48 m. ago Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting to address gunman before his sentencing

Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago are set to address the gunman at his sentencing hearing

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54 m. ago Andor season two review – the excellent Star Wars for grownups is as thrilling as ever (and funnier too)

Comedy spacecraft thefts, passive-aggressive in-laws and a planet being fracked to death – the revolution just got playful, comrades!Comrades! Welcome back to the revolution. Andor is the Star Wars TV show with the sharpest political acumen: yes, like everything in the franchise, it’s about an underdog rebel movement fighting against a totalitarian empire in space, and it has plenty of thrilling battle sequences, but here there are no Jedi mind powers or cute green backwards-talking psychics. Under the hard-nosed stewardship of writer Tony Gilroy, Andor bins the magic and myth and replaces it with the reality of anti-fascist struggle, where the good guys are ready to risk their lives for freedom. It’s the Star Wars spin-off with the strongest claim to being a proper drama – but, in season two’s opening triple bill, it shows it can do sly, wry comedy too.We’re a year on from where we left off, which is four years before the Death Star blows up at the end of the original movie – the p...

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55 m. ago The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson

My adopted home has been a dark place of late. But in last week’s local elections, voters turned against cruel politics – and raised hopes of a more progressive futureThe Finns say “spring comes in swinging” – when winter gives way to spring, and green shoots meet the final flurries of snow, often well into April. In Finnish politics, too, some hope is beginning to emerge after a long, dark winter.In municipal, regional and mayoral elections held across the country last week, rightwing populist parties were roundly defeated, while parties on the left gained ground. In particular, the far-right Finns party saw its vote share collapse, from 20% in the general election of 2023 to as low as 7.6% now. This leaves the coalition government of which it forms a part severely weakened and the centre-left Social Democratic party (SDP) with the biggest vote share nationwide (23%). When the Finns party leader, Riikka Purra, admitted defeat on results night, she complained that a punainen aalto, ...

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55 m. ago Man Utd news: Ruben Amorim picks top striker transfer target with six sales planned

Manchester United have one eye on the summer transfer window when Ruben Amorim will be hoping to be furnished with a new set of players following a chastening first campaign

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85 m. ago Creepy Edinburgh Superdrug worker stalked colleague after 'love at first sight' meeting

Luigi Clavo worked as a sales assistant alongside the colleague and believed it was "love at first sight".

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2 h. ago Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta drops team news hint after Virgil van Dijk's title claim

Mikel Arteta is expected to name a strong team against Crystal Palace tonight despite Arsenal's focus already shifting to next week's showdown against PSG in the Champions League

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4 h. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Far from making America great again, Trump Slump has caused global chaos

Donald Trump has presided over an economy that is reviving memories of the Great Depression. Unless he sees sense, his decisions will continue putting all our savings at risk.

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5 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham: Never mock America's gun laws when you're on a shooting range

Contrary to popular myth, Americans can do irony. They're quite capable of saying the opposite of what they mean, and doing it with a knowing twinkle.

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned she can't just blame Donald Trump's tariffs for faltering economy as IMF slashes its growth forecast for Britain

In a brutal verdict on Labour's economic record, it said domestic factors had played the 'biggest role' in its decision to downgrade its UK growth forecast.

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6 h. ago Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits

CEO to pare back White House work to one to two days weekly as analysts say role has caused branding crisisThe Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he will start pulling back from his role at the so-called “department of government efficiency” starting in May. Musk’s remarks came as the company reported a massive dip in both profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2025 amid backlash against Musk’s role in the White House.On an investor call, Musk said the work necessary to get the government’s “financial house in order is mostly done”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Musk to prioritise Tesla over White House role as profits slump

Planned shift comes after electric-car maker’s sales disappoint

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6 h. ago Elon Musk says time with Donald Trump's DOGE will 'drop significantly' as Tesla profits plunge

Tesla’s first-quarter profits plunged by more than two-thirds amid a backlash against the electric car company which has damaged sales and sent its stock plunging

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7 h. ago 6 ‘security guards’ charged after booting woman for Republican town hall

During the incident in February a female protester – Teresa Borrenpohl – was pulled from her seat, wrestled to the ground and dragged out of a packed auditorium by the unidentified men

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8 h. ago Gtech's patio heater 'that heats up to 6 metres in seconds' is currently on sale for under £40

Gtech's HeatWave Patio Heater is currently on sale for a bargain price and people have been praising it, with one saying, 'bought to heat my patio area on cooler nights, and it did not disappoint'

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8 h. ago Tesla sales plunge as carmaker warns ‘political sentiment’ could impact future demand

Profits slide 71% to $409m as analysts conclude Elon Musk’s role in White House has caused branding crisisTesla saw a 9% drop in revenue year over year in the first quarter of 2025. The company brought in $19.3bn in revenue, well below Wall Street expectations of $21.45bn. The company reported an earnings per share of 27 cents, also well under investor expectations of 43 cents in earnings per share.Tesla profits also slid 71% to $409m compared with $1.39bn in net income the previous year. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Martin Lewis says you could get a cash boost if you've moved home after 1993

Many councils increased the yearly bill by 4.99%, but some were given the green light to exceed this cap, including one which increased it by a huge 9.9% - Martin Lewis has issued a warning

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9 h. ago Kashmir shooting: Gunmen opens fire in holiday resort as 20 tourists shot dead in 'terror attack'

At least 20 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a resort in with police labelling it a "terror attack".

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9 h. ago Kashmir shooting live: 'Terror' attack at resort as at least 28 tourists dead and dozens in hospital

At least 28 people are now said to have been killed and many more have been injured after at least four gunmen opened fire at a tourist resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir with police calling it a "terror attack"

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9 h. ago BBC The One Show's guests open up on family dynamics in emotional chat

BBC The One Show host Alex Jones and Clara Amfo was joined on the green sofa by music legend Craig David, comedian Josh Widdicombe and wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan

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9 h. ago Trump’s tariffs spark global recession fears as White House hints at trade deal with China: Live updates

The International Monetary Fund downgraded growth in nearly all countries amid ongoing uncertainty from the Trump administration’s trade policy

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