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Minister Chris Philp on Laura Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour - BBC
Minister Chris Philp on Laura Kuenssberg as MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour BBCTop Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis The GuardianMinister defends government NHS record after Dan Poulter defects to Labour BBCDan Poulter defects from Tories to Labour as Sunak refuses to rule out July election The IndependentTory rebels on warpath after MP defects to Labour The Telegraph -
‘We remember with the most profound sense of gratitude’: King Charles joins veterans to commemorate D-day 80th anniversary – live
via theguardian.comEvents taking place in France and UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of FranceD-day 80th anniversary – in picturesThe British prime minister Rishi Sunak will miss the major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day but the Labour leader Keir Starmer will attend alongside world leaders at the Omaha Beach event.Sunak is attending events in Normandy including speaking at the major British ceremony, but he will not be present alongside leaders including E -
Dozens reportedly rescued off Kent coast while crossing Channel
via theguardian.comCoastguard and lifeboats responded on Thursday after boat got into difficulty – as analysis shows nearly 1,000 crossings since election calledAbout 80 people are understood to have been rescued after a boat got into difficulty while crossing the Channel.Some of the group are thought to have been pulled from the water, with the coastguard and lifeboat crews called to help Border Force during the incident off the Kent coast on Thursday morning. Continue reading... -
US ‘clears way’ for antitrust inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI; ECB interest rate cut expected today – business live
via theguardian.comRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNvidia hits $3tn and surpasses Apple as world’s second most valuable companyNewsflash: Britain’s construction sector grew at the fastest pace in two years last month.Data firm S&P Global has reported that growth in the UK construction sector gained momentum during May, with activity and new business increasing at sharper rates than in April.Particularly pleasing was the broad-based nature of the rise in activity as work on -
Israel-Gaza war live: dozens reported killed after Israeli strike on UN school in refugee camp
via theguardian.comIsrael says the targeted school contained a militant compound, an allegation rejected by Hamas, amid wider operation in central GazaSee all our Israel-Gaza coverageLocal authorities report that 37 people have been killed after an overnight Israeli strike on the UN-run Unrwa school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in near Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.Inages from the site show a large number of bodies laid out for burial outside a hospital in Deir al Balah. Unrwa communications director Jul -
Let’s commemorate D-day – but not how Nigel Farage wants us to | Luke Turner
via theguardian.comThe second world war is not fodder for the culture wars. We owe it to those who fought to keep it that wayNigel Farage launched his campaign to become Clacton’s MP by citing a recent survey that revealed more than half of 18- to 34-year-olds couldn’t correctly identify what happened on D-day. Praising a local veteran travelling to Normandy for the 80th anniversary commemorations, the Reform party boss described the poll as representing “a complete failure of the education syste -
Provençal picnic squares and goat’s cheese loaf: Dorie Greenspan’s summer bakes – recipes
via theguardian.comSavoury bakesfor a garden party, barbecue or picnic, to eat with your fingers or with one hand holding a forkI love picnic food: that you can eat with your fingers or cut with the side of a fork. Easy food that you pass around, that’s good on its own or with a simple salad (and wine – picnics need wine). This summer, I’m saving room in my basket for a colourful tomato quick bread that hints at sunny Nice, and a creamy courgette and goat’s cheese loaf that teeters between -
NBA finals predictions: Mavericks or Celtics? Our writers share their picks
via theguardian.comDallas or Boston? Our contributors pick the winner, key players and dark horses before the season’s grand finale tips offTheir trade deadline moves. The Luke Dončić-Kyrie Irving axis is what makes the Mavs go. But acquiring PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford transformed this team. The pair beefed up the team’s frontcourt and helped ratchet up the defensive intensity, covering up for any flaws in Dončić and Irving. OC Continue reading... -
Inside ∄ – the queer-friendly Kyiv techno club collecting donations for the military
via theguardian.comOnce predicted to rival Berghain, wartime has seen the ‘club that doesn’t exist’ find new purposes as a bomb shelter and frontline fundraiser. But can it survive Ukraine’s new mobilisation drive?As Anastasiia Syradoieva awoke to the sound of air raid sirens and missile strikes in Kyiv on 24 February 2022, the first place she thought to seek shelter was ∄, the techno club housed in a former brewery she has run since its opening in 2019. “This building has survi -
‘In Nigeria, a tyre never quite dies’: reinventing the wheel in Lagos
via theguardian.comThe photographer Andrew Esiebo travelled around the city capturing how car tyres otherwise destined for the dump are finding second lives as seats, fences and swingsThe work of a vulcaniser is not unlike that of a surgeon, says the Nigerian photographer Andrew Esiebo. Armed with precision tools, vulcanisers across Nigeria extend the lives of tyres otherwise destined for the scrap heap.“Vulcanisers are like doctors for tyres because the way they work is like surgery,” says Esiebo, who -
European elections live: Dutch voters head to the polls as four-day, 27-country ballot to select MEPs begins
via theguardian.comVoting in the EU elections begins Thursday and ends on Sunday“The Dutch have a fundamental choice to make between a strong or a divided Europe,” the Greens’ Bas Eickhout said as voting began in the Netherlands this morning.We asked Anna Stürgkh, a candidate for Austria’s liberal NEOS party, what issues voters are bringing up the most. Continue reading... -
Best podcasts of the week: Two men were switched at birth – and things only got weirder from there
via theguardian.comCome By Chance tells the story of two 52-year-old Newfoundland men who realised their lives should have been so different. Plus: five of the best Euro 2024 podcasts• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEverything to Play For
Wondery+, all episodes out on MondayJust in time for the Euros, Elis James and Colin Murray start their sporting heroes podcast with the 20th anniversary of Wayne Rooney’s Euro debut. Their fact-packed commentary is enthusiastic and they -
James Maddison and Curtis Jones cut from England’s Euro 2024 squad
via theguardian.comTottenham playmaker the first of seven players to be left outLiverpool’s Jones misses out and Quansah expected to followJames Maddison has become the first player to be axed from England’s squad for Euro 2024. The Tottenham playmaker has struggled for consistency since returning from an ankle injury in January and has left the camp after being informed on Wednesday that he will not be part of the final 26-man group heading to Germany.The Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones will also no -
Tory chair chosen to stand in safe seat 300 miles from former constituency
via theguardian.comLocal members voice anger in Basildon and Billericay, where Richard Holden was put forward as only candidate at last minuteThe Conservative chair, Richard Holden, has been selected at the last minute for a safe seat 300 miles from his former constituency, triggering anger among members.Holden was chosen to stand in Basildon and Billericay in Essex on Wednesday night after being the only candidate on the list. Continue reading... -
Labour drops lawsuit against ex-staffers accused of leaking antisemitism report
via theguardian.comAction against five accused, including Jeremy Corbyn’s former chief of staff, estimated to have cost £1.5mGeneral election live – latest updatesLabour has withdrawn a costly lawsuit against five former staffers accused of leaking an internal report on antisemitism and “conspiring” against Keir Starmer.The legal action is expected to have cost the Labour party more than £1.5m and it was estimated the party could have spent almost £900,000 more, according -
Frank Hester donated further £5m to Tories in January, figures show
via theguardian.comData also shows party accepted £150,000 from Hester days after comments about Diane Abbott condemned as racist were revealedFrank Hester, the businessman at the centre of a row about comments condemned as racist and misogynistic, gave the Conservative party a further £5m in January, figures released by the Electoral Commission show.The donation, made by his company, the Phoenix Partnership (TPP), cements his status as the Tories’ single biggest donor, with a total of £15m -
General elections are a travesty of democracy – let’s give the people a real voice | George Monbiot
via theguardian.comOur system is designed for the powerful to retain control. Participatory democracy and a lottery vote are just two ways to gain real representationEverything hangs on them but little changes. For weeks or months, elections dominate national life. Media reports and public conversations are monopolised by furious jostling and frantic speculation. All else – policymaking, problem-solving, reason itself – grinds to a halt. Unsurprisingly, when the frenzy is over, we discover we have solv -
Revealed: the carbon cost of rebuilding Gaza after months of Israeli bombing
via theguardian.comReconstructing buildings destroyed in first four months of Israeli assault will generate nearly 60m tonnes of CO2 equivalent – studyThe carbon cost of rebuilding Gaza will be greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 135 countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the unprecedented death toll, new research reveals.Reconstructing the estimated 200,000 apartment buildings, schools, universities, hospitals, mosques, bakeries, water and sewag -
We are the most important voters in British politics. With four weeks to go, this is what we think
via theguardian.comOur panel on why they’re politically at sea, the policy that could win their vote – and that paddleboarding videoAs many as 15% of British voters are still undecided about who to vote for. How they make up their minds will have seismic consequences for the UK’s political future – so the Guardian has spoken to a range of undecided voters from across the country. In the first in this series, we hear how they are grappling with their decision, and how they’re respondin -
Ukraine’s Yuliya Levchenko: ‘We need to have peace so we create our future’
via theguardian.comWith 50 days to go before the Paris Olympics start, the Ukrainian high jumper on preparation amid the turmoil of Russia’s invasionYuliya Levchenko arrives full of apologies, although they are not at all necessary. She has crossed Kyiv after watching her younger sister Polina, a fellow high jumper, compete at a local event and the reason for her half-hour delay was wearyingly familiar. An air raid warning disrupted proceedings midway through and, as usual, the athletes had to shelter until -
‘Sport holds a special place’: how one man helps his father with Alzheimer’s
via theguardian.comMatt Singleton is a gerontologist who has written a book around the 1966 World Cup which aims to stimulate memoriesSeven years ago Matt Singleton’s father, Brian, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and one of the immediate consequences was that he stopped reading. “That was his main pastime when he wasn’t working, along with football,” says Matt. “Suddenly I was no longer able to buy him books for things like birthdays and Father& -
Playing Kafka review – a well-intentioned but sanitised attempt at adapting the unadaptable
via theguardian.comPC; Charles Games
The forking paths and opaque traps of his writings might sound amenable to gaming. But the meaningful futility of his fiction doesn’tadd up to much hereIf Franz Kafka had lived to give notes on Playing Kafka, a new video game adaptation of his work, a big one might have been: where’s the sex? What this interactive version of The Trial has in branching narrative, it lacks in sexuality: one can imagine the author-cum-playtester apoplectic at the absence of sadomasochi -
Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study
via theguardian.comAddiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystemsFrom brown trout becoming “addicted” to methamphetamine to European perch losing their fear of predators due to depression medication, scientists warn that modern pharmaceutical and illegal drug pollution is becoming a growing threat to wildlife.Drug exposure is causing significant, unexpected changes to some animals’ behaviour and anatomy. Female sta -
‘Language is a massive exclusionary tool’: Delaine Le Bas, the Turner prize nominee battling Romany discrimination
via theguardian.comA new exhibition shows how the acclaimed artist uses mixed media where words usually fail – in unravelling misconceptions about Traveller communitiesI’ve created a world, and it’s called Delainia,” says Delaine Le Bas, speaking ahead of the opening of her oeuvre-spanning Glasgow exhibition Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding. Working with textiles, sculpture and performance art, the British Romany artist has been making politically charged art for most of her life. “It sta -
A taste of Tunisia: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes inspired by the northern tip of Africa
via theguardian.comHouria – a riotously flavoured mashed carrot salad with eggs and coriander salsa – and spicy Tunisian savoury pastriesIts location on the very northern tip of Africa, right on the Mediterranean and close to Italy, means Tunisian cuisine is a wonderfully unique fusion of flavours. Take harissa, for example, which is traditionally made with wood-smoked sun-dried chillies that are pounded with caraway and plenty of other spices, then steeped in oil to make a quite brilliant hot condimen -
Under a Rock by Chris Stein review – sex, squalor and superstardom
via theguardian.comThe Blondie guitarist charts his drug-fuelled journey from young punk to pop pioneer with charming nonchalanceEven before he co-founded Blondie – who swiftly transcended their roots in the New York punk scene to become one of the biggest bands in the world, selling around 40m records in the process – Chris Stein had lived quite a life.His father died of a stroke in Stein’s first year of high school: thereafter, as his bandmate and former partner Debbie Harry notes in Under a Ro -
Teenage kicks: the bumpy ride of adolescence – in pictures
via theguardian.comArtist duo Lola Paprocka and Pani Paul travelled the world photographing teenagers they connected with – along with their broken phones, braces and acne scars Continue reading... -
National lottery app can’t pay out my winnings
via theguardian.comI have a balance of £106 from a winning ticket, but I can’t withdraw the moneyIn November last year, I unexpectedly rediscovered an unused national lottery app on my mobile phone with a balance of £2.50.Heady with excitement, I bought a Lotto ticket and won £106. But when I tried to withdraw the money, I couldn’t, as my bank card attached to the account was no longer in use, and you can only change your card if your balance is zero. Continue reading... -
‘I’m sick of it!’ The diabolical reality of being one of the few working-class people in TV
via theguardian.comFrom nepotism to pay so bad that even Bafta winners are quitting the industry, the odds are stacked against working-class talent. No wonder stars like Lucy Beaumont want to ‘jack it all in’Lucy Beaumont is furious. A new report shows that just 8% of TV and radio workers are from working-class backgrounds – the lowest figure in a decade. Beaumont – who grew up in a low-income, single-parent family in Hull, and is now an award-winning TV comedian, creator and writer – -
Has it made me creative, or held me back? Shaparak Khorsandi on being diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s
via theguardian.comPeople may be told their condition is a gift. But that’s little comfort when looking back at a trail of destructionDiscovering in my 40s that I have ADHD was a bit like how, I imagine, Tarzan felt when he found out he was a human and not a chimpanzee. For years he must have wondered why he was so different to the other chimps. Why did he have to use rope instead of his arms to swing from the trees? Why did he prefer to eat berries rather than termites and why, no matter how much another ch
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