31 h. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump ready to cut thousands of jobs in ‘Democrat agencies’ as parties refuse to budge

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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34 h. ago Trump to meet with Project 2025 architect on cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ amid government shutdown – live

Trump touts meeting with Russ Vought ‘of Project 2025 fame’ to determine where cuts can be made as the federal government remains shut for second dayHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingSince the US government shut down at midnight on Wednesday, tens of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed (told not to work), while others must work without pay until Congress passes a budget. The shutdown will have a wide range of effects on government services and programs as well as the US economy, from national parks to travel and housing.My colleague Marina Dunbar explains what it means for everyday people:This isn’t the way to have a discussion, shutting down the government and lowering the GDP. We could see a hit to the GDP, a hit to growth and a hit to working America. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago I'm a top news anchor with autism... here's how my parents 'reprogrammed' me after disorder left me unable to speak

But behind the glitzy TV lights lies a hidden challenge: The Fox star has autism. He didn't speak until he was three, struggled to make friends and was bullied in school.

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52 h. ago Dani Dyer made emergency call to therapist after struggle over Strictly exit

Former Love Island star Dani Dyer has admitted she had to speak to a therapist as she struggled to come to terms with her Strictly Come Dancing exit due to injury

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67 h. ago Trump’s White House orders government agencies shut down as Senate fails to pass stopgap funding bill: Live updates

The government has shut down after a Republican funding bill failed in the Senate Tuesday evening

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2 d. ago Trump’s White House orders federal agencies to execute shutdown plans as stopgap funding bill fails: Live updates

A meeting Monday between the president and Democratic leaders resulted in no breakthrough

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3 d. ago LIVE: Keir Starmer to speak at Labour conference amid 'battle for soul' of the nation

The Prime Minister is set to announce several major changes at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool

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3 d. ago LIVE: Keir Starmer speaking at Labour conference amid 'battle for soul' of the nation

The Prime Minister is delivering several major changes at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool

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3 d. ago Starmer to address nation after ID card chaos – 'decisions will not always be comfortable'

Keir Starmer will speak to the nation at 2pm today with a major speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool where he is set to indirectly adress the ID card chaos

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5 d. ago Stars speak out after AI actress attracts agency interest: ‘What about living young women?’

‘Tilly Norwood’ is the creation of Xicoia, a talent studio attached to AI production company Particle6

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7 d. ago Alistair Petrie on Sex Education and starring in Hamlet: ‘Connor Swindells is like my son. We speak every day’

The English actor tells Ellie Harrison about the sliding-doors moment that led to his role in the Netflix teen drama, the long-awaited new season of ‘The Night Manager’, and why he’s finally returning to theatre after a decade away from the stage

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1 week ago Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the firstWhen she woke on that Sunday morning, Fatima was part of a family preparing to celebrate – she was due to give birth to her third child any day and her brother was on his way home from Saudi Arabia to get married.But by mid-afternoon, the family were instead preparing for a funeral – both Fatima and her baby were dead. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing star mocks being 'benched' as they speak out in 'truthfully' admission

One of the BBC's professional dancers who has been left without a celebrity partner this year has spoken out

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2 w. ago Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine

Richard Moore said Russia was unlikely to win on battlefield, as his agency launched call to recruit spiesUK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe outgoing head of MI6 has issued a damning indictment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Putin has “bitten off more than he can chew”.Richard Moore, known within MI6 as C, used his farewell speech in Istanbul to say that while Russia was unlikely to win on the battlefield, his agency was seeking to recruit spies inside Russia and worldwide in order to fight back. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scots Just Stop Oil activist found guilty of criminal damage over jet paint stunt

Jennifer Kowalski, from Dumbarton, was one of two protestors planning to target Taylor Swift's private jet in an attempt to get the pop star to 'speak out'.

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2 w. ago Trump UK visit live: US president and Starmer speak from Chequers after crunch talks

Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer have held bilateral talks at Chequers, as the US president’s state visit continues

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2 w. ago ‘It was a bad dream – but I never woke up’: what it is like to lose your best friend

For 25 years, Justin and Nichola were an essential part of each other’s lives. Then, one random Wednesday, came a terrible, wrenching phone callMany lifelong alliances begin with a period of mild intimidation, and so it was with my friendship with Nichola. We were 18, in the first year at university, and shared a few French classes. I didn’t know her name, had never heard her speak in English but, with her voluminous curls and friendly, curious stare, she stood out. I assumed she would be too cool to hang around with someone like me.One weekend, at a student social in the grotty union bar, booze acted as an icebreaker and the guardrails dropped. Nods of recognition in the corridor became cheery hellos, then toasties in the cafe, followed by nights out and nursing hangovers in front of the TV in our dilapidated student houses. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more | Rafael Behr

Cosying up to Trump is an all-in gamble. Britain should be building better relations with more reliable allies closer to homeInterpreters are not required for visiting US heads of state, but that doesn’t mean Donald Trump and Keir Starmer will speak the same language this week. The UK prime minister will practise the art of tactful diplomacy emphasising mutual advantage and historical alliance. Most of the words in that sentence mean nothing to a president who is fluent only in self-interest.Given the likelihood of miscommunication between two men from such different political cultures – the showbiz demagogue and the lawyer technocrat – relations have been remarkably friendly and, in Downing Street’s estimation, fruitful.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol in Labour’s deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on mistakes made by the party in its first year of government.The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The family tragedy of Britain's interim US ambassador: How James Roscoe was by his BBC star wife's side as she learned to speak and walk again after suffering devastating brain injury

James Roscoe - who has worked for Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - lives in Washington DC with his wife Clemency Burton-Hill and their two young sons Tomos and Joe.

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