12 h. ago The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz’s grand coalition: gambling on a new centre ground | Editorial

The deal signed last week between the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD paves the way for vital investment in Europe’s biggest economySome years ago, hundreds of German finance ministry staff dressed in black and formed a giant zero to salute their boss, Wolfgang Schäuble, as he left office. It was a tribute to Mr Schäuble’s extreme fiscal conservatism, which had delivered Germany’s first balanced budget in the postwar period. Amid resurgent prosperity in the Angela Merkel years, the so-called black zero – symbolising a constitutional prohibition on public debt – had gradually acquired cult status.As a new administration prepares to take power in Berlin, it seems unlikely that human euro signs will welcome the latest politician to take on Mr Schäuble’s former role. But in dramatic fashion, the spending taps are set to be turned on. Via a swiftly staged March vote in the outgoing Bundestag, “debt brake” dogma was consigned to history by the chancellor‑elec...

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19 h. ago Netflix Black Mirror fans may have missed 'plot hole' in USS Callister Into Infinity

Black Mirror's USS Callister sequel has arrived

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46 h. ago ‘They called it black gold’: but should cuttlefish be on our menus?

It’s a delicacy in France and Spain, and springing up at the UK’s restaurants, but is the trend for dining on cuttlefish sustainable?It can be braised low and slow or grilled in a hot flash, covered in sauce and canned or stirred through a paella. Cuttlefish, a cephalopod closely related to squid, is the seafood menu offering du jour.In March a cuttlefish risotto was added to the menu at Rick Stein’s The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall. In Cardiff, at Heaneys, you can find a dish of pork belly, cuttlefish and borlotti beans. At Cycene in London’s Shoreditch, a goat ragu with cuttlefish noodles, while at Silo in Stratford, cuttlefish is fermented to dress leeks, alliums and padron peppers. In Glasgow, Celentano’s offers a linguine and cuttlefish ragu with black olives and tarragon. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Dunelm reduces 'classy' outdoor wall light for a bargain price

The Dunelm Vogue Drayton Outdoor Wall Light is a traditional black die cast aluminium lantern style that shoppers call 'classy' and it's currently 30% off in the sale

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3 d. ago Inside Black Mirror USS Callister star Jimmi Simpson's life from famous ex

Jimmi Simpson has returned to the world of Black Mirror

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3 d. ago Black Mirror USS Callister Into Infinity ending explained from Tommy's death to Daly's secret

Black Mirror: USS Callister returned on Netflix

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4 d. ago Black Mirror season 7 episode 6: does USS Callister: Into Infinity live up to expectations? Ending explained

Black Mirror returns to USS Callister with a thrilling sequel in season seven of Netflix show

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5 d. ago Black Mirror creator says second USS Callister will pick up where first finished

The new seventh season will feature stars such as Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Will Poulter.

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5 d. ago Cinemas threaten Minecraft Movie audiences over ‘chicken jockey’ TikTok trend

Incidents reported in the UK and US of cheering, shouting and throwing popcorn during screenings of hit film have prompted cautions to audiencesCinemas have warned audience members they will be ejected if they join in with a TikTok trend encouraging filmgoers to disrupt screenings of the hit Minecraft film.Footage has emerged on social media of audiences cheering, throwing popcorn and shouting out during the film, particularly during a scene where one of the film’s stars, Jack Black, calls out “Chicken jockey!” at the appearance of a baby zombie riding a chicken. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Black Mirror cast: who is returning for USS Callister: Into Infinity? Full cast

Black Mirror is releasing a sequel to USS Callister this week 🚀

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6 d. ago Horse found with hole in his head had to be put down as he was in 'such poor condition'

The black stallion, called Ross had to be euthanised despite the best efforts of a vet, while his owner, Andrea Parry-Jones, avoided an immediate jail term

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6 d. ago Black Mirror star sues Sports Direct gym after her mother dies from overheating in sauna

Milanka Brooks found success in in the multi-Emmy Award winning Black Mirror episode, USS Callister

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9 d. ago ‘False teacher’: Trump’s pick to head the ‘White House faith office’ roils some fellow Christians

Paula White, a millionaire televangelist who speaks in tongues, was criticized for an alleged cash-for-blessings schemeOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “protect religious liberty”, and two weeks after his inauguration he acted: creating a “White House faith office”, which will be led by Paula White, a millionaire televangelist known to speak in tongues who called the Black Lives Matter movement the “Antichrist” and once encouraged people to buy “resurrection seeds” for $1,114.The move brought renewed focus on White, Trump’s longtime spiritual guru. And for White, not all of it will be welcome. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

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1 week ago Body discovered in Scots river as emergency services race to scene

Emergency services were called to the River Beauly, near to Black Bridge in village, after the grim discovery was made at around 12.20pm on Monday.

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1 week ago What happened in Black Mirror USS Callister episode? Sequel plot explained

It's been over seven years since USS Callister first graced our screens as part of Black Mirror's critically acclaimed fourth season, with Benidorm and The Windsors star Milanka Brooks reprising her role as blue-skinned Elena Tulaska

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2 w. ago Jack Black, Jason Momoa enter the Minecraft universe as the video game phenom hits the big screen

When Jack Black got the call to star in the “Minecraft” movie, the perks were plenty

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2 w. ago Anger as Satanists hold ‘Black Mass’ to call for separation of church and state in Kansas

The Satanic Grotto's rally attracted hundreds of Christian counter-protesters

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2 w. ago Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

Jaw-droppingly star-studded and stuffed with incredible stories, this series is a joy to watch. Just wait till you hear the one about James Brown burying bags of cash in the woods Denzel Washington. Don Cheadle. Morgan Freeman. Laurence Fishburne. Idris Elba. Viola Davis. Halle Berry. Cynthia Erivo. Angela Bassett. Octavia Spencer. To say that the cast of Apple’s new two-part, feature-length documentary series is stacked would be an understatement, and that truly is only a smattering of its many interviewees: I’d be here all week if I listed every single one. A celebration of black excellence in Hollywood, these two films are produced by the likes of Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart, and stuffed full of household names who have made it to that coveted No 1 spot on the call sheet – in other words, the top-billed star of a production. They also offer a potted history of how black actors came to thrive in Hollywood – and the struggle baked into almost every stage of that process.Episode one f...

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2 w. ago Grieving father of American Airlines pilot killed in DC chopper crash says tragedy was 'completely preventable' as he calls for apology from US army

Samuel Lilley (pictured, his father Tim Lilley), 28, was the copilot onboard American Airlines flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC last month.

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