1 hour ago ‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why• Read an exclusive extract from Ardern’s memoirIn 2022, a few months before she quit as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern was standing at the sink in the toilets in Auckland airport, washing her hands, when a woman came up to her and leaned in. She was so close that Ardern could feel the heat from her skin. “I just wanted to say thank you,” the woman said. “Thanks for ruining the country.” She turned and left, leaving Ardern “standing there as if I were a high-schooler who’d just been razed”.The incident was deeply shocking. Ardern had been re-elected in a historic landslide two years before. She enjoyed conversation and debate; she liked being the kind of leader who wasn’t sealed off from the rest of the population. But this, says A...

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1 hour ago Brazil’s environmental movement is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry

Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the firePolitical bullying is rarely as brutal as it was in Brazil this week when the environment minister Marina Silva was ambushed in a senate meeting. Her thuggish tormentors – all white male politicians on the infrastructure committee – took turns to publicly belittle the 67-year-old black woman, who has done more than anyone to protect the natural wealth of the country – the Amazon rainforest, Pantanal wetlands, Cerrado savannah and other biomes – from rapacious abuse.One by one, they lined up to attack her for these globally important efforts. Decorum gave way to name-calling and sneering: “Know your place,” roared the committee head, Marcos Rogério, a Bolsonarist who cut Silva’s microphone as she tried to respond. The leader of the centre-rightPSDB, Plínio Valério, told her she did not deserve respect as a minister. The Amazonas senator Omar Aziz – from the Centrão...

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1 hour ago Food You Want to Eat review: Bad boy chef Thomas Straker turns over a delicious new leaf

Thomas Straker. Oh boy. Where do you know that name from? Pop quiz: is he a) the viral Instagram chef who fiddles with butter, b) the owner of an eponymous celeb-magnet restaurant, or c) a former pariah of the restaurant world, who in 2023 upset the internet’s collective apple cart by posting a celebratory picture of his all-male, all-white chef brigade?

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2 h. ago Beautiful hidden gem London hotel where celebrities stay and with fascinating past

OK! checked in to Henry's Townhouse in London's Marylebone, once the home of Jane Austen's brother and which has been transformed into a stunning boutique hotel

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2 h. ago Quiet UK seaside town named as one of UK's top summer destinations

The travel review website has released its summer travel index for 2025, revealing the fastest growing destinations in the UK, with one destination much closer to home making the list

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3 h. ago ‘I found London’s coolest party house where rock stars stay and with fascinating past’

Looking for a unique spot to stay – or celebrate – in the capital? We found a charming and luxurious hidden gem of a hotel rich in history in London's Marylebone district

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5 h. ago Live Review: Alan Sparhawk at EartH Theatre in Dalston, London, UK

Live Review: Alan Sparhawk at EartH Theatre in Dalston, London, UK  Northern Transmissions

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7 h. ago Rachel Reeves set to revive Tory plans to invest in the Red Wall as Labour tries to head off Reform threat

Rachel Reeves is said to have ordered a review of the framework to enable investment in the North and Midlands at next month's spending review.

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7 h. ago ‘New era of threat’ amid changing face of war, UK defence review to warn

MoD document expected to highlight dangers posed by Russia and China, and shortfall in UK troop numbersBritain is facing “a new era of threat” with drones, artificial intelligence and other technologies changing the nature of warfare more fundamentally than at any other point in history, the government’s strategic defence review is expected to conclude on Monday.The 130-page document written by three advisers to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, will warn of the “immediate and pressing” danger posed by Russia and is expected to try to draw heavily on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago £1.5bn in extra funding for military homes as part of defence review – Healey

The review, expected soon, will set out the money, which will be put towards work to improve housing and unlock further development.

Economics

8 h. ago I’m in my 50s, and Jones Road’s tinted moisturizer is perfect for mature skin

The lightweight formula evens skin tone and delivers natural-looking radiance

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8 h. ago Oasis reunion was 'down to one person' – and it's not Liam or Noel Gallagher

Oasis left fans gobsmacked when it was announced that Liam and Noel Gallagher would be reuniting, but one woman is said to have been the driving force behind the decision

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9 h. ago President Trump reveals whether he'd pardon Diddy if mogul is convicted in sex trafficking trial

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' ex-assistant and alleged victim 'Mia' became the second woman to say the disgraced mogul raped her during his sex-trafficking trial in New York.

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9 h. ago And Just Like That season three review – finally! The Sex and the City spin off hits its stride

The series has given up trying to squeeze its characters into the modern age and is content to just be. Fans of the original will sink into it as if it is made of marshmallows and airIt all fell into place for me around the shoe montage. Roughly halfway through the third season of And Just Like That, there is an on-screen procession of footwear, strident and unapologetically far too long. Carrie has been accused by her downstairs neighbour of walking too loudly on the floor above his bed. A parade of sandals, boots and mules strut back and forth across a polished and expensive wooden floor. I watched this march of the stilettos and began to suspect that the storyline had been retrofitted to the idea of simply showing off the shoes. And I realised that, even if that is the case, I don’t mind at all, because And Just Like That has found its feet.It took a while for it to get there, but finally, the Sex and the City spin-off feels comfortable in its own skin. If the first two seasons w...

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10 h. ago NBA star Zion Williamson accused of raping a woman in a Beverly Hills house in 2020

New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson, 24, allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend twice in 2020, according to a new lawsuit.

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11 h. ago Inmates clear tornado damage to free Oklahoma family stuck for over a week

Officials in Oklahoma say a work crew of inmates cut through downed trees to clear the way for a woman and her three children to finally leave their rural property

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11 h. ago President Trump reveals whether he'd pardon Diddy if mogul is convicted in sex trafficking trial: Live updates

Sean ' Diddy ' Combs' ex-assistant and alleged victim 'Mia' became the second woman to say the disgraced mogul raped her during his sex-trafficking trial in New York.

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12 h. ago Zion Williamson sued by a woman alleging the Pelicans star committed sexual violence against her

Zion Williamson is being sued by a woman describing herself as a former dating partner and who alleges the New Orleans Pelicans star committed repeated sexual violence against her

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13 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We decide if you should feel compelled to watch exorcism

Wastes its genre-flipping premise and several actors we’ve seen do much better work.

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13 h. ago Hamas says it is still reviewing a US proposal for a Gaza ceasefire

Hamas says it is continuing to review a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza

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