3 h. ago Mohamed Salah showed true colours with emotional tribute to 'best friend' leaving Liverpool

Mohamed Salah's second Premier League title with Liverpool could bring back memories of his first triumph in 2020, which was immediately followed by the departure of a close friend

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4 h. ago George Floyd’s uncle says ‘not enough’ has changed in the 5 years since his nephew’s killing

In the five years since his nephew George Floyd was killed, Selwyn Jones has seen the racial justice movement score big wins and major setbacks. A new administration intent on attacking anything race-related won’t stop him now, he tells Josh Marcus

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4 h. ago How to make the perfect Viennese whirls – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

Whether you prefer swirls, S shapes or fingers, these piped biscuits filled with optional buttercream are sure to melt in your mouthMy friend Caroline, being half French, is rarely inclined to ask me for recipes, so it’s testament to the quality of the Viennese whirls we had at the Cake Fridge in Bixter a couple of years ago, during a very damp cycle tour of Shetland, that she has been relentless in her demands for me to recreate them. Many foods are described as melting in the mouth, but these really did.These relatively plain biscuits are known as Spritzgebäck in German, from the verb “to squirt”, because they’re piped or pressed from a special cookie tool rather than cut or rolled. The dough is, as Ravneet Gill observes in her first book The Pastry Chef’s Guide, “really simple the knack is in the piping”. Somewhere between a fairy cake and a cookie, they’re fancy enough for a tea party, but easy enough to knock up, though the people at the Cake Fridge were, quite understandably, ...

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5 h. ago They were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’

Blinded, beaten or jailed, some protesters are still recovering physically and financially from speaking outFive years ago, on 25 May 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. During an attempted arrest, Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, cutting off his oxygen supply. The gruesome killing was captured on video.Floyd’s murder sparked global outcry, launching the largest protests seen in the US since the civil rights movement. During the summer of 2020, upwards of 26 million people protested nationwide to condemn police brutality and demand racial justice. Rallies also spread across the globe, with some 93 countries and territories participating in the uprisings. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Gary Lineker picks his 11 favourite Premier League players and snubs close friend

The outgoing Match of the Day presenter has named his favourite Premier League players but ex-Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is among the legendary players to miss out

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7 h. ago Woman, 26, died after falling down stairs during night out with friends

Georgia Harry was kept on life support, but died weeks after the fall

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8 h. ago BBC Woman's Hour presenter Anita Rani accused of being 'biased and bigoted' by gender rights campaigner

Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at Sex Matters - a women's rights group - said her views had been 'misrepresented' on the show by Anita Rani (pictured).

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8 h. ago Royal Family: Inside King Charles' entirely sustainable home that took him nearly 40 years to find

King Charles has held an impressive property portfolio over the years, and one home in particular is likely close to his heart, given its eco-friendly and sustainable credentials, things that are known to be crucial for the monarch

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9 h. ago Premier League final day LIVE: Amorim's Man Utd message and Wirtz to Liverpool transfer latest

Liverpool will be crowned Premier League champions on Sunday but there is still plenty of other matters to be decided, including who will join the Reds and Arsenal in the Champions League

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9 h. ago Liverpool’s European glory in Istanbul was a great day shared with great people

Twenty years on from being at that win over Milan, I still cherish the company I kept as much as the comeback I witnessedWe can tell ourselves something different but, the truth is, getting old is rubbish. There are various reasons for this but the main one is loss. The loss of vigour, the loss of mobility the loss of hair. Most of all, though, it’s the loss of people.There are loved ones – friends as well as family – who pass, and then there are those who you share a special moment with and never see again. And so it is that this piece is for David, his dad and his mate. The trio I knew for only a day but which happens to be one of the greatest days of my life. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Liverpool’s European glory in Istanbul was a great day shared with great people | Sachin Nakrani

Twenty years on from being at that win over Milan, I still cherish the company I kept as much as the comeback I witnessedWe can tell ourselves something different but, the truth is, getting old is rubbish. There are various reasons for this but the main one is loss. The loss of vigour, the loss of mobility the loss of hair. Most of all, though, it’s the loss of people.There are loved ones – friends as well as family – who pass, and then there are those who you share a special moment with and never see again. And so it is that this piece is for David, his dad and his mate. The trio I knew for only a day but which happens to be one of the greatest days of my life. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago How did 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds

Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Writers and activists from Brazil to Berlin talk about the protests, hope and disappointment that followedDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Wales, a Home from Home: untold stories of Welsh global culture – in pictures

An exhibition at the Welsh parliament from 24 May to 12 July will go on to tour Wales throughout 2025.The project, by Vision Fountain, seeks to highlight the contributions migrants have made to Welsh society – particularly at a time when migration, and migrants themselves, are it seems increasingly demonised in politics and the media.Wales was officially designated a ‘Nation of Sanctuary’ in 2019, but its tradition of offering refuge reaches back centuries. Italians settled in Wales in the 19th century, drawn not only by the familiar hills and castles but also the certainty of work and friendship.Wales: A Home From Home brings together stories from Wales’s diverse global communities, from ‘heritage’ migrants, such as the Italians, to recent arrivals escaping trauma, such as Ukrainians, Syrians and Hongkongers.While the project celebrates moments of joy and connection, it also gives voice to difficult memories: experiences of trauma, displacement and the challenges of starting anew i...

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10 h. ago The great friendship recession: Why we have fewer friends and why it matters

Amid a spiralling loneliness crisis, one in five Brits say their social circle has shrunk in the last three years. Helen Coffey looks at whether our high-tech world is to blame – and whether less is more when it comes to friendship

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11 h. ago In Netflix's 'The Eternaut,' an Argentine comic goes global as dystopia hits home

A group of friends gather to play cards in their host’s cozy home when the power cuts

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11 h. ago Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option | Simon Tisdall

The US president thought he could impose peace through sheer personality, but he didn’t reckon with two leaders with so much to loseBenjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin enjoyed a friendly phone chat earlier this month, marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat. The Israeli and Russian leaders have much in common. Both claim to be still heroically battling Nazis, in Gaza and Ukraine respectively. This fiction is used to justify the mass murder of civilians, spiralling troop casualties and huge economic and reputational costs. Maybe it helps them sleep at night.Bibi and Vlad: the world’s most wanted men – and possibly the most despised.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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12 h. ago The Birmingham Four: terrorist masterminds – or victims of a police fit

In August 2017, four men were jailed for life at the Old Bailey for plotting a terrorist attack. They were caught in an undercover police sting, and their defence lawyers insist their case continues to raise troubling and pressing questions ...On Friday 26 August 2016, Naweed Ali drove to his first day of work at a delivery company in Birmingham. His next door neighbour and close friend Khobaib Hussain had already been working at Hero Couriers for a month. The name seemed appropriate. There was something heroic about the work they did. Ali and Hussain were hired to drive around the country reuniting airline passengers with lost property. The pay was great, too – £100 a shift, cash in hand. It seemed too good to be true.So it proved. Hero Couriers was a front for Operation Pesage, an undercover police operation. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Can you spot the hidden animal in this banana brainteaser? Only high IQs can solve it

This brainteaser isn't for the average Joe, and only those with a high IQ will be to solve it in less than 15 seconds - but if you're confident you've got razor-sharp vision, you should be able to solve this in a matter of seconds.

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14 h. ago Angela Rayner's recent salvo against No10 and the Treasury reportedly sparked by claims of an 'anti

Friends of Angela Rayner - who demanded soak-the-rich economic policies - say she believes that there is a misogynistic, anti-Northern streak in senior figures in Downing Street .

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14 h. ago Blue Peter pair Shini Muthukrishnan and Joel Mawhinney have been secretly dating for a year and are 'practically living together'

There have been regular rumours of friendships blossoming into romance between Blue Peter presenters-and two of its current hosts have been secretly dating for a year.

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