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Israeli PM Netanyahu urged to halt judicial changes after mass protests – live updates | Israel

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureFollowing the decision by Israel’s largest trade union to strike, protesters from around...

Kostiantyn Kryvopust explores the French NFT revolution

France seems to be at the forefront of the NFT revolution. Thanks to one of NFT's biggest brands, Paris-headquartered Sorare, the global art hub is...

Markets calmer despite fears over risks to financial stability from bank turmoil – business live | Business

Introduction: Markets to rally despite financial stability fearsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Risks...

Music to eco-conscious ears: 10 sustainable festivals in the UK and Europe | Festivals

Plastic cutlery, abandoned tents, artists flown in to perform … the traditional music festival has not been a bastion of eco-friendliness. Now several UK...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Nato criticises Putin for ‘dangerous’ nuclear rhetoric; Donbas town of Avdiivka ‘post-apocalyptic’ | Ukraine

NATO says Vladimir Putin’s plan to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus “dangerous and irresponsible” and a threat to Russia’s nuclear non-proliferation commitments.Putin likened...

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles as regional tensions rise | North Korea

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military has said, the latest in its flurry of weapons tests in recent weeks.The...

Hong Kong police keep tight control over first authorised protest in years | Hong Kong

Hong Kong police have permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions, in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment...

Southgate tells England players to stay hungry after perfect Euro 2024 start | Euro 2024

Gareth Southgate urged his players to remain hungry after England maintained their perfect start to Euro 2024 qualifying by beating Ukraine 2-0 at Wembley...

Netanyahu fires defence minister after he told him to stop judicial overhaul | Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has fired his defence minister, a day after he called on the Israeli leader to halt a planned judicial overhaul that has...

Trump lawyer says ex-president based remarks about imminent arrest on ‘rumors’ | Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s lawyer has admitted that the former president based his incendiary and unfounded remarks about his imminent arrest last week on mere speculation...

Mississippi tornado: Biden declares emergency after storm kills 26 in region | Mississippi

Joe Biden declared a federal emergency for swathes of Mississippi hit by a devastating tornado, as rescue workers continued to search for survivors on...

England v Ukraine: Euro 2024 qualifying – live | Euro 2024 qualifying

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat makes Bukayo Saka so good? The obvious answer is ‘everything’. But for...

Cambridge claim double first in Boat Race with wins for men and women | The Boat Race

In the shadow of Craven Cottage’s newly renovated, gleaming Riverside Stand, the Cambridge men’s cox Jasper Parish sought shelter just a couple of minutes...

Oxford v Cambridge: boat races – live | The Boat Race

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHelen Glover, double Olympic champ in the coxless pair, has just announced that...

A House of Call/Aurora Orchestra review – a dazzling parade of musical imagery | Classical music

Heiner Goebbels subtitles A House of Call “My imaginary notebook”. First performed in 2021, it was his first score for full orchestra in more...

Carey Young: Appearance review – the faces of female justice | Art

Vivien Rose, supreme court justice, stares steadily back at you from Carey Young’s outstanding new film at Modern Art Oxford. Lady Rose is only...

Manchester City v Chelsea: Women’s Super League – live | Women’s Super League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature8 mins: Kelly swings in a corner from the left but Leupolz just...

We’ll show Germany at Euro 2024 that we can behave, vow England fans | Euro 2024

England football fans have vowed to travel to Germany in large numbers for Euro 2024 and show that “idiots” wanting to provoke trouble in...

Last orders? Belgium’s Trappist beers under threat as vocations run dry | Belgium

For nearly 190 years the monks of Westmalle in northern Belgium have been involved in making beer. They began brewing in this corner of...

A fresh era for India or a ham-fisted ego trip? Welcome to Modi’s new seat of power | Rowan Moore

Some time soon the new parliament building of the world’s largest democracy, India, will open for business. No one quite knows when, except perhaps...

The Conservative Party After Brexit by Tim Bale review – why conservatism turned into chaos | Politics books

Napoleon was history on a horse. Since the Brexit referendum, Britain has been history in a clown car. We are now on our fifth...

There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other | Fatima Bhutto

Last summer, a third of Pakistan was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, was submerged. Two million homes were destroyed,...

Trump describes 2024 election as ‘the final battle’ from podium in Waco | Donald Trump

Donald Trump, the former US president, continued to invoke retribution and violence on Saturday when he used the first rally of his 2024 election...

‘The reasons couples separate are mostly mundane. That doesn’t mean they’re not painful’ | Divorce

There are particular moments in family law that are universal among practitioners. Most of these happen during the first meeting, when a client comes...

England must show steel as emotions run high before visit of Ukraine | England

It is fair to say that there will be a lot going on at Wembley on Sunday before England kick off their second Euro...

Mississippi tornado: death toll of 25 highest in the state in 21st century | Mississippi

Devastating storms and at least one large tornado which ripped through rural Mississippi on Friday night left 25 people dead in the state, dozens...

Croatia v Wales: Euro 2024 qualifying – live | Euro 2024 qualifying

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureFULL TIME: Croatia 1-1 WalesPêl-droed, eh? Uffern waedlyd!90 min +4: Bedlam as Wales...

In this golden age for football, the threat of overkill looms ever larger | Fifa

It’s worth asking before launching into a jeremiad where you would have stood on major disruptions of the past. Have I become the old...

Top Tory MPs ask for £10,000 a day to work for fake Korean company | Conservatives

The former chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, and former health secretary, Matt Hancock, agreed to work for £10,000 a day to further the interests of a...

France: several police and protesters injured in clash over planned reservoir | France

Several people have been injured after clashes between French police and protesters opposed to a large water reservoir for farm irrigation, despite a ban...

Scott McTominay’s late double adds the gloss as Scotland sink Cyprus | Euro 2024 qualifying

Scotland will face far sterner tests, namely on Tuesday when Spain visit Hampden Park. One also hopes supporters will be rewarded with a higher...

Tottenham v Arsenal: Women’s Super League – live | Women’s Super League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature34 min As expected, Arsenal are just a bit too good for Spurs...

Sex, power, money: how the real-life Succession stars make TV show look tame | Succession

As HBO’s acclaimed satire Succession begins its fourth and final season this week, fans will be asking: “How will it all end?” The story...

Young country diary: Not just one newborn lamb, but two! | Environment

As the mid-afternoon mist came down upon us, we drove over the picturesque rolling hills. The car jolted from side to side on the...

Batmobiles, Bugs Bunny and James Dean’s jeans: a day inside the Warner Bros top-secret archive | Warner Bros

There is an actual Batcave in Los Angeles, where all the old Batmen live. I can’t tell you where: I signed an NDA. But...

Dmitry Buriak: trading in METAVERSE has reached an all-time high

Investments are pouring into the metaverse, more land is being sold than ever before.  The metauniverse is gaining momentum in 2023. According to DappRadar  , virtual land...

Kostiantyn Kryvopust: crypto giant Binance suddenly suspends spot trading

In a surprise turn of events, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has temporarily suspended all online spot trading on...

Money coaches: the mentors who focus on financial health, not wealth | Financial advisers

Dharmesh Patel was sceptical about how much he would get out of sessions with a money coach.“I thought it might just be about budgeting...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian assault on Bakhmut has ‘largely stalled’, says UK ministry | Ukraine

Russian assault on Bakhmut has 'largely stalled', says UK MoDRussia’s assault on the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has “largely stalled”, the...

Blind date: ‘Most of my friend have heard the story of “Guardian Girl” by now’ | Life and style

Madeline on SamWhat were you hoping for?A great date or a good story to tell the extended family at Thanksgiving.First impressions?Sam was a bit...

Boys, 14 and 16, charged with murder of Northampton teenager | UK news

Two teenage boys have been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old who was stabbed to death in Northampton, police said.Rohan Shand died after...

High concentrations of DDT found across vast swath of California seafloor | California

For years industrial companies in southern California used the coast as a dumping ground for toxic chemical waste, including DDT. Decades later, scientists have...

Euro 2024 qualifying: Mbappé leads France to opening win over Netherlands | Kylian Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé’s France captaincy could hardly have started better as the World Cup finalists brushed aside the Netherlands in their Euro 2024 qualifier, winning...

Pope Francis returns three fragments of Parthenon to Greece | Parthenon marbles

The desire of Pope Francis to right a wrong has led to the official return to Greece of three ornately carved fragments that once...

Trudeau to announce US-Canada asylum deal after Biden talks | Canada

Justin Trudeau’s government has announced a major shift in how Canada and the US handle asylum claims, a move that effectively closes a controversial...