29 m. ago Trump announces the US will build tiny cars which he says are ‘really cute’

Donald Trump wants America to start making tiny cars which he described as 'really cute and beautiful' despite safety concerns from federal transport regulators

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68 m. ago Reform UK to make its own tartan in bid to woo Scottish voters

Dr David Bull, the Reform chairman, promised the party would produce ‘scarves, hats and kilts’ for members north of the border

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90 m. ago Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained

The basketball legend claims Nascar holds too much power over who gets to race each week. Here’s why he took them to court and what could happen nextMichael Jordan took the stand on Friday in his landmark antitrust fight against Nascar, a case that could reshape how one of America’s biggest sports is run. Jordan’s team, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports say Nascar holds so much control over everything, from the tracks to the money to the rulebook, that teams have no real bargaining power. Nascar denies that and says the lawsuit threatens to blow up a system that has held the sport together for decades.The case has already pulled blunt internal messages into public view and laid bare long-running frustrations between teams and Nascar leadership. Denny Hamlin, Jordan’s co-owner, has said the trial will finally “hear the truth” about how the series “really operates”. Continue reading...

Transport

2 h. ago Maduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?

The South American country facing a huge US military buildup has almost a fifth of known global reservesVisual guide to US military presence in the CaribbeanVenezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, says the real motive behind the massive US military buildup in the Caribbean is oil: his country has the largest proven reserves in the world.The US state department denies this, insisting that the airstrikes on boats that have killed more than 80 people and the vast military deployment off South America are part of a campaign against drug trafficking. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Four civilians killed as heavy fighting breaks out at Afghanistan

Taliban accuses Pakistan of starting clashes by throwing grenade at Afghan border troops

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3 h. ago Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue

Targets of more than Russian 650 drones and 51 missiles include western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, as US and Ukrainian officials continue talks in Miami that the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.Russia used more than 650 drones and 51 missiles overnight, Ukraine’s armed forces said, with drones targeting locations across the country, including in the western regions hundreds of miles from the frontline. Warning sirens also sounded in parts of eastern Poland, close to the Ukrainian border. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasyAs Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali Americans. His insults land because of their animosity and his power, not their accuracy. Likewise, his administration’s attacks on immigrants are sloppy and driven by lies. It’s strikingly clear that the target is not individuals with criminal records. It’s anyone and everyone guilty of being brown. Native Americans with tribal identification cards, US citizens, people doing crucial work from construction to nursing, military veterans, college students, people sleeping in their own beds, small children: all kinds of residents of this country are under attack.“ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety,” declares Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect. Masked thugs smashing car windows and dr...

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5 h. ago The New Yorker at 100: Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine

Film-maker Marshall Curry pulls back the curtain on the beloved institution in a revealing and celebratory new film When young film-makers ask Marshall Curry what makes a documentary idea, he tells them: “There are some stories that make great New Yorker articles, but they’re not movies.” It was only a matter of time before the director found himself testing his own wisdom with The New Yorker at 100, a new Netflix film about the magazine. “Somebody said to me that trying to make a 90-minute movie about the New Yorker was like trying to make a 90-minute movie about America. Ken Burns does that with one war.”The film pulls back the curtain on the mystical media shop. Curry and his crew spent a year rummaging through the archives, listening in on production meetings, shadowing famous bylines – none more venerated in the industry than editor David Remnick, the magazine’s abiding leader. Curry had hoped to make a meal out of staffers pushing to meet the February 2025 publishing date, the...

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5 h. ago Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia

Power blackouts, public chaos and loss of communication with space were all thrown at troops in seven days Russia and China were barely mentioned, but they were the threats in everyone’s minds in Tallinn this week, where Nato hosted its largest ever cyber war game.The goal of the war game, conducted 130 miles from the Russian border in Estonia, was to test the alliance’s readiness for a rolling enemy assault on civilian and military digital infrastructure. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago World Cup 2026 live: England and Scotland to learn full match schedule after shameful draw ceremony

The time and venue for every match at the first ever 48-nation World Cup in North America next summer will be revealed today after Rio Ferdinand helmed a complicated draw

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7 h. ago Scotland can do without Donald Trump’s World Cup takeover and Tartan Army have just one question – Keith Jackson

Now seems like as good a time as any for someone on Hampden’s sixth floor to send a letter to America. And to address it straight to the Whitehouse. The thrust of it should be something along the lines of: Donald, we’ll be losers.

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8 h. ago Billy Crudup on Method acting and Trump’s America: ‘It is becoming an increasingly lawless community’

The star of ‘Almost Famous’ and ‘The Morning Show’ talks to Patrick Smith about forcing out tears in ‘Jay Kelly’, playing the lawman in ‘High Noon’, and bumping into ‘golden god’ Robert Plant

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9 h. ago Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear

Politics

14 h. ago Scotland’s 2026 World Cup group stage opponents profiled: lowdown on star players, managers, formations and ‘Messinho’

SCOTLAND have been drawn against Brazil, Morocco and Haiti for the group stage of the 2026 World Cup in North America. That much, we do know. But what will Steve Clarke and his players be thinking about the players they could be facing next summer? With Brazil comes the glamour of competing against the five-time...

Sport

14 h. ago New Orleans leaders blast immigration crackdown, pointing to video of agents chasing US citizen

New Orleans’ mayor-elect says a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm

Politics

15 h. ago Families of people killed in UPS cargo plane crash sue carrier for wrongful death

The crash in Kentucky of an MD-11 cargo plane killed 14 people and injured 23 others on November 4

Events

16 h. ago Former DEA agent charged in alleged deal to launder millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartel

A former DEA agent and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain weapons for a Mexican drug cartel

Economics

17 h. ago Trump says he approved the making of Japanese ‘tiny cars’ to be sold in the US

‘I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America,’ the president wrote on Truth Social Friday

Politics

17 h. ago Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint

Rep. Adelita Grijalva was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant

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17 h. ago US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’

Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked federal agents following her to ‘leave me alone’A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.“I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman told the Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana on Thursday, a day after the video in question was taken and subsequently went viral online. Continue reading...

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