44 m. ago Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy some of the last hurrahs of summer along the East Coast have been met with rip-current warnings, closed beaches and in some cases already treacherous waves as Hurricane Erin inches closer

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53 m. ago ‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething man

The certainties of youth are slipping away and I find myself in something of clothing identity crisis. It doesn’t help that what’s ‘cool’ is increasingly hard to pin down. So where does that leave an average bloke just hoping for the best?In September I will turn 44, the supposed first iceberg of ageing. As my own personal A23a approaches, I find myself, when it comes to how to get dressed at least, not older and wiser but but more adrift than ever.It’s not necessarily for want of effort. A while ago I tried on a pair of wide trousers: the big blocky sort that have become increasingly fashionable. I hadn’t worn anything like them before and wasn’t convinced, but was feeling bored with my own wardrobe. When I modelled them in the shop for my wife, she reacted instantly. I couldn’t pull them off, she said. You’re not an art or fashion person, was the implication. She was right; her advice tends to be sound. Continue reading...

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83 m. ago 'Sneaky reason' your summer flights keep getting pricier and how to stop it

Airlines are getting sneaky with their flight prices and these are the mistakes travellers are making when booking flights, travel expert gives top tips on how to avoid making these errors

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83 m. ago I found a £15 pair of jeans that aren't just 'slimming', but are 'soft and comfortable' too

"I wear these jeans nearly every day, they are a great fit and flattering also soft and comfortable"

Economics

1 hour ago White House launches TikTok account weeks ahead of Trump’s extended deadline to ban app

‘America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?’ the White House said when launching its account.

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1 hour ago Trump hopes he can get into heaven and believes solving Ukraine war will get him there

US president suggested brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine would help him ‘get to heaven’

Politics

1 hour ago ‘Don’t call this racist’: row grows over motives behind England flag campaign

Organisers say they are just being patriotic but some suspect far right is behind ‘dangerous’ lamp-post movement“This is NOT racist never has been never will be,” reads the fundraising page of a group calling itself the Wythall Flaggers, which by Tuesday afternoon had raised more than £2,000, mostly in small donations of £5 and £10. “We have members of the community of all ethnicities and religions stopping by and praising what we are doing so please don’t call this racist.”The money, according to the page’s organiser, will be used for “coating the local community in England flags as this is home and we should be patriotic and proud We need help to cover every street in Wythall with our beautiful St George’s cross.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago ‘It would be a terrible loss’: Ukrainian frontline troops sceptical of ceding land

Near Dobropillia new trenches are visible, drone attacks continue and there is no sign of the fighting easingOver dinner on Monday, a simple barbecue of meat and roasted vegetables, the soldiers of Ukraine’s 150th reconnaissance and strike battalion have other things on their mind. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the White House and Donald Trump has just promised to give Ukraine “very good protection”.When this development is passed on to the group around, one of the soldiers pipes up “From who?” and laughs, such is the uncertainty about who the US really supports. But in reality the troops are not following the news closely. After three and half years, the war has its own momentum, technology and schedule. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation

Stoner was a small child when they began acting professionally – and their experience included extreme pressure, dangerous diets, rehab, dashed hopes and self-doubt. Now, with a new memoir, they consider how they escaped ‘the toddler to train-wreck pipeline’When Alyson Stoner was nine, a wardrobe assistant on the set of a TV show noticed the child actor’s dark leg-hair and told Stoner it was “dirty and unladylike”, and that they couldn’t wear shorts in the show until it was removed. “I started to view my body in a detached way where it was just something to control, to fix, to manipulate for whatever standard was presented to me,” says Stoner. “In this case, the extreme beauty standards of the industry.”It was a lot for a nine-year-old to take on, but by then Stoner had been working for several years – they were a Disney regular, and appeared in films such as Cheaper By the Dozen – and were used to doing whatever adults asked. As a teenager, this would lead to an excessive exercise ...

Society

1 hour ago Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari

The US president may be helping Putin to destroy the west, but his vanity is causing Europeans to speak with one voice on UkraineSeven is a biblical number, a number dear to ancient Rome, and the number of Cristiano Ronaldo’s lucky jersey. Perhaps it is also now going to be the answer to Henry Kissinger’s (probably apocryphal) question: what number do I call when I want to talk to Europe? Maybe the answer is seven, like the number of leaders sitting at the table in Washington on Monday alongside Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.It’s difficult to say at this stage whether anything good will come from the impromptu White House summit, but European leaders showing up as a group in support of Ukraine was a first. This seven-member format – Nato, the European Commission, France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Finland – truly spoke with one voice. They did so on a crisis, Ukraine, over which they have sometimes been bitterly divided throughout the past three and a half years (remember Emm...

Politics

2 h. ago Trump calls Israel’s Netanyahu a ‘war hero’ and says ‘I guess I am too’

The president made the remarks in a radio interview complaining he was not given enough credit for bombing Iran’s nuclear sites

Politics

2 h. ago Jeanine Pirro accused of helping Trump and Republican Party while a Fox News host: report claims

‘I work so hard for the party across the country,’ Pirro reportedly told then-Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel in September 2020.

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2 h. ago Should babies wear socks all the time? The new battleground in the generational war

Millennial parents are torn between experts encouraging babies to have barefoot time and grandparents who insist the tots have toasty tootsiesEmma, I hear parent-internet is abuzz about baby feet. Has Hemingway’s six-word story gone viral?Not this time, though some may find it just as heartbreaking. There’s a generational divide over whether or not babies need socks, and it’s confusing grandparents around the world. Young parents are opting for barefoot babes – on TikTok, in playgrounds, at the supermarket, in the comfort of their own warm and cosy home. Everywhere. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Trump’s tariffs replace diplomacy as other US tools of statecraft are discarded

Measures meant to rebalance America’s economy are wielded instead against the likes of Canada, India and Brazil ‘to compel loyalty to the president’On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to use tariffs to revitalise American industry, bringing jobs home and helping to make America great again. But more than six months into his administration, experts say the president’s trade war is increasingly being wielded as a political cudgel, in lieu of more traditional forms of diplomacy.The president’s current target, India, has been unable to reach a trade agreement and Trump appears ready to follow through with his threat to impose a further 25% tariff on Delhi – bringing the total to 50% – the joint highest levy on any country, along with Brazil. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Trump pushes for meeting to end war as Russia continues attacks on Ukraine: Live updates

Putin and Zelensky could meet within just two weeks as European leaders hail ‘breakthrough’ in Washington

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3 h. ago Abrego Garcia's lawyers want smuggling charges dismissed on grounds of vindictive prosecution

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge to dismiss a human smuggling case against him

Politics

3 h. ago Kristi Noem says border wall to be painted black on Trump’s request to make the metal hotter and deter migrants

Noem’s announcement came as Trump boasted about the historically low border crossings in July

Politics

4 h. ago Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration

Events

4 h. ago Trump plans to PAINT Southern border wall to make it hotter and harder to climb

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed the project was a specific request from President Donald Trump.

Politics

5 h. ago DHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the entire southern border wall with Mexico is being painted black to deter illegal immigration

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