12 h. ago Prisoners and visitors trade punches in brutal prison brawl as guard is 'crushed'

Two warring inmates started fighting during visiting times at an Australian prison, which saw a prison officer suffer a broken arm and five people charged with affray

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12 h. ago Noughts & Crosses review – Malorie Blackman’s thought experiment confronts the audience anew

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonCallum and Sephy are a modern Romeo and Juliet, forced to grow up fast as they wade through the crushing racial and class structures that pin them in their opposing places‘Do you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?” Callum asks his prison guard. “If we whites were in charge instead of you Crosses?” Malorie Blackman’s seminal 2001 novel flipped racism on its head. Bringing the story for young adults to life on stage, Tinuke Craig’s zippy, large-scale production confronts the audience anew.This modern Romeo and Juliet remains one of the most striking tales written for teenagers. The production is well suited for schools, giving young people the language and imagery to talk about racism here and now. But adapted by Dominic Cooke in 2007 for the RSC, the choppy script favours faithfulness to the book over inventiveness in exploring its new form. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago The end has no end: The Old Guard 2 and the curse of the cliffhanger ending

The sequel to the Netflix hit leaves viewers hanging with a tease for an unconfirmed sequel, highlighting a problem with the state of HollywoodSpoilers aheadThey must think they’re making The Empire Strikes Back – or at least Avengers: Infinity War. That’s the simplest explanation of how a movie like The Old Guard 2, a sequel to a generally well-liked Netflix action movie released in 2020, can be released five years after its predecessor without including the courtesy of an actual ending.Now, technically speaking, especially by the cliffhanging standards established by Star Wars and Marvel, The Old Guard 2 does have an ending (which will be spoiled in short order for clarity’s sake, so don’t read on if you haven’t seen it and want to experience a more organic disappointment). Andy (Charlize Theron), a centuries-old warrior who has lost and subsequently regained her healing powers of near-immortality, fights her enemy Discord (Uma Thurman) to a draw – which allows Discord to escape w...

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16 h. ago This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones

In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jailThis piece must be carefully written to avoid my being imprisoned for up to 14 years. That’s a curious sentence to say as a newspaper columnist in Britain in 2025. But since the government voted to proscribe the direct action protest group Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act, any statement seen as expressing support could lead to arrest and prosecution.You may justifiably respond that Guardian journalists are not above the law. For example, if I penned a column in support of al-Qaida, you might be sympathetic to incarceration: it did, after all, kill nearly 3,000 people on 9/11, as well as perpetrate multiple terrorist atrocities such as the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the 7 July London bombings two decades ago. Similarly, you may conclude that a polemic in favour of Islamic State should be met with a hefty prison sentence.Owen Jones is a Guard...

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21 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: US weapons supply pause ‘caught Trump off guard’

Russian claim of deadly Ukrainian attack on Kursk beach; convictions over Wagner arson attack in London. What we know on day 1,232Trump criticises Putin and promises Patriots for UkraineDonald Trump was reportedly caught off guard by the Pentagon’s abrupt move to pause Ukraine weapons deliveries, which the president has overturned. The Associated Press cited three people familiar with the matter, one of whom described Trump as being caught “flat footed” by last week’s announcement. A Pentagon spokesperson denied that the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, had acted without consulting the president. But asked by a reporter on Tuesday who had approved the pause, Trump bristled at the question while he was gathered with his Cabinet. “I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me?”Trump on Tuesday voiced his frustration with Vladimir Putin and promised to send Ukraine 10 Patriot missiles, which are claimed to be in short supply. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said he was getting in...

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22 h. ago House swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico

Floodwaters have trapped people in their homes and cars in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat in southern New Mexico, as monsoon rains triggered flash flooding and an entire house was swept downstream

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22 h. ago The curse of Live Aid: How the lives of the stars who took to the stage at Wembley have been blighted by tragedy in the last 40 years

While Live Aid was undoubtedly one of the most successful set of benefit concerts in history, many of the line up were undoubtedly plagued by personal tragedies of their own. 

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24 h. ago Chelsea: Joao Pedro ready to break striker curse as Blues' £60m summer signing opens account on full debut

The striker’s Chelsea career is off to the perfect start

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29 h. ago The Guadalupe River in Texas surged 26 feet in just 45 minutes. It caught everyone off guard

What began as a routine flood developed into a deadly disaster, with the death toll now in triple digits

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31 h. ago California hiker suffered injury so gruesome that it took five helicopters and two days to rescue her

The fifth helicopter – a California National Guard Black Hawk Spartan 164 – ultimately took her to safety, said officials

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31 h. ago Hunt for man who 'pulled pin from grenade on packed train' as cops release CCTV

Police are searching for a man who pulled out a hand grenade and pulled the pin, although it did not go off, while on a train after he was asked by a guard to stop swearing

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31 h. ago Gangland execution gun search cops pictured standing guard at quarry

Detectives are carrying out detailed searches in a grass embankment area near the Soroba Road area in Oban nine years after the brutal gangland execution.

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33 h. ago Spanish police believe Diogo Jota was speeding when he and his brother died

Police say signs are Liverpool player was drivingJota and his brother died when Lamborghini crashedSpanish police believe the Liverpool player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother died in a car crash last week.Spain’s Civil Guard said on Tuesday that while its investigation into the cause of the crash last Thursday was continuing, it believed Jota was driving too fast when the Lamborghini veered off course after a tyre burst. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Diogo Jota: Spanish police make new statement shedding fresh light on tragic car crash

A statement from Spain's Civil Guard has said that "everything is pointing" to Diogo Jota being behind the wheel during fatal car accident in Spain last Thursday

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42 h. ago Charlize Theron’s The Old Guard 2 comments reveal a depressing truth about female

The ‘Mad Max’ star has spoken about the reluctance among film studios to make action films with female leads. When you dig into the state of the modern box office, it’s clear she’s onto something, writes Louis Chilton

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43 h. ago Serial killer fears rise after teenager becomes 19th body pulled from 'cursed' reservoir

Irewamiri Shote, 17, was the 19th body to be pulled from the murky waters of Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, in three years - and now locals are fearing a serial killer

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46 h. ago What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

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51 h. ago Photos of federal officers descending on a Los Angeles park as residents and mayor watch

Los Angeles residents and Mayor Karen Bass watched federal officers, some on horseback, descend on MacArthur Park on Monday for about an hour. About 90 members of the California National Guard were deployed to the neighborhood, which has a large immigrant population.

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54 h. ago Novak Djokovic celebrates after breaking Roger Federer 'curse' at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic was in a relaxed mood after battling back to beat Alex de Minaur in four sets and booking himself a place in another Wimbledon quarter-final

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54 h. ago ‘Hero’ Coast Guard swimmer credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic floods

Scott Ruskan was deployed on his first mission to evacuate children from Camp Mystic

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