65 m. ago ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser ‘world

Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is ‘richly endowed with capacity for hatred’ABC News has suspended its senior national correspondent after he described top White House aide Stephen Miller as “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred” on social media.In a now deleted post, Terry Moran, who recently conducted an interview with Donald Trump, said that the president and his deputy chief of staff, Miller, were both “world-class” haters. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago LA protests live: Governor accuses Trump of trying to create ‘chaos’ as National Guard take up positions across city

California governor Gavin Newsom has called the move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and warned that it would ‘only escalate tensions’

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2 h. ago Tulip Siddiq requests meeting with Bangladeshi leader during London visit over corruption claims

Hampstead and Highgate Labour MP Siddiq denied wrongdoing, calling the probe ‘this fantasy investigation’

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3 h. ago Disability benefit cuts will affect Wales disproportionately, campaigners say

UK government declined to conduct Wales-specific impact assessment for plans, despite calls from first ministerDisability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said.Research released by the data analytics company Policy in Practice last week estimated that 190,000 people – 6% of the population – could have their incomes slashed by up to 60% by the end of this parliament if eligibility for personal independence payments (Pip) is tightened as proposed in a March green paper. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Wake up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer

Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin

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4 h. ago Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’

An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connectionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, ‘He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others’. It’s a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men’s Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite.“Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,” warn the rules of the Dull Men’s Club (Australian branch). Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 'UFO' spotted in sky above Edinburgh leaving Scots teenager and pals stunned

Kyle, 16, was with his two friends in Midlothian when they spotted the mysterious floating object at around 11.10pm on Friday, June 6.

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5 h. ago Lions set to be without 16 players as England star called into squad

The British & Irish Lions will be without 16 players for their first training camp

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5 h. ago Boy, 17, arrested after car smashes into front of Stockport house

Emergency services were called to the scene on Saturday evening

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5 h. ago Shaquille O'Neal once found David Beckham's wallet, and his reaction was 'surprising'

Beckham got an unexpected call from basketball player Shaquille O'Neal saying he had his wallet

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6 h. ago You say we need more babies, rightwingers? Come back to me after you’ve fought in the trenches of soft play | Emma Beddington

A ghastly coalition of tech bros and religious conservatives is pushing a baby boom. Let’s see how they feel when they’ve dragged a screaming child out of an excrement-fouled ball pitI absolutely cannot fathom the number of populist rightwing politicians and commentators who have looked at the smouldering mess that is the world currently and thought: “I know what this situation demands – more toddlers.” Population-boosting discourse and policies have spread across Europe (Hungary, Poland, Greece, Italy and beyond), while in the US an unholy coalition of tech bros, religious conservatives, blowhard podcasters and the politicians who pander to them have gone loudly pronatalist. JD Vance used his first speech as vice-president to proclaim: “I want more babies in the United States of America”; Elon Musk called declining birthrates “a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming”; and Trump is considering various procreation-incentivising policies, including a $5,000 “baby bonus”...

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6 h. ago Thousands protest in Madrid against government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez

Ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party has faced series of corruption allegations over past yearTens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and to demand an early general election as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.Sunday’s protest, called by the opposition conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan “Mafia or democracy”, attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government’s delegation to the region. Organisers, however, put the attendance at 100,000. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Thousands protest in Madrid against Pedro Sánchez’s government

Ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party has faced series of corruption allegations over past yearTens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and to demand an early general election, as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.Sunday’s protest, called by the opposition conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan “mafia or democracy”, attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government’s delegation to the region. Organisers put the attendance at 100,000. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Italy fans call for Claudio Ranieri as Fabio Capello points finger amid World Cup fears

Claudio Ranieri's is the people's choice to take the coaching job after the shocking 3-0 defeat to Erling Haaland's Norway with Luciano Spalletti's position under threat

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6 h. ago Italy fans call for Claudio Ranieri as Luciano Spalletti unceremoniously sacked

Claudio Ranieri's is the people's choice to take the coaching job after the shocking 3-0 defeat to Erling Haaland's Norway with Luciano Spalletti having been sacked by the FIGC

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7 h. ago Outrage over dogging hotspot where people 'have group sex in broad daylight'

Locals are calling for action to be taken over a dogging hotspot in Northumberland where people have allegedly been spotted engaging in group sex and other types of public indecency

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7 h. ago Prince William calls for urgent global action to save oceans

‘The ocean is under enormous threat, but it can revive itself. Only if together, we act now’

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7 h. ago Prince William calls for the world to 'act with urgency' to save the oceans in landmark speech

The Prince of Wales, 42, attended the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Sunday.

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8 h. ago Adam Rickitt and GMB host wife Katy's new life in Sicily as the couple fulfil 'life long dream' of buying holiday home on Mediterranean island

The couple, both 47, own and run a craft beer and artisan gin bar called Dexter and Jones in their town of Knutsford - where they live with their two dogs.

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8 h. ago Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

US institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategyDuring the first 100-plus days of his presidency, Donald Trump has done his damnedest to remake the US in his image. Fearing Hurricane Donald, a host of universities, law firms, newspapers, public schools and Fortune 500 companies have rushed to do his bidding, bowing before he even comes calling. Other institutions cower, in hopes that they will go unnoticed.But this behavior, which social scientists call “anticipatory compliance”, smoothes the way to autocracy because it gives the Trump regime unlimited power without his having to lift a finger. Halting autocracy in its tracks demands a counter-strategy – let’s call it anticipatory noncompliance. Continue reading...

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