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UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

By Robert Booth UK technology editor

Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to Britain UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates The UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children in Britain as those it agreed in the US on Wednesday, as part of a court settlement that could cost the company up to $18bn (£13bn). Pat McFadden, the work and pe

VHI to hike prices with some families likely to be worse off by close to €300

By Conor Pope

Some families are likely to be worse off by close to €300 as a result of the latest increase

‘We should be by ourselves’: Trump revives Iceland’s EU debate

By Mari Novik in Grundarfjördur

Icelanders prepare to vote on whether they should make a second attempt at joining the bloc

The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

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Citizens from more than 30 countries are among the nearly 1,400 people reported missing after flash floods and landslides at the Nepal-Tibet border.

Charity sells 17,000 roses for 25p a bunch

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The Flower Box in Beverley, which repurposes out-of-date flowers, receives its biggest donation yet.

If MPs want to take on Nigel Farage over his dodgy finances, they need to clean up their own act | Frances Ryan

By Frances Ryan

It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year – £100k up on last year How has your summer been? Done anything nice? As MPs prepare to head back to parliament next week, you’ll be relieved to hear that some of the most prominent figures in British politics have been enjoying the season’s cultural highlights – and without paying a penny. MPs throughout th

AI slopper in chief: Trump turns to social media amid tough questions

By Adam Gabbatt

As the US president struggles to end his Iran war, and approval ratings hit new lows, he leans on a familiar gambit Donald Trump knows the power of an image – of himself, with everyone from Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un to Kim Kardashian. How about George Washington? As the US president struggles to end his war with Iran, and with his approval ratings hitting the lowest levels of his second term, he has in recent we

Jon Ossoff went low on Natalie Harp. The plan worked | Moira Donegan

By Moira Donegan

The senator’s remarks reflect a turning point in Democrats’ attacks on the president. What should we make of them? Apparently, he likes to say her name with a French accent. “Na-tah-lee!” the president cries out, in that affected tone of faux-formality that one might use with a person they love but do not quite respect, and she comes running, her thin legs teetering on her heels. Natalie Harp, Trump’s 35-year-old “ex

Kim Kardashian's kid wants to work at Starbucks. What a breath of fresh air | Polly Hudson

By Polly Hudson

North West has revealed her sensible intention to get a ‘regular’ job. It could be character-building – unless the venti-sized privilege she was born with holds her back All these years after Ab Fab, we’re regularly reminded how well observed the characters of Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and her daughter, Saffron (Julia Sawalha), were. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s eldest child, North West, has given a new – as in, n

A Slow Fire review – hope flickers in Simon Stephens’ postapocalyptic bunker drama

By Arifa Akbar

Jermyn Street theatre, London Two men shelter from catastrophe in this Beckettian tale of memory, companionship and survival, which is intelligently performed but light on tension Jermyn Street’s basement theatre provides the perfect space for Simon Stephens’ postapocalyptic play about two men hiding in a bunker after an unnamed global catastrophe. Several of Beckett’s plays have been performed on this stage in recen

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Drugs in pastries, months on the run: the double-life of Lebanese influencer Dr Food

By William Christou in Beirut

Georges Dib, who had 8.7m TikTok followers, was arrested on Sunday after being sentenced in absentia to life in prison Known to his 8.7m TikTok followers as Dr Food, Georges Dib was a popular Lebanese food influencer who would hold giveaways, post behind-the-scenes tours of his food production facilities and wax philosophical about the ingredients of success. But Lebanese authorities allege that when the camera was o

Share your tributes and memories of Tim Curry

By Guardian community team

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of the performer - whether you met him or admired his work Tim Curry, performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Curry got Tony nominations for his varied stage work on Broadway as Mozart in Amadeus, Alan Swann in My Favorite Year and as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot. He also

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Russia intensifies daytime drone strikes on Ukraine

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Russian drones struck Ukrainian cities in daylight today, killing one and wounding many, authorities said.

Man flies to Nepal to search for family missing in floods

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Pramod Poudel, from Uckfield, says he is travelling back to Nepal because 'my family needs me'.

Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls

By Alex Daniel

Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025 A company that made its money promising to protect older people from nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 for “hounding” them with hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls of its own. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Elderly Aids Ltd, a company selling call-blocking devices, made 758,053 co

Police investigating alleged assault in Carse incident

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An incident during which Brydon Carse was handcuffed is being investigated by Derbyshire Police, who say they are looking into allegations of assault.

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£50m Delap joins Forest – will he thrive at club?

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BBC Sport examines what went wrong for Liam Delap at Chelsea and how he could bounce back in new surroundings.

Suri Pro 2.0 electric toothbrush review: does this sustainable brush live up to the hype?

By Alan Martin

Suri’s eco-friendly brush fixes several flaws in the first-generation model – here’s what it does better (and what still needs work) • The best electric toothbrushes, tested When I wrote the Filter’s guide to the best electric toothbrushes, one brand I didn’t need a sample from was Suri. I already owned one of its brushes, drawn in by its impressive commitment to sustainability in a sector that seemed blissfully unbo

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How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

By Emma Bryce

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out to the coast and plop

Trainwatch – alone with your thoughts on a railway line to nowhere

By Keith Stuart

The flat routines of a dead end railway job screen out an approaching menace in a quietly intriguing game from the indie developer of Cat Lady and Lorelai Lonely jobs have provided excellent material for independent video games over the years. From Papers, Please to Firewatch to The Stanley Parable, players have been happy to spend hours dwelling in depressing cubicles or rural hideaways, usually because there is an

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‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival

By Emma Madden

Ahead of playing Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields, artists explain why female-first festivals are due for a resurgence When I first saw the poster for Olivia Rodrigo ’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in June, I assumed it was AI. Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Bikini Kill and Garbage, all arranged in a neat line – and this was before I got to the words “special guests”. Karen O, Sarah McLachlan. And

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack

By Jillian Ambrose

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’ Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged. Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

By Diane Taylor

Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing support Some of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research. Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were

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'End of an era' for ice cream shop open 106 years

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The Tarr family say they are "devastated" to announce they will have to close due to rising costs.

Mexico arrests man for killing influencer on livestream

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Mexico has arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed an influencer during a live broadcast, authorities said.

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