9 m. ago 'The English don't come any more...we miss their money': How Mallorca's war on British tourists backfired

A string of bar owners told the Daily Mail this week how they have suffered year-on-year losses of up to 40 per cent this summer.

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48 m. ago People 'in tears and total awe' after spotting rare creature not seen in decades

A surprise sighting from a Cape Ann-based team has left people thrilled as the "incredibly rare" encounter left one person "in tears and in total awe" of what they were seeing

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76 m. ago 'UK's worst hotel' with sewage smell from bathroom and surprising perk

A hotel branded the UK’s worst has attracted criticism thanks to its dirty bedrooms and bathrooms, but one guest admitted there was an unexpected perk to their stay

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88 m. ago Teaching the deaf to survive in a silent war zone: How Gaza is even more dangerous when you can’t hear Israel’s missiles coming

When bombs fall on the Gaza Strip, members of the deaf community are particularly vulnerable, Ezz Al Din Abu Eisha reports

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92 m. ago Trump says he and Modi will ‘always be friends’ despite escalating trade war

India’s Modi responds saying says he reciprocates President Trump's ‘sentiments and positive assessment of our ties’ – but will it change anything about their trade impasse?

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2 h. ago From a new Thomas Pynchon novel to a memoir by Margaret Atwood: the biggest books of the autumn

Essays from Zadie Smith; Wiki founder Jimmy Wales on how to save the internet; a future-set novel by Ian McEwan; a new case for the Slow Horses - plus memoirs from Kamala Harris and Paul McCartney all among this season’s highlightsHelm by Sarah HallFaber, out now Hall is best known for her glittering short stories: this is the novel she’s been working on for two decades. Set in Cumbria’s Eden valley, it tells the story of the Helm – the only wind in the UK to be given a name – from its creation at the dawn of time up to the current degradation of the climate. It’s a huge, millennia-spanning achievement, spotlighting characters from neolithic shamans to Victorian meteorologists to present-day pilots. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Mum entered bathroom to find children murdered and nanny stabbing herself

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A mother entered her worst nightmare after returning home to find her two young children in a pool of blood, having been 'intentionally and savagely slaughtered' by their own nanny

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3 h. ago The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis

From a diplomat who embraced the exiled Albert Einstein to a schoolteacher who helped ‘non-Aryan’ students flee, these remarkable individuals refused to bend the knee to Hitler – only to be dramatically betrayed. What made them risk it all?I grew up in a house where nothing German was allowed. No Siemens dishwasher or Krups coffee machine in the kitchen, no Volkswagen, Audi or Mercedes in the driveway. The edict came from my mother. She was not a Holocaust survivor, though she had felt the breath of the Shoah on her neck. She was just eight years old on 27 March 1945, when her own mother was killed by the last German V-2 rocket of the war to fall on London, a bomb that flattened a corner of the East End, killing 134 people, almost all of them Jews. One way or another, the blast radius of that explosion would encompass the rest of my mother’s life and much of mine.Of course, she knew that the bomb that fell on Hughes Mansions had not picked out that particular building deliberat...

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3 h. ago Pete Hegseth switches nameplate to Secretary of War after ‘woke’ defense title dropped

Watch as Pete Hegseth has his nameplate outside of his office changed from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of War.

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4 h. ago How Lulu, 76, hid her alcohol addiction to keep up appearances after revealing she was a 'secret drinker' and 'battled shame in secret for years'

The singer, 76, who is now in recovery and was previously admitted to rehab, made the candid admission in an interview with The Times ahead of the release of her memoir, If Only You Knew.

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4 h. ago Luke Littler ends boycott to return to Germany for first time since World Cup disaster

Luke Littler has had a bad experience of playing darts tournaments in Germany after being booed by the crowd on a number of occasions and threatened not to return to the country

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6 h. ago Best and worst supermarket kefirs revealed: Which trendy fermented drinks need to go in your shopping basket

Taste testers have ranked seven supermarket kefir drinks. The cheapest drink in the test came out the winner however, one supermarket's kefir left testers less than impressed.

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8 h. ago Displaced Bedouin families in limbo as Syrian government and Druze authorities remain at odds

In Syria's southern province of Daraa, classrooms have become temporary homes for displaced Bedouin families, who fled sectarian fighting in neighboring Sweida province over a month ago

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8 h. ago People still crave special sandwich at lost Manchester city centre food hall

The Danish Food Centre on Cross Street was a foodies' favourite in the city for over two decades

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8 h. ago Blindsided by Trump, Modi is learning hard lessons about India's place in the new world order | Mukul Kesavan

New Delhi spent decades cosying up to the US. The truth is, Washington doesn’t have allies outside the west – it has clientsSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreWhen Donald Trump won his second term, India’s ruling elite must have been quietly pleased. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s performative courting of King Donald, both in and out of office, suggested a special chemistry between these two titans of the hard right.As Trump set about remaking global trade and geopolitics by weaponising tariffs, India got into trade negotiations with the US early. New Delhi accepted that negotiations would be difficult, given its red lines on agricultural and dairy products. Yet it was optimistic about getting a deal commensurate with India’s economic heft – and strategic value to the US as a counterweight to China.Mukul Kesavan is an Indian historian, novelist and poli...

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8 h. ago Six great reads: Syria’s reckoning, Ice’s Uncle Sam memes and school WhatsApp hell

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'After decades of great sex, I suddenly wasn't interested – here's how I fixed it'

Married to her husband for over 30 years, Louise Able, 60, had always enjoyed a healthy and fulfilling love life - but as soon as menopause hit, she realised the spark had gone

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10 h. ago Never mind Xi, Kim or Putin, this outcast leader was the real winner on China’s grandest stage

Myanmar’s general Min Aung Hlaing, once a global pariah, is clawing his way back onto the world stage as powerful leaders engage with an accused war criminal. Is Asia’s embrace giving legitimacy to a regime built on torture, massacres and fear? Shweta Sharma reports

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10 h. ago Blind war veteran who lost sight in explosion that killed two pals climbs Ben Nevis in their memory

Paul Jacobs pledged to "continue climbing to the highest heights" to support fellow veterans.

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12 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz calls Donald Trump’s US Open return ‘great for tennis’

Spaniard aiming for third title in New YorkTrump to attend first Open match since 2015Carlos Alcaraz said Donald Trump’s presence at the US Open final will be “great for tennis” as the US president prepares to attend his first match at Flushing Meadows in a decade.The 22-year-old Spaniard reached Sunday’s final by beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Friday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium. He will face either defending champion Jannik Sinner or Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime for a sixth grand slam title and a third in New York. Continue reading...

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