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Billy Searle pulls the strings as Leicester prove too strong for Saracens

Leicester 36-28 Saracens Tigers close gap on top four The temperature was zero at kick-off but when the pluses and minuses were totted up, Leicester were comfortably in credit and Saracens were out in the cold. A clinical and cohesive performance by Geoff Parling’s side has them looking upwards, contemplating the playoffs, while the Saracens director of rugby, Mark McCall, must reflect on his team’s inconsistency. As the regular season reaches halfway this was a highly significant mid-table encounter: Leicester in fifth, and sixth-placed Saracens still have ground to make up on the top four, but the home side narrowed the gap with an accomplished win. There were plenty of illustrious names on the teamsheet but it was Billy Searle, the Leicester fly-half, whose headline-grabbing performance won him player of the match. At 29, Searle has already played for five different professional clubs in England and three in France. On this sparkling form you wonder why any of them let him ...
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Trump drops Nasa nominee Jared Isaacman, scrapping Elon Musk’s pick

‘Prior associations’ appear to cost billionaire the chance to be Nasa administrator, as US president says new nominee ‘will be mission aligned’ The White House has withdrawn Jared Isaacman as its nominee for Nasa administrator, abruptly yanking a close ally of Elon Musk from consideration to lead the space agency. Donald Trump said he would announce a new candidate soon. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head Nasa,” the US president posted online. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be mission aligned, and put America first in space.” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/m1nYaHP via IFTTT
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Deaths as Russian train hits collapsed bridge after ‘illegal interference’

At least seven killed as Moscow-bound train derails in Vygonichskyi in Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine A passenger train derailed in western Russia late on Saturday after a bridge above collapsed and fell on to the tracks, killing several people. Officials said at least seven people were killed and 30 were hospitalised in Vygonichskyi in Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine. Russian Railways blamed “the collapse of a span structure of the road bridge as a result of an illegal interference in the operation of transport”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/tIMOJAg via IFTTT
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Ukraine war briefing: New air assault on Kyiv

Explosions heard in Ukrainian capital a week after it endured biggest air raid of the war; evacuations in Sumy as Russians grab villages. What we know on day 1,194 Ukrainian air defences were trying to repel a Russian air attack on Kyiv , the mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said early on Sunday. Air raid and missile alerts were issued just before 2am on Sunday morning. Ukrainian news outlets reported the sound of explosions. It comes a week after the biggest Russian air raid of the war against the Ukrainian capital. Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed at least two people including a nine-year-old girl on Saturday , officials said. Russian troops launched 109 drones and five missiles across Ukraine overnight and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air force saod. Three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed and another 30 drones failed to reach their targets, causing no damage, it said. The girl was killed in a strike on the frontline village of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia reg...
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Désiré Doué joins the global A-list to lead PSG’s coronation as kings of Europe | Barney Ronay

Attacking tyro with a martial artist’s precision is Neymar without the madness and the further maths version of Lamine Yamal’s fine art The third great Moment of Doué was beautiful for its simplicity, 63 minutes into this game and with Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 up. As Désiré Doué glided in on goal, all alone suddenly in a wide open patch of green, he was found by a deliciously weighted through pass from Vitinha. From there Doué allowed the ball to run across him as the retreating Inter defenders closed at his back, a perfect little screenshot of time, space, angles, ground speed allowing him to open his right instep and shoot with the path of the pass, wrong-footing Yann Sommer and easing the ball into the far corner. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/4qMG97H via IFTTT
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of doing ‘everything it can’ to sabotage peace talks

President hasn’t committed to Ukraine attending Monday’s meeting with Russia in Istanbul, saying Moscow first has to provide its proposals. What we know on day 1,193 See all our Ukraine war coverage Ukraine has said it does not expect any results from talks with Russia in Turkey, unless Moscow provides its peace terms in advance, accusing the Kremlin of doing “everything” it can to sabotage the potential meeting . Moscow said it was sending a team of negotiators to Istanbul for a second round of talks on Monday but Kyiv has yet to confirm if it will attend. “For over a week now, the Russians have been unable to present the so-called memorandum,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X on Friday, referring to a document Russia says it has prepared outlining its conditions for peace. “For a meeting to be meaningful, its agenda must be clear, and the negotiations must be properly prepared,” the Ukrainian president added. “Unfortunately, Russia is doing everything it can to ensure that the ne...
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‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough

Global trial shows immunotherapy drug significantly lowers chance of cancer spreading or returning An immunotherapy drug can ward off head and neck cancers for twice as long as the standard treatment, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Pembrolizumab stimulates the immune system to fight cancer, targeting a specific protein that enables the drug to wipe out cancer cells. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/OGXYLKD via IFTTT
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Hong Kong releases second group of democrats jailed for four years in national security trial

Among those freed was long-time political and LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham, who also led one of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy groups Four people jailed in the landmark national security trial of the “ Hong Kong 47”, the pro-democracy figures accused of conspiracy to commit subversion, were freed on Friday after more than four years behind bars, the second group to be released in a month. Among those freed was longtime political and LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham, who also led one of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy groups, the Civil Human Rights Front, which disbanded in 2021. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/UWjDB6M via IFTTT
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‘Start exercising!’: secrets of Thailand’s 105-year-old athletics champion

A recent winner of four Masters Games gold medals, Sawang Janpram began competing at 97 – motivated by his daughter, now 73 For the 105-year-old Thai athlete Sawang Janpram, the day normally starts at 5.30am. He has a breakfast of two boiled eggs, some protein, vegetables and fruit, and by 6am or 7am he’s out at the beach or local stadium near his home in Rayong province, training with his 73-year-old daughter Siripan. He will walk between 1km and 2km before doing a quick 100m run, once or twice. Then, he practises one of his other sports: javelin, discus or shot put. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/YZgdaqD via IFTTT
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Man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston found mentally incompetent to stand trial

Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, who has pleaded not guilty, declared not mentally fit to face charges of vandalism and felony stalking of the Friends actor A judge declared on Thursday that a man is mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the Friends star. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ZmdUfWb via IFTTT
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Company directors who cause nature damage in Scotland could face jail

New ecocide bill in Scottish parliament aims to criminalise environmental destruction in line with EU directive Company directors who cause severe or reckless damage to nature could face jail terms or hefty fines under a bill that aims to criminalise environmental destruction in Scotland. The proposed law, which would be the first of its kind in the UK, is designed to put a class of environment offences known as ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/xncZJRV via IFTTT
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Peak speed: Sherpas say their traditions are at risk after record Everest ascents

Use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions has triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers There is nothing unusual about records being broken on Mount Everest. But last week, two sets of climbers turned heads with ascents that many had never thought possible: they went straight up from sea level to the world’s highest summit in less than a week. On Wednesday, a team of four UK climbers, all ex-special forces soldiers, summited Everest having landed from London just over four days earlier. The following day, US-Ukrainian climber Andrew Ushakov said he had gone from New York to the top of Everest in under four days. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/1SqDNBY via IFTTT
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‘The national museum of absolutely everything’: new V&A outpost is an architectural delight

Poison darts, a dome from Spain, priceless spoons and Frank Lloyd Wright furniture … our architecture critic is wowed by how the V&A East Storehouse lets visitors ‘breathe the same air’ as its 250,000 artefacts • ‘Pop a masterpiece in your basket’: our art critic reviews the Storehouse ‘We used to have something called social housing,” you will be able to tell your grandchildren, should you ever take them to V&A East Storehouse, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new outpost in east London. High up in the atrium, at the centre of this huge open-access repository of 250,000 objects, hangs a chunk of Robin Hood Gardens , a brutalist council estate in nearby Poplar that was recently bulldozed to make way for less affordable housing. Deftly suspended from the gantry, the poignant fragment now seems as much a relic of a bygone age as the 15th-century Islamic dome from a Spanish palace that is displayed across the hall. The estate’s precast concrete panels have been reassembled wi...
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UK food inflation rises for fourth month in a row as steaks beef up prices

Annual rate of food price increases hits 2.8% driven by rising cost of fresh produce but price inflation for all goods is falling Food inflation in the UK has risen for the fourth month in a row, figures show, driven by increases in the cost of fresh produce, including steak. The annual rate of food price rises hit 2.8% this month, after a 2.6% rise in April, according to the latest shop price data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/eIjMzxE via IFTTT
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‘We were almost doing Mario Kart’: Verstappen and Russell slate Monaco F1 GP pit stops

Mandatory pit stops imposed in bid to liven up race Russell said crowd were ‘sipping champagne on a yacht’ Max Verstappen and George Russell both issued a blunt disapproval of Formula One’s attempts to enliven the Monaco Grand Prix by imposing mandatory pit stops. Verstappen compared it unfavourably to Mario Kart, and Russell dismissed the ­policy as having failed and the race an ­irrelevance to an audience that were “sipping champagne on a yacht”. F1 had hoped that enforcing two pit stops would make for some ­jeopardy and create at least strategic interest in the 78-lap race through the narrow streets of Monte Carlo but it failed to do so. Nor did it address the fundamental problem which was once more painfully clear in the race on Sunday: that modern F1 cars are too big and too heavy to pass one another in Monaco. No overtakes on track were achieved in the entire race. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/jf8A1XH via IFTTT
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Pope determined to prove he warrants England place and Stokes’ defence

Batter relaxed about Jacob Bethell’s potential return after century against Zimbabwe with India and Australia to come A Test match that began with England saying they wanted to be better at media interactions and show a touch more humility ended with the captain growling about his words being twisted. And they say a week is a long time in politics … It was my question that sparked all this, as it happens. The day before the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, I asked Ben Stokes about Jacob Bethell, the conversations that surrounded his absence to play in the Indian Premier League, and whether, as the “incumbent No 3” who made such an impression in New Zealand, he would be “straight back in” for the series against India. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/1TAsYP5 via IFTTT
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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv under Russian drone attacks for second night running

At least seven injured as officials warn more drone and missile strikes likely, while large-scale prisoner swap continues. What we know on day 1,187 See all our Ukraine war coverage Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on Sunday and injured at least seven people, as debris set an apartment building on fire and damaged homes, officials said. The head of Kyiv city’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said “more than a dozen enemy drones” were flying around the capital early on Sunday. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said the city was “under attack” but “air defences are operating”, telling citizens to stay in shelters. A day earlier, Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 attack drones on Kyiv , injuring 15 people in one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the attacks indicated Moscow was “prolonging ...
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North Korea detains three over warship launch accident, state media reports

Kim Jong-Un vowed to punish those found responsible for ‘criminal’ damage to new 5,000-tonne naval destroyer North Korea has detained three people over an accident that occurred during the launch of a new warship this past week, state media reported early on Sunday. Pyongyang has said that “a serious accident occurred” at Wednesday’s launch ceremony in the eastern port city of Chongjin for a newly built 5,000-tonne naval destroyer, in which sections of the bottom of the vessel were crushed . Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/THAaXxB via IFTTT
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Gary Neville refused entry to Nottingham Forest’s final game of season

Sky Sports pundit denied accreditation for Chelsea game Neville was critical of Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis The Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has been refused entry to the City Ground by Nottingham Forest for their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday against Chelsea. Neville was scheduled to be part of Sky’s commentary team as both sides bid to secure Champions League football next season, but Forest have declined to grant him media accreditation. The East Midlands club declined to comment when approached. The former Manchester United defender Neville said on Instagram: “I was contacted by Sky Sports earlier on in the week and told that I would be commentating at the City Ground on Sunday for the Nottingham Forest v Chelsea match. I was informed yesterday by Sky Sports that Nottingham Forest would not give me an accreditation or access to the stadium as a co-commentator. I’ve had no choice but to withdraw from the coverage. Continue reading... from The G...
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NSW floods: estimated 10,000 properties damaged after deadly flooding as clean-up begins

After fatal flooding and disruption, rain moves south and SES aims to resupply isolated communities. But strong winds will pose new threat Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An estimated 10,000 properties may have been damaged in record-breaking flooding in New South Wales and thousands remain isolated, according to the state emergency service. Flood waters have begun to subside in some areas and weather conditions have improved on the mid-north coast, where severe weather warnings were cancelled on Friday evening. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/UCo3IB7 via IFTTT
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Number of vape shops in England rises by almost 1,200% in a decade

Research also shows deprived areas have up to 25 times as many bookmakers and pawnbrokers as affluent high streets The number of vape shops on high streets across England has increased by almost 1,200% over the past decade, while deprived areas have up to 25 times as many bookmakers and pawnbrokers as affluent ones, according to research. In 2014, only 33.8% of 317 local authorities in England had a vape shop, rising to 97.2% in 2024. Similarly, in 2014 less than 1% of local authorities in England had 10 or more vape shops, rising to 28% in 2024. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/HLRESwG via IFTTT
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Sentimental Value review – Stellan Skarsgård is an egomaniac director in act of ancestor worship

Cannes film festival Joachim Trier’s entertaining drama sees Norwegian auteur-on-the-slide Skarsgård putting his showbiz family through the wringer in the service of his fading career Here is an exuberant, garrulous, self-aware picture about an ageing and egomaniac film director and his two grownup daughters; it comes from Norwegian film-maker Joachim Trier, who gave Cannes the marvellous romantic drama The Worst Person in the World in 2021 , starring the award-winning Renate Reinsve, who stars in this one as well. The film cycles through a range of moods and ideas, and finally delivers a fair bit of that sentimentality from the title; it’s a movie of daddy issues and cinematic adventures in the manner of Fellini and Bergman, with a gag about overhearing a therapist’s session through the heating pipes, pinched from Woody Allen’s Another Woman. Stellan Skarsgård plays preening auteur Gustav Borg, whose career is on the slide; many years ago he left his wife, Sissel, a psychotherapist...
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Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six years The UK’s climate watchdog has warned that Scotland needs to take “immediate action at pace and scale” to cut its emissions after ministers axed a series of policy pledges. The Climate Change Committee (CCC), an official advisory body, said ministers in Edinburgh needed to take urgent action to curb emissions from buildings and transport to cut Scotland’s overall emissions to nearly zero by 2045. Abandoned a target to cut car miles by 20% by 2030. Dropped a pledge to rapidly decarbonise homes by mandating low-carbon heating systems. Cut funding for tree planting. Missed targets to restore degraded peatland. Ignored calls for a plan to cut meat and dairy consumption, and failed to use their powers to tax air travel more heavily. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/JKTPvYu via IFTTT
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One in four pupils in England ‘disengage’ when they move to secondary, report finds

New study found a drop in enjoyment, trust and feelings of safety after year 7 and a largely positive primary experience One in four pupils in England “disengage” when they move up to secondary school, with enjoyment, trust and a sense of feeling safe declining sharply, according to a new report. After a largely positive experience at primary school where children report high levels of enjoyment, there is a “steep and lasting” drop in engagement after year 7 when pupils transfer to secondary at the age of 11, the survey of 100,000 pupils in England reveals. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/IgOa7Xk via IFTTT
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Average asking price for UK home hits new high of almost £380k

Rightmove says figure has risen in May by 0.6% compared with April despite lower demand from new buyers The average asking price of a UK home has hit a new record high for the second month in a row, with sellers seeking almost £380,000 on average in May, according to a property website. Across Britain, the asking price for homes coming on to the market has risen by £2,335 or 0.6% in May compared with April, Rightmove found. This took the average asking price to a new record of £379,517, after a previous record was set last month. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/nOAds2x via IFTTT
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A 14-step guide to taking a (fleeting) break from social media | Eleanor Limprecht

Meditate instead of scrolling. Ha, just kidding. Doomscroll on news sites and gnash your teeth at the state of the world Step one: Write a post to inform everyone that you’re taking a break from social media. Phrase it so they know you’re doing something extremely worthy. Also say something scathing about Meta, so they feel guilty on multiple levels for remaining. Step two: Stay on social media a little longer to respond to the people who respond to your post about quitting social media. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/QUhSHYr via IFTTT
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Austria wins 69th Eurovision song contest with Wasted Love

Israel finished second, with Estonia third and the pre-contest favourites from Sweden fourth Austria has won the Eurovision song contest after JJ triumphed in Basel with their song Wasted Love, an operatic ballad with soaring vocals that mutates into a club anthem for the finale. It is the third time the country has won, with JJ following in the footsteps of Udo Jürgens in 1965 and Conchita Wurst in 2014. Switzerland, which hosted the first ever Eurovision song contest in 1956, was the venue this year after Nemo won in Malmö last year with their song The Code. They presented the trophy to JJ, who called for “more love”. After finishing a reprise of their winning song, a clearly emotional JJ said “thank you Europe, I love you all” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/t5lS6uk via IFTTT
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Tyrrell Hatton faces fine for US PGA outburst as Vegas leads the pack

Foul-mouthed tirade after drive found water on the 18th Matt Fitzpatrick in group behind leader Jhonattan Vegas Tyrrell Hatton’s love-hate relationship with his professional domain continues. The Englishman will inevitably be fined after a foul-mouthed tirade during his second round of the US PGA Championship was picked up on live television coverage. Hatton was within a shot of the lead when reaching the tee at the 18th, his 9th. Hatton’s drive found a water hazard. What happened next was rather typical for a player prone to tempestuous moments on golf courses. The 33-year-old bawled out “piece of shit” before adding a c-word insult, apparently towards his driver. Hatton’s mood hardly improved as he slumped to a triple-bogey seven. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/43qwhDf via IFTTT
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Aspinall wins night 15 while Littler secures top seeding for Premier League playoffs

Aspinall beats Dobey 6-1 in final to boost playoff chances Littler’s win against Humphries enough for No 1 seeding Nathan Aspinall beat Chris Dobey 6-1 to take victory on night 15 of the Premier League in Aberdeen and close in on the playoffs, while Gerwyn Price earlier hit a nine-dart finish and Luke Littler made sure of top spot at the O 2 . Aspinall – who coasted past Stephen Bunting 6-1 in the semi-finals – built on a couple of early breaks over Dobey to establish a solid lead. After Dobey, who knocked Littler out to reach the final, lost his throw again in the sixth leg, he then missed two more darts at a double in the next as Aspinall came back to land double 10. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/fPDrBW8 via IFTTT
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Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank in high winds, says report

Investigators said Bayesian, which sank in Italy killing 15 people, was destabilised by wind The late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank after it was hit by winds of around 117km/h that drove the vessel past its point of stability and caused downflooding over the starboard rail, according to a preliminary safety report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). The investigators said Bayesian may have been vulnerable to high winds when running on its engine and that these “vulnerabilities” were “unknown to either the owner or the crew” as they were not included in the stability information book carried on board. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/4kxpLrJ via IFTTT
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The Comedy About Spies review – rapid fire gags in a delightfully silly show

Noël Coward theatre, London The sheer rate of jokes, from groanworthy to dynamite, may leave you crying helpless tears of laughter in this farce from the Mischief company ‘Vodka martini.” “Shaken?” “Yes, but I’ll be fine.” If groanworthy jokes of that calibre float your boat, The Comedy About Spies, set in early 1960s London, will be plain sailing. Even if they don’t, that needn’t put you off: the new show from Mischief, the company behind the smash-hit … Goes Wrong series, also offers farce, slapstick and multiple callbacks. So much of the script relies on linguistic misunderstandings (sweet/suite, need/knead, etc) that even the most tolerant viewer may become homophone-phobic. The nonsense, orchestrated by director Matt DiCarlo, kicks off immediately with secret agents confusingly named after letters of the alphabet (“Not U – you !”). We then jump to the art deco lobby of the Piccadilly Hotel where MI6, the CIA and the KGB are trying to get their hands on the mysterious Project Mid...
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Reeves’s Mansion House accord on pension funds is long on virtue-signalling | Nils Pratley

There are so many conditions attached to the ‘pledge’ to invest in the UK that its claims should be taken with a large helping of salt UK pension funds to unlock up to £50bn of investment Terrific news, eh? UK pension funds have agreed to invest more of their assets in the UK, specifically in private markets, and specifically from their defined contribution (DC) schemes. Most of the big names are on the list of signatories to the expanded Mansion House accord: Aviva, Legal & General, Phoenix and more. And they’ve agreed to do their patriotic duty on a voluntary basis. “I welcome this bold step by some of our biggest pension funds,” said the chancellor, Rachel Reeves. There is another way to view the fanfare. There are so many conditions attached to the “pledge” to invest in the UK that this looks more like an exercise in virtue-signalling. It is not helped by the adventurous arithmetic behind the government’s claim that the accord will “unlock up to £50bn” for the economy by 2...
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Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

Conservationists call for more funding and warn of danger to ‘cherished’ native species, from water voles to ladybirds Less than 1% of the government’s biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, despite the danger they pose to British wildlife, figures suggest. Conservationists warned the funding to address non-native plants and animals was failing to match the risk they posed to “cherished” native species, from water voles to ladybirds, as well as to waterways, homes, businesses and local green spaces. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/PceXY8y via IFTTT
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New Jersey mayor to continue fight against Ice detention center after arrest

Newark’s Ras Baraka says court fight against Geo Group will go on despite being jailed and charged with trespassing Speaking out after his arrest on Tuesday, the Newark mayor Ras Baraka said his city would continue its fight in court against the company that runs an immigration detention facility in New Jersey . “I know there are some protests that other people are planning, and if I feel obligated to be there, I will,” Baraka told the Rev Al Sharpton on MSNBC Saturday afternoon. “This doesn’t stop the city’s contention with the Geo Group, and we’re going to continue in court with them.” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/sjnNEDV via IFTTT
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The woman unlocking the mysteries of the deep sea in Fiji

Nicknamed ‘Moana’, Charlene Erasito is the only female Pacific Islander on the expedition to document unexplored parts of the ocean On the island of Rotuma in Fiji, Christmas is a time of joy, a celebration bursting with song, dance and laughter. Charlene Erasito remembers watching the festivities there when she was a child, captivated as people paraded through the village for “fara,” a local Christmas celebration. Erasito never imagined that decades later, she would return to the same shores, no longer as a spectator but as a scientist. Erasito, now 30 years old, is the only female Pacific Islander aboard an ambitious expedition seeking to document unexplored ocean ecosystems in Fijian waters. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ifcZLEJ via IFTTT
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US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members

Pentagon will give other service members 30 days to self-identify as trans while it enforces recently cleared ban The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 service members who identify as transgender out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify, under a new directive issued on Thursday. Buoyed by Tuesday’s supreme court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military, the defense department will then begin going through medical records to identify others who have not come forward. The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court’s decision. “No More Trans @ DoD,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X. Earlier in the day, before the court acted, Hegseth was more blunt, telling a conference that his department was leaving wokeness and weakness behind. “No more pronouns,” he told a special operations forces conference in Tampa. Department offic...
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Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza – podcast

Israel plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a “sustained presence” there. Bethan McKernan reports On Monday, Israeli officials announced they are planning a new military offensive in Gaza, with aims of “conquering” the land and establishing a “sustained presence” there. “The offensive is called Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” Bethan McKernan , the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, tells Lucy Hough . “It’s designed to make sure that there is an indefinite Israeli presence in the strip. That implies that there is no day after the war now. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/N60MoDL via IFTTT
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Erin Patterson trial live: witnesses continue giving evidence on day eight of mushroom cook’s murder trial

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial? Ashton tells the court about her interaction with Erin on 31 July - two days after the lunch. Erin sat on the chairs near the nurses station, the court hears. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/eBPhoTA via IFTTT
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Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit after Ukrainian drones attack Moscow

Chinese leader is scheduled to attend Victory Day parade and hold talks with Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the start of a four-day visit during which he will attend Russia’s military parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of the second world war, known in Russia as Victory Day. The Chinese leader’s trip has coincided with mass Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian capital . Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said Russia’s air defence units destroyed at least 19 Ukrainian drones overnight. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/O8hzYNv via IFTTT
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Dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court through AI

Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021. Three-and-a-half years later, Pelkey appeared in an Arizona court to address his killer. Sort of. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/VCfbg82 via IFTTT
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‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup task force touts welcome, warns visitors

Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup task force President hails windfall despite questions over readiness US president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup task force on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from Fifa competitions and insisted the tournament would go off without a hitch. Boasting repeatedly that the 2026 World Cup, due to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the “biggest, safest and most extraordinary soccer tournament in history”, Trump went on to claim that the tournament would generate “tens of billions of dollars in economic activities for local businesses” and “thousands and thousands of jobs for American workers”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/FOE4P0R via IFTTT
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Gold mining suspended in Peru’s north after 13 miners killed

Government response comes amid outrage over the murder of the men who had been held captive for more than a week Peru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has suspended gold mining and announced a 12-hour curfew in Pataz, in the northern region, after criminals kidnapped and killed 13 gold mine workers. A Peruvian gold mining company La Poderosa said on Sunday that the bodies of 13 contract workers from a local firm had been found by police inside one of the mine’s tunnels. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/KuXRG8H via IFTTT
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Amorim’s eyes on Europe as Manchester United slump to defeat at Brentford

United beaten 4-3 in 16th loss of league season ‘As a club we need to understand our responsibility’ Ruben Amorim kept his focus firmly on the Europa League despite Manchester United losing their 16th Premier League match of the season in being beaten 4-3 by Brentford. “I think it’s stressful to lose games – when we’re fighting for a title it’s not stressful,” Amorim said in reference to United’s midweek need to defend their 3-0 lead against Athletic Club to reach the Europa League final. He made eight changes here, for the third youngest Premier League starting XI on record. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/sjVCSTG via IFTTT
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UK arrests five men including four Iranians over suspected terrorist plot

Arrests carried out in London, Swindon and Greater Manchester after discovery of alleged plot targeting ‘specific premises’ UK police have arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, police have said. The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area and were related to “a suspected plot to target a specific premises”, London’s Metropolitan police said in a statement. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/CRYxwtK via IFTTT
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Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win

Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat Anthony Albanese profile: the Australian PM who led Labor to victory Australian election live updates ; Live results tracker Australia’s centre-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has won a second term with a crushing victory over the opposition, whose rightwing leader, Peter Dutton, failed to brush off comparisons with Donald Trump and ended up losing his own seat . Albanese’s Labor party scored an unexpectedly comfortable win on Saturday, after a five-week election campaign dominated by the cost of living and global economic uncertainty. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/8Fc7Sq3 via IFTTT
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NHS England aims for faster cancer treatment with new data tool

Cancer 360 will help collate patient information from spreadsheets, emails and records into single digital system Millions of cancer patients have been promised faster diagnosis and treatment, with the rollout of a new technology across the NHS in England. The tool, called Cancer 360, is designed to bring cancer patients’ data into one central system in order that doctors and nurses can prioritise those most in need and see them more quickly. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/TmJf45b via IFTTT
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Trump news at a glance: president floats Pentagon budget boost; army may hold parade for his birthday

Military spending plans would also see $163bn cuts in non-defense spending – key US politics stories from Friday 2 May at a glance The Trump administration is considering cuts worth $163bn to departments including health and education as well as environmental schemes while increasing spending on defense, according to a White House budget blueprint. In contrast to the squeeze on discretionary social programmes, the administration is planning a 13% rise – to more than $1tn – in the Pentagon budget, a commitment at odds with Donald Trump’s frequent vows to end the US’s involvement in “forever wars” in the Middle East and elsewhere. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/97NMtix via IFTTT
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How to avoid ‘fast furniture’ and deck out your home with goods that will last

That distinctive ‘new furniture smell’ is a sign that harmful compounds are being released. Here are ways to sidestep the environmental and health risks of cheap furniture Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com You’ve heard of fast fashion – but what about fast furniture? It’s the cheap stuff churned out in mass quantities with little regard for quality, all designed to be ditched within just a few years. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/VdbfQ65 via IFTTT
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Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past I am a Krapp collector. Since my late teens I’ve returned time and again to Samuel Beckett’s brief but monumental one-act play in which a purple-nosed, “wearish old man” spools through reels of memoir recorded each year on his birthday. Although performed by a single actor, Krapp’s Last Tape is not quite a monologue. It becomes a kind of dialogue between the 69-year-old Krapp and his recorded 39-year-old self, who in turn reflects on how he behaved in his late 20s. It is, then, a tale of three Krapps. I’ve sailed past two of those ages: next stop, 69! Beckett’s play has endured partly because it bottles the nature of regret – it asks us all to consider what could have happened if we had made other choices in our lives, how things might have turned out differently. Two current product...
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

City will be wary of a resurgent Wolves, Graham Potter needs a derby win and Roméo Lavia is vital to Chelsea Six straight wins in a run of seven unbeaten has lifted Wolves to 13th. Now Vítor Pereira’s side pose a problem that Manchester City must solve as the latter chase maximum points from their last four games in the race for Champions League qualification. Pep Guardiola’s side are unbeaten in the last eight in all competitions and buoyed up by last Sunday’s reaching of a third successive FA Cup final , so this should be a close one. Keep an eye out for Guardiola potentially having a complimentary word with Matheus Cunha, as is his habit when coming up against a high-class opposition player. Jamie Jackson Manchester City v Wolves, Friday 8pm (all times BST) Aston Villa v Fulham, Saturday 12.30pm Everton v Ipswich Town, Saturday 3pm Leicester City v Southampton, Saturday 3pm Arsenal v Bournemouth, Saturday 5.30pm Brentford v Manchester United, Sunday 2pm Continue reading......
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