32 h. ago Trump Tower is throwing a Pride month party for LGBTQ+ Republicans despite White House dodging events

‘I’ll be bringing my pride flag!’ wrote one user, in response to the post on the group’s official Instagram page announcing the event, adding a U.S. flag emoji.

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49 h. ago Italy’s Meloni greenlights controversial laws targeting protests, squatters and cannabis

The session was suspended due to protestors who chanted ‘shame, shame’ on the chamber floor

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54 h. ago Italy’s citizenship referendum could make the country fairer. It's a miracle it's happening at all | Jamie Mackay

For decades, the state has been tightening its rules around who qualifies as Italian. This is a chance to fight backWhen I first moved to Italy in 2012, I had no idea that more than a decade later I’d still be here. Back then, being British I had the luxury of EU citizenship, and thus of not overthinking things. I was excited by the prospect of spending time in a country that I’d always been fascinated by, and that was that. And yet, post-Brexit, I’m still here. Italy is my home. My community is here and I’ve made my career here. I speak the language fluently, and I’m even making progress with the hand gestures. Politically, I’ve lived through seven prime ministers – from Mario Monti to Giorgia Meloni – but, sadly, one thing I’ve never been able to do, in all these years, is vote in an election.This weekend, Italians will participate in a referendum that includes a proposal to halve the time of legal residency required for non-EU adult foreigners to apply for Italian citizenship, fr...

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68 h. ago A stranger asleep in beautiful morning light: Joanne Leonard’s best photograph

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’It is not an accident that the image here, Another Morning, suggests intimacy; I was in a state of longing for just such intimacy when I made the photograph. Yet the figure was not someone I knew well. She was a guest in a house where I had lived only briefly in West Oakland, California. I’d come to live there after the abrupt collapse of my marriage. I noticed the beautiful light that flowed from a window and touched the sleeper covered only by a white sheet. I captured the moment, and it came to join several photographs I had made over the years of sleeping figures, of my daughter, my sister, my husband sleeping in our hotel room in Merida, Mexico – even sleeping dogs, with limbs entwined. I work towards an idea across a number of images, often over several years.A goal of mine as a photographer has been to find ways to avoid the intrusive aspects of photography. Rather than goin...

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3 d. ago Former ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk takes aim at ‘abomination’ Trump bill

‘I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,’ billionaire Musk wrote in an X post

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3 d. ago Teacher attempts suicide after 'ChatGPT wrote post on his Twitter feed urging the murder of Giorgia Meloni's daughter', making him a figure of hate in Italy

Stefano Addeo, 65, became a figure of hate in Italy after he said he hoped Ginevra would 'meet the same fate' as a 14-year-old girl recently killed by her jilted boyfriend.

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3 d. ago Ukraine hits Crimea bridge with underwater explosives – Europe live

Russia says traffic has been temporarily suspended on the road and rail bridgeItalian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and France’s president Emmanuel Macron will aim to reconcile their difference in talks in Rome on Tuesday, according to AFP.The European rivals are meeting in the Italian capital from 18.00 GMT for talks and then dinner, an encounter Macron said he had initiated. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Boris Becker's model daughter Anna Ermakova sets pulses racing as she shows off toned figure in skimpy bikini while taking a dip in Monaco

The German Let's Dance winner, 25, was spotted enjoying the sun with her mother Angela in Monaco on Monday.

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1 week ago Hunt for man wanted in connection with Brandon Kershaw murder investigation enters second day as public urged to call 999

An urgent appeal has been made

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1 week ago ‘Don’t let her death be in vain’: Father urges UK to help extradite main suspect in daughter’s murder

A father urges one of UK’s most wanted men - the main suspect in his daughter’s rape and murder - to hand himself in

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1 week ago Trump warns attempts to conquer all of Ukraine will lead to ‘downfall’ of Russia

US president criticises Putin and Zelenskyy after the Ukrainian leader condemned his ‘silence’ over attacksDonald Trump has warned that if Vladimir Putin attempts to conquer all of Ukraine, it will lead to the “downfall” of Russia, while also criticising Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a Sunday night post on Truth Social.“I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” Trump wrote in a social media post, adding, “He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Council of Europe chief warns against politicising court of human rights

Alain Berset says no judiciary should face political pressure after nine countries make intervention over migrationEurope’s leading human rights body has criticised nine governments that have urged a rethink of the interpretation of the European convention on human rights on migration issues.The Council of Europe secretary general, Alain Berset, spoke out against “politicising” the European court of human rights after nine European leaders signed a letter organised by Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, calling for an “open-minded conversation” about the interpretation of the convention. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates

Italy’s Constitutional Court has ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Pope opens Vatican door to peace talks, says Meloni

Zelenskyy says Putin ‘trying to buy time’ after phone call with Trump; EU lays on further sanctions and more coming up. What we know on day 1,183Pope Leo confirmed to Giorgia Meloni his willingness to host in the Vatican the next round of negotiations to try to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Italian prime minister said on Tuesday. “Finding in the Holy Father confirmation of the readiness to host the next talks between the parties in the Vatican, the prime minister expressed deep gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his unceasing commitment to peace,” said a statement from Meloni. Leo, elected two weeks ago, said on 14 May that the Vatican could act as a mediator in global conflicts, without specifically mentioning Russia’s war against Ukraine.Separately the Italian prime minister said she had talks with other European leaders and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, over next steps. “It was agreed to maintain close coordination between the partners with a view to a ne...

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2 w. ago UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel’s offensive continues as first aid crosses into Gaza in weeks – Israel

Joint statement warns of ‘concrete action’ over Israel’s latest Gaza offensive; nine trucks allowed through but UN aid chief, Tom Fletcher, says significantly more are neededIn a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee has told residents living in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, Bani Suheila and Abasan to “evacuate immediately” ahead of an “unprecedented attack” he claims is targeting Hamas infrastructure.“The IDF will launch an unprecedented attack to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations in this area,” he wrote in the social media post.You should know that when Gazans who were related to those who were holding me were injured by IDF actions, I would be badly beaten and sent to solitary confinement for long days with no food fit for human consumption and with a hygiene level comparable to concentration camps in the Holocaust Does it seem logical that I’m the one who needs to be here to shout for the freedom of my beloved Ariel (her partner), his brother D...

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2 w. ago Tiger King Joe Exotic pleads for Trump pardon after husband deported

Exotic, who is serving 21 years for murder-for-hire plot, urges president: ‘Just let me go to Mexico’Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico.“It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out,” Exotic, whose name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, wrote late on Sunday on social media to the president whom he has politically supported. “I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago IDF tells Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis ahead of ‘unprecedented attack’ – Israel

People in area told it is ‘considered a dangerous combat zone’In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee has told residents living in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, Bani Suheila and Abasan to “evacuate immediately” ahead of an “unprecedented attack” he claims is targeting Hamas infrastructure.“The IDF will launch an unprecedented attack to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations in this area,” he wrote in the social media post.You should know that when Gazans who were related to those who were holding me were injured by IDF actions, I would be badly beaten and sent to solitary confinement for long days with no food fit for human consumption and with a hygiene level comparable to concentration camps in the Holocaust Does it seem logical that I’m the one who needs to be here to shout for the freedom of my beloved Ariel (her partner), his brother David or the rest of the hostages Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Italy's Meloni scores diplomatic win as 'bridge builder' by bringing US and EU to the same table

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni has hosted a key trilateral meeting in Rome, bringing U_S_ Vice President JD Vance and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the same table, hoping to usher in what she said could be a “new beginning.”

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3 w. ago Georgia May Jagger cuts a radiant figure in a white satin slip dress as she attends party in Cannes with stylish mum Jerry Hall

The daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry, 33, cut an effortlessly chic figure in the plunging white dress as she posed for snaps at the Magnum Crack Into Pleasure party with her mother.

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3 w. ago WWE wrestling icon announces cancer diagnosis after 'short of breath' scare

The 73-year-old was previously diagnosed with skin cancer in 2021 but underwent successful surgery - on Thursday he wrote a heartfelt X/Twitter post that revealed his latest battle

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