22 m. ago London weather: Capital to be hotter than Ibiza and Crete as Met Office predicts warmest day of year in UK

Met Office is forecasting 22C for London on Friday afternoon - but other parts of the UK could be even hotter

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41 m. ago Manchester warmer than Mykonos as UK set for hottest day of the year so far

The weather 'nearer t what we'd expect in July' is set to continue

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72 m. ago Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh

Dismissing Haugh, who headed the US Cyber Command, puts the country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’, congressional Democrats sayTop congressional Democrats on Thursday protested against the reported firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe”.The Washington Post reported late Thursday that Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, had been dismissed from their roles. Haugh also headed US Cyber Command, which coordinates the Pentagon’s cybersecurity operations. The Post report cited two current US officials and one former US official who requested anonymity. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Israeli bombing of Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians kills at least 27, say medical officials

Most of those killed were women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

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82 m. ago Fires break out as UK hotter than Marbella, Ibiza, Myknonos and LA

The Met Office says we are going to see 'July weather in April' as firefighters tackle a number of blazes

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84 m. ago Met Office issues rare red warning for hay fever sufferers as pollen levels soar

The Met Office has issued a rare red warning for hay fever sufferers as pollen levels are set to soar this week, with millions of people affected in England and Wales

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86 m. ago London's Canary Wharf office vacancies hit new record, data shows

London's Canary Wharf office vacancies hit new record, data shows  Reuters

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96 m. ago Period features, bespoke wallpaper and a vast collection: regency townhouse in Marylebone for sale for £7.5m

The extravagant interiors are as far from the sanitised halogen lights and beige carpets that had been there as possible

Economics

1 hour ago New Zealand’s controversial bill to reinterpret treaty with Māori should be scrapped, committee finds

Justice committee said the majority of public submissions oppose the legislation, which seeks to reinterpret the country’s founding document A parliamentary committee has recommended a bill that seeks to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown should not proceed.The treaty principles bill, which was introduced to parliament by the minor coalition Act party, seeks to abandon a set of well-established principles that guide the relationship between Māori and ruling authorities in favour of its own redefined principles. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago George Clooney looks unrecognizable in Broadway play amid Hollywood's 'midlife crisis' hair craze

George Clooney looked nearly unrecognizable while making his Broadway debut in  Good Night, And Good Luck, which officially opened on Thursday.

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2 h. ago Yoon Suk Yeol impeached: celebrations as South Korea court votes unanimously to remove president from office – live

Thousands of people at Seoul rally calling for Yoon’s removal burst into cheers on hearing the constitutional court’s ruling, chanting ‘we won!’Report: South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from officeYoon violated his duty as South Korean commander-in-chief by mobilising troops, says Justice Moon, the constitutional court’s acting president says. The president’s martial law declarations violated parliament’s rights, he says as the ruling continues.Justice Moon says it is difficult to see the South Korean opposition’s actions as a severe national crisis to justify Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, Reuters is reporting as he continues delivering the ruling. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Rally and court hearing set for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison

Lawyers for a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador will ask a federal judge to order the U.S. to return him

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2 h. ago Knives out for Mike Waltz as Trump fires national security officials

Maga critics circle around hawkish foreign policy adviser who was at centre of ‘Signalgate’ fiasco

Politics

2 h. ago The far right has seemed unstoppable in Europe. Here’s how Trump’s tariffs could change that | Nathalie Tocci

With populist leaders on the back foot and EU support at its highest in years, the US trade war could be an opportunity for the unionDonald Trump has unleashed a trade war on the world, and Europe, considered by Washington to be among the “worst offenders”, is a major target. After hitting European steel, aluminium and cars, this week Trump announced sweeping 20% tariffs on almost all EU imports. Europeans have seen this coming for a long time. Well before his re-election, officials in Brussels were drawing up plans on how the EU might respond to Trump 2.0 and a possible transatlantic trade war.What might the political fallout in Europe be? The good news is that Trump’s trade war puts Trump-friendly far-right forces in Europe in a terribly uncomfortable position. It’s one thing for the European far right to support Trump in principle, or to support the administration’s tyranny over peoples it doesn’t care about, be it Ukrainians, Canadians, Mexicans or Palestinians. It’s quite anoth...

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2 h. ago UK weather: Met Office forecast maps show 'mini heatwave' spikes in 42 counties

Weather maps show the parts of the country where mercury will hit at least 20C over the next couple of days as we are set for the hottest temperature of the year so far at 24C

Society

3 h. ago "Bloodbath waiting to happen" Edinburgh gang wars spread to prison system as hoods under threat

A jail guard says Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson and his Glasgow pals are under “semi-protection” in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison after going to war with gangland rival Mark Richardson.

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4 h. ago A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas

Church officials say a Catholic priest has been shot and killed in the northeastern Kansas town of Seneca

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4 h. ago FSG have already made their minds up on Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk contracts

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all set to see their contracts expire this summer and Liverpool will not allow emotion to dictate their negotiations

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4 h. ago Lucy Letby police chief slams baby killer's supporters as he says 'no stone unturned'

The baby killer nurse has developed a large group of supporters who doubt her conviction - but the leading officer into the investigation has spoken out with a very strong statement

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6 h. ago Brown University to see half a billion in federal funding halted by Trump administration

A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University

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