• Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable

    Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actorsHarms to children, such as sexual exploitation and detriments to mental health, are inevitable on Meta’s platforms, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri said in taped depositions played at a trial in New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday.“I just think if you’re serving billions of people, the unfortunate reality is that some
  • Sarr sinks 10-man Spurs as Crystal Palace plunge imploding club closer to relegation

    Tottenham are sinking in a sea of venom. Relegation is no longer a distant prospect for the owners of the country’s best and costliest stadium. On the contrary, it is all getting all too real. Tottenham have rolled the dice, replacing a bedraggled Thomas Frank with a bewildered Igor Tudor, but they are only a point above the bottom three and offered absolutely no evidence that they are capable of arresting the slide during this shambolic defeat to Crystal Palace.It was quite the evening at
  • BBC says ‘irreversible’ trends mean it will not survive without major overhaul - The Guardian

    BBC says ‘irreversible’ trends mean it will not survive without major overhaul  The GuardianBBC suggests licence fee could be cut if more people pay  BBCBBC open to replacing licence fee with tax  The TelegraphBBC offers to open up iPlayer to rivals alongside reform of licence fee  Financial TimesThe BBC Charter Review is time for bold choices to secure benefits of public service media for generations  BBC
  • Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces asylum plans - The Guardian

    Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces asylum plans  The GuardianFailed asylum seeker families to be offered up to £40k to leave UK  BBCHome Secretary's speech on immigration: 5 March 2026  GOV.UKBritain looks to Frederiksen’s migration plan to neutralize Farage  politico.euUK to further curtail rights of asylum seekers  Financial Times
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  • With the advance of AI, I feel my work as an artist is no longer respected. Should I just give up? | Leading questions

    Think back to the reason you started making art, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes, then separate this from the money or acclaimRead more Leading questionsI’m an artist in my 30s without any major success. Before the pandemic I had quite a lot of opportunities. Unfortunately Covid and then political and personal matters beyond my control shattered my work and social circles. I lost contacts and had no time for networking.My art evolved with me and has become less conceptual, mor
  • A beer at sunrise then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down Iranian drones - The Guardian

    A beer at sunrise then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down Iranian drones  The GuardianI had beer at sunrise after destroying Iranian drone, navy pilot says  The TimesBritish warplanes shoot down multiple drones in Jordan  Sky NewsBritish F-35B downs drone in first operational kill  UK Defence JournalIran conflict 2026: RAF Typhoon operating out of Qatar shoots down Iranian drone  Janes
  • Trump fires homeland security secretary Kristi Noem

    Markwayne Mullin, Republican senator and Maga ally, to replace Noem as Democrats cheer departure of ‘disaster’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Thursday announced he was replacing Kristi Noem as the homeland security secretary, capping weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership after immigration agents killed two US citizens and reports emerged that she was involved in a personal relationship with a top deputy.Noem’s firing was the first major pers
  • Mitski review – pop meets performance art in a masterful spectacle

    The Shed, New York City
    At a six-night residency, the singer creates an immersive world filled with wry humor and big emotionsMitski was one of the great social media posters before the internet tried to swallow her whole. “I used to rebel by destroying myself, but realized that’s awfully convenient to the world,” went a 2016 tweet from the musician, who long ago nuked that account. “For some of us, our best revolt is self-preservation.”As her career has skyrocketed
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  • New York and other US states sue Trump over ‘illegal and reckless’ tariffs

    Lawsuit says president does not have authority to impose levies and demands refunds from federal governmentA coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors across 24 US states are suing Donald Trump to block his latest round of tariffs.The White House is planning to enact a new 15% tariff on all imports after the supreme court declared Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs illegal. The tariffs have yet to go into effect, though the White House said the new rate would start
  • ITV weighing up whether to show adverts during 2026 World Cup drinks breaks

    All World Cup matches to break after 22 minutes of each halfAdverts can be either normal breaks or split-screen version ITV is in talks with its commercial partners about showing adverts during the mid-half drinks stoppages that will take place in every match at this summer’s World Cup.Global broadcasters have been briefed on Fifa’s stipulations for the three-minute hydration breaks, which will take place after 22 minutes of each half irrespective of the temperature. Continue reading
  • Labour MP 'voluntarily suspends herself' amid China spy probe - BBC

    Labour MP 'voluntarily suspends herself' amid China spy probe  BBCLabour MP resigns whip after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China  The GuardianChina spy case exposes new electoral hazards of foreign policy  Financial TimesI've seen nothing to suspect my husband, says Labour MP after China spying arrests  Sky NewsThree people arrested under National Security Act  Metropolitan Police
  • The Manningtree Witches review – Ava Pickett’s gripping follow-up to Tudor hit 1536

    Mercury theatre, ColchesterThe targets of the infamous 17th-century ‘witchfinder general’ narrate a powerful play based on AK Blakemore’s novel‘It does not matter what is true,” a teenager tells us after giving a testimony of witchcraft against a group of women including her own mother. What matters, she says, is “what is written down”. It is advice passed down to Rebecca (Lucy Mangan) by her indomitable mother, Anne (Gina Isaac), in this whiplash of a p
  • A beer at sunrise then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down Iranian drones

    F-35 pilot based in Cyprus becomes first to destroy a target in combat – and celebrates with a single beerIn the clear skies above Jordan on Monday night, a British F-35 pilot made a small piece of history. Flying for four hours alongside two Typhoons, the radar picked up two Shahed drones. The squadron tactics instructor – whom the Guardian is not naming – hit the drones with two Asraam missiles.In doing so he became the first pilot of the Royal Air Force’s stealth fight
  • States sue Trump administration over new 'unlawful' global tariffs - BBC

    States sue Trump administration over new 'unlawful' global tariffs  BBCNew York and other US states sue Trump over ‘illegal and reckless’ tariffs  The GuardianUS states sue Trump administration over new tariffs  Financial TimesUS states sue to stop Trump’s latest global tariffs  Al JazeeraStates Sue to Stop Trump From Reviving Steep Tariffs  The New York Times
  • 'We have been preparing': Why the boots on the ground in Iran could be Kurdish - BBC

    'We have been preparing': Why the boots on the ground in Iran could be Kurdish  BBCAirstrikes hit Iran-Iraq border as US and Israeli plan to mobilise Kurds gathers pace  The GuardianUS holds talks with Iranian Kurdish militants over anti-regime operations  Financial TimesWhile US encourages Kurds to attack Iran, history serves darker warning  Al Jazeera'A chance for freedom' - Kurdish fighters desperate to join battle against Iran  Sky News
  • EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products

    Lawmakers will outlaw use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply marketsEU lawmakers have agreed to ban meaty names such as steak and bacon for vegetarian and vegan foods, but “veggie burgers” and “meat-free sausages” will remain on the table.Negotiators from the European parliament and EU council of ministers found a recipe for compromise on rules for food names on Thursday, although critics said they were creating needless c
  • Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent

    After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majorityBut for the Iran crisis, Labour’s first major policy announcement since the party’s calamitous defeat in the Gorton and Denton byelection would have been arguably the biggest political story of the week.Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, pressed ahead with what is intended to be the party’s full-throated answer to the competition it faces from Re
  • Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity

    The court of justice said Portugal had committed serious infringements of EU environmental law Portugal has been fined €10m (£8.7m) by the EU’s court of justice for failing to comply with environmental laws that require it to protect biodiversity. It has also been ordered to pay €41,250 a day until it complies with a previous court order made in 2019.The court said it was imposing the maximum fine possible to “encourage” Portugal to bring the infringement to an
  • Zack Polanski votes against motion welcoming removal of ayatollah - The Times

    Zack Polanski votes against motion welcoming removal of ayatollah  The TimesGreen leader Zack Polanski refuses to condemn Churchill statue vandalism  The TelegraphMan denies criminal damage over Winston Churchill statue graffiti  BBCPalestine Action arrest as Churchill statue defaced  BBCMan arrested after 'completely abhorrent' vandalism of Churchill statue  Sky News
  • Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock ‘bloodlust’

    Lower house votes in favour of polarising law after rapid increase in population and attack on grazing farm animalsWolf hunting will be allowed in Germany under legislation passed by the lower house of parliament in response to a rapidly growing population and a sharp rise in attacks on livestock.The return and growth of the wolf population in the last three decades has emerged as a wedge issue in Germany, the land of the Brothers Grimm who popularised the spectre of the Big Bad Wolf. Continue r
  • Kemi is wrong about everything. Which is almost an achievement in itself | John Crace

    The Tory leader’s appearance on the Today programme was sheer madness – and comedy goldCast your mind forward 10 years or so. Long after Kemi Badenoch has been sacked as Tory party leader without even getting to contest an election. Long after she has been fired from a sinecure in an HR firm for falling out with all her colleagues. Long after she was dismissed from a Tory thinktank for being unable to think. Long after she was forced to take early retirement.You might think Kemi&rsqu
  • Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank

    Lawmakers cite ‘consistent pattern’ in which Americans are being killed ‘without justice or accountability’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMore than 30 US senators have signed a letter demanding that the Trump administration open an independent investigation into the February killing of a 19-year-old American in the occupied West Bank, the ninth US citizen killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since 2022.The letter, led by Sen
  • The Guardian view on the expanding Iran crisis: no clear aim and no end in sight | Editorial

    The US and Israel started a war that is escalating rapidly, with repercussions beyond the region tooThere will be no quick or easy wins – even on US and Israeli terms. They have celebrated assassinating Iran’s supreme leader; their offensive has also killed more than 1,000 civilians so far, including scores of children, according to a US-based rights group. As Iran retaliates, hoping America’s allies will try to rein it back, it is targeting US bases and civilian sites across t
  • The Guardian view on rising youth unemployment: regional leaders as well as ministers must take action | Editorial

    Worsening health is only part of the reason for the concerning rise in young people who are neither studying nor workingLaunching a review into unemployment and economic inactivity among young people in December, the former health secretary Alan Milburn described the situation as a “national outrage”, and suggested that a “coalition of the concerned” would be needed to turn things around for the 16- to 24-year-olds known as Neets (not in education, employment or training)
  • David Harding obituary

    Sculptor and educator who embedded art within the new town of Glenrothes and encouraged students at the Glasgow School of Art to move beyond the studioThe sculptor and educator David Harding, who has died aged 88, insisted that art should stand in the same weather as everyone else.As town artist for Glenrothes, Fife, in the late 1960s and 70s, he embedded sculpture in underpasses, bus stops, and housing schemes, working with planners rather than against them and using the same concrete and brick
  • Extra stress or a bit of fun? Teachers and parents discuss World Book Day

    As children dress up in UK and Ireland on Thursday, not everyone is on the same page over event’s pros and consThursday is World Book Day in the UK and Ireland, with many primary schools encouraging children to take part.However, schools in England are moving away from dressing up for the event due to concerns that the activity could detract from the promotion of reading for pleasure, experts say. Continue reading...
  • ‘Toughest’ Italy Test can be defining moment for England, says Jamie George

    ‘Lack of hard work’ has undermined Borthwick’s squadEngland off to Rome after successive Six Nations defeatsJamie George is braced for England’s “toughest ever” Test against Italy but believes Saturday’s Six Nations clash can be the defining moment for a much-maligned squad.George also admitted England’s Six Nations collapse, which has ruled them out of contention for the title for another year, has been down to a lack of “hard work” an
  • ‘That person has gone’: Lewis Hamilton ditches despair for feelgood Ferrari reboot

    Seven-time world champion admits he ‘lost sight of who I was’ but has optimism as new campaign begins on SundayIn the dying embers of the 2025 Formula One season there was a period when Lewis Hamilton, one of the greatest drivers of all time, seemed cut from an almost unrecognisable cloth. The confidence, humour and calm assurance in his own abilities had been stripped away, replaced by an almost despairing bewilderment.It was so alien to his usual character that many considered it a
  • India hold off brave England and brilliant Bethell to reach T20 World Cup final

    India 253-7 bt England 246-7 by seven runsMultiple records broken in thrilling matchEngland, India and the Wankhede Stadium ground staff conjured a ludicrous, blockbuster semi-final, but for the English in the end it was a bust, a night when records fell, and they eventually went with them.Only three times in their history have they scored more than the 246 they got on Thursday, but still it was not enough. Never before have so many runs been scored in a T20 World Cup match, nor as many sixes (3
  • Ben Jennings on the ‘end times’ and the US war on Iran – cartoon

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  • T20 World Cup: India reach final despite Jacob Bethell century for England - BBC

    T20 World Cup: India reach final despite Jacob Bethell century for England  BBCEngland fall just short against India in epic T20 World Cup semi-final – as it happened  The GuardianT20WC 2025/26, IND vs ENG 2nd SF Match Preview - India vs England chapter 3: the match that could define eras  ESPNcricinfoEngland vs India LIVE: ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final - cricket score, radio & highlights  BBCEngland lose to India in epic T20 World Cup semi-f
  • Best way forward for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer

    PM defends decision not to join initial US-Israeli strikes and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situationMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has said the conflict engulfing the Middle East could continue “for some time” as he insisted the best way forward in the longer term was a negotiated settlement with Iran.The prime minister said the UK was doing “everything we can” to de-escalate the situation, a clear contrast to the U
  • Mainstream schools are not beneficial for all Send children | Letters

    Readers on the importance of special schools in response to Frances Ryan’s article about Labour’s reforms on special educational needs and disabilities I’m pleased that Frances Ryan had a positive experience in mainstream school (Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone, 26 February). Unfortunately, the data shows that this isn’t the case for many disabled children today. Children with special educa
  • Investment in food systems should be a priority | Letter

    Leading researchers call for sustained investment by governments and policymakers to enable scientific innovations aimed at preventing malnutritionDuring British Science Week, which starts on Friday, we urge government leaders and policymakers to sustain investment in research on nutrition and food systems. Malnutrition remains the leading cause of death among children under five worldwide. It leaves survivors with impairments that limit learning and earning potential, impacting generations and
  • Climate aid cuts are a disaster for global south | Letter

    Withdrawing support for programmes in developing countries sends a harmful signal about whose futures are allowed to be protected, says Millie Edwards Fiona Harvey’s article on cuts to climate aid programmes (UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries, 2 March) exposes a troubling reversal at a critical moment. Schemes to protect nature and climate resilience across Africa and Asia are being substantially reduced or effectively axed. These cuts sit within a wider contractio
  • Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong | Letter

    Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to an editorialRegarding your editorial (The Guardian view on Jimmy Lai: what Britain’s caution says about its relationship to Beijing’s power, 10 February), I wish to make the following points.
    First, Jimmy Lai is by no means the “defender of democracy” portrayed in some western media narratives, but a principal figure behind the turmoil in Hong Kong. He was a key planner and participant in a series of anti-China inciden
  • UK firms pull fixed energy deals as Iran war pushes up prices - BBC

    UK firms pull fixed energy deals as Iran war pushes up prices  BBCDiesel at 16-month high in UK as Iran war drives oil prices up further  Sky NewsConflict in the Middle East: Martin Lewis' 'get off the Energy Price Cap' mini-briefing  Money Saving ExpertChannel Island energy firms keep fuel price hike 'under scrutiny'  BBCMinisters discuss ways to offset energy price surges caused by Iran war  The Guardian
  • ‘A space of their own’: how cancer centres designed by top architects can offer hope

    Exhibition at the V&A Dundee celebrates Maggie’s Centres created by Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and othersMaggie Keswick Jencks received her weekly breast cancer treatment in a windowless neon-lit room in Edinburgh’s Western general hospital. Her husband, the renowned landscape designer Charles, later described it as a kind of “architectural aversion therapy”.It was then, in the early 1990s, that the Scottish artist and garden designer imagined her own b
  • Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures

    The US president has made the easily debunked claim that there are no wind farms in China Continue reading...
  • Delayed UK rescue flight takes off from Oman with British nationals

    Keir Starmer describes Middle East evacuation operation as one of the biggest of its kindMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe first charter flight taking British nationals back to the UK from the Middle East has taken off as the prime minister described the ongoing evacuation operation as one of the biggest of its kind. Keir Starmer announced that the delayed plane from Oman, which was originally scheduled to leave at 7pm on Wednesday, had taken off minutes before he addressed a Downing St
  • UK government ‘effectively allowed’ child sexual abuse, campaigners say

    Maggie Oliver Foundation taking action over government’s alleged failure to adopt changes recommended by inquiryCampaigners have accused the UK government of in effect allowing child abuse to continue by having an “inconsistent and arbitrary” approach to implementing recommendations from a seven-year statutory inquiry.The claim was made at the high court in London, where a judge said a legal action against the Home Office could continue. Continue reading...
  • Seven countries to boycott Paralympics ceremony over flag-flying Russians

    No ParalympicsGB athletes will be present in VeronaIPC says Russian presence ‘determined by members’Seven countries and the British government will boycott the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in protest at the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes.The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine would not be sending athletes or officials to the ceremony on Friday night. Continue reading...
  • Catherine 'OK' with spice during Golden Mile visit in Leicester - BBC

    Catherine 'OK' with spice during Golden Mile visit in Leicester  BBCPrincess of Wales dances with worshippers during Hindu temple visit  The TelegraphHRH High Street! Kate Middleton swaps heirloom jewels for Sézane earrings given to her by Prince William for day out in Leicester  TatlerKate Middleton Returns to City She First Visited with Queen Elizabeth as a New Royal  People.comPrincess of Wales dances with Hindu worshippers during temple visit&nb
  • The US and Israel are waging war on an Iran they think they know. The reality is very different | Ali Vaez

    Is the Islamic Republic a messianic theocracy or a brittle dictatorship? It’s neither – as those attacking it are finding outWhen the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran on 28 February, the campaign was structured like a textbook air war: destroy defences, degrade retaliatory capabilities and decapitate leadership. Iranian air defences – already battered in last summer’s war – were further dismantled to secure uncontested skies. Missile factories
  • Ballet Black at 25 review – dazzling double bill brings forth resistance and hope

    Linbury theatre, London
    For its quarter of a century celebrations, the company combines an eloquent new dance that speaks of idealism with a revival of its punchy social dramaIt’s 25 years since the indomitable Ballet Black was founded, and to mark the occasion they present us with a crackingly good double bill. The company generally commissions works from external choreographers, but here it rightly blows its own trumpet with a revival of a breakthrough piece by one of their own – I
  • Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy

    We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for allThe 1951 Labour government proudly signed the refugee convention. Today’s Labour government is now in danger of consigning it to history. Why and how this is happening challenges those of us who are both socialists and democrats. For our economy, our society and our sanity we must reject the thinking of the Blue Labour faction
  • 'Passionate' people sought to shape £60m plans - BBC

    'Passionate' people sought to shape £60m plans  BBCLast chance to apply for exciting Pride in Place Chair role  Wyre Forest District CouncilResidents of Littlemoor and Broadwey invited to join new Neighbourhood Board to shape £20m Government funding  Dorset CouncilCouncillor's concerns over £20m cash pot for Rotherham  Rotherham AdvertiserLocals sought to lead on Pride in Place Programme  Leicester City Council
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool: FA Cup team news - Liverpool FC

    Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool: FA Cup team news  Liverpool FCFootball Daily | Late drama at Wolves as the Gomes/Gomez Congestion Index causes chaos  The GuardianEdwards | 'It's the most important game of our season' | Men's First-Team | News  Wolverhampton Wanderers FCLiverpool boss Arne Slot 'every right' to be angry - Virgil van Dijk  ESPNLiverpool are wasting time under Arne Slot and pattern of late drama proves it  The Independent
  • Transparency fears over plan to redact 2,000 staff names on Commons register

    Exclusive: Standards committee proposal aims to improve staff safety but critics say it will further reduce public trustMPs are planning to redact the names of 2,000 parliamentary staff from an official register that has been in place for decades, in a move that experts say will reduce transparency around lobbying by passholders.The proposal has been put forward by the House of Commons standards committee after evidence sessions held in private with staff unions, which raised concerns about the
  • Squeeze: Trixies review – finally completed first album proves teenage dreams are hard to beat

    (Love/BMG)Squeeze’s first new album in nearly a decade is based on material written when they were teenagers. It’s endearing but callowIn interviews to promote their 16th album, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have been upfront about the reason for its existence. After the world shrugged at The Knowledge in 2017, someone told Tilbrook: “‘Nobody is interested in a Squeeze record. What matters is Squeeze’s story.’ That stayed with me,” he says.So not only

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