2 h. ago Star Wars, Simpsons and Spy Kids: Trump and Gavin Newsom locked in bizarre LA protests meme battle

The administration and the governor have locked horns in courts, in back-and-forth statements, and, increasingly, with memes write Josh Marcus

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3 h. ago Firm linked to Baroness Bra 'must pay back £122m for faulty PPE': Government suing over Covid contract 'initiated' by Tory peer

The bra tycoon had recommended PPE Medpro, which went on to provide 25 million 'faulty' surgical gowns.

Economics

4 h. ago Police come under attack during third night of disorder in Ballymena

Elsewhere, a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.

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4 h. ago Families file suit challenging Arkansas law that requires Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms

Seven families have filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' requirement that public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments

Society

5 h. ago Flight 149: Hostage of War review – a tale so staggering you couldn’t write it

This excellent documentary tells the tale of a BA plane’s Kuwait stopover just as Saddam Hussein invaded. It’s a crucial tale of a four-month nightmare that is barely believableIf it were a work of fiction, the story of Flight 149 would probably be deemed too horrifying – or too unbelievable – for television. Indeed, as a documentary interspersed with dramatic reconstructions, at points it is almost unbearable to watch. But it is a crucial piece of work: a one-off film that goes deep into a bizarre and increasingly hideous ordeal to ask how and why it happened.On 2 August 1990, a British Airways plane carrying nearly 400 passengers and crew from London to Kuala Lumpur touched down for a scheduled stopover in Kuwait. Those on board knew nothing of the unfolding Iraqi invasion of the country and the brutality Saddam Hussein was inflicting on his neighbours (this would, of course, soon lead to the Gulf war). British Airways maintains that it, too, was unaware of what was taki...

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7 h. ago BREAKING Ghostbusters and Scarface legend dies after sudden heart attack

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7 h. ago Ghostbusters and Scarface legend Harris Yulin dies after sudden heart attack

Hollywood star Harris Yulin has died suddenly, his manager has confirmed. Film fans will know him from Scarface, Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2.

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7 h. ago Harris Yulin dead: Scarface and Ghostbusters star dies after suffering heart attack

Scarface and Ghost Busters actor Harris Yulin has died aged 88 after a heart attack as his family have confirmed the sad news

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9 h. ago Labour promised people we would rebuild Britain – and that’s what we’re doing | Keir Starmer

This week’s spending review marks a new stage in the mission of national renewal, built on the foundations laid last yearKeir Starmer is the prime minister of the United KingdomThe mandate we received from the British people could not have been clearer. First, we had to stop the chaos and return Britain to economic stability. Second, we had to turn the page on Tory decline with clear Labour choices. Third, we were instructed to rebuild our country.Wednesday’s spending review turbocharged that rebuilding. It is an investment in Britain’s renewal, so working people have more money in their pocket, more pride in their community and more hope for their children’s future. It’s what people voted for. An NHS cutting waiting lists, with care closer to the community. Wealth and opportunity no longer hoarded by only a few towns and cities. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Brit mothers ‘have to accept sons will to die for NATO’ as Germany warns of Russian attack

The NATO secretary general has issued a ominous statement to British mothers telling them their beloved sons might have to perish abroad in order for NATO's alliance to be successful

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10 h. ago Air ambulance called after man suffers 'slash injury' in Manchester attack

A teenager has been arrested

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10 h. ago Reeves unveils record spending plans but experts warn of tax rises ahead

Chancellor announces £39bn boost for social housing, £29bn for NHS and £11bn for defence – and promises to close all asylum hotels as she takes a swipe at Farage and dismisses Tory warnings of a ‘cruel summer’ of tax rise

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11 h. ago Rebekah Vardy boards private jet to friend's lavish French wedding after putting huge £9.7m Portuguese villa on the market amid £4m bill for Wagatha Christie trial

The WAG, 43, and her husband Jamie, 38, are selling their Portuguese abode for an optimistic £9.7million.

Economics

11 h. ago 'Perfect' Scotland debut for primary school friends whose dads played for same team

From Edinburgh playground to senior Scotland debut in Vaduz

Politics

11 h. ago 'Jealous' man knifed wife more than 25 times as she pushed baby in pram, court told

Kulsuma Akter was knifed more than 25 in a 'ferocious attack' in front of her seven-month-old baby while she was pushing the tot in a pram, a court heard

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11 h. ago Company linked to Tory Peer Baroness Mone should pay back £121m for ‘faulty’ PPE, High Court hears

PPE Medpro is being sued for an alleged breach of contract over the supply of PPE during the Covid pandemic, with the Government claiming the gowns were unusable

Economics

12 h. ago Trump team ends $18m terrorism prevention program designed to ID lone wolves before they attack

Administration is axing an $18 million program designed to identify and prevent attacks committed by individual perpetrators, an increasingly growing trend in domestic terrorism

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12 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: One Labour MP sat with pen poised to write down all the Chancellor's thrilling announcements. It was soon lowered

Save perhaps in those first days after the general election, Rachel Reeves's Chancellorship has yet to have its time of pomp. QUENTIN LETTS asks: Will it ever?

Politics

13 h. ago Tourist gored by bison in Yellowstone after group ‘approached it too closely’

It is the second bison attack in Yellowstone this spring

Politics

13 h. ago Reeves will need ‘Corbynist catalogue’ of tax rises to back up spending – Tories

The Chancellor said the Treasury had ‘already drawn a line under the Tory mismanagement with tax rises last year’.

Economics