30 m. ago Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later

In 2013, more than 4,000 people on a malfunctioning 13-storey holiday boat had to spend days defecating into bags. This catch-up with passengers makes for a fun hour of unintentional comedyWith the latest instalments of the series Trainwreck, Netflix appears to be trying to grant us some brief summer break from the worst kind of horrors the true crime genre can offer. In contrast to previous episodes, which looked at the Woodstock 99 riots and Astroworld tragedy that saw 10 people die in a crowd crush at a massive Live Nation-organised concert – including a nine-year-old child – it has suddenly pivoted in tone.Last week it gave us Mayor of Mayhem, the tale of Rob “I am not a crack addict” Ford, the crack-addicted mayor of Toronto and his very un-Canadian way of doing municipal business. In coming weeks, there will be accounts of the balloon boy’s story, a private investigation agency run by soccer moms, and “the greatest shitpost ever made”. Whether this tonal change comes as a reli...

Events

39 m. ago Barclays explains how to 'make sure your account is safe' after scam reported

A customer with Barclays shared a suspicious message they had received

Politics

97 m. ago Republican Lisa Murkowski on Trump’s America and the ‘intensity on the security of our democracy’

The Alaska senator, who helped deal Trump’s first big legislative setback, believes there can be only so much fear that Americans can handleLate one night about six months into Donald Trump’s first term, John McCain stepped onto the Senate floor and with a dramatic thumbs-down gesture dealt the president his first major legislative setback by defeating an attempt by his fellow Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.It was the last major political effort of the Arizona senator, who would die the following year from brain cancer, but his no vote would not have been effective had he had not been joined by fellow Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – who gives that incident, and many other brushes with Trump, a prominent place in Far from Home, the memoir she released on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Moment Jessie J breaks down in tears in a heartbreaking hospital video as she tearfully speaks to her partner Chanan Safir Colman about son Sky, two, after breast cancer surgery

The singer, 37, shared an 'honest' account of her breast cancer treatment on Instagram on Monday following her surgery.

Science

2 h. ago Why climate change is making severe turbulence on flights more likely

New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm ‘downbursts’

Politics

3 h. ago Words of War review – Maxine Peake leads line as murdered Putin

Peake stars opposite Jason Isaacs, as Politkovskaya’s husband, in this sentimental look at the life of a woman who, 19 years after her death, remains a folk heroThis British-American co-production offers a dramatised portrait of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (played by Maxine Peake) who was assassinated in 2006. Politkovskaya’s gutsy, impassioned reporting on the second Chechen war was highly critical of the Kremlin, the Russian army and Vladimir Putin personally. (The fact that she was murdered on his birthday was surely no coincidence.) Nineteen years after her death, she remains a folk hero worldwide for resistances to autocracy, especially given the rise in repression everywhere and constant threats to journalists.Given all that, the film deserves respect for the subject matter, even though this is a pretty basic rendition of Politkovskaya’s story, a little too sticky with hagiographic sentimentality and the cliches of crusading journalist-led movies. It also should be n...

Events

3 h. ago EastEnders star Samantha Womack says her bank account was ‘creaking’ after cancer treatment

Actor underwent a year-and-a-half of treatment for fast-spreading breast cancer

Economics

4 h. ago The brand new current account that gets you 7.1% interest on your savings

A popular online bank has launched its first current account, - but how do the perks compare to others on the market?

Economics

4 h. ago New Zopa current account offers cashback and impressive 7.1% interest on savings

People can deposit up to £300 per month to take advantage of the market leading savings rate.

Economics

4 h. ago Israel 'ceasefire broken' as Iran accused of launching more missile attacks

Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement Iran violated the ceasefire and promised 'intense strikes' against Tehran in response.

Events

5 h. ago DWP urged to review Motability scheme as part of new welfare reforms

Proposed changes to PIP eligibility and assessments are due to start in November next year.

Politics

5 h. ago Israel vows to 'respond forcefully' after accusing Iran of breaking ceasefire

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has issued a statement saying the military will "respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran"

Politics

5 h. ago Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life

All seems perfect for these rich and successful New Yorkers – until a bond is violently shattered in this sharp and pleasurable debut Amos and Emerson are the best of friends; everyone knows this. They are a model of male intimacy and understanding: confiding in each other, trusting each other, hugging each other (“real, loving hugs, clutches without irony”). Theirs is truly a friendship for the ages.Or so it seems. For on the weekend of Emerson’s 52nd birthday, an occasion at the centre of Hal Ebbott’s probing and insightful debut novel, something happens that changes everything – and raises the question of whether we can ever truly know anyone. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Sudan, Remember Us review – vividness and vibrancy in intense account of Khartoum uprising

Hind Meddeb’s documentary draws on her on-the-spot experience in 2019 as protesters rose against the 30-year rule of Omar al-BashirFranco-Tunisian-Moroccan film-maker Hind Meddeb is based in Paris but it was her on-the-spot experience in Khartoum in 2019 of the Sudanese uprising against the reactionary 30-year rule of president Omar al-Bashir which has led to this intensely engaged and sympathetic documentary study. The film immerses itself in the world of the protesters – particularly the young and female protesters – a whole generation energised and brought together by the insurgent movement; their passion was complicated and intensified by the fact that the revolution, at least at first, only brought in a “Transitional Military Council” or TMC, which did not seem in any great hurry to transition to democratic civilian rule. In fact, it carried out a grotesque massacre against people at a sit-in in June 2019, resulting in 127 people dead and 70 cases of rape.Meddeb finds among the...

Politics

5 h. ago Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – a lively history of the Guardian

A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesignIn my early career as a cultural historian, I made many journeys along the Northern line in London to the now defunct British Newspaper Library at Colindale. It was a melancholy place, with that vanilla-and-almonds smell of decomposing ink and paper, and little crumbs of disintegrated newspaper on the floor by the reading desks. Like the mayfly, a newspaper is meant to die on the day it is born. News now lives longer on the Guardian website, but prominently displayed warnings tell us when an article is more than a month old. “Who wants yesterday’s papers?” the Rolling Stones sang. “Nobody in the world.”So newspaper history is a tricky genre that must capture the ephemeral and show why it matters. Ian Mayes’s excellent book follows two previous, quasi-official volumes of Guardian history by David Ayerst and Geoffrey Taylor. It begins in 1986 when the Guardian was...

Politics

6 h. ago EcoFlow Glacier Classic review: the ultimate portable fridge

It’s bigger, heavier, and lacks the iconic ice maker – but EcoFlow’s new Glacier Classic fridge-freezer is smarter, slicker and better suited for off-grid adventures.

Politics

7 h. ago The curious case of Dutch international turned drug smuggler Quincy Promes

The likes of Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal all once pursued Quincy Promes – but their efforts were never as intense as those of Dutch police. Will Castle explores his criminal history following his long-awaited extradition

Events

7 h. ago 'I went on 72 hour Ibiza trip – now I know why it's party capital of the world'

EXCLUSIVE: Daily Star's Senior Features Writer Layla Nicholson was invited by San Miguel to experience a 'spontaneous' Spanish summer in the world's party capital - and it was certainly a 72 hours to remember

Politics

8 h. ago Tragedy as teenage girl, 15, who 'lit up every room' is killed outside her church

A 15-year-old Georgia girl was tragically killed outside her church after youth group, just weeks before her 16th birthday. Aleia Kuhn was remembered as the 'heartbeat' of her family.

Events

10 h. ago Intense optical illusion can determine your 'strength' based on what you see first

An optical illusion, shared on TikTok, has left viewers baffled after it claimed to be able to determine a person's 'strength' based on what animals they saw first

Politics