10 h. ago Britain tried to control migration – and created the worst of all worlds

Editorial: As The Independent reveals, up to £2bn of private contracts have been awarded since 2017 aimed at curbing illegal migration across the English Channel and the costs of asylum application processing. It is hard to point to any positive results of this gross expense

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15 h. ago Even Tesla drivers seem to hate Elon Musk. Their honking protest warms the heart | Zoe Williams

The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their supportPark Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute once, right on to a dual carriageway. There’s a hotel on the other side of the road, and a tourist will most likely approach you, asking how she’s supposed to cross, and your answer will be just a sub-verbal collapse into nothingness. There is no obvious way to cross the road. This place was built for cars, and if you’re not a car, you’re stuck in a tube station now. There is actually an underpass, but that’s no excuse for dystopian urban planning.I was there helping the Stop Trump Coalition make a video before the US president’s state visit, whenever that might be, and they were there to see Tesla Takedown, which is not as antagonistic as it sounds, just a score of people, one dressed...

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15 h. ago I went to a Tesla protest this weekend – here’s what I learned | Zoe Williams

The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their supportPark Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute once, right on to a dual carriageway. There’s a hotel on the other side of the road, and a tourist will most likely approach you, asking how she’s supposed to cross, and your answer will be just a sub-verbal collapse into nothingness. There is no obvious way to cross the road. This place was built for cars, and if you’re not a car, you’re stuck in a tube station now. There is actually an underpass, but that’s no excuse for dystopian urban planning.I was there helping the Stop Trump Coalition make a video before the US president’s state visit, whenever that might be, and they were there to see Tesla Takedown, which is not as antagonistic as it sounds, just a score of people, one dressed...

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20 h. ago Wrexham star shows himself to be  the world's WORST barman during wild celebrations following promotion party with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

A Wrexham star showed himself to be the world's worst barman as the Welsh side stormed into the Championship after beating Charlton 3-0 to reach the second tier for the first time since 1982.

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59 h. ago Scientists have birthed a ‘super cannibal’ that never grows up. Could it be key to combating Australia’s cane toad menace?

There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive speciesThe toad’s eyes seemed to glow red, its warty and poison-soaked skin – normally splodged in browns – instead a porridge of creamy whites. This albino toad was produced by a team of scientists with one foot in a Sydney university laboratory and the other in a research station on the vast tropical savannahs and wetlands far away to the north near Humpty Doo.It was September 2023 and for the man who dreamed it into being, the toad was but an opening act in a radical new play against one of the world’s worst invasive species.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Danny Dyer's 'worst movie in the history of the world' has fans absolutely obsessed

The 2015 film Assassin, starring Danny Dyer and the Kemp brothers, was panned by critics but some viewers have hailed it as a "brilliant" and "underrated" movie

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3 d. ago Danny Dyer's 'worst film in the history of the world' fans can't get enough of

Danny Dyer's Assassin has been dubbed “the worst film in the history of the world” by some viewers, but is absolutely adored by some who call it a “very underrated, brilliant movie”.

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5 d. ago More than 80% of world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event in history

‘We're looking at something that's completely changing the face of our planet,’ scientists warn

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6 d. ago More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record

An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist saysThe world’s coral reefs have been pushed into “uncharted territory” by the worst global bleaching event on record that has now hit more than 80% of the planet’s reefs, scientists have warned.Reefs in at least 82 countries and territories have been exposed to enough heat to turn corals white since the global event started in January 2023, the latest data from the US government’s Coral Reef Watch shows. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including three entire buckets of KFC and a single, pitted olive

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.

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9 d. ago Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including an entire bucket of KFC and a single strawberry

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.

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1 week ago Are cable cars safe? How they work and worst disasters after Naples crash kills four

Some 28 miles to the southeast of Naples in Southern Italy, four people have been killed including British woman Margaret Elaine Winn, 58, in a cable car incident but how safe are these roads in the sky?

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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ali Carter feud explained as pair given 'worst possible' World Snooker Championship draw

The Rocket had the Captain have had a few high profile spats over the years which could make for a tasty first round tie

Politics

1 week ago David Lammy says Sudan's warring parties must 'put peace first' at major summit

The Foreign Secretary David Lammy made the remarks as he opened a summit in London on the conflict in an attempt to shine a spotlight on one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

Politics

2 w. ago Sudan faces the world's worst humanitarian crisis as second anniversary of war nears, UN says

A senior U.N. official says a nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and led the African country to become the only nation experiencing famine

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's economic war on world with 60 countries in firing line from new tariffs

Countries around the world have been the targets of Donald Trump's tough new tariffs with 60 of the 'worst offenders' facing heavy charges, potentially pushing the world towards recession

Economics

2 w. ago Will Trump’s tariffs tip the world into recession? – podcast

As countries reel from the Trump tariffs, can a global recession still be avoided? Richard Partington reportsJust after midnight on Tuesday, EDT time, the wall of tariffs Donald Trump announced last week came into effect. The new system upends decades of precedent from the world’s strongest economy and has sent global markets reeling.The Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, Richard Partington, explains to Michael Safi the dynamics of a market crash and a trade war and how together they may contribute to the onset of a global recession. However, as he makes clear, the world is not yet in that worst-case scenario and steps can still be taken to minimise the risk. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago World’s worst criminal: Clumsy armed robbery suspect has everything go wrong during his attempted heist

This is the moment an armed thief’s attempted robbery went hilariously wrong.

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3 w. ago World’s worst criminal: Clumsy armed robber hilariously messes up his attempted crime where everything goes wrong

This is the moment an armed thief’s attempted robbery went hilariously wrong.

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3 w. ago World's worst 'pandemic breeding grounds' as depraved animal markets spark virus fears

Experts have warned that filthy farms and markets packed full of sick, distressed animals around the world are potential breeding grounds for deadly new viruses that can jump from animals to humans

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