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The French government soured on a reciprocal deal that allowed the British authorities to return some migrants who crossed the English Channel illegally in small boats.
Mark Landler and Ségolène Le StradicFranceEnglish Channel
PM rejects claims that by opening a debate on changing UK-EU relationship he is going back on a pledge not propose rejoiningAs mentioned earlier, hundreds of prisoners are being released early today across England and Wales, and some had a message for the prime minister.“Thank you Andy Burnham,” one prisoner leaving HMP Durham in north-east England said, according to PA.Outside HMP Swaleside in Kent, Daniel Dowling-Brooks, 29, said: “Big up Keir Starmer” as he was celebrating with his friends, mother and sister who picked him up in a convoy of a white Bentley and black Mercedes G-wagon.He told reporters he had served seven years for kidnap and grievous bodily harm of someone who owed money to his friend, and had been released seven weeks early.He said he regretted his crime, and planned to spend more time with his two children and his friends. He said the first thing he would do was “go
Taz Ali (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)PoliticsUK news
We examine the arts center’s saga in Washington.
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Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
Hurubie MekoCornell UniversityColleges and Universities
Plus, a Kelvin wave is coming.
Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart and Emma GoldbergAirlines and AirplanesSex Crimes
From David Beckham and Gareth Bale to Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane, who are the best British exports this century?
Just days before Sunday’s election, President President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva banned online gambling. But record-high debt is upending millions of lives.
Adam B. Ellick and Dado GaldieriGamblingCredit and Debt
An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.
Quinn GlabickiData CentersAir Pollution
Diehard Hugo Chávez supporters struggle to comprehend ideological U-turn being executed by Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administrationHe was one of the most passionate propagandists for Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian revolution: a feisty leftist TV personality who spent more than two decades singing the movement’s praises on his state-funded show, The Razorblade.Mario Silva’s devotion was such that he often hosted his programme with Chávez’s portrait behind him and he had El Comandante’s curly signature tattooed on to his left wrist. Continue reading...
Camille Rodríguez Montilla in Caracas and Tom Phillips in Rio de JaneiroVenezuelaHugo Chávez
Dal Lake’s fragile ecosystem is deteriorating amid pollution, unregulated construction and climate change in Kashmir.
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Dame Esther Rantzen was "an inspirational individual", the director of her Childline helpline says.
A new E1 sanctions bill could test whether US objections are finally backed by consequences.
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Matt Parker and Trey Stone take aim at the obscenely wealthy in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they areA little over a year ago, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone renewed their deal with Paramount after a contentious negotiation that held up production of the 2025 season.That $1.5bn agreement raised questions about whether Paramount, newly owned by David Ellison, would really offer the creators creative freedom – or was the billionaire class solidifying its hold over a comedy series as cover to meddle in other divisions, like CBS News?Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
Jesse HassengerSouth ParkAnimation on TV
Estonian completed first of two attempts to navigate narrow ribbon, 160 metres long and 120 metres high, near the city’s famous Gyeongbokgung palace on ThursdayThe lunchtime crowds drifted slowly back to their offices along central Seoul’s main boulevard, heads up and phones raised to the sky.High above, a narrow ribbon ran between the Koreana hotel and the Dong-A Media Center, a few hundred metres from the capital’s famous Gyeongbokgung palace and Gwanghwamun square. Continue reading...
Raphael Rashid in SeoulSouth KoreaAsia Pacific
Israeli prime minister cautions against early conclusions when asked if there were any signs of Iranian involvementBenjamin Netanyahu has said it was too early to tell who was ultimately behind the apparent attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, even as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called the incident a “terror attack”, without apportioning blame.Danny Danon told Fox News on Wednesday night that Israel had “no doubt that it was a terror attack from a radical individual. We still cannot link it to a terror state or terror organisation, but for sure we know there was an intention to bring that plane down.” Continue reading...
Jonathan YerushalmyIsraelUnited Arab Emirates
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is making it harder for immigrants to stay in the country. Critics say she is hurting Japan’s ability to address labor shortages.
Javier C. Hernández and Hisako UenoJapanese LanguagePrices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
Debra Kamin, Matt Flegenheimer and Amy Julia HarrisFraternities and SororitiesSex Crimes
His videos of cats, loopy contraptions and theme park rides round the heavens (and his back garden) have notched up a billion views. We meet Chris Burton in the suburban home where it all happensChris Burton is getting ready to redecorate his house. The first reason for this is quite sad. His beloved cat Bella died recently, aged 17, and the indignities of old age mean a new carpet is in order. The other reason is that Burton, AKA Half-Asleep Chris, is turning his dining room into a re-creation of London’s Rainforest Cafe (also RIP – it closed in 2023). There will be temple walls and a talking tree, a fish tank and fronds. Thunderstorms every 20 minutes.He’s doing most of the work himself, he explains, as we edge past an 8ft fibreglass tapir in the hall. But he’ll need an electrician to rig the starry ceiling and a plumber to check the waterfall for leaks. I sneak a feel of the tapir: fi
Catherine ShoardCultureYouTube
Multinational tea companies still occupy ancestral highlands of communities displaced during British colonial eraFor British colonialists, the fertile and cool uplands of central Kenya were the “White Highlands”, to be reserved exclusively for European settlers. Local communities were forced from the land, which was turned into plantations for tea and other crops.In recent decades, descendants of the displaced have fought to reclaim their ancestral land, some of which is now occupied by multinational tea companies and other large corporations. Continue reading...
Carlos Mureithi in NairobiKenyaColonialism
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have less than nine months to prepare for AFCON 2027.
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