29 m. ago Israel prevents new aid flotilla from reaching Gaza and says activists will be deported

Israel intercepts all nine boats of Freedom Flotilla Coalition in international waters

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30 m. ago "I wonder whether...": 1025 game managerial veteran in shock Scotland confession amid Steve Clarke verdict

The former Sunderland and Leeds United boss has made a shock confession over the Scotland manager’s role.

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36 m. ago The Scanlon brothers: from a Midlands primary football side to Gibraltar teammates

James is at Manchester United, Luca with Burnley and both are making a mark on the international stage as teenagersIt was almost a perfect night for the Scanlons when the 16-year-old Luca came on for his elder brother, James, to make his Gibraltar debut last month against the Faroe Islands, but there was a nagging problem. “I told him the night before not to play my position,” the older sibling jokes.Only 57 days after Luca’s sweetest birthday, he became a full international. His plan was to be there to support James, alongside a plethora of other family members, but Gibraltar’s head coach, Scott Wiseman, invited him to train with men twice his age to see what he was about and saw enough to promote him from the under-21s. James is a right-footed winger who plays off the left and Luca is the opposite. Continue reading...

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44 m. ago Man who had only case of rare cancer in UK dies, aged 30, year after diagnosis

Alex had just started therapy he hoped would save his life

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57 m. ago Man Utd news: 'Ruben Amorim successor named' as flops told 'sorry, you've got to step up'

Manchester United are set to return to action after the international break, but Ruben Amorim and his players have a lot of work to do if they are to continue winning ways in the Premier League

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90 m. ago All black British people 'should be paid slavery reparations', Sir Lenny Henry says

Sir Lenny Henry - who has co-written a book on the subject, The Big Payback - has outlined the reasons why black people living in Britain and not just the states should receive compensation.

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96 m. ago The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog review – profound, or just a prank?

The director’s provocative seventh book takes in toupees, AI and a pig in a sewer. Should we take him seriously?At 83, Werner Herzog is a living legend who can and does do precisely what he wants. Like the strange, enchanting films for which he is best known, Herzog’s seventh book defies the usual conventions of structure, narrative arc and the delineation of fact from fiction, even as it addresses the very subject of truth.This slim volume sets out Herzog’s views on truth in a world where technologically enhanced falsehoods proliferate. These appear to be an elaboration of Herzog’s Minnesota Declaration, the 12 statements he made in 1999 at the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis. Much like the declaration, The Future of Truth contains strong, gnomic opinions which include despising cinéma vérité because it obscures more than it illuminates, as well as a plethora of surprising sentences such as “rather die than wear a toupee”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Man United latest: Gary Neville lays into Ruben Amorim as 'next Red Devils manager picked'

The international break has done little to quell the speculation over Ruben Amorim's future at Manchester United, with the Portuguese coach's position still under threat

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2 h. ago Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Meat Loaf’s mother wrote me and said, “You can’t be mean to my son”’

The beloved host and comedian on blubbering fans, scary kangaroos, her favourite Irish person and the strangest job she has ever hadGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYour show is called Common Knowledge. What do you think should be common knowledge but isn’t?That every life is equal value to each other. And I think people forget that, and that’s why atrocities like Gaza are allowed to happen. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Six former surgeons general unite for rare warning over RFK Jr’s actions: ‘endangering the health of the nation’

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk,” the surgeons general wrote in the joint statement

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3 h. ago Amazon Prime deal slashes viral snail serum hailed as 'temporary Botox' to under £12

The viral snail serum that broke the internet is back on sale - but it won't be reduced for long.

Economics

3 h. ago ‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so tooGetting rejected, especially if it happens repeatedly, is not a great experience. Someone is turning you down cold, taking a hard pass, telling you: “Nope.” I work as a writer, so I am no stranger to rejection. I started pitching story ideas and submitting manuscripts 50 years ago, when I graduated from college. In that time, I have had two novels rejected, as well as proposals for nonfiction books, short stories and numerous pitches for articles. Over the last 20 years, since turning my hand largely to personal essays and op-eds, I have been rejected even more. In a typical week, I get a rejection every few days – more than 100 times a year. Rejections accumulated over the course of my career run in the thousands. By now, I should have a PhD in rejection.So is this feature to be a woe-is-me rant? Far from it. Because, f...

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3 h. ago Man Utd news: 'Next Red Devils manager named' as Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim

The pressure on Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim remains high heading into the international break, with Old Trafford icons Gary Neville and Paul Scholes having their say

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5 h. ago Man Utd learn Benjamin Sesko transfer reality as Ruben Amorim decision vindicated

Benjamin Sesko has scored in each of his last two Premier League appearances for Manchester United, with the Slovenian international starting to find his feet at Old Trafford

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5 h. ago Liverpool news: Marc Guehi transfer saga takes twist as Mo Salah concerns addressed

The Premier League champions have lost three games in a row and Arne Slot will be looking to get Liverpool back on track after the international break

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6 h. ago Black Britons 'should be paid slavery reparations', Sir Lenny Henry says

Sir Lenny Henry - who has co-written a book on the subject, The Big Payback - has outlined the reasons why black people living in Britain and not just the states should receive compensation.

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6 h. ago Jack Whitehall 'honours TV star Nicholas Lyndhurst's late son Archie' with 'passion' project

Archie died in his sleep after suffering an intracerebral haemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic lymphoma - an incredibly rare condition which kills around 800 people a year.

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6 h. ago Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer is rushed to hospital with mystery illness: 'They're not sure what's wrong with me'

The Tracy Beaker star, 36, told how she has been forced to cancel an upcoming job because she's still not well enough to work.

Science

7 h. ago The single thing to do every day to lose weight... and it's not dieting, according to top doctor

Scientists are exploring a counterintuitive approach to weight loss: making the body heavier. Rooted in military training, this approach hacks the body's internal scales to kickstart the metabolism.

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7 h. ago Space agency breaks silence on 'foreign' interstellar object soaring past Mars: 'A rare visitor'

Space fans blasted the agency for remaining quiet after the mysterious interstellar object in our Solar System made its closest approach to Mars over the weekend.

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