33 m. ago Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio continue form as Aston Villa leap past Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler has had better weeks. After the agony of being dumped out of the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday by Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout, there was more heartache for the Brighton manager as Marcus Rashford’s third goal in his last two matches, yet another for Marco Asensio and Donyell Malen’s first for the club gave Aston Villa a crucial victory in the battle for a top-five finish.It meant Unai Emery’s side moved above Brighton and vastly improved their chances of matching last season’s achievement of qualifying for the Champions League. They still have to play fourth- and fifth-placed Manchester City and Newcastle in the run-in but after making some shrewd acquisitions in January, including Rashford and Asensio – who now has eight goals for Villa since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain – you wouldn’t bet against them doing it. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ imperils the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to championIt would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet even if one puts the noise and nastiness that accompany a Donald Trump announcement to one side – in this case tonight’s pronouncement that there will be an executive order announcing “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world”, a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU – the significance of the theatre is hard to miss. Whether they presage the US’s liberation, or instead the disintegration of the global trading order, Trump’s tariffs add up to an attempt to transform a badly broken economic model. And that is something that affects us all.Trump’s announcement was awash with insult and rambling nonsense. The rest of the world had looted, raped and pillaged, had scavenged and ransacked America – shocking claims if they had come from any othe...

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76 m. ago Emmerdale fans convinced legend will be 'killed off' after 29 years in tragic twist

Emmerdale viewers are convinced a beloved character is going to die soon and think April Windsor will be responsible for the shock death on the ITV soap

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76 m. ago Johnny Tillotson dead: Poetry in Motion singer dies aged 86 after Parkinson's battle

American singer-songwriter Johnny Tillotson, who was best known for his hits in the 1960s, has died at the age of 86 after suffering complications from Parkinson's disease

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88 m. ago Forensics at scene after man found with stab wounds and rushed to hospital

A man in his 20s was found with serious injuries

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98 m. ago Tesco shoppers shocked after popular product locked away in cabinet

Tesco has launched new security measures in aisles to stop shoplifters in their tracks

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99 m. ago The White Lotus producer makes shocking revelation about cast salaries

‘Everyone is treated the same on “The White Lotus,”’ producer David Bernad declared

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2 h. ago Heartbreaking new details emerge about Val Kilmer's final days before shock death aged 65

Val Kilmer was 'bed bound' for years as his health failed before his shock death this week aged 65.

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3 h. ago LIVE: Police cordon off street with 'blood in the road' after incident

A scene is in place this evening with forensics in white suits conducting enquiries

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3 h. ago British couple found dead at New Zealand rented home pictured after wife felt 'unsafe'

Police are probing the deaths of ex-pats Claire and Ben Anderson as a murder-suicide.

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3 h. ago Johnny Tillotson dead at 86: Poetry in Motion singer passes following battle with Parkinson's

Tillotson passed due to complications from Parkinson's disease, his wife Nancy Tillotson told TMZ .

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3 h. ago Frail Val Kilmer's sweet gesture to his daughter during final public appearance before shock death at 65

Val Kilmer maintained a close relationship with his two children, Mercedes and Jack, who he shared with his ex-wife Joanne Whalley, before his shock death at 65.

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3 h. ago Johnny Tillotson dead: Poetry in Motion singer dies after health battle

Grammy-nominated singer Johnny Tillotson has died aged 86, his wife has confirmed

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4 h. ago US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive

Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Inside awkward row engulfing chocolate box village seen in The Holiday

A row has broken out between residents of the famous village from The Holiday and the council after new flowerbeds were installed - with locals saying they aren't 'in keeping' with the chocolate box village

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4 h. ago Amazon shoppers 'shocked' by £10 price tag of perfume from Tom Ford Black Orchid creator

"This perfume smells really beautiful - it’s a kind of deep, almost warm floral scent. It’s very different to any perfumes I’ve had before and I love it for that."

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4 h. ago 'I just knew that people were gonna be shocked': Severance's Dichen Lachman on that bombshell finale

The star of Apple TV’s most-watched show talks about working with Ben Stiller, why we all have innies, and her hopes for a happy ending

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4 h. ago Further CCTV footage to be examined ahead of Noah Donohoe inquest

The 14-year-old school boy was found dead in a storm drain after having gone missing in north Belfast.

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4 h. ago Brit couple found dead in New Zealand pictured as neighbour reveals wife 'felt unsafe'

Claire and Ben Anderson have been named locally as a British couple found dead at a property in an upmarket area of Wellington, New Zealand, with a neighbour saying they were "dream neighbours"

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4 h. ago After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump – thank you, Cory Booker | Emma Brockes

Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and catharticOne of the problems beleaguering political opponents of Donald Trump has been finding a form of protest that, given the scale of his outrages, doesn’t seem entirely futile. You can parade outside a Tesla showroom. You can hold up dumb little signs during Trump’s address to Congress inscribed with slogans such as “This is not normal” and “Musk steals”. You can, as Democrats appear to have been doing since the election, play dead.Alternatively, you can go for the ostentatious, performative gesture. On Monday evening, Cory Booker, the Democratic senator for New Jersey who carries himself like someone who’d have been happier in an era when men wore capes, started speaking on the floor of the Senate and carried on for 25 hours and five minutes, breaking the chamber’s record by almost 50 minutes and delivering – finally – a solid, usable symbol of rebellion.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist Continue readi...

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