80 m. ago 'We are tired of being scared': Women of Ukraine share their hopes and fears three years into Russia's war

Vladimir Putin’s aggression has led to the death of thousands of civilians and laid waste to a country. On the eve of the third anniversary of the invasion, Ukrainians tell the Standard they are bruised but not beaten.

Events

86 m. ago Dancing on Ice ITV: what time is it on TV tonight? Schedule and start time

Dancing on Ice’s start time this week has been confirmed ⛸

Culture

86 m. ago Chain, chain, chain: political theatre confirms Elon Musk’s Maga hero status at jubilant CPAC

Emboldened and exultant, speakers put less emphasis on baiting liberals and more on spreading the Maga gospelWhat do you give the man who has everything? A ballroom full of cheering conservative activists found out this week when Elon Musk was presented with a chainsaw by Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, who has used the power tool as a symbol of his push to impose fiscal discipline.Wearing sunglasses, a black Maga baseball cap and a gold necklace, Musk giddily wielded the chainsaw up and down the stage. “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” he declared. Members of the audience shouted: “We love you!” Musk replied: “I love you guys, too!” And he quipped: “I am become meme.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Brits back Zelensky over Trump as new poll shows three in five think Ukraine leader is doing well

An Ipsos survey showed three in five Britons (60 per cent) believe the Ukrainian President has done a good job of handling Russia's brutal invasion.

Politics

2 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson's bizarre 'ban' on pub customers from ordering three simple things

The former Top Gear host, 64, is also believed to have a strict time limit for diners

Economics

2 h. ago Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee

For the US president’s cheerleaders, the whitewashing of the deaths of ten of thousands of Ukrainians is a small price to pay for sticking it to the wokeratiWas it really only a month ago that the pole-dancer patron, fridge explorer, Brexit get-doer, model bus maker, sofa-strainer, wall-spaffer, current Daily Mail columnist and former British prime minister Boris Johnson eulogised the inauguration of Donald Trump in the Mail, recounting how, as the “invisible pulse of power surged” from the battered bible into the hand of Trump: “I saw the moment the world’s wokerati had worked so hard to prevent.”I hope Johnson is pleased with the way things have worked out. Because now the foolish wokerati have been schooled beyond Johnson’s wettest dreams. It’s the Trump-Putin-bin Salman party! An adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster, and a man who sanctioned a chemical warfare hit, killing a British citizen on British soil, have met at the luxury Saudia Arabian hotel of another man, ...

Events

2 h. ago New York City’s Ukrainian community ‘disappointed’ after Trump’s ‘betrayal’

As the US upends decades of foreign policy, those watching the war unfold from miles away resolve to stand strongMembers of New York’s large Ukrainian community expressed a mix of disillusionment, betrayal, defiance and acute uncertainty about what the future holds for Ukraine after tensions escalated this week between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Geopolitical events in the last week have shocked Ukrainians at home and overseas as well as US lawmakers and allies, as the US president appeared to heavily favor the Russian president Vladimir Putin to dictate peace terms on the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Woman delayed at border control warns UK holidaymakers 'don't make same mistake'

New travel rules imposed by certain European Union nations left one traveller stumped and delayed as she was pulled up at the gate – and she's sent an urgent warning to other travellers

Events

2 h. ago Edinburgh time capsule found after 119 years uncovers history of King's Theatre

The bottle was found after scaffolding had been erected on the building.

Culture

2 h. ago BBC Breakfast host says 'forgive me' after asking guest 'really random' question

Presenter Roger Johnson was back on the famous BBC Breakfast red sofa on Sunday morning alongside Rachel Burden as they woke up the nation with the latest headlines

Politics

3 h. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump against 'disastrous' Ukraine peace deal that doesn't stop Russia attacking again

The Prime Minister called on Western allies to be 'firm and fair now' in order to prevent the 'disaster' of Russia launching another invasion.

Events

3 h. ago Trump set to address parliament for the first time after first

This is expected to involve Mr Trump formally addressing MPs and Lords - ahead of his first state visit he had been controversially blocked by former speaker John Bercow .

Politics

3 h. ago Ukraine’s soldiers are losing arms and legs – then returning to war

‘Fighting with arms and legs is something anyone can do. Fighting without them — that’s a challenge’

Events

3 h. ago Shouty pub boss 'humiliated' cleaner and watched her 'like a hawk', tribunal hears

An employment tribunal has ruled that Sarah Hopley was discriminated against due to her disability

Politics

4 h. ago Julen Lopetegui: ‘Of course we could have played better. It was our fault’

Spaniard on the ‘pain and anger’ of his sacking at West Ham and rejecting an immediate return to management“And then suddenly they sacked me.” Julen Lopetegui is running through the reasons to be cheerful – safety secure, 17 shots at the Etihad and the physical stats, an identity emerging, a winter window and a kinder calendar coming – when he uses one of only two English lines in as many hours, delivered as if the final page of a story. The other, not entirely incidentally, is “no comment”, and a smile accompanies both. Five weeks from his sacking at West Ham, the anger and hurt has subsided, on the surface at least. The period of mourning, as he puts it, is over.“My father died and, although you can’t compare them, personal and professional mourning came together,” Lopetegui says. Offers arrived, but it was too soon. Instead he headed to Mexico, where he is building a hotel with his brother Joxean, a former pelota player, and as he arrives at another hotel, this time in Madrid, it...

Politics

4 h. ago ‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi KleinPamela Anderson, makeup-free and beautiful in a floral Westwood suit, is making a fuss of my dog. My dog likes her. I’m not a particular believer in the idea that animals are great character judges but, in this case, me and the dog are aligned. I like Anderson too. She combines openness with a kind of vulnerability, and you warm to her immediately.Settled on a sofa in a small dressing room off a photography studio, she asks for a coffee and promptly spills it everywhere. “I strive for imperfection,” she jokes. “I strive for it, and I just hit it every time.” Cortado mopped, she takes a breath, before talking excitedly of a new phase in her eventful life. “A door opened, and I walked through,” she says. “It’s hard to believe.” Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and Neil McCann has fans begging him for Ibrox return

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Politics

4 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and OTHER answer to sack question airs

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Society

4 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and Monaco fans hear Belgian's 'loser speech' again

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Politics

4 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and brutal truth airs about a condemned manager

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

Society