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Race against time to save 80 people still missing after flood sweeps away dozens of cars and motorbikes

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67 m. ago Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other | Alexander Hurst

It’s tempting to scoff, but don’t dismiss the data. Modern man’s failure to forge real, meaningful friendships is bad for everyoneAt first I was startled when the psychologist Angelica Ferrara told me that most of the time it’s women, not men, who want to write about her research into male loneliness. But this is the crux of the issue, isn’t it? That we men need to talk, and we don’t: not nearly enough, anyway.Since 1990, there has been a sharp decline in how many people men say they are close to, says Ferrara, who is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. In the US, two-thirds of men aged between 18 and 23 think that nobody really knows them; one third haven’t seen anyone outside their household in the past week; only a fifth say they have friends they can really count on; and a staggering 69% of young men think “no one cares if men are OK”.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Gavin Newsom just launched his unofficial 2028 campaign for the White House

California governor may have just defined the boundaries of the Democratic primary in 2028 by firing the first shot, writes John Bowden

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5 h. ago New York City federal building housing ICE evacuated as hazmat teams investigate envelopes of white powder

The FDNY is testing the substance, the mayor said

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5 h. ago Night Always Comes review – Vanessa Kirby gets lost in poverty thriller

A woman is forced to take extreme measures to save her family home in an initially stressful yet ultimately meandering Netflix dramaThere’s been a recent overkill of stories told about the super-rich, glossy films and shows set in ostentatious houses filled with characters as superficially on trend as they are painfully out of touch. It felt like needed escapism as we crawled out of the very worst of the pandemic, with The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness, The Menu and Glass Onion all hitting a sweet spot, but it’s grown rather tiring, as Sirens, The Better Sister and Your Friends and Neighbors have felt less eat the rich and more what if we just admired their kitchens instead.It’s become especially uninteresting as the gap between the uber-wealthy and the rest of us has widened, food prices up and empathy down. That particular anger pulses through Night Always Comes, a well-intentioned yet often inert Netflix drama based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. It’s told over one awful ...

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6 h. ago Concerns over plans for Inchinnan battery storage project as resident 'feels completely hopeless'

Lightsource bp is working on a proposal for a 400MW/2400MWh facility on land at Houston Road.

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6 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: End of an era as sonless Sir Benjamin Slade turns his mansion over to hotel group

Aged 79, Sir Benjamin Slade has accepted that he will never sire a lad to inherit his baronetcy, created for his great-great-great grandfather in 1831, and Maunsel House and its 1,300-acre estate.

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7 h. ago Police tackle man outside White House after Trump's National Guard takeover

The shocking moment a man is tackled to the ground by police outside the White House has been captured on video, amid President Donald Trump's National Guard takeover

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7 h. ago Moment police tackle man to ground and arrested him in front of White House

The arrest comes after Donald Trump launched into a rant about crime in Washington, claiming it's the 'worst it's ever been' - and said his administration would take control of the city's police

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7 h. ago White House believes Corey Lewandowski is fudging his work hours to stay working with Kristi Noem longer: report

Lewandowski has been serving as a senior adviser to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem under a temporary special government employee status

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8 h. ago Shoppers race to grab Samsung Galaxy smart watch for £39 in 80% online discount

The smart watch is compatible with both Apple and Android phones.

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8 h. ago California governor calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps – live

Gavin Newsom announces plans to ask voters to approve new congressional maps in response to a redistricting plan by TexasMelania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has threatened to sue if he does not.Biden, the son of the former president Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that Epstein introduced the first lady to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two

Chair of state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in TexasUS politics live – latest updatesTexas Democrats said on Thursday they are prepared to return to the state under certain conditions, ending a nearly two-week-long effort to block Republicans from passing a new congressional map that would add five GOP seats.The lawmakers said they would return as long as the legislature ends its first special session on Friday, which Republicans have said they plan to do. Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, has said he will immediately call another special session. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago California moving forward with partisan redistricting effort to counter Texas' move

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a special election on November 4 to introduce new U.S. House maps

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10 h. ago Great British pudding facing extinction as households desert desserts

Our traditional home cooked puddings such as Sticky Toffee or Jam Roly Poly may become extinct as our lovingly made puds are being ditched for some easy quick bites

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11 h. ago Ronan Keating calls for stronger fatal car crash sentences and voices his 'disappointment over broken system' after man who caused death of his brother avoids prison

The singer, 48, voiced his 'disappointment over Ireland's broken system' after a man escaped a prison sentence for causing Ciaran's death.

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11 h. ago Blind woman was 'terrified' when migrant living just metres away in Canary Wharf hotel burst into her home, family reveal

The man is said to have gone to the house after being followed by a group of men on the street and told to 'go back to the hotel'.

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11 h. ago Woman who took her own life ingested poisonous plant material bought online from 'home interiors' shop, inquest told

Carla James was sadly found dead in her home in August last year

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11 h. ago Washington homeless encampments clear out in anticipation of Trump crackdown

Advocacy organizations are helping clear out homeless encampments in advance of an anticipated crackdown

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11 h. ago Inside Alien: Earth star Sydney Chandler's life from Hollywood parent to cover shoot mishap

Sydney Chandler is the lead in Alien: Earth and her father is a household name

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