:Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Teen girl gang who killed pensioner, 75, in vicious street attack they filmed on mobile phone are locked up

Fredi Rivero, 75, died in hospital after he was punched to the ground by three teenage girls, who lunched an unprovoked attack which they film on a mobile phone. The girls were jailed today.

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7 h. ago Oasis star Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs diagnosed with prostate cancer as he takes tour break

Oasis guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs has announced that he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer in a post on X

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7 h. ago Trump vows ‘all hell’ will break loose if Hamas doesn’t agree to his Gaza peace plan by new deadline

The US president warned Hamas will be ‘quickly extinguished’ if it rejects his peace plan

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7 h. ago The Guardian view on Tilly Norwood: she’s not art, she’s data | Editorial

The first 100% AI actor is a cause for alarm. But the human connection of great acting can never be replacedThe threat to human creativity from technology took another step closer this week with the appearance of Tilly Norwood, the first 100% AI-generated actor. Unsurprisingly, her unveiling at the Zurich film festival in a comic sketch called AI Commissioner caused an outcry. Emily Blunt described the film as “terrifying” and the actors’ union Sag-Aftra condemned it as “jeopardising performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry”.There is much that is problematic about Norwood, not least the message her “girl-next-door vibe” sends to young women. But the more serious point is that her face has been made from those of real actors without their knowledge or consent. Her lighthearted debut masks the fact that she is part of a new model of media production that rides roughshod over longstanding norms and laws governing artists and their work. Hollywood has been anticipating Norwood...

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8 h. ago Emotional Bev Craig and Andy Burnham speeches call synagogue attack ‘an attack on all of us’

“Our Jewish residents, over generations, have built this city that we see. An attack on you is an attack on all of us, and we will not stand for it"

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9 h. ago Trump issues chilling Gaza ultimatum to Hamas: 'All HELL will break out. This is your final warning'

Trump promised on Truth Social that if the militants did not accept his peace plan that 'all hell' will 'break out against Hamas.'

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9 h. ago Trump gives Hamas deadline of Sunday to agree to Gaza peace plan

US president warns militant group that ‘all HELL . . . will break out’ if it does not sign up to his deal

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