30 m. ago 'Snow White review is in – it should be a hit but one major star is the weak link'

Daily Star reporter Ed Gleave took a trip to see the new Snow White flick that's been embroiled in controversy after Disney decided to use CGI dwarves instead of real actors

Events

34 m. ago Conservative commentator eyeing run for Senate or governor in Michigan

Conservative podcaster Tudor Dixon weighs a future run in adopted state after attacking Democrat Gretchen Whitmer for presiding over ‘lost generation’

Politics

39 m. ago Tom Girardi’s lawyers trying to delay hearing on the result of his mental health evaluation

A prosecutor fighting against the pushback of sentencing said the ‘defendant has had ample time to retain any expert to review’

Society

51 m. ago Snow White review – Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo

With tiresome pseudo-progressive additions that tie the whole thing in knots, this is a waste of estimable entertainers like Rachel Zegler and Gal GadotThat title is a description of the page on which new Hollywood ideas get written. Here is a pointless new live-action musical version of the Snow White myth, a kind of un-Wicked approach to the story and a merch-enabling money machine. Where other movies are playfully reimagining the backstories of famous villains, this one plays it straight, but with carefully curated revisionist tweaks. These are all too obviously agonising and backlash-second-guessing, but knowing that at some basic level the brand identity has to be kept pristine. This is particularly evident in the costume design, with which the wicked witch gets a pointy dark crown and skull-hugging black balaclava and Snow White is lumbered with a supermarket-retail tweenie outfit with puffy-sleeved shoulders. Those otherwise estimable performers Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot ar...

Events

51 m. ago Rachel Zegler deserves better than the lazy, visually repellent Snow White

This Disney musical offers nothing to the talented ‘West Side Story’ star – who has faced racist abuse since her casting was announced – and features a dud of a performance from Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen

Events

68 m. ago The Guardian view on Germany’s new coalition: unleashing the radical centre | Editorial

A groundbreaking vote by outgoing MPs has given the chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, the chance to renew mainstream politicsThe first “grand coalition” government in Germany’s postwar history was formed in 1966 to address an unexpected economic downturn, amid concerns over a nascent neo-Nazi far right. Nearly six decades later, as the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic party (SPD) prepare to join forces across the right-left divide for the fifth time, following February’s snap election, the circumstances are superficially similar. The scale of the challenges, however – and the sense of jeopardy – are of a different order.As geopolitical events have undermined its trade‑led business model, the German economy has been undergoing the most prolonged period of stagnation since the second world war. Not unrelatedly, the extreme-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party – elements of which are judged a threat to the democratic constitutional order by security s...

Politics

73 m. ago Some schools not 'learning from the best' in boosting attendance rates, Education Secretary warns

Minister tells teachers ‘children’s life chances are at stake’ as schools struggle with higher absence levels than before the pandemic

Events

84 m. ago Original ET model will hit auction block for nearly £1 million

Sotheby’s has confirmed that the screen-used model of the alien ET will be up for auction starting at 600,000 US dollars (£462,000).

Economics

91 m. ago Martin Lewis says DWP benefit shake up 'fraught with challenges'

Martin Lewis has shared his initial reactions to changes made to PIP payments as part of the biggest shake up to the welfare system in a generation

Politics

1 hour ago UK scientists behind clean power AI breakthrough win £1m Government prize

The design tool rapidly helps to analyse materials used for clean energy, transport and key infrastructure.

Politics

1 hour ago Trump’s press secretary attacks federal judge in deportation case by name and calls him ‘Democrat activist’ – live

Karoline Leavitt singles out James Boasberg in briefing attacking federal judges as court battle over deportations continuesDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Tories attempt to get Government to apologise over winter fuel payment cuts

Conservative shadow minister Helen Whatley said pensioners were having to choose between ‘heating and eating’.

Politics

2 h. ago This is how the new hospital could look as North Manchester General is rebuilt

After years of waiting for the go-ahead, the hospital was told by the government that it would finally be getting a £1.5bn transformation

Politics

2 h. ago How North Manchester General Hospital could look after £1.5bn rebuild

After years of waiting for the go-ahead, the hospital was told by the government that it would finally be getting a £1.5bn transformation

Economics

2 h. ago The Latest: DOGE official to take USAID leadership role despite department helping to dismantle it

According to an email obtained by The Associated Press, a senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle

Politics

2 h. ago Storm Martinho: Warnings for rain, wind and travel chaos in Spain after deadly Storm Laurence floods

The Canary Islands government has warned against unnecessary travel ahead of Storm Martinho’s arrival on Thursday

Events

2 h. ago Chilling memo released in JFK files about 'suicide' of government insider who blamed the CIA for assassination

A CIA insider who blamed the agency for John F. Kennedy's assassination took his own life six month later, an eerie memo from previously top secret files about the 35th president's death revealed.

Politics

2 h. ago A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year

Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

Events

3 h. ago Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week

Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accused them of ‘defending a Tory system’

Politics

3 h. ago DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says

A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press

Politics