3 h. ago Trump news at a glance: military to immediately remove trans troops and use medical records to oust more

Buoyed by supreme court ruling, Pentagon will remove as many as 1,000 service members. Key US politics stories from Thursday 8 May at a glance“No More Trans @ DoD,” Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, posted after the supreme court allowed the Trump administration’s ousting of transgender troops to go forward. As of Thursday, the orders have been issued to identify and involuntarily force trans people out of service.Department officials have said it is difficult to determine exactly how many transgender service members there are, but medical records will show those who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, show symptoms or are being treated. Those troops would then be forced out. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Costa Coffee horror as car smashes through window injuring customers

A car has smashed into the front of a Costa Coffee shop leaving three people injured. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Carterton, Oxfordshire, this afternoon

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61 h. ago One Tech Tip: Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives

Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users

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3 d. ago Major Microsoft service used by 2bn people permanently shut down TODAY after shock decision

Today, Microsoft shut down a major service used by 2 billion people after a 21-year-long run. The tech giant warned users they will no longer have access to their accounts from here on out.

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3 d. ago VE Day 2025 LIVE: King Charles and royal family set to lead nation in 80th anniversary celebration

The public is being invited to line The Mall today as a huge procession of 1,300 Armed Forces personnel, young people and uniformed services march from Parliament Square to Buckingham Palace, where the Red Arrows will fly overhead and the King will meet with WWII veterans

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4 d. ago Fifth of financial services customers ‘leave reviews after poor experiences’

Nearly a third of people surveyed said they would only switch financial services providers if their new business had at least a four star rating.

Economics

6 d. ago LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans peopleFourteen national LGBTQ+ charities have written to Keir Starmer seeking an urgent meeting to discuss what they describe as “a genuine crisis for the rights, dignity and inclusion of trans people in the UK” after the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled last month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred only to “a biological woman” and to “biological sex”, with subsequent advice from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs

A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs

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7 d. ago Three people rushed to hospital after helicopter crashes into the ocean near Point Lonsdale off Victoria coast

Paramedics and officers are on the scene working alongside emergency service colleagues. Three people have been rushed to hospital as emergency services continue to investigate

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7 d. ago Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service

Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber productionDozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US Forest Service, as it closed the area for a wildfire prevention project that will involve removing smaller trees, clearing debris and setting controlled burns over thousands of acres.The project has been on the books for years, and the decision to remove the encampment in the Deschutes national forest comes two months after the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal agencies to increase timber production and forest management projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk. It wasn’t immediately clear if the evictions were a result of that order, but homeless advocates seized on the timing on Thursday, as US Forest Service officers blocked the access road. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Abu Dhabi firm to invest $2bn in Binance using Trump’s crypto venture

World Liberty Financial’s USD1 will be used to close MGX’s investment in world’s biggest crypto exchangeA stablecoin launched by Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency venture is being used by an Abu Dhabi investment firm for its $2bn investment in crypto exchange Binance, one of World Liberty’s co-founders said on Thursday.World Liberty, which aims to allow people to access financial services without intermediaries like banks, said in March it would launch USD1, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by US treasuries, dollars and other cash equivalents. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Joy as girls from Gaza become first to arrive in UK for vital treatment

Seriously-ill Rama, 12, and Ghena, five, will receive specialised care in London after becoming the first children from Gaza to get to the UK for vital treatment

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7 d. ago M62 moor fire: Everything we know so far as 18 crews tackle devastating blaze

People are being urged to 'avoid the area' as emergency services battle the huge blaze next to the M62

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8 d. ago Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt

Outage occurred between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity poleJapan’s busiest bullet train line was brought to a halt on Wednesday after a metre-long snake wrapped itself around a power line, shorting the electricity supply and stranding hundreds of passengers.Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were brought to a standstill by the snake, with news reports showing footage of people inside trains waiting for services to resume. Power did not appear to have been cut inside trains, with lights and air conditioning still functioning, according to passengers. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Giffgaff giving 500 Brits a free £100 to trial brand new broadband for £10 per month

For the first time, Giffgaff is making moves in the broadband market and are looking for 500 people to trial the new full fibre service.

Economics

9 d. ago LIVE: People 'seriously injured' in Barton Aerodrome plane crash as emergency services race to scene

It's understood two people have been injured

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9 d. ago My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone | Zoe Williams

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdownAnother morning, another absolutely bananas conversation about transgender people, without any trans people involved, following the supreme court ruling that permits the exclusion from single-sex spaces of anyone not born into that sex. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Emma Barnett was asking care minister Stephen Kinnock about wards in hospitals, and came out with the immortal line: “Do you think it’s right for trans people to be segregated from other patients, as an interim measure, or for the future?”Great save, that “for the future” – because if you’re going to interpret this ruling as a requirement to exclude trans people, what does that mean in practice? Trans women on men’s wards, trans men on women’s wards? This delivers dignity and respect to precisely no one; so, sure, “segregate” away, and it would have to be for ever, beca...

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9 d. ago UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sexBritain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex, with subsequent guidance from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sexBritain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex, with subsequent guidance from the equalities watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Several people injured as emergency services attend serious house fire in Cardiff

Residents are said to have been in the house as the fire spread

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