Trump slams NATO allies for not joining Iran war effort, says U.S. never needed their help
Trump, a longtime NATO critic, said he sees the alliance as a "one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us."
17th March 2026 18:01
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Zelenskyy says Europe is a ‘global force’ that can stand against any other power in address to MPs – UK politics live
Keir Starmer previously reassured that the war in Iran would not distract the UK from supporting Ukraine
Nigel Farage is speaking now at the Reform UK event.
The website promoting the lottery is up. It is called nigelcutmybills.com.
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Trump threatens political retribution for lawmakers who vote against voter ID bill – US politics live
President says he will ‘never (ever) endorse anyone’ who votes against Save America act as Senate prepares to take up debate on controversial bill
A top counter-terrorism official in the Trump administration has resigned over the ongoing war on Iran.
Joe Kent, who reported to director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, said that he “cannot in good conscience” support the joint conflict with Israel.
You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:49
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Norwegian parliament votes to investigate links between Epstein and foreign office
Prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre says connections have been proved between those in ‘trusted and central positions’ and late sex offender
The Norwegian parliament has voted unanimously to appoint an independent investigative commission to look into connections between its foreign office and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaking before the vote on Tuesday, the prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, paid tribute to Epstein’s victims and said that the files released by the US Department of Justice had clearly shown “it is possible to buy and abuse influence if you are rich enough”.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:46Nissan joins Toyota, Honda in plans to export U.S. cars to Japan
Nissan will export the Murano SUV built in Smyrna, Tennessee beginning early next year. It marks the first American-made Nissan sold in Japan since the 1990s.
17th March 2026 17:41
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‘It’s just nonsense’: Van de Ven hits back at suggestion Spurs players don’t care
‘We want to turn things around’ says Tottenham defender
Romero returns as Udogie and Bergvall back from injury
Micky van de Ven has hit back at suggestions that he and his Tottenham teammates do not care about the club’s plight and will dig out escape routes in the summer.
The defender has endured a terrible couple of weeks, taking in his gamechanging red card in the defeat by Crystal Palace and the performance against Atlético Madrid when he fell over to give up a goal and was fortunate not to be sent off again.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:39Chief Justice: Personal attacks on judges are "dangerous and it's got to stop"
President Trump has slammed the Supreme Court justices who voted to strike down most of his tariffs, claiming they "openly disrespect the Presidents who nominate them."
17th March 2026 17:39Microsoft shakes up Copilot AI leadership team, freeing up Suleyman to build new models
Microsoft is doubling down on its superintelligence group to build models, while consolidating engineering efforts for its Copilot assistants.
17th March 2026 17:29
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‘All we wanted to do was go and win the Ashes’: Ollie Pope hits out at England critics
Batter denies the team ‘weren’t fussed’ in Australia
28-year-old believes his ‘best batting years are to come’
Ollie Pope has challenged the perception England “weren’t fussed” during their troubled Ashes tour but accepts why it formed.
Ben Stokes’ tourists crashed to a 4-1 series defeat by Australia that is being reviewed by the England and Wales Cricket Board, with tour planning, preparation, individual performances and behaviour all under scrutiny.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:28
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The laundry chair: a clever solution for dirty clothes – or £820 poorly spent?
With a lazy-Susan-style rotating rail that you can dump your clothes over, this invention functions as chair and wardrobe. But is it really any better than ... any other chair?
Name: The laundry chair.
Age: Less than a week old.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:26Trump says China trip will be delayed because of Iran war
President Trump said Tuesday that China is "fine" with a delay.
17th March 2026 17:21Everything to know about the SAVE America Act voter ID-bill
President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to approve the SAVE America Act to require ID at the polls and proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.
17th March 2026 17:14Airlines raise revenue guidance despite rising fuel costs, citing growth in demand
CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC's Phil LeBeau that Delta had taken a $400 million fuel hit in the quarter, but that demand has been "really, really great."
17th March 2026 17:13
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Ukraine strings nets over cities as killer drones turn streets into war zones
In eastern Ukraine, white nylon nets now stretch over roads and city streets, a low-tech defense against deadly FPV drones that dominate the battlefield and threaten civilians near the front line.
17th March 2026 17:06
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War, inheritance and…a baby? First Dune: Part Three trailer is here
The final instalment in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi trilogy brings back Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Florence Piugh and introduces a nasty new villain
Timothée Chalamet may have finally escaped Oscar season, but not movie promotion – the first look at Dune: Part Three is here.
The first trailer released for the final installment in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi trilogy sees further war and political upheaval in the galaxy beyond Arrakis – plus a possible future child for Chalamet’s Paul Atreides and Chani, the Fremen warrior played by Zendaya. “If we have a girl, what should be name her?” Chani asks, suggesting the two have reconciled since the end of Part Two.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 17:04Using AI for financial advice? Here's what to watch out for.
AI and other technologies can help you manage your financial life. But don't rely exclusively on such tools for money matters.
17th March 2026 16:58
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Sparse evidence for cannabis to treat mental health conditions highlights research gap
A new analysis represents the largest effort yet to systematically parse all the data from high-quality clinical trials on cannabis and mental health. The evidence is lacking.
17th March 2026 16:57U.S. counterterrorism director Joe Kent resigns over war: 'Iran posed no imminent threat'
"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation," Kent wrote in his letter to President Donald Trump.
17th March 2026 16:43Senate Democrats send DHS counteroffer to Trump as shutdown drags on
The Department of Homeland Security shutdown has caused pileups in airport security lines across the country.
17th March 2026 16:38
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We get it RFK Jr: you have abs. Now enough with the slopaganda | Arwa Mahdawi
While the health secretary posts shirtless workouts and AI videos, he should be focusing on soaring cases of measles
Vladimir Putin loves bombing Ukraine and taking his shirt off – not necessarily in that order. The Russian leader is well known for his macho photoshoots, including that infamous shot of him horse-riding bare-chested in Siberia. While various politicians have mocked Putin for his posing, others have been taking notes. And by others I mean Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has spent a large portion of his time in politics spamming social media with increasingly weird footage of him working out.
In 2023, when Kennedy ran for president, he posted a video of himself doing shirtless push-ups in an empty car park as preparation for his debate with Joe Biden – bizarrely, he was wearing blue jeans for the stunt. Now that Kennedy is the US health secretary, the videos are coming at a faster clip.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 16:38More flights canceled or delayed as weather, TSA staffing upend travel
Powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country as many airports are also struggling with disruptions from reduced staffing at security checkpoints.
17th March 2026 16:27Spring break "takeovers" overwhelm some top Florida destinations
Spring break "takeovers," which are massive gatherings organized on social media, are overwhelming some top destinations and posing dangers.
17th March 2026 16:24Top Trump counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.
17th March 2026 16:23The U.S. is the world's leading oil producer. So why are gas prices soaring?
"If the price of oil goes up, the price of everything goes up," said former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
17th March 2026 16:11
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‘Strong evidence’ of lowered dementia risk: the benefits of shingles vaccination
A growing body of evidence suggests the vaccine may also lower risk of stroke and heart attack
One in three people in the US get shingles. Despite this, US vaccination rates remain low – about 35% of adults over 60, consistent with overall vaccination trends.
“We have a vaccine that works really well,” says Dr Andrew Wallach, ambulatory care chief medical officer at NYC Health + Hospitals. “But there is a lot of what I call vaccine fatigue right now.”
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 16:00
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Can culling your garden slow a wildfire? A California city pins its hopes on a contested plan
Berkeley is adopting the ‘Zone 0’ regulation, which mandates first 5ft around the home in high-risk areas should be clear of combustible material
Michel Thouati went through the five stages of grief before he ripped his beloved fig tree from the earth. There was a persimmon and an elderberry too, nestled close to his hillside home in Berkeley,California, and they all had to go.
The plants thriving on his small property had become overshadowed by the dangers growing with them: an emerging body of research had found landscaping can help fuel the disastrous fires sweeping out of the wildland and into neighborhoods like his. Tucked into the ridges overlooking California’s San Francisco Bay and against an expansive nature area, the house Thouati and his wife have owned for 30-some years sits in one of the highest wildfire-threat areas in the state.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 16:00
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Talk is precious: in the age of communication collapse, Jürgen Habermas’s message remains vital | Eva von Redecker
The philosopher, who has died aged 96, was often caricatured as a consensus-seeking liberal. But his belief in the need for shared understanding had a radical underpinning
Despite its canonical name, the Frankfurt School is not a school. It is, at least according to my former teacher, the critical theorist Rahel Jaeggi, a constellation. For a century, this scholarly constellation has pursued the intellectual endeavour of critique. Critique here is not the “thumbs down” or “blocking” exercised on social media. It is the wild aspiration to describe reality in a way that transforms it.
Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026 at the age of 96, was a fixed star in this constellation. He set the compass for several generations of mostly German and North American thinkers. Habermas was incredibly prolific, with more than 40 books to his name, and very charismatic. There was an intensity, a concentration to Habermas’s thought and dialogue that his writings convey only poorly. The thundering polemics he brought to public debates also seem a far cry from the consensus-oriented discourse ethics he is known for.
Eva von Redecker is a German philosopher and nonfiction writer
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Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:58
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MI5 apologises and pays compensation to woman allegedly abused by agent
Woman known only as Beth says abuser claimed status made him untouchable, which terrorised her into silence
MI5 has apologised and paid compensation to a woman who alleged the Security Service was to blame for her being attacked with a machete and abused by one of its agents.
The woman, known only as Beth, was in a relationship with a man she says used his status as an MI5 agent to perpetrate abuse and terrorise her into silence.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:53
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USMNT squad: Mauricio Pochettino calls in 27 for friendlies against Portugal and Belgium
Tyler Adams and Diego Luna miss out through injury
Team due to play Belgium and Portugal in Atlanta
Final games before World Cup squad is announced
US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino has named a 27-player roster for the team’s last camp before he determines his final squad for this summer’s World Cup.
The group will play two high-profile friendlies in Atlanta over the next international window, with the US facing Belgium on Saturday 28 March (3.30pm ET) and Portugal on Tuesday 31 March (7pm ET).
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:32
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‘Everything was burning, people were burning’: witnesses describe strike on Kabul drug rehab centre
Pakistani strike on Afghan capital kills 400 people, who burned in their beds or were crushed by collapsing walls
Witnesses and survivors have described the horrific scenes of a Pakistani air raid that hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing more than 400 people, who burned in their beds or were crushed by the collapsing building.
Afghan rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble on Tuesday after the strike, the deadliest single attack so far in a three-week war between the two countries.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:29Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino to retire from federal service, sources say
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino was pulled away from a high-profile role leading immigration raids in major U.S. cities, including Minneapolis, earlier this year.
17th March 2026 15:21Did Utah mom poison her husband, then write a children's book on grief?
When her husband Eric died in March of 2022, Kouri Richins wrote a children's book to help her sons cope with the loss of their father – then she was charged in his death. Follow the timeline for a deep dive into the history of Eric and Kouri's relationship.
17th March 2026 15:19
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Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court
Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA
Gerry Adams has told the high court that opponents of Sinn Féin have repeatedly sought to conflate the political party he led with the IRA, as he denied ever being a member of the Irish Republican Army.
Giving evidence in London watched by victims of IRA bombings, the 77-year-old, credited with helping to bring about the peace process that ended the Troubles, also rejected accusations that he had ever led the paramilitary organisation or sat on its army council.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:19
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Trump counter-terrorism chief quits over Iran war, blaming Israel
Joe Kent resigned as national counter-terrorism center director, saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the US
Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center and a far-right political figure and supporter of Donald Trump, resigned from his position on Tuesday in protest of the war in Iran.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent wrote in a resignation letter posted to X. “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 15:05Meteor identified as likely cause of boom heard across Cleveland
Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO, but weather service officials say it appears to have been a meteor.
17th March 2026 14:57
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Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith buys 27% stake in the Economist
Weekly news magazine’s parent company makes third significant ownership shake-up in its 183-year history
The Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has bought a stake in the parent company of the Economist, held by Lynn Forester de Rothschild, in only the third significant ownership structure shake-up in its 183-year history.
Smith and his family holding company, Smith Financial Corp, which owns financial businesses, including a co-ownership of the influential proxy advisory group Glass Lewis, has acquired a 26.9% stake in the Economist Group (TEG) for an undisclosed sum.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:50
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Here in Tel Aviv, even in the midst of war, the Israelis and Palestinians I work with hold on to one another’s humanity | David Davidi-Brown
With civilians across the Middle East living under attack, it’s vital to resist the forces of hate and insist on dignity and compassion for all
David Davidi-Brown is chief executive of the New Israel Fund
First, if you are lucky, there is a loud warning alert on your phone. Then the sirens scream from all around you. Within seconds, people move quickly but calmly: to a safe room, to a shelter, sometimes simply to the nearest underground car park. Some families sleep in public shelters, unsure whether they can reach safety from home in time, young children in tow.
In my case, the past few weeks have meant hours in a shared reinforced room with neighbours, time alongside strangers – and their calming dogs – in public shelters, and, fortunately, many nights sleeping in a safe room between sirens.
David Davidi-Brown is chief executive of the New Israel Fund
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Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:49
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Football Daily | Will there be no more Neymar for Brazil?
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It has been rather an underwhelming World Cup cycle for Brazil. They arrived at the Human Rights World Cup as fairly hot favourites but after their exit at the hands of Croatia in the last eight in Al-Rayyan four years ago things have drifted. They went out in the quarter-finals at the 2024 Copa América, then limped through Conmebol qualifying for the Geopolitics World Cup, finishing fifth after six defeats – to Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina (twice), Paraguay and Bolivia – with their lowest points tally since South America switched to an 18-game format for the 2002 tournament. In October they lost 3-2 to Japan in a friendly and in November they were held to a 1-1 draw by Tunisia.
Following on from Ken Muir’s bin-related Spurs joke yesterday, maybe the next candidate for the Tottenham managerial merry-go-round should be the current boss of Dutch side Brabantia?” – Phil Taverner.
Re yesterday’s line about teenager Max Dowman fielding the ‘what did you get up to at the weekend?’ question as he walked through the school gates on Monday morning: surely the more obvious b@nter among those of that age would be ‘so I heard you scored on Saturday night?’ – Justin Kavanagh.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:45
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‘It’s going to upset the balance’: how will Paramount buying Warner Bros change Hollywood?
Warner Bros might have swept the Oscars with Sinners and One Battle After Another, but the impending merger has those in the industry worried about the future
On Sunday, Warner Bros snared 11 Oscars for One Battle After Another, Sinners and Weapons, equalling the record for most wins for a single film studio. Paramount, by contrast, did not earn a single nomination.
Yet in an apparent case of a minnow swallowing a whale, Paramount is poised to gobble up Warner Bros in a deal worth $111bn. If approved by regulators, the two studios would be consolidated into one, redrawing the Hollywood map and sowing uncertainty for actors, directors and writers as well as millions of viewers.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:41
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The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says
The U.S. Postal Service's leader says it is set to run out of money in less than a year and may have to stop deliveries because of declining mail volume and what USPS sees as burdensome requirements.
17th March 2026 14:31How much does becoming a homeowner at 30 boost your net worth?
Hopping on the property train earlier in life can significantly increase your wealth, a recent study found. Here's how much.
17th March 2026 14:31
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Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
17th March 2026 14:29
The Guardian
Half a million lose power as storm lashes US from midwest to east coast
Snow, tornadoes and fierce winds disrupt flights and leave homes and businesses in multiple states in the dark
Half a million US homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday morning after a potent storm system brought a mix of snow, strong winds, cold temperatures and rainfall to areas from the midwest to the east coast.
As of Tuesday morning, there were about 107,000 power outages reported in Michigan, according to poweroutage.us. In New York, there were 68,000 power outages; 65,000 were registered in Pennsylvania and 50,000 in Massachusetts.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:16Durbin and Raskin call for perjury investigation into DHS' Kristi Noem
Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress earlier this month.
17th March 2026 14:07
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Man and woman charged with murder of Iranian activist in Canada
Charges follow discovery of body of Masood Masjoody, who was a critic of the Tehran regime and the exiled shah
Two people have been charged with the murder of an Iranian activist in Canada, in a case which has intensified fears over transnational repression of critics of the regime in Tehran.
Masood Masjoody, a former university maths teacher, went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. He had been critical of Iran’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:05
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Geopolitics may test the World Cup — a new book draws lessons from the past
Countries all around the world will soon send players to the U.S. to compete in one of soccer's biggest events. Roger Bennett explores how past competitions met cultural and geopolitical moments.
17th March 2026 14:02
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Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans
Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies
Watch: Nigel Farage Cameo videos show support for neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans
Nigel Farage has sold videos in which he endorsed a neo-Nazi event, repeated extremist slogans and supported a man convicted over his involvement in a far-right riot. The videos are among several highly questionable clips identified by the Guardian in an investigation into the Reform UK leader’s use of the personalised video platform Cameo.
They include videos in which he repeats a motto associated with the UK far right, references antisemitic conspiracy theories and makes misogynistic remarks about leftwing politicians – including a comment about the US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s breasts.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:00
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New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’
From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din, whether solo or with Billy Woods as Armand Hammer
Seated opposite me in the Dream House, New York rapper and producer Elucid leans against the wall, crosses his ankles and shuts his eyes. Perfumed by incense, the long-running installation in a Manhattan loft, from composer La Monte Young and artist Marian Zazeela, is an otherworldly experience: a fridge-sized speaker cabinet occupies each corner, and pink and purple stage lights illuminate curly mobiles hanging from the ceiling. Violet-tinted film covers the three west-facing windows, making it hard to tell what time it is, or if time is passing at all. Each speaker plays distinct parts of a long drone composition; the emphasis shifts as you tilt your head or move through the space. Eventually, Elucid gets up and slowly walks around, finding a spot to lie down and let it all wash over him.
An hour later, as we sip cocktails in a nearby bar, he tells me that he drifted off a bit. This was his first visit to the Dream House in at least a decade, but his years of frequenting floatation tanks – at least once a season, always after coming home from tour – had him primed for the installation’s meditative properties. “It takes a minute to get into another space, but I definitely got there,” he says. As he settled into the cascading tone, his eyes closed, words like “engine room” and “turbine” came to mind, unconsciously mirroring his songwriting process. “Rappers always be like, ‘The beat tells me what to do,’” he says, and he is no different. “Sound has colour, emotion and force, and everyone who hears the same sound interprets it differently. I’ve developed a sound vocabulary, and oftentimes words pop in. Sometimes it’s a whole sentence.”
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:00
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Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves
Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems
In the late 1990s in El Salvador, Rodrigo Barraza went in search of every surfer’s dream: a pristine wave, far from the crowds. Down a rough dirt track hours from any city, he found it: a little-known surf spot on the country’s eastern shores, where long lines of waves form a crisp right-hand break, surrounded by thousands of hectares of tropical forest.
“I fell in love with the place,” says Barraza. In 2004, he opened a small hotel there, and along with some surfing friends, founded a tourism association. They developed sustainable tourism standards and committed to protect the surrounding biodiverse ecosystem of rare dry tropical forest, rivers and mangroves. They called it Oriente Salvaje – the “wild east”.
Oriente Salvaje is known by surfers for its world-class breaks, Las Flores and Punto Mango
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 14:00Damaging winds, severe weather slam parts of U.S.
In Georgia, high winds on Monday toppled trees, while further north, a tornado packing winds up to 85 mph touched down in Charlotte, North Carolina. Severe winds also slammed Washington, D.C.
17th March 2026 13:57
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Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal
One of the best-paid executives in Hollywood has already made $113m after selling shares in WBD this month
David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros Discovery, is in line for a $700m (£525m) payday from the $110bn sale of the Hollywood studio to Paramount Skydance.
Zaslav could receive $34.2m in cash severance payments, $115.8m in vested stock and $517.2m in unvested share awards once the deal is complete, according to a filing from Warner Bros Discovery on Monday.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:46
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Kent students to be offered targeted meningitis B jabs after two more cases
Vaccination programme to be launched on Canterbury campus as strain B of disease identified in fatal outbreak
Students in Kent are to be offered a targeted vaccination against meningitis B after two more cases in the deadly outbreak were confirmed and pharmacies ran out of vaccine doses.
Government scientists have said two people who died in the outbreak had bacterial strain B of the disease, for which most people have not been vaccinated.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:41Senate GOP aims to begin marathon debate on SAVE America Act
The Senate is expected to begin a marathon debate on the SAVE America Act, an elections bill that President Trump has been pressing Republicans to pass.
17th March 2026 13:41Spring break "takeovers" cause chaos in some cities
Massive gatherings organized on social media have overwhelmed some Florida cities and local officials as part of spring break "takeovers." In Daytona Beach, beachgoers ran after hearing what they thought were gunshots. Cristian Benavides reports.
17th March 2026 13:32
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Hungry seagulls, smuggled ants and St Patrick’s Day: photos of the day – Tuesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:29
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Trump administration to slash fee to renounce US citizenship from $2,350 to $450
White House will take a financial loss to make it easier for Americans to walk away from citizenship starting in April
The Trump administration has agreed to take a financial loss in order to make it easier for Americans to walk away from their US citizenship.
In April, the cost to formally renounce citizenship will plunge from $2,350 to just $450, below the actual cost to the government of processing the requests – but fulfilling a years-long promise to reverse an unpopular fee adopted in 2015.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:22
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal.
Powell thought progress had been made in Geneva in late February and that the deal proposed by Iran was “surprising”, according to sources.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:20Kouri Richins, Utah mom who wrote grief book, found guilty in fatal poisoning of her husband
Kouri Richins, the Utah mom accused of killing her husband and later writing a children's book about grief, was found guilty on all charges Monday, including aggravated murder. Her sentencing is now set for May and she faces the possibility of life in prison.
17th March 2026 13:06
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Tips for downsizing recipes | Kitchen aide
It’s not simply a case of dividing the ingredients list by the number of servings, our experts agree, but it is more often than not about common sense
Any tips for downsizing recipes to serve one? Dividing by the number of servings doesn’t always work.
Melanie, by email
“It’s often just common sense,” says Kitty Coles, author of Make More With Less, plus a little maths – though, as Melanie so wisely points out, you can’t always simply divide the ingredients and be done with it.
First, you need to consider your cookware: “It’s really worth investing in smaller pans and a smaller skillet,” says Alexina Anatole, who is behind the Small Wins Substack. A tiny amount of liquid in a large pan, say, will get too much exposure to heat, so it’s very likely you’ll under- or overcook its contents. As Shelina Permalloo, author of What to Cook When Everyone’s Hungry, says, “The absorption method for rice is a nightmare if you’re using a wrong-sized pan.”
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Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:00
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How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis
Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas
After prices of liquefied natural gas surged to record highs after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, millions of people in Pakistan were repeatedly left without electricity. An intense heatwave and gas shortages amid record-breaking prices resulted in power cuts across the country.
But people soon started to realise there was an alternative. The falling costs of solar panels and generous government incentives to feed excess power back to the grid made rooftop solar an attractive option.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 13:00Some U.S. allies decline to help Trump with Strait of Hormuz
President Trump on Monday pressured allies and China for military assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The European Union and Australia turned down Mr. Trump's request while China and Japan were noncommittal. Nancy Cordes reports.
17th March 2026 12:33
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Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven
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Ancient Greek gods, adorable raccoons and hypnotic puzzling from Olympus to the mortal realm and back
There’s been a trend for a while where familiar puzzle game genres are imbued with novel stories to give them depth and meaning beyond simply clearing a screen for points. Occult object sorter Strange Horticulture and historical romance card game Regency Solitaire are lovely examples, and now here’s Mythmatch, a match-three game in the style of Candy Crush or Bejeweled that’s also a warming tale of friendship and community set in a small town in ancient Greece. Interspersed with cerebral challenges are dialogue scenes with villagers and with gods which accentuate each other and give little clues that are picked up later, making this both puzzle game and communal oral drama.
You play as Artemis, the immortal daughter of Zeus, who is tired of getting overlooked for plum jobs in favour of her oafish brother Apollo (brilliantly portrayed as an insufferable proto-tech bro). When the role of God of the Hunt comes up, she applies, but finds she must first earn favour with a council of her elders on Mount Olympus, and they all have puzzle-based jobs for her. Hephaestus wants her to help make arrows and hammers in his foundry, while Apollo needs her to protect his collection of chimp soft toys (a not-so-subtle dig at NFTs). These mini-tasks take the form of match-three puzzles, though cleverly they also bring in elements of other puzzle games such as Plants vs Zombies and Overcooked.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 12:30Israel says Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, has been killed in a strike
Ali Larijani was seen as the right-hand man of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
17th March 2026 12:27Severe weather, TSA staffing shortage wreak havoc on travel
Roughly 9,000 flights were canceled and 25,000 delayed since Sunday as a winter storm slammed parts of the U.S. It comes amid a TSA staffing shortage, as employees work without pay through the partial government shutdown. Kris Van Cleave reports.
17th March 2026 12:25Eye Opener: Extreme weather impacts millions and causes travel chaos
Extreme weather is impacting millions of Americans from coast to coast, creating long lines at airports and a travel mess. Plus, Israel says it has killed two more Iranian leaders. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.
17th March 2026 12:18
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Fifa will not agree to move Iran’s World Cup matches from US to Mexico
Iran FA president said negotiations being held with Fifa
Trump said Iran should not play for their ‘life and safety’
Fifa is unwilling to switch Iran’s World Cup matches to Mexico despite the country’s football federation claiming it is in discussions with the world governing body about moving their games outside the United States.
Iran are due to play two fixtures in Los Angeles and one in Seattle but their participation in the tournament has been placed in doubt by the US’s joint airstrikes on the country with Israel.
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‘I have more to say’: Jane Fonda questions why Barbra Streisand fronted Oscars tribute to Robert Redford
Fonda, who was in four films with Redford, playfully asked why the singer was chosen to give the in memoriam speech for the late actor
Jane Fonda has said she wishes she could have fronted the tribute to Robert Redford at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, rather than Barbra Streisand.
Speaking on the red carpet at an Oscars afterparty, Fonda told a red carpet reporter: “I want to know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?” The actor then playfully added that while Streisand “only made one movie with him, I made four … I have more to say.”
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‘That’s why we wear USA’: US players embrace military ties before WBC final against Venezuela
USA and Venezuela play for title on Tuesday night
Navy Seal gave locker room talk to Americans
Venezuelans dance and sing before games
The US will play Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic final on Tuesday, a meeting that comes after recent tensions between the two countries.
In January, Donald Trump ordered a military operation that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Since then, the US has launched a war against Iran, during which the American players have paid tribute to their country’s military. Players have saluted each other after victories and the team invited Robert J O’Neill, a former Navy Seal who claims he killed Osama bin Laden, to give a locker room speech. Two of the team’s pitchers, Paul Skenes and Griffin Jax, played at the Air Force Academy and have spoken of the importance of honoring the military.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 12:07
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I help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won’t let them leave
As a mental health chaplain in New York, I help people leave homelessness. But mental illness, bureaucracy and a fragile system often pull them back
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Marseille moving at ‘speedboat pace’ after rebrand in their aim to make waves
Independent team now called Les Marseillaises want to become an iconic club and have the history-making Corinne Diacre at the helm
“Here in Marseille your blood is not red, it’s blue,” says Les Marseillaises’ manager, Corinne Diacre. “Even today it can be hard for some parents to see their girls wanting to play football, but here they don’t play football: they play for Marseille. It’s seen as completely different.”
Diacre is happy and relaxed. The rebranded and independent Marseille women’s team, still owned by the American businessman Frank McCourt, through the investment arm McCourt Global, after his purchase of the wider Marseille club in 2016, are being given an injection of resource and energy while maintaining strategic ties.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 11:55
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‘People say: be quiet and make your music’: avant-pop star Mary Ocher on her vociferous politics – and leaving Israel behind
Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Ocher rejected the IDF draft for a life in Germany. As she releases an album inspired by the Weimar period, she discusses nationalism, AI and the future of humanity
‘When I moved to Berlin 19 years ago, it felt like some kind of revival of the Weimar period,” says Mary Ocher, referring to the cultural glory days of pre-Nazi Germany. But then she saw “the tail end of this beautiful period. Now in Germany, they try to deport EU citizens who participated in pro-Palestine protests. From where I am, it’s pretty scary.” To Ocher, it was the right time to call her new album Weimar, to draw parallels between the rise of fascism in the 1930s and our own era, tied to her experiences as an immigrant artist in Berlin.
Ocher has never seen making political work as a choice. Born in Moscow to Jewish-Ukrainian parents, she is an Israeli citizen who grew up in Tel Aviv, where she was exposed to intense nationalism that appalled her. “I hated everything around me,” the 39-year-old says of her teenage years in Israel. “There was no accountability, no possibility to change anything. I could see that people who migrated to Israel wanted to integrate and to become part of that society, which means not criticising it, and actively joining the mainstream that is preaching hate.”
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 11:52
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U.S. seeks NATO help with Strait of Hormuz. And, federal judge blocks vaccine changes
As the war with Iran intensifies, Trump is demanding that allies help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And, a federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies.
17th March 2026 11:33Blizzards, severe storms, heat wave hit U.S. with array of extreme weather
From a surprising heat wave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling over the East Coast, chaotic weather put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions.
17th March 2026 11:29
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At least 23 people killed in suspected suicide attacks in north-eastern Nigeria
More than 100 others injured in bombings targeting post office, market areas and hospital in Maiduguri
At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in multiple suspected suicide bombings in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, shattering its reputation as a relative oasis of calm in recent years as a long-running insurgency was pushed to the rural hinterlands.
Authorities said the explosions went off at the post office and market areas, as well as the entrance to the University of Maiduguri teaching hospital, on Monday evening during iftar, the breaking of fast in the month of Ramadan.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 11:28
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Pivotal Iran leader Ali Larijani killed in airstrike, Israel says
If confirmed, death would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed since Ali Khamenei on first day of war
Israel says it has killed a linchpin of Iranian politics, the national security chief, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes, a claim that if confirmed would make him the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed on its first day.
Iran has yet to comment on either claim. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would remove a pivotal figure at the heart of the regime’s political and security establishment at a moment of acute crisis and represent devastating blow.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 11:03
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Trump’s Iran war has cost Americans at least $11bn already. And that’s just the start | Arwa Mahdawi
That $11.3bn doesn’t include any estimate of repairing facilities or replacing losses
Generally speaking, when you bomb another country, and that country retaliates, you call it a “war”. Very simple word. Three letters. Even Donald Trump knows how to spell it.
But be careful about calling the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which have expanded into an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, a “war”. The geniuses in the White House can’t seem to figure out what the hell they’re doing. The House speaker, Mike Johnson, announced on 5 March that “we are not at war” and that the US has “no intention of being at war”. Some lawmakers, such as Senator Cynthia Lummis, meanwhile, are arguing that the US has been in “forever war” with Iran for decades.
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Terrorism arrests rose 1,114% last year - so why aren’t the security services more alarmed? | Zoe Williams
Due to an ongoing judicial review, Home Office data currently leaves out the thousands of people apprehended at Palestine Action protests. But whichever way you cut it, the number of arrests is outrageous
On the surface, the Home Office’s latest data on terrorism arrests looks relatively stable. There were 255 terrorism-related arrests in 2025, which is only a 2% increase on the previous year’s figure of 250.
Funny thing is, I know three people who were arrested on terrorism-related charges last year. I could even pinpoint the date, because two of their middle-aged children had to leave my middle-aged birthday party to pick them up from a police station. I know, I know, it’s not all about me, even if it was my birthday – but if those numbers are solid, that means more than 50% of the mini-surge came from more or less the same group of people, two of them from the same postcode.
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‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition
Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern
In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from owning or buying enslaved people overseas, yet that year 385 captives were “transferred” to a British mining company in Brazil named St John d’El Rey.
Despite a global campaign waged by the UK against slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the move was not technically illegal because the enslaved people were not sold but “rented” – a practice permitted overseas under the 1843 Slave Trade Act.
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David Squires on … Max Dowman, Arsenal’s great release and Chelsea’s Tierney totem
Our cartoonist on the Gunners’ teenage saviour and a new springtime ritual at Stamford Bridge
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 10:55
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A Trump official quits over the Iran war, as Israel says it killed 2 Iranian commanders
Israel says it killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has yet to confirm but it would be the highest-profile killings since the targeting of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
17th March 2026 10:47
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‘We are being silenced’: Mongolian politicians face jail after vote calling for PM to resign
Former deputy speaker describes situation as absurd after being charged with ‘effort to unlawfully seize state power’
A number of younger Mongolian politicians, including many women, are facing the threat of extended jail sentences for their role in challenging the country’s political leadership, in what they claim are early skirmishes in a battle to prevent a slide into authoritarianism.
The dispute forms part of a factional power struggle in the ruling party that is threatening to weaken Mongolia, one of the few democracies in the region, as it seeks to navigate a foreign policy independent of neighbouring Russia and China.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 10:41
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Is there a more fair way to sell World Cup tickets?
World Cup tickets are expensive, and buying them has been frustrating and confusing. But this is what economics is for: figuring out the best ways to allocate scarce resources. FIFA, steal these ideas.
17th March 2026 10:30
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‘The world’s memory’: why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard
It is the first African country to deposit data in the Arctic World Archive, a storage facility designed to preserve records of everything from cultural practices to historical events
A decommissioned coalmine near the north pole is the last place you’d expect to find Indigenous stories from rural Nigeria, but deep below the Arctic permafrost of Svalbard a storage unit contains a cache of cultural and literary records from the West African country.
The Arctic World Archive (AWA) is a data storage unit where organisations and individuals can deposit records kept on specialist digitised film called Piql that lasts up to 2,000 years. On 27 February, Nigeria became the first African country to place archives at the facility 300 metres beneath a mountain where the cold, dark, dry conditions are perfect for preservation.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 10:00
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The secret lives of six body doubles: ‘They wanted Julia Roberts to have curvier legs’
What is it like to be Michael B Jordan’s twin, Andie MacDowell’s hands or Rachel Weisz’s hair? Some of Hollywood’s best stand-ins reveal all
Most of us are familiar with the idea of stunt doubles in film and television. But there are plenty of other doubles working in the industry, too – for when an actor doesn’t want to do an intimate scene, for example, or doesn’t have the skills required to show their character playing an instrument or driving a car. Here, six body doubles talk about their secret lives on screen.
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I'm concerned about my blood pressure. Can I check it at home?
If you get a high reading at the doctor's office, it may not be definitive. Here's what to know about your risk — and testing your blood pressure at home.
17th March 2026 10:00
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Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'
Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at protecting marine wildlife too.
17th March 2026 10:00
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Why we fell in love with Love Story: JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette
Ryan Murphy’s series about the Kennedy heir and style icon has risen above nostalgia-bait to become a ratings blockbuster
On a recent sunny Sunday in New York, Love Story seemed to be everywhere. Fans lined up around the block for tables at Panna II, the twinkly string-lit Indian restaurant where Ryan Murphy’s megahit charmingly – and if we’re being picky, inaccurately – sets John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette’s first date. Across town was a JFK Jr lookalike contest, which was rudely organized in Washington Square Park and not in my bedroom. Young women downtown wore hip-hugging pants and clean-girl makeup, and outside a repertory cinema everyone was smoking as though Parliaments were still $2 a pack.
Ryan Murphy’s swoony reimagining of JFK Jr and Bessette’s romance has been a sensation, with Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette racking up 40m viewing hours to become FX’s most-watched limited series on Hulu/Disney+ to date. But it has struck a deeper chord in culture too, with legions of fans eating up the couple’s fashion and insouciant swagger, often wanting to try it on for size. Nearly 300,000 TikTok and Instagram posts are tagged #CBK, mainly videos focusing on Bessette’s sleek style, while brands jostle to cash in on what Puck calls the Bessette “halo effect”. While working on this piece, I received a J Crew newsletter titled “A 90s minimalism love story” with links to Bessette wardrobe dupes like a “Carolyn crewneck” and tortoiseshell headband.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 09:04
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Dead Lover review – go-for-broke grotesquerie promises fragrant filth in full Stink-O-Vision
Grace Glowicki’s microbudget Canadian horror follows a lovelorn gravedigger who salvages the corpse of her deceased sweetheart
If memory serves, the last theatrical release to arrive with a scratch-and-sniff component was 2011’s Spy Kids 4, which invited its victims to huff the gastric emissions of a yapping robot dog voiced by Ricky Gervais. This microbudget Canadian horror curio offers more art than fart, although its Stink-O-Vision conceit is only one unusual element in what is an altogether bizarre proposition: a morbidly perverse chamber play with a pastiche penny-dreadful plot, pieced together by writer-director-star Grace Glowicki. Some whiff of that narrative persists among the perfumes awaiting your nostrils: scents include “love”, “opium” and “ghost puke” – plus “milkshake’ by way of light relief. Delicate sensibilities are advised to stay at home.
Dead Lover’s heroine is odorous by trade, a lovelorn gravedigger of indeterminate age and origin. Glowicki’s accent, roaming between Canada, Canvey Island and Canberra, becomes part of the fun – she’s driven to extremes after her verse-spouting poet sweetheart (co-writer Ben Petrie) perishes in a shipwreck. Part-Burke and Hare, part-Victor Frankenstein, she salvages what she can of the corpse. The script – part-Carry On, part-Ken Russell – grabs both: “I do hope he loves how big my bush has got while he’s been away,” sighs our gal during some wistful botany. Even without the scratch-and-sniff, even before two lesbian nuns wander on, much of it would qualify as ripe indeed.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 09:00
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Solidarity by Rowan Williams review – what does it really mean to stand by someone?
The former archbishop delves deep into a word that is easy to use on social media, but hard to follow through on
You don’t need to scroll far down a social media feed to find someone expressing “solidarity” for the victims of cruelty or injustice. A show of solidarity feels more emphatic than expressing support or sympathy. As Rowan Williams argues, it can act as “a moral intensifier”, positioning us squarely alongside the victim. It can also be a declaration of innocence, a way of distancing ourselves definitively from the perpetrators and their guilt.
Williams wants to move us beyond this idea of solidarity as unequivocal identification. He has some sharp things to say about “empathy” as a modern solve-all, when it too often serves the needs of “a clamorous self” that “cannot bear the idea of a real stranger”. True solidarity, he argues, is less a virtue to be cultivated than a human condition to be acknowledged. It requires us to accept two stubborn truths: first, that we can never identify completely with someone else, because we are inescapably separate from them in mind and body; and second, that we are innately social beings, linked to each other by invisible threads of obligation and reciprocity.
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Sky monkeys, pink tutus and bum nuts: behind the scenes at the Eden Project as it turns 25
Our photojournalist explores the Cornish landmark on the eve of its anniversary and meets some of its staff, visitors, plants and creatures
“Give me a sleeping bag and I’ll happily sleep here overnight,” says Kim Mackintosh as she wanders amid the vibrant flora of the Mediterranean biome at the Eden Project on the eve of the tourist attraction’s 25th anniversary.
Loupe in hand, the leader of the biome’s horticulture team is marvelling at an array of plants that have recently come into bloom, tenderly examining the yellow furry buds of an Acacia glaucoptera before flogging a Grevillea flower to dispense its rich, honey-flavoured nectar.
Kim Mackintosh inspects the ‘kangaroo paw’ of an Anigozanthos through her loupe. All photographs by Jonny Weeks
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 08:00
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Scientists discover heavier version of proton with upgraded detector
Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider
Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of the proton, the subatomic particle that sits at the heart of every known atom in the universe.
They spotted the particle in a shower of debris that lit up a detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located deep beneath the ground at Cern, which smashes protons together at close to the speed of light. The collisions recreate in microcosm conditions that prevailed just after the big bang, with the energy converting to particles that spray in all directions.
The newfound particle, which is four times heavier than the regular proton, should help physicists refine their understanding of the strong nuclear force that glues together the innards of all atomic nuclei. The force is unusual because it behaves like a rubber band, getting stronger as the distance between subatomic particles increases.
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‘I just wanted to be who I am’: the extraordinary story of Tony Powell, the secretly gay footballer
Former Norwich defender lived for years in an LA motel, cut ties with his family for more than three decades and is now the subject of a documentary
“I hated it,” Tony Powell says on a spring afternoon in Los Angeles of his past as a secretly gay professional footballer for Bournemouth and Norwich in the 1970s. Powell is 78 and now lives in a very different world compared with when he was a husband, the father of two young daughters and Norwich’s player of the season in 1979.
Powell is not a demonstrative man and, having been forced to bury his true self for decades, does not make a fuss about the pain he endured. But there is an ache in his English accent, which remains intact after 45 years in America. “I just wanted to be who I am, but at that time it was not a good idea to come out.”
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 07:07
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The Delusions by Jenni Fagan review – an afterlife of queues and bureaucracy
A witty metaphysical satire about what happens when the processes that help souls pass on begin to fail
Jenni Fagan’s satirical fifth novel, The Delusions, opens with an epigraph from the Kurt Vonnegut-inspired science fiction curiosity Venus on the Half-Shell by Philip José Farmer. “The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.” The afterthought leaks back into the original statement, underpinning and undermining everything.
Infinity and eternity are both unavoidably present in The Delusions, which takes place in a vast anteroom to the afterlife, “the largest soul terminus in existence”. It’s the metaphysical equivalent of a big-box store, where they help you sort your false perceptions of yourself from what you actually were, before you’re Processed and sent on to whatever comes next (or, should you fail the Questionnaire, Dissolved on the spot). Though to be honest, no one in Processing is certain what that next thing is.
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Totally Med: exploring Menton, where the French and Italian rivieras meet
Feted for its warm winters and famous lemons, the seaside border town has attracted artists and writers from around the world
‘It’s not France, it’s not Italy, it’s Menton.” The seaside town on the French-Italian border has changed identities many times in its history. It was the only town in France completely annexed by the Italians during the second world war, but has also belonged to the Grimaldis of Monaco, was part of the kingdom of Sardinia, and only became French after a public vote in 1860. Today, ignoring the colours of Il Tricolore and Le Tricolore, almost everything is painted in various shades of yellow, a celebration of the town’s reliance on its beloved lemon.
Mauro Colagreco, the chef at the spectacular Mirazur restaurant, a few steps from the border, takes me up into the hills to visit one of his lemon and citrus fruit suppliers. “You can eat the peel of a Menton lemon; it has a thick, sweet rind. You can eat the whole thing; it’s totally organic and very juicy.” Menton’s microclimate, its warm winters, terraced hills and sandy soil make it perfect for growing citrus fruit. “What’s particular to the Menton lemon is that it has a smile, a small curvy fold at one end,” says Colagreco, who uses them in his restaurant alongside exploring the possibilities of Star Ruby grapefruits, yuzu confit and kumquats.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 07:00
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A total hoot! Beautiful birds – in pictures
From fluffy owlets to rosy-hued flamingos, Claire Rosen’s portraits of live birds took her on a journey that touched on colonialism, wallpaper design … and chickens
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 07:00
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Women feel coerced during maternity care in England, charity says
Exclusive: Birthrights report says women are being told they are ‘not allowed’ and are being denied genuine choice
Women feel put under pressure to have medical procedures such as caesareans during their maternity care, according to a report.
The charity Birthrights collated the experiences of 300 people in England who said they had felt or witnessed coercion within a maternity setting.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 06:00
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UK must learn lessons from AI race and retain its quantum computing talent, says minister
Liz Kendall announces £1bn funding to help design large-scale quantum computers for scientists, researchers, public sector and business
The UK will not let quantum computing talent slip through its fingers and must learn lessons from US dominance of the AI race, the technology secretary has said, as the government announced a £1bn quantum funding pledge.
Liz Kendall said the government hoped to retain homegrown quantum startups, engineers and researchers rather than lose them to competing countries, with the US stealing a march on its western rivals in AI.
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José Pizarro’s recipe for chicken and white bean stew
A comforting, rustic roast chicken and saffron casserole with a knockout hazelnut mojo verde
Chicken and beans are two of the foods I grew up with, and were often cooked in one pot and designed to be shared. It’s the kind of cooking we do at my restaurant Lolo: generous, relaxed and made to be eaten together. March sits between the seasons, when we still need comfort, but also start to look for freshness, too, and this stew feels just right for the moment. As the days get longer and spring starts to show itself, it is warming without being heavy, while the mojo verde lifts everything and gives the dish energy.
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Country diary: A wildflower display of astonishing richness | Mark Cocker
Drosopigi, the Mani, Greece: This rocky region’s abundance of flora takes the breath away – not least a long and winding trail of Chios chamomile
The Greek name for this southernmost tip of the Peloponnese is linked to a Byzantine fort at Cape Tigani (called Megali Maina), but it may well also draw on the region’s desolate, mountainous rocky country that persists throughout the entire peninsula.
The fierce Maniot people were well described by Patrick Leigh Fermor in his book Mani (1958), but the region has been more recently celebrated in Charles Foster’s brilliant The Edges of the World, published in January. In history the Mani was known variously for the relentless and sometimes centuries-long vendettas between its local clans, as a fertile recruiting ground for Mediterranean piracy and as an early outpost for Greek liberation from Ottoman rule.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 05:30
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Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating
Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts
The world’s worst mega-leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane in 2025 have been revealed by an analysis of satellite data.
The super-polluting plumes from oil and gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks, each having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station.
Continue reading... 17th March 2026 05:00