As King Charles undergoes treatment for cancer, here is a look back at other health conditions in the Royal Family

Fiona Beal, of Moore Street, Northampton, was arrested in March 2022 after police discovered the body

Alison Hammond revealed how she recently confronted a shoplifter trying to steal her bag.

The former glamour model was first declared bankrupt in 2019 over unpaid debts

A teenage boy has been arrested by Gwent Police on suspicion of making threats after Ebbw Fawr Learning Community was placed in lockdown

Firms struggling with high interest rates, brittle consumer confidence and high levels of debt accrued during the pandemic

Home Office minister left blushing following awkward exchange on BBC Question Time

Cavalry horses Vida and Quaker ran loose in the road near Aldwych, central London

Dylan Earl charged under National Security Act 2003 in first case to involve alleged offences under new legislation

The gender reveal craze involving birds has appeared to come to the UK, with potentially fatal consequences, say animal charities

Sir Ed Davey has joined calls for unpaid carers" debts to be written off after it emerged that some have been told to repay thousands of pounds of benefits after accidentally earning too much money in the past.

The moment two suspected drug dealers were arrested in a McDonaldas drive-thru in Nottinghamshire was captured on police bodycam footage on Monday, 22 April.

Humza Yousaf was due to speak about the labour strategy in an independent Scotland, but cancelled the plans amid a growing crisis in his leadership

Thomas Auger was taking tests to become a stuntman before he died in the crash in Welwyn Garden City

Extraordinary question during discussion of Rwanda deportation plan was met with visible bewilderment from the audience

Exclusive: The Horses Trust - already home to many retired military horses - has offered to rescue the stricken pair

Two men, both aged 22, are charged with immigration offences

Count Binface has vowed to rename London Bridge after Phoebe Waller-Bridge if he wins Mayas mayoral election.

Tory minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse two African countries on BBC Question Time on Thursday, 25 April.

Police and ambulance called out to Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

A new ITV documentary reveals how the bloggeras cancer lies came to light

aI thought I would find you at Irish Annieas puba joked star of hit British sitcom

The actor talks to Tom Murray about the politicisation of the hit western, Kevin Costneras exit, working with Bradley Cooper and Ari Aster, and BeyoncA(c)as controversial arrival on the country scene

Singer shared mortifying backstage blunder while appearing on aThe One Showa

Netflix user spotted secret code in Marthaas emails to Donny

Florence Welch has opened up about what Taylor Swift is like in the studio.

It was reported that Gibson would be replaced for Ncuti Gatwaas second season as Time Lord

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Kim Kardashian is aovera her beef with Taylor Swift.

aThe same rude lyrics and controversial antics may have ultimately led to his demisea says the trailer

The show is scheduled to air its final episode on 16 May

aPoor Thingsa actor said it would be aso nicea if fans started referring to her by her given name

aIt took a long time for me to want to do anything again,a said the former talk show host

From Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron to Lucy Liu and Bill Murray, there are many TV and movie collaborations that havenat exactly been plain sailing, writes Ellie Harrison

Police had issued arrest warrant as well as community look-out notice after Pledger failed to appear in court

The aPitch Perfecta staras run-ins with Sacha Baron Cohen may have generated the most headlines about her new memoir a and been redacted from the bookas UK print run a but itas her surreal approach to Hollywood that makes it one of the most disappointing reads of the year, writes Adam White

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Scottish Labouras no confidence motion could require first minister and all other ministers to resign if it passes

Humza Yousaf is expected to make an announcement about housing this afternoon. It is expected early afternoon rather than late afternoon.

Despite a report in the Times this morning saying he was considering his position, he is not going to be announcing his resignation, the BBC says.

Four others also charged in connection with investigation, says Crown Prosecution Service

A 20-year-old man has been charged with conducting hostile activity in the UK in order to benefit Russia, and four others have been charged in connection with the investigation, the Crown Prosecution Service has said after reporting restrictions were lifted.

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Infant dies five days after caesarean delivery following death of mother in Israeli airstrike in Rafah

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A premature Palestinian baby rescued from her motheras womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died, the babyas uncle has said.

Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, Rami al-Sheikh said on Friday.

General manager resigns after test event problems at 23,500-capacity venue, with shows rescheduled

The beleaguered Co-op Live arena has postponed gigs by the comedian Peter Kay for the second time, on the day its general manager resigned over delays to opening the venue.

A number of gigs have been rescheduled at the 23,500-capacity Manchester venue, which had been due to open three days ago but will now not open until May.

Teenager remanded in youth custody for trial in May after playground stabbing in Carmarthenshire

A 13-year-old girl has appeared in court accused of attempting to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil in a school playground stabbing in Wales.

The deputy head of Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Fiona Elias; a teacher, Liz Hopkin; and a pupil suffered knife wounds on Wednesday. All have since been discharged from hospital.

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry bailed for trial on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act

Two men charged with spying for China have appeared in court in central London.

Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, spoke only to confirm their names and addresses when they appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Friday.

Global warming and international trade offering increasingly hospitable environment

Some are small and jumpy; others are large and intimidating a if youare a humble housefly. Exotic spiders are flourishing in Britain as international trade offers ample opportunities for spider travel and global heating provides an increasingly hospitable climate.

A jumping spider new to science has been identified living on the Penryn campus in Cornwall, home to the University of Exeter and Falmouth University. The nearest known relative of the 3-4mm-long Anasaitis milesae is found in the Caribbean, making it highly likely that this tiny species a alongside 17 other non-native jumping spider species a found its way to Britain from distant climes.

Employment tribunal sought over claims firm tried to induce workers to leave union in long-running row

The GMB is taking legal action against Amazon in the long-running battle for recognition at its Coventry warehouse, accusing the US firm of trying to ainducea staff to leave the union.

An employment tribunal claim is being lodged on behalf of five workers at the large site, known as BHX4.

Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zone

Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.

The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty Python actor John Cleese, who suggests that stem cells could hold the secret to eternal youth a or, at least, buy him aa few extra yearsa.

Philip Pullman will help choose this yearas winners of award set up in memory of the keen young writer who died aged 13 in 2021

The Martha Mills young writersa prize has opened for entries on the theme of aA Secreta.

The competition, run by the London Review Bookshop, invites 11- to 14-year-olds living in the UK to submit up to 500 words of any type of prose a such as a fictional story, a piece of schoolwork, or a diary entry a based on this yearas theme.

Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak

The people from Vietnam trying to get to England on small boats across the Channel stand out from the rest of those drawn to the Pas-de-Calais coastline.

They are notably young, many just teenagers. They tend to stick together and eschew the attention of the aid workers offering food and water down at the beach or in the forests where they sleep at night.

Those vying for job say it will put region on more equal footing with areas such as West Midlands and Greater Manchester

The Conservatives are anot taking accountabilitya for their part in leaving regions such as the east Midlands to suffer with poor infrastructure, growing inequalities and a skills gap, Labouras candidate for the regionas first mayor said.

Claire Ward, the former MP for Watford, said there was not enough to keep young people in the east Midlands and that people had alost hopea.

Campaign Against Antisemitism, led by Gideon Falter, was set up by activists who felt existing groups were not doing enough

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The group, which is led by Gideon Falter, was founded in response to the 2014 Israel-Gaza offensive, by a group of activists concerned about rising antisemitism and who believed some Jewish communal organisations such as the Board of Deputies were not doing enough to robustly combat antisemitism at protests and in the media.

The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?

Actor-model-producer Zendaya Coleman a universally known mononymously, without her last name a has never been short of attention, but it feels as if the 27-year-old has arrived at a breakthrough moment. With the tennis romance Challengers arriving in cinemas, in which she is the central focus, the sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two still reeling in audiences, and acting as the simultaneous cover star of two separate editions of Vogue magazine a the British and the American a Zendaya appears to have achieved a new level.

Her career has so far specialised in an impressively high number of attention-grabbing moments, including appearing in a spectacularly bizarre metallic silver arobot suita at the premiere of Dune: Part Two earlier this year, and the Challengers trailer release in June 2023, with its sexually suggestive premise of a threeway love affair.

This is the sort of food invented for British people that youad have got at a Cantonese restaurant back in 1994

Off to Canterbury for a shufti around the cathedral, a meander through its pretty streets and a spot of lunch at Sekkoya, a vast, gorgeous-looking new pan-Asian restaurant on the Riverside next to an Everyman Cinema, a crazy golf venue and a branch of Heavenly Desserts. The restaurantas sleek website offers all sorts of bold statements about this hot dining experience (regular readers will be aware that I delight in this kind of Vogon poetry), claiming that it will take us on a agastronomic journey throughout Asia that transcends ordinary flavoursa, and offering cocktails that will aawaken your sensesa.

The website emotes grandly in this way for many more yards, so much so, in fact, that I suspect AI. Only a non-sentient being could describe Canterburyas Riverside as a avibrant new lifestyle districta, when itas just an elevated patch of concrete. Maybe Sekkoya is entitled to be cocky, though, because itas clearly the classiest venue for miles: the place is bedecked in sea-green velour, with shiny floors, pale tan leather seats and an impressive amurala skylight that gives the impression that youare dining in a rainforest. Fans of the opulent Chinese restaurant chain Tattu, which is especially big in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, will recognise dashes of the modern, high-octane glamour that delights Instagram feeds. Add beautiful bathrooms, Kool & The Gang and George Benson on the stereo, and lovely, chipper serving staff, and they clearly mean business here.

Artists from Dua Lipa to Nia Archives are tapping the boisterous energy of mid-90s music a and even embracing the union jack. Can they avoid the genreas laddish lows?

For some, Britpop was a high point for British guitar music: that time when Blur, Pulp, Suede and Oasis thrilled the world with wit and brio. Others argue it has aged worse than Loaded magazine: blokey, beery, conservative and still clogging up the charts. Indeed, thereas perhaps something a bit dismal about the fact that James and Shed Seven have both had No 1 albums in 2024.

Nevertheless, a crop of young artists are turning to the energy and iconography of mid-90s Britain for inspiration. The jungle artist Nia Archives, 24, wears a dazzling union jack on her teeth for the cover of her debut album, Silence Is Loud. aNo oneas really making Britpop at the moment,a she told the Face in February, abut I have a feeling 2024 is gonna be the year.a Dua Lipa has said she was alooking through the music history of psychedelia, trip-hop and Britpopa while making her new album, Radical Optimism, adding that Britpop ahas always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessionsa a although youad be pushed to notice the influence on the new singles she has released so far.

Patriotic teaware was on show from the prime minister this week a the latest round of his mug-based messaging

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Rishi Sunak appeared on his Instagram feed on Tuesday morning holding a mug emblazoned with the St Georgeas flag. aPerfect way to start the day,a was the caption: aHappy St Georgeas Day!a

It is not the only time the prime minister has raised a symbolic piece of teaware. On the same day he appeared en route to Warsaw holding a white mug marked only with the number a10a, presumably a reference to his current home address. Last year one enveloped in a union jack print was his choice for a trip to a Nato summit in Lithuania. Personal branding clearly pays no mind to international airspace.

He melted hearts as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, but his latest role couldnat be more different a playing an Auschwitz tattooist in an epic Holocaust drama. The actor opens up about how his own familyas plight inspired him

Itas not every day that I meet a real-life Disney prince. Itas even more discombobulating when he tells me he spent the weekend cheering on Clapton CFC womenas team in windy east London. aBefore The Little Mermaid, a lot of people told me, aThis is going to happen! That is going to happen!aa says Jonah Hauer-King, who starred as Prince Eric in last yearas remake. aItas just really not the case. I wouldnat say my life has changed much. Honestly.a Itas probably about to, though. Massively.

The 28-year-old lifelong Londoner is sharply suited and booted in the capitalas Corinthia hotel, ready to take on a full day of press with the poise and charm that clearly helped him bag that wide-eyed royal part (he even convincingly claims that these interviews are worth missing his beloved Arsenalas Champions League game in the evening for). His next project, however, is a world away from Disney dreams.

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Thereas some magic amid the cheese as the trio revisit a stacked catalogue of hits a and gamely give their old choreography a go

Itas difficult to say exactly what Take That are going for on their This Life tour: a 41-date behemoth that has shifted more than 700,000 tickets. Video interstitials show the three remaining members doing their very best at acting in retrofuturist infomercials. The set is sometimes done up like a 1950s sitcom, sometimes just with sterile white staircases. At times weare at a pop show and at others a museum retrospective. Itas confusing packaging for three decadesa worth of songs.

But you simply have to relinquish reason and give into the vibe, which is Butlinsa redcoats doing Britainas Got Talent. The trio emerge dressed like youth pastors by way of Balenciaga for a downbeat start to the show, but soon nudge it up a gear with crowd favourites nestled among the new material. Gary Barlow makes the most sense when heas safely ensconced behind a piano, bashing out a ballad. A Million Love Songs absolutely shines, while Back for Good sounds as good as it ever has a which is very. Barlow never delivered these songs with much in the way of youthful energy, so the intervening 30 years have taken nothing from them.

Top chefs say the Games will rebrand French gastronomy as a showcase for plant-based food

It will boast the worldas biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletesa insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel.

As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games.

EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary

Elon Musk became the worldas richest man by evangelising about electric cars a and delivering them by the million. Yet in recent months his company, Tesla, has struggled to maintain its momentum: sales have dropped this year, and so has its share price.

Those struggles have become emblematic of a broader reckoning facing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. After the soaring demand and valuations of the coronavirus pandemic years, the pace of sales growth has slowed. The industry has entered a new phase, with questions over whether the switch from petrol and diesel to cleaner electric is facing a troublesome stall or a temporary speed bump.

Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as president

According to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was acautiously exciteda. Cautiously excited? Iam not sure these are the words Iad alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might as well say atentatively arouseda. Then again, as weare about to discuss, quite a lot of guys donat particularly have to worry about what they say or do, or how they say or do it. Itas only natural that Harvey should very much want to be one of them again.

Speaking of word-pictures, though, howas this for a vignette of our times? When they heard the news that Weinsteinas conviction had been overturned on Thursday, a whole host of reporters happened to be looking at the exact spot in the exact New York courtroom that head sat in when that original judgment had been handed down. This was because they were waiting for Donald Trump to sit in it for Thursdayas proceedings in his hush money trial. Mr Trump, you might recall, is in such a lot of trouble that he is the presumptive Republican nominee and current bookiesa favourite to win the US presidency again, though admittedly he lags behind Weinstein on the sexual assault and misconduct front, given that only 26 women have accused him of it. Ultimately, though, I guess the question is: if #MeToo awent too fara, what would agoing just far enougha have looked like?

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless

Under capitalism, prices are supposed to be the centre of everything. They are the key agreement between buyer and seller. They are the one clear and reliable piece of information, on which the whole often opaque and unstable system depends.

So it struck me as strange when some of my local London shops stopped displaying the prices of some goods a couple of years ago. It started with upmarket fishmongers, and I wondered whether this was because wealthy customers didnat need to count their pennies. But then the practice spread to corner shops and greengrocers, with a wider clientele, and to everyday purchases such as fruit and vegetables. There was a cost of living crisis going on, the worst in Britain for 40 years, but parts of Hackney seemed to be in denial.

Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist

Museums have closed and festivals lost funding a but Labour will restore Britainas creative superpower status

A culture change is on the way when this moribund government of the living dead is gone. Clock-watching, we wait for that witching hour on election night when it is blown away by the power of the vote. If you remember that morning in 1997, a fresh air blew and with it came a new mood, language, attitudes, habits of mind. This time the contrast will be starker, this dead government darker by far than John Majoras.

Culture itself was one mark of the scale of change when Labouras Chris Smith sent attendances soaring as he abolished charges for museums and galleries. Creative UK this week put out its manifesto for the election, representing the vast industry covering all the arts, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the thriving video-games industry, fashion, architecture, design, advertising, the phonographic industry and more. The arts are a vital British export, and key to the countryas soft power. But that canat last if its funding keeps falling: the organisation warns politicians that they must shake off acomplacency around the UKas superpower creative statusa. Arts infrastructure is eroding for future artists, designers and audiences.

Germanyas complicity with Turkeyas repressive regime worries me more than its dAPner diplomacy

aNazis eat dAPner kebabs in secret,a must be one of the dumbest slogans I have seen at German protests against the far right. Yes, the popularity of the kebab in Germany has become something of a symbol of labour migration from Turkey after the second world war. And yes, Nazis get hungry, too. So what? If the consumption of ethnic-minority food was really an obstacle to the ideology of white supremacy, Germans would either be starved out by now or they wouldnat vote for Alternative fA1/4r Deutschland (AfD). Neither of these is the case: the kebab is the second most popular fast food among Germans, and according to polls, the AfD their second most popular political party.

Still, for the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, it seems to be a sign of cosmopolitanism to promote kebab eating, so his team thought it a good idea to send him to Turkey with a whole skewer full of meat as part of an official visit this week, the first by a German president in 10 years.

The Labour leader needs to stop counting the cost of properly investing in railways a and instead see the costs of not doing so

aC/ Dr Tom Haines-Doran is the author of Derailed: How to Fix Britainas Broken Railways

Is there any hope for Britainas beleaguered rail passengers? We have some of the highest fares in Europe, industrial relations are at an all-time low, and cancellations and delays bedevil the network. Britainas railways are fractured, rudderless and without clear purpose or plan.

With an election looming in which Labour is the clear frontrunner, passengers have been eagerly awaiting the partyas proposals. Its Getting Britain Moving plan was finally released on Thursday, promising to fix Britainas broken railways and ausher in a decade of growth, innovation and service improvementa through a series of reforms.

Tom Haines-Doran is a policy fellow based at the University of Leeds and the author of Derailed: How to Fix Britainas Broken Railways

It may have looked like something youad see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games

I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I know itas only April, but I do this with things I want in the hope that when it suddenly appears in the house next week, my wife will think she bought it for me. I have slipped the purchase of seven games machines, a stuffed tarantula and an air fryer under the radar this way. In an inconsistent world, I like the way this institution of marriage works.

I read the reviews and was surprised at the appearance of two words I never associated with the original Amiga: cool, and love. It might seem strange to say the Amiga wasnat loved, because a lot of people bought and used one. But people use things every day that they donat love: electric shavers, patience, door handles, the train.

Soiled seas and huge shareholder dividends: where has the APS64bn borrowed by firms since privatisation gone?

So thatas how they do it. Iad been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of the water companies have managed to improve the ratio of the sewage they treat v the sewage that pours untreated from their storm overflows into our rivers and the sea. Now we know.

Itas called aflow trimminga. Sounds innocuous, doesnat it? What it means is that sewage is diverted into rivers and ditches upstream of the water treatment works. By reducing the amount of sewage entering the works, the companies can claim to be dealing responsibly with a higher proportion of it.

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Its author has had to fend off criticism and misinformation, but the report offers hope for a realistic conversation

As the dust settles around Hilary Cassas report a the most extensive and thoroughgoing evidence-based review of treatment for children experiencing gender distress ever undertaken a it is clear her findings support the grave concerns I and many others have raised. Central here was the lack of an evidential base of good quality that could back claims for the effectiveness of young people being prescribed puberty blockers or proceeding on a medical pathway to transition. I and many other clinicians were concerned about the risks of long-term damaging consequences of early medical intervention. Cass has already had to speak out against misinformation being spread about her review, and a Labour MP has admitted she amay have misleda Parliament when referring to it. The review should be defended from misrepresentation.

The policy of aaffirmationa a that is, speedily agreeing with a child that they are of the wrong gender a was an inappropriate clinical stance brought about by influential activist groups and some senior gender identity development service (Gids) staff, resulting in a distortion of the clinical domain. Studies indicate that a majority of children in the absence of medical intervention will desist a that is, change their minds.

David Bell is a retired psychiatrist and former president of the British Psychoanalytic Society

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Chris Wilder has been in contemplative mood this morning as the spectre of Sheffield Unitedas impending relegation (finally) moves in. A loss to Newcastle on Saturday will confirm their place in the 2024/25 Championship.

Weare not saying everything is great. What we are saying is there is a load of optimism about the future of the football club. Itas a poor season, not a poor football club. Weave been in far more worse positions than this as a football club, certainly over my time as a supporter, player and manager.

So, weall come again if the inevitable happens on the weekend. Weall try our best, as we did, like we did on Wednesday night at Old Trafford, to get a result for our club and our supporters.

I canat be the only person who thinks the media love-in for Roberto de Zerbi is a little overblown, right? Brighton has played some very pretty football under his management, but then they did under Potter. And the results are no better. In recent months, theyave looked pretty soft.

If De Zerbi gets a bigger job off the back of an aOKa job at Brighton, then he should really thank the Brighton recruitment team because theyare the real assets at the club.

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Eddie Howe has revealed that Bruno GuimarAPSesas APS100m release clause expires in the final days of June and hopes that will save Newcastle from a summer of transfer speculation centred on their Brazil midfielder.

aHaving that was well planned and structured in the sense that thereas a finish point,a said Newcastleas manager, who almost certainly has Dan Ashworth, the Manchester United-bound sporting director, to thank for inserting the cut-off when GuimarAPSesas contract was renegotiated last October. aWe donat want a summer of speculation. I donat think that would be healthy for the player or for us.a

Scrum-half guides playoff-chasing Bears around at a whirring tempo and he also has his eye on an England Test recall

Trying to catch lightning in a cider bottle would be only slightly harder right now than containing Bristolas dazzling attacking game. The Bears have been averaging 50 points per match in winning five successive league fixtures and, going into Saturdayas crucial visit to Leicester, are playing with a freedom and momentum few of their playoff-chasing rivals can�match.

Setting the pace has been their pocket dynamo Harry Randall, who guides his team around the field at such a whirring tempo they are blowing opponents away. Last week they put 85 points on a hapless Newcastle and when Randall last played at Welford Road a couple of months ago he starred in England Aas 91-5 win over Portugal, underlining his credentials as a classy catalyst who could add a further spark to the senior England team.

• Atlanta selected the Washington QB with No 8 pick in the draft
• Cousins signed $180m contract with Falcons this offseason
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The Atlanta Falcons provided the shock of the first round of the NFL draft by selecting quarterback Michael Penix Jr with the No 8 overall pick on Thursday night.

The Falcons extended their recent trend of selecting offensive skill players in the first round by drafting Penix one month after signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180m contract with $100m guaranteed. Using a draft slot normally targeted for players expected to make an immediate impact, the Falcons picked Penix as the apparent long-term successor to the 35-year-old Cousins. The Falcons had been expected to use the pick to boost their pass rush.

• Manchester City playmaker and partner expecting third child
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Pep Guardiola has said the the third child Phil Foden and his partner are expecting may help the Manchester City playmaker reach his full potential.

Foden was the championsa standout performer in Thursdayas 4-0 victory at Brighton, scoring twice to reach 24 goals in all competitions, a career high. Yet Guardiola, asked about Fodenas form, said the 23-year-old still needed to be calmer during certain moments in games.

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And Porter snaffles the first wicket at CLS, a nice little scoop and dive by Harry Duke behind the stumps. Heas immediately surrounded by back slapping team-mates. Durham 11-1.

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Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over asustainablea financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production

Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of greenwashing after helping to arrange a!4bn (APS3.4bn) in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn sustainable financing goal.

Environmental groups have said the London-based bank is deliberately misleading the public by labelling the financial instruments as asustainablea at the same time that Eni is in the midst of a multibillion-pound fossil fuel expansion drive designed to increase production.

Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El NiA+-o

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.

Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the countryas 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The countryas upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.

Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure

Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with flooding in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with 32 reported deaths in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside damage to farmland and infrastructure.

There are also fears that large areas of standing water could give rise to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.

Gideon Falter was in running to be adviser but governmentas antisemitism tsar warned against appointment

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The Home Office considered appointing campaigner against antisemitism Gideon Falter as an adviser to its counter extremism unit but was warned against the appointment by the governmentas antisemitism tsar.

The Guardian understands there were strong objections to Falter being offered the part-time civil service role advising the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) in 2022 and that John Mann told the then home secretary Suella Braverman he would quit if Falter was offered the post.

Group banned plants aremoved from habitata from its shows a causing uproar from enthusiasts

A furious row has blown up in the UKas leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair resigning in protest over the behaviour of his fellow enthusiasts.

Succulents have risen in popularity in recent years: they are attractive and hardy.

Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing governmentas Rwanda deportation policy

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The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on BBC Question Time on Thursday.

When discussing the government policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, the MP for Croydon South responded to an audience memberas question during the BBC One programme by asking: aRwanda is a different country of Congo, isnat it?a.

14-carat gold watch belonging to John Jacob Astor, reportedly richest passenger onboard ill-fated liner, may fetch up to APS150,000

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the wealthy business magnate John Jacob Astor, who went down with the Titanic, is expected to fetch up to APS150,000 at auction.

The 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved aJJAa, was found when Astoras body was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean seven days after the sinking of the liner, which hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage to New York in 1912.

For first time since August 2021 people expect position to be better in a year, Paul Thwaite adds

Consumer confidence is bouncing back in the UK, with people predicting a brighter financial future for the first time in two years, NatWest has said.

Paul Thwaite, the bankas chief executive, said easing price pressures as inflation comes down seemed to be feeding through to the general public. Headline consumer price inflation is still above the Bank of Englandas 2% target at 3.2% but has fallen sharply from a peak of 11.1% in October 2022. Natwestas own economic forecast suggests inflation will fall to 2.5% by the end of this year.

UK companyas offer from Thoma Bravo is 44% higher than average share price over past three months

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The Cambridge-based cybersecurity and artificial intelligence company Darktrace is likely to become the latest British technology champion to be swallowed up by a US suitor, after it agreed a $5.3bn (APS4.2bn) sale to US private equity business Thoma Bravo.

Darktrace, whose co-founding investor Mike Lynch is currently on trial for fraud and conspiracy in the US, agreed to an offer 44% higher than its average share price over the past three months.

In garages and gyms across the country, clubs are springing up, as social media makes wrestlers into stars

In the garage of a house in east Birmingham, dozens of people are crowded around a table where two men grapple with each other, fists interlocked, sweat dripping down their foreheads.

This is the world of competitive arm wrestling, surging in popularity across the country, with grassroots clubs popping up in garages, gyms and community centres nationwide.

Concern grows over legality of approach as figures show more than 150,000 carers facing huge penalties

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More than 150,000 unpaid carers are facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, figures show, as MPs, charities and campaigners demand an immediate amnesty.

Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, joined calls to write off the vast debts incurred by tens of thousands of people who care for sick, disabled and elderly relatives after experts raised concerns about the legality of the governmentas approach.

Credit card holders who make minimum repayments warned they could be in debt for years longer

Some Barclaycard customers who only make the minimum repayment each month will take an extra decade to clear their debt and pay hundreds of pounds in extra interest after the credit card provider changed its terms.

Barclaycard a thought to be the UKas biggest credit card provider a has written to customers telling them it is cutting their minimum payments to give them amore flexibilitya.

Yien Both, from South Sudan, and Tajdeen Adbulaziz Juma, from Sudan, charged with immigration offences in UK

Two men have been charged with immigration offences in connection with the investigation into the deaths of five people, including a child, who were trying to cross the Channel.

Yien Both, a 22-year-old from South Sudan, has been charged with assisting unlawful immigration and attempting to arrive in the UK without valid entry clearance.

Ex-National Enquirer publisher was instrumental in coordinating payments to quash negative stories of Trump during 2016 election

Former tabloid publisher David Pecker is taking the witness stand on Friday, his fourth day this week, in Donald Trumpas New York criminal trial.

Pecker was instrumental in coordinating three hush-money payments that were paid during the 2016 election to quash negative stories about Trump. Pecker has testified that American Media Inc (AMI), the publisher of the National Enquirer, paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman who said Trump had a child out of wedlock. Another $150,000 was paid to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump in 2006.

Wang Yi tells Antony Blinken adisruptionsa could arise amid threat of sanctions over Chinaas support for Russiaas defence industry

Chinaas foreign minister, Wang Yi, has warned the US that the recent improvements in the two countriesa relations were being jeopardised by adisruptionsa that could take them back to a adownward spirala leading to rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.

Wang was speaking at the start of a meeting in Beijing with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at a time of renewed tension in the relations between the superpowers. The US, he said, should not step on Chinaas ared linesa.

Mykola Solskyi is first known minister under Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be named in a corruption case

France is working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv, the French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said today, Reuters reported.

aThe advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has accelerated within the past week,a according to a British intelligence update.

French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes ato all the blacksa after backlash over rumoured Paris show

The French pop star Aya Nakamura, who found herself at the centre of a racist row after rumours she was going to sing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, has thanked fans for their support after winning three big prizes at Franceas Les Flammes awards for rap, R&B and pop.

aIam very honoured because being a black artist and coming from the banlieue is very difficult,a Nakamura told the audience at the ceremony, which she opened with a medley of her songs. She dedicated her awards a female artist of the year, pop album of the year, and international star of the year a ato all black womena.

Exhibition explores how a Spanish-Filipino artist in 1966 opened a trailblazing cultural outpost in Cuencaas ahanging housesa

In July 1966, as the Beatles were preparing to release Revolver and Spain was approaching the 30th anniversary of the coup that birthed the Franco dictatorship, a Spanish-Filipino artist called Fernando ZA3bel threw open the doors of an improbable but visionary cultural outpost.

Based in a clutch of 15th-century houses overhanging a precipitous gorge in the small city of Cuenca, the Museo de Arte Abstracto EspaA+-ol, or Museum of Spanish Abstract Art, had a simple if daunting mission. As Manuel FontA!n del Junco, the director of museums and exhibitions at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid and one of the curators of a new exhibition about the institution, puts it, ait was a museum for artists in a country of artists without museumsa.

Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial

Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the worldas first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its agamechanginga potential to permanently cure cancer.

Melanoma affects about 132,000 people a year globally and is the biggest skin cancer killer. Currently, surgery is the main treatment although radiotherapy, medicines and chemotherapy are also sometimes used.

South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume a and admits aa better politician a| wouldnat tell the story herea

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In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president, Richard Nixon famously stirred criticism by admitting receiving a dog, Checkers, as a political gift.

In 2012, as the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was pilloried for tying a dog, Seamus, to the roof of the family car for a cross-country trip.

Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is aclimate alarmisma and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts

Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests.

Joe Bidenas presidency has increased the profile of the science-based federal agency but its future has been put in doubt if Trump wins a second term and at a time when climate impacts continue to worsen.

Ex-National Enquirer publisher was instrumental in coordinating payments to quash negative stories of Trump during 2016 election

Former tabloid publisher David Pecker is taking the witness stand on Friday, his fourth day this week, in Donald Trumpas New York criminal trial.

Pecker was instrumental in coordinating three hush-money payments that were paid during the 2016 election to quash negative stories about Trump. Pecker has testified that American Media Inc (AMI), the publisher of the National Enquirer, paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman who said Trump had a child out of wedlock. Another $150,000 was paid to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump in 2006.

Multiple arrests at crackdown on Emory University campus encampment focused on Palestine and Cop City

Police have carried out multiple violent arrests at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, in what appears to be the first campus crackdown in recent days to involve rubber bullets and teargas after students set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine and against Cop City.

On Thursday, Emory students set up multiple tents on the campusas lawns in protest against the universityas ties to Israel, as well Atlantaas Cop City, a police and fire department training center that is being constructed on a 171-acre plot in a forest south-east of Atlanta.

Infant dies five days after caesarean delivery following death of mother in Israeli airstrike in Rafah

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A premature Palestinian baby rescued from her motheras womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died, the babyas uncle has said.

Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, Rami al-Sheikh said on Friday.

South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume a and admits aa better politician a| wouldnat tell the story herea

• Who will be Trumpas VP? A shortlist

In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president, Richard Nixon famously stirred criticism by admitting receiving a dog, Checkers, as a political gift.

In 2012, as the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was pilloried for tying a dog, Seamus, to the roof of the family car for a cross-country trip.

Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP

Ukraineas agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.

Blighted by corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership.

After meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing, Antony Blinken says relations improving but rift remains over Ukraine war

Antony Blinken has warned Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing that the US and its European allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Chinese companies if they do not stop supplying material and equipment to the Russian arms industry.

There was no immediate response from Xi, but earlier on Friday Chinaas foreign minister, Wang Yi, said adisruptionsa could reverse recent improvements in US-China relations and lead to a adownward spirala of rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.

Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial

Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the worldas first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its agamechanginga potential to permanently cure cancer.

Melanoma affects about 132,000 people a year globally and is the biggest skin cancer killer. Currently, surgery is the main treatment although radiotherapy, medicines and chemotherapy are also sometimes used.

Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is aregrettablea and last resort

A huge barrier to block views of Mount Fuji will be installed at a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.

Construction of the mesh net a 2.5 metres (8ft) high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 metres a will begin as early as next week, an official from Fujikawaguchiko town said on Friday.

Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zone

Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.

The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty Python actor John Cleese, who suggests that stem cells could hold the secret to eternal youth a or, at least, buy him aa few extra yearsa.

Students demonstrating and hunger-striking face arrests and hospitalization a but they think they can make a difference

• Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does that mean?

The arrests of more than a hundred Columbia University students, who were protesting against Israelas actions in Gaza, shed more light on arguably the most energetic pro-Palestinian movement in the US: the one taking places on college campuses around the country.

Since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October, in response to terrorist attacks by Hamas, students have launched protests, sit-ins and, most recently, encampments, in a wave they hope will encourage universities to divest from companies which have ties to Israelas military.

As support for abortion even in states as red as Kentucky and Kansas grows, the GOP appears to be breaking ranks with the hardliners

In the two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, the 50-year-long partnership between Republicans and anti-abortion activists has steadily fractured as political backlash to abortion bans has mounted. But perhaps the biggest crack emerged on Wednesday, when Arizonaas Republican-controlled state legislature moved to repeal the stateas 1864 near-total abortion ban.

After days of national outcry over an Arizona supreme court ruling that upheld the 1864 ban, passed before Arizona became a state, three Republicans in the state house broke ranks to vote with Democrats to support a repeal. Last week, two Republicans in the state senate also voted with Democrats to advance a similar repeal. As long as those Republican votes hold firm, Democrats will likely send the repeal to Arizonaas Democratic governor in May.

The professor on his famous 13 akeysa to the White House, a method for predicting election results thatas been right nine times out of 10

He has been called the Nostradamus of US presidential elections. Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine of the past 10 (and even the one that got away, in 2000, he insists was stolen from Al Gore). But now he is gearing up for perhaps his greatest challenge: Joe Biden v Donald Trump II.

Lichtman is a man of parts. The history professor has been teaching at American University in Washington for half a century. He is a former North American 3,000m steeplechase champion and, at 77 a the same age as Trump a aiming to compete in the next Senior Olympics. In 1981 he appeared on the TV quizshow Tic-Tac-Dough and won $110,000 in cash and prizes.

The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?

Actor-model-producer Zendaya Coleman a universally known mononymously, without her last name a has never been short of attention, but it feels as if the 27-year-old has arrived at a breakthrough moment. With the tennis romance Challengers arriving in cinemas, in which she is the central focus, the sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two still reeling in audiences, and acting as the simultaneous cover star of two separate editions of Vogue magazine a the British and the American a Zendaya appears to have achieved a new level.

Her career has so far specialised in an impressively high number of attention-grabbing moments, including appearing in a spectacularly bizarre metallic silver arobot suita at the premiere of Dune: Part Two earlier this year, and the Challengers trailer release in June 2023, with its sexually suggestive premise of a threeway love affair.

Standout spots include food truck parks, honky-tonk hangouts and Lady Birdas wildflower sanctuary

Austin has become one of the most popular places in the US to move to, and also to visit. Droves of people descend on the city in March for the South by Southwest tech, film and music festival and in the fall for the Austin City Limits music festival. And Austin is one of the top five destinations in the US for bachelorette parties. Donat let the bachelorettes scare you away, though. Austin is a great place to spend a few days, so long as you do it like a local.

My family and I moved to Austin 12 years ago, after living in New York for many years. Iave also lived in Washington DC, the San Francisco Bay Area and Philadelphia. Austin has a feel all of its own: it has a world-class music scene, great food that now goes well beyond Tex-Mex and barbecue, Texas history and fun shopping and museums a all with less hassle than bigger cities in the US.

Rates are improving in the US as healthcare organizations take steps to confront the continuing crisis. Still, new mothers often feel alone: aPeople donat know what to doa

After five months of maternity leave with her second baby, a daughter born on 26 March 2020, Pam Lins felt she was ready to return to work and start a new role. This was the first year of the pandemic, so she had to work remotely while simultaneously raising her newborn and a toddler.

Six weeks into her leadership position a about eight months postpartum a she finally admitted something was wrong.

The actoras feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Goslingas auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024

In Hollywood, there are no accidents. Ryan Goslingas role in stuntman pic The Fall Guy, hard on the heels of his show-stopping Oscars rendition of Iam Just Ken, is perfectly timed to confirm his ascension to the very top tier of stardom. Not only is it a four-quadrant entertainment turbo boost a covering all audience bases with action, romance, a legacy franchise for the oldies, John Wick-slick for the kids a it is shrink-wrapped to his public persona. His role as stunt veteran Colt Seavers, saving the skin of the idiot megastar he doubles for, caps off the stance Gosling has upheld on talkshows and memes over the last decade: stardom and celebrity as a delectable facade, an in-joke between star and audience to be played with the lightest of ironic touches.

But of course Gosling is a bona fide star, one of Hollywoodas most important. His confused, toxic himbo Ken stole the Barbie limelight from Margot Robbie. Tunnelling into classic archetypes of masculinity with modern self-awareness is the on-screen niche he has made his own a giving us a new, uniquely supple male star for the post-#MeToo era. His mainstream roles a getaway drivers, daredevil motorcyclists, venal bankers a have often been ultra-macho, but the actor himself comes with rounded metrosexual edges. Men want to be him, with his debonair cool and inexhaustible supply of swanky jackets (the leather Miami Vice stunt-team number in The Fall Guy being the latest). As far back as 2017, Morwenna Ferrier noted that Gosling clones, sporting a certain aturbo cleanlinessa, were now on the loose in cities everywhere.

Egg cartons are labeled with all sorts of descriptors, making grocery shopping a confusing experience. Experts tell us what these labels mean and how to shop

Shopping for eggs at the grocery store can be a confusing experience. Cartons are labeled with all kinds of descriptors a natural, organic, cage-free, free-range a and some cost more at checkout. But what do they actually mean, and for ethically minded consumers, are they actually worth the money?

Protein-packed eggs are linked to relatively low carbon emissions compared with other land-based animal protein sources, but not all eggs are created equal when it comes to the environment, health or animal welfare, experts say.

He melted hearts as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, but his latest role couldnat be more different a playing an Auschwitz tattooist in an epic Holocaust drama. The actor opens up about how his own familyas plight inspired him

Itas not every day that I meet a real-life Disney prince. Itas even more discombobulating when he tells me he spent the weekend cheering on Clapton CFC womenas team in windy east London. aBefore The Little Mermaid, a lot of people told me, aThis is going to happen! That is going to happen!aa says Jonah Hauer-King, who starred as Prince Eric in last yearas remake. aItas just really not the case. I wouldnat say my life has changed much. Honestly.a Itas probably about to, though. Massively.

The 28-year-old lifelong Londoner is sharply suited and booted in the capitalas Corinthia hotel, ready to take on a full day of press with the poise and charm that clearly helped him bag that wide-eyed royal part (he even convincingly claims that these interviews are worth missing his beloved Arsenalas Champions League game in the evening for). His next project, however, is a world away from Disney dreams.

EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary

Elon Musk became the worldas richest man by evangelising about electric cars a and delivering them by the million. Yet in recent months his company, Tesla, has struggled to maintain its momentum: sales have dropped this year, and so has its share price.

Those struggles have become emblematic of a broader reckoning facing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. After the soaring demand and valuations of the coronavirus pandemic years, the pace of sales growth has slowed. The industry has entered a new phase, with questions over whether the switch from petrol and diesel to cleaner electric is facing a troublesome stall or a temporary speed bump.

Fatima has taken drastic action to cure Sadeas chronic lateness. Sade says she doesnat need her hand holding. You decide whose time is up
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I know Iam perennially late but by changing the clocks, Fatima makes me feel infantilised

Sade hasnat changed all the clocks back. I think on a subconscious level she knows it actually helps her

Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as president

According to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was acautiously exciteda. Cautiously excited? Iam not sure these are the words Iad alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might as well say atentatively arouseda. Then again, as weare about to discuss, quite a lot of guys donat particularly have to worry about what they say or do, or how they say or do it. Itas only natural that Harvey should very much want to be one of them again.

Speaking of word-pictures, though, howas this for a vignette of our times? When they heard the news that Weinsteinas conviction had been overturned on Thursday, a whole host of reporters happened to be looking at the exact spot in the exact New York courtroom that head sat in when that original judgment had been handed down. This was because they were waiting for Donald Trump to sit in it for Thursdayas proceedings in his hush money trial. Mr Trump, you might recall, is in such a lot of trouble that he is the presumptive Republican nominee and current bookiesa favourite to win the US presidency again, though admittedly he lags behind Weinstein on the sexual assault and misconduct front, given that only 26 women have accused him of it. Ultimately, though, I guess the question is: if #MeToo awent too fara, what would agoing just far enougha have looked like?

His viral TikToks of his generic 9-5 life in a Texas suburb have become a Rorschach test of sorts

Connor Hubbard might be the most boring man on the internet. The 29-year-old dresses like a generic white guy, lives in a nice but unremarkable house in the Dallas, Texas, suburbs and works a 9-5 in insurance. He alives fora his morning coffee and loves going to the gym after work and watching TV in the evening. He is perfectly happy with his mundane existence a which includes a wife, a dog and a baby on the way a and does not aspire to anything more. The internet is obsessed with him.

Every few months one of Hubbardas slice-of-an-ordinary-life videos goes viral eliciting extreme reactions. A Rorschach test of sorts, half of the viewers seem to think his world is morbidly depressing (awhat is the point of even living?a one person asked), while the other half thinks it is hugely aspirational. Under the comment section of the latest video to go viral, people are having heated debates about whether the man is a role model or a cautionary tale.

Germanyas complicity with Turkeyas repressive regime worries me more than its dAPner diplomacy

aNazis eat dAPner kebabs in secret,a must be one of the dumbest slogans I have seen at German protests against the far right. Yes, the popularity of the kebab in Germany has become something of a symbol of labour migration from Turkey after the second world war. And yes, Nazis get hungry, too. So what? If the consumption of ethnic-minority food was really an obstacle to the ideology of white supremacy, Germans would either be starved out by now or they wouldnat vote for Alternative fA1/4r Deutschland (AfD). Neither of these is the case: the kebab is the second most popular fast food among Germans, and according to polls, the AfD their second most popular political party.

Still, for the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, it seems to be a sign of cosmopolitanism to promote kebab eating, so his team thought it a good idea to send him to Turkey with a whole skewer full of meat as part of an official visit this week, the first by a German president in 10 years.

Victims and their families are at their witsa end. We owe it to them to throw everything at this national crisis

Itas happening again.

Another run of alleged domestic violence homicides has horrified the nation, and the media is again searching for answers.

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Caleb Williams swiftly walked on stage, looked out and screamed aWoooo! Yeah!a

Long-suffering Bears fans felt his joy.

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The Atlanta Falcons provided the shock of the first round of the NFL draft by selecting quarterback Michael Penix Jr with the No 8 overall pick on Thursday night.

The Falcons extended their recent trend of selecting offensive skill players in the first round by drafting Penix one month after signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180m contract with $100m guaranteed. Using a draft slot normally targeted for players expected to make an immediate impact, the Falcons picked Penix as the apparent long-term successor to the 35-year-old Cousins. The Falcons had been expected to use the pick to boost their pass rush.

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Chris Wilder has been in contemplative mood this morning as the spectre of Sheffield Unitedas impending relegation (finally) moves in. A loss to Newcastle on Saturday will confirm their place in the 2024/25 Championship.

Weare not saying everything is great. What we are saying is there is a load of optimism about the future of the football club. Itas a poor season, not a poor football club. Weave been in far more worse positions than this as a football club, certainly over my time as a supporter, player and manager.

So, weall come again if the inevitable happens on the weekend. Weall try our best, as we did, like we did on Wednesday night at Old Trafford, to get a result for our club and our supporters.

I canat be the only person who thinks the media love-in for Roberto de Zerbi is a little overblown, right? Brighton has played some very pretty football under his management, but then they did under Potter. And the results are no better. In recent months, theyave looked pretty soft.

If De Zerbi gets a bigger job off the back of an aOKa job at Brighton, then he should really thank the Brighton recruitment team because theyare the real assets at the club.

• All-Star center reveals diagnosis after Game 3 win over New York
• Embiid scores 50 points to narrow Knicksa series lead to 2-1

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bellas palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament.

Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixersa Game 3 win over the New York Knicks and said heas battled various symptoms such as blurred vision and dry eyes.

Top chefs say the Games will rebrand French gastronomy as a showcase for plant-based food

It will boast the worldas biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletesa insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel.

As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games.

Frontrunner to take charge at Liverpool did not make a big impression as a player but has resemblances to JA1/4rgen Klopp

Liverpoolas move for the Feyenoord coach, Arne Slot, has been described by Ajax fans as athe best news of the yeara. Troubled Ajax have been blown away this season, losing 4-0 at home and 6-0 away against their arch-rivals.

So superior were Feyenoord in every area a tactics, intensity, power, unity, intelligence a that it could have been worse for Ajax. Only in their finishing might Feyenoord have done better.

The Chennai teenager won the Candidates by just half a point and will take on Chinaas Ding Liren for the world crown in a 14-game series later this year

Gukesh Dommaraju became, at 17, the youngest ever Candidates Awinner and world championship challenger on Sunday after edging out the favourites Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi in a marathon six-hour final round in Toronto.

Gukesh will now meet the holder, Chinaas Ding Liren, in a 14-game series for the world crown from 20 November to 15 December. The world No�1, Norwayas Magnus Carlsen, abdicated his title in 2023 after a 10-year reign.

The indictment details the steps to push the concept of alternate electors in an alleged effort to overturn Bidenas victory

The indictment against the slate of fake electors in Arizona and the Trump allies who advanced the scheme there includes a host of public statements and private exchanges that show how the group intended to overturn the stateas electoral votes for Joe Biden in 2020.

Arizonaas Democratic attorney general Kris Mayes announced Wednesday that a state grand jury charged the 11 false electors and seven others with nine felony counts of fraud, forgery and conspiracy. The indictment from Mayesa office is sure to be a talking point in this yearas elections , nearly four years after the acts themselves occurred.

JosA(c) AndrA(c)s, founder of organisation, told mourners gathered at Washington National Cathedral how the loss of his staff ashould inspire us to do bettera

The seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the abest of humanitya and risked everything ato feed people they did not know and will never meet,a JosA(c) AndrA(c)s, the celebrity chef who founded the organisation, told mourners on Thursday.

Speaking at Washington National Cathedral to those gathered to honour the aid workers, AndrA(c)s said there was no excuse for the killings and renewed calls for an investigation into the deaths.

UK companyas offer from Thoma Bravo is 44% higher than average share price over past three months

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The Cambridge-based cybersecurity and artificial intelligence company Darktrace is likely to become the latest British technology champion to be swallowed up by a US suitor, after it agreed a $5.3bn (APS4.2bn) sale to US private equity business Thoma Bravo.

Darktrace, whose co-founding investor Mike Lynch is now on trial for fraud and conspiracy in the US, agreed to an offer 44% higher than its average share price over the past three months.

About 1,000 US troops will support the military construction efforts, but Joe Biden has ordered them not to set foot on the Gaza shore

US troops have begun construction of a maritime pier off the coast of Gaza that aims to speed the flow of humanitarian aid into the territory, the Pentagon has said, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed food to Palestinian civilians is still mired in fears over security and how the aid will be delivered.

aI can confirm that US military vessels, to include the USNS Benavidez, have begun to construct the initial stages of the temporary pier and causeway at sea,a Pentagon spokesperson Maj Gen Patrick Ryder told reporters.

Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El NiA+-o

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.

Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the countryas 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The countryas upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.

Exhibition explores how a Spanish-Filipino artist in 1966 opened a trailblazing cultural outpost in Cuencaas ahanging housesa

In July 1966, as the Beatles were preparing to release Revolver and Spain was approaching the 30th anniversary of the coup that birthed the Franco dictatorship, a Spanish-Filipino artist called Fernando ZA3bel threw open the doors of an improbable but visionary cultural outpost.

Based in a clutch of 15th-century houses overhanging a precipitous gorge in the small city of Cuenca, the Museo de Arte Abstracto EspaA+-ol, or Museum of Spanish Abstract Art, had a simple if daunting mission. As Manuel FontA!n del Junco, the director of museums and exhibitions at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid and one of the curators of a new exhibition about the institution, puts it, ait was a museum for artists in a country of artists without museumsa.

Global warming and international trade offering increasingly hospitable environment

Some are small and jumpy; others are large and intimidating a if youare a humble housefly. Exotic spiders are flourishing in Britain as international trade offers ample opportunities for spider travel and global heating provides an increasingly hospitable climate.

A jumping spider new to science has been identified living on the Penryn campus in Cornwall, home to the University of Exeter and Falmouth University. The nearest known relative of the 3-4mm-long Anasaitis milesae is found in the Caribbean, making it highly likely that this tiny species a alongside 17 other non-native jumping spider species a found its way to Britain from distant climes.

First payments to be made during an ongoing conflict is aimportant step towards restoring justicea, says first lady, Olena Zelenska

The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraineas first lady, Olena Zelenska, called aan important step towards restoring justicea.

Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support.

Pair from Sudan and South Sudan charged with immigration offences in UK

Two people have been charged with immigration offences in connection with the investigation into the deaths of five people, including a child, who were trying to cross the Channel.

One has been charged with assisting unlawful immigration and attempting to arrive in the UK without valid entry clearance.

Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing governmentas Rwanda deportation policy

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The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on BBC Question Time on Thursday.

When discussing the government policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, the MP for Croydon South responded to an audience memberas question during the BBC One programme by asking: aRwanda is a different country of Congo, isnat it?a.

Arrests as Chinese authorities working with UK police and international trademark agencies seize millions of parcels bound for customers worldwide

Chinese authorities have targeted a major online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods, raiding warehouses holding millions of packages destined for overseas buyers.

Earlier this month police raided the Hangzhou office and several warehouses of Pandabuy after reported legal action by 16 brands over copyright infringement. More than 200 public security branch officers, 50 private sector investigators and local police were involved, according to reports.

Organising is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength. By Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix

The annual White House Correspondentsa Association Dinner returns this Saturday for a night of comedy aroastinga a where the great and the good are ruthlessly mocked in celebration of the freedom of the press.

In recent years, however, the night has taken on a different tone, with the atmosphere of warm self-deprecation and bipartisan bonhomie replaced by something more scathing and serious.

This week Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jeff Nussbaum, a former senior speech writer to Joe Biden, to discuss the art of writing gags for presidents and whether there is still space for humour in US politics.

Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York

As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the worldas attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were arrested en masse by New York City police at the prestigious Columbia University, prompting outrage that spread across other college sites.

Guardian US reporter Erum Salam tells Michael Safi that the scene on Columbiaas campus was one of orderly drum circles and organised anti-war demonstrations, not the all-out violent chaos that might have been imagined.