36 m. ago Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going ‘up a gear’ – UK politics live

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey also said Shabana Mahmood will be “just as tough as Cooper” on Palestine Action, the campaign group opposing Israel’s assault on Gaza that the government controversially proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July, making membership of or support of the group a criminal offence.More than 425 people were arrested in London yesterday at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.I think you’ll start to see Keir Starmer insist that dealing with the small boats, solving the immigration illegal immigration crisis, is part of the jobs the whole of government, not just the Home Office.So with the Home Office, I have been putting military planners into their Border Command and into their planning for the future, and we are looking at the potential use of military and non military use sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come ac...

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44 m. ago Chris Sutton reacts to 'misguided' Celtic transfer declaration as UEFA spending cap claim torpedoed

The Hoops legend and Record Sport columnist has had his say on the club's wordy defence of their transfer dealings

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79 m. ago Alan Titchmarsh makes admission about time 'slipping through fingers'

Former Gardeners' World expert Alan Titchmarsh has opened up about ageing and how he used to like to spend his summers as a young child

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80 m. ago UK politics live: Asylum seekers ‘to be moved from hotels to barracks’ as Starmer toughens immigration plans

Sir Keir Starmer has reshuffled key ministerial posts, including sweeping changes in the Home Office

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84 m. ago Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba set to resign, public broadcaster says

Ishiba has been in power for less than a year, but faced calls to resign from the right-wing faction of his own party after a bruising defeat in July

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87 m. ago Japan’s prime minister plans to quit, says state broadcaster NHK

Shigeru Ishiba expected to confirm resignation at press conference on Sunday

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1 hour ago Antony a rare piece of spending for Spanish clubs unable to match Premier League’s wealth

Real Betis fans were overjoyed at the arrival of the Manchester United outcast but like many La Liga teams, the club were only able to buy by selling some of their starsA goat crossed the Guadalquivir, which was when they knew. They had been made to wait until the last day of summer and on the footage it was a CGI creature scuttling over the Isabel II bridge (no animals were harmed in the making of this announcement) but Real Betis had actually done it. There were four hours left on deadline day and they had signed Antony Matheus dos Santos, or Antonio of Triana as they call him. When they’re not calling him the Goat.Triana is the Betis neighbourhood, Seville’s artistic heart on the west bank of the river, and Antony could not be more popular there. Last season he arrived on a six-month loan and changed everything, leading them to a European place, a derby win that was celebrated like it was the World Cup, and a European final. He had been changed too, happy again, the footballer he...

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1 hour ago The French government is on the brink – and Le Pen is the only winner | Paul Taylor

Saddled with a financial crisis and unpopular reforms, the prime minister, François Bayrou, seems doomed. Will he take Macron with him?François Bayrou may have thought it was a smart pre-emptive move to call a parliamentary vote of confidence in his minority government ahead of a planned national protest day on 10 September and the start of a fraught parliamentary budget season.Determined not to meet the same fate as his predecessor who was toppled by parliament last December, the French prime minister appears to have chosen political hara-kiri instead. His near-certain ejection by a hung parliament on Monday (8 September) is set to turn a smouldering political deadlock into a blazing crise de régime. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Charlotte Dawson furiously hits out as she's slammed for breastfeeding in public

EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Dawson has revealed that she was publicly shamed for breastfeeding her daughter, Gigi, as she hit back at a member of the public for their rude comments.

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2 h. ago Alan Titchmarsh shares heartbreaking admission about time 'slipping through fingers'

Former Gardeners' World presenter Alan Titchmarsh has opened up about ageing and how he used to like to spend his summers as a young child

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2 h. ago A message from Tehran for Britain, France and Germany. You made a big mistake reimposing sanctions: pull back | Seyyed Abbas Araghchi

Europe is wrong to follow Donald Trump’s strategy. We are open to diplomacy and a new deal over our nuclear programme, but sanctions must goFor more than two decades, Europe has been at the heart of the ongoing, manufactured crisis over my country’s peaceful nuclear programme. In many ways, the European role has reflected the state of broader international power relations. Once a moderating force aspiring to restrain a belligerent America with maximalist aims in our region, Europe is today enabling the excesses of Washington.Last week, Britain, France and Germany – or the E3 – said they had activated the process to “snap back” UN sanctions on Iran. The mechanism was set up to penalize significant non-performance under the 2015 nuclear deal signed by Iran, the E3, the US, China and Russia.Seyyed Abbas Araghchi is foreign minister of Iran Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Review: 70mai 4K T800 dash cam offers a premium triple channel experience

It's pricey, and you'll need to spend extra on the 4G kit, but the T800 has you and your car covered in crystal clear quality

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3 h. ago 'Shameful' Ministers under fire as spending on B&Bs for homeless hits £100 million

An ‘explosion’ in the use of bed and breakfasts and hostels had seen spending by local authorities rise by 128 per cent over four years

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer has ‘legal duty to stop Gaza genocide’, says Greta Thunberg

Exclusive: Activist spoke while onboard aid flotilla aiming to deliver food, baby formula and medical supplies to territoryKeir Starmer must obey his “legal duty to act to prevent a genocide”, Greta Thunberg has told the Guardian while travelling aboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.The Swedish activist said there was a “huge absence of those whose legal responsibility it is to step up” under international law, and called out the UK prime minister before a potential meeting this week with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago France’s political crisis reveals deep rift between the people and their politicians

The likely fall of prime minister François Bayrou exposes a political malaise that is likely to sour French politics well beyond the 2027 presidential election as the far right exploits the momentAs the French government faces likely collapse in a confidence vote on Monday, plunging the eurozone’s second biggest economy and key diplomatic power into a domestic political crisis, Jonathan Denis, a 42-year-old a bank manager and health rights campaigner, was concerned about the terrible impact it will have on France’s dying and terminally ill.The centrist president Emmanuel Macron had promised assisted dying and improved palliative care would be the biggest social reform of his second term but the bill, which had been scheduled to go before the senate next month, now risks being delayed once more by the unpredictable revolving door of four prime ministers in just over three years. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer? | Simon Tisdall

As the US president’s state visit looms, he’s leaving a trail of broken promises across the globe. Britain can’t afford to look like a lackey stateSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreSucking up to Donald Trump never works for long. Narendra Modi is the latest world leader to learn this lesson the hard way. Wooing his “true friend” in the White House, India’s authoritarian prime minister thought he’d conquered Trump’s inconstant heart. The two men hit peak pals in 2019, holding hands at a “Howdy Modi” rally in Texas. But it’s all gone pear-shaped thanks to Trump’s tariffs and dalliance with Pakistan. Like a jilted lover on the rebound, Modi shamelessly threw himself at Vladimir Putin in China last week. Don and Narendra! It’s over! Although, to be honest, it always felt a little shallow.Other suitors for Trump’s slippery hand have suffered similar heartbr...

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4 h. ago All the freebies you can get every month from cinema tickets to free food

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry reveals hacks to spend (almost) nothing one week every month to reduce your outgoings

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4 h. ago Man City should have only one transfer priority in January after £350m spend

Manchester City have splashed the cash in 2025 to rejig Pep Guardiola's squad but there is one area that looks in need of further investment.

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5 h. ago Scottish independence is 'economic necessity' says Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes said Scotland is being “held back” by Westminster as thousands of independence supporters marched in Edinburgh.

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5 h. ago Greyhound racing set for total ban in Scotland after ministers back MSP's bill

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Green MSP Mark Ruskell, who was inspired to campaign for the change after adopting an abandoned ex-racing greyhound, told of his delight.

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