72 m. ago There is a clear Trump doctrine. Those who can’t see it won't have a say in reshaping the world | Nesrine Malik

The sooner the US’s former friends realise the old global order is over, the sooner they can organise to regain power and agency – the only language Trump understandsA resonant phrase during Donald Trump’s first administration was the advice to take him “seriously, but not literally”. It was a singularly detrimental expression, widely quoted by politicians and the media. Its adoption fit with the position many felt most comfortable taking: Trump was bad, but he wasn’t smart. He wasn’t intentional. He wasn’t calculated and deliberate. He sounded off, but rarely followed up with action. He was in essence a misfiring weapon that could do serious damage, but mostly by accident.The residue of that approach still persists, even in analysis that describes Trump’s first executive orders as a campaign of “shock and awe”, as if it were just a matter of signalling rather than executing. Or that his plan for Gaza is to be taken – you guessed it – seriously, not literally. When that was suggeste...

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2 h. ago Apple’s diversity policies and OpenAI deal targeted by shareholders

iPhone-maker is rare holdout in Silicon Valley against conservative efforts to force rollback on DEI issues

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2 h. ago FTI Consulting reels from staff exodus after rainmaker launches rival

Competition from Jonathan Orszag’s Econic Partners triggered 14% share price slide

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2 h. ago ‘Lucian Freud was thrilled when Leigh Bowery stripped naked’: how a wild club kid became the great painter’s muse

When outrageous clubbers Sue Tilley and Bowery posed for the eminent artist, some of the most spectacular portraits of the century were born. Tilley talks about sex, cash and Bowery’s untimely death‘Leigh would have been livid that it wasn’t a painting of him that broke the record,” says Sue Tilley with a laugh. She’s talking about the £17.2m paid by Roman Abramovich in 2008 for a Lucian Freud nude of her, called Benefits Supervisor Sleeping. It was then the highest price ever paid for work by a living artist and Tilley thinks Leigh Bowery, the fashion icon and performance artist, would have found a way to claim the credit. After all, it was Bowery, her great friend, who got her the modelling job.Tilley is now repaying the debt by telling the Australian’s story in a new edition of her book Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon, featuring never-before-seen photos and an extra chapter on his legacy. You can’t really understand Bowery – his looks, his performances, his club Taboo...

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2 h. ago Asian shares are mixed after US stocks tumble on worries over tariffs

Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks fell sharply as reports showed the economy may be suffering as consumers and businesses fret over President Donald Trump’s policies

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2 h. ago Trump names conservative podcaster Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director

Selection of former Secret Service agent and author means two staunch Trump allies lead the principal federal law enforcement agencyDan Bongino, a former US Secret Service agent who has written bestselling books, run unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as the FBI’s deputy director.President Donald Trump announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago London's Regent's Park is plagued by early morning hammer attacks on cyclists, intentional wheel punctures and masked thieves

The muggers have been operating in Regent's Park, London, where more than 30 cycling clubs meet between 5.45am-7am every morning before the area opens to cars.

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3 h. ago ‘No more excuses’: Europe under pressure on defence spending three years after Russian invasion

Continent is being told to take more responsibility for its own defence in light of US president’s overtures to PutinA few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s invading forces into Ukraine in February 2022, the EU’s then foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, asked his staff for an urgent military aid plan. They came up with €50m (£41.4m) to help Ukraine.“And I said: ‘Are you crazy? We are talking about a war,’” Borrell recounted in late 2024, shortly before standing down. “Do you know what does it mean, a war? Put three zeros behind! And then we started taking things seriously.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Rape victim blats police and asks 'how can you trust it?' as it's revealed forces could start using AI to take down impact statements

Hertfordshire Constabulary has piloted the use of Anathem Digital Assistant to transcribe and generate documents for witness statements.

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3 h. ago Putin 'SACRIFICED his sailors to protect his nuclear secrets' in when Russian submarine sinking killed 118: Then

On August 12, 2000, just three months after Putin took office, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk suffered a catastrophic explosion during a naval exercise, killing 118 sailors.

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4 h. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: What my chess game with a flustered Rachel Reeves revealed to me about her next move as Chancellor

Scarcely a week goes by without some example of a Cabinet minister found to have exaggerated or even made up their qualification for the high office they hold.

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4 h. ago Joy Reid’s staff had ‘tense’ meeting with MSNBC chiefs after learning her show was being axed in media: report

Joy Reid hosted ‘The ReidOut’ for more than four years on MSNBC

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5 h. ago Putin sacrificed submariners to protect his secrets in country's deadliest marine disaster that killed 118, reveals Bill Clinton as he talks about Kursk for the first time

On August 12, 2000, just three months after Putin took office, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk suffered a catastrophic explosion during a naval exercise, killing 118 sailors.

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5 h. ago How 'widowers fire' consumed me: I joined an affairs dating app, discovered casual sex and put fatherhood on hold when my wife died, says author CHARLES BOCK in a brutally honest account

Six months after the death of his wife, novelist Charles Bock was reading a book detailing the history of grunge music, when one particular paragraph leapt out at him.

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5 h. ago We're getting a Hooters but we don't care about feminist complaints over the scantily

The 'breastaurant' chain, infamous for making their staff wear tight-fitting and revealing uniforms, unveiled plans to expand its empire into Britain by announcing its third UK-based restaurant.

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6 h. ago Senior detective in charge of violent sex cases who slept with junior police staff and bragged about being a 'bad ass' is banned from being a police officer

Former DCI Roger Wood has has been slammed by his Hampshire Constabulary after he struck up sexual relationships with junior police staff and bragged he was a 'bad ass'.

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6 h. ago Husband 'likely killed wife in France in staged home burglary gone wrong'

The bodies of Andrew Searle and his wife Dawn were discovered at their home in France back in February - now detectives believe the man likely killed his spouse

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6 h. ago ‘Tsunami of closures’ looms for pharmacies as Reeves’s Budget measures bite

One pharmacist told The Independent he was ‘on borrowed time’ after going to his bank twice for extra money to stay afloat

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7 h. ago ‘Farcical’ misconduct proceedings should be delayed, Nottingham families say

A report concluded police failed to properly investigate an assault by Valdo Calocane a month before his murder spree in 2023.

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7 h. ago Staff at beleaguered Scottish university embark on 3 weeks of strikes from today over jobs threat

Union boss vows to fight ‘brutal cuts’ at cash-strapped institution

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