88 m. ago NHS 'faces hike in drugs prices' as part of government's trade deal with Trump as US president seeks to help Big Pharma

The president wants foreign countries to pay more for drugs made in the US to help Big Pharma firms make more money abroad.

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88 m. ago Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them? | David Kirp

The budget bill was a reminder: the president and House speaker don’t care about lawmakers’ views. Why not just quit?Like soldiers in a well-disciplined army, Republican members of US Congress do whatever Commander Donald Trump demands. While the foot soldiers may occasionally grumble, they quickly fall in line when Trump intervenes.Republican representatives go through contortions to satisfy the bully in the White House: we hated deficits, goes the party orthodoxy, but now we vote for adding trillions to the deficit; we supported Ukraine, but now we cozy up to the Russians; we scrutinized cabinet nominees, but now we give our “advice and consent” to a cabinet of knaves and charlatans.David Kirp is professor emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Cristian Romero: Diego Simeone reveals transfer wish after Tottenham ace drops hint amid Atletico Madrid links

The Atletico Madrid boss is keen to bolster his defensive options by signing the Tottenham star this summer

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2 h. ago US aircraft carrier steams towards Middle East after Trump issued threat to Tehran

Iran is looking to form an 'Islamic Army' with several other countries in the Middle East as it continues to wage war with Israel.

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2 h. ago Violence is coming to define American political life | Stephen Marche

Spectacular violence like Trump’s military parade and real violence like Melissa Hortman’s assassination are part of a growing trendAmerica reached its apex of self-parody shortly after 7pm on 14 June 2025. In that moment, the background band at Donald Trump’s military parade segued from Jump by Van Halen to Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival, just after the announcer explained that M777 howitzers are made out of titanium.Nobody, apparently, had considered the lyrics: “Some folks are born, made to wave the flag, they’re red, white and blue, and when the band plays Hail to the Chief, they point the cannon at you.” If this was some kind of surreptitious protest by the musicians, I salute them, but given the time and the place, sheer obliviousness is a better explanation. The crowd, pretty thin, did their best imitation of a cheer. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Best camping stoves: top portable cooking options for alfresco dining

Cook it up on your next camp out

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2 h. ago The Latest: Iran launches a new wave of missile attacks on Israel as conflict enters fourth day

Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported at least five killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth day of a conflict between the regional foes that showed no sign of slowing

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2 h. ago Asda announces major change to 180 cafes starting this month

The upgrades in Asda cafes will include digital ordering screens and table ordering service, alongside a new menu which will include pizza options and other items

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3 h. ago John Oliver warns there is ‘a slippery slope to authoritarianism under Trump’

‘Grabbing people off the street and deporting them without due process is authoritarianism,’ said the late night host

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3 h. ago The hillside memorial that sparked misinformation about South Africa’s farm killings

The South African government and experts who have studied farm killings have publicly denounced misinformation

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4 h. ago The hillside memorial which sparked misinformation about South Africa’s farm killings

The South African government and experts who have studied farm killings have publicly denounced misinformation

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5 h. ago US embassy in Israel is damaged in Iran missile blitz after Trump warned he would unleash hell if America was 'attacked in any way': Tehran marshals Islamic Army to wage all

Iran is looking to form an 'Islamic Army' with several other countries in the Middle East as it continues to wage war with Israel.

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer says G7 will discuss Russia sanctions at summit if Putin holds out on ceasefire talks

Leaders will hold talks on the war in Ukraine and spiralling conflict in the Middle East as they gather at a major global summit in Canada.

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5 h. ago Hamilton Guides enjoy special adventures thanks to Generation Cashback funding

The 17th Hamilton members tackled a climbing wall, took to the water and visited New Lanark, Garrion Bridges and Girlguiding South Lanarkshire's residential site.

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6 h. ago Gina Gershon: ‘People like to cast me as hardcore, motorcycle

The star of cult classics including ‘Bound’ and ‘Face/Off’ is once again stealing scenes, this time in an action thriller called ‘High Rollers’. She speaks to Adam White about the trauma of being in ‘Showgirls’, how it takes 20 years for her films to be embraced, and why she stopped doing her viral impressions of Melania Trump

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6 h. ago Gina Gershon: ‘People like to cast me as a hardcore, motorcycle

The star of cult classics including ‘Bound’ and ‘Face/Off’ is once again stealing scenes, this time in an action thriller called ‘High Rollers’. She speaks to Adam White about the trauma of being in ‘Showgirls’, how it takes 20 years for her films to be embraced, and why she stopped doing her viral impressions of Melania Trump

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7 h. ago A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa's farm killings

Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades

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7 h. ago Ali Khamenei: ruthless defender of Iran’s revolution with few good options left

The Iranian supreme leader is backed into a corner, a situation he has spent his life doing his best to avoidWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, had an uncompromising message. Israel “won’t last long”, he told tens of thousands of supporters at a mosque in Tehran in a Friday sermon.“We must stand up against the enemy while strengthening our unwavering faith,” the 84-year-old told the gathering. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’

Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises societyShe finds the whole idea absurd. To Prof Marci Shore, the notion that the Guardian, or anyone else, should want to interview her about the future of the US is ridiculous. She’s an academic specialising in the history and culture of eastern Europe and describes herself as a “Slavicist”, yet here she is, suddenly besieged by international journalists keen to ask about the country in which she insists she has no expertise: her own. “It’s kind of baffling,” she says.In fact, the explanation is simple enough. Last month, Shore, together with her husband and fellow scholar of European history, Timothy Snyder, and the academic Jason Stanley, made news around the world when they announced that they were moving from Yale University in the US to the University of Toronto in Canada. It was not the move itself so much as their motive that garnered attentio...

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7 h. ago Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno

Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far rightDonald Trump’s “America First” policies are undermining decades of transatlantic cooperation just as Putin’s Russia destabilises Europe with direct military aggression. But these twin shocks have unintentionally accomplished something the EU institutions never could. They have made European integration feel not just important, but existential – a matter of democratic survival – for ordinary citizens.From Helsinki to Lisbon, people are suddenly experiencing the same existential unease. Trade wars, defence threats and military aggression don’t respect borders. More and more Europeans now recognise that their small, individual nations cannot withstand simultaneous pressure from both Washington and Moscow. They find themselves caught between economic coercion and military intimidation.Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris and the...

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