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• Mexico accuses Youtuber MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids permit - BBC

  16-05-2025 23:58 via news.google.com
  Mexico accuses Youtuber MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids permit  BBCMexico demands compensation from YouTube star MrBeast after pyramid chocolate video  The GuardianMrBeast Used an Ancient Mayan Temple To Hawk His Moldy Snacks  PajibaA MrBeast video stoked outrage. Turns out much of it is fake  The IndependentMexico brings suit against media company over MrBeast pyramids video  Reuters
  
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• Starmer and EU leaders speak to Trump to 'closely align response' to Russia - ITVX

  16-05-2025 23:30 via news.google.com
  Starmer and EU leaders speak to Trump to 'closely align response' to Russia  ITVXFirst Russia-Ukraine talks since 2022 agree POW swap - but last less than two hours  Sky NewsPM: The world has paid the price for Putin's aggression. He must now pay for avoiding peace.  GOV.UKUkraine calls for Zelenskyy-Putin meeting as ‘next step’ after officials hold first talks since 2022 – as it happened  The GuardianPolish PM says he expects "very diffi
  
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• Starmer insists reset with EU will make people better off - The Telegraph

  16-05-2025 23:27 via news.google.com
  Starmer insists reset with EU will make people better off  The TelegraphWhy youth mobility and fishing are key issues ahead of UK/EU summit  BBCDetails of Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed including youth mobility scheme despite migrant clampdown  The IndependentREVEALED: Inside EU’s migration plot to restore free movement through the back door in shock Brexit betrayal  GB NewsStarmer signals youth mobility scheme with EU would not cros
  
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• Man and two firefighters who died in Bicester fire named by police - ITVX

  16-05-2025 23:22 via news.google.com
  Man and two firefighters who died in Bicester fire named by police  ITVXBicester Motion: Firefighters killed in business park blaze named  BBCPolice name victims of blaze at former RAF base in Oxfordshire  The GuardianPictured: Firefighters who died in blaze at former RAF base  The TelegraphMcLaren issue statement after tragic fire kills three  PlanetF1
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur's worst Premier League points total confirmed in new Ange Postecoglou low - talkSPORT

  16-05-2025 22:39 via news.google.com
  Tottenham Hotspur's worst Premier League points total confirmed in new Ange Postecoglou low  talkSPORTChampions League qualification: Chelsea keep hopes in hands, Villa need slip-ups  BBCAmadou Onana hails Villa faithful  Aston VillaAston Villa ease past Tottenham in top-five boost but Martínez’s future unclear  The GuardianAston Villa vs Tottenham LIVE! Premier League match updates, news, score, stream and highlights  Sky Sports
  
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• New Orleans prison escape: Panic as 11 inmates on loose including violent murderers - Daily Express

  16-05-2025 22:38 via news.google.com
  New Orleans prison escape: Panic as 11 inmates on loose including violent murderers  Daily Express'To Easy LoL' - New Orleans jail break may have been inside job  BBCEight men on the run after audacious 'Shawshank' escape from New Orleans jail  Sky NewsNew Orleans jail escape: What we know  WDSUTen inmates escape from New Orleans prison after digging hole in wall  The Telegraph
  
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• BBC comedy legend forced to quit the stage midway through performance after falling ill - The Sun

  16-05-2025 22:38 via news.google.com
  BBC comedy legend forced to quit the stage midway through performance after falling ill  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• U.S. developing plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya, NBC News reports - Reuters

  16-05-2025 22:29 via news.google.com
  U.S. developing plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya, NBC News reports  ReutersUp to a million Palestinians could be 'permanently relocated' to war-torn Libya under US plans  Sky NewsUS reportedly developing plan to resettle 1 million Gazans in Libya  The Times of IsraelTrump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya  NBC NewsReports Of Relocation Plan Follow Trump Proposal To "Take Over" Gaza  NDTV
  
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• Eddington review - Ari Aster’s tedious Covid western masks drama and mutes his stars - The Guardian

  16-05-2025 21:10 via news.google.com
  Eddington review - Ari Aster’s tedious Covid western masks drama and mutes his stars  The GuardianJoaquin Phoenix has emotional response to 7-minute standing ovation for Cannes premiere of new Ari Aster film  The IndependentEddington review: This 'deranged' starry thriller about the US's pandemic divisions will 'leave you breathless'  BBCCannes: Eddington film review — Joaquin Phoenix turns sheriff in gory allegory for what’s eating America &n
  
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• Honor is calling out Samsung’s design choices, and it brought receipts - PhoneArena

  16-05-2025 20:19 via news.google.com
  Honor is calling out Samsung’s design choices, and it brought receipts  PhoneArenaSamsung Galaxy S25 Edge in for review - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comMy First Day With the Galaxy S25 Edge: Battery Life Be Damned, I'm in Love  CNETSamsung's ultra-thin Galaxy phone is a greatly misunderstood device - and I shamelessly love it  ZDNETMeet the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: An Engineering Marvel of New Slim Hardware Innovation  Samsung Newsroom
  
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• Petty criminals spared jail under Labour sentencing plans - The Telegraph

  16-05-2025 20:12 via news.google.com
  Petty criminals spared jail under Labour sentencing plans  The TelegraphTimes letters: Prison overcrowding and inmates’ early release  The TimesNewspaper headlines: Jails 'on brink' and 'stalling' post-Brexit talks with Brussels  BBC'Why are violent offenders being granted early release?', asks victim watchdog  Sky NewsStarmer defends prison recall shake-up that will free some domestic abusers  The Guardian
  
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• Eurovision 2025 Press Poll Results: Grand Final - ESCXTRA.com -

  16-05-2025 20:08 via news.google.com
  Eurovision 2025 Press Poll Results: Grand Final  ESCXTRA.com -Region geared up to celebrate Eurovision final  BBCEurovision 2025 odds: Who are the favourites to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest?  Daily MailWhat time is the Eurovision 2025 final and who is in it?  BBCIreland fails to qualify for the Eurovision final  RTE.ie
  
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• Future of Liam Payne’s final TV show filmed months before his tragic death revealed - The Sun

  16-05-2025 20:00 via news.google.com
  Future of Liam Payne’s final TV show filmed months before his tragic death revealed  The SunLiam Payne's heartbroken family 'give blessing' for his last TV appearance to air months after tragic death  Daily MailAJ McLean Is 'Dedicating' “Building the Band ”to Liam Payne After Pair Bonded on Set Over Sobriety and 'Life Experiences'  Yahoo News UKLiam Payne will still appear on Netflix music competition series 'Building the Band'  Entertain
  
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• Trump: Former FBI chief called for my assassination - The Telegraph

  16-05-2025 19:38 via news.google.com
  Trump: Former FBI chief called for my assassination  The TelegraphJames Comey: Ex-FBI boss interviewed by Secret Service over Trump seashell post  BBCAs Comey social media post triggers a row, what does '86' mean?  BBCTrump accuses former FBI director of calling for his killing through coded picture  The GuardianTrump claims James Comey’s ‘8647’ post called for his assassination  The Independent
  
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• Israel launches major offensive in Gaza after airstrikes that killed more than 100 - The Guardian

  16-05-2025 19:29 via news.google.com
  Israel launches major offensive in Gaza after airstrikes that killed more than 100  The GuardianIDF expands Gaza campaign as regional tensions spike, hostage deal stalled  YnetnewsNearly 100 people killed in Israeli attack on north Gaza, rescuers say  BBCLIVE: Israel kills 115 Palestinians in ‘opening moves’ of expanded Gaza war  Al JazeeraHow Israel has escalated Gaza bombing campaign  Sky News
  
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• Not just McLaren drivers in fight for Imola pole position - Piastri · F1 - RaceFans

  16-05-2025 19:26 via news.google.com
  Not just McLaren drivers in fight for Imola pole position - Piastri · F1  RaceFansEmilia-Romagna Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris in both Friday practice sessions  BBCQualifying start time for the 2025 F1 GP in Imola today  racingnews365.comPRACTICE DEBRIEF: Are McLaren the team to beat again at Imola – or can a rival cause an upset?  Formula 1Emilia Romagna GP: Oscar Piastri fastest, Max Verstappen frustrated, Gabriel Bortoleto cr
  
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• Kremlin Negotiator Invokes Peter the Great’s 21-Year War With Sweden in Ukraine Talks - The Moscow Times

  16-05-2025 18:59 via news.google.com
  Kremlin Negotiator Invokes Peter the Great’s 21-Year War With Sweden in Ukraine Talks  The Moscow TimesUkraine and Russia far apart in direct talks, but prisoner swap agreed  BBCUkraine war briefing: Kyiv rallies support of allies after peace talks with Russia end without ceasefire  The GuardianPutin is testing how far he can push Trump by not turning up for Istanbul talks  The ConversationUkraine and Russia's talks in Istanbul were symbolically impo
  
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• Kerri Pegg: Prison governor who had relationship with inmate jailed - BBC

  16-05-2025 18:58 via news.google.com
  Kerri Pegg: Prison governor who had relationship with inmate jailed  BBCHow EncroChat crackdown uncovered Kerri Pegg's affair with inmate  BBCLow morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates  The GuardianPrison governor jailed over relationship with drug boss known as Jesse Pinkman  Sky NewsPrison governor jailed for nine years over affair with drug lord  The Telegraph
  
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• Man City travelling squad revealed for FA Cup final vs Crystal Palace - with two surprise additions - Manchester Evening News

  16-05-2025 18:57 via news.google.com
  Man City travelling squad revealed for FA Cup final vs Crystal Palace - with two surprise additions  Manchester Evening NewsFA Cup final 2025 LIVE: Crystal Palace vs Man City - watch TV stream, score, radio & updates  BBCPremier League & FA Cup final predictions, odds and best bets: Crystal Palace to upset Man City  Sky SportsFootball Daily | It’s FA Cup finals time – give us some of that sweet, sweet magic, please  The GuardianPep: FA
  
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• Full list of 15 DVDs that could make you a fortune - check your loft now - Daily Express

  16-05-2025 18:44 via news.google.com
  Full list of 15 DVDs that could make you a fortune - check your loft now  Daily Express
  
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• First signs of Google Calendar's Material 3 Expressive redesign appear in APK teardown - Android Police

  16-05-2025 18:26 via news.google.com
  First signs of Google Calendar's Material 3 Expressive redesign appear in APK teardown  Android PoliceAndroid and Wear OS are getting a big refresh  Google BlogGoogle Outlines New Wear OS 6 Features  DC RainmakerGoogle teases a refresh for the Pixel's always-on display in Android 16 – and it's about time it caught up to Apple and Samsung  TechRadarGoogle remembered why people wanted the Pixel Watch to begin with  Android Central
  
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• Inside Lauren Sanchez's star-studded bachelorette party ahead of Jeff Bezos wedding - Metro.co.uk

  16-05-2025 18:11 via news.google.com
  Inside Lauren Sanchez's star-studded bachelorette party ahead of Jeff Bezos wedding  Metro.co.ukLauren Sánchez’s Bachelorette Party Kicks Off with Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian (Exclusive)  People.comNatasha Poonawalla attends Lauren Sánchez’s Paris bachelorette ahead of Jeff Bezos wedding  Hindustan Times
  
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• Trump accuses former FBI director of calling for his killing through coded picture - The Guardian

  16-05-2025 17:46 via news.google.com
  Trump accuses former FBI director of calling for his killing through coded picture  The GuardianJames Comey: Ex-FBI boss interviewed by Secret Service over Trump seashell post  BBCAs Comey social media post triggers a row, what does '86' mean?  BBCTrump claims James Comey’s ‘8647’ post called for his assassination  The IndependentFormer FBI director interviewed after cryptic post 'threatening' Donald Trump  Sky News
  
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• Ashbourne school evacuated as boy takes grenade to show-and-tell - BBC

  16-05-2025 17:43 via news.google.com
  Ashbourne school evacuated as boy takes grenade to show-and-tell  BBCPrimary school is evacuated after pupil brings hand grenade in for 'show-and-tell' assembly - sparking panic,  Daily MailA grenade appeared out of nowhere in an elementary school in England during a 'talking class' in whi..  매일경제Explosive experts and police called to Derbyshire school after pupil brings World War 2 grenade for ‘show and tell’  Derby
  
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• Low morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates - The Guardian

  16-05-2025 17:39 via news.google.com
  Low morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates  The GuardianHow EncroChat crackdown uncovered Kerri Pegg's affair with inmate  BBCPrison governor jailed over relationship with drug boss known as Jesse Pinkman  Sky NewsKerri Pegg: Prison governor who had relationship with inmate jailed  BBCPrison governor jailed for nine years over affair with drug lord  The Telegraph
  
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• Farm Equipment Giant Rostselmash to Furlough 15K Workers Amid Slumping Sales - The Moscow Times

  16-05-2025 17:33 via news.google.com
  Farm Equipment Giant Rostselmash to Furlough 15K Workers Amid Slumping Sales  The Moscow TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• US PGA Championship 2025: golf updates from second round – live

  16-05-2025 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the second day of play at Quail HollowLive leaderboard | Scheffler ire at mud balls | Mail ScottTyrrell’s gonna Tyrrell at some point. And here he blows! His drive into the short par-four 14th is heading straight for the flag. A little bit to the right and it’s landing on the green and rolling out into Max Homa territory. But it’s not a little bit to the right. It takes a kick left off a bank just in front of the green and into the drink. Having taken his drop, he
  
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• Ukraine says major prisoner swap agreed after first talks with Russia since 2022 – live

  16-05-2025 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine source tells Reuters that Russian demands in Istanbul are unrealisticZelenskyy sends team for peace talks but warns Russia ‘not serious enough’Reuters is reporting that several vehicles have arrived at Dolmabahçe palace in Istanbul, where we are anticipating trilateral talks between Turkey, Ukraine and the US and then between Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.An air alert has sounded in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. Continue reading...
  
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• Horse racing: York Dante meeting, Constitution Hill scratched from Ascot Gold Cup – live

  16-05-2025 16:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Racing news, tips, previews and results from YorkMail Greg here | Pride of Arras wins Dante StakesNext up here on the Knavesmire is a competitive 10-furlong handicap, with Karl Burke’s four-year-old Thunder Run currently a narrow 5-1 favourite to bounce back to his winning form over a mile at the big August meeting here last year, when he was racing off a 4lb lower mark. Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Salamanca is close behind in the market at 11-2, he is unexposed after just six runs and was a
  
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• Infantino’s Trump trip causes Fifa walkouts; Awoniyi condition ‘positive’: football – live

  16-05-2025 16:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest news and previews as we head into the weekendMail Yara | Ten things to look out for | Football DailyQuiz quiz quiz quiz quiz: plenty of FA Cup fare – plus Beach Soccer World Cup! – in here to test you (I got 11/15) …Barcelona: ICYMI, a lively couple of days in La Liga ended with Barça sealing the league title against 10-man Espanyol last night.We didn’t have many clear chances but we have a kid in there who sometimes pulls something out of the golden feet h
  
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• Indian PhD graduate granted protection from deportation by federal judge

  16-05-2025 16:20 via theguardian.com
  Priya Saxena was studying in South Dakota when Trump administration revoke her visa over traffic infractionAn Indian PhD graduate who was studying at a university in South Dakota, whom the Trump administration has been attempting to deport, was granted an injunction by a federal judge, allowing her to stay in the country after having received her degree.Priya Saxena’s student visa was terminated by the Trump administration in April, which would have prevented her from completing her doctor
  
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• Chris Brown has request for bail denied after ‘bottle attack’ court appearance - ITVX

  16-05-2025 16:18 via news.google.com
  Chris Brown has request for bail denied after ‘bottle attack’ court appearance  ITVXChris Brown remanded in custody over alleged London nightclub attack  BBCR&B singer Chris Brown denied bail over allegation of causing GBH with intent  Sky NewsChris Brown charged over alleged London nightclub assault  BBCUS singer Chris Brown denied bail in UK, throwing upcoming tour into doubt  Reuters
  
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• Trump claims ex-FBI director James Comey knew ‘8647’ means calling for his assassination – US politics live

  16-05-2025 16:08 via theguardian.com
  US president says ‘a child would know’ what that slogan means as US Secret Service investigates now-deleted photo of seashells posted on InstagramAlso on Iran, AFP reports that Trump said earlier that Tehran should make a quick decision on an American proposal for a nuclear deal or “something bad will happen”.Speaking in Abu Dhabi as he finished his Gulf tour, Trump said his administration had handed Iran a proposal for a agreement, adding that “they know they have
  
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• Number of UK billionaires falls after market turmoil; Japan’s GDP shrinks – business live

  16-05-2025 16:06 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsJapan’s economy has shrunk for the first time in a year, helping to cement the UK’s position as the fastest growing member of the G7 so far this year.New data today shows that Japan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.7% in annualised terms (or -0.2% during the quarter), a larger fall than expected.Japan’s GDP contracted by more than expected in Q1, falling 0.2% over the quarter. The contraction was
  
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• MPs continue to back assisted dying bill, amid complaints multiple amendments not voted on – UK politics live

  16-05-2025 16:04 via theguardian.com
  
  About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last yearRantzen urges MPs to back assisted dying voteOne of the amendments to the bill being debated today has been tabled by the Labour MP Naz Shah, who voted against the bill at second reading. Her amendment 14 would tighten the bill so that anyone not terminally ill cannot qualify as terminally ill (meaning they can use assisted dying) “by voluntarily stopping eating or drinking or both”.In her speech Leadbeater s
  
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• Mum felt funny when kissing husband before harrowing diagnosis - Manchester Evening News

  16-05-2025 16:00 via news.google.com
  Mum felt funny when kissing husband before harrowing diagnosis  Manchester Evening NewsMum felt funny when kissing husband before deadly diagnosis  The MirrorI can feel hairs in my mouth after my leg was used to build my face after cancer  The SunMum's unusual cancer diagnosis sign which felt like an 'electric shock'  Birmingham LiveMum's electric shock when kissing husband was only warning sign she had before diagnosis  Daily Record
  
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• Forget the DEI hires – meet Trump’s latest WTF hire | Arwa Mahdawi

  16-05-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesn’t have an active medical license. But she does have ‘impeccable Maha credentials’The US health secretary doesn’t think you should really listen to him when it comes to health issues. During an appearance before House and Senate committees this week, Robert F Kennedy Jr, famous for his unconventional views about medicine and his revelation that a parasite ate part of his brain, seemed to think it was strange that lawmake
  
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• Palestinian mourners and fiery protests – photos of the day: Friday

  16-05-2025 15:56 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Cassie Ventura testifies again in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial

  16-05-2025 15:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-girlfriend details sexual and physical abuse as defense zeroes in on text messages about so-called ‘freak-offs’Singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul, has returned to the stand on Friday for further examination by Combs’s legal team.Judge Arun Subramanian said on Friday morning that prosecutors agreed to re-question Ventura f
  
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• Polish presidential hopefuls in final campaign push - Europe live

  16-05-2025 15:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Thirteen candidates making their last pitches before ‘Super Sunday’ with votes also due in Portugal and RomaniaPoland’s presidential elections on Sunday are a “historic, groundbreaking” chance for Donald Tusk’s centrist party to show it was not trying to “deceive women” when it promised to change some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, campaigners have said.Five years after its near-total ban on abortion set off the largest protests
  
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• Kremlin says Trump-Putin contact ‘extremely important’ for Ukraine peace effort - politico.eu

  16-05-2025 15:43 via news.google.com
  Kremlin says Trump-Putin contact ‘extremely important’ for Ukraine peace effort  politico.euView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scattered Spider hackers in UK are ‘facilitating’ cyber-attacks, says Google

  16-05-2025 15:29 via theguardian.com
  US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and HarrodsBusiness live – latest updatesUK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively “facilitating” cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US.A group of hackers labelled “Scattered Spider” have been linked with attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, with Google cybersecurit
  
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• Court orders Chris Brown to be held in custody on nightclub attack charges

  16-05-2025 15:29 via theguardian.com
  US singer remanded until 13 June after appearing in UK court charged with grievous bodily harm in alleged 2023 assaultThe singer Chris Brown has been remanded in custody by a court in the UK, accused of attacking a music producer with a bottle in a nightclub.The 36-year-old American R&B singer, a former partner of Rihanna, was arrested at 2am on Thursday at the five-star Lowry hotel in Salford, after flying into the UK for a tour. Continue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as the sea – but who should play the clouds?

  16-05-2025 15:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The raging beauty of the ocean has clearly found its perfect embodiment. Now we need to decide who will play the other elemental forcesSome actors are lucky and manage to immediately luck into a perfect role. Others have to struggle for years, sometimes even decades, before eventually finding a part that completely encapsulates their personality. Jeremy Irons is one of them. But the good news is that his number has just come up, because Jeremy Irons has just been cast as the sea.According to Var
  
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• Descendants of Italy’s last king should not have crown jewels, court rules

  16-05-2025 15:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge says €300m collection should remain property of state, after attempt by family of Umberto II to reclaim jewelsA court in Italy has rejected a request made by the descendants of the country’s last king to reclaim the crown jewels, with the judge ordering that the national treasures remain the property of the state.In February 2022, the descendants of Italy’s last monarch sued the Italian state to reclaim the jewels, which for almost 78 years have been stashed in a treasure
  
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• Add to playlist: underground pop star Neggy Gemmy and the week’s best new tracks

  16-05-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Aggressive, hedonistic and seductive – often in the span of the same song – the independent LA-based singer-songwriter spans shoegaze, vaporwave and capital-P popFrom Los Angeles via Virginia
  Recommended if you like PinkPantheress, Kylie Minogue, Daniel Lopatin’s Chuck Person alias
  Up next Album She Comes from Nowhere, released 20 JuneNeggy Gemmy has quietly spent the past decade building one of the strongest catalogues in underground pop. Born Lindsey French – and previo
  
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• Leeds hospital recognised for 'excellent' brain tumour care - BBC

  16-05-2025 14:26 via news.google.com
  Leeds hospital recognised for 'excellent' brain tumour care  BBCKing’s designated as Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for second consecutive term  King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustUHNM named brain cancer centre of excellence  University Hospitals of North MidlandsWhat is excellence in brain tumour care?  The Brain Tumour CharityManchester’s neuro-oncology service renamed a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence  The Christie NH
  
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• ‘I’ve always been my own clique’: Ciara on settling feuds and breaking TikTok with her chair dance

  16-05-2025 14:20 via theguardian.com
  As an R&B star in the 00s, the singer found herself pitted in the media against artists like Beyoncé and Rihanna. Two decades on, she’s building bonds with a new generation of stars – and going viral with a gravity-defying chair trickBackstage at April’s Coachella festival, beyond the influencers, branded content and celebrity PDAs, a viral moment was brewing. R&B superstar Ciara was dancing on a chair – not just any dance, but a gravity-defying move that i
  
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• Anna Lapwood review – charismatic organist has a packed Royal Albert Hall eating out of her hand

  16-05-2025 14:19 via theguardian.com
  Royal Albert Hall, London
  The social media star allies her virtuosity in pieces written for her by Kristina Arakelyan and Max Richter with movie soundtracks and an infectiously winning enthusiasmThe Henry Willis organ – 70ft high, 65ft wide, with 9,999 pipes – has long been the criminally underused centrepiece of the Royal Albert Hall, but it has finally found someone big enough to bring it to life. Anna Lapwood, the venue’s first ever official organist, might be a slight 5ft 3
  
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• Man remanded in custody over arson at two properties linked to Keir Starmer

  16-05-2025 14:18 via theguardian.com
  Roman Lavrynovych is accused of three counts of arson with intent to endanger life after fires in north LondonA man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged in connection with fires at two properties and a car linked to the prime minister.Roman Lavrynovych is accused of three counts of arson with intent to endanger life after the fires at various locations across north London. Continue reading...
  
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