2 h. ago Trump is 'creating national police force with himself as chief' in real

Critics have poked fun at Donald Trump, suggesting the Orange Manbaby's approach is too much like the daft agents found in South Park creators hit film 'Team America: World Police'

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4 d. ago Crystal Palace learn Conference League opponents, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest discover Europa fate

South Londoners will play three European home games at Selhurst Park

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4 d. ago Heatwaves, wildfires and the hot summers that could change how we holiday

With rising temperatures causing chaos worldwide, what does it mean to be a tourist in a world on fire?• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full“Where shall we go on holiday?” would not, ideally, be a stressful question.But the world in 2025 is far from ideal, and summer breaks in Europe and North America are no exception. Holiday hotspots are being ravaged by heat, fire, floods and drought as fossil fuel pollution warps the climate – and travelling to reach them in planes or on cruise ships spews far more planet-heating gas than anything else you and I are likely to do. (Rocket enthusiasts such as Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos, I assume, have not yet subscribed to Down to Earth.)‘We cannot do it the way our fathers did’: farmers across Europe struggle to adapt to the climate crisis‘Unlike any other kind of fear’: wildfires leave their mark across SpainEurope scorched by wildfires – pictures from space Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Anna Paulina Luna misses the joke and promotes South Park caricature that mocked her

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was depicted fawning over President Donald Trump in this week’s episode.

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5 d. ago South Park creators depict Trump with tiny penis but US President won't be able to sue

The creators of popular cartoon South Park are said to be relying on a legal concept known as the 'small-penis rule' as a defence against potential litigation from Donald Trump

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7 d. ago Trump threatens tariffs on countries that ‘discriminate’ against US tech

President’s move could hit UK’s digital services tax and measures in EU states such as France, Italy and SpainBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs and export restrictions on countries whose taxes, legislation and regulations target US big tech companies such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.In a post on the US president’s social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said “digital taxes, legislation, rules or regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump threatens retaliation over digital taxes aimed at US tech

President claims other countries’ digital levies hurt American companies while ignoring China

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8 d. ago Deeply inappropriate rumor about Jeff Bezos' mother sparks PR crisis for Google

Google's artificial intelligence promoted a fake story that rapper Eminem performed at Jeff Bezos's mother's funeral - and that Tesla CEO Elon Musk attended, Daily Mail can reveal.

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1 week ago Three men are charged after teenage girl is 'drugged and raped' in London park

Police were called to Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London , just before 7.15am on Thursday morning.

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1 week ago Teenage girl 'drugged and raped' in park in early morning as four men arrested

Met Police have confirmed the arrest of four men on the suspicion of rape after a young girl was sexually assaulted at Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London, this week.

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1 week ago South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era | Jesse Hassenger

This season of the long-running animated sitcom has aimed its ire at the cruelty and stupidity of an administration others have found hard to successfully ridiculeI’ll admit it: I’m more of a Simpsons guy than a South Park guy. Nothing really against those South Park guys – I’ve caught plenty of episodes over its astonishing near-30-year run, and loved the 1999 big-screen movie. But while I haven’t always maintained clockwork viewership of The Simpsons, either, those characters have proved durable enough to revive my interest in episodes old and new. South Park has a thinner bench by comparison, and as the show itself astutely pointed out years ago, it’s difficult for a satirically minded animated sitcom to explore ground that The Simpsons hasn’t covered already. South Park’s political bent, too, has often seemed less varied than the warmer (but still sometimes cutting) social ribbing of Matt Groening’s signature show. It’s a fine line between omnidirectional satire and libertarian ...

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1 week ago ‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures

When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?• Read an exclusive extract from Nick Clegg’s new book hereThe rain is just starting to fall from a grey London sky as Sir Nick Clegg arrives, duckingthrough the traffic and carrying what looks like his laundry. C lean shirts for the photoshoot, he says, before apologetically wondering if he might possibly get a coffee. Within minutes he has further apologised for wanting to swap the leather club chair he is offered for a hard plastic one; and then, in horror, for any impression inadvertently given that my questions might send him to sleep.Impeccable English manners should never be mistaken for diffidence – at 58, Clegg remains the only British political figure who could convincingly be played by the equally posh but self-effacing Colin Firth, whose old London home Clegg recently bought – but t...

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1 week ago Four men are arrested after teenage girl is 'drugged and raped' in London park

Police were called just before 7.15am on Thursday morning to Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London .

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1 week ago South Park brings back villainous Jeff Bezos in gold room scene with Trump and tech leaders

South Park fans were quick to spot a hidden easter egg in the latest episode of the animated series, which saw Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos make a surprise appearance

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1 week ago Lauren Sanchez inundated with support after posting cryptic message about losing the ones we love

In the comments section of Sanchez's new post, many of her famous friends flooded her with comforting messages.

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1 week ago Satire at its finest: South Park takes on Trump’s martial takeover, AI and tech bros

No show has ever worked harder to have its finger on the nation’s pulse than Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s long-running comedy – and it really showsEarly on in its 27th season, South Park has garnered more controversy than it has in years (possibly ever), along with some of its highest ratings.Last week’s episode took aim at the Trump administration’s brutal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids, poked fun at secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s penchant for puppy murder and cosmetic surgery (Noem has since climbed atop her moral high horse and accused the show of sexism), and of course, Donald Trump himself. Along with Trump’s martial takeover of Washington DC, this week’s instalment, titled Sickofancy, takes aim at artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT) and the larger tech-bro industry. Continue reading...

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1 week ago South Park viewers react to ominous Donald Trump twist in latest episode

‘Honestly the darkest ending this season so far,’ one fan stated

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1 week ago ‘South Park’ takes aim at Trump’s DC crime takeover with tanks and marching troops in latest episode

The raunchy cartoon that has mocked the Trump administration this season has turned its sights on the president’s deployment of about 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

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1 week ago South Park targets Trump’s manhood in latest episode spoofing DC takeover

The long-running cartoon turned its sights on the president’s deployment of about 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

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1 week ago Trump orders Southern US border to be painted black so it's too hot for migrants to climb

The Trump administration is throwing in high-tech gadgets too, with cameras and sensors to catch anyone brave enough to try their luck as illegal crossings continue to plummet

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